Manicures - xoJane

Get The Look Without Spending Bank: Water Spotted Manicure

Marianne — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Because I'll be damned if the French are going to have a nail polish look that I can't dupe at home.

I Just Saw My Nails After 10 Years of Acrylic Manicures and It Isn't Pretty

Sade Strehlke — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:00:00 -0400

After almost a decade, what my nails look like after Acrylic manicures—it ain't pretty.

The Chalkboard Mani Is The Easiest Thing Ever

Marianne — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:00:00 -0400

I love kits and complicated stuff. But chalkboard nails do not even need any of that.

YO HR: Is It OK to Ask Your Employees to Give You Manicures?

Emily — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400

Is asking for a manicure the lady-boss equivalent of sending a young female employee to fetch coffee?

In Defense Of Acrylics: Crazy Cat Lady Nails For Life!

Alison Freer — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Who says you have to have horrible, pointy, dragon-lady nails to get the benefits of an acrylic manicure?

I Don't Care If I Get Hand Cancer, Mama Needs Her Gel Manicures

Emily — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:30:00 -0500

Why is everything I love bad for me?

I Am Terrible At Having A Manicure

Rebecca — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:00 -0500

For those of you already running to the comments to be like "Get a gel manicure silly!" I say, "BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT AND THERE IS NO AGONY SO EXQUISITE AS WHEN THAT MANICURE GROWS OUT AND YOU START CATCHING YOUR PUBES IN IT!"

Nine Inch Nails: How To Grow Your Nails Long and Strong

Kristine Rose — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:30:00 -0500

I like my nails long and hard, like my men.

Cat Nail Art: Yet One More Way to Display Our Cat Lady Pride!

Liz Acosta of Catster — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:00:17 -0400

From bold graphic cats to famous Internet kitties, this nail art's got you covered.

Coloring Outside the Lines; This Crayola Nail Polish Is Not The Ish

Marianne — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:00:33 -0400

Children have child-sized nails, and require even less nail polish to cover the surface area of those nails. If you want to get technical about it.

Press On Nails: A Thing I Unexpectedly Love

Marianne — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:00:27 -0400

While I've spent years processing my Lee Press-On Nails trauma and disappointment, a whole customized press-on nail industry has grown up.

M.A.C Press on Nails are Perfect for Manicure Haters Like Me

Julie — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:22 -0400

Stick these bad boys on and skip life-wasting dry time -- FOREVER!

This Manicure Has Layers, Just Like A Parfait

Marianne — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:00:24 -0400

I love changing my nails every day or so –- layering polish is the perfect way to accomplish this without using up all of my free time on any given evening. Imagine me laughing when I say free time.

What's Your Desert Island Manicure?

Marianne — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:30:35 -0400

If you were stuck on a desert island, what's the only bottle of nail polish you'd want to have with you? I know what mine would be.

HOW TO: Paint Your Nails With These 5 Steps

Marianne — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:30:20 -0400

The first time I polished my nails, I just kind of flailed away at it, like an octopus playing the drums. Except with nail polish. It was a mess.

Fanicures: When Geeks Paint Their Nails

Marianne — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:45:17 -0400

One manicure to bring them all, one manicure to bind them. And other mashups of fandom and nail polish.

The Ruffian Manicure: Trends Of Future Past

Marianne — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:00:40 -0400

This one's for Lesley. With a special guest appearance by my husband's thumb.

Galaxy Nails Throwdown; Two Manicures Enter, One Manicure Leaves

Marianne — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:24 -0400

This story begins with a nail polish challenge. Also, I am sure Avril Lavigne is a lovely person.

The xoJane Nail Polish List: What's Your Color?

Julie — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:00:24 -0400

I asked the xoJane editors to tell me how they choose their nail polish. Plus, one lucky reader will win the whole lot!

Mind the V-Gap Manicure

Marianne — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:27 -0400

My first try looked like "Star Trek: The Next Generation," in a bad way.