I have atrocious nails. Paper thin, ridgy, splitty... crappy. I don't want to pay for acrylics and I seldom find someone to shape them properly anyway (I HATE it when they flare out from the end of a finger. bleh). Sally Hansen products actually do work. I can't remember the name but there's one in a gold bottle that did wonders when I used it. I just can't be bothered to put that much effort into them. I tried gel polish a few weeks ago and LOVED it. My nails bend too much to keep regular nail polish on for more than a day or two. It just flakes off. This stuff stays put. I just bought a UV lamp and polish and do it myself now. Once every 10 days or so and my nails look infinitely better than than ever have. I've never been able to get them to grow past then end of my finger until I started using this stuff. I busted my index fingernail yesterday but here's a pic anyway.
Nice and I love, love the ring! Where on earth did you get it? I have big hands and can pull off big rings and that one is definitely my style. I love it!