Both acrylic and gel manicures require ample time to achieve. Martinez says you should allow at least 30 to 45 minutes for a basic gel polish manicure and 60 minutes to three hours for hard gel ...

Few beauty treatments are as divisive as the acrylic nail. As contentious a subject as marmite, the mere mention of an acrylic nail causes some to recoil in fear, while for others the nail tech's ...

Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Acrylic nails have been around for decades, but they’ve had a ...

I've been obsessed with acrylic nails since I was a child. When I was around 6 or 7, my fascination with fake nails began, and I would spend my pocket money buying packs of crystal-encrusted false ...

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With over four years of experience in fashion and lifestyle journalism, Tanya is a Political Science graduate from Lady Shri Ram College. She also studied journalism at Xavier Institute of ...

I've always wanted to be that woman, who, to paraphrase Swizz Beatz, has her hair done, nails done, everything did. But I've also always been aware of the grim stories that can come with getting ...

I've committed quite a few beauty sins in my life: sleeping with makeup on, cutting my own bangs, popping my pimples—all the big ones. But the one that still haunts me to this day? Biting off my ...