94 Nail Polish Quotes

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Famous Nail Polish Quotes

Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are. - Caroline Corr

Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are. — Caroline Corr

I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him. — Sofia Vergara

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck. — Audrey Hepburn

I always wear boot polish on my eyelashes, because I am a very emotional person and it doesn't run when I cry. — Barbara Cartland

I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30. - Vanessa Hudgens

I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30. — Vanessa Hudgens

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it. — Scott Caan

I am a makeup junkie... Yves St. Laurent, Christian Dior, and anything else that looks good. — Julia Barr

Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls! - ASAP Rocky

Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls! — ASAP Rocky

The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them. — Lorna Luft

Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched. — Mindy Kaling

The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy. — Yves Saint Laurent

Manicures: Which are basically just holding hands with a stranger for forty-five minutes whilst listening to Enya. — Miranda Hart

Everything that I have is natural - braid, nails - I practically never use cosmetics. They often ask me in the provinces about my braid. — Yulia Tymoshenko

She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas. — Junot Diaz

I see so many people buy only non-toxic beauty products and yet think nothing of using sparkly blue toothpaste and antibacterial mouthwash every day. — Mark Burhenne

Short Nail Polish Quotes

  • Bryl-cream, a little dab will do you. — Jimmy Buffett
  • If I walk outside without lipstick, I feel naked. — Sofia Vergara
  • You can't keep changing men, so you settle for changing your lipstick. — Heather Locklear
  • Just have fun. Smile. And keep putting on lipstick. — Diane Keaton
  • A little glitter can turn your whole day around. — Barbara Park
  • If you insist on wearing gloves, make sure they match your purse. — Mark Rippetoe
  • Beautiful makeup, starts with beautiful skin. — Sayings
  • I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. — Lana Turner
  • Creativity is your best makeup skill, don't be afraid to experiment. — Pat McGrath
  • If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack. — Coco Chanel

Nail Polish Image Quotes

Nail polish quote If we are irritated, by every rub, how will we be polished?
If we are irritated, by every rub, how will we be polished?

Nail Quotes

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. - Abraham Maslow

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. — Abraham Maslow

The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India. — Lala Lajpat Rai

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. — Barack Obama

The nail that stands out will be hammered down. - Japanese Proverbs

The nail that stands out will be hammered down. — Japanese Proverbs

Today's woman puts on wigs, fake eyelashes, false nails, sixteen pounds of make-up/shadows/blushes/creams, living bras, various pads that would make a linebacker envious, has implants and assorted other surgeries, then complains that she cannot find a 'real' man — Maynard James Keenan

Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Nail polish quote The only time a woman is helpless is when her nail polish is drying!
The only time a woman is helpless is when her nail polish is drying!

I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place. — Che Guevara

On the back of Satan's neck is a nail scarred footprint. — C. S. Lewis

I love you more than anybody in the world... I love you for millions and millions of things, clocks and vampires and dirty nails and squiggly paintings and lovely hair and being dizzy and falling dreams. — Dylan Thomas

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. - Desiderius Erasmus

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. — Desiderius Erasmus

Fingernails Quotes

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way. — Aaron Allston

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails. — James Joyce

My back can only be scratched with my own fingernails. — Moroccan Proverbs

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. — Will Rogers

For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off. — Johnny Carson

Santino, never let anyone outside the family know what you are thinking. Never let them know what you have under your fingernails. I think your brain is going soft from all that comedy you play with that young girl. Stop it and pay attention to business. Now get out of my sight. — Mario Puzo

I told my wife she looks sexy with black fingernails. Now she thinks I slammed the car door on her hand on purpose. — Emo Philips

Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos. — Imelda Marcos

Damned, damned be the rich! May not even their fingernails be left!... I'm sure that they are going to Hell head-first. — Federico Garcia Lorca

For the last 40 years of my life I have broken my back, my fingernails, and sometimes my heart, in the practical pursuit of my favourite occupation. — Vita Sackville-West

Nails Done Quotes

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done. — Anderson Cooper

Oh my god! Would you shut the front door already?! Look at you walking out here with your hair done, nails done, everything did. Whatchu think you fancy, huh? Look, uh, sweetheart, I don't speak Gucci or anything, but I'll give it my best shot. — Alex Riley

Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery. — William Shakespeare

Look at you walkin' out here with your hair done, nails done, everything did, what you think you fancy huh?! — Alex Riley

Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood. — Augustine of Hippo

Take some wood and canvas and nails and things. Build yourself a theater, a stage, light it, learn about it. When you've done that you will probably know how to write a play. — Eugene O'Neill

I am different when my nails are done. I am more dynamic. I gesticulate more, I am better at scaring my staff. I can indicate impatience by drumming on tabletops and I can wrap up a meeting with a few choice clatters. — Marian Keyes

My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore. — Aly Raisman

I know why girls go and have their nails done so often and have spa days. It feels awesome. — DeAndre Jordan

No one likes getting their nails done more than I do. — Serena Williams

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More Nail Polish Quotes

If you stay away from parties, you're called a snob. If you go, you're an exhibitionist. If you don't talk, you're dumb. If you do talk, you're quarrelsome. Pardon me while I change my nail polish. — Lana Turner

