Thursday, May 12, 2011

Nail "Trends"

Those of you who've known me a while know that I used to wear acrylic nails....I had worn them for 15 years when I decided I was tired of the expense and time they took.  I also feel they just look too fake for my taste.  I now wear french wraps that give my natural nail a little stability (they are still paper-thin from years of abuse by acrylics) and to look clean and pretty.

Yesterday, I happened to catch a small portion of a Jerseylicious reunion show (don't get me started on how fake and loathsome these girls are), and saw one of the girls sporting the "duck feet" or "coke shovel" (as I call them) nails.  Duck feet are just what they sound like - nails that flare at the tip, like duck's feet.  Here's an example:

(image found on bing)

Yuck!  Who wants their nails to look wide and thick at the end?  I don't even see how this can be a trend at all, when it makes your nails look bulky.  I can't imagine a good, self-respecting nail tech offering this service.  It also seems to go hand-in-hand with off-the-wall art:

(image from bing)

Really?  Truckin?  They're so absurd that I think I would dissolve in hysteria if I saw them.

(image from bing)

Okay, seriously?  I just threw up a little.  I've worn acrylic toenails (aka boogie toes), but as an overlay, NOT an extension....and certainly not these flared, nasty things!  Imagine what gets caught under all that acrylic?  I hope none of you are eating while reading this....

The farthest I went with "trends" when I wore acrylics was colored french, fades, and a few art designs.  There are some interesting trends beyond the shovel nail thing....such as the stiletto nail:

(image from bing)

I actually kind of like this, since it slims the hand....but dollars to doughnuts I would stab myself in the eye within a few hours of having them done.  It would be fun for Halloween maybe?

Then we have the bubble nail:

(image from bing)

Ew, another unattractive look - makes you look like you have fat nails.  Imagine how thick the acrylic is at the top of the bubble!

Next up, the spiral nail.  This is formed around a soda straw, which sounds fun when you think about it but imagine how hard it would be to function with a thick spiral hanging off your hand:

(image from bing)

Also featured in the above nail is the "aquarium nail" - which is more art than style.  It's just a clear acrylic nail with art sandwiched inside - thus looking like it's floating in water.

Our final style is 3-d nail art - not a new concept, but seeing more popularity as of late:

(image from bing)

Again, bulky, bulky, bulky!  I would end up knocking the art off (or the nail) in no time.  I can't even fathom the time it takes for this kind of work.

I appreciate that people like to be different, but I can't get past the fact that they look SOOOOO tacky.  Knowing how dirty my acrylics could get underneath, I shudder to think what some of these styles can accumulate.  I just can't wrap my head around doing something (like the shovels) that makes your hands look bizarre.  What do you think?

12 comments:

  1. A girl from nmy high school does nail art, like this. I, personally, can't stand even nice looking fake nails...much less these crappy things. Just gross. Plus, I'd end up hurting myself somehow. Hehe

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  2. LOL...me too! I hurt myself often enough with regular acrylics. I just find the shovels so gross, and when they were attached to the orange skinned, inch-thick eye makeup, bump-it and acrylic hair-wearing troll on Jerseylicious, it just made it even more unattractive. It's sad to think they are some young girl's idols!

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  3. Here's the "lovely" lady in question - http://www.tracytease.com/storage/tracy%20pink.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1298178284611

    If she gets buried alive, she can dig herself out with the shovels, and then use her orange glow-tan as a signal beacon! :D

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  4. Oh boy, these boggle the imagination don't they? Those "shovel" things make the hands and(ick) feet look like they have a serious deformity. Like they should be on "Ripley's Believe it or Not" or some type of circus freak sideshow. Bubble nails were invented by the acrylic salesman who was trying to find out how to get the nail tech to purchase more product asap as he wanted to get into a new sportscar :) Ew. Just Ew.

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  5. I agree - they do look like deformities! It just occurred to me - with the duck lip injections, these nails, and the orange spray tans - the Jerseylicious girls look like some form of mutation :D

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  6. I think the designs look pretty kool. I've heard of a coke nail but a coke shovel? thats a good one, thats probably why the only girls you see wearing this design are the rich girls. the spiral design looks really kool and is really creative. The feet and the bubble nail are just ridiculous. This pics are really artsy

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  7. really really those look ugly as fuck

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  8. What would make you think those nails are cute?? They are ugly as fuck!!!

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  9. i really like the fanned nails

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  10. eww the faned toe nails are fucking discusting! faned acrylics are way better on fingers than toes!

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  11. I like the fanned nails but only if they are slightly fanned out. If you can't get your rings on then its gone overboard! Also I think it looks best with a solid white tip. However, on feet its absolutely gross, who wants long toenails anyway!?!? Eww

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