Vacation Nails

I spent last Tuesday at the nail salon celebrating a friend's birthday.

We have a tradition of taking the birthday girl out for a pedicure

and we bring mimosas along to celebrate!

Since we were leaving for North Carolina just two days later,

I decided to also get my fingernails done.

But instead of the traditional manicure,

I chose the gel manicure.

There are a few different types of these.

but I used the product, Axxium by Opi.
(photo link - www.amazon.com)

It is supposed to stay chip-free for a couple weeks

so I thought it would be perfect to use before a vacation.

I actually tried one of the gel products around Christmas time

and it really did last about 3 weeks. 

It's the only time I will put a darker color on my nails.
And at Christmas time, I had to have red.

This time around, I went with a bright pink
but I forgot the name of it.
In fact, I don't think it had a name
but was #15 or something.

This is what my nails look like on day 9.

Not bad except my cuticles are very dry
 due to all the sun and chlorine from the past week.

But the color has not chipped yet.

It's actually in pretty good shape considering

I was dragging around suitcases,

and beach bags,

and kids' junk...
and folding tons of laundry
and walking with Rosie who pulls on her leash...

So hopefully I will get at least another week out of it.

Have you tried any of the gel manicures?