Thread: Have you ever seen some one with long nails quilt??

My nails grow fast and long and I have to constantly cut them. I get use to them being long, but when I cut them even with my fingers, I can do so much more. I'm for short nails for me. If they are long, I stand a chance of ripping one down to the quick and that is a pain I can do without. I can sew so much better with short nails. Long nails get in my way. I always have to use the sides of my fingers and it takes me so long to do anything. I have slight ridges in my nails, very slight and I take vitamins but would like to know what causes them. I use to have half moons at the base of my nails, but not any more.

I used to do the nail salons and do tips and then went to solar nails and then to silk nails...of those three I loved the silk nail wraps....they didn't destroy the nail bed as the rest seem to do and especially at the places that use the "rotary tool" on your nails....with the silk nails, you just "soak" off the silk wraps every so often. Since about 07 all I have is natural again and they grow well and long and I have to keep them filed down. I prefer them from about 3/4' to 1"...no longer because then they get in the way and are a lot easier to nick/chip/etc!....Like the rest of you, I hate to break a nail and when one gets a nick or an edge, I find the Super Glue t keep it in place til it grows out enough that I don't have a bare finger tip! I usually don't paint my nails, altho I love them painted but I don't do a very good job of it and when I get them painted, it just doesn't last very long with the housework, gardening, sewing, etc! So I have given up my nail appointments and just try to put cuticle oil on everynight at bed time and rub it in really good and use some good hand cream at bedtime as well.....I am going to look at Sally's Beauty Supply for some of the Solar Gel maybe.....