My guess is that it's with fake nails as it is with makeup, piercings, tattoos, and other stuff we do to our bodies, it's to make the one who wears them feel better about them selves
Exactly right. We don't really care who dislikes them because we're doing it for nobody but ourselves.... the man in my life literally only thinks about my nails in terms of whether or not they're long enough to scratch his back or head with
My cousins always have their nails like that. They like the glam and they don't do it for anyone but themselves.
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Claw hand good clink when put together. Niice rassle against keyboard. Lot of space, fun colours.
Breaking character a friend of mine used to have these and whenever she saw me stressed she would gently scratch my back with her witch claws. It felt like I was taken care by a kind fae of some sort. I don’t like having these myself because I hate the feeling of dirt being under my nails but I do think they can look pretty. People can pull it off weirdly but if you know what you’re doing you can end up looking powerful as hell.
Others have covered it pretty well. But just to throw it out there- they aren’t always fake- especially if you’re talking about nails the length in the picture. There could be a couple places the social reasoning comes from for long nails being popular with women. Firstly- long nails, like “good skin” or “shiny hair” can be a sign of good health and grooming practice. Good genes and money/self care- things most societies historically value.
To grow out ones nails “correctly” requires having strong, healthy nails that are groomed. Weak nails can be a sign of malnutrition, health issues, or genetics that aren’t particularly strong. Tying in to money/social place- is that in many cultures long nails are, or have been- symbols of wealth. Often for men in may be just a pinky nail (which some might think is a “coke nail”, ) which shows a man has a job where he doesn’t work with his hands- since long nails would break or be hard to keep clean. Usually not working with ones hands is social sign of wealth and power. You have people to do hand work for you.
Similarly- a woman working Fields or doing much manual labor or chores would have difficulty keeping long nails historically- especially pristine ones. Long nails would then be a sign a woman had house gold help, and herself or (historically) her husband was well off enough that she didn’t have to do manual work herself.
As with most things- the wealthy do things because they can, the less wealthy then emulate those things to make themselves look and feel more wealthy. Also with most things- humans tend to try to be creative and elaborate. Nail polish and the like are like jewelry or fine fashion for the nails. Historically this would separate the wealthy elite from the less wealthy or “pretend wealthy” since you’d need to be able to afford things like polish and such which have no functional purpose but exist as luxuries and display one has disposable income for things that aren’t needed- time to do these things, and the ability to maintain them.
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Breaking character a friend of mine used to have these and whenever she saw me stressed she would gently scratch my back with her witch claws. It felt like I was taken care by a kind fae of some sort. I don’t like having these myself because I hate the feeling of dirt being under my nails but I do think they can look pretty. People can pull it off weirdly but if you know what you’re doing you can end up looking powerful as hell.