“Why Are They Standing on Their Toes?”: SA Jokes After Woman Shares Fingernail Fail

• A young woman showed people online her failed and comical nail set in a viral TikTok video
• The nails looked as if they were lifting from the woman's natural nails, which should not have appeared in that way
• Social media users in the comment section cracked jokes and laughed when they saw the failed nails
• A local nail technician spoke to Briefly News about putting nail extensions on people who have very short nails

Many people prefer to get their nails done by a trusted nail technician who consistently knows their style and delivers great results. But when one woman decided to go somewhere new, her failed fingernail set had many laughing.

Failed to nail it

A TikTok user with the handle @ompha228 uploaded a post on the social media platform showing off her failed nail set. Although the design was beautiful, the nails looked as if they were lifting from her natural nails, which shouldn't be the case.

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Unashamed, the woman's caption implied she didn't go to her regular nail technician to get her nails done. She stated in the post:

"POV: You cheated on your nail tech."

Take a look at the nails in the video below:

Nail extensions on very short nails

A local nail technician, Hannah Kruger, shared her thoughts on adding nail extensions to short nails with Briefly News.

She stated that it would heavily depend on how short the nails are and how much experience the nail tech has.

"Some start by building the nail up to a more 'natural' length with acrylic and then adding a tip.

"Unfortunately, in my experience, I find that they never look as natural as a person with long nail beds. They don't teach you how to do it at many nail institutions, which is why nail techs struggle."

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Nail fail has South Africans cracking jokes

Many people who saw the viral video on their For You Pages headed to the comment section to laugh, while others couldn't help but add a joke about the woman's failed nails.

@gracious_kayla laughed and told the TikTokker:

"They are directing you to the right nail tech."

A confused @lethukuthula_nkambule wrote:

"I thought they were breaking off."

@ms.rasephei6 asked with humour:

"Why are they standing on their toes?"

@bighugsandcheese shared a similar story of betrayal:

"I cheated on my lash tech, and now it looks like I have wings on my eyes. Nkosi yam."

@zama_mathonsi told app users:

"I never had nails in my 24 years of existence, but even I know they aren't supposed to bend like that."

@no.thabo_ wondered in the comment section:

"How do you guys let the nail tech finish?"

Cape Town woman shows botched R200 manicure

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In another story, Briefly News reported about a distressed woman in Cape Town who showed people her botched manicure for which she paid R200.

Internet users reacted with disbelief and amusement, saying they would not have paid for the untidy manicure.

Source: Briefly News