If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Gel or Acryllic?? or are they the same thing LOL....HELP please!!! i am going to get my nails done just before my birthday which is in a months time. now i was talking to someone about nails and they mentioned gel or acryllic, now i think back about the convo, was the person talkin about them being the same thing?? or are they completley different?? ive never had my nails done, and ive been biting my nails ever since i could remember so i want something nice and hopefully crack the habit of destroying my nails. sooo can someone help me choose what to do and give me more info on fake nails??? I think the gel ones are gentler on your nails, the nail place I had mine done (the one and only time I hate them!) Will only put gel ones on teenagers, they wont put acrylics on them at all.. I think the other difference is the colour?? Sorry not much help gel is the way to go! i have fake nails and have had both and gel is much better. gentler on the nail, with acrylic i used to get water under them alot.. gel is