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[cupcake_goth]

A frivolous thing that makes me ridiculously happy:

Thanks to online tutorials, I have learned how to apply silk as a structural layer in a gel manicure. This means that I can enhance my naturally weak, thin nails (as long as I'm good about doing the gel manicures) into ones that permit (tiny) talons! Pointy pointy nails!

(While I probably could go with a longer length of talons, I know I'd feel uncomfortable with them while doing assorted craft projects.)

Comments

[staxxy]

it can also be difficult to type with longnails. <3

[musyc]

Oh, I keep wanting to do those talon nails. A cashier at the grocery store had them and he looked fantastic but I think he said his were acrylics. Love the look of them, but sadly I stab myself in the face pushing up my glasses with rounded nails as it is!

Biotin supplements have helped me a great deal with the weakness. It took several months to build up, but my nails are in better condition. They still split if I don't pay attention to the corners, but far less than they used to. (And my hair started growing again, which was the original reason I started the supplements.)