Phony Stick-on Nails, Yuuuck!

The title says it all. Why do some women wear these? I go to a store and the cashier has trouble making change, This is partially due to not being able to pick up the coins and partially due to poor math skills.They do not look like natural nails, must be uncomfortable,and bad for your real nails. They also must be expensive. If anyone likes these please tell me why.

Dale

The title says it all. Why do some women wear these?
The same reason some women have phony breasts and phony hair color. Vanity.

The title says it all. Why do some women wear these? I go to a store and the cashier has trouble making change, This is partially due to not being able to pick up the coins and partially due to poor math skills.They do not look like natural nails, must be uncomfortable,and bad for your real nails. They also must be expensive. If anyone likes these please tell me why.

Dale
I never understood that myself and I am a girl, I am 100% to natural beautiful done nails.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/Korbundar/100_3783.jpg

I HATE those long, curved looking ones!! ICK!! I keep my nails short all the time, having long nails just bugs me....and then they break!
Stick-on nails that you buy from Rite-aid or any grocery store are just horrible! Even the one's that you get professionally done seem silly to me. And yes, they are very bad for your real nails.

Count me in.

Hate the fakes.
(at least the nails anyway ;) )

There is a newer "fake" nail out called solar nails. They are thinner and look more natural, not as bad for nails either. I wear them sometimes, especially on a special occasion. They are much easier to get off too

OK...I confess....I had them for awhile! I took a job in the car biz and my hands were gonna be visible and under scrutiny of many customers every day. I live in Los Angeles people! You know.....swimmin' pools...movie stars! LOL

But I started to DREAD the torture I was submitted to by my well-intentioned manicurist....."Oh you big baby....don't cry...make me very nervous!" and I got tried of PAYING to go to what I regarded as the DUNGEON....the PIT OF DESPAIR.

So I quit...COLD TURKEY! I allowed myself to be seen in public with shaggy nails for over a month before my 10 little tortured pieces of mangled stuff started to look like natural nails again. I will never do that again. I think I have other qualities that should distract from my lack of long nails ;)

And Mark....I color my hair. And I will go that way into the grave kicking and screaming before I submit to grey hair. Like mother, like daughter :p

They still make those stick-on nails!?!?!?!?!?:eek:

I thought they went to the grave when acrylics became popular and affordable. I do have nails, my own with an acrylic layer to make them stronger so they won't break. I, too, hate the curved ones that look like some bird's claws.

Len, the solar nails here are acrylic and it would be bad for your nails to keep putting them on and taking them off. Better to wear them all the time. Regular acrylic needs to be polished because it is hazy if you leave them unpolished. The solar are not polished . . . they are white on the tips and natural color on the nail bed and just buffed to a shine.

You gals can color your hair -- I'll get my nails done! :p And I get a pedicure every time I get my nails done . . . that's the best part!

But I started to DREAD the torture I was submitted to by my well-intentioned manicurist....."Oh you big baby....don't cry...make me very nervous!" and I got tried of PAYING to go to what I regarded as the DUNGEON....the PIT OF DESPAIR.



If you were being "tortured" having your nails done, you had a really BAD nail tech! :eek:

I thought women had phony breasts and hair color to attract men. So Pamela Anderson looks like that because she is just vain? Silly me. I thought she did all that to herself to become a sex symbol by appealing to men's preferences.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard a man make a crack about a woman's small breasts, how blondes have more fun, etc. I've even heard them make comments about a "well groomed" women is sexy - ie no stray hairs, shiny youthful hair, manicured...not to mention all the women in porn have long, fake nails. I don't see too many (read "ANY") Playboy models with small boobs, gray hair and short nails.

Funny how men will seek out a big-breasted, youthful-looking, well-manicured woman, yet ridicule a woman for seeking to make herself fit that mold.
Well, not every woman has a perfect set of nails without effort.

I have a beautiful set of perfect, medium-long natural nails right now - but only due to the pregnancy hormones. Otherwise, my nails peel like an onion and are so soft they bend in half. When I could afford it, I went to the salon and had expensive acrylics put on - made to look as natural as possible - neatly trimmed and usually a French manicure.

I agree with Peachy - if it is "torture" your manicurist is horrible!!

But I also agree that the cheap, press-on variety are cheesy. If you can't afford to go to a salon, get the higher quality acrylics in the store and take the time and effort to make it look good.

