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5 simple things you'll NEVER be able to do again once you...

18 April, 2018 - 07:36pm by - First Lady | 28 Comments

1.  Itch your face.  You're rocking the new manicure.  Next thing, you cheek itches.  Your eye itches.  Your nose itches.  And however gently you scratch, 1 of 2 things will happen.  You will bleed or your makeup will smudge.  

2.  Type...anything.  Nails on, time to put them to work right? The vibrations.  The missed keys.  The tap tap tap.  Number one tip for typing with erm, tips?  Spell check. 

3.  Open seemingly harmless but necessary packs.  Seriously, it's like your falsies go on and your lips need more lip balm than they ever had in their life.  Lip gunk under your nails is so not vogue.  And yes, we could use a lip balm stick, or even EOS, but fiddly lids are the enemy.  See the next point.

4.  Crack open essentials.  Ringpulls.  Puncture packs.  Peel back lids.  Diet Coke, Gum and Pringles just became mission impossible.  And a serious hazard - have you ever pinged off an acrylic when opening a can of DC?  Worst pain ever.

5.  Get into your own clothes (let alone someone else's!).   Clothes re now impossible to get in to.  Zips.  Buttons.  Pulling skinny jeans up your legs.  Laddering your tights.  Bugger it, lets go back to the old days and just wear a sheet.

And, after a quick poll of BRHQ - here's some other things you just can't do with falsies on:

  • Pinch someone. Seriously it's nigh on impossible.
  • Use your touchscreen.
  • Put in your contacts.
  • Wrap a present.  Or use any kind of tape for anything.
  • Hold anything without channeling your inner hand model.  Look at my new feather duster.  I'm really showing you my nails, not looking for a compliment...really!

So - are you a falsie girl?  What do you sacrifice for the slayin' manicure?

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30th April, 2018

The worst, paper thin natural nails when you finally take them off!

28th April, 2018

Never had this problem, I like my nails short and clean, but it’s also a requirement for my job as I serve people their food. I use nail polish very rarely for holidays and also pre-plan it, so wouldn’t cut my nails to the usual shortness. :) Can’t imagine having those claws at the end of my fingertips, and I also never found them to be pretty or attractive.

28th April, 2018

I have never worn falsies before, they don't look very comfortable to me.

27th April, 2018

I use to love getting acrylic nails in my late teens/ early twenties but they became unaffordable and I always use to have problems with strength and breaking them as I have naturally short nail beds.

26th April, 2018

Nope definitely not a falsie girl. Never had a problem growing my nails so haven't needed to. My sister always wore them though and I thought they looked cool even though you could tell they weren't real.

25th April, 2018

Its gross but while resisting to pick or bite my nails I try clean them with my other hand / nails. This chips the polish

25th April, 2018

Nope. I don't understand how those beauty vloggers manage with what one beauty vlogger described as "dragon lady nails." Personally I don't even like the look of the fake nails when it's that long and it's not worth not being able to use your hands. If you're going to go for fake nails make them a nice length that is achievable on a person with healthy, strong nails. Honestly it looks so much better when it looks more like healthy, long natural nails.

24th April, 2018

Only ever worn them to a fancy dress party,hate the feel of them and prefer my own natural nails

24th April, 2018

Haha I have never had false nails done - I used to wear the stick on's years ago but they are more a hindrance than anything. I hardly wear nail polish and really don't do a lot with my nails :)

24th April, 2018

I dont wear falsies but i do keep my nails quite long and i had a proper giggle at some of the above because it's true! Popping zits (while naughty naughty but lets be honest we all love a good squeeze every now & then) becomes insanely hard too!

23rd April, 2018

Never worn falses I am type 1 Diabetic and i'm not sure how successful I would be trying to do injections and test my blood sugar with them on so think will stick to not wearing them to make life easier :)

23rd April, 2018

Ive never worn falsies!

22nd April, 2018

Ah no, I’m not. I can itch, type, open, crack, button, zip you name it, with my very own home grown, nail clipper, clipped talons. I’m the worlds worst nail person.

22nd April, 2018

I haven’t managed acrylics yet the last time I wanted to get them the therapist suggested gel as it wouldn’t damage my nails as much as they were already long enough. I love long nails but they seem to get to the right length then once one snaps or tears they all start to go. Currently have only 4 long nails the rest have all gone.

22nd April, 2018

Trying to put on high heels that have a buckle on them i find harder then trying to teach a toddler to tie there shoes

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