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To find unpainted toenails gross?

403 replies

blahblahblah1654 · 25/07/2023 14:39

I wouldn't dream of wearing sandals without unpainted toenails. I just think it looks horrible. Am I being weird? I don't care what anyone else's feet look like though tbh.

OP posts:
F0Xintherain · 25/07/2023 17:10

What about men's toe nails ffs

CapEBarra · 25/07/2023 17:10

Catspyjamas17 · 25/07/2023 14:59

YABU. Painted toenails often cover really manky nails underneath. A natural, clean, healthy nail looks fine.

What is horrible is really long toenails like fingernails, or false toenails.

This is true! I have manky toenail fungus. I’ve tried everything to get rid of it but it never leaves entirely. I paint my nails to hide it. It’s really gross!!

Malarandras · 25/07/2023 17:12

I have no idea as I don’t look at other people’s feet. I don’t paint my own toenails, and so wear sandals so I suggest you don’t look at my feet ever. Not that I care one jot what anybody else thinks!

kittensinthekitchen · 25/07/2023 17:12

Bluevelvetsofa · 25/07/2023 15:08

When has it been warm enough recently to wear sandals?

Surely you know the entire population of the internet doesn't live in your neighbourhood?

TerfTalking · 25/07/2023 17:12

Queenofheart · 25/07/2023 15:56

Same here, I hate those long nails, how people function with them I don't know.

I like my bare nails and only paint them when I am going out.

Me three!

I don’t mind painted nails but I like them short and neat.

Unpainted toenails I don’t mind as long as the nails are clean, neat and pink and not thick and horny with lots of hard heel skin.

Long artificial nails are awful.

MotherofGorgons · 25/07/2023 17:14

I am sure those with painted toenails have clean feet, just as those without may have clean feet. I just prefer a "less is more approach" as I get older. I also wear very little makeup, now I am in my fifties. A bright lip or red toenails don't suit me any more.

LuckySantangelo35 · 25/07/2023 17:18

YANBU
i would never wear sandals without paining my toenails either
it looks so much better and it takes about ten minutes. Just make the effort!

MotherofGorgons · 25/07/2023 17:19

But I don't think it looks better @LuckySantangelo35 though I like clear polish.

BreatheAndFocus · 25/07/2023 17:20

Hibiscrubbed · 25/07/2023 17:06

I find it makes some people think they don’t have to attend to the skin around the edge and what’s gathered underneath, as it’s masked.

Maybe I’m weird but I’ve never noticed anything under my toenails (fingernails, yes, but not toenails). Looking after the skin at the side and round the nail is part of my pre-painting session 😊

LuckySantangelo35 · 25/07/2023 17:21

MotherofGorgons · 25/07/2023 17:19

But I don't think it looks better @LuckySantangelo35 though I like clear polish.

@MotherofGorgons

well, there you go then
clear nail varnish Is still nail varnish

FLEXoneyoz · 25/07/2023 17:23

blahblahblah1654 · 25/07/2023 14:39

I wouldn't dream of wearing sandals without unpainted toenails. I just think it looks horrible. Am I being weird? I don't care what anyone else's feet look like though tbh.

@blahblahblah1654 re-read what you posted OP 😳🤣

Hibiscrubbed · 25/07/2023 17:23

Anyone who has long false toenails needs to get in the bin. They truly sicken me. I have such a visceral reaction.

I saw a girl recently with huge, long French tips sticking out of a pair of sliders. Vom.

To find unpainted toenails gross?
To find unpainted toenails gross?
To find unpainted toenails gross?
MysteriesOfTheOrganism · 25/07/2023 17:23

A nicely cared-for natural body beats everything.

LuckySantangelo35 · 25/07/2023 17:24

MysteriesOfTheOrganism · 25/07/2023 17:23

A nicely cared-for natural body beats everything.

@MysteriesOfTheOrganism

i disagree

Hibiscrubbed · 25/07/2023 17:25

BreatheAndFocus · 25/07/2023 17:20

Maybe I’m weird but I’ve never noticed anything under my toenails (fingernails, yes, but not toenails). Looking after the skin at the side and round the nail is part of my pre-painting session 😊

I said some people. Some.

I am willing them to soak their feet, strip off the thick, claggy, coloured polish, trim and file and attack the nails with an orange stick to remove the skin and filth.

The rub in a bit of cuticle oil.

And breeeeeathe.

Midgewater · 25/07/2023 17:26

I prefer painted toenails and mine have always been painted as far back as I can remember.

Healthy, buffed and shaped toenails can look okay but how often is that the case? Painting them stains the nail and then you have to keep painting them. Don't get me started on men's toes, I try not to look.

Moveoverdarlin · 25/07/2023 17:27

Totally agree. Unpainted toenails look horrible on women. I remember being in a gym class in PE when I was about 12 and the teacher (think Miss Trunchbull) making some sarcastic comment about me wearing bright pink nail polish, she didn’t tell me off but I could tell she thought it was inappropriate. Anyway I don’t think I’ve gone more than about an hour since then without having nail varnish on my toes. I often look at men’s feet and think ‘those revolting nails would look so much better if they were red’.

SwedishEdith · 25/07/2023 17:28

I'm intrigued by how many people have lost a toe nail. I was always in "always painted" club and last year covered up a half grown out manky toe nail. When I eventually removed the polish, the nail had remankified itself so I was left with a band of good nail. So this year I've refused to paint it. And in France, on holiday, I noticed hardly any French women had painted nails.

Prelapsarianhag · 25/07/2023 17:29

They are TOE NAILS.

Mikimoto · 25/07/2023 17:29

I'm sure there is a direct correlation between people who paint their toenails / people who watch Emmerdale / people who fly with Jet2.

MotherofGorgons · 25/07/2023 17:29

Do you make your significant others wear socks in bed?😀Or just keep looking the other way and wincing?

LizaTarbuckForQueen · 25/07/2023 17:31

Mikimoto · 25/07/2023 17:29

I'm sure there is a direct correlation between people who paint their toenails / people who watch Emmerdale / people who fly with Jet2.

Or those of us who danced for years, buggered by their nails before gaining a MA and having watched Emmerdale or been on any kind of package holiday. Do try and be less of an idiot, it’s not becoming of a person of your standing.

FourEyesGood · 25/07/2023 17:31

I can’t believe there are so many people who find unpainted toenails revolting. The world is insane. They’re toenails, ffs! How can anyone even care about their own(as long as they’re healthy/clean), let alone anyone else’s?

LizaTarbuckForQueen · 25/07/2023 17:31

*buggered up their nails

LuckySantangelo35 · 25/07/2023 17:32

Mikimoto · 25/07/2023 17:29

I'm sure there is a direct correlation between people who paint their toenails / people who watch Emmerdale / people who fly with Jet2.

@Mikimoto

snob

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