I saw these the other day and think they're pretty cool. Not fake nails but.....ok not fake polish either, lol. Easy Polish! which i may try because i loathe doing my nails. I usually do a french tip but sometimes, like last night, i paint the entire nail.


Nail Polish Strips
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7239/e81lj2.jpg

i have a naturally long nail bed, so even if they're barely over the tip of my finger, they still look long. right now, they're longer than i usually keep em. i need to TRIM! here's my lil bone-pickers

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4795/eye046rr6.jpg

Kristin

I always thought Pamela Anderson looked silly,like some comic book character. To me anyway she was never that appealing. I also think it is unethical for doctors to perform such implants. Except for breast reconstruction for cancer surgery there is no medical need for this and although rare,complications can result. I believe doctors take an oath of "do no harm".

My first love had small breasts,36 B and I loved them. She had a beauty mark on her left breast that used to drive me nuts whenever she wore something low cut. Because she did gymnatics and ballet even at 50, she also had the best legs I ever saw on a woman. Large breasts are nice too but any man who likes artificial breasts suffers from a case of arrested development. No matter how well done, implants look fake and leave scaring. If this is his thing why have a woman at all,why not just buy a pair of implants and take them home for his own amusement?

Dale

Couldn't agree with you more, Dale. Unfortunately, 95% of the American male population seems to disagree with you - otherwise Pam wouldn't be a star and Playboy would be bankrupt! ;)

I can understand the attraction - it's quite biological:

Big breasts = breast feeding = fertility

Shiny, colorful hair = youth = fertility

Long, pretty nails = well-groomed = clean = healthy = fertility

Men are preprogrammed to find something fertile to inseminate! LOL! :p

But I still think it's hyppocritical for men to ridicule a woman for trying to achieve the look of what so many men chase after.

I saw these the other day and think they're pretty cool. Not fake nails but.....ok not fake polish either, lol. Easy Polish! which i may try because i loathe doing my nails. I usually do a french tip but sometimes, like last night, i paint the entire nail.


Nail Polish Strips
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7239/e81lj2.jpg

i have a naturally long nail bed, so even if they're barely over the tip of my finger, they still look long. right now, they're longer than i usually keep em. i need to TRIM! here's my lil bone-pickers

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4795/eye046rr6.jpg

Looks like a pretty cool idea actually.

I don't care nearly as much about the size of a woman's breasts as about the shape and texture. But this is chit chat, not sexually speaking, so that's all the detail I can give. Plus I don't want to help this get any more off topic without the OP's permission.

Woops!! Scratch the second part, the OP was the one who brought this up. :D

I saw these the other day and think they're pretty cool. Not fake nails but.....ok not fake polish either, lol. Easy Polish! which i may try because i loathe doing my nails. I usually do a french tip but sometimes, like last night, i paint the entire nail.


Nail Polish Strips
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7239/e81lj2.jpg

i have a naturally long nail bed, so even if they're barely over the tip of my finger, they still look long. right now, they're longer than i usually keep em. i need to TRIM! here's my lil bone-pickers

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4795/eye046rr6.jpg

Trace - - -

I sell Avon and I have been selling a lot of these. They are pretty cool, but there is a learning curve in knowing how to get them on. Ask your Avon person to get you some samples to play with . . . we have learned that you can also put them on your toes!

P.S. If you decide to try them, let me know and I'll give you some pointers.

*weep*


Peachy, i don't HAVE an Avon rep :(

do they make the french tip ones? that's the one that gives me the biggest headache but i LOVE the way it looks, specially since i like my nails squared off.

I was wondering the same thing, Trace. I prefer French manicure, as well. Wears better.

I just bought a kit that has little strips to put on before doing the whites. Works pretty well!

Anyone remember the nail polish pens? I liked those.

Back in the late 80's they had colored press-ons that were custom fit to your fingers. You bought them from a rep - like Avon - who kept your finger sizes on file.

Because my nails are so soft and I worked in restaurants, I never could wear them, because they always popped off! :eek:

I used to have this "white stick" that looked like an eyeliner pencil, but had some kind of hard white product that you rubbed under the tips of your nails to make them white. I liked that a lot but haven't been able to find it since my old stick ran out....

Isn't it all a matter of personal preference? Of course some women love long nails - acrylic or not; some men love long nails; some like rounded, squared, pointed, and some could care less - whatever!!! LOL

The "trick" is men and women that like the same things finding each other! ;) OR learning to like what they one they love likes! :D

I was wondering the same thing, Trace. I prefer French manicure, as well. Wears better.

