I think I might have a wee bit of an addiction. A nail polish hoarder maybe...
Not really, this is my stash and I recently gave many bottles away. I am guilty of picking a shade and then not liking it with my skin tone. WHITE...is my skin tone.
I love freshly painted nails, I will re-do my mani if a small chip happens. I believe all the ads when they say, long wear...guess what? They lie. I had a long time love of acrylic nails. I mean for years and years. I would hate to add the amount of money I spent in nail salons. I almost always had the french manicure. Beautiful pink and white tips. Then came Solar nails, pink and white powder and you would never get an imperfection. They were indestructible and a fill would last at least 2 weeks. This is where the perfection, came from...
I let go of the acrylics a couple years ago now. I am amazed that I can grow natural nails, from all of the damage done to my nail beds. I was lucky, I never had a problem with infections or a fungus. But my natural nails were like paper, and would crack and break for about a year. I have told myself NO MORE ACRYLICS...but I do miss them.
Now I tend to like rounded nails to the end of my finger tip. Today they are a bit longer, and I am soon to file them I think.
I always tease that I would love a live in nail tech. I would...
Put THAT on your Christmas wish list for the mister...who knows.... :)
ReplyDeleteI do the same thing...buy a shade thinking it will be perfect and then .... it's not. Surprise!!! And I too give them away.
I've never done the acrylics and don't see myself going that route though I do love a french manicure. Some times my nails are in great shape and I can have one done...most of the time they are different lengths, break...so I just do them myself. I love that the polish doesn't have to cost a fortune so that we can play!
Don't go back to acrylics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too funny ... this morning, I was going through my bottles of nail polish deciding what I could give away :0)
ReplyDeleteI think most of us buy a shade, thinking that we will LOVE it and then, yuck! what a disappointment. I just started painting my nails again ... not too easy to do with kiddos and grandkids but I do like when my toenails are painted - especially in the summer months.
This post is perfect timing for this day. I hadn't bought polish in years. I have thin nails and tend to neglect them because of the crafts I do. My granddaughter Avery decided I should have hot pink polish on my nails, she is 7 years old. I was spending the day, and she is so adorable. Anyway, she did a okay job, but the polish was old. She then decided to peal it off one figure at a time. But while shopping today, I found myself buying this gray, blue, polish that I will probably hate, but now I am kinda hocked again. I am thinking about decals, oh no!!! Here's to finding the perfect color...have fun, Mary
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