Last month I decided to go back to acrylics after a 30 year hiatus. Mindy gave me a full set of acrylics with gel polish. I was going out of town for 3 weeks over Christmas and she said that they would last for a month. I couldn't believe it, the acrylic didn't lift at all! I got compliments on my nails the entire 4 weeks. My only problem is the way they look when you go that long between fills. There is too much of my naked nail the shows.