How long should a gel manicure last before chipping

Ask your group chat how long a gel manicure should last and I guarantee you’ll get 10 different answers (also, wow, brag—you have 10 friends?

OKAY). Even though I’ve been getting gel manicures regularly for the last two years—since regular nail polish tends to chip in, like, five minutes for me—I’ve never gotten the final word on how long gel polish should last. Is two weeks the standard?

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Is three weeks a sign of next-level gel? Is four weeks even humanly possible? Does the world end at five weeks?!

Since these are the actual questions that keep me up at night, I decided to settle things once and for all by chatting with a nail expert to find out everything you’ve ever wondered about gel manis, starting with how long they ~really~ last.

How long do gel manicures last?

I’ll give it to you straight: The longest you can wear a gel manicure without compromising your nail health is two weeks, says Evelyn Lim, chief educator of New York–based nail salon Paintbox.

Even though your manicure might look perfectly fine afte

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