This is my hand with AI generated gel color. Thoughts? Should I do matte instead of glossy? I am Nervous.

What do you think of the color?

Hey everyone, I’m 15 year old boy and live with my parents, and lately I’ve been thinking about trying nail polish. I was thinking about black and white for colour. I’m a guy and I’m not gay, but I’m a little nervous about what people might think or say if I started painting my nails. I also do pro wrestling, and a few of my friends from pro wrestling paint their nails. I think it could look cool, but I’m not really sure how to bring it up with my parents. For guys who paint their nails, how did you get started, and how did your family and friends react?

It's getting later into the year so I'm adjusting my color palette

Polish: Essie Baby Carats

I think I'm just gonna keep doing this combo forever, it never disappoints

A colleague was getting rid of all of her stamps right as I was looking to try stamping out. So needless to say we felt like we were doing some shady business as we took over a meeting room to look at stamping plates to buy off her. One afternoon of messing around later and I actually got something I'm somewhat happy with!

Definitely tricky, but I was pleasantly surprised how doable it was after the first finnicking, and fairly satisfied with the resulting mani. Excuse the mess on the thumb please 🫣 cleanup is scary and I didn't dare go further.

Holo taco smoothing base coat (not that it matters it's buried under layers of failed experiments)

Essence emerald energy on the 3 fingers

Drugstore Liquorice black for the green/black ombre. (From the dutch store that sounds like a NoNo ingredient)

Holo taco celestial lights over drugstore black for middle finger

Cirque colours harmony over black on thumb with cat eye magnet position, cured obviously too short but eh.

Then stamped with assorted plates using a Konad black nameless bottle I also purchased off the colleague. It's round and black and has 23 at the bottom.

Finished off with Holo taco matte taco over all of em.

I was very surprised how much the celestial lights and harmony just said "no" to the matte, looks super cool though I think, and contrasts the more obviously matte stamp nicely.

In conclusion I'm now addicted to stamps. There's too much inspiration now, I have so many ideas i need to try, and more plates I need to buy, and I need to get more polishes for ....

Im hopeless and I'm giving in to it

Those of you who have seen my past posts know that my wife absolutely hated it when I first started painting my nails. Eventually she became tolerant but still regularly told me that she preferred for my nails to be very short with no length or shaping, and that I should only use clear coat and no color. But lately she has been showing signs of fully accepting and supporting my nail habit.

First, a few weeks ago when I did have on just a clear coat, she said that she actually liked a recent deep red mani that I had better than the clear coat. She then admitted that there are certain colors and finishes that she likes to see me wear.

Then last night she asked to see my nails. After complimenting the color, she said she liked the length but not the shape. I have mainly done my own nails because they were very short and it took several years to get them to grow out after decades of biting and neglect. She suggested that I start getting salon manicures every 1-2 weeks to keep them shaped well and maintained.

I don’t know what prompted this change. I suspect seeing two of her friends’ husbands experiencing sudden life threatening medical issues recently got her to re-evaluate what matters. I’m not convinced that she is actually supportive so much as she has decided it is not important enough to continue resisting, and she thinks something like “if he is going to do this, then I’m going to make sure it looks good!” EDITED FOR CLARITY: I am not suggesting an ulterior motive - I’m just curious about what caused the sudden change the past few weeks after more than 4 years.

All I know is we are going to have fun with this!

Yes I am aware that this month is Halloween but I celebrate my survivors! Square Curve with pink acrylic!