After a lifetime of being a nail-biter....I have now STOPPED biting my nails and looking forward to having my nails done for the wedding. (stopped biting 3-4 months ago and just dont want to do it anymore, not even tempted).
I am having an american manicure, nothing fancy. (an american manicure is the same as a french manicure, but the tips are ivory instead of pure white). a more realistic colour in my opinion. i might have a little design on my ring finger.....dont know. but i am really excited about having long nails now, after biting them for SOOOOOOOOO long.
I also like pearly pale pink colours but i want the french/american manicure for my wedding day.

What are you girls having done?

Im having shellac on hands and feet in french manicure.x

I'm trying to stop myself biting the skin around my finger nails. I know it sounds gross but I'm finding it really hard to stop, maybe it's a stress thing?! Work is very stressful at the moment so I don't think that's helping.

I'm planning on french manicure on finers and toes with shellac 'cos it's supposed to last about 2 weeks?

Z x

For years i tried all sorts of potions.....NOTHING worked. its PURELY willpower that works.
I grew them when i first got my E ring, and they looked really pretty. they wasnt really long, just to the tips of my fingers and looked so nice, and clean. then i had a biting session......leveled them all off and i was so dissapointed in how they looked, since they have re-grown i havent done it again because i can still remember how i felt when i bit them off the last time.

If you havent had Shellac before then I would recommend having a trial a bit before wedding to see if it works for you.

I had it done in August and 48 hours later it was off before I even got off the plane to visit h2b! Very upset. Exact same happened to SIL2B and it was a different salon and technician. That said a lot of people love it.

As long as my nails all behave themselves I will just have a plain french manicure on the day x

I'm having gels on but I'm having that done the day before and then in going to get her to finish it on the day of the wedding as I know I would chip it and i bit my nails even tho I am trying to stop.

I'm a bridesmaid in may for my fsil so I'm going to get my hands and feet done just to see if I like it or not.

Oooh I've never heard of an American manicure but I think that could be for me - ivory is just so much nicer than pure white! I'm going to have the calgel thing done in the run up to our wedding so that they are my own nails (and I'm used to them by our wedding day), then have an American manicure done with more calgel the day before (was going to be french but American all the way now). I've chewed my nails for years, best they've ever been was when I was pregnant - they were beautiful - but otherwise they're really weak x

I absolutely detest fake nails - with conviction.
The vintage way would be a bit pointy, red and a half moon shape leaving the bottom out.
I don't do long nails as they annoy me - my nails grow very fast. I guess I will have them longer than clipped super short and in any case red - maybe with a half moon.

i am having a french manicure with a row of tiny diamontes going across the white line on my ring finger

xx

I'm having acrylics on for the wedding. Although I've managed to find a way of stopping myself biting my nails (just don't tell my boss) if I wear nail varnish I don't bite them however not supposed to wear it at work. I would love to grow mine for the wedding but I know I will break one the morning of the wedding or bite them with nerves.

I had acrylics once and although they looked really nice, they felt heavy on my nails ...it was a really weird feeling. anyway went to bed one night and got up in the morning and 3 had fallen off one hand, so i took the rest of them off. I had fairly short nails at the time so they probably didnt have much nail to stick to to keep them on. but that experience told me i dont want acrylics again, because of that weird heavy feeling.
I am actually allowed to wear nail polish at work as i work in an office, but i prefer to just wear clear polish.....and in fact, better than just clear polish, I love to just have them polished and buffed. its a much nicer sheen than having clear polish, but I find if I do it myself, the buffing it doesnt work! so i get my daughter to do it.

LMB, i saw someone with nails like that, red with a half moon free from polish.....but i didnt love it if i am honest.

JoanneF.........that sounds really pretty.

I have no clue about nails either, what is shellac? can anyone educate me in the world of nails please!!!

RA they don't make my heart skip a beat but then no nail art does that. Quite the opposite. I like my nails all clear or red - and nothing else. So as long as they are red I am happy. But this is easily done so it may well appear on my wedding day. I certainly won't buy Dita falsies - as much as I love her :-)

I was only thinking about this, this morning. I have very weak, dry nails from all the constant hand washing and hand gel we use at work, can any of you ladies recommend any treatments to get them looking good again?
Am with LMB, I don't like false nails so providing mine stop flaking, I'll be having either an american manicure or fuscia pink nails!
xx

Iluvcakes try Nail Envy from OPI it strengthens and helps them to grow, it is really good you can get it from boots and also Avoplex oil from OPI is very good for your cuticles, This is as far as my nail knowledge goes Lol!!

Il be having accrylic nails i think :)

Im going to have mine as I usually do, acrylic nail extensions with american polish, might even get my feet out and have them done in an american polish to match! x

Hi Kaylz12.

Noone has said to me that they charge to take Shellac off, that's put me off completely! What about Minx?

Z x

The salon i go to charge £5 to remove them or you can go and buy acitone from the chemist and soak your nails in that for about half an hour an they should come off.
Sara you need to ask for a french manicure, that will give you the white tips or an american manicure and the tips are cream coloured. If you want your nails to look longer you could have acrylic nails which are put on top of your own and filed down to the length you want x

The only thing that helped my nails after i stopped biting them was Nail Magic from Sallys (hopefully thats ok to mention - if not sorry mods!). Its pretty hard to get hold of as they tend to tell you that they dont stock it (when they do!!!). Its about £10 per bottle but its really really good & i have tried just about everything!!! The good thing about it is after you apply the 2 coats its hard to scrap off with your teeth (any nail bitter knows that any sort of polish asks to be scraped off by your teeth!! :D lol) xxx

do your nails have to be a certain length before you can have acrylics? x

thank you LMB, you're a star :o) I like the American one, prefer the shape and the colour. Thank you, now I know what to ask for! I don't need false nails, the body of my nails are lovely and long but I'll just have to remember not to cut the tips short before I go! Thanks again :o) xx

Credit goes to RaggedyAnne who mentioned it - I just provided a piccie :-))

Nu Nail from Boots is brilliant if ur growing ur nails. it doesn't stop u biting them but i strengthens them and nourishes them so tht they grow quicker. i'm a nail biter. and i've decided to grow mine. and this product really helps x

As soon as my h2b asked me to marry him I just stopped. MY nails were so short, and everyone was so shocked. Its amazing what the thought of a wedding can do lol! I will just be having my nails natural for the wedding. I'll be having a mani the day before the wedding to make sure they look all nice and pretty hehe :) xxx