slo’s TUESDAY poll - Manicures

[mrsstats79]

I get a mani/pedi every couple of months when I can no longer stand how they look. Always get it done before vacation. When I try to do my own it looks like I let a year year old paint them.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I'm the rare lady who NEVER manicures but does Pedicure. I hate my hands: larger than I'd like and I have a stubby thumb so I'm not doing Manicures. Plus I'm always in my flowers and dirt May thru Sept . NOW,I know why my girlfriend never plants!!
I'll get another Pedicure in a few weeks and that be the last one for 2021.

 

[MIGrandma]

Never had one. No desire to have one. I trim my nails but never use nail polish.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I never get a manicure. In fact, I don't paint my nails ever and I keep them short. I'm on the computer a lot and longer nails get in the way when I type on the keyboard. Also, when I draw with longer nails, the way I hold a pencil makes my index and middle finger dig into my thumb.

I'm actually very low-maintenance.

 

[CynBeth]

I usually do my own nails but treat myself to a manicure once or twice a year before a vacation or if I attend a special occasion.

 

[billlaurie]

I rarely do manicures or paint my own nails because it doesn't last. I just beat up my hands too much. However, I love pedicures and go every 3 or 4 months.

 

[loves to dive]

Never had a manicure or pedicure. When I was a little girl about 7 or so, my cousin owned a beauty store and she would cut my hair about once a year. She would polish my finger nails when she cut my hair. I used to do my own nails all the time. Now, nope. Haven't had nail polish on my fingernails in at least 4 years and my toe nails at least 10.

 

[KPeterso]

I get a mani/pedi every 3 weeks and have for years. It is really the only treat I give myself. I have had the same ladies for years and love the place I go. My Mom goes with me about 90% of the time and they all refer to her as Mama in the shop. I do the gel polish and it lasts about 2.5 weeks at a time so about the time it really starts coming off, I know it is time for another.

 

[tasha99]

I used to get mani/pedi's--I liked the pedicure and hand massage part. I never got polish on my hands, just my toes. There's still a lot to a manicure besides the end polish.

Tip for painting your own (especially for your toes): It doesn't matter if you paint like a little child as long as it's a day or two ahead of when you want it to look good. I paint my own toes now. Looks like a 3 year old did it when I'm done, but I just wear shoes with covered toes for a day after. The parts that were outside the lines rub off really quickly, and then voila! Looks pretty good!

edit--well, maybe more like 3-4 days. I just looked at my feet, and they're still a work of modern art.

 

[mamamary]

I do my own nails and think they come out pretty good. My dd goes for manicures and I feel she gets tied down to it because she gets the gel and then has to go back to them to get it taken off.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Last one was for my wedding. I can't afford them. And I hate doing them myself so my nails are never painted.
Now pedicures I do if we are going away in the winter and usually couple in the summer.
I prefer to pay for a pedicure because they last longer than a manicure.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I don't get/do a traditional manicure, but my SIL sells Color Street nail strips and I change them every 2-3 weeks. LOVE THEM!!! I have these on right now:

 

[tvguy]

I don't think I could tolerate someone giving me a manicure. I know after my mom had her stroke, we had to help keep her nails cut, and it was just too easy to hurt her by being a touch too aggressive.

 

[design_mom]

Never for me. I have had them a couple of times in the distant past usually as some sort of group activity (all the bridesmaids getting their nails done before the wedding or something like that). I did not really enjoy it. It was somewhat uncomfortable, I don't really like the feeling of polish on my fingernails, and it does not last long enough to be worth the money spent. I try to keep my nails trimmed to look decent, but they're not buffed, polished, etc.

 

[VandVsmama]

I got a pedicure one time. I did not enjoy it.

For a long time, my MIL went to a nail salon for pedicures. But while she was doing that, what she really should have been doing is going to a podiatrist to get the toe nail fungus dealt with. So instead, she went to the salon and they'd have to get out the Dremmel grinder tool to help make a dent in it. ALL of her toe nails were infected with fungus. She knew this. She went to the salon anyway.

If my MIL was willing to do that, I figure there's plenty of other people who would, too. I'm not willing to risk getting foot fungus just because I want my toe nails to look pretty. I do an adequate job dealing with my feet all on my own...and besides, a pedicure in my MIL's neck of the woods is about $40. I'd rather put $40 to a Disney trip instead.

 

[BayouQueen]

Every so often I will get a pedicure -- like before vacation or something. But I never do manicure. I do too much with my hands -- gardening, cleaning, crafts. I wreck a manicure within about 15 minutes.
If I'm going somewhere that I don't want to look like a farmer, I apply a glossy top coat for shine. That's it.

 

[nycdisneygal]

I only do manicures once in a while but I go for pedicures every other week!

 

[evilmommie]

OMG, love my mani-pedis!!! Every other week...same girls...love them!!!

 

[J'aime Paris]

Just went today for nails and toes.

I get my nails done about every 2 weeks and toes about one a month.
It's my self care splurge.

 

[Kittyblue]

I get gel manicures for special occasions/vacations but not regularly because they’re hard on my nails. I don’t ever get regular manicures because they don’t last very long. I get pedicures frequently though. I usually bring my own polish and then paint my fingernails myself. That way I can touch up or redo it as it chips.