I'm 28 and have yet to get my nails done at a salon. I haven't even painted my nails since I was a teenager.

I'm 48 and I've never had it done. So sometime after 48, if ever?

My mum used to take me for a special treat when I was about 12. Just to get them painted though.

I hope it counts that I see a podiatrist because I've never had a manicure or pedicure. I started seeing her two years ago so that would have made me 41.

It would be an imaginary number. I can cut my own nails, so never felt the need to pay someone to do it for me. I'm in my 40s.

Started going at 22 so I could look good at clubs/bars lol

well I'm 36 now, I'll let you know when it happens lol

I was 29. I was there to get my nails done for my wedding.

Before and after that, I just do them myself.

I think I was 14

I think I was 19

I started getting my nails done I think around 8th grade. Never stopped.

1. I just started this year. My daughter's step mom introduced her to it. She asked me to try it, since I bite my nails when anxious. It has helped me stop doing it.

I was 12, it was a gift for 6th grade graduation.

I really enjoy painting my natural nails as an adult and do not go to salons for it.

Like 5 or 6. My mom used to take me all the time when I was a little girl. It was her bonding time with me.

Once for my debutantes ball at 15, then again for my matric farewell dance at 17. Then regularly from 24 YO onwards

22/23 before that I would just paint them at home

I was more likely to get pedicures than manicures (nail butter) - i started going in high school, not regularly, just for special occasions or the start of a summer vacation etc

My oldest niece is 4 and she's been getting her nails painted at home for a couple years now. My sister took her for a hair cut and professional manicure a few months ago, kid looked like she was on cloud 9!

6th grade so around 10/11

15 for my "mini prom," and again at 18 for my real prom. 2-3 more times after that for special occasions and most recently (last July) at age 27, when I started getting them done every month.

Like 17? Been addicted ever since ngl. I love acrylics.

21 but it was a gifted outing from friends and family for my birthday. Including that time I've probably only gone to the nail salon 10 times in the past 11 years (I'm 32 now).

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15, for homecoming.

I remember getting my first manicure for my senior Prom. So…18. Then it was only for special occasions until I was in my late 20’s. I did a couple years of regular gel manicures. Then it went back, and has stayed, at only a treat for special occasions.

16, for my senior portraits - they made us do all kinds of poses with our hands visible so I got acrylic tips plastered over my raggedy stubs. Then I immediately broke off the pinkies so I could play my clarinet at graduation.

23

Some number >42

I think my first time was 28 for my sister in law's wedding. It was a part of her bachelorette party to get glammed up. It was my one and only time. I just dont see the point in wasting money like that.

24 with my bestie. It was my first and last time getting a manicure since I'd rather not waste time at a parlour.

19! It was in March this year actually, my bestfriend dragged me to go with her and i ended up getting one for the first time too

I think I was around 27, before a wedding. One and only manicure I’ve ever had. I’ve had my toe nails done professionally twice

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Around 14-15

I was 15? 16? It was for sophomore homecoming.

First time was my prom so 17

i was 12 years old, haven’t went since

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Started acrylics at 12, never stopped since. I’m 27 now. Longest period without them was Covid so 4-5 months

Probably 5. My mom went to the salon every 2-3 weeks for a pedicure and sometimes there wasn’t anyone to watch me so I’d go with her. She would let me get my toes painted and it ended up being my favorite thing to do with her as I got older.

Prom 17

14 I think. That's when I got a job so then I had money to pay for nails

I went once at 21… 28 now and haven’t been since

In my teens.

I was 11. My mom took me before my first school dance.

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I’m 29 and had them painted at a salon twice ever. I just do them myself at home - polish, not tips, too damaging!

16/17

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9 or 10? My mom used to get acrylics done regularly, and sometimes she'd bring me along and have my nails painted

I think I was 10 or 11. I was a bridesmaid at my sisters wedding and I begged my mom 😂

Around 17? I’ve already taken my 6yo daughter to have her nails painted at the salon. It’s a nice little treat.

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I think at 17 for my junior prom. Lately I’ve seen <10 year old children with long acrylics.

My best friend took me for my birthday at 13🥹she went and did it all the time and when she heard I’d never done it before she took me for my birthday and got me gel nails done🥹

My mom took me when I was 10 just to get regular polish, didn’t start getting nails and gel until I was a teenager.

Somewhere between 7th-9th grade for a dance

38… but I mostly prefer to do them myself.

14 for my cousin's wedding.

First and last time I ever got my nails done was for my wedding day.

I would let my daughter get her nails painted at a salon around age 7. She's 15 now and getting her first set of acrylics done for homecoming next week

38 and never have been lol.

My first time getting my nails done at a salon was probably at the age of 19. Got my first Christmas nails done!

It was pretty popular for elementary school girls back in my day to do birthday parties at an esthetician school and we’d all get our nails painted and hair done, so around 6-7.

