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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 6:31:29 PM
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your nails (fingers and toes) .. i love polished nails (both ends) .. sometimes it is just a pinky-clear .. but usually a more 'colorful color' . how's about you?
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 6:47:00 PM
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I don't "do!" I can't. I feel like I can't breathe when my nails are painted! I'm a "keep-em-short-and-natural" kinda girl. My mom and sis are all pinky and manicured all the time, and I'm the black sheep. Oh well! There's one in every family. Baa.
Catherine :)
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 8:12:19 PM
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I do polish my toenails (dark pink) in summer. I never ever do my nails though...I am just too hard on nailpolish. I keep my nails real short and always have.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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berries
True Blue Farmgirl
475 Posts
gloria g
Florida
USA
475 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 8:14:24 PM
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I love painted nails both fingers and toes. I try to keep the toes painted, usually a true red, or a orange red! But I don't have time to paint or have my finger nails painted. I live way out from town, and can't get in for that! But I love it! They look beautiful painted, trimmed and shiney, but time is money! Sew many quilts, sew little time! I do like a short cropped nail, with a french manicure! But I love bright red, or orange red nails!!!
I say go for it if you can!
gloria g. Richards, TX
strawberry fields forever and ever! |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 8:47:48 PM
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I go with my girls and we do a mom and daughter thing of getting a pedicure every month, so my toes are always done. Every month they are diferent, this month they are mother of pearl white with stones and hearts..next month I am getting cherries..it is so cute the cherries are little red or pink stones...so much fun!! But my fingernails I just keep shaped and leave natural, I do to much with my hands and polish doesn't last!! Anyway I like them just plain.  Thanks Frannie for the fun topic!
Hugz!!
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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daffodil dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
805 Posts
Jayne
Hamilton
Victoria
Australia
805 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 9:07:31 PM
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I'm like Catherine on this one - I never do my nails, just like them natural. I'm sure polish on my nails wouldn't last anyway. I actually don't use any makeup, only occasionally when going out.
Best wishes,
Jayne |
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
1262 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 9:28:30 PM
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I keep my nails short because it's easier to work around the house & garden. I do like polish, but not every day. Always for special occasions & in the summertime though!
Rhonda
...and I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance, even if I'm the only one! |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 11:27:53 PM
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My toenails are ALWAYS painted a bright red or bright pink, depending on my mood, and my fingernails sometimes get the "treatment" and sometimes not, but they are always short. I really like the look of very short red fingernails, and that's what I have a lot of the time. They look especially glamorous when my hands are covered in dirt, chipped from something or other or when they are driving toy tractors around the farm with my son!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
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Buttercup
True Blue Farmgirl
1433 Posts
Talitha
Vermont
USA
1433 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 04:15:40 AM
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LoL Libbie!!Too cute!!
Hugz!
"If we could maintain the wonder of childhood and at the same time grasp the wisdom of age, what wonder,what wisdom,what life would be ours" |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 05:14:28 AM
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My fingers and toes go out "au natural." There was a time that I had those acrylic nails, all shiny and red, but I couldn't do anything with them!! (Except undo the little screw in the light switch plates!) They looked great, but I felt very clumsy with them. It's back to short, plain nails for me.
Karin |
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sillyfoulks
True Blue Farmgirl
164 Posts
Elizabeth
Illinois
USA
164 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 06:01:40 AM
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My finger nails stay pretty short, and unpainted. I have never been real good at painting them, they always seem messy when I do. Only once or twice during a year do they get paint, and then in just a day or two start looking pretty worn. So it is just easier for me not to paint them. Now my toes are a different story, summer I like them painted. I like the bright colors, red is my favorite. However, in winter they don't get painted.
Elizabeth
http://livingcountrystyle.blogspot.com/ |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 06:14:12 AM
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Yes I use light colors, pearl, light pink. My problem is what is a good POLISH REMOVER? I remember when polish used to come off with a couple of wipes, now its a half bottle of the stuff. Anyone have a brand that works?
NANCY JO |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 08:44:50 AM
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| Hahahahaha!!!! Umm, not with horses. Short and natural. But long enough to give good scratchies to manes and withers. And my toes? What for? They're never out of boots! |
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Phils Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
1095 Posts
Ann
Parsonsburg
Maryland
USA
1095 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 12:21:09 PM
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I used to keep polish on fingers and toes, but developed an allergy to fermaldehyde (I really need spell check) and to some other commonly used ingredient. I love Libby's comment, though. I'm always into something-- and usually plants and dirt, which show SO well under unpolished nails! Good news: you know when to scrub. Bad news: if they're clean but stained, they look awful. I need a sign saying "It's basil!" HA!
