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Old 01-28-2007, 11:13 PM   #1
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Talking nails

Just a random thread. I wish to enquire as to the color and length of people's nails. I'm lucky mine are forgiving, I've done everything to mine, from fake to superglued back on after getting slammed under the combat boot of a really fat dude. So; black vs. nude, long vs. short?

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Old 01-28-2007, 11:37 PM   #2
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My nails are usually between 1 and 1.5 cm long with square tips. If they were longer I wouldn't be able to thread a needle or hold a pencil and if I had pointy tips they would break more easily.

I dont really like black nail polish. My choice are various shades of red, berry, plum and purple.
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Old 01-29-2007, 12:23 AM   #3
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My nails are short, painted black (or white) and very sharp. Short because i play guitar, it is hard with long nails.
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Old 01-29-2007, 12:25 AM   #4
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Short and black in the summer. I don't bother in the winter, just chips away faster
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Old 01-29-2007, 12:31 AM   #5
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short.. all the time. because I bite them too much. my nails are usually, red, black, blue, or somtimes neon green, and SOMETIMES neon orange..

With the apperance of always being chipped, since I bite my nails so often. ]:
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Old 01-29-2007, 01:49 AM   #6
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I usually tend to keep mine quite short because I have a biting problem, but I've been super proud of growing them out, so they're all about half an inch long and black.
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Old 01-29-2007, 05:17 AM   #7
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Because of my contacts, I'm forced to wear them relatively short, not allowing them protruding more than a mm or two from the tips of my fingers. If I paint them, it's more likely to be some very dark shade of red or purple, but this seldomly happens, considering that I'm much to active for such activities. It'll just go away in a very ugly fashion after a few hours or, if I'm lucky, a day.
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Old 01-29-2007, 05:26 AM   #8
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Mine are usually unpainted.. and I know that a lot of you have seen lesbian porn and think that all lesbians have wonderfully long fingernails painted bright red... but no. Would you let anyone with talons like that near your private parts?

Mine are very very short and very neat.
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Old 01-29-2007, 06:31 AM   #9
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I just keep mine trimmed nice and short...I don't wear nail polish at all.
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Old 01-29-2007, 11:13 AM   #10
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Mine are plain and short too, for playing the keyboard. I couldn't bear the hassle of painting my nails, waiting for them to dry, probably having to clean nail vanish off the carpet afterwards... But I do paint them occasionaly with clear nail varnish if I have to look posh for some reason.
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Old 01-29-2007, 08:51 PM   #11
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Long. French manicure. They look pretty. I'm very over black nail polish, it's usually bad quality and chips really easily.
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Old 01-29-2007, 08:58 PM   #12
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I love dark silver or gunmetal grey myself. What's that one brand? Urban Decay?

I love that old Flash Gordon look. Call me an old romantic if you will.
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Old 01-30-2007, 01:04 PM   #13
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I keep mine about 2cm out from the nail bed and paint them silver or a metalic blue.
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Old 01-30-2007, 01:36 PM   #14
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Mine are naturally kind of long. Right now they are neon pink. I love them.
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Old 01-30-2007, 01:50 PM   #15
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Heh I know I'm a guy but I like to keep mine at 1 cm from the finger. I really can't imagine life with them shorter, they help alot with many things like opening packaging.Fortunatly for me I inherited my grandfathers strong nails which he also kept long. I wonder if they get stronger with age because we need toenail clippers to cut his now.
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Old 01-30-2007, 05:32 PM   #16
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I’d say mine are almost long and I normally don’t paint them but if I do its always plain black or white.
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Old 01-30-2007, 08:12 PM   #17
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I don't know how long my nails are. The little creamy part that sticks out is maybe a cm or whatever. They are not short or long. I put a little curve on them, just so the edges don't catch on stuff.

I bought black nial polish, but never wears. Usually stay natural or clear nail polish.
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Old 01-30-2007, 10:43 PM   #18
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Short, because if they're too long, I might poke myself in the eye when taking out my contacts. And generally unpainted, because I'm lazy. When I do wear polish, it's usually black, blue, or green.
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Old 01-30-2007, 11:48 PM   #19
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About 1 cm long, soft-tapered, no polish. I'd love to paint them all the time, but the stuff chips off too easily.
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Old 01-31-2007, 02:27 PM   #20
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I am updating previous statement. After going home I measured my nails and they are 0.5 cm.
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Old 01-31-2007, 03:12 PM   #21
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I have to keep mine short for general cello playing, so on my left hand purely short. On my right hand my thumb and index finger nail must be kept short; my middle, ring, and pinkie finger nails are left to grow.

If I can keep them long, they are oval shaped, and .5 centimeters over the tips of my fingers preferably left natural, buffed most often. I like my mails long because I think my fingers look short and too thick, compared to most they're not but, yes... anyway like high heels make the legs look longer my nails make my fingers look longer when long.
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Old 01-31-2007, 05:16 PM   #22
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My nails are naturally really long. They're also strong, naturally of course. I like to use dark blue, black, or a gun silver/metal on my nails. But most of the time I keep them unpainted so they don't turn yellow underneath, because that's just unhealthy.
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Old 01-31-2007, 09:06 PM   #23
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I don't know the precise measurements, but my nails protrude just the smallest bit past the edge of my fingers. They are rectangular in shape, rounded at the ends and very thin. Black is the only color polish I use... any other color just looks tacky to me, unless complemented by some other extravagant feature.

I'd consider painting half of them black and those in between white, if I didn't feel like I'd be taking that from someone... don't know who though.
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Old 01-31-2007, 09:38 PM   #24
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i play bass and chew constantly...they're short and always painted black...
oh yeah...and ugly!
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Old 01-31-2007, 10:38 PM   #25
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Mine are always short, since I have a tendency to bite them off. I don't really ever paint them. I used to when I was in middle and high school, but it's just not really "me" now.
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