The telephone book has only six listings under nail salons, but dozens of the city's beauty shops advertise nail services. You don't have to keep them polished as much. She has her French manicure re-done every week. An employee at Intertape Inc., Haskins said she would get her nails done even if she didn't work. That and my hair.
Some women claim that artificial nails feel like an unnatural extension of their bodies.
But for others, the quest for attractive fingertips is comparable to the search for a perfect coif. Nails, unlike the face or hair, are always in a woman's line of vision. Still, Pierce said, artificial nails are a luxury. That's one reason she went back to get her nail technician license this year. The newer gel nails cost about the same as acrylic.