It's possible you've been asked if you want Shellac nails the last few times you were at the nail salon. And maybe you politely declined, not because you weren't interested — you just simply weren't ...

What's worse: waiting forever for your gel nails to soak off, or waiting forever for paint to (literally) dry with a regular manicure? Yeah, I don't know either. But what if I told you that you don't ...

When you're debating a long-lasting manicure at the salon, you’re usually presented with two main options: gel or shellac. But what, exactly, is shellac? The name refers to the signature shine ...

There's something otherworldly about the entire nail salon experience: as you sink back into that plush, automatic massage chair and silence your phone for a luxurious 45 minutes, all of life's ...

The first time I had a Shellac manicure it felt like a revelation. Shine to rival a mirror glaze and zero fear of smooshing the polish when I left the salon. Just hard, durable nails that had a slight ...

The debate here is which is better, gel nail polish or shellac nail polish. Gel manicures benefit those with weaker nails and last just that little bit longer than Shellac. However, it is a lot harder ...

Shellac is billed as the ultimate long-lasting manicure, and as I can’t keep my nails neat for more than three days, I was unable to say no to the chance of perfect nail polish for up to two weeks.

One thing I, a total non-nail-expert, can tell you for certain about manicures is that they are most definitely addictive. Growing up, no one in my family got salon manicures, and so I used to just ...

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