I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange. — Megan Fox

I mean, I'm pretty good in real life, but sometimes people seem surprised that I'm like a normal teenager and wear black nail polish and I'm just a little bit more edgy than the person I play on television. — Brittany Snow

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on. — Emma Watson

I was a daughterless mother. I had nowhere to put the things a mother places on her daughter. The nail polish I used to paint our toenails hardened. Our favorite videos gathered dust. Her small apron was in a box in the attic. Her shoes - the sparkly ones, the leopard rain boots, the ballet slippers - stood in a corner. — Ann Hood

It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets. — Ines de La Fressange

Nail polish or false eyelashes isn't politics. If you have good politics, what you wear is irrelevant. I don't take dictation from the pig-o-cratic style setters who say I should dress like a middle-aged lady. My politics don't depend on whether my tits are in or out of a bra. — Florynce Kennedy

It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane, and most people don't want it. — Abigail Van Buren

It's funny because I'm a sucker for glitz and glitter when it comes to clothes and nail polish, but with my makeup, I'm more comfortable with a natural look. It feels more like me. — Alison Sweeney

I hate cosmetics companies. They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail polish and then, six months later, they discontinue it. You have to buy your favorite colors like you're storing up for the Apocalypse. — Lisa Kudrow

I cant live without Eucerin cream, lip gloss, gum, nail polish, and sparkly things. — Kelis

The red sole was born from red nail polish. I am giving back to beauty what the shoes took from the nails many years ago. — Christian Louboutin

I feel like if I were to play the game completely and just get myself in a giant bottle of nail polish and put myself on display, I would feel like I had somehow cosmically lost. I feel like I'm taking a bunch of the ingredients and using some of them but not all of them and shuffling around and making people think I'm doing my job. — Amanda Palmer

My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation. I'm doing a very unique nail polish line, and finally, I'm developing a hair care line because people always ask me about my hair care system. I do a mask once a week that my grandma taught me how to make, so I want to share it with everyone. — Joyce Giraud

Phew am exhausted. Just read about something called "the offside rule". Too much for my tiny brain. Must be damaged from nail polish fumes. — Kelly Cates

What's wrong, little sis? You look upset." She could barely catch her breath. "Cracked...my...nail polish slapping your... worthless face. See?" She showed him her finger - just one of them. "Cute" He snorted. — Cassandra Clare

Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word. — Rooney Mara

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.' — Jennifer Sky

Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was the first person in rock I had seen with makeup on. He wore black nail polish and lots of mascara and black eye shadow, and he was so mysterious. It was this androgynous thing I found absolutely fascinating. — David Bowie

I did a really fun orange nail polish with my friend Deborah Lippmann. All of her nail polishes are named after songs so we called this one "Lara's Theme" which is really cute. It's a bright orange which is really good for summer or cheering yourself up in winter. — Lara Stone

Just send the emails and talk to people. Spend all your money on nail polish and opera tickets. — Jessa Crispin

In mythology and palmistry, the left hand is called the dreamer because the ring finger on the left hand leads directly to the heart. I find it a very poetic idea. And thats why I only wear nail polish on my left ring finger. — Gloria Vanderbilt

I have an odd fetish with nails. I was always doing beauty blogs about nails, and it would be on Fridays called Fridays Fingertip Fetish. It became so popular that a nail polish company approached me, and Fingertip Fetish was born. — Adrienne Bailon

I grew up surrounded by these tough, ballsy, strong women. They were also adoring women, but they were the kind of women who would argue over what kind of pants you were wearing or the color of your nail polish. — Michael Kors

I always have red nail polish on my nails, so if they ever discontinue the red polish I wear from OPI, I'd be really upset. — Emma Roberts

A man polished to the nail. [Lat., Ad unguem factus home.] — Horace

Nude nail polish wins hands down over intricate nail art. — Ashley Madekwe

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual. — Oscar de la Renta

Because of my job, I learned to be confident a little earlier than most. People pick you apart when you're in the public eye - you're wearing the wrong shoes or you have ugly nail polish on or they're wondering if you got your boobs done - so you have to be a strong person right away. — Heidi Klum

I'm really interested in vegan nail polishes, because a lot of nail polishes have a lot of toxins in them. — G. Hannelius

There were two kinds of women: those who wear nail polish and those who don't. Which do you prefer? — Regina Brett

My one concession to American sensibilities was to remove my nail polish. — Sebastian Horsley

All these people keep waxing sentimental about how fabulously well I am doing as a mother, how competent I am, but I feel inside like when you're first learning to put nail polish on your right hand with your left. You can do it, but it doesn't look all that great around the cuticles. — Anne Lamott

It is dog friendly nail polish, before we even go there because I know that is an issue. She's a bulldog, she needs all the help she can get. We've tried to feminize her a little bit and make her feel sexy! — Victoria Beckham

I wondered about Mrs. Winterbottom and what she meant about living a tiny life. If she didn't like all that baking and cleaning and jumping up to get bottles of nail polish remover and sewing hems, why did she do it? Why didn't she tell them to do some of the things themselves? Maybe she was afraid there would be nothing left for her to do. There would be no need for her and she would become invisible and no one would notice. — Sharon Creech

I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I understand that the movie deal is merely a MEANS TO A MUCH HIGHER END: NAIL POLISH. — Kristin Cashore

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