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Anyone not bother to get nails done for holidays?

208 replies

NotmySundaybest · 12/04/2024 17:07

Does anyone else not bother with nails etc for their holidays?
It's usually a standard thing but costs are up!

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Imamumgetmeoutofhere · 13/04/2024 11:10

Never had mine done professionally. But I use hand cream daily and do a manicure once a week, only file and clear polish but my nails are fine without it. Use a coral colour on holiday.

Same for my feet, file weekly with an overnight footmask. Usually clear polish at home but a coral colour or similar on holiday, same as my hands.

StMarieforme · 13/04/2024 11:18

Had mine done with the gel stuff once. It hurt so much when they were under the light, and hurt even more when they scraped them off eventually.
Never again.

NotmySundaybest · 13/04/2024 12:19

Most women I see through work, school, social life and holidays etc seem to have their nails done.
Seems the MN community don't!

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shoppingshamed · 13/04/2024 13:03

NotmySundaybest · 13/04/2024 12:19

Most women I see through work, school, social life and holidays etc seem to have their nails done.
Seems the MN community don't!

Mumsnet is always going to be a more accurate reflection of society as a whole, most people circles consist of people like them so not surprising that your experience is different to the wider world's

SerafinasGoose · 13/04/2024 13:20

NotmySundaybest · 13/04/2024 12:19

Most women I see through work, school, social life and holidays etc seem to have their nails done.
Seems the MN community don't!

The 'Mumsnet community' are real people who are out there in the real world and in real communities. We're not sequestered here.

As comparable examples, in my community it's quite a rarity for women who marry to change their names. Anecdotally, there was a swing away from this in the nineties and noughties but the pendulum has now gone back the other way. In my circle it's stayed the same, but in this case, it's likely the community who are the anomaly, not British society at large. We can't assume that everyone out there is just like us.

This is the usual ebb and flow of social trends as dictated by time, as well as demographic. A deep tan was very fashionable in the 80s but has now fallen out of favour, as the beauty industry may well see in the future on grounds of sustainability or covering the body in potentially dangerous chemicals.

It may be that particular demographics embrace particular trends at particular times, or that specific demographics prefer specific ones at the same time. And the class snobbery you see on here is by no means confined to Mumsnet. It's a particularly British (and very annoying) hang-up. It's also a very real barrier; a construct of tangible glass ceilings for a great many people irrespective of their level of education and competence (or of whether they have gel or acrylic nails or not).

The question you asked was whether we, as MN members, get our nails 'done' for holidays.

People simply answered it.

LoobyDop · 13/04/2024 13:24

I do my own toenails for holidays and touch them up as and when needed. Don’t bother with fingernails- ime they last about five minutes when you’re on the beach and in and out of the sea. Plus they look always end up looking really nice naturally- the sea and sand make them super clean and pink, which looks better than polish imo.

Simd1 · 13/04/2024 13:34

I'm nearly 40 and I've never had my nails done. Before a holiday I might put some nail polish on at home if I had the time, but it's not a priority and the past few holidays I haven't done it (too busy sorting out packing and last minute bits of work).

PinkTonic · 13/04/2024 13:44

Runningbird43 · 12/04/2024 22:11

Why does getting lashes done mean you don’t have to bother with them?

surely if you don’t get them done you don’t have to bother with them if you cba.

what is getting lashes done anyway? Dyed? Extensions? I always get a mental image if someone strapped to a tree getting their 20 lashes as punishment…

For me lashes done would mean tinted so I don’t need mascara, otherwise they’re so fair they’re invisible.

I have regular podiatry throughout the year and pedicures with gel polish in the summer when I’m wearing sandals. I would schedule a pedicure before a beach holiday. I like short natural fingernails but also short dark coloured ones so I occasionally have a gel manicure.

thelengthspeoplegoto · 14/04/2024 21:19

I do my own gel nails for holidays, its the only time I do them. I also do my toes in summer.

