Tess -- go to a beauty school, they tend to be less expensive. Ask for acrylic tips...the tips will keep you from biting your nails. You can do them natural or paint them any color you like. I highly recommend a mid-length as it's hard to get used to really long nails quickly. Oh...and pricing...in our area it's about $35 for the initial application at the beauty school, and $10 for filler/maintenance work (which needs to be done when your nails grow out)

I leave my fingernails bare...I am not a nail biter, but they do break or tear so I tend to keep them at a short-ish length. I paint my own toes every other week...always some variant of bright red or dark pink.

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