When I first got mine I felt so different! How could such phoniness make a woman feel so sexy, so noticeable, so empowered? I just loved to show them off and was very dramatic in my fashion choices to make them more noticeable. Sure, it was a big expense, but the results were fascinating! People stared and some folks even commented about them. I loved the attention! Unfortunately, after several years they became a burden, my aging did not help - they pointed in different directions. I eventually had them removed and in doing so I felt a little less feminine and, at first, going out in public made me very self conscious about the lack of flamboyance they had previously inspired in me.
When my sister got hers they were not as flashy as mine, nor as big. When Mom (MOM!) had hers done I was kind of surprised, but like my sister, she went with a smaller, less noticeable, set.
I have been considering doing it again. Not as ‘out there’ as before, but just as a subtle lift to my self esteem.
It is really quite amazing how fake fingernails can change the way a woman feels about herself.
