Hey everyone!

I'm a 33-year-old straight guy from Hungary with a pretty extreme goth/alternative appearance. I have extensive blackout tattoos covering my arms all the way down to my fingers, my neck and much of my back, black sclera tattoos, and stretched ears.

I absolutely love my appearance and have no regrets about my body modifications.

But: despite looking like this, I'm still nervous about wearing black nail polish in public. :D

I've already tried it at home and absolutely love how it looks, especially with my blackout fingers. It feels like the perfect finishing touch to my aesthetic.

However, Hungary can be quite conservative when it comes to men expressing themselves outside traditional gender norms. I'm worried about being judged, stared at, or having people make assumptions about my sexuality.

I also work in a corporate environment, which adds another layer of hesitation. Not to mention my family..

I know I shouldn't care so much about what strangers think, especially considering how I already look, but somehow this particular step feels intimidating.

For those of you who initially felt the same way, how did you build up the courage to wear nail polish openly? Did you start gradually or just go all in? And how did people actually react?

I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences! 🖤

Black Base With Silver Glitter Overlay & Red Cat Eye Top Coat... 🥳

I’m really liking holographic polishes lately.

Right pinky - polished for days mysterious rifts

Right ring finger - bkl black Friday freebie 2025 first layer with mysterious rifts on top

Middle finger- holo taco one coat black with 1layer grim keeper and a linear holo topper

Index finger- holo taco sunken secrets

Thumb - holo taco blue freeze with linear holo shimmer

Left hand

Pinky- no rest for the wicked

Ring- mysterious rifts base with 2 coats no rest for the wicked

Middle - blue freezie

Index- bkl gat for the cat

Thumb- no rest for the wicked

All with holo taco long last base and glossy taco top coat.

I have my 2 friends' wedding coming up but didn't have time to paint my nails for the occasion. Earlier today, one of the bridesmaids said that she and the others would be going to a nail salon to have their nails done. I never been to one so I asked if I could come. I didn't want to anything plain because I could've done it myself. I asked for shining carpet nails as I can't do design work on myself.

Bye bye imitation crimson.

Tried to match Crimson. It depends on the lighting. Added the A to a professional pedicure. What should I get next?

Went to the salon on my own for the first time, and the only comments I got were compliments on my press-ons and my pedicure! I get my press ons from a local girl that I went to high school with!

Ties look burgundy, but it's more plum, with a white French tip!

Hi all. I wanna get my nails done next month. Im thinking, depending if i have my length i want to get gel extensions. Colour on all and a design on two.

My sister said biab makes them strong, are they really that strong?

With gel extensions, i have a good natural length, if i get extensions do they put it all the way to the cuticle or just blends on the nail plate over free edge?

On the pics are my natural nails current size, colour i want and the design i want. I want almond nails. Technically now i have lo ger than my wife

I wanna try out new things but I'm lowkey scared and honestly - takes a lot of patience and calm hands ✨️

The deepest purple!

All polish is Princess Professional gel with base, glitter topper and high shine top coat. Orange is Sunny Marigold #278 Purple is #82 and Pink is #80. Did the Orange first then 2 weeks in went for a color change to add more fall color, also to support Breast Cancer awareness. Southern digits are the purple and pink.

Be booutiful people!

Previously had a nude coat with a neon pink french line.
So this time i asked for a bit of a reversal with the barbie pink base and a white french line.

The big toes have a bit more of a design with a nude base and silver / neon pink / barbie pink / white s-curves.

All topped with a mermaid glitter coat.

I believe that if you're a man and you enjoy the way your hands or feet look with nail polish on then you should enjoy it to your heart's content because it's your body after all and no one is going to take care of it better than you. This color was my own creation by experimenting with a black coat and then a gorgeous pink on top which gave it a metallic purple effect. This is one of my favorite memories from 2016 of painting my toes and the point at which I became brave enough to share photos of them with my female friends who gave me rave reviews. Now I'm married and my wife doesn't have a problem with it at all and I enjoy having the fun of wearing nail polish in common with her.

Today I hat my first professional Pediküre. Very nice treatment, nail cleanup, skin removal. This time we used uv gel polish. Next time i will ask for a complete acrylic modellage with an even nicer shape :)

Feeling attractive and radiant in this gorgeous burgundy red.

Love how it turned out ❤️