Pointy Nails...Why?

Last night I was at a family friends house celebrating New Years Eve. We were watching the Rockin New Year's Eve special with Fergie as the host in Hollywood. One of the guys pointed out how ridiculous her nails were. She was rockin some talons.

Now don't get me wrong, I love long nails as much as the next girl, but I still do not understand the whole Talon Nail trend. I know many of the nail girls I'm friends with rock the talons. Tons of celebs do to:

Rihanna

Adele

Lady Gaga

Beyonce

 

 

I know long, pointy nails were a big trend in 2012 but the year is over and I still don't get it! While these nails are pretty and you can do a lot to them, there is no possible way for these being practical. There are so many things you cannot do with these.

1. Putting In Contacts - I have absolutely no problem putting things by my eyes, I do my makeup everyday so I have eyeliner pencils and what not near my eyes. But the thought of putting contacts in with pointy nails just makes me cringe!! I am such a klutz and I would end up stabbing myself in the eye and doing some serious damage.
2. Washing The Dishes - Unless you wear gloves, washing the dishes always leads to the messing up of a mani. The water makes the nails soft and bendy and the polish inevitably chips due to the bending of the nails or hitting them on dishes. With pointy nails it would be difficult to keep the gloves on properly, and you risk the possibility of the nail snapping right off and tearing at the nail bed. 
3. Doing Laundry -  I am always doing laundry and I fear for my mani while doing so. I have short square nails, but they always catch on clothes or get ripped when I'm pulling clothes out from the bottom of the washing machine. I can only imagine how much worse it would be for the talons, it would be so easy for them to catch on fabric and rip really low. Nothing hurts worse than tearing a nail really low.
4. Picking Your Nose - You would probably end up scratching your brain with the talons.
5. Alone Time With Your Man - Do I really need to explain this one..? Do you think your man is gonna want you reaching for his junk when you have some scary claws? ...I think not.
6. Job Interview - Will you really be able to do office work or waitressing or something with super long nails? Thats just an accident waiting to happen.

Those are just some of the things I came up with for the impracticality of pointy nails, some of it serious, some of it joking. I know some of you lovely ladies rock the claws and good job for not poking yourself in the eye!

All joking aside, I think I would try out the pointy nails trend maybe once, if I could ever get my nails to grow that long! But since I cannot, I will stick to my lil square beauties :)

Much love and Happy New Year!
xo - Victoria