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Nail polish is one of my favorite beauty products ever. It’s a super fun and easy way to make you look more polished and put together. It’s also a great way to add color to your look, whether you love neon colors or you’re more into soft pinks. You can also express yourself through nail art, if you have those skills. I do my nails at least once a week and actually feel naked if I’m not wearing any nail polish.

So that’s why this week I had to make the survey all about nail polish. Spill on your favorite colors and brands and more with this fun survey and then go out and treat yourself to a manicure! Copy and paste the questions into the comments and go.

1. First of all, how old are you?

2. What’s your favorite nail polish color to wear?

3. What’s your favorite nail polish brand?

4. How much nail polish do you own?

5. What color nail polish are you wearing on your nails right now?

6. What color polish are you wearing on your toes right now?

7. Would you rather get manicures or paint your nails yourself?

8. How often do you pay for manicures?

9. What about pedicures?

10. What’s your favorite nail polish color for the summer?

11. What’s your favorite name of a nail polish color?

12. What color do you think looks stupid as a nail polish?

13. Do you ever get the same color on your toes and your nails?

14. Are you into nail art?

15. What’s your favorite nail polish trend lately (ombre, really pointy nails, French manicures, etc)?

16. Do you bite your nails?

17. Do you like glitter nail polish or regular color better?

18. How long are your nails?

19. Would you ever get tips?

20. Do you like regular manicures or gel manicures better?

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I love doing my nails in all sorts of fun colors and patterns. I always find it particularly fun to match my nail art to a holiday, event or season. If you feel the same way, then you’re in luck because Hayley’s spring nail art ideas have come at the perfect time.

Watch now to check out all three of Hayley’s ideas about how to get your nails ready to rock in spring style. Want even more nail art ideas from Hayley? Be sure to check out her no-polish manicure video, too! We’ll see you again tomorrow at 4 p.m. for another new episode of What’s Up With Hayley.

Would you try any of Hayley’s nail art ideas? Do you like to do your nails? What are your favorite ways to do your nails in the spring? Tell us in the comments!
 

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Would you join a site and pay money to rent nail polish each month? No, seriously. Because there’s a site that does that now. I read about it this morning on College Candy, in a post by our former intern Emerald (hi, Em! We miss you!), and I knew I needed to add my own thoughts. At first, I was all like, “OMG, you mean I can get new nail polish every month without actually buying it and making my BF think I’m a nail polish hoarder?” And then I thought about it and I was kind of like, “Um, I actually don’t know if this is a great idea?”

The new site Lacquerous.com is basically like a nail polish version of Netflix: you pay $18 a month, and each month, you get your choice of three new luxury nail polishes sent to your house. I know you’re probably thinking, “WHO spends $18 a month on their nails?!”, but really this isn’t such a stretch when it comes to the designer brands that this site rents out – Chanel, Dior, NARS and Deborah Lippmann, among others, go for about $18-$30 a bottle, so it’s kind of a bargain.

It’s basically like getting three manicures a month, except instead of having someone else pamper you by doing your nails, you’re doing them yourself. And if you’re anything like me, that involves a lot of stinky nail polish remover, a little bit of cursing and a lot of messing up. Not as fun as a manicure. I’d kind of rather shell out that money to get them done professionally.

Also, what if you end up falling in love with a color and then you have to send it back? If you do your nails a lot, I’m sure you have a few favorites that you use all the time – with this renting service, you would only have the color for a month, and you’re only allowed three applications per bottle, so it might be a little hard to send it back. In my case, I feel like I would rent a $25 nail polish, become obsessed with it and then end up actually purchasing it. I almost feel like this would lead to more spending for a lot of people.

Oh, and this might be just me being completely lazy, but this renting service might take up just a little too much time for me. When I decide I want to paint my nails a certain color, do I really want to wait for it to come in the mail? Or do I want to just pick up the bottle and start using it right away? And think about the time spent shipping these things back. Ugh. I know, I know, I’m lazy, but I can’t be the only person who hates returning things, can I?

But at the same time, I’m kind of intrigued by Lacquerous. It seems like a cool way to try out all of those fancy, expensive polishes that I can’t afford on my own, because I refuse to spend that much money on nail polish (I mean, $30? Really?). And if I really had the time to keep up with it, it would be fun to change up my color a lot without actually blowing all of money.

In the end, I think this site is a good idea if you have the extra $18 to spend and also if you have the time to do your own nails this often. In other words, it’s cool for nail polish fanatics. As for the ladies who can’t commit to a certain level of nail polish obsessiveness, I think you can skip out on this service. Take it from someone who used to pay money to get Netflix movies sent to her house and then consistently forgot to watch them – only do this if you know you have the time.

What do you think about Lacquerous.com? Would you try renting nail polish? Do you think it’s too much money? How often do you do your nails? Tell me in the comments.

Stop being so obsessed with nail polish

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Okay, so I’m not like, against nail polish or anything. It’s fun, and it can be an easy (and usually inexpensive) way to make yourself feel a little more awesome. What I’m here to gripe about today (and yes, I’m griping) is the fact that so many girls are totally obsessed with nail polish to the point where there’s really not that much else going on with them.

It’s one thing to get your nails done maybe once a month with girlfriends, or to spend your Sunday evening TV binge with a bottle of nail polish. It’s quite another thing to have a standing appointment at the salon (that’s expensive!) or to carry a bottle of polish around with you at all times “just in case.” I’ve actually even known girls who were super late to dinners or who said they “couldn’t come out” because their nails were a mess and they had to fix them first. What the hell?

I want to shake these girls for so many reasons. First, there are better things to spend your money on. Things like chocolate milk shakes, concert tickets, you name it. But more than that, there are way more important things to spend your time on!

My not-so-perfect nails!

My nails are a mess right now, and I love that. You want to know why? Because every time I look at them, I remember that a) I was in too much of a rush to get to my own birthday party (fun!) to do anything but swipe one stripe of glitter polish onto each nail and b) I’ve already messed them up from typing (awesome) and playing my ukulele (even more awesome).

If you have the time to totally obsess over nail polish and nail art, you’ve got way too much time on your hands (literally!). Try playing a sport, making real art (not just on your nails), playing an instrument, or offer to help your kid brother fix his bike. YES, your nails will get chipped, but you know what? You’ll also have fun or at least learn something new. You’ll become a more interesting person to hang out with, and someone who can add something cool to a conversation.

What do you think? Are you obsessed with nail polish? Do you ever feel a little prissy about it? Tell me in the comments!

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Nails are so much fun to play around with – you can grow them out, keep them short, paint them a million different colors, try out new designs. The list is pretty much endless and all of it is awesome. Nail art is huge right now, and we’re loving it.

So we want to know what you’ve got going on with your nails. Are you one of those girls who has scheduled weekly manicures, or would you rather do it yourself? Or do you not really care about your nail look at all? Take our survey all about your nails – just copy and paste the questions into the comments and you’re good to go!

1. How often do you paint your nails?

2. Are they painted right now? If so, what color?

3. What’s your favorite color to paint your nails?

4. What’s your favorite kind of nail polish?

5. Do you keep your nails clean and trimmed all the time, or just sometimes?

6. How often do you get manicures?

7. How often do you paint your nails on your own?

8. Have you ever tried to do any crazy nail art, like animals or ombre nails?

9. What nail art do you wish you knew how to do?

10. Are your nails long or short?

11. Do you bite your nails?

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12. What color would you never paint your nails?

13. What do you think is the best nail polish color for summer?

14. Have you ever worn stick-on nails?

16. Have you ever gotten tips?

17. French manicure: cute or gross?

18. How often do you get pedicures?

19. Are your toes painted right now? If so, what color?

20. Do you ever wear fake nails?

21. Do you ever match your nail polish to your outfit?

22. Do you think it’s weird when guys get manicures?

23. What’s cooler: leopard print nails or panda nails?

24. How much nail polish do you own?

25. What’s the most money you would spend on nail polish?

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You wouldn’t think that there could be so many different kinds of panda and penguin nail art, but there really is. From polka dots to fun colors to bows, these adorable nails are definitely worthy of a second look. Check out our 20 favorite penguin and panda nail art designs:

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Which was your favorite?! Which animal nail art would you love to see more of? Tell us in the comments!

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