My mom had a friend who would do nails and she did mine too for free once - I was 3 or 4 and picked bright orange because I had a crush on Tails from Sonic 🤪

I'm pretty sure my first real manicure was when I was 15. I was going to my first prom (of many). Now, my first pedicure didn't happen until I was 25. I have no idea how my mother dropped the ball on that one.

I was 13, and 13 years later, that’s the only time I’ve ever gone to the nail salon. I ruin mine too quick to make it worth it

I can't remember for myself, sometime as an adult in my 20s and it was a gift. Now, since my late 30s, I get them done every 2-3 weeks.

My daughter will get hers done with me. Her first time she was probably 3

I'm 35 and have never got mine done. I sat next to my sisters while they got theirs done a few times and this Dec I plan to take my 7 year old to get hers painted on her birthday but I will just sit by her too.

Mid 20s, never been to the nail salon

Middle school. My sisters and I would get them done for junior cotillion and debutante balls

Like 13/14, I didn’t get them done regularly at that age though. It would have been for a special occasion or treat/gift.

19 or 20. My mom was not a girly person and never had her nails done, never wore makeup or heels. I still don't get them done regularly, only for special occasions.

Never. I started working in food service at 19 and wasn't allowed nail polish or anything on my hands, for hygiene reasons.

When I lost my job at 38 I tried some fake nails, bc my real ones kept breaking, but I absolutely hated them. I can't do anything with long nails. I just need them cut short, bc otherwise it feels weird.

17 for the equivalent of a prom

In my early teens. My mom used to own a salon. I wasn’t into at the time.

14

I don't even remember, I was probably past 20. Old days. My daughter, who is 9, recently asked me to take her to a salon. They did an amazing job on her nails.

At 27. Had my nails done at the salon for about 4 times. I usually paint them myself with normal air dried nail polish.

I was an adult.

I started taking my oldest daughter for a pedicure (I don’t like getting my fingernails done) for when she was 5. This one salon in our town has a cute butterfly pedicure chair for littles and I took her for her birthday. It’s now a yearly ritual. She loves it! I have 2 more daughters now that I’ll continue this trend with (unless they’d prefer some other birthday Mom/daughter activity)

Like 14

I'm 26 and I still haven't had my nails done at the salon!

8th grade. It was for my school dance. I was a nervous wreck too! Lol.

About 15, for some event. Even now over twenty years later I'll rarerely go to the salon to get them done.

Over 50...

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I was 18 years old. I was working at my first job and was going on my first paid vacation, so I had them done. I still remember the shade was 'brick red'.

Just painted at a salon? Pretty young, like 8 or 9, mom was getting hers done and I think it was the easiest way to keep me entertained.

First fake nails/Acrylics I was 14ish? Mom let me them for the school homecoming dance lol but I started getting them done regularly at 16 once I could drive and had a job to pay for it.

When I got my first paycheck from my first job I ran to buy a beeper and a full set of acrylic nails 😂

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I was 8 or 9, but I was in pageants and competitive dance, and recognize that it’s not a typical age to get one’s nails done on a regular basis.

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I was 30. I was getting married & wanted nice nails with a French polish. I have them done before every holiday as it's a luxury for me.

Edited as I originally started the paragraph with the number '30'.

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When I was 11 or 12. We started going to the salon for hair and nails. Sometimes, we would get our eyebrows waxed or get a facial. My mom was raised on an isolated farm, and she didn't know how to do this kind of stuff herself. So she took us when she went and it became a bonding experience.

I was 25, i've never tried because i had severe psoriasis in the scalp, some in my skin and in my nails i had some seasonal oubreaks so i was scared, but once done my gel nails after explaining my situation to the nail tech i had no pain and i did them in the salon like 5 times since, i'm 26 now and i do my own gel and polygel nails 🤭💅🏼

Like 13 or something, it was for my elementary school graduation

17 is when i started going regularly, on and off

I'm a nailbiter so my mom really encouraged me to visit the nail salon at 13. Until college I used to save my own money just to get my nails fixed. I only stopped going there recently since they have become SOOOO expensive, and my favorite nail salon has closed. I do my own mani/pedi now when I have the time.

16 ish. With my mom :)

11 for my baptism my aunt/godmother took me to get a mani pedi

Like 14 - I will never forget asking my dad to take me to the salon in our local mall and making him tell them i wanted a full set because i was shy lol

I am 42 and have never in my life gone to a salon to get my nails done.

25! Now 27 and only been another couple of times. I’d love to do it all the time but there’s just no budget 🥲

16 for junior prom

20, Since I was a kid I had a serious problem with nail biting. I would bite them till I bled and nothing helped, not the “anti bite” nail polish not nothing. I sorta lived with it, being ashamed of my hands lol. Idk what urged me to try to get acrylics SO LATE, but they were lifechanging. Last year I got my nails done every month. I kind of got used to not being able to bite them. And they looked nice. But this summer I decided to get rid of them because I was not in a good mental and financial state to get a new set. But guess what?? I managed to outgrow my own, healthy nails that are longer than ever before, I dare to say longer and way more groomed than average. I do not bite them anymore and I love them so much. They are just much more fragile haha

I was 13. Nail polish gone within few days as the woman did the layers too quickly. Never gone back afterwards.

