What color are your nails..

[mrsjuleshs]

Sally Hansen Xtreme wear (or something like that) in Flirt which is a deep maroon almost black. No PIP because they are chipped.

[pooh8402]

I just put this on, cleaned up as well as I could. These are my nails.

Butter London The Black Knight. it's still black, but a little different.



I just took off Zoya Evvie. this pic is not mine. c/o vampyvarnish

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 16:29:02 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 25, 2013 16:19:16 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Use this everyday until it doesn't: www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod4160065

Dont't push them back if it hurts, but after using the balm for a while they should get softer and you will be able to push them back. 

Thanks. I will try them. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being, I don't know how you go out in public, how embarrassing are they?

Probably not super embarrassing, but it was the first thing I noticed/thought when you posted the pic.

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 16:32:17 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 25, 2013 16:30:19 GMT -5 berbles said:

Probably not super embarrassing, but it was the first thing I noticed/thought when you posted the pic.

Cringe.

Take it with a grain of salt.  I get my nails done every 3 weeks.  I notice things like that.

But also, if you can trim/push them back, your short nails will look much longer/healthier.  

*speaks from experience

[SKP82]

Sept 25, 2013 16:36:48 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 25, 2013 16:35:04 GMT -5 berbles said:

Take it with a grain of salt.  I get my nails done every 3 weeks.  I notice things like that.

But also, if you can trim/push them back, your short nails will look much longer/healthier.  

*speaks from experience

I haven't had a manicure in years and only recently learnt about cuticle pushing. I promptly went and bought some stuff and it hurt so bad and I gave up. I will try that cuticle eraser. Hopefully it works.

You have to soften them before you push them back.  Does it hurt when you get a manicure?

[SKP82]

Sept 25, 2013 16:40:17 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Sept 25, 2013 16:29:02 GMT -5 sequins said:

Thanks. I will try them. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being, I don't know how you go out in public, how embarrassing are they?

LOL, don't let your nails keep you from going out in public! But seriously, do not worry about it. I notice everyone's nails. Its what I do. If I could find a way to get paid to do my own nails I would do it. 

So do you not cut your cuticles?  You only use that Sally Hansen product and push them back? 

I have to cut mine.  I use a tool like this when I do it myself:

[silva]

These posts make me regret biting my nails. I can't stop it! grrr. What's my excuse!?!?!?!?!!!

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 16:45:56 GMT -5 silva said:

These posts make me regret biting my nails. I can't stop it! grrr. What's my excuse!?!?!?!?!!!

My natural nails are such shit (thin, break easily, can't grow them even to the ends of my fingers) and I pick at the sides SO bad.  My nail beds/cuticles are actually healthier when I get acrylics regularly.  i don't pick as much.  I get them really short though.  You'd be hard-pressed to tell that they're fake right now.

[silva]

Sept 25, 2013 16:50:50 GMT -5 berbles said:

Sept 25, 2013 16:45:56 GMT -5 silva said:

These posts make me regret biting my nails. I can't stop it! grrr. What's my excuse!?!?!?!?!!!

My natural nails are such shit (thin, break easily, can't grow them even to the ends of my fingers) and I pick at the sides SO bad.  My nail beds/cuticles are actually healthier when I get acrylics regularly.  i don't pick as much.  I get them really short though.  You'd be hard-pressed to tell that they're fake right now.

I wonder if that would help me? Does that help you with stop picking at them, etc?  I want to have fun wearing nail polish! 

[mansplain]

Essie: Lapis of Luxury (fingers)
Essie: Butler Please (toes)

[pooh8402]

Sept 25, 2013 16:45:56 GMT -5 silva said:

These posts make me regret biting my nails. I can't stop it! grrr. What's my excuse!?!?!?!?!!!

keeping my nails painted helps prevent me from biting them. I bit them like every other day in nursing school (wasn't allowed nail polish) but once I graduated, I almost never left my nails bare. I also take biotin for nail strength.

[shostakovich]

Maybelline Audacious Asphalt

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 16:53:11 GMT -5 silva said:

Sept 25, 2013 16:50:50 GMT -5 berbles said:

My natural nails are such shit (thin, break easily, can't grow them even to the ends of my fingers) and I pick at the sides SO bad.  My nail beds/cuticles are actually healthier when I get acrylics regularly.  i don't pick as much.  I get them really short though.  You'd be hard-pressed to tell that they're fake right now.