Gensola · 14/04/2024 21:33

I am just back from a beach holiday and the vast majority of women had their nails on hands and feet painted.
However unlike PP I don’t think “tattoos on show” is a bad thing 😁

Magyk · 14/04/2024 21:51

Gensola · 14/04/2024 21:33

I am just back from a beach holiday and the vast majority of women had their nails on hands and feet painted.
However unlike PP I don’t think “tattoos on show” is a bad thing 😁

This is why I don’t go to hotels full of brits taking full advantage of the AI bar.

Scarletttulips · 14/04/2024 22:22

This is why I don’t go to hotels full of brits taking full advantage of the AI bar

Me too, any mention of ‘close to night clubs’ or evening entertainment - and more recently any water slides and I avoid it like the plague.

noonesayscheese · 14/04/2024 22:25

I don't bother, at all. Bit too much of a faff for me, and a cycle I just CBA to keep up with/on top of.

NotmySundaybest · 14/04/2024 22:49

Why are tattoos on show a bad thing?

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StarlightLady · 15/04/2024 01:45

I get my nails (hands and toes done) but only with standard nail polish. That way l can remove and repaint as necessary.

Koptforitagain · 15/04/2024 01:48

I’ve never had mine done. To be honest I think anything but short nails is gross. They look like claws 🤮.

wplaf · 15/04/2024 01:58

I’ve never had my nails done professionally. I’ve very occasionally put nail varnish on, but I just leave them totally bare and do nothing to them now. Liberating IMO.

Magyk · 15/04/2024 07:28

NotmySundaybest · 14/04/2024 22:49

Why are tattoos on show a bad thing?

Look I’m all for live and let live so you do you. For me, however, tattoos on show and people doing things like nail for a holiday gives me images of brits on holiday eating and drinking to excess and complaining if the food is remotely different to their food at home. I like to go somewhere I will be surrounded by locals and I like to try their food and see somewhere a bit different from home. I don’t want to sit by a pool/on a beach all week.

Lentilweaver · 15/04/2024 07:54

I dont have tattoos but aren't they supposed to be on show?

LaMarschallin · 15/04/2024 08:05

I've always got my toenails painted (home job) and use foot cream twice a day as I think feet need all the help they can get.

Don't bother with painting my fingernails as they invariably chip. I've been put off gel/shellac because of damage to the nails. I keep them clean and shaped - buff occasionally.
If I'm pushing the boat out, I'll use Barbara Daly "No More Yellow" clear polish - has a slight lilac tint that makes them look pink and healthy. Sadly it's discontinued so I'll need a replacement when I run out of the bottles I stocked up on.
I'm also - according to my DDs - the last person in the world who uses a white pencil under my nails to give the impression of a French manicure without actually having one.

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BodyKeepingScore · 15/04/2024 08:18

I've never got mine done for going on holiday. Wouldn't enter my head.

Westfacing · 15/04/2024 08:27

Yes, I have mine done for holidays - gel pedicure and manicure, and an eyebrow wax!

It's getting very expensive but I like having them done so save money elsewhere.

CandyPlus · 15/04/2024 10:57

On holiday at the moment and had a shellac mani/pedi last week. £83!!! That feels ridiculous.

Pedi will last a while, but the manicure always chips after 2 weeks and looks awful by 3 weeks.

StarlightLady · 15/04/2024 11:11

Magyk · 15/04/2024 07:28

Look I’m all for live and let live so you do you. For me, however, tattoos on show and people doing things like nail for a holiday gives me images of brits on holiday eating and drinking to excess and complaining if the food is remotely different to their food at home. I like to go somewhere I will be surrounded by locals and I like to try their food and see somewhere a bit different from home. I don’t want to sit by a pool/on a beach all week.

Tattoos = Brits on holiday??? I think you will find that there is a far higher percentage of French women with tattoos than British. On reflection, the same applies to those having their nails done too.

Rainydayinlondon · 15/04/2024 11:29

Never had them done either. What a complete waste of money!!
I also think clean filed nails are very attractive in their own right