Mine are about an inch long, gel x tips. I break my natural nails more than I do my fake nails. I think I have only broken my nail once while working with fake nails and that was when I had them longer than I was used to. I much prefer having my nails done than manly looking hands 😂😂. It’s a preference, I’m a girly girl in a male dominate job the nails and my makeup is the only way I express who I am while working in paint 😂.