If you're on a 2 week cruise or so you can squeek by without needing a fill but for 3 weeks or longer you need to resort to either having them done on the ship or in a port. [/QB]
I'm in Beijing today and had an experience regarding nail fills last night and thought of you all! I knew I had so much to do in the few days to get ready for my PG cruise after I get home that I asked the pedicure ladies here last night if they do acrylic fills. This is something I never do overseas because I assume they can't do it well. Well, let me tell you, i've never had nails like this!
To begin, they did the manicure thing you never get at home: cuticles, etc, then the fill began: it was all done by hand, painstakingly, each nail filed, acrylic-ed, filed and buffed until each was a work of art! They don't use the filing machines here like at home at the "nail lady" where I'm in and out in under an hour. It went on and on...for hours, over 2 I think (I lost track because I was so tired from flying here that after a while I was drifting in and out of consciousness!)
Sometimes several ladies were working on me at once. Then my nails were lovingly and painstakingly polished. Omigosh, I have never had such perfect nails in all my life. But would I do it again? Hmm... Maybe. It cost only 12 bucks, US, but it took FOREVER! Maybe if I'm not so tired and I bring a book to read...a BIG book. LOL. Anyway, just wanted to share.
PS--a Chinese joke: If Adam and Eve were Chinese, we'd still be in Paradise. Why?
Answer: They have ignored the apple and eaten the snake! :D
~Sue, owner of Chinese Nails Of Perfection who is hoping they last through the entire cruise
