Long nails on older hands. What do you think?

These days I favour a square look. Not so talon like.
Love a funky colour too.

Depends what you call long nail? There are long nails and there are long nail. - mine are on the long side, but too long and I can't type on my laptop I hope they look elegant!

I’m so envious of all your beautiful nails! I have broad hands and short square nails, and I garden a lot, so not much hope. Can anyone fill me in on gels, gel nails, French tips, etc?

They look far better than the false talons that some people have. Plus all the chemicals used in their removal are known as endocrine disrupters. Probably why IVF is so common these days. Urmstongran, you stay with the natural look, so so much better and be proud of having such strong nails. My nails break so easily.

I think long, manicured nails look lovely on any age hands. I’ve never been able to grow long nails as they just chip or tear. So soft they bend

Corkie91

Your nails look wonderful get the polish and dont cut them

Thank you! I will.
My salon appt is Thursday. I’ll take a photo after & post. ?

Well done YOU HMHnanna I know from my sister what a hard habit nail biting is to break! Kudos.

Gorgeous manicure NantheWiser.
Love your user name - very clever!

Love that you both go so regularly JennyLuck and Lupatria. Not only will you be looking fab - you’re helping the British economy!
✅

Oh Betty18 and Nannagarra you’re both braver than me re colour! But know what? I so admire you both (and others) for bucking the trend! It’s easy to play safe like me.
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Ooh, thank you, Urms on both counts!

I think it depends on what your hands are like at any age, and yours are very elegant if I may say so. I don’t think your nails are overly long and I think they’d look smashing with gel polish, or an elegant french manicure.

Try SNS. Slightly more expensive than gel, but doesn’t chip and makes nails as hard as…well nails! Both gel and SNS ruin your nails, but as someone who has always worn nail polish, and always will, it doesn’t bother me. I am having mine replaced on Friday, and having nail art, ‘tart’ that I am.

Tada!

Just back from the salon. I decided to have some gel polish applied & keep my nails this length for 4 weeks (just for fun!) until my next appointment when I will have them snipped short as usual.

Thanks so much everyone for joining in. It’s also been lovely to see so many different posters on this thread!

Hi Urms that is the so close to the colour I am having for my hollibobs ?

They look beautiful Urms!
And you have really lovely hands.

My nails are currently quite long; and I’ve been mulling over doing them (I do my own with a lamp)
I haven’t done them for ages, so it might be a nice small way to celebrate my new hip (hip hooray!)

In the care home where I used to be Chaplain many of the residents had beautiful long nails and really looked forward to the visits from the manicurist. Just please yourself Urms and don’t bother what other people may think.

Looks just like my colour which is called Petal.

Glad you went for it Urms.
I love the colour names, Millie22.
Mine’s usually nutter butter. I like colours that don’t show too obviously that it’s a while since I had them done.

You have lovely hands Urms - very elegant, and I love the colour you’ve chosen.
I’m going for my regular gel nails appointment tomorrow, my nails grow about 1mm a week and start to get in the way if I let them get too long, don’t think I could last 4 weeks, even though they still look okay.

They look lovely, Urms! You have very elegant hands.

I think I’m just lucky not to have knuckles with lumps and bumps from arthritis. My poor friend has had to stop wearing her rings because of them.

I went for a paler shade too, bearing in mind what some of you had said and I’m delighted with gel!

Lovely Urms. I'm envious. My nails are stumps and haven't grown one iota for about 5 years, apart from my thumb nails, which is very odd. My hands have so many horrible veins that they look like Spaghetti junction.

They look very nice. If I may be so bold, I don't think the problem in the first picture was the length, but that your polish had grown out. I'm not familiar with gels but can't you re- do them when it grows out?

I had my - short - nails done today. I thought they looked summery. My dd says they look as if I’ve dipped them into amoxycillin syrup. RUDE! Though she’s not wrong. ?