I just bought a kit that has little strips to put on before doing the whites. Works pretty well!

Anyone remember the nail polish pens? I liked those.

Back in the late 80's they had colored press-ons that were custom fit to your fingers. You bought them from a rep - like Avon - who kept your finger sizes on file.

Because my nails are so soft and I worked in restaurants, I never could wear them, because they always popped off! :eek:

I used to have this "white stick" that looked like an eyeliner pencil, but had some kind of hard white product that you rubbed under the tips of your nails to make them white. I liked that a lot but haven't been able to find it since my old stick ran out....
I did the strips!!! bout oh.........15 years ago. i was SO traumatized, i can't even look at the kit in the store. i had lil white strips EVERYWHERE....even in my hair it seems :o

and the lil stick! i had one of those and keep meaning to get another but always forget.

i just slide my polish brush across the end, let it dry, cover with a Hard As Nails clear coat. thing is, ya gotta get JUST the right amount of polish or it streaks or gloops. used to have em done professionally but figured i was wasting money. even tho my left hand can't do miniscule things like it used to, i MADE myself learn how to do it.

i hate it still tho lol

I had two transvestites come speak to a class once. One was a police officer by day. He had beautiful nails. When it came time to ask questions I couldn't contain myself--I had to ask

"Do you use press on nails, or have them done?"

apparently, he used press-on nails when he had to have them off the next day, but also sometimes went for a manicure

Catlover, you bring to mind a question that I've been asking myself ever since this thread started. Have they made some tremendous improvements with stick-on nails??? I haven't tried them since I was a kid, but they simply did not stay stuck in those days.

i just slide my polish brush across the end, let it dry, cover with a Hard As Nails clear coat. thing is, ya gotta get JUST the right amount of polish or it streaks or gloops. used to have em done professionally but figured i was wasting money. even tho my left hand can't do miniscule things like it used to, i MADE myself learn how to do it.

i hate it still tho lol
I know how to do it without the strips, but it's hard for my nail type! :( I have shorter nail beds and my nail leaves the skin well before the tips of my fingers, so I can't just slide the brush across - I'd end up with white polish on either side of my finger. LOL

So I have to apply the polish in strokes from the line to the tip - hard to get a straight line that way!

Catlover, you bring to mind a question that I've been asking myself ever since this thread started. Have they made some tremendous improvements with stick-on nails??? I haven't tried them since I was a kid, but they simply did not stay stuck in those days.
Same problem I had! And my nail bed was always more curved or less curved than the nail, so sometimes they FLEW off! LOL!

Same problem I had! And my nail bed was always more curved or less curved than the nail, so sometimes they FLEW off! LOL!


Oh yeah! I had forgotten that!!! LOL I remember that they'd come off, but would stay just sticky enough to make me believe that I could press them back on! NOT!

*weep*


Peachy, i don't HAVE an Avon rep :(

No problem . . . I'm placing an order this weekend. PM your address to me and I'll order some samples and mail them to you. :)

do they make the french tip ones? that's the one that gives me the biggest headache but i LOVE the way it looks, specially since i like my nails squared off.

No, they don't have the French tip ones . . . the way they are made, that would be next to impossible to do with these.

No problem . . . I'm placing an order this weekend. PM your address to me and I'll order some samples and mail them to you. :)



No, they don't have the French tip ones . . . the way they are made, that would be next to impossible to do with these.

you sweet hunk of woman, you!
But! i called my gal Heidi last night, i KNEW she bought Avon and i'll be danged....SHE'S selling it now! lol so i forced her to get me some samples :D
i'll soon see if they're a dream come true or the devil incarnate lol

and those press on nails, the one's that are just the tips, not entire nail covering, when i was in about the 11th grade, i spent most of a day putting those dang things on. had em looking GOOD or as good as they could look.....painted em, didn't like the color, went to take the color off.....they disintigrated right there on my finger, LOL. stupid me didn't realize acetone turns them into wet salt :rolleyes:

OKay I may be cheesy as some of you have pointed out because I wear fake nails but oh well they work well for me and I don't have to wreck my nails to have them look nice. My natural nails tend to chip and snag as they get longer and are typically thin so no matter what I do I can't make them look as nice as with fake nails.

I use a product called natural deceptions the french manicure and nailene glue cause it works great! I can wear a pair 2 weeks with no problem and they are only like 4 bucks...yeah IM cheap so what?..lol I get compliments ALL the time on them and NOONE thinks they are fake until I tell them they are cause I have this problem.......I can't lie..LOL

Heres a pic of what they look like..the picture is a little older but its the only one I have that shows the nails..cheesy or not they look good on me :p

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8397/picture201011sy0.jpg

I'm in the same boat as you Foxy.

