Its not unusual to paint your toenails all winter is it?

[HanneHolm]

Colleagues happened to see mine and were marvelling at it

I always have mine painted, I look like a corpse otherwise! I wouldn't want to have unpainted toes even if it's only me that sees them

I paint my toe nails and (mostly) shave my legs/pits all through winter too

I only paint mine when they are on public show, so only in summer. Besides, it isn't good for your nails to permanently have them covered in nail varnish.

Of course not, mine are painted all year round! I barely wear make up but I can't bear my toenails being bare!

I paint mine nearly all winter. Give them the odd week off.

I paint mine all year round. I have ugly feet and hate them so find it helps me to not feel as embarrassed about them, say for example I go round to someone's house and have to take my shoes off and am not wearing any socks (ballet pump type shoes etc)

All year round here- but then I go to yoga/ Body Balance regularly where we exercise in bare feet. I love my feet anyway so I enjoy pampering them.

I always paint my toes, this week they are Navy.
It is the only way my ugly huge feet look slightly better.

I paint mine too. Why isn't it good for them?

"I paint mine too. Why isn't it good for them?"

It causes discolouration of the nails. Although, if you wear a base coat it is supposed to prevent that. No-one ever sees my feet in this weather so there is no point in painting them.

I have bought some nail oil to improve the dryness of them as well and my naked nails look fine.

I paint mine all year round giving them a week off every few months.

Thanks Bunbaker - I use a base coat so haven't had my nails discolour. I paint my nails because I still see them and can go extra crazy in the winter. They are turquoise sparkles at the moment!

Don't you get cold feet then?

In the evenings my feet get really warm so I take my socks and slippers off. I don't have bare feet all the time obviously!

I let mine grow out

Infact all of them have grown out except the big toes which are about half way grown out, like a kind of ombre in reverse !

I consider it kind of a nail science to watch how long it takes !

Nobody sees my feet in winter thank god

I suppose what I mean is I don't paint my nails for other people to look at but because I like them like that.

I don't paint mine unless they are on show or likely to be on show. All that's on there at the moment is a bit of polish on my right big toe left over from the summer - at some point I will get round to removing it

MissMilbanke - I salute you

I give them a break in the winter, no sandals or shoes on barefeet = no polish needed for me. I wear boots and socks all winter.

I give my fingernails a break in the summer, only use polish about 1 week in 4, but use it all the time through winter.

Mine are always painted. Bunbaker is right though - it does cause discolouration of the nails, even if you use base coat ime.

Miss, I'm the same.

I painted my nails two nights before I went in to be induced. I finally repainted them when DD was 6 months old and only a tiny bit of polish remained. I felt like I was painting away my old life, the last bit of evidence finally removed. I went for plum with crazy sparkles, why not eh? The rest of me is scruffy but my feet look awesome. Makes me happy.

Mine get discoloured despite basecoat too, I always assumed that is because I leave it on for weeks on end as it doesn't seem to chip like it does on fingers.

I dont bother painting mine in the winter. I find because I'm wearing closed in shoes and thick socks and tights the polish doesnt stay looking so nice and needs doing more often and I think what the point no-one sees them. I do keep going with shaving legs and armpits though.

Mine polish doesnt chip so much as looks rubbed and dull if I've had my feet enclosed. I dont think it looks too great.

I have mine painted in winter, well all year round really but my sister does it for me as I can't do it myself. She does a really good job of it, not just painting them but trimming/filing etc. That might sound very lazy of me but I genuinely can't do it myself