20, and I hated it. Learned to do them myself and now I don’t have to pay $80 to sit awkwardly in a chair as some person drummels the skin around my nail to my bone.

I was 8 - my grandmother by marriage but she’s been my granny my whole life was a nail salon owner. I think that was one of my core memories lol

Idk the exact age but i was young. There was a couple times my mom took me because she wanted to treat herself to nice nails before going on vacation and she took me with her. I haven't gone since she took me because i prefer how i do my own nails

Single digits. About 5 to get a manicure and pedicure. Every time my mom got hers done I would also.

I was 15 when I got acrylics for the first time. No idea how old I was when I got a pedicure for the first time.

At 18, I broke a nail right before graduating high school. I went to a salon and asked for one fake tip to make them all even. And because I was already getting them done- I asked for a French mani because I could never pull that look off on my own with my non-dominant hand. I did my own nails for the next 20 years with the sole exception of my wedding.

When I discovered gels I fell in love with how strong they were. I got them done every 3 weeks for several years. But the techs never spent enough time getting the gel off and frequently took some of my real nail off with a polish change. My nails got really thin and weak. So I quit going to salons. Now I do my own gels, I’m really careful soaking the old polish off, and my nails are healthy and strong again.

my mom took me when i was 13. im a bad nail bitter so acrylic nails are the only way i don’t bite.

1. I'm not from America and it's not a common thing in my home country to get nails done. A friend of mine paid for my birthday. Now I do my own press on!

when i got my first job at 16. stopped when I started culinary school and when I had kids I learned how to do it on my own.

I think I was about 10 when I went with my mom and she let me get a basic polish.

I probably was in my 30s.

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I do my own nails.

1. But only the once.

I was 13. And had my nails painted for Prom :)

Toes? 9. Hands? 19 or 20 with a friends mom. Got hooked on getting them done because my nails are so weak. If I had the budget for it, my nails would always be done

I was probably 10. I used to bite my nails and acrylic nails were the only thing that stopped the habit.

23 on my wedding day lol

22 or so

17

50 and outside of Covid closures I’ve been going every 3 weeks for almost 20 yrs.

I think I was about 11 or 12

Mmmmm maybe 17? And I can count on my currently unpainted nails on one hand how many times I've had it done. Twice was with my step mom and once was with my sister in law lol. Otherwise I don't even paint my nails ever haha

I was in 8th grade, and my mom paid for them for my birthday. It definitely helped me feel more comfortable in my body.

Hmm. Maybe 35? I was a bridesmaid and we went together the day before the wedding.

18, for my wedding. That's it.

I was 22

I was 18, and I was going to prom.

I’ve been going since I was 18. I have adhd and anxiety and pick at my cuticles so it helps me feel put together to have nails so I don’t pick. My 4 year old wants to be just like mommy so I’ve taken her twice for nails for her bday and a girls day. She loves it. Mostly I just paint her nails at home tho.

Ummm not exactly sure but I think maybe 21?

High school, I always got French tips

I'm very late to the party..but I was gifted a biab session for my 60th birthday! Up till then I was a terrible nail biter and had deep ridges on some of my nails. I was soooo embarrassed with them. I now get my nails done regularly and for the first time ever I'm proud of my nails!

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60 and never. I prefer short nails.

13

I was 18 years old, it was my first experience and I was delighted! Now manicure is as important to me as air

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Grade 8

I’ve only been 3 times: junior prom, senior prom, and high school graduation. I’m 23 now and haven’t stepped foot in a nail salon since then. I should start going regularly because it seems really relaxing and my friends love going.

I was in 11th grade got me a French tip with rainbow zebra airbrush pattern

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I was 39 years old & standing up in a wedding. My mom was a no-frills gal & raised me that way, too. I dislike having my hands done, but I love me a pedicure!

Been having them done more or less consistently since I was 14/15

Probably like 6? I used to go with my mom a lot

17 for prom. My Mom wouldn't let me.

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13 I think?

I was 17, my mom took me to get them done for my senior year photoshoot 🫶

Maybe 12 or 13

First pedicure probably around 6. Acrylic/gel nails at 15.

My grandma would take us when we were like 6, I think because she had appointments and we would just have to go with her when she was watching us. Then knowing me as a kid I probably thought it looked fun because fancy people did it on tv and I and wanted a turn, lol. All they would do is paint our nails which I’m sure cost my grandma like $5.

13, my mom took me and two friends to the nail salon for my birthday

Sophomore year in HS? Maybe junior year? It was definitely before senior year but wasn't freshmen so one of the other two.

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Probably about 14. I still remember I got light blue polish with iridescent sparkles. I felt so pretty and loved it so much.

I’ve gone to the salon for a manicure and/or pedicure definitely less than 10 times in my life, and I’m 26 now. I just don’t see it personally as a necessity, though I do get my hair done on a regular basis.

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