I'm really hating............

[Brissles]

the disgustingly different painted plastic talons on display. They're everywhere, on the jewellery shows, shoe presentations, beauty products etc etc. (not QVC but entertainment programmes are rife with them, black girls in particular seem to believe the longer the better. Even on news programmes there are some guests who look crass with them )

They don't even look 'nice'. They only look good when they are just slightly longer then the natural nail bed, French polished, or at least all one colour. I'm not a fan either of the blues, greens, yellows or patterned. Fashion I know, but keeping it simple, and 'chic' can't be beaten.

 

[madaunty]

I'm with you Brissles on this. All this nail art and long pointed nails gives me the heebie jeebies.
I have a cousin who us forever posting pics on FB of her latest look and promoting her friends nail business. It doesn't help that in a lot of cases the cuticles of the people having fancy nails are badly maintained and the whole look is just crass.

 

[Brissles]

I don't even want to think about the hygiene or personal care aspect

 

[Grizelda]

How do people with these talon-like nails manage to prepare food for themselves or for their families? Can you imagine what would happen, for example, if they made pastry or stuffed a chicken? Would a nail come off, maybe, and stay in the food, or would particles of uncooked food stay under their nails? IMO, not only are these nails unattractive, but also health hazards.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I’m always amazed that they are able to deal with babies without ripping their skin

 

[Bettyboo]

I totally agree about these huge talons. Do these women do any housework? I can’t imagine how they can even wash their hair, get dressed etc with those thing on your fingers. I do like to have my natural nails manicured and painted but I prefer more muted colours.

 

[SusieSue]

If I have a customer with talons at my counter and they require change I put it on the counter rather than in their hand because I do not want to make contact with their nails and whatever might be festering underneath them and it's entertaining watching them trying to pick up the coins.

 

[boffy]

Fashion is not always practical tbh.

 

[Grizelda]

If I have a customer with talons at my counter and they require change I put it on the counter rather than in their hand because I do not want to make contact with their nails and whatever might be festering underneath them and it's entertaining watching them trying to pick up the coins.

I've got the picture, Susie, and it's funny to imagine them scooping up their change.

Fashion is not always practical tbh.

That's true.

I totally agree about these huge talons. Do these women do any housework? I can’t imagine how they can even wash their hair, get dressed etc with those thing on your fingers. I do like to have my natural nails manicured and painted but I prefer more muted colours.

Well manicured, varnished nails - in one colour - are feminine and classy. Talons, especially those that hook over at the end, are not in the least sophisticated or classy IMO, of course.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

If a BA/presenter is going to have close up shots for jewellery etc then their nails shouldn’t be the thing you are distracted by. Close up shots aren’t the most complimentary even on clean healthy nails never mind some of the dire paint jobs currently on trend. Bad (or not even bad) fake tans look really naff on close ups.

 

[Mazza]

Whenever I see really long nails, I mean really long ones which sort of hook over, I always remember a scene in a film where the woman used it to scoop out and then snort some cocaine. They are now indelibly linked to that!

 

[Muttley]

I don't even want to think about the hygiene or personal care aspect

Yes, I was going to say the same but you beat me to it. And you were more polite than I would have been

 

[Grizelda]

Whenever I see really long nails, I mean really long ones which sort of hook over, I always remember a scene in a film where the woman used it to scoop out and then snort some cocaine. They are now indelibly linked to that!

Yuck!

 

[Brissles]

The main culprits are the loud American who presents Nina Leonard, the woman who presents diamonique (not Alison), and sometimes Anna from Lola Rose, also the Bibi Bijoux BA. Plus numerous beauty BAs.

 

[donna255]

I remember seeing on a TV show a woman with those pointy long false nails making meatballs from scratch. Very weird and yucky looking. They seem to do this thing of the flat part of their fingers to work, not the tops.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

It’s the same with awful false eyelashes.

I was watching a TV drama at the weekend and I couldn’t follow the plot I was so distracted by these they were so bad they had a credit for their acting all on their own!

 

[Clothescloth]

It’s the same with awful false eyelashes.

I was watching a TV drama at the weekend and I couldn’t follow the plot I was so distracted by these they were so bad they had a credit for their acting all on their own!

And big thick eyebrows!

 

[Lilo Lil]

And hairy fingers (usually male) showing jewellery bits and bobs ..

Dirty fingernails, men, women and whoever, are a no no for me. Yuk

 

[Brissles]

I agree Lil, way back when, when I was young enough to get the attention of lads, I immediately looked at their hands,........ and teeth ! ( I know, it was like checking a horse ! ) but hey, they are two areas that show if someone looks after themselves.

These days, the add ons are nasal and ear hair, and if I'm honest the much older men who sport 'stubble' just makes them look scruffy and a lot older.

 

[ERICS MUM]

I agree Lil, way back when, when I was young enough to get the attention of lads, I immediately looked at their hands,........ and teeth ! ( I know, it was like checking a horse ! ) but hey, they are two areas that show if someone looks after themselves.

These days, the add ons are nasal and ear hair, and if I'm honest the much older men who sport 'stubble' just makes them look scruffy and a lot older.

Also curly grey chest hair peeking out of an unbuttoned shirt.