New Nails
05-17-2010, 06:17 AM
#31
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ohio
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One thing I absolutely love is doing my own nails. Mine are also strong and grow fast. But I don't like having manicures at all- I never like the way they do them. When my kids were little my weird sis-in-law said to me " Don't you know young mothers aren't supposed to do their nails?" I replied " HUH"??? I just love the way they look polished or not- but I usually polish them b/c I love all the colors. I go through all the latest crazes in colors too. I don't keep them super long anymore though. I don't like the look. We had a fellow nurse who had the longest nails- I think they were fake but anyway we had to trade jobs now and then b/c she couldn't do certain things lolol Then they started a no-fake nails policy but she ended up moving it didn't affect her. She was one of the nicest nurses I worked with but her nails were disgusting :D :D :D
05-17-2010, 06:22 AM
#32
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 755
I am a weak nail person, I thought there was no one else out there that has this problem but me sniff sniff. I love longer nails, hated the fake, wish mine would go long on thier own, would have a manicure if they did just to keep them nice. Wow....
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Garlic huh?
05-17-2010, 07:29 AM
#33
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Bedford, Texas
Posts: 127
marsye, I just love your sense of humor!!!!
:lol:
Originally Posted by marsye
My natural nails grow very fast and I used to keep them looking good and polished.........not anymore! I can't do a thing with long nails! I don't know how others do it with very long ones! These are not my nails! :lol:
05-17-2010, 07:38 AM
#34
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Location: La Pine Oregon, USA
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Originally Posted by marsye
My natural nails grow very fast and I used to keep them looking good and polished.........not anymore! I can't do a thing with long nails! I don't know how others do it with very long ones! These are not my nails! :lol:
:mrgreen:
05-17-2010, 07:48 AM
#35
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Bedford, Texas
Posts: 127
Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Originally Posted by marsye
My natural nails grow very fast and I used to keep them looking good and polished.........not anymore! I can't do a thing with long nails! I don't know how others do it with very long ones! These are not my nails! :lol:
:mrgreen:
05-17-2010, 10:57 AM
#37
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 3,007
I've been having my nails done for about 15 years and I love them. I have never liked the squared off tips or the French tips...I just have my lady make them short and oval so they are just over the ends of my fingers and they always look great, I can type, sew, do whatever I need to do and I'm constantly being told they look so natural but because they are always perfect, "are they done or are they really your own?"
05-17-2010, 11:11 AM
#38
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Central Coast CA
Posts: 1,918
Don't give up on them! The trick is to start with short nails and slowly let them get longer, at about the same speed that they naturally grow, then you become totally used to them. Anyone who just sudenly adds a half-inch to their own length is bound to have trouble.
If you let them get too long though, they just get in the way.
If you let them get too long though, they just get in the way.
05-17-2010, 11:28 AM
#40
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 375
I did the glue-them-on-yourself nails one time about 20-25 years ago for a special night out. They didn't look too bad...but when I went to the restroom, I couldn't figure out how to get my pantyhose back up without poking holes in them!
I didn't leave them on long enough to learn how, either. I did a lot of typing in my job - on a REAL typewriter (now I'm dating myself), and I'm sure that would have been another disaster. For the past 20 years I've worked with a lady who does have beautiful fake nails, but she always asks me to open her can of soda. :oops:
I didn't leave them on long enough to learn how, either. I did a lot of typing in my job - on a REAL typewriter (now I'm dating myself), and I'm sure that would have been another disaster. For the past 20 years I've worked with a lady who does have beautiful fake nails, but she always asks me to open her can of soda. :oops:
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