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7 Signs You’re Obsessed with Your Nails

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at VCU chapter.

Your nails are a high priority in your life and you’re never not wearing nail polish. Whether you do your nails yourself or get a manicure, you fully appreciate and look at your freshly coated nails constantly. You admit it, you’re obsessed with your nails and all the shades of nail polish, no shame. Here’s seven signs that you’re obsessed with your nails:

1. Your nail polish collection is forever growing

Every time you go to Target, a drug store or a beauty store, you end up buying a new bottle of nail polish. It doesn’t matter if you already have a similar shade, you still need to add to that storage container you have full of nail polish.

 

2. You have a list on your phone of nail polishes you want

In your spare time, you tend to look up nail polish colors online and make a list on your phone. Then the next time you go to the store you scavenge the nail polish section for your desired polishes.

 

3. You get emotional when your nail polish starts to chip

You spent time, money and effort on your precious nails. You even go the extra mile and put a shiny top coat on it to make it last longer, but a few days later, your nail polish starts to chip. You do everything you can to avoid further chipping and you cringe when you have no choice but to do something that will chip your polish.

 

4. You love when people compliment your nails

When people compliment your nails, you tend to smile and look at your nails with pride. You tell them all about why you love the color, what brand it’s from and what the color is called. Then you go on a rant about everything else about with nails and polish, they got more than they asked for.

 

5. You get overly frustrated when you mess up your drying nail polish

You were so careful while waiting for your fresh nail polish to dry. You check all your nails and they seem dry, but they tend to trick you. You go to wash your hands and one of your nails becomes smudged, forcing you to do the one nail over as your nails HAVE to be perfect.

 

6. Your nails go with the seasons and holidays

You love wearing wine and plum colors in fall and bright colors in the spring and summer. When it comes to the holidays you like to either try DIY’s or go with festive colors.

 

7. You have a favorite nail polish brand

Essie, OPI, Sally Hansen, Zoya etc. You like trying other brands with different varieties of color but you will always have that one brand that you prefer over others.

 

You absolutely love anything having to do with nails, base coats, colors and top coats. Basically, you will forever be spending your money on your nails. Your nail color expresses your mood and who you are, so show your nails off and express yourself, collegiettes! 

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Ashley is a Senior at Virginia Commmonwealth University majoring in mass communications concentrating in print & online journalism. She is the Senior Editor for Her Campus at VCU and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists at VCU. She is an avid coffee drinker, dog lover and dreamer. She hopes to one day be a reporter for a newspaper, magazine, or an online version of the two.
Keziah is a writer for Her Campus. She is majoring in Fashion Design with a minor in Fashion Merchandising. HCXO!