French Pedicures

[Hipkitten]

Alright, no offense to anyone here currently sporting a French pedicure, but yuck. What's up with this?! I'm a GTA and there's a girl who sits in the front row of one of my classes who has a French pedicure. I find myself fixated on her ultra-long, French pedicured toenails the entire class because they're just so ghastly to me. Now, I'm starting to notice them everywhere! Am I alone in hating this look?! Or is there something I'm missing? Perhaps they give you super-power or something? I don't know, for some reason they just weird me out. So...you can either share in my disgust or explain their appeal

 

[tiffany]

hopefully I don't come accross as a complete idiot when I ask: but what exactly is a 'french' pedicure?

 

[Curious]

tiffany, it's just like a french manicure, but on your toes

a french manicure is clear gloss on the whole nail, and really white tips. Here's a pic of the manicure version :



I agree, hipkitten, I don't really get it on the feet, either...

But worse than the french pedicure are the toenails that extend past your toe Long fingernails may be pretty, but long toenails

 

[Hipkitten]

Curious: That's exactly what I'm talking about - these suckers are long! I just don't get it!

Here's an example (and a toe ring too )

 

[*Happiness*]

I personally don't like french manicures anymore. I wore acrylics in high school and would get the white tips with pink powder...that was okay but to paint white nail polish over pink polish just doesn't cut it.

 

[Curious]

That pic . Yeah, I'm with you. Weird.

 

[ironic]

I find long fake nails a bit scary but those French manicured toenails a simply too much

 

[luxmode]

I think the keys to having a nice looking French pedicure are that the nails have to be short and the white tips need to be relatively small...Not like the pic posted here...That looks really wierd!

 

[*Happiness*]

Lux, you know that's true. Keep the white tip as small as possible. A very thin white strip and you may be able to get away with it. I still think it doesn't belong on the toes.

 

[luxmode]

I still think it doesn't belong on the toes.

You might be right . I did it last summer and I thought it looked pretty good tho...It didn't look anything like the pic posted here . Another weird thing about the nails in that pic is that they're so pink...I think it looks better when the polish is in a neutral shade.

 

[Luna]

I was going to get one on monday... I thought it'd look okay if I kept the white part small...

My toenails are always very short.

 

[Luna]

If not a french pedi.. what color on my toes would you recommend.. I've tried just getting the "french pink" but it looks like nothing... I have an event coming up.. I'm wearing a black dress... bright blue shoes, blue shrug thing... what color if not the french pedicure.

 

[Hipkitten]

I'm fond of Lippmann's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" if you're looking to go light. For something dark (which I prefer on toes) I'd go with a deep red - something like Lippmann's "Lady is a Tramp"

Anyway, I just can't endorse French pedi's - thin or not - I think that girl scarred me for life

 

[Lena]

i really dont like french manicure or pedicure, it looks strange somehow

 

[AlexN]

It really doesn't bother me at all.

 

[tiffany]

tiffany, it's just like a french manicure, but on your toes

a french manicure is clear gloss on the whole nail, and really white tips. Here's a pic of the manicure version :

I agree, hipkitten, I don't really get it on the feet, either...

But worse than the french pedicure are the toenails that extend past your toe Long fingernails may be pretty, but long toenails

I had no idea they did that on toes - that seems a bit wrong, and possibly impractical? thanks for the explanation though

 

[snowqueen]

I personally think it it looks horrible !! but If youa re going to get one I think it looks better if you're tanned.

 

[leyla m.]

nothing worse than long TOE NAILS

french pedicure is fine IMO. i sometimes have it but on really short nails and kind of square shaped.
that pic is def a nono

maybe also because where i live noone ever has super long white tips on their french manicures. nails are always kept to the shortest

 

[twilight fairy]

Long toenails are gross, but french pedicure on short nails is fine by me.

 

[Aida.Sevan]

Luna, how about this? Or may be silver...

Or, do light-pink and nail-art.