MTF: nails

[spx_1112]

Do you wear polish or acrylics?  Colors?  I love reds pinks purples

[Katie]

Used to have acrilics but then I started playing sports and found out the hard way that nails don't go well with sports.

I miss them but im used to not having them now.

[Lauren5]

I've got a lovely dark green on my toes right now.  Painted them on Friday for luck at football the nect dat, and State beat Michigan! I say as long as I wear this green, MSU sports teams are invincible!

I also haveba lovelt light blue, an orangey red, ans a dark purple. They're all metallic colours; I love the shine they give off.

no fingernails polished in boy mode, it'd draw too much negative attention.

[Xhianil]

I wish! Still stealth though for now, but eagerly eyeing reds and blacks.

[noleen111]

I love wearing nail polish,

My toes always are painted, in the winter months, where I wear closed shoes, i wear mostly clear polish as i like the shine it gives my toe nails. In the warms months, i use colors. My favorite colors are blue, red and maroon. I also love having a french pedicure done on my toes, which I would do anytime of the year. Last summer I wore a very nice dark green shade, which I really liked. If I go out, I like match my toes to my shoes or outfit color, But i hate pink nail polish.

My hands, I wear color on them anytime of the year, Red or maroon are the favs for my hands. If my toes are not Red or maroon, then I wear a french manicure on my hands. I don't like the colors not to match.  Although I do experiment with different colors on my hands.

[TaoRaven]

I am a fanatic about my nails. I shape them, buff them, and always have them painted. I really like some of the metallics by Hard Candy (Crush On Lava is amazing), and of course OPI composes a large part of my collection.

Between my Room Mate and I, we probably have well over 700 colors.....seriously.

As I said...I have them painted always...even if I'm wearing the "man suit". People usually just assume that I am gay, or goth or something. If people actually ask, I just say "Because I like it". There is only so much of the real ME that I am willing to stifle in order to blend in.

[Sydney_NYC]

I'm too harsh for fingernail polish, but I've been wearing toenail polish for 3 years or more. (When I identified as Gender Fluid.) In the summer time I wear open toe sandals most of the time. I usually pick darker colors and a bright blue (currently wearing now.) Even in guy mode now, I show them off whenever I can. Had a funny incident in guy mode one day with the bright blue.

I was at the grocery store in one of those self-checkout lanes. I was ringing up my groceries and this bug huge guy that looked like he just got off his Harley with a beard and all. Real tuff guy looking. He asks me, "Hey you paint your nails like that?" I said "Yes". He responded in a friendly way, "Hell, that's awesome. You got more balls that I do. Keep it up!" I smiled back and finished bagging and walked away.

Lately I've switched to Gels, love them. Got a great kit as Costco for $48, included 4 colors, LED light kit, bonder, and topcoat.

-Sydney



(And you it does look like I have two different feet from two different people.)

[Incarlina]

I won't be allowed to wear nail polish most of the time once I finish nursing college, so I'm making up for it by changing colours at least once a week while I can ^.^
Since RLE started I've stuck with red, mostly because I feel it sends a stronger message than other colours do. But that might just be in my head. Before coming out my most used colours were a dark green called "forest green" and a light blue that I think was called "heavenly blue" in swedish. For parties I like to go for silver or gold, sometimes alternating between both.
And I have a dark purple nail polish with those magnetic pigments that I kinda like.

[carrie359]

Dark blue on the toes.. love it with jeans.. wife picked that one.
Clear on the hands...
Carrie

[Emily.T]

I like red  and pink they are so girly I'll even wear blue nail polish in boy mode most ppl don't care these days

[Jenna Marie]

I painted my nails a lot when I went full-time... but eventually I couldn't permanently break the habit of biting them. Oops. I am sorry about that.

[Alainaluvsu]

My fingernails are too brittle to even try. I chip them all the time. Besides, I don't like the way my fingers look with polish on them. My toenails I'll paint on occasion, though. I usually wear a coat until it completely wears off (about 2-3 months)

[of a sort]

I wore acrylics for about 4 years and then I let them go for the last year after I broke my thumb, now I'm probably going to go back to acrylics as I tend to bite my nails badly when they are natural. My nail lady has still been asking others about me too, just heard from one the other day that she's wanting me to come back...

[FrancisAnn]

Love nail talk, how cool. Love my new purple, it's cool. Luckily I can grow 10 long nails & keep them if I'm careful.

I girl or woman has to have nice hands & nails. It's just a must.

I would post a pic or 2 however I cannot figure out how to do it on this site. I have a 100% female facebook page that I post pics on with lots of other cis women friends that love to play with nail polish/designs.

Cool.

[Lauren5]

Love nail talk, how cool. Love my new purple, it's cool. Luckily I can grow 10 long nails & keep them if I'm careful.

I girl or woman has to have nice hands & nails. It's just a must.

I would post a pic or 2 however I cannot figure out how to do it on this site. I have a 100% female facebook page that I post pics on with lots of other cis women friends that love to play with nail polish/designs.

Cool.

Thou usests imgur or another image hosting site and then the image insert tags.
So I thought I'd share my "lucky" green toes:
Well, nevermind, imgur isn't working right now. Dang.
EDIT: It is now!
ANd now my toes:

Sorry about the hair, my feet grow it as fast as my face. I'l looking at getting some Nair when I can afford nice things.

[MadeleineG]

My toes are currently sporting what's left after two weeks of an intense brown-burgundy colour. Time for a new one. Yay!

[Mercédes]

I'd like to share this with all the other girls who have either just begun the active part of transitioning and any one who might be finding themselves in a rut because of all the various issues that might be holding them back: Treat yourself like the princess, soft and gentle with respect and care, take a half hr longer than normal getting ready for your day. use the time to see your good features and try to make those better. don't be down because you are still being clocked as male, don't be down if you for any reason have to tend to some of your day in boy mode. This too shall pass. one of the things I discovered that I am doing that helps me keep my poise is my nails. They are longish and well cared, I keep them clean and polished and matching my outfits. might sound trite but it really helps. when I am having anxiety about my transition I can always look at my hands and think; "Those are my hands, my nails. I have to be gentle and graceful in my movements." If we can expect these kinds of actions from ourselves early on we can handle all the other expectations we encounter as well.

Love and Light

[FrancisAnn]

I'd like to share this with all the other girls who have either just begun the active part of transitioning and any one who might be finding themselves in a rut because of all the various issues that might be holding them back: Treat yourself like the princess, soft and gentle with respect and care, take a half hr longer than normal getting ready for your day. use the time to see your good features and try to make those better. don't be down because you are still being clocked as male, don't be down if you for any reason have to tend to some of your day in boy mode. This too shall pass. one of the things I discovered that I am doing that helps me keep my poise is my nails. They are longish and well cared, I keep them clean and polished and matching my outfits. might sound trite but it really helps. when I am having anxiety about my transition I can always look at my hands and think; "Those are my hands, my nails. I have to be gentle and graceful in my movements." If we can expect these kinds of actions from ourselves early on we can handle all the other expectations we encounter as well.

Love and Light

Very well said, Mercedes.

[spx_1112]

Mercedes I couldn't agree more.  Pamper ourselves. My toes are red.  My nails are French tip but in December I will have them red.  Hugs shannon

[TaoRaven]

I 100% agree Mercedes