Long nails or short?

[jenscats5]

Mine are about 1/8" past the tip on my finger and I'll put some type of nude or clear polish. Lately they have been shorter and breaking a lot - I'm going to assume it's the winter weather. It's very strange.

I did find this great new place to get manicures and pedicures - the places out here are all too fancy pansy spa like and frankly I want to go in have them done and leave. I hate to go to a place that I feel I'd have to dress to go and the endure all the chit chat fake poo poo that you have to do.

In the winter & can't grow mine at all & I know what you mean about the frou frou spa places. I go to a place across the street from work & they are Vietnamese I think, but anyway they only charge $10 for a manicure. They do a very good job & at a reasonable price....

 

[Daisy_Girl]

medium length....i usually stick with a square french manicured tips....and just keep them up with fills....they look classy and go w/everything

That is normally what I have. But right now, I am very into the 'nude' nailpolish too though....

 

[wend]

I wore them long as a teenager (they're really strong and I could probably grow those freakish ones that curl around, if I didn't have to use my hands...I've always wondered how the heck those folks wipe their butts...), but ever since I had kids, I've worn them clipped short (didn't want to scratch that tender skin). It's also handy for pottery, and for getting my Burt's Bees eye jelly out of that little jar...

I don't paint my fingernails, because they just get chipped and I can't be bothered. I do like to paint my toenails, though, so that they look nice when I'm staring at them in downdog... (yoga is barefoot, remember)... my favorite polish, which gives me what I call my party toes, is clear, with tiny snowy glitter, as well as really big, multicolored glitter. Fun!

 

[Puddles]

I have long nails, but they have acrylic on top. I get the pink & white fill so they never need anything more than a clear coat of polish on top. The girl who does them for me is very good and the acrylic isn't thick. I can go 4 weeks inbetween fills if I just take a few minutes to buff down the edge after they start to grow out at about 2 weeks and apply another clear coat of polish. I get a coat of white on the underside of my nail to keep the undersides clean. I hate to see pretty nails on the top and then unattractive undersides. I will usually get some kind of decoration for holidays on my ring fingers. I can't type with short nails.

 

[RottenWillow]

I kept my acyrlics for a while but the expense of the constant fill ins just killed me financially. With my diet and high protein volume my nails grow super fast and I needed fill ins every damn week. $$$$$$


Now I keep mine natural and short. I've found I dig into my own palms REALLY badly when doing bicep curls if they get long at all.

 

[PHATchik]

I keep mine short. But I've had fake nails a couple of times for formals and stuff. I just can't seem to do a lot with them on though, lol. I might get them done for my upcoming formal though on the 17th of April. Maybe.

 

[velvett]

Now I keep mine natural and short. I've found I dig into my own palms REALLY badly when doing bicep curls if they get long at all.

LOL

Me too.

 

[myremyran]

I love long nails and used to take good care of mine so that they were long and healthy. Due to my Krav Maga training I have to keep them short, so that I do not hurt anyone. Felt a little strange in the beginning but I'm getting used to it now actually...

 

[wend]

Krav Maga? I'm guessing this is either martial arts or some kind of touch therapy (which are pretty opposite ends of the spectrum...).

 

[myremyran]

Krav Maga? I'm guessing this is either martial arts or some kind of touch therapy (which are pretty opposite ends of the spectrum...).

It is a kind of army combat training, aimed at self defense.
It is really fun actually and hopefully it can be useful if I end up in a threathening situation in the future, you never know...