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Some of my favourite players use flesh only and get a great sound - it's just a question of building up a hard callous on the pads and tips of your fingers.
You can also check out all the various finger picks that are available. These give you a different sound with more volume, but can be pretty tricky to use.
Hope that helps
and break regularly.
I‘ve tried nail strengthening nail polish stuff, but it doesn’t help, and easily chips off.
As said above. It’s genetics, some people have proper claws, I’ve got fine nails and hair.
Ho hum.
i might have to invest in those slip on nail picks.
I did look at acrylic nails. The advice I was given was that they thin and weaken the real nail, making life worse once you take them off.
FWIW my recipe was nail hardener, with tissue paper to minimise it chipping, applied at 24 hours before a performance. First trim your nails. Apply a coat of hardener, and let it dry. Cut a single layer of paper tissue to the shape of the cuticle, place it over the nail and brush over with nail hardener. Flatten if necessary to avoid any fold or ridges. Let it dry, then trim the outer edge to shape. Final coat of hardener. Let it dry for 24 hours to harden right off. File any rough edges. As you can see it was a lot of effort, and still only lasts a hour or so. I’m not a professional player, and I’m not sure it’s worth it.
that was strong, but damn ugly.
Also, don't let them get too long - at least for me, if they get beyond a certain length then they often end up getting nicked just at the base of the white bit, and the whole 'playing part' ends up tearing off.
Also, basic stuff like generally looking after yourself (decent diet, rest etc.) seems to make a difference to me. Every time I have a few weeks eating crap, getting stressed and sleeping badly my nails suffer and tear more easily.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011344/
Now I go to a good salon where the technician knows exactly what I need. I have only three nails done, as I usually use a thumb pick, and I keep them fairly short just as I would my normal nails. They are natural coloured, and you probably wouldn't notice them if I didn't point them out to you. They are never removed, but grow out and are infilled about once a month.
Good luck.