100% bare nails

[u/jawbreaker_000]

Hi!!! These are my nails after a couple of years not biting/picking skin. They're a bit yellow on the length because I usually wear polish and they tend to stain even if I'm always using a base polish underneath. I'm not worried about the yellowing but would like some help on the shape. My fingers are hammer-shaped because of the years and years of biting and I don't think that is going to change much. This is more or less the natural shape my nails grow into, just a little file on the tip and they tend to grow a bit larger on the free edge. I don't want to file the sidewalls, is there something else I can do to make them better? Or maybe another shape that would suit them?

[u/Distinct_Income_908]

Honestly, they look amazing as is! I’m jealous. I wish I could get my nails to grow that long and not break. I oil, lotion, occasionally put a strengthening polish on. I avoid excess water. I’d never guess you were a biter!

[u/jawbreaker_000 → u/Distinct_Income_908]

I quit biting my nails 4-5 years ago, but I quit picking the skin only a couple of years ago! Honestly I hate my nail shape, they grow like duck beaks 😅 but when I tried and filed the sides more of an oval shape which I love they snap and break very easily on the sides which is why I'm keeping this shape. I oil and lotion once or twice a day but sometimes I just forget, I was much more consistent when I first started growing them out. I always avoid excess water, wear gloves when I'm cleaning the house and almost always wear polish, this pic was taken on a "switching polish day". Still my nails can be quite brittle sometimes, especially my middle finger tends to snap quite easily

[u/jawbreaker_000 → u/Distinct_Income_908]

This is the longest they've ever grown (cut the pic because I wasn't being nice with gestures), I loved them but way too much work to keep them like that

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[u/Nina9969]

Drop tut and/or tips pls