nail polish is not tznius if it’s a bright color. the same way certain colors of dress isn’t appropriate and certain color makeup isn’t. furthermore, nail polish is enhancing one of the most tumah parts of your body. when u cut your nails, you have to discard them and wash your hands because you are tamei. in addition, nails symbolize the chait of Adam and Chava. after they ate from the eitz hadas, they became naked. it says the clothes they wore resembled nails. we look at our nails by havdala to remember that. why would you want to accentuate the part of your body that resembles chait, especially if you are a girl and we have to repent for what Chava caused?
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