Who you get here is key. My sisters both had awesome experiences, mine wasn't so great. I think the girl I had was new to acrylics but I can't be sure.
I have been getting fills and full sets for almost 10 years now so I know the process pretty well. I watched in horror as she soaked the acrylic powder and piled it higher and higher on my nails. I let it go thinking she'd file and sand it down. Nope. I had gigantic, lumpy globs of acrylic. Only made worse by more gel later.
She also didn't shave down my nail underneath so it started lifting almost immediately. I had to replace them after 1.5 weeks when usually they could easily last a month.
So disappointed and so expensive! I spent $45 on a FILL. yikes.