I’ll jump in here cause I think I took over the nail thread for a while
I get mine professionally done. Within the thread I’ve had a combination of gel, biab and acrylic powder (mostly acrylic) on my natural nails. All the patterns/designs were hand painted. Prepping the nail before is absolutely key, otherwise some times the polish will start to peel off. All my nails were cured under a UV nail lamp.
I disagree with that comment. I looked back at the two links you provided and I would never identify either as male unless I looked up each user profile to know better. My comment was based on bone structure and body hair equating to my assessment of gender for each photo. Regardless, my granddaughter is way better at painting my nails as an “activity” than I am. I will stick to Crayola and a colouring book.
That seems rather short-sighted. You may wish to adjust your criteria to improve your assessment success.
I think the more you participate the more familiar you’ll become with individual community members, but clicking on a username and pulling up their usercard (where possible) can be a great way to find out a little more about the people behind the posts.
Not been able to be on the forum a lot recently but I’ve just seen these incredible nails and couldn’t let them pass without comment. Amazing Easter nails @ChloJakes ! I hope you had a great bank holiday Easter weekend