https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:56:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098696 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:04:13 +0000 lemondrop 2098696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never had one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098691 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:58:21 +0000 gracecat 2098691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until age 30! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098646 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:03:02 +0000 brady80 2098646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 or 13? It was before an NKOTB concert! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098231 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:15:11 +0000 Umbreon 2098231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember... but I know I got one for my cousin's wedding when I was around 11 (manicure and pedicure!). I don't think it was my first though. I may have been 9.</p> <p>I think as long as she's old enough to understand it's wet for awhile after getting them done, then it's fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098125 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:13:56 +0000 BSB 2098125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>17 for prom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098069 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:46:17 +0000 Anagram 2098069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think, as far as letting my LO go....I will wait till she's old enough to sit quietly without entertainment--closer to 10 or older.</p> <p>I recently got a pedicure and right next to me was a 6ish year old girl who was (literally) screaming off and on the whole time because things "tickled" or "hurt". It was not my favorite experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098057 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:40:32 +0000 daniellemybelle 2098057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty sure high school. Maybe 8th grade. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098048 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:30:13 +0000 PawPrints 2098048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was about nine years old. We were visiting my grandmother and she knew a manicurist who would do a child's manicure for $5, so we went. I had so much fun I wrote about it for a school assignment. After that, not until high school, when we would get mani/pedis before the major high school dances, so like twice a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2098044 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:25:02 +0000 MapleMoose 2098044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>High school for Prom </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2097957 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:31:49 +0000 Mrs. J 2097957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 4 or 5? My mom would let my sister and I get our nails done when we went to take our pictures with Santa.</p> <p>ETA: @THEREELDEAL: my 6th or 7th birthday was a makeover birthday at my mom's salon, so we all got our hair, makeup, and nails done and put on dress up pictures to take glamour "after" shots. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2097953 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:30:27 +0000 TheReelDeal 2097953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 17. I wonder when baby girl gets older if I will take her to get them when she is young, or if she'll ask for a "spa" birthday party one year and how I may respond. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2097921 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:14:44 +0000 fancyfunction 2097921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was for my Jr prom. I rarely get manicures - I can probably count the number on one hand. I always do my own nails. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2097826 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:04:00 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2097826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty sure I was in high school. If I had a daughter I would like to take her for one of those princess manicures I've seen at some salons but only for a special treat. Maybe that would be around 6 or 7? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure/page/2#post-2097822 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:59:35 +0000 yin 2097822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in high school, and it was for my sister's wedding. I have never gone to get a manicure for myself though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097820 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:59:00 +0000 Mae 2097820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember... but like high school or older. Probably college actually. Although I had pedicures earlier... probably the first was towards the end of middle school. But at that point in my area people didn't really get manis/pedis that much. My mom never did! I think getting them done as a fun thing rather than a fashion thing is more "done" now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097819 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:58:08 +0000 jedeve 2097819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once in college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097814 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:55:35 +0000 MK0180 2097814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 30. My mom never got her nails done (she wasn't a girly girl and neither am I) so I never thought about the whole mani/pedi thing until later. I haven't gotten a manicure since my wedding almost 4 yrs ago. I do get pedicures once in a blue moon - ever since becoming a mom I totally get why ppl get them done! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097739 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:03:37 +0000 .twist. 2097739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom didn't go get her nails done, but she would paint my nails for me. </p> <p>I think I got my first REAL manicure in highschool, because I was taking beauty culture and it was part of our curriculum.</p> <p>ETA: I believe one of my girlfriends has taken her two daughters to get real mani's and they are 3 &amp; 5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097737 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:01:54 +0000 sapphire 2097737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some time in college. My mom doesn't really do that sort of thing so that example was never set. I had lots of nail polish and nail kits though, probably starting when I was in late elementary school and able to paint my own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097735 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:59:13 +0000 stiletto_mom 2097735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOL </p> <p>DH was actually the one to encourage me to get my first mani/pedi.</p> <p>I think I was maybe ... 25? I go back now before big events. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097729 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:55:52 +0000 yoursilverlining 2097729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don’t remember getting one as a kid, though my mom painted my nails and I certainly painted my own nails when I was little. I’m sure I also did at-home manicures too – but I did get manicures in high school. </p> <p>LO *loves* getting her nails painted and holds really still for it, so I would take her to a salon as a very special treat to get her nails painted. Probably not a real manicure though, just a little lotion and polish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097724 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:52:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 2097724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Junior High in the mall, I remember I got orange and green neon alternating, my mom was less than impressed wit my choice ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097715 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:38:37 +0000 JerricaBenton 2097715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vividly remember my mom bringing me when I was 5. I loved it! LO is 2 and very interested now but I can't imagine bringing her until at least 5. I'd do them myself before I bring her to the salon though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097704 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:31:13 +0000 Corduroy 2097704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>26 or so as a bridesmaid </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097703 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:30:06 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2097703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got them done for my sweet sixteen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097685 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:22:31 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2097685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometime in high school.</p> <p>For pretty much my entire life, my mom has gone to get her nails done every 2 weeks (she wears acrylic nails) but she didn't ever take me until I was much older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097674 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:18:20 +0000 snowjewelz 2097674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Prom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097672 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:16:56 +0000 lawbee11 2097672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>College. But my mom never went to nail places or spas when I was growing up. I'm definitely taking M with me way before then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097664 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:09:05 +0000 Smurfette 2097664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think college.</p> <p>I definitely can't wait to take R when she is 3 or so for a Mom-Daughter date! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-was-your-first-manicure#post-2097662 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:05:42 +0000 Anagram 2097662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my first prom, as a junior. </p>