Tips and tricks for short nails! feat. Neon polishes!!!

     Unlike all our other posts, this is not a tutorial showing you step by step how to get a design because it's not even a design! These are just some tips and tricks for girls with short nails, ranging from tips to growing them out to tips showing how to make them look longer and not as short!!!
                                                                                                                                                -Sydney                                                                                                                                              

Growing them out:
   The best way to grow them out is to keep them strong and healthy!
 
   Tip #1- ALWAYS have some type of base coat whether its a base coat, a top coat without anything underneath or just a clear coat! This will help protect your nails from anything that might happen to them and it will help prevent breakage.

    Tip #2- Don't use your nails as tools! If your trying to open something where your nails are included and if they could be damaged, ask for someone else to do the job for you! The more you abuse your nails, the weaker they become therefore, the slower they grow.

     Tip #3- Try not to pick at your nails if they break. If your nail chips and there is a part hanging on, try to wait until you have access to nail clippers and a file. hen you file and cut them with clippers and a file it reduces the amount of nail that you have to cut off because if your picking it off with your teeth or your fingers, your just ripping the nail further back than it could be if you cut them.

     Tip #4- If you play sports such as softball (like me), basketball, lacrosse or anything that involves hands (actually i guess soccer is the only sport that doesn't involve hands except like drop kicking but you get that i mean), you don't have the best of luck with having long nails. I am a pitcher so the ball is constantly in my hand or I'm batting so there is always something in my hands so I break my nails really easily. During the softball season I can't have them as long as I normally do because they are going to break anyway since they are always in contact with something.

    Tip #5- Lastly, You can always take supplements that promote strong nails and help them grow faster. From past experience, using base and top coats that say they make your nails grow faster don't work so I wouldn't recommend wasting your money on something that doesn't even work unless you find one that actually does!

Making them look longer:
     Neons, neons, neons!!! Try neon polishes, the brighter the color, the longer your nails look. For some reason neon colors make your nails look longer! Also a color that matches the color of your skin makes them look not quite as short because there is no attention being brought to your nails. Now I'm not saying if you wear neon polished your nails are going to like 5 feet longer! I'm saying hat they make them look not as short and darker colors make them look shorter! and it's also great for summer!

     Some examples:

China Glaze's "Sun Worshiper"

China Glaze's "In the Lime Light"

                                   

China Glaze's "shocking pink"

                                   

Orly's "Green with Envy"

Zoya's "Charisma"

Do you see how the neon colors make her nails look longer? Especially the first three, the last two were neon but not as bright and neon as the others!

If you compare the green above to the neons you can definitely see the difference in low they look length wise! The contrast with her nails and skin color make her nails and where they end more noticeable so if you have darker skin I would go with darker colors and if you have lighter skin, go with brighter colors!:)




*Credits:
       Artist and blog poster- Sydney
       Model: Carly