Would you paint a 4yo nails?

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Going to a wedding tomorrow and I can't decide. I only have teal nail varnish so not subtle

What is a "sexual" nail polish colour?

Great cross post there!

I would think the very strong reds would have quite string sexual connotations.

I want sexual nail varnish! I need it

Yep do her a colour she likes pref a sparkly pastel colour sod it there are lots of nice ones, yellow, scented (I think?), green etc let her have fun! I think you can even get stickers/blingy bits for them if you want to go even more girly.

I never painted my 4-year-old' nails and felt quite strongly that it wasn't right. She's 10 now and I can't remember quite why it bothered me.
Would just make sure you have x remover that is acetone free.

I absolutely have to find out about 'sexual' nail varnish colours .... What are these? How does it all work?

Blimey, I can't see red being a sexual colour on a child's little nails. It's not as though they are wearing long false grown up nails.

Go for it, my 2.5yr old neice always has painted toes. My sil does both hers and dn's on a sunday when they have the afternoon to themselves. She likes it, no harm done. Ive never got the fuss over it tbh, they just like having colours on their nails, its not bad for them or anything.

lol at sexual nail polish!

it's a BRILLIANT way to get peace and quiet for aaaaaaaaaaaaages, ...paint child's nails, let them sit still until nails are dry....you can spin this out all afternoon

no darling, they don't look dry yet, just sit still for a bit longer.....

No, I wouldn't. I don't think it looks nice on little ones.

I need sexual nail polish myself :o

I let DD have clear varnish with glitter in it, Superdrug do little bottles in the Miss Sporty range for 99p, loads of glittery and subtle colours to chose from.

at sexual colours on a 4 year olds nails!?

I would if I could do it without my hand shaking.

Ha I must be strange I wouldnt (but wouldnt object to anyone else, similarly I wont allow pierced earings in small children but wouldnt object to anything else.)

I'm very much a let kids be kids and dont like it at all (I'm not keen that my 6 year old has to wear eyeliner for ballet...)

But I can see I'm the unusual one - I actually thought on mn (as opposed to nm) I'd be in teh majoritY!

Yes

Both DSs wanted their nails painted when they were young. It looked neither glamorous nor sexual. Just funny and sweet

I'm not keen on the toxic ones for kids, but there's loads of water-based ones with the really nasty stuff left out.

I was a bit reluctant to let DD1 wear nail varnish (she finally got it at 6) but I suspect that DD3 will be wearing it by 18 months

I just think it looks tacky (same category as fake tans, false eyelashes for me. The mums, not the kids...) I think I must be odd. Or old.

I wouldn't, I also think it looks a bit tacky, sorry. I don't paint my own nails, though.

Of course! Why on earth not? Both mine (ds and dd) loved/love having their nails done at different times.

I think it looks tacky but I'd do it anyway. . I'd let the DDs choose the colours.

Yes, I have done DD's any time she's asked, since she was 2 - but only because she asks when she sees me do mine (mainly just toes) – I wouldn't have unless she wanted me to.

Nothing wrong with teal. But re sexual colours, though I didn't start painting my nails until I was about 25, it's deeply ingrained in my head, despite my better judgement, since I was a child that bright red is a sexual colour for outrageous strumpets and I never wear it because it just doesn't feel right. I know why this is, it was ad!

I let my DDs have theirs painted, youngest is 3.

I don't usually like make up on children, but I see nail polish as more like face paint than actual make up- it's a fun thing to wear rather than something to make you look more beautiful IYSWIM.