Comments on: I Am Nail-Biter, Hear Me Chew

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:03:57 +0000

supershort bitten-down nails so totally rock! I love that look. It’s so cool! Be a nail biter and be proud! Be yourself. Enjoy your harmless little vice, and keep biting. Oppologize to no one about it! You are nail-biter. Hear yourself roar!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:17:01 +0000

This is what I do: I go to http://www.broadwaynails.com or http://www.nailene.com and admire their false full cover nails, then I choose the one I like, hop over to either Boots, Walgreens, Walmart, K-mart or any no-name pharmacy and pick up a box. Then I go home, open the box, match the sizes to my nails (or whats left of them), put glue on the nail and on MY nail, stick them together and whalah! When you’re done (five minutes later) you will brandish a perfect french manicure that’s gorgeous! Or you can pick up their “natural” kits that would look just like your natural nails if you grew them out. Good luck!

By: sara

sara — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:42:55 +0000

i bite to

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:21:51 +0000

Try Avon Ultimate Transforming Hand & Nail Cream twice a day, everyday, until show time and, a few days before filming, get what God gave you manicured and buffed. To hell with the fake nails! As for the biting, I haven’t a clue what will work for you. I work as a nurse, so cleaning crap, barf, and heaven only knows what else on a regular basis pretty much cured me from nailbiting forever.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:01:50 +0000

As a life-long nailbiter who has tried everything, I say – don’t do it. Just get a manicure. If you get fake nails you won’t be able to craft!! If, however, you do decide to go with fakes, don’t worry about how you’ll getting them off.. you’ll chew them all off yourself one night while watching a suspensful thiller.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 06:46:13 +0000

Stay strong, keep your hands away from your mouth for just a bit longer & get a fabulous manicure in LA. As a reformed nail-biter, I also vote natural nails. The thought of chewing through the cost of the nail job and ingesting enamel paint (practically the same as the paint on your car) should keep them intact a hair longer.

If you want to wean yourself from the chewing, learn to give yourself a top notch manicure. Observe everything the nail tech does, buy some basic tools and try to replicate the process at home. I eventually stopped biting my nails because I didn’t want to screw up all that hard work.

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:32:08 +0000

Don’t spend the money. I have had acrylic and fiberglass and LC nails. Now I get Broadway Nails for $5.95 at the drug store. You put then on with nail glue. (do not get the self-stick kind) I also get brush on glue as it spreads more evenly than the one that comes with them.. Get the French manicure, short lenth. I am telling you these babies look so natural you may start biting them. I never got so many compliments on my nails before. And you just get the remover when you want to take them off. Those other kinds really damage your nails…you think they look bad now? So get the glue-ons. Easy peasy. I promise you will love them.

By: Kellee

Kellee — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:29:45 +0000

What Marnie said. Mostly.

But if you insist, Interlude salon and day spa. 15 minutes from you on Highland in Malden. Ask for Michelle, she’s the owner. Tell her I sent you, and tell what you’re trying to do. The upside to getting them done now is that you’ll have time to get used to wearing them because no matter how small you get them, they’re going to freak your hands out for a day or two, and since you’ll be demonstrating, this would be bad. The DOWN side is that Marnie’s right, you’re going to chip them between now and then. The solution? Do them now, and then touch them up when you get to LA. It’s true, you’ll have to wear them longer, but we, your adoring fans, are worth it. We totally are.

By: Divinebird Jenny

Divinebird Jenny — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:47:24 +0000

All this talk of silk nails makes me think of recycled silk. Now THOSE would be some kickass fake nails!!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:21:06 +0000

I’d recommend pink & white- when they grow out you won’t have a noticable gap between your nail and the fake nail. Ask for “work length.” Most salons know what that is- it’s just a tiny bit longer then the end of your finger tip. As for taking them off I’d DEFINATELY reccomend going somewhere and having them do it, and then asking them to do a manicure on top of it. Otherwise (and I know from experiance) you will pick and pick and pick.