https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:02:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1948248 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:23:58 +0000 viva 1948248@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have on Miami Beet right now ... I love getting pedicures. But I'm really over toe-baring shoes! I'll probably continue to get pedis - some with polish, some without - as the summer rolls into fall and winter. But I'm really looking forward to wearing full shoes more often.</p> <p>Ginger: consider indulging yourself in a professional pedicure someday when you want a lift. It's a wonderful little splurge. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1948199 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 03:29:32 +0000 Ginger 1948199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Runcarla, thank you for those tips! I'm particularly interested in the Sally Hansen Double Duty as base coat. It would be great to use more intense colors without them staining. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1948132 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:03:01 +0000 kkards 1948132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Runclara...Thank you for starting this. Love seeing everyone’s colors. I, of course, wear...navy </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1948124 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 23:47:39 +0000 Like the Season 1948124@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My method's super easy, but it probably doesn't last as long as others. Every Sunday night during the summer, I remove the old polish (usually still looks OK) using <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Mineral-Fusion-Polish-Remover-Ounce/dp/B00C5RM30G">this stuff</a>, wash off the remover, trim as needed and slather my feet in Gold Bond foot cream. Then I repaint my nails (one coat of Essie, no base or top coats) first thing Monday morning and let them dry while drinking my coffee before work. Voila! </p> <p>No one would mistake it for a professional job, but it works for me.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1948065 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:14:12 +0000 Carla 1948065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Karen13, I do my own foot maintenance and have many interesting 'tools' - clippers, and files for nails and calluses. I swear by a weekly Epsom salt soak, and Body Shop Pepermint Foot Scrub, and special foot cream applied when I remember (the label peeled off and I don't remember the name.)</p> <p>For polish I use Sally Hansen Double Duty as a base coat. It can also be used as a top coat, but I prefer Seche Vite top coat. Both are transparent. The base coat keeps polish staining to nails to a minimum, and the top coat ensures lots of shine.</p> <p>I've used lots of different polishes and find that in general polishes can vary in quality within the same brand - being of thicker or thinner formulations for reasons unknown to me. I like to experiment with different colours, so collect minis - usually 3-4 packs. I like the BRUSHES used by Physicians Formula and OPI. I very much like Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Polish, and Deborah Lipman makes a nice product. I know some folks swear by Essie, but I am not a fan. I do have Essie Blanc, because it is my perfect creamy white and I wore it all summer 2016 and half of summer 2017. This year I am changing up my colours every pedi - and throwing out the bottles after - because the polishes are oldish. I am keeping my favourite Physicians Formula dark orange: California Goddess and a new this summer Sally Hansen greige called Bare Hug. I will look for a new set of interesting minis for S/S 2019 next year.</p> <p>Yesterday's pedi is an Opi silver (see below). 1 coat over the base coat, and the clear top coat. The coverage was very good.</p> <p>*Addendum: I use Sally Hansen fast and gentle moisturizing nail polish remover (for dry brittle nails) although my nails are normal. (I don't paint my fingernails.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1948010 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:31:48 +0000 Anonymous 1948010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Karen13 i tried a gel manicure exactly once, will not repeat. Nails chipped anyway but the rest took probably 2 weeks to be fully gone. Not a fan of big glitter either, that lingers too... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947967 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:13:55 +0000 anchie 1947967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please ignore mosquito bites. This summer I wear Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Midnight Mod. I usually don’t switch colors during season. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947904 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:33:29 +0000 Anonymous 1947904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greyscale - white spots are &nbsp;often a nutritional issue (if they aren't from removing gel or shellac polish) . There is a fair bit you can read about it .<br />I'm in dire need of a pedi after 4 days of tradeshow work. &nbsp;Not sure what colour I'll do.....but I've been in pale and neutral mode most of the summer. I start out with Tiffany blue then fade out into OPI Funny Bunny or something like that . I might dive into black for the last kick at open-toe weather. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947900 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:27:01 +0000 Ginger 1947900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun thread! I have never had a pedicure, so the results here are my own fault. I rarely have time for a lengthy drying process, so I mostly stick with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri. I love it! It’s so fast so I can have pretty color more often. </p> <p>A week ago I switched to Sugar Poppy, a light medium pink. Before that, I was wearing a jade color that I can’t find on the website (yikes! Probably discontinued), and before that a coral. I used to wear red a lot, but my favorite vintage red was a limited edition, red stains my nails yellow, and it rubs off permanently on closed toe shoes and my good tights. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947884 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:49:25 +0000 karen13 1947884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun thread and lots of yummy choices. I started wearing toe-baring sandals through YLF's guidance that comfortable attractive options existed, after years of dark heavy orthopedic-looking shoes. So I have limited experience, but really like the look. I have gotten two pedicures in the past two years, but found that even the expensive spa one wasn't particularly perfectly applied.