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Ok thanks Shell. I agree that it's a lot of trouble for just one day!
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Thanks Michele. I am VERY low-maintenance so I am thinking there's no way I want to go through with this. I'll grow out my own nails! 
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I wore them for several years and enjoyed them very much. I took mine off last summer and it took about 8 months for my nails to return to normal. The nail bed is a little sensitive as the nail grows out.
If you want them ONLY for the wedding, I would suggest using good press on nails and not the acrylic.
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Have a blessed day!...Rachel
stable and sooooooo thankful!
I have IBS but it doesn't have me!
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Michelle, I think I've decided against fake nails. TOO much work!!!
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Good idea Rachel. Anyone know about these?
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I've had them and love the way the look but I hate how my nails hurt and are horribly thin after I take them off... I am suffering now because I just recently took them off for gardening season. It takes a commitment to keep them nice, at least one and a half hours every two weeks. I first got them when I was dressing up for work and had to wear pantyhose... my own nails would always run the hose and I was spending a fortune on hose so I splurged on nails and actually saved money in the long run. I just got tired of the time it takes to sit and breath in all the acetone every other week... also I used to worry about the women who actually worked in the nail shop that I went to, the acetone fumes must cause some sort of problem long term. But with all that said... I love the way they look... oh how we suffer to look good!!!
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I bit my nails something terrible. I quit in November and had let them grow and got a french manicure just about every 3 or 4 weeks. They looked simply gorgeous! My nails are very thin and break and split easily but if I kept them maintained they stayed real nice. Well then we got the puppy and I didn't have time for the "pamering" of the nails. So guess what? Yep, I started biting them again. Having nails is VERY high maintanence, not to mention expensive! I would suggest going to the drug store or Walmart and getting a set of glue on ones. Not press on with tape ones, actual glue on. Whenever I had a special occasion I'd get them and do them myself. You can clip them to the size you want and they probably will last a week or so. They won't damage yours nails since you'll have them on for such a short time.
Acrylic nails are way too high maintenance plus you can risk getting bacteria and junk under them. I know some people said they never had a problem with that but I truely never wanted to even chance it. I cut chicken up too much and it would get down in there I think.
Let me know what you decide!
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just tips. They looked amazing, a permanent french manicure, done in an Asian Nail Salon on Park Lane.
BUT when I got them off (a) they took most of my nails with them so it hurt and (b) it looked AWFUL.
So for the wedding I just let my natural nails grow and then painted them pale pink-
This is what they looked like:
And here's the fake ones from the engagement time:(rest of photo awful but good close up of nails) 
The real ones really do look better I think
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Thanks Lisa. Maybe I will consider the drug store glue on type. I looked at them yesterday and there's a dozen different brands out there.
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Thanks Sinead. I think that's probably what I'll do too! My own nails can grow pretty long, they're just not too strong so they usually break off. But maybe I'll try to keep them nice and do a pale polish for thr wedding. 
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