I recently purchased a coupon from LivingSocial.com
LivingSocial offers one fantastic deal every day with discounts of up to 90% at local restaurants, bars, spas, theaters, and more.
The deal was $28 for a no-chip manicure and 50 minute pedicure. GREAT deal, even for a normal mani/pedi. (Regular price is $32 for the no-chip manicure only.)
I got them done at the No Chip Nail Boutique on Western and Montrose.
No-chip polish is different. It is gel based and stays on your finger nails for at least two weeks. After one coat is applied, you put your hand inside a UV light dryer (no air, just light) and the polish hardens. A second coat is applied and the same process is repeated. The manicure takes longer than a normal one, because the polish is so thick and it is applied with a thin paint brush.
I've had mine on for a week and a half. The polish still looks new. It's even still shiny. The only thing I'm noticing is the little space between the polish and my cuticle. It's my new nail growth. (My nails grow very fast.) Still, it's not entirely noticeable yet.
As far as removal, well that is a little complicated. EDIT: View my step-by-step removal guide, with photos! Click here!
Here's a few photos, naked nails, right after I got the manicure, then what they look like now. I'll update the blog when I have the polish taken off. (Click to enlarge photos.)
Impressive!
ReplyDeleteI want to ask the girls who wrote "No More Dirty Looks" what they know about the NCM. Seems almost too good to be true…
But I may try it myself before I find out how awful it is ;)
I wonder if it is similar to a UV gel false nail application, but much thinner and such. I would love to compare the thickness and strength of my nails, before, during and after. Am my medical status fluctuates they get strong and very long, and then flexible and they all break off. But polish always chips at the corners where my nails flex, and my nails end up looking rather embarrassing the day before I have time scheduled to redo my manicure.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it is somewhat similar to a gel false nail application. I have been interested in this, and comparing the thickness of my nails before, during, and after. As my medical status fluctuates, my nails go from very hand and long, to getting very weak and they all break off within one week usually. My polish usually cracks at the bottom, where the nail flexes, and my hands usually look embarrassing a bit before I have scheduled time to change the color.
ReplyDeleteoooh **sparkly**
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