Quote Originally Posted by moosmom
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Acrylic nails are painted on and dried. The nail gel goes over your actual nail and they have to "bake" it. The nail gel is REAAAAAAALLY thick and has to be applied in layers and baked (dried) in layers. It's more expensive. But having done both I can actually compare them. The Acrylic ones seem to stay on better in the long run.
You need to find a new nail tech. My gel nails we really thin and light.

I went to a different salon once in a pinch, and she put the gel on way too thick, and they looked like bricks.