Kassia, My daughter took me to a mother-daughter spa day for Mothers Day and I got the first real manicure of my life. I was so embarrassed about how my hands and feet look. I could not believe how my hands looked when I came out of there 2 hours later. Wow. I'm a customer for life now. They did a shellac? treatment on my nails with clear polish and white tips. It's been 3 weeks and I think they still look great. Because I don't want to mess it up, I've been diligent about wearing gloves. My doc always wants to see my nails, so I can't wear colored polish any more. I have a drawer full of wild colors that I used to wear. My favorite was a sparkly bronze.