I used to always stick to french tips on nails and toes in the summer, and color in the winter, but recently I found a shade of red I actually like and I've been keeping fingers and toes red most of the time, with the occasional french tip, or blue thrown in. I've decided that red and blue really do go better with my skin tone though, lighter colors like pink and cream just kinda blend in.
Oh yeah, that's the thing. Red and bold colors like black and blue makes the nails stick out, but I prefer a more naturalistic form. A french pedicure looks mostly natural, with just certain parts being a bit more bold such as the tip, which is exactly why it blends in with your skin. ( I love pic number 1 so much more than number 2 by the way.)
It's kinda like make-up. As you can tell from the threads here, there quite a few guys that like naturalistic make-up, but the preferred style is for a woman to be heavily made up here in the states. In Japan, it's completely different. In Japan, they put on make up to hide every blemish WHILE looking as naturalistic as possible. The same with nails, the majority of Japanese women do not paint their nails, top or bottom. While I don't have the same mindset for make-up, I do for nails lol.
But I was never a big fan of red or black. When I see red, I immediately align them with stop signs I see on the streets lol, and black nails just looked infected. I remember when I damage my pinkey finger playing basketball and the nail was black, it looked so much like black nail polish it wasn't even funny.
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