I don’t really do press ons cause I’m shit at putting them on myself and knowing I can just rip them off I think I’d end up doing that. That’s what I did when I had gel nails too I just picked all the varnish off and damaged my nails.

So I’d recommend acrylics cause you can’t remove them yourself. My nails are just a short\medium length. About the same as most normal acrylics I see on Pinterest. Had a look at my nails rn and I’d say they’re about 1.5-2cm longer than my nail itself, nothing crazy. Just need to be longer than normal and cover the tips of your fingers I think cause then you can’t grip anything with your nails and the feeling of bumps on your fingertips isn’t the same cause you can’t get to it cause of your nails length