justapolishaway
New Member
Hi everyone,
My name is Becky and I am 20 from Middlesex. Last July I purchased an acrylic kit from eBay (I know!) and proceeded to do acrylics on myself as I could no longer afford to go to the salon. I have always had acrylic nails, since I was around 15/16 and have always seen them as a solution to me as I used to be a serious nail biter.
I used to do a set of acrylics, rip them off and do them again. I barely used cuticle oil and I always over filed my nail which caused all of my fingers to have vertical red cracks and splits down the nail. I was removing and re-applying new sets everyday, sometimes twice a day!
Since then, I can safely say that not one of my nails has a crack in them as I totally avoided any treatment for my nails and IF needed I used the press on nails which I make and design myself with normal nail glue. I suffer from yellow dry skin at the tip of the nail and around the free edge of the nail/near the nail bed... I'm totally confused about it because no matter how much cuticle oil I used it still didn't work!
I have attached photos of my nails, which were taken today, and I am wondering if anyone has any advice regarding the state of my nails and what I can do to repair them. I have also attached a photo of my nail products that I use to ensure that my nails become healthy.
Any advice/comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becky
My name is Becky and I am 20 from Middlesex. Last July I purchased an acrylic kit from eBay (I know!) and proceeded to do acrylics on myself as I could no longer afford to go to the salon. I have always had acrylic nails, since I was around 15/16 and have always seen them as a solution to me as I used to be a serious nail biter.
I used to do a set of acrylics, rip them off and do them again. I barely used cuticle oil and I always over filed my nail which caused all of my fingers to have vertical red cracks and splits down the nail. I was removing and re-applying new sets everyday, sometimes twice a day!
Since then, I can safely say that not one of my nails has a crack in them as I totally avoided any treatment for my nails and IF needed I used the press on nails which I make and design myself with normal nail glue. I suffer from yellow dry skin at the tip of the nail and around the free edge of the nail/near the nail bed... I'm totally confused about it because no matter how much cuticle oil I used it still didn't work!
I have attached photos of my nails, which were taken today, and I am wondering if anyone has any advice regarding the state of my nails and what I can do to repair them. I have also attached a photo of my nail products that I use to ensure that my nails become healthy.
Any advice/comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Becky