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January 25, 2005
Nails
All day long, my left ring fingernail has been bugging me. So of course I am now hyper-aware of my nails in everything I do. I pause typing to file a few of them, but it doesn't change the fact that I have really terrible nails. Oh, they're strong enough and all, but they just aren't in any way feminine or ladylike.
Years ago, especially when I had not one but two forays into the world of selling cosmetics (first Mary Kay, then BeautiControl - and yeah, you can laugh at the idea of me as an image consultant, it's okay), I used to paint my nails. Very carefully with the filing and the buffing and the undercoat, color coat(s) and top coat. It was nice for about an hour. Then my life happened. I type (for a living, at that time), I file (nothing like insurance for paper and filing), I work in the yard and dig in the dirt, I clean house with cleansers and brushes and no gloves, I washed the car - and my nails never held up. So I quit trying.
I'm always amazed by women who can have beautifully shaped and polished nails and actually do stuff. How does that work?
Posted by cageyer at January 25, 2005 10:38 PM
Comments
Didn't happen for me till I started getting regular manicures. Paying money for my hands made me pay attention to how I used them. So I learned how to, without even thinking about it, not use my fingernails as tools. I use TOM's fingernails as tools!
Posted by: senioritis at January 29, 2005 07:07 AM