Toe nails

Cut. With difficulty.

File 'em, then paint them coral. So tempting to paint each one a different colour.

Cut them. Never painted them in my life!

JessM Why do you want to know what our toenail habits are?

seems a bit weird to me

Cut, file and paint!

I paint 'em because I will garden in my sandals and the nails get so dirty! So I paint them so the dirt doesn't show I find though, that when I eventually take the varnish off, there are white patches on the nail. Anyone else get this?

Cut them, file them and paint in Summer.

Jess is a scientist Lona! She's allowed to ask!
It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that someone somewhere has been granted funding to research the effects of painting one's toenails on the emotional health of the Ageing Population

Soak 'em, cut 'em, file 'em, sometimes paint 'em

Can't tech them any more. Looking forward to a manicure and pedicure.
I did used to be able to bite my big toe until my OA got too bad.

I suspect that JessM will be asking for sample cuttings from all groups to see if there is any difference in the molecular structure of the nail ends according to the method used?
Either that or because she's a witch and is going to put curses on us!

Should have been reach not tech

Straight cut or curved?

Ooh, no not curved - for some reason that's BAD!

To avoid ingrowing toenails you have to cut a little v-shape in the middle of the nail.

Oh that sounds simple janea

I can still suck my big toe. If I wanted to.

As for finger nails - cut, smooth and buff. Never, never paint.

Gel polish is a good long lasting solution plus* there is no danger of smudging them.as you shuffle to the car in your flip flops.

Gosh Soutra can you drive safely in flipflops?

jane! Not a good look...

Well I just cut the corners off and I've never had ingrowing ones!

janea

Clippers for me. And nail varnish in the summer. Dull gold or paleish pink usually.

Maybe I could cut a v shape all along, pinking shears would be good for that. If nothing else it would enable me to pay DBH back for when he kicks me in bed.

!! But just think how those pointy bits would catch on your socks...

Oh dammit, I quite fancied it, too!

My SiL varnishes mine - he did a Fine Art degree.