I Hated the Way My Hands Look
I’ve got short, chubby fingers. Always have.
And no matter what set I got, nothing ever made them look... right.
Whenever I’d post my nails online I’d always hedge my embarrassment.
I’d write something like
“excuse my sausages”
or
“love my set even with my stubbys 😛”
The worst thing I ever told myself was
“I’m just not one of those girls with pretty hands.”
Whenever I asked for help, everyone just kept telling me to grow out my nails or get extensions.
But the thing is…
I don’t do long nails.
I cannot function with them.
I needed a different type of fix.
So I experimented. For months.
I tried different shapes, colours, line placements.
I made my techs so sick of me.
But eventually, we cracked it.
And while everyone was talking about how to shape your nails
Here’s the truth no one talks about:
Nail art isn’t just decoration—it’s design.
And design is powerful.
Design can move mountains.
We’re not painting nails just to be cute
We’re shaping perception
We’re tricking the eye
We’re changing how our hands feel to us—without changing who we are.
And the gag is?
You don’t need long nails to do it
You just need the right art
Done the right way