Nails and Nail Polish

[kieraoona]

Does anyone do their nails?  Just curious.  I have a large collection of colors, so I tend to do my nails, although short, quite often. 

 

Here's my latest lineup for anyone who's interested.

[Healix]

Kieraoona, that is really cool looking! I have a whole case of nail stuff, but don't  use colors often. I love to buff them so they have a high shine, and like you, keep them fairly short.

Edited March 30 by Healix

[kieraoona]

Thanks!  And just think, that's the base colors that's naturally in the bottle!

 

With that said, unless you have really strong nails, buffing them down to a high shine actually damages the nails, and is generally not recommended.

 

Also cutting the skin at your cuticles is also not recommended because it can damage the skin.  In my case I have such dry cuticles no matter how often I moisturize with nail oil and hand cream that I generally have to cut them off.

 

I'm not a nail tech,  but I know what works for me.  Everyone's skin and nails are going to be a little different.

 

With that said, for even basic colors there's all sorts of things you can do with them.  Including if you have them, nail stamping, watermarble, color blocking, or something where each finger is a different color, which is called a Skittle Mani (named after the candy)

 

As example, my Canadian mani (I'm Canadian.)

 

 

[TygerDarkstorm]

Your nails look great @kieraoona! I don't typically paint my own because I suck at it, but I do like to wear press ons from time to time. One of my favorite sets I did was from Glamnetics and when cool, they're a maroon color, but when they get warm, they turn into the Marauder's Map.

[kieraoona]

I tend not to wear press-ons because I find it just trashes my nails.  I have very thin nails to start with (always have), hence the reason I wear polish, to protect them. 

 

But, that's just me. 

 

I have some color-changing temperature sensitive nail polishes in my stash, that I should wear more often before the heat changing stops working