Affordable Manicures…. do they exists?
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As the girly- girl that I can be, I love a treat in this bad economy to reward myself for being so tight with my pocket book. My ongoing reward has usually been a manicure. I love the feeling of being pamper, for a minimal price. I feel more put together with a nice manicure done. I have ran the gamete of different types of manicures as well, from acrylic to natural, I have done it all.
I stopped going to have my nails professionally done and recently to tried my manicures at home. I was surprised to find that I wasn’t half bad at it. My new reward became a bottle of good nail polish. (I prefer OPI) I invested in a nail file, nail clippers and a buffer as well. After a little while my nails began to look as if I was paying to have them done. After all, if I messed them up I always had a bottle of nail polish remover. I was completely happy doing my nails at home.
About two weeks ago my sister asked me if I wanted to go get my nails done with her. I thought about it and decided to go, because after all it had been quite a while since I had my nails professionally done. I had decided to just get a manicure on my own nails before I went. Once I got to the salon, my sister and the technician talked me into acrylic. My sister announced that this trip to the salon was on her, she was going to pay. I knew I did not want acrylic nails before I went in, but I caved and went with the acrylic nails instead.
Now it has been two weeks since I had my acrylic nails put on, and I had a choice to make, get them redone or take them off. The thing is about acrylic nails is that there is maintenance fees of about $25. bucks every two weeks to keep them up. I knew that when I had them put on, but I did it anyway. Today, I decided to take them off. I just cannot justify spending that kind of money. Especially when short dark nails are supposed to be “in” this fall.
I just knew I could not keep them. I should have listened to my gut instinct originally, I would not have sore nails now. I am going to return to my at home manicure, where the most expensive part is the bottle of nail polish (at about $9). The most affordable manicure is the one you do at home, it also comes with the biggest sense of accomplishment. And remember, don’t be intimidated, that is why nail polish remover was invented.
Here are some tips that I have learned for an at home manicