# Ladies - Does a man using colored nail polish make him a sexy warrior? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454 "2012-11-19T00:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/1 "2012-11-19T00:36:54Z")
Re [http://www.alphanail.com/](http://www.alphanail.com/) Would you be OK with a male date or SO using colored nail polish? Would it bring the sexy? ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/2 "2012-11-19T00:41:13Z")
WTF? No. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/3 "2012-11-19T00:48:15Z")
Geneb and I both say “Hellnaw!” (Seriously. Horrible idea. On many levels.) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/4 "2012-11-19T00:54:54Z")
I catch enough shit just for using a purse. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/5 "2012-11-19T00:56:00Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > Geneb and I both say “Hellnaw!” > > (Seriously. Horrible idea. On many levels.) What are other levels besides it just being ridiculous? Well, I guess that it chips. That’s why I don’t wear nail polish. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/6 "2012-11-19T00:56:05Z")
Who is their target market? None of the guys I know, whether gay or straight, wear colored nail polish. I do know a couple who get clear polish as part of a manicure, and they get mercilessly ballbusted over it. I’d say you better be as tough as those fighters they have doing their modeling if you plan on wearing this stuff in public. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/7 "2012-11-19T01:12:09Z")
The only, repeat ONLY, guy who could pull it off was Spike. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/8 "2012-11-19T01:14:44Z")
Ew, no way. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/9 "2012-11-19T01:18:32Z")
Well, I’m a goth chick, and back when I was dating, I dated goth guys. I’ve definitely gone out with men wearing any number of nail polish colors. My current partner doesn’t wear nail polish very often, largely because his nails qualify as lethal weapons in their native state, and adding a nail hardener would be terrifying. I like flamboyant men, what can I say? More mainstream, I’ve definitely noticed black men wearing clear nail polish with high frequency, so I assume it’s considered normal in at least some black communities. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/10 "2012-11-19T01:19:10Z")
I like it. It probably wouldn’t work well on my husband, but there are many guys who would look great with it (my brother could definitely pull it off). ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/11 "2012-11-19T01:31:31Z")
If I were dating Steven Tyler or an MMA fighter, sure. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/12 "2012-11-19T01:41:11Z")
Eeeew. No. I like my men to be a little less…attention-seeking. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/13 "2012-11-19T01:50:15Z")
Wouldn’t bother me in the least, any more than eyeliner does. Besides, some peoples’ nails chip and tear easily and polish can help with that. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/14 "2012-11-19T01:51:55Z")
I feel sorry for the models on that site. If they ever get famous someone is gonna dig out that picture and the result will be hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![supergirl123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@supergirl123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergirl123)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/15 "2012-11-19T01:55:45Z")
Very few can pull the look off. The majority of men…NO!! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/16 "2012-11-19T02:09:36Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Eeeew. No. I like my men to be a little less…attention-seeking. I need to amend my answer a bit, because my guy DOES use clear nail polish, because his nails split something terrible due to a medical condition. But until he told me, and I saw the bottle of nail polish, I wasn’t aware he was doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/17 "2012-11-19T15:16:02Z")
I guess it doesn’t bother me much. It would all be in how they carried it off. It’s not that big of a deal. Not a dealbreaker, say, as much as a goatee would be. I kid, I kid. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/18 "2012-11-19T15:29:35Z")
I always thought the “gay agenda” was a myth, but now I’m not so sure. ---
**Author:** ![CrimeThink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@CrimeThink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrimeThink)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/19 "2012-11-19T15:48:06Z")
Classy, I can’t decide between the Cocaine color or the Benjamins color. Which is more manly? ---
**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454/20 "2012-11-19T15:52:34Z")
Only if it’s the toenails that are painted, and they can’t be pink. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-does-a-man-using-colored-nail-polish-make-him-a-sexy-warrior/641454.md?page=2)