Ladies! Fingernail polish or no??

[Twoply 0]

I dont think I've ever had a girlfriend with any kind of fingernail enhancement.

Id you have painted nails, do you sometimes strip it off and go natural? Or is it a one or the other thing?

[Jewels 0]

My nails are natural--no acrylics or anything like that. I like to polish them and it actually helps to strengthen and protect them. However, the wind tunnel is pretty hard on them and so I don't wear polish as consistently as I used to because it's a lot of maintenance. My toenails almost always have polish on them, though. I guess I'm a blend of polished and plain!

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[cocheese 0]

I always thought of you as polished.

[SarahC07 0]

I don't know why, but I think colored nail polish looks weird and almost trashy.

If I wear anything on my nails, it's clear. And when I want to be pampered - I get a natural french manicure.

Fake nails - eww.

[SuperGirl 0]

I never wear any polish. It's just too much of a hassle keeping it on. I don't have enough patience to put a gazillion coats and I like to do too much with my hands so it's destined to get chipped and messy, so I just don't bother.

[wildfan75 1]

Fake nails are a waste of money. I'd rather use the money to skydive. Also, I would probably have flesh wounds all over the place if I had big nails.

I'd like to wear nail polish more often but it dries out the tips of my fingers for some reason so I never wear it.

I do keep my toes painted during summer sandle season.

[tigra 0]

I think the OP is asking the wrong crowd this question. Most of us skychicks are probably "lower maintenance" than non skydivers as far as stuff like that goes.

My nails don't really grow well and I tend to bite them. For a while, I did the acrylic nails but I kept them at a reasonable length and I maintained them. Most people couldn't tell they were fake when I had them. (I don't think there's a whole lot uglier than broken and chipped acrylic nails, or ones that are way overdue for a "fill"!) One thing I will say is that the polish tends to stay on acrylic nails a lot longer than it does on "real" ones, at least for me. I enjoyed having pretty "girly" hands and nails but the process is terrible for your nails, not to mention expensive and time consuming so I eventually gave that up.

I do try to get occasional pedicures and keep my toes polished during the summer months.

[skymama 37]

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I do keep my toes painted during summer sandle season.

My toes are painted all the time, it's always sandal season in Florida. They're usually coral in the summer and red in the winter. They must look ok, they were good enough for national television!

I'm lucky to have very strong fingernails, so it's easy to keep mine long. I got a manicure before my wedding (I think it was my second manicure in my whole life) and the lady next to me thought my nails were fake. They're filed round and are short enough not to get in the way on the keyboard. If I'm dressing up and have time, I'll put a coat of very light pink on my fingers.

I hate french manicures, I think they look way too fake and those white strips look weird.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[enflyt 0]

almost always on my toes... I hate it when they're not done.

But I cant get a manicure to last longer than me getting into my car, so i've pretty much given that up. Acrylics are nice, if you an afford to keep them up. I guess i'm too rough with my hands cause i'd always end up breaking them... and when you do eventually take them off, your nails are super brittle.

[irisheyes 0]

I wear it on my toenails about 50% of the time, but only very rarely on my fingernails. Like others have said, it does not last long enough to make it worth painting my fingernails.

[mamajumps 0]

I hardly ever have my fingernails done, mostly just keep them short & very clean (im a little OCD about clean hands ) I do however keep my toenails painted all the time, its just so cute with flips or other open toed shoes...

[PLFXpert 0]

I've only had my nails done once professionally. It was a first-gift from Bill. Very sweet of him.

I hated it. My fingers felt heavy. Ewww. And I completely ruined "the finish" w/in hours.

My nails stay trimmed and bare. Both feet & hands. And I still get compliments.

I can't stand polish. I think it looks cheap no matter how it's done, unless it's done "natural" and then it looks kinda weird.

Just my opinion.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[PLFXpert 0]

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My toes are painted all the time, it's always sandal season in Florida.

It is! And I still prefer the natural, bare toenails.

When I look down in the sand on the beach at my feet, somehow red toenails just look completely out of place to me.

But if you must, I think coral is very pretty.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[newbloomer 0]

Always very light, almost french on the fingernails. Always dark polish on the toes. Right now my toes are painted black. I think that it looks hot.

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