i’ve never gone to a professional nail salon but i’ve tried to do them myself and it always ends up looking AWFUL.
the only time that my efforts ended up looking good is when i went through a phase of painting them black lol but at the time i wasn’t trying to make it look super neat.
i’ve tried press on nails before but i hated how they feel, maybe its because i bought really cheap ones? they were very long and i wear contacts so they weren’t a good idea to begin with. i want to try to grow my natural nails out again but they always split or get soft.
i paint my own nails on occasion, especially if it's for something nice, but it's not something i regularly keep up. i've been considering starting to get them done regularly so they look nicer, but i play rugby at uni so i can never really have longer nails during term time... maybe as a graduation present to myself
I do sometimes paint my nails, I have one polish that is a really pretty colour and so sparkly! but I don't like the feeling of having nail polish on, especially when it starts to come off and half of it doesn't want to budge. I usually don't bother with it.
I'd love to get a manicure someday, but I could never have long/acrylic nails, it'd drive me crazy haha.
I paint my nails, very rarely, i go through a mood from time to time when i wanna do something fun and ive done some pattern nails, they usually look a bit…rough, but kinda cute and then i wear them until theyre almost completely chipped off. I just kindof get annoyed with the feeling of the wet/drying nail polish and i often end up messing it up smudging it everytime no matter how careful i am so it takes a lot of energy out of me
I have not tried fake/acrylic nails, i would like to try one day cuz i think they look really cool! But living with mostly natural nails my whole life i fear theyd be uncomfortable
Nope. I never liked the sensation of nail polish on my nails.
Plus, in my profession, I can't get my nails done as I work as a manual therapist that treats people. Not sure people would like it if I dug my nails into their back if I had to work on the area
i used to paint my nails with the basic nail polish, but i’d get so annoyed when they got ruined so easily that i gave up on color polish. if i do them myself i either put on a clear coat or the glitter ones since they dry super quick. my friend has a gel kit with the uv light so i left her do mine sometimes. i would like to try out acrylics from a salon though
I've gotten my nails done once before and I used to paint my nails and try to do gradients. But I don't really want to spend the time and effort now so I just trim them
I've only gone to a salon once in my life. And I've never used the fake nails before. A few years ago I went through a phase where I started painting my nails for the first time in my life. I think the trip to the salon is what inspired me. I'd paint them and put on a matte coat, and sometimes I would use those nail wrap things. But then after I moved I didn't paint them for about 2 years, until fairly recently. Currently sporting the peeling nail polish look.. Maybe I should make more of an effort to start painting them again. Because I do somewhat enjoy it even tho I'm not the greatest at it and I like how it makes me feel afterwards c:
i do my own nails approx every 3 weeks, helps me feel a lil bit nice sometimes
tbh i have too much nail polish, gel polish, poly gel, gel stickers, all the wraps tools and lights...... but i'd rather that then going out to salon after a bad experience WHERE MY NAILBEDS H U R T never again i'll stay at home w yt on or a movie
i usually get my nails done if it's a special occasion or if I am going on holiday, love the huge range of colours I usually come across and how creative people can be with them but never do them myself cause I often find my hand shakes if I do my own and then it just becomes a mess