I am all for nail art, but I can not get down with nails any longer than my fingertips. I cannot deal with long nails. They gross me out and I can’t function with them. Long is one thing, but tall? I would have never thought. Check out this insane triple-tiered manicure spotted backstage at Binetti’s Spring 2013 presentation at New York Fashion Week.
The oyster inspired nails are triple-layered with a pearl between each layer. Fancy? Yes… but talk about snagging your nails on practically everything and forget about opening cans. See more below!
[via Stylelist]
I really love the color choices (black and flamingo..amazing) but I would never attempt these nails…. Because this would be me:
What do you think of the triple-tiered mani?
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Impractical. Only good for a photo shoot, but I love the flamingo color.
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can’t imagine the amount of dirt, gunk, and bacteria that will be trapped in there
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On the list of the stupidest things I have ever seen, this is near the top.
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defiantly not for me :p
sunflower / 332 posts
@Beb3Lika@xanga - I know!!! thats what grosses me out about long nails! ick!!
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Nope, these nails do not tickle my fancy. I can barely manage short acrylics…let alone triple layered ones.
sunflower / 332 posts
@Foodhog@xanga - fashion not function! i love that color too. its amazing. I might have to go nail polish shopping.
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Those look gross and remind me of poorly glued-on drug store nails.
sunflower / 332 posts
@babybug329@xanga - omg could you imaging getting tickled with those nails?! LOL
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Oh dear GOD! It looks like a high fashion nail infection (warning don’t click it is repulsive and I am serious).
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Awkward! I could never deal with that even for a few minutes. It’d be okay on mannequins though.
sunflower / 332 posts
@Erika_Steele@xanga - ew nail infections are sick. when I was in cosmetology school we learned about all kinds of nail infections. the book had way too many photos…….blargchhh
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@katie - Ha! I would rather not imagine that after “hearing” about the infections from Erika Steele.
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Super ugly.
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@Beb3Lika@xanga - Blech, that’s exactly what I was thinking
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This disgusts me
sunflower / 300 posts
@Beb3Lika@xanga & @katie - If it makes you guys feel any better, I have extremely long nails and nothing gets trapped under as long as you wash your hands constantly!
Although I imagine this style would be even harder to maintain the cleanliness of…and to be honest, I think they’re pretty unattractive
But I too love the colors, especially the pink.
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Is this one of those instances where the nails are supposed to portray a message of wealth i.e. you don’t have to do ANY work with your hands? Couldn’t even unload a dishwasher without breaking those.
Fake nails are wonderful…those just look like something is seriously wrong.
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This is like one of those fashions which you never see in actual life, like integrating knee pads into an outfit when you’re not skating. There are plenty of channels for practical creativity, yet there’s still plenty of stuff like this.
orchid / 248 posts
@katie - @Erika_Steele@xanga - all I can picture is ripping off your actual nail, that is how it tends to look lol.
I also remember cosmetology infection pictures.@samescobar - It is probably easier to keep long nails clean underneath because there is less of a ridge for dirt to get scraped into (if that makes sense)
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Not.
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Erm…. No…. Just no -_-
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looks disgusting!
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Sorry, but those are super ugly. :p
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ew. it’s like you have have extreme onochomycosis so your nails got really thick and then broke into three and you paint all three layers. *shudderrrrr*
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the colors are ok though, lol.
magnolia / 1028 posts
I love nail art, but this is just stupid.
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@Erika_Steele@xanga - Holy mother of fuck that was the nastiest picture I have ever seen in my life. Literally spit out the food I was eating. Thanks for the link. I will now proceed to send to all my friends. *gag*
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@nancy___boy@xanga - don’t take microbiology or a class on diseases of the skin (and nails).
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Looks hideous.
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i am creeped out by this.
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It looks stupid, honestly. The more I look at it the more freaked out I get.
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What the heck? Wouldn’t tiny stuff get stuck in between?
sunflower / 480 posts
Agghhhh NOT!! I thought her nails were ripping off for a minute! Now they remind me of sharks’s teeth where the rows and rows of teeth just keep growing under the top ones. Ughhhh it gives me the heebie jeebies! And yes, I agree, they would collect a lot of junk/dirt AND would get caught on everything. How annoying (and painful) for them to get ripped off if you were trying to reach into pockets or a purse.
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I totally don’t see the point at all. It looks like some stupid thing some 13 yr old came up with at a sleep over party, not posh, not fashionable, just dumb.