https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:13:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-681133 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:03:45 +0000 ButterflyLady 681133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do my own nails, but have had manicures and pedicures at salons, and I have the regrowth thing that DonnaF mentions. I can't bear what it looks like, so I do my toes every 10 days and my fingers every 5 days or so. My nails grow incredibly quickly though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680677 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:39:09 +0000 Krista 680677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get 1 or 2 pedicures a year, mostly for the effort they put into buffing my feet. When I do go for pedicures, I last about two weeks before I take the polish off myself. I just don't like the way it looks after a while, but it's not because it's chipping. I also like to do my own pedicures, so I usually switch colors in spring, summer and fall about every 2 weeks. </p> <p>I don't get manicures anymore unless it's for something special. I can't justify $40 for something I'm going to pick off in a meeting 3 days later (yes, I'm one of those people!). I've just purchased a great buffer from Revlon and I've been using that quite frequently - it gives my fingernails a great shine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680658 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:58:24 +0000 KathyL 680658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shiny, I just went to a specialty store where they watched me walk and recommended stability shoes. So i got a new pair and they are a full 2 sizes larger than my regular size. I was told it will save my poor little toes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680571 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:31:59 +0000 shiny 680571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fingernails: barely go a week, they chip too easily. So I never bother except for job interviews (haven't had one in over a decade!) or weddings or other special occasions, where I only expect and need it to last for a day or two, tops. Yes I am that hard on my fingernails -- mostly because I type a lot. It's a shame because my fingernails can grow quite long. If only I could do my own manicure! But I have no patience and dexterity for it. </p> <p>Toenails: I get mine done about 3-4 times a year. Most of that in the summer. I often do go longer than 5 weeks. The growth doesn't bother me... I figure because people see your toes at a distance? And toenails just don't chip all that easily. I do clip and if clipping makes the polish chip or look funny at the tips (which happens with darker polish), then I get a new pedicure. </p> <p>In winter, I go bare and only get a pedicure if I go somewhere warm on vacation or there's a formal event and I'm baring my toes. Otherwise my toes are covered in warm socks and nobody sees them so I don't bother. </p> <p>Kathy - do you need wider sneakers?? I run too, but running has never affected my toenail polish. Pedicures have affected the skin on the bottom of my feet though --I've learned it's good to have some callouses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680506 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:51:51 +0000 KathyL 680506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I usually go about once a month or so in the summer, toes only. Hands may get a clear coat or buffing at most because polish just doesn't last with the frequent hand washing I do. If I get my hands done, I have been doing shellac. That stuff lasts for at least 2-3 weeks, even on me. </p> <p>I usually get a French pedicure so it lasts a bit longer without the grow out being so noticeable plus I like the look. Right now my toes look horrendous because it's been over a month and I've been running more. Blah. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680478 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:58:39 +0000 DonnaF 680478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am new to polish (toes and fingers); just started after the discussion on YLF about a month or two ago. More than chipping and the like, I find my toenails grow out after about two weeks and my fingernails grow out after about a week -- so both look bad/weird at the base with an unpolished gap even if they are not chipped at the tips. </p> <p>How do you get around the nail grow-out? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680473 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:29:55 +0000 velvetychocolate 680473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get a pedicure at least every four weeks, and this is about how long the polish lasts. I think the nail salons use specialty products - something before the actual polish, something as a top coat and the like. When I try to do nails at home, the polish doesn't last nearly as long. </p> <p>That said, I'm pretty sure I've seen threads posted around here talking about products that do this...something called seche vite or along those lines? </p> <p>I don't polish my fingernails, so I am not sure how long polish is really supposed to last. I just know that when I try to do my toes myself, I'm not very good at it and the polish doesn't last nearly as long as when I get a pedicure done in-salon. </p> <p>During the long, dark, cold winter - I don't get as many pedicures, and will take the polish off myself at the four-week mark, and leave my toenails unpolished for awhile. I'll also trim them, buff up the edges, buff the surface of the nail, and that's about it. I don't go to the nail salon for pedicures nearly as often during the fall and winter months. </p> <p>Four weeks is my limit for leaving polish on toenails, and that's if it was applied at a salon. If I do my toenails myself, I'll likely change up the polish in a week, but that's probably because I don't have all the right 'stuff' that they use in salons. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680427 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:28:51 +0000 April 680427@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>NPM -- I have never done this (can't bear the thought of anyone touching my feet, and I don't wear polish on my hands) but would like to hear what is typical for others. </p> <p>Do you find that polish lasts five weeks? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-getting-nails-painted-at-a-salon#post-680270 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:58:46 +0000 Anonymous 680270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When/if you get your nails painted at a salon, how long do you usually wear the polish before removing it.</p> <p>Me. I have a pedi every 5 weeks, then have the polished removed next time I go during the pedi. </p>