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I prefer to have them short: I find short nails more practical and also elegant. claudiag

I prefer my nails to be a happy medium length so they’re long and elegant, but manageable and practical. Over the years I’ve found that the shape, more than the length, has been more controversial. I like to keep my nail rounded, mostly because they break and chip when they are squared. I can’t tell you how many manicurists over the years have tried to convince me that rounded nails are not stylish!

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Definitely short!

Tout est possible non ? Mais je pense que c’est surtout une question de forme de mains, de longueur de doigts et de forme initiale des ongles: un peu plus long pour allonger une petite main, court et carré sur des doigts fins et longs. Le choix de la couleur peut influer également. Il faut trouver un subtil équilibre !

Many years ago (in the ’70s and ’80s) I wore mine long. Now…it is short all the way. I have long nail beds, so I can’t really get mine as short as I’d like to – I’d bleed. It’s hereditary…my mother’s nails were the same.

I know it’s the “style” among some to wear long, pointed nails. I think they are usually fake – no problem with that – but I don’t care for the look. As far as those who wear their nails REALLY, REALLY long – ugh. Gives me the shivers, thinking about what’s under those nails.

Hi,
Just a question:
What does long nail bed means?
I am french, i tried to find a translation but impossible to find.
Thx
Clemence

J’ai les ongles longs (mais pas trop) depuis l’adolescence. J’ai la chance qu’ils soient naturellement beau et durs, alors j’en profite ! Je pense qu’en fonction de leur qualité, de leur forme, de la forme des doigts et de la main, des ongles courts ou longs seront plus jolis. Et puis il faut se sentir bien avec. Je pense qu’il n’y a pas d’impératif, il y a ce qu’on a et ce qu’on en fait (comme pour les cheveux, comme pour tout).
Rarement ils cassent l’hiver et un doigt devient court. Alors ils me manquent. Je n’ai plus l’habitude depuis longtemps de ne plus avoir le bout des doigts protégés.
Je n’ai jamais porté de faux ongles et ne suis jamais allée chez la manucure. Je les ai toujours faits seule. J’ai porté du durcisseur transparent pendant toute mon adolescence et la vingtaine. Aujourd’hui, je porte que très rarement du vernis, et surtout, je les huile matin et soir.

Shooort!! I hate when its long.

short! clean and classy!

Me: short, my mom: long, my friends: short or long:-)

Short! So much classier.

En raison de mes vieilles habitudes de pianiste, impossible d’avoir les ongles longs ! C’est une libération chaque fois que je les coupe ahaha ! Ma Maman a toujours eu de beaux ongles longs et parfaitement manucurés. Très féminins tout ça mais pas pratique du tout !

Xx

Natural and short all the way! :)

Alors quel hommage aux ongles longs ! Je ne suis que parfaitement d’accord. Mes amours les plus ardents se souviendront toujours de mes caresses ensorcellées !

For some reason I never liked the pointy nails, the sharp tips. No way. I like normal length and a bit rounder tip. Not too square either!! :)

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courts: plus moderne, plus clean, moins vulgaire… bref plus class

I like to have longer nails with neutral/nude colored polish in the summer. But during fall and winter I prefer dark colors for my nails, and wear my nails short. Long nails with dark or bright colored polish is not an option for me.

Short since forever, cut slightly to need to follow the ends of my fingertips. With or without bright or dark nail polish. Short nails (unnatural- because long nails, like long hair and underarm hair, are actually what is untouched and natural!) allow me to cook everyday and night, clean, fold all our clothes, sew, draw, paint and garden comfortably. My husband also prefers me with short nails- but that’s not why I have them: they’re simply my preference.

On others, I also prefer short nails. Long nails tend to give me the willies- especially new mothers with long, manicured nails: when they touch their own or their babies’ faces, or touch their food (or, dear Lord, my food) I always wonder what baby pooh and other house-hold “icky” are inadvertently embedded under those long, polished nails.

A nice medium length gives my hands a subtley elongated look. Sometimes short works well too!

Short here, and I have short nail beds. I’m in my mid-thirties now but in my teens and early twenties my nails were always medium-long and I was very used to it. But now I don’t like that look, so always short and a very natural color (my fav is Essie Mademoiselle).

@Clemence, long nail bed means your nail looks longer and more rectangular than square even when you cut the nail as short as possible.