So slide 1 is on January 25th, I’d been ripping my gel x nails off for the last two years and was shocked when I saw how truly ruined my nails were when I tried removing them properly. This pic was taken after I tried removing them with the soaking them with acetone method and using an electric nail file.. ugh I had no idea what I was doing with the e-file GORL! I wish someone would’ve smacked the e-file outta my hands and stopped me. I had no idea I’d gotten the all the gel off and was now just destroying my real nails. Well actually in the pic you can see my thumb still had gel stuck on it in some spots.
Slide 2 is today and I’ve just kept my nails very short bc they’d constantly be breaking. Maybe the first week of new growth I’d put cuticle oil but slowly gave up and can’t keep a routine. So this is all just completely natural no polish, no clear coat, no nail strengtheners just time and patience!!
Slide 3 is how beautiful my gel x nails were but I’m just not educated on how to properly remove them + pure laziness so I’d been ripping them off every three weeks and I’d re do them with the gel x method for the last 2 years straight. They were beautiful on the outside but sad on the inside.
I’m on my natural nail journey and I will be trying my hardest to stop putting gel polish on them, I feel like I’ve been doing good the last 3 months. I just can’t do it anymore although I miss how pretty, long, and polished they once were. 🥺
by Emotional-Tension484