I wonder if that would help me? Does that help you with stop picking at them, etc?  I want to have fun wearing nail polish! 

I still pick a little, but I do MUCH less damage when my nail beds are not exposed.

Plus, I am essentially getting a manicure once a month, so I don't have to DIY and make a mess of everything.  Sometimes I still go a little overboard on my toes, going after hangnails.

[buddysmom]

Wet & Wild Caribbean Frost

[silva]

I really want to look into this. It scares me though, fungus, infections and all that jazz.

/wimp

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 17:11:21 GMT -5 silva said:

I really want to look into this. It scares me though, fungus, infections and all that jazz.

/wimp

I've been doing it on and off for 15 years.  Regularly for the last 10.  I've never had anything adverse happen.

And, if you are concerned, you can bring your own tools.

[moreace01]

Sept 25, 2013 16:05:34 GMT -5 iamali said:

Sept 25, 2013 16:04:37 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

iamali where did you get Max Factor Fantasy Fire??

I sold my soul to the devil for it.

Haha, just kidding.

I bought it off someone selling in a blog sale.

Nice.
I may have paid $20 for that teeny tiny bottle. But it.is.awesome. I wish it had been for sale in the US.

Sadly, I feel like I have to ration it. 

[TC]

OPI Care to Danse is my all time favorite color to have on my nails. I don't wear pinks very well for some reason so the more lavender tone is great.


Not my picture

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 17:29:42 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Sequins are you black??

She's Indian.

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 17:49:26 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Sept 25, 2013 17:43:42 GMT -5 sequins said:

I am from India. I am pretty brown though!

Oh ok. NEVERMIND.

Now I wanna know what you were gonna say!

[BaliHai]

I'm about to paint them Quarter of a Cent-Cherry by OPI - I like it for Fall.


Before this, they were Don't Sweater It by Essie.


(Neither are my actual nails)

[sineadorebellion]

Hey berbles, my nails are brittle and break easily too. I'd love to get some put on, so is that what I ask for if I go to a nail salon? Acrylics? I honestly don't know the first thing.

[berbles]

Sept 25, 2013 17:55:33 GMT -5 sineadorebellion said:

Hey berbles, my nails are brittle and break easily too. I'd love to get some put on, so is that what I ask for if I go to a nail salon? Acrylics? I honestly don't know the first thing.

Yeah.  I get gel acrylic, which has a UV-set top coat.  I can go 3+ weeks between fills, and the color rarely chips/breaks; it's still shiny 3 weeks later.  But I also get my nails very short, so the grow-out is less noticeable.

Now here's the thing - you have to keep it up.  Putting them on and taking them off will REALLY destroy your nails.  So you have to commit to it.  But for me, it's worth the $60/month (that's a ped/fill + tip) to keep my hands looking nice, giving me fingernails I can actually do stuff with (like open stuff and scratch my leg through my jeans) without breaking all my nails AND the pedicures keep me from getting really bad ingrown toenails.

[threejs]

Sept 25, 2013 17:53:18 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Sept 25, 2013 17:50:53 GMT -5 berbles said:

Now I wanna know what you were gonna say!

Nothing I just get irrationally excited when I come across a "new" black person on GBCN. I don't know why. It's not like we all sit at the same lunch table and shit.

New black person saying hi!! Lol

[underwaterrhymes]

My nails are almost always bare. I have a short nail bed. I don't think color - aside from the occasional pinkish beige - looks good on my hands.

[Deleted]

Kinda short and all natural

[berbles]

Buff it?

ETA: yes, they look much better! Did it hurt?

[bania]

sequins. Your nails look awesome! Was it painful?

My nails are bare. And uneven.

[bania]

Sept 25, 2013 22:02:12 GMT -5 sequins said:

Sept 25, 2013 21:59:39 GMT -5 bania said:

sequins. Your nails look awesome! Was it painful?

My nails are bare. And uneven.

Thanks. Just push them while in the shower with your nails and then come out and do the rest of the steps. My cuticles are super attached to my nails, I think. They feel a little sore and it stung when I did the dishes but not too bad.

I'm going to do this on my toes. Great idea. I neglect my toe cuticles but I push back my finger cuticles all then time out of habit.

[lucky513]

right now they are smoked stained yellow
Im going to get a gel mani tomorrow