Ann
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 1:15:26 PM
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I'm laughing along with Mary Ann here. I run a farm and market garden pretty much by myself and I figure...oh about November maybe...my hands like look like they belong to a female again.
Di |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 6:36:30 PM
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| LOL! Yeah Di; gloves really do wonders for nails, don't they? We put them on when the weather gets cold and wonder why our nails don't get so gross anymore! |
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 7:02:16 PM
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| I started taking a vitamin for skin, nails, and hair. My hair started growing real fast and so did my nails. I have to trim and file them every week! I do wear polish on my toes but only once in a while on my fingers. After doing beets, who needs nail polish! Susan |
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medievalcat
True Blue Farmgirl
256 Posts
Cynthia
White County
Arkansas
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 7:03:17 PM
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Normally my nails are short and rather messy looking. When I gave up gluten, my nails started growing like weeds and I’m forced to do something with them. Mostly my hands are stained from whatever dye I’m using either on leather or cloth...so my hands and nails are either purple, red, or blue. I ignore my feet; they are my workhorses that I remember to take care every so often.
Now my hair...I dye it all the time! But I'm a wash and go girl, low maintenance, which means I still need some maintenance, something I found most guys can’t wrap their minds around!
Cyn
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." President Roosevelt |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 8:03:38 PM
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| I do and I don't. Before I retired, I wore polish every day....perfectly manicured. Now that I am not going in to work, I am more "Natural". I have to say that I love seeing beautiful nails and toenails. Call me lazy |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2006 : 12:52:39 AM
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Love painted fingernails and toenails. Hands and nails are one of the things I look at first on a person. Don't mind natural as long as they are clean. When I worked full-time I got my nails done all the time. It was my treat to myself and one of my biggest pleasures -- along with a pedicure. Now that I don't work outside the home I don't paint my nails as often. Although just in the last month I've started doing it again. Love plum and rose nail polish -- light for summer and dark for winter. It just makes me feel so pretty and feminine. I have always worn gloves when I work outside. it's not so much to keep my nails clean but to protect my hands. I hate the way my hands look when the dirt gets embedded in the skin and you can't even scrub it off.
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katiedid
True Blue Farmgirl
601 Posts
Kate
West Jordan
Utah
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2006 : 08:46:08 AM
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I am not a nail polish person at all! The fumes make me sick and head-achey, and when my nails are painted they feel heavy and like they can't breathe!!
I am a no nonsense girl for sure. My beauty routine usually consists of a shower, brushing teeth, and burts bees chap stick!
Low maintence for sure!
Kate
http://theknifemakerswife.blogspot.com/2006/07/knifemakers-wife.html |
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santa_gertrudis_gal
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Kim
Groesbeck
Texas
USA
198 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2006 : 12:17:41 PM
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I'm with you Mary Ann! Horses, Dogs, Cattle, Rabbits.....If they aren't short I'm tearing them into the quick....short please. I also have very brittle nails. If I have a special event then I get the whole nine yards. Those who have never seen me dressed to the hilt, always make the comment, geee you sure clean up good. I just smile....
Kim
Heaven is a day at the ranch with my Santa Gertrudis! |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2006 : 5:08:10 PM
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I do my fingernails once in a while... I prefer the light pearl type pinks.
Then my toes..I like to do those every now and then..and have really started paying attention to them this summer more..taking the time to pamper myself a bit more..so I'll sometimes paint them a pearly deep red color.
I always wear either a scented lotion or a perfume..every day. It keeps me feeling feminine and pretty.. even on those days when I feel anything but and even when I have no where to go..and have sweated up a storm pulling weeds or getting dirty with yard work or the general mom stuff...just the smelling and feeling feminine can be nice.
I don't wear face make up though...but I do think it's important to pamper myself once in a while though.And the polishes I use are those really fast dry kind..60 seconds and wallah..it's dry and ready to go.
When I head into town I like to add a necklace or simple casual bracelet to my outfits..just to feel a bit more feminine.
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theoanne
True Blue Farmgirl
282 Posts
teddie
CARROLLTON
GA
282 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2006 : 7:49:38 PM
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My fingernails are very dry. I have to wash them lots @ work. I also do pottery. polish and clay do not mix! Painting them is useless coz it is gone in a few days. I do like polished toes especially in the summer. so once or twice a year I get a pedicure. It's my treat to me.
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Krisathome
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
Kristin
Iowa
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2006 : 8:32:20 PM
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Originally posted by cmandle
I don't "do!" I can't. I feel like I can't breathe when my nails are painted! I'm a "keep-em-short-and-natural" kinda girl.
Catherine :)
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com
Ditto-besides if I do my nails it all gets chipped off when I do the housework. |
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