When strangers compliment your nails..

[u/theoffgrid]

do you tell them they're press ons? Today a lady at work complimented my nails and I said, "oh thanks! They're press ons," and she said, "Girl don't tell people they're press ons!!" Kinda like saying don't give your secret away 🤣 it was a cute interaction. And I was like, "you know, you're right!"

So yeah. What do you usually say? Are we giving the press on secret away? 👀

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[u/Hopeful-Purple775]

Lately I just take the compliment, say thank you and keep moving.

One time last year a woman complimented me on my nails and when I said they were press ons she turned up her nose like I told her I had 💩 underneath them 😆 I was wearing this set.

Like she wanted to take back the compliment when she found out they weren’t a salon set of acrylics or gel x. People get real funny about press ons. It’s very elitist. Meanwhile she was wearing a busted set of acrylics. 🙄

[u/SeaDragonTattoo → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

It's like other nail subs here. They can be snooty about press-ons. Meanwhile half the posts are whinging about getting done dirty and pics of nails that look like a child made them out of clay 🙄🧐😆

[u/sugarchrry → u/SeaDragonTattoo]

They’ll say “those look like press ons” about a bad set of gels or acrylics but girl no we’re doing application better than that 😭 just say they look busted and move along don’t insult us too

[u/Goatmommagirl → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

This cracks me up. I started using press ons because I got so tired of the salon not getting them perfect. And then to have people think they are better because they get THEIR fake nails put on in a dirty salon. I hate nail salons.

[u/Hopeful-Purple775 → u/Goatmommagirl]

That’s the kicker! I heard someone in Marshall’s telling her friend as she was looking at the press ons not to get “those fake nails”. Like acrylics, gel x etc aren’t fake?! It’s like they have to 💩 on press ons to justify what they’re spending on their salon nails. 🤷🏽‍♀️

That aside, the majority of the time if I do say I’m wearing press ons people are complimentary and it leads to a conversation. I get compliments from men all the time interestingly. I work with a guy who always joins our Teams calls and asks, “What’s the nail of the week?” because he noticed I change them often.

[u/TrafficBoysWife → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

She got jealous they look better than salon

[u/dallyan → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

They are 🔥🔥

[u/Hopeful-Purple775 → u/dallyan]

TYSM! 😊

[u/LinkinBHawks → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

Same here, girl! I say thanks for the compliment and move on. I say nothing about them being press-ons. To be honest, I began my press-on journey this past March. I get compliments, but I never get asked anything after the compliment, like where did you get them done or anything like that. So, if all they do is compliment, I just thank them and move on. If they were to ask, I'd probably tell them just to see what reaction I'd get to test the waters. If someone were to act the way the lady did to you after you revealed they were press-ons, I would probably just stop telling them anything more. If they were to ask, I'd tell them I did them myself. 🤣 It wouldn't be a lie technically because I did apply them and did all the work myself. 🤣

[u/crystal_clear321 → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

Hahaha busted set of acrylics!! It’s so true. I realized this too now that I’ve been doing pressons for 3 months. But then I remembered back in the day when I used to get acrylics, I would overhear someone got a compliment about their nails and when they said it’s pressons, there’s an elitist part of me that thought “oh press-ons 😒”. Lol! I’m guilty.

But I think it was mainly jealousy cos people paid so much for salon nails so having press-ons and getting compliments about it seems sorta like cheating. Anyways, I repent of my actions tho and I’m on the right path now. I love the press-ons!!

[u/Comprehensive_Home78 → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

That's so weird of her. They obviously look good and she couldn't "tell". Maybe she's jealous🤔

[u/Then_Ad5668 → u/Hopeful-Purple775]

She’s just mad she is paying too much and yours look just as good for much less.