But I don't think your faux nails are "cheesy" at all. You have them on in a very classy way.

Here are cheesy, fake nails!!! (Not mine, BTW)

http://static.flickr.com/25/49558396_a0107b261b_m.jpg

You gals can color your hair -- I'll get my nails done! :p And I get a pedicure every time I get my nails done . . . that's the best part!

'kay, I'll color my hair AND get the pedis but I don't do my nails anymore. Well, scratch that. My nails are always filed and buffed, and I have the occasionally mani to take care of the cuticles so they always look manicured but I don't do acrylics anymore. I had acrylics (good ones!) for a few years in my twenties. (Oh, wait, they were my own nails with acrylic over them. *laugh* It sounded good back then but how silly is that?)

I can't wear them. I like to do too many things that make long or fake nails out of the question (not that I want to wear them). When gardening, hands MUST be in contact with the soil and soil MUST be jamming under my nails...it's part of the Zen! Other things like mtn biking, volleyball, rock climbing...no WAY you can do these and other things with long fake nails. You might be able to DO many of them but man is it going to hurt when those nails get ripped off.

I really don't like they way they look. Even really good ones very rarely look that good. They're almost always too big for your natural nailbed.

Things you can take for you nails (that also help your hair and skin): Colloidal silica and a 'hair, skin, nails' combo supplement from the health food store. I started taking these things because my hair tends to fall out under stress but my nails grow like crazy. Even when I break one, it's back in a week or two at the most.

I'm in the same boat as you Foxy.

But I don't think your faux nails are "cheesy" at all. You have them on in a very classy way.

Here are cheesy, fake nails!!! (Not mine, BTW)

http://static.flickr.com/25/49558396_a0107b261b_m.jpg



Thanks Kristin *smile* and as for the nails you posted...EEEK Egads :eek: yeah those are quite trashy ;) wouldn't catch me wearing anything like that EVER!..haha

Anyone remember when those 14 kt gold press-on nails were popular?? ACK!:eek:

Recently posted on a blog:

"Ew. She's got the "biggest collection of Louis Vuitton"? That is sooooo press-on nail. Gold press-on nail. With a little hoop hanging off it." :D

LOL . . . well I guess y'all wouldn't think much of my toenails right now then. They are two-toned diagonally . . . hot pink/lime green with a thin silver stripe dividing the colors :D

I'm in the same boat as you Foxy.

But I don't think your faux nails are "cheesy" at all. You have them on in a very classy way.

Here are cheesy, fake nails!!! (Not mine, BTW)

http://static.flickr.com/25/49558396_a0107b261b_m.jpg

Dang! Actually I think those are kinda hot! (except that the pinky one kind of missed the target a bit or something.) :eek:

LOL . . . well I guess y'all wouldn't think much of my toenails right now then. They are two-toned diagonally . . . hot pink/lime green with a thin silver stripe dividing the colors :D
It's not the colors so much, Peachy. It's how HUGE and fake looking they are. Too wide for her fingers and they "fan out" at the tips instead of being even. They are so obviously fake.

Dang! Actually I think those are kinda hot! (except that the pinky one kind of missed the target a bit or something.) :eek:

I rest my case.

LOL!:p

I rest my case.

LOL!:p


Ahhhhhh wadda you chicks know anyway?! ;)

LOL . . . well I guess y'all wouldn't think much of my toenails right now then. They are two-toned diagonally . . . hot pink/lime green with a thin silver stripe dividing the colors :D


Yeah peachy.....definitely not my idea of whats nice looking but to each their own right? :D Im not much into colors being mixed on nails but there are plenty of women out there that do that so I guess it much trip some peoples trigger..so its all good *smile*

100% natural!

See how my nails start way below the tip, Trace? It takes FOREVER for me to grow them this long!

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I stick to pedi's only....I've tried fake nails in the past and I just couldn't do anything without breaking them!


Oh! and...."Blondes have more fun, but Brunettes remember!!!" LOL Oh wait....I just dissed myself....:eek:

Scratch my back baby!! :p

LOL @ DaBollocks.

Yeppers, Jeremy DOES love them. Especially digging into his back at key moments....:p

I had fake nails for about 6 months. At one point the nail tech was an artist and she would paint my nails to match what I was wearing: zebra stripes to match an outfit for a zoo fund-raiser; jungle foliage to match my pocketbook, things like that. It was fun.

