Thread: Acrylic Nails?
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Old 10-17-2012, 02:46 PM
gfsark gfsark is offline
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Default Ugly as sin?

I got a set of nails from Guitar Player Nails, and I've used them when I break a nail, usually thumbnail. They are milky white plastic. Quite ugly. People ask me what happened. I tell them I broke a nail and this plastic protects it. Then they are sympathetic for my injury.

The injury is to my self image. Thing is, your fingernail may be somewhat milky at the tip, but its transparent over the skin. Coat your fingernails with white plastic, and it looks bad.

Also have problems with the thickness of the nail. As your nail grows out, you need to file the plastic down. Eventually, you reach the point where the natural and artificial nails tips are exactly on top of each other at the tip. This leaves a really thick (double thick) nail which I found gets in the way of playing.

Is there a better product out there? Pictures anyone? A truly transparent nail? Is the fiberglass version clear or milky?
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