sundaymorningstaple wrote:I may be just opinionated, but I would have to agree with seasider about the footballer's wives but would have to add that in my travels, the people I notice with those hideous type of nails (my personal POV) most of the time are "ladies of the evening" or what most would call hookers, prostitutes or call girls. I get the same impression when I see women all dressed up and smoking cigarettes for some reason.
I prefer medium short semi-rounded with a very light translucent or just clear gloss unless there is red or black lingerie involved. Then a vivid red will due me just fine!
Is this what you mean by 'footballer's wives' french manicure?
I don't like this and I don't do this for my nails. FYI, this is fake nails also known as acrylic nails. It is quite impossible for natural nails to achieve this, stay this way in real life..... for more than a few days!
It also costs a lot to do (expensive, long hours, pain sometimes), to maintain and it ruins our natural nails in the long run. After a few rounds of this, the nails need rests periods, take months to get back to their natural healthy state or may cause some damage. Most friends have warned me never to get started with this! I don't even think it looks nice, whether it's french tips or red with crystal decorations.
Yah..ha..recalling those 80's movies 'ladies of the night' with long nails/fake nails painted red (no decoration). But acrylic nails (decorations and all) is only quite recently in the past 5 years affordable to most people.
My nails look like this......I can't keep them any longer. Most of the time my nails are shorter then this!
IT seems that the french manicure with the white tips are very traditional.Perhaps having 1 colour on the nail bed and another on the tips would look a bit funky.
