I wear fake toe nails! My real toes are so ugly. I even polish them and let them dry over night and then glue them on with nail glue. They last quite a while and I always get lots of compliments on them. When I was in the hospital, I had several nurses say I had such pretty toe nails and they couldn't believe it when I told them they were fake.

ok...i admit..i bought those too...i havent put them on yet though....my toenails are ugly too...well not necessarily ugly but they are SO SHORT...my big toenails grow into my skin so i have to keep them so short so they dont grow into the skin...it hurts really bad!!

 

Mary, here is a couple of pointers I have found really help.  First of all, I buy the toe nails that you have to polish (the brand I use because it has all different kinds of sizes to select from is "Kiss 96 Full Cover Toe Nails," (costs about $6.00 for a box of 96 assorted sizes and comes with regular bottle super glue, which you will see that I don't use).    Usually Walmart or one of the drug stores like CVS carries them.

 It is important to rough up the back of the toe nails with something that can kind of scratch the underside (like a metal file with a point, etc.), also I rough up my own toe nails with an emory board...something that when you put glue on it neither surface will be slick.  The toe nails will come with a tab so you can easily hold the nail when you put it on.  After the glue dries and the nail is on good, you can use toe nail clippers and gently clip the tabs.  I have found the best kind of glue to use and the easiest to manipulate is brush on nail glue such as "Fing'rs Brush-on Nail Glue."  It states it has up to 10 day wear...I've found it to be longer. 

I also polish my fake toe nails and let them dry over night before I glue them on to my toe nails.  I start with a regular base coat, followed by two coats of nail polish and then finish it with a top coat.  Makes the toe nails last really long.  Another thing I have discovered is that if you use clothes pins and pin them on the tabs before you start polishing, then it keeps them up off a surface and they are much easier to handle when you start polishing.  I do remove them after they are thorougly dry and just hold the tabs with my fingers to put them on my toes.  Another hint...make sure your own toe nails are dry and do not have anything oily on them before you start.  This is so your glue sticks really good.  I also brush the glue on my own toe nail and also on the back of the fake toe nail.  It adheres really well that way.

Anyway, for what it's worth.  Good luck on your toe nails! 

P.S.  Don't panic if one happens to come off..hopefully you will find it.  I always carry a spare bottle of Brush on Glue in my purse.  Once in a while my husband will find one on the floor and tell me, "You blew a nail."    Or we all go looking for it in the house.  You can usually find it where you have hit your toe on something.