If any of you are looking like this :eek: right now. Yes, you're right, it was completely out of character for me to have fake nails. *shrug* What can I say? It was completely IN character for me to have fake nails custom painted to match my outfit! :p

After my "artist nail tech" was no longer available, I tried three different nail techs and each one of them hurt me - either when removing the old nail or cutting the cuticles. I was ready to quit, then I heard about how unsanitary many of the shops are and I started thinking about open wounds on my cuticles and ... that was it for me!!!

There was ONE thing that I liked about them: no matter how un-put-together the rest of me looked - my nails always looked great! :D

Those great looking long and fake orange and black nails are for Halloween! Can't you tell??:eek:

If those are your nails, Kristin, I am very envious. They are beautiful.:)

Have been getting my nails done off and on now for years, and it always hurts, have never gotten used to it. The nail person gets annoyed, but can't help it. You'd think my cuticles would be hardened up and used to it by now.:(

Dang! Actually I think those are kinda hot! (except that the pinky one kind of missed the target a bit or something.) :eek:

LOL . . . True, those are for Halloween . . . see the little spider on the ring finger . . . and the black pinky has a cat on it!

I don't have anything funky done on my hands except at Christmas, I have them painted red and a snowflake on one thumb. During the summer I do the solar nails because they don't have to be polished (just looks like a French manicure) because I am in the pool and digging in the flower beds and they have to be polished too often (I can't stand chipped polish). Then for winter I have the Solars removed and the acrylic put on and polish them all winter. I don't consider it "fake" nails tho. Because the underlying nail from the cuticle to the tip is my nail. I just have an acrylic layer put over the top to make them stronger. I can't even tell you the last time I broke a nail.

But I do fun things on my toes during the summer . . . like for the 4th of July my toes were painted red and the big toe was a Texas flag. :p

I have often wondered if I could just get a thin layer of acrylic over my nails, just til they grow out. Will a nail salon do that, Peachy, or can I do that myself?:confused:

Yes, Len, you can do that, but you will keep having to do it . . . because if you have the acrylic removed it leaves your nails really thin . . . the only other way to do it would be to have the acrylic put on and then just let it grow off as your nail grows . . . it will be slightly off tho because the part with the acrylic will be thicker than your natural nail.

Okay...the ones you buy at the store, I can't keep those little buggers on no matter what. In fact, prom time in my household, I had my daughter's nails done at the salon, but tried to do the store ones for her friend who was going with her. We lost her pinky nail before she even made it out the door.

I can't really have acrylics or long nails because I have to type all day and fast..or I won't make any money!

And hey, that Avon stuff looks cool! Tell me how it works Trace, pretty please?

Jo, you get used to the long nails. I used to transcribe for a court reporter . . . got paid by the page . . . the more pages an hour the more I made an hour . . . I type about 110 words a minute and the nails don't slow me down at all.

The Avon stuff works wonderful after you get the knack of applying them. They don't chip easily and you do have to use polish remover to get them off. You don't have to wait for them to dry, but there is a curing time . . . if you hit your nail on something before they cure, you will have a gash in them. I have customers that just swear by them now.

Last week I got my first set of acrylics. I have been a nail biter my whole life and since I'm going back to school next month, I wanted to have a more professional appearance. I am not sure about them yet. I feel them constantly. It sucks to type, clean house, fold clothes, ect. I am always picking stuff out of them. Ewwww!! I went to the beauty supply store and bought me a French manicure kit, took me four tries before I could live with them.:rolleyes:

The habit of biting is the hardest thing to break. It's almost as bad as when I gave up bread. I have this overwhelming urge to see what it would take to naw one of them off. I haven't and pray I won't. I really want to break the habit and then live with my own nails looking decent and have them at a reasonable length.

I love that press on polish idea!!

Pita . . . it sounds like you may have had tips appied when you got the acrylics?? If so, you should have had them cut the tips pretty short and gradually get used to having nails and then let them grow at a natural rate. If you have never had any nails, and then you get tips and leave them long, I imagine that would be hell to get used to.

You're picking stuff out of them? :confused: You mean under them? If so, you will get used to using a nail brush. I have one at my kitchen sink and in my shower and at my bathtub. They are good to use even when you don't have long nails.

And with some things, you just learn how to do it . . . for instance, getting beauty products out of jars . . . I use the little cosmetic spatulas . . . they are great! Also, by using the spatulas you are less likely to contaminate your jar of product by putting your fingers in the jar.

Biting them off?? :eek: Hon, the acrylics are so hard, you might break a tooth!! I have jammed mine a few times and I do believe the whole nail would tear off my finger before it would break!

Good luck.

Those great looking long and fake orange and black nails are for Halloween! Can't you tell??

If those are your nails, Kristin, I am very envious. They are beautiful.

Have been getting my nails done off and on now for years, and it always hurts, have never gotten used to it. The nail person gets annoyed, but can't help it. You'd think my cuticles would be hardened up and used to it by now.
Sure they are for Halloween, but unfortunately, I've seen them look just as bad for day-to-day use. (This was just the closest pic I could find to demonstrate relly fake looking nails). Again, it's not the color, it's the actual nails themselves.

Yep, those are my natural nails - but you can only envy me for a few more months - they are only this long because of pregnancy hormones. I'm sure they'll go back to the peeling, chipping, flimsy nails I always have had, in short order.

When I have the money, I'll probably go back to an acrylic overlay to strengthen & protect them (if they don't all break off first!)

Here's some more cheesy looking ones (IMO)

http://www.everyonesconnected.com/Photos/News/00290/N0299955.jpg

More bad nails. The white goes too far down the nail bed and the pinky looks alien! :eek: :

http://www.skholla.com/images/holla/8FA781E8F95FD382A4F54320A8341015.jpg

Again, the polish is OK but the length and width is off so they look really fake

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http://www.consumer.org.nz/images/photos/06apr-nails-hero.jpg

These are much, much better, IMO:

http://www.nailsbynidia.com/natural2.jpg

Pita . . . it sounds like you may have had tips appied when you got the acrylics?? If so, you should have had them cut the tips pretty short and gradually get used to having nails and then let them grow at a natural rate. If you have never had any nails, and then you get tips and leave them long, I imagine that would be hell to get used to.

You're picking stuff out of them? :confused: You mean under them? If so, you will get used to using a nail brush. I have one at my kitchen sink and in my shower and at my bathtub. They are good to use even when you don't have long nails.

And with some things, you just learn how to do it . . . for instance, getting beauty products out of jars . . . I use the little cosmetic spatulas . . . they are great! Also, by using the spatulas you are less likely to contaminate your jar of product by putting your fingers in the jar.

Biting them off?? :eek: Hon, the acrylics are so hard, you might break a tooth!! I have jammed mine a few times and I do believe the whole nail would tear off my finger before it would break!

Good luck.

Thanks Peachy! I did have tips applied and they are cut about 1/4 of an inch above my finger. Which is wayyyyyyyy longer then I have ever had in my life. I'm scheduled to have them filled next week and I think I will have her make them just a little shorter. I'm slowing learning how to get back up to speed on my typing.

Nail brushes and spatulas are on my Wal-Mart list as of this moment. I did dig out an old toothbrush and have been using that. Or the tip of anything else I can get my hands on. LOL

OK, I don't want to break a tooth so no biting!! I have jammed them a few times already and OUCH!!!! :eek:

I don't have tips, but I can tell you (because I have in the past had to get one because I did manage to break a nail and had to get a tip to make that one match the others): Be careful not to jam them too much or you will pop the tip off.

Yes, Pita, tell her to cut them down some and then you can gradually get used to them being longer a they grow at their own speed.

I use my acrylics as 10 little tools, can do so much more with them on, and not fearful about breaking a little sprout of a nail trying to grow out. I also can type very fast with them, no problem there. I use the back of my nail as the spatula for creams and such.....:) I also would like to try the stick ons, can you get them at Sallies?

I thought women had phony breasts and hair color to attract men. So Pamela Anderson looks like that because she is just vain? Silly me. I thought she did all that to herself to become a sex symbol by appealing to men's preferences.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard a man make a crack about a woman's small breasts, how blondes have more fun, etc. I've even heard them make comments about a "well groomed" women is sexy - ie no stray hairs, shiny youthful hair, manicured...not to mention all the women in porn have long, fake nails. I don't see too many (read "ANY") Playboy models with small boobs, gray hair and short nails.

Funny how men will seek out a big-breasted, youthful-looking, well-manicured woman, yet ridicule a woman for seeking to make herself fit that mold.
Well, not every woman has a perfect set of nails without effort.


Well thank goodness you saved me from having to type this Kristin...