Gel Nails

Update

 April 25, 2017

My nails continue to grow, they need another manicure, but I want to wait until the beginning of May. The new growth can be seen at the base of the nails. I am curious to see how long my nails can grow. Getting this type of manicure is expensive .  The cost is about $50.00 a month plus  tip. Cost X 12 months can cost $684.00 a year. So, this is how much money it takes to break a nail biting habit

This is NOT a shellac manicure.  It is actually a gel with new growth edges sanded so a ledge cannot be felt when new growth  begins. I cannot bite these nails.  If these nails are bitten, I risk chipping a tooth or breaking lots of teeth.  

I love these nails because they cannot be bitten off. I am learning I have to adjust my lifestyle  for long nails. For example,  getting cream out of a jar, I now use the back of my fingernail to remove the cream from a jar, not the underneath part of the nail. Also, I cannot be in a hurry to do something, like grabbing something quickly. I have to take my time to open doors with my long nails.

Typing on a computer or playing the piano is nearly impossible  with super long fimgernails.  I am using the sides of my fingers  to type  one letter at a time. 

Oh! I am having to throughly clean my hands and this includes under the fingernails with a nail brush. I have started to buy some pretty rings to remind me of my beautiful  nails. 

This coming June 2017 will be a year of beautiful  nails. I want to get a pretty blue stone for Mother's   Day.

I can now grow super long nails if I want to because I am no longer  taking care of my mom. Mom past away  on April 1, 2017.  Mom would of liked dying on April Fools Day. She was ready to go 3 years ago. And.....Mom would of loved my long fingernails.

It is really hard to believe how far I have become with my nail biting habit. The secret is my gel manicures with the edges sanded down so I do not feel the ledge with the new growth. And, my new habits of keeping my hands cleaned, oiling the cuticles  each night  and keeping hands lotioned and moisturized every hour  of day. In that, I take care of my hands all the time.

Update: May 27, 2017

My right hand fingernails grow faster than my left hand...anyway, I hit my pointer fingernail and my hand hurt all day. After that episode,  I started to file my right hand fingernails shorter. My right hand fingernails are a little shorter than my left hand.