Kewl thread MR! I'm a big fan of nails ^^
Do you have acrylics or natural?
Natural
How long do you like to keep them?
They're a little shorter than yours are. I've had this horrible horrible nailpolish a little while back that totally damaged them (even though I always! use base coat). They keep chipping/peeling/flaking off now, but once the nail has grown past where the nail polish has been should be fine again
Also I have one nail (my index finger) that just doesn't want to grow very long, it's a lot less strong than the others (on both hands).
What do you do to maintain healthy hands?
My hands don't dry out easily, even after I've done dishes or something like that. So I don't have to do a lot about them. After showering I do use the body shop body lotion (spiced vanilla... hmmm ^^) so then I use it on my hands too.
Do you have a product or polish you couldn't live without?
Essence studio nails 24/7 nail base. It's suuuupercheap and the best base coat I ever had. My nail polish stays on much longer with it, and gives a really smooth nail surface.
How often do you have a manicure done (yourself or done by someone else doesn't matter)
Eh... I'm a big fan of nails. About every 2 days, just because I want a different colour. I looooove that bright colours are totally in right now! The fact that I have 21 opened nail polishes right now says enough?
They go from bright yellow to pastel pink to sparkly dark blue to pastel green to a simple french or bright red nail polish. Yay for nail polish!! ^^
Black with gold sparkly nail polish in this pic: Hand pic!
How long do you usually spend on your nails?
When I'm doing a manicure, base coat - first coat - second coat - top coat, it usually takes about an hour and half to 2 hours. (But a lot of that is drying process and I do useful things in between!)
I also try to do it in the early evening, so my nail polish can dry a little before I go to sleep and then can harden well during the night (so there's no chipping in it). I HATE doing my nails when I have to go out and then ruining them with my keys when I'm locking the door -_- always! happens.
Do you have acrylics or natural?
Natural
How long do you like to keep them?
They're a little shorter than yours are. I've had this horrible horrible nailpolish a little while back that totally damaged them (even though I always! use base coat). They keep chipping/peeling/flaking off now, but once the nail has grown past where the nail polish has been should be fine again
Also I have one nail (my index finger) that just doesn't want to grow very long, it's a lot less strong than the others (on both hands).
What do you do to maintain healthy hands?
My hands don't dry out easily, even after I've done dishes or something like that. So I don't have to do a lot about them. After showering I do use the body shop body lotion (spiced vanilla... hmmm ^^) so then I use it on my hands too.
Do you have a product or polish you couldn't live without?
Essence studio nails 24/7 nail base. It's suuuupercheap and the best base coat I ever had. My nail polish stays on much longer with it, and gives a really smooth nail surface.
How often do you have a manicure done (yourself or done by someone else doesn't matter)
Eh... I'm a big fan of nails. About every 2 days, just because I want a different colour. I looooove that bright colours are totally in right now! The fact that I have 21 opened nail polishes right now says enough?
Black with gold sparkly nail polish in this pic: Hand pic!
How long do you usually spend on your nails?
When I'm doing a manicure, base coat - first coat - second coat - top coat, it usually takes about an hour and half to 2 hours. (But a lot of that is drying process and I do useful things in between!)
I also try to do it in the early evening, so my nail polish can dry a little before I go to sleep and then can harden well during the night (so there's no chipping in it). I HATE doing my nails when I have to go out and then ruining them with my keys when I'm locking the door -_- always! happens.