r/longnaturalnails

I love painting my nails and doing nail art, but for some reason I prefer them bare or covered with clear nail polish for protection. I feel like the natural look of nails is unique and I love admiring beautiful long, well-groomed nails on others, but maybe I'm just weird 😭

I use almond oil for my nail care and in these photos my nails are painted with Neonail protein shot nail hardener

I don't really do my nails much or file them or whatever but I'd say i consider these long? Anyways, my pointer went first as u can see, and now my middle finger has gone too.. rip 💔 i believe it's time for The Big Chop™

(I use my thumbs a lot so they're short they didn't break they're js built different)

I don't use any products uhh other than the microscopic specks of nail polish left over, from my last color last month. But I'll still list it.

Brands and shades i used:

Chic, Black Velvet

OMG - Oh My Girl, Blackout

OMG - Oh My Girl, Colorless

I've been walking around with this nail longer than the rest for months (bare 💪) because it was so perfect I couldn't stand to cut it. So I knew this would happen eventually.

Luckily the break is small enough that I can leave about 1/3 behind, give the others a little trim, and have a nice uniform length again without them being super short.

Bought the Technicolor Dreams set during last lunar sale and then regretted it afterwards, as I am much more of a glitter sparkle holo multichrome all the things kind of person.

In my defense, I had spent the night before the sale looking at nail art, and for some reason at 7am the next morning, I imagined that I too would become someone who needs many creme shades at my disposal (when I have never done nail art before in my life).

Nonetheless, I've been determined to give the shades a fair shot, so today's mani was a skittle using five of the shades plus sugar and spice topper. Honestly, I found the formulas like melted butter: incredibly easy to spread, wow, except whoops, too easy and now my PNFs are flooded, argh. I don't think I have developed a newfound obsession, but opalescent flakies sure improved the situation.

All Mooncat:

Hardcore Base Coat

Thumb: Neverland

Pointer: Paradise Found

Middle: Sinking Feeling

Ring: Sweet Nightmare

Pinkie: Insomniac

Sugar and Spice Topper

Speed Demon Topcoat

I was trying to grab a drink from the bottom of the fridge from the convenience store and my nail scrapped the bottle cap 😑

Pictures 3, 4, and 6 were taken with flash

Product list:

Zoya Naked Base, 1 coat

Zoya Georgie*, 2 coats

Zoya Glossy Seal, 1 coat

*Gifted product sent with no obligation to post, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I repaint my nails every 2 weeks with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nails strengthener. I love that stuff!!!

Hi all, anyone got any tips on shaping? I never know what shapes suit me and I struggle getting them all similar. I also feel like they look a bit odd from the side due to the natural curve of them?

Colour: Rimmel 203 Loseyourlingerie 60 second super shine
Base and top: Technic base coat

Just enjoying my nails while getting ready for work 😍

no products, just pain

Still working on shaping but trying not to get caught up in perfectionism

Picture without polish is just with a mix of jojoba and castor oil

Polish has one coat ridge filler base coat by cracked, 2 coats frolicking in the fields by cracked and 1 coat qdtc by cracked

Keep me and my naked nails in your thoughts as we traverse the day with nothing more than oil and spacial awareness.

And before the comments come in: yes, they're stained, and no, you don't need to point it out kthxbai 🙄

I don't currently use any products on my nails. I've been growing them out for a few weeks and I'm really struggling with the shaping part. I'd like a more almond shape but for some reason it doesn't look right to me. My nail beds feel wide to me, and my index finger grows in a different shape from the others. Any tips are appreciated!

No way I'm walking around like that or cutting all my nails off because of some stupid dishes!

I glued my nail back on with essence's ULTRA STRONG and precise! nail glue.

Feels pretty sturdy! It will give me some time for the nail to grow out a bit more.

Have you ever broken a nail when washing the dishes? I was using latex gloves too 😭

Haven’t post here in a long time. I just put on Sally Hansen Double Duty base and top coat and left it like that.