</p> <p>So I did my own a few weeks ago and was pleased with the look and durability. I switched today from bright white to a soft pink. What tools and brands of polish do you DIYers recommend? I want something easy to remove (my spa gel experience was nuclear bomb proof, which was a drawback when I wanted to remove it myself). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947873 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:26:49 +0000 Inge 1947873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun thread, Carla! Love seeing all these pretty toes. I've been sporting my go-to dark nail polish all Summer (as I did last year too, it seems that I pick one colour and then stay with it for a few years at least. Before this it was a pastel lavender;-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947768 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:20:52 +0000 Style Fan 1947768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, Carla!&nbsp; So many colours.&nbsp; I usually wear a dark bronzey colour but switched this summer to a pale copper.&nbsp; I am liking it.&nbsp; The pic is what I would normally wear.&nbsp; I don't have a pic of my new colour. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947763 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:08:36 +0000 Sal 1947763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun thread!!</p> <p>It is winter here (and cold and wet today after some glorious days in the weekend) so I am not polishing right now.&nbsp;</p> <p>The nail technician I go to is on holiday for another week but I was thinking come September I will start again as occasionally I wear open toes from then on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947759 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:04:29 +0000 Anonymous 1947759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Runcarla your orange has been my go to color! My other go to is copper-nude to me.<br /> Today gold (for a wedding), painted yesterday in a hurry in the park as no nail salons open. Too light and cool toned for me though And DH said reminds him of C3PO.<br /> Eta pics! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947678 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:55:04 +0000 Carla 1947678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh! Loving the dark rose polish! </p> <p>Greyscale, I'm not familiar with this damage problem. If you want to give your nails a break from polish, try having them buffed. It will make the tops shiny and might take out any surface blemishes. (DS#2 does grappling martial arts and so gets the occasional pedi to keep his feet neat. The nail tech buffs his nails and they look really nice.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947669 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:49:40 +0000 Tina 1947669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m too messy with polish to do my own and I have not made a pedicure a priority in a long time! These are my bare toes. I pamper them by wearing socks and shoes about 85% of my waking hours. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947648 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:03:48 +0000 Katerina 1947648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am wearing red polish, my usual polish colour. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947640 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 19:33:16 +0000 Janet 1947640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just got a mani and pedi today! I’ve been doing shades of blue all summer so decided to switch it up. Bonus pug photobomb. </p> <p>Blister on top of my foot courtesy of Kenneth Cole slides I wore just fine for the last three years. What’s up with that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947637 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:26:35 +0000 Greyscale 1947637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I generally wear steel grey but I want to find the perfect bright red.</p> <p>Question: when I leave polish on for more than a few days, removing it damages my nails no matter what remover I use (acetone or non). I get white spots where the surface of the nail is damaged, and then the polish clings to the damaged nail and is impossible to remove. Then, of course, I need to cover it with a new coat to hide the damage, so the cycle continues. Do any of you have this problem? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947631 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:00:53 +0000 Jenn 1947631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m also wearing a neutral. OPI’s “Pale to the Chief.” </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947625 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:59:57 +0000 bj1111 1947625@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shell pink, nude-for-me</p> <p>May switch to wicked (dark vampy red) in the winter, my usual toe shade </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947618 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:44:57 +0000 Suz 1947618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Silvery! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947586 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:52:38 +0000 Like the Season 1947586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wearing this Essie red-mauve exclusively for the second summer in a row. Love it. And the color name speaks to me for some reason: “Mrs. Always Right.” :D</p> <p>Bonus peek at the pup, recovering from leg surgery in his cone of shame. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947578 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:33:07 +0000 JAileen 1947578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I finally had a pedicure last Friday. My person was out a couple months after having surgery. I wanted a pale pink but needed to go darker because my big toenail was purple after someone stepped on my foot in Alaska. It didn’t hurt that much at the time. Also, I got a blister on my pinky toe wearing my favorite pink sandals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/toes-out#post-1947571 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:24:32 +0000 Carla 1947571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since my closet is neutral heavy, colourful nail polish is a way to add a pop of colour. I do my own foot maintenance, and have been having fun with a set of OPI minis. I haven't had the same colour on my toes all summer. Not shown is the dark orange I started with in May (April was cold and wet). I'm sans polish since Saturday with plans for polish this afternoon!</p> <p>What colour are you wearing? Post your pedi! </p>