paigepea
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Post by paigepea on Mar 9, 2022 12:42:54 GMT
I’m almost 47 and I’ve always done round nails. I am getting a mani this week and am thinking about square (kind of the rounded square). Whenever I see someone get squared nails I feel they look quite dressy. Thoughts?
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Post by destined2bmom on Mar 9, 2022 12:52:01 GMT
I have done rounded square for years and I love how they look and they don’t break as easy as the rounded.
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Post by Katie on Mar 9, 2022 12:54:13 GMT
Rounded square.
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Post by hannahruth on Mar 9, 2022 12:54:58 GMT
I also always have rounded/square nails. There are no particular issues with them I just prefer the look of them.
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Post by bklyngal62 on Mar 9, 2022 13:03:09 GMT
Rounded square
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Post by gar on Mar 9, 2022 13:36:24 GMT
Squoval (square oval/round) is my go to. I like the look of squarer nails but I can't stop feeling the corners and I find them a little sharp and uncomfortable.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 9, 2022 14:02:35 GMT
Definitely the rounded off square shape for me. And I keep my length in check.
The long taper to a more pointy nail just doesn’t look practical for everyday use. I can appreciate it on others. I hate it on me.
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Post by peabay on Mar 9, 2022 14:08:41 GMT
Squoval (square oval/round) is my go to. I like the look of squarer nails but I can't stop feeling the corners and I find them a little sharp and uncomfortable. Ditto |
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Post by peano on Mar 9, 2022 14:23:14 GMT
Rounded square. Pointy little corners or long nails would drive me nuts.
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Post by paigepea on Mar 9, 2022 14:32:29 GMT
Wow! I’ve been stuck in the round stage then.
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Post by iowgirl on Mar 9, 2022 14:35:25 GMT
I need to get off the farm.... I was thinking square, definitely large squares, they stack so much nicer than rounds... Square hay bales... large squares..  My nails are just shredded, so I clip them short. I do like the look of the rounded square, but not super long. How do people get through life with those claws? |
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Post by Mel on Mar 9, 2022 14:57:52 GMT
Always round for me. I have longish fingers and I just feel like they look classier with rounded nails. My girls love square or coffin shaped though.
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Post by RosieKat on Mar 9, 2022 15:07:10 GMT
I do kind of a curved square. The top isn't straight across, but has a gentle curve. I'm not quite sure what the correct term is. It's more rounded than a square with softened corners, but I wouldn't quite call it squoval. Squerved?
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Post by kelly8875 on Mar 9, 2022 15:09:50 GMT
I'm getting mine done again tonight, I'm going for the rounded square. But, most of mine are naturally that way to start with, so it's easy.
The hard decision is what color I'm going to choose!
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Post by garcia5050 on Mar 9, 2022 15:13:49 GMT
I’m another rounded square fan.
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Post by scorpeao on Mar 9, 2022 15:40:17 GMT
it's the only way I've ever had my nails. My nail bed isn't right for anything else
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Post by amom23 on Mar 9, 2022 16:24:42 GMT
Rounded square
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Mar 9, 2022 16:46:20 GMT
Roundish square. I like square but my daughter works at a nail salon and she taught me rounder is better bc you are less likely to snag a the corners and break your nails.
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Post by Gennifer on Mar 9, 2022 17:18:09 GMT
I prefer almond (almost mountain peak), personally. Of the two you mention, I would do rounded… square looks dated to me.
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Post by originalvanillabean on Mar 9, 2022 17:19:09 GMT
Rounded Square, always.
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Post by Jili on Mar 9, 2022 17:51:09 GMT
Squoval!
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Post by pancakes on Mar 9, 2022 19:34:23 GMT
Somewhere between round and rounded square. Rounded square touches my cuticles at the corners and it drives me crazy…I keep touching my nails.
But round is too round. That said, I just say round if I get my nails done because it’s too hard to explain 😂
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Post by anaterra on Mar 9, 2022 19:49:31 GMT
Rounded... they look better on my hands
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 9, 2022 19:55:16 GMT
Squoval here.
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Post by bunnyhug on Mar 9, 2022 21:18:15 GMT
I do a mostly rounded square kind of shape--but I also do pottery, so my nails are really short. The gel polish looks good for the three weeks between appointments and keeps my nails from being destroyed by all the abuse from the clay, etc. If my nails are too long or too 'sharp' at the edges, I have a tendency to take gouges out of things I am throwing on the wheel--and not nice, artistic gouges   |
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 9, 2022 22:18:33 GMT
I had to look up a chart to see the name of each shape. As long as it isn't mountain peak or stiletto, I'm happy! I'm not particularly fond of square either. I prefer oval or squared oval.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 9, 2022 22:38:47 GMT
Short squoval. I hate my nails long. Two weeks growth is my absolute limit.
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Post by andreasmom on Mar 10, 2022 2:33:37 GMT
Short squoval. I hate my nails long. Two weeks growth is my absolute limit. +1 |
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Post by scrappinghappy on Mar 10, 2022 13:42:04 GMT
I have naturally “fat” nails that left to their own devices I’d end up with duckbills. I file my nails into a wider ballerina shape and get tons of compliments. It’s a tapered square with a very slight file of the corners. ETA: Like this link |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Mar 10, 2022 14:20:13 GMT
I looked up a chart and I prefer the look of rounded or what the chart calls “natural” (but like them painted). However, some of my nails grow in what I think is a weird way so I have a hard time fully achieving either of those looks on my ring or middle fingers. It could just be that I don’t know what I’m doing, but those nails grow straight out and not as curved as I think they should be.
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