Once upon a time, I used to love getting my nails done. I practically grew up in the nail salon, getting a mini-version of the pampering my mom treated herself to every other week. When I became a teenager, going with your friends to get your nails done was the thing to do. I used to be bold and get crazy acrylic tips in all the neon colors they had to offer before heading over to the tanning salon (oh 2009). While I loved nails, something else started to become prominent when my nail obsession did—cell phones.
Back in those simpler times, it was easy enough to navigate a cell phone with additional inches on your fingers. There were still actual keyboards, full with buttons to press. As they started to die out, leaving us with just touch screens, I faced a dilemma. I also faced college, where I’d be typing on a computer regularly as well. When the nails became too much of an inconvenience, I ditched them. When I tried to go back to them for special occasions, I learned that price had gone way up. Suddenly, nails were an investment in my neighborhood, one that I couldn’t make on a broke college student budget. I even stopped painting them, and I went back to biting regularly.
Now, I’m an adult who faces a similar dilemma. I still love having my nails done up. Polish alone doesn’t quite do it for me and doesn’t deter me from biting my nails. However, acrylics are also still a little too much for someone who does so much with their hands on a daily basis, like cooking, cleaning, and typing.
I was looking for a way to keep my nails cute, stop biting them, and not break the bank should my experiment fail. That’s when I learned all about press-on nails and how they’ve changed from childhood. After discovering a drug store brand with rave reviews and a luxury brand that could pass for a high-price mani, I decided to give them both a go and see what was best for the lazy beauty buyer like myself.
Source : https://www.littlethings.com/press-on-nails-lazy-chic-manicure/