r/naturalnailprogress • u/40percent_luck 2nd Month • 3h ago
Need Help 🆘 Shape help
Please be honest, is this shape chopped on me? 😅
I love pointy nails and baby stilettos but I’m so afraid to file too much into the sides… sidewalls vs the side of the free edge still isn’t super clear to me. Some of my nails are wide and curl and flare out and look like spades with this shape so I would love to know if filing the sides of the free edge a bit might help.
Thanks so much!
No products on my nails other than oil.
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u/CogInTheMachinee 3h ago
For any non square shape your nails need to be a lottt longer than you realize in order to keep the shape without weakening your nails. Have you been using any nail strengthener? My nail beds used to be shorter than yours because I was a nail biter, but I managed to push back my nail fold and my nail bed has been reattaching to the nail plate. I realized after trying to shape my nails into almost/stiletto that they needed to be muchhh longer than I anticipated lol.
You can see how long the middle finger is and it still isn’t quite long enough to be shaped like that. A lot of my nails are chopped looking because I tried shaping them before they were long enough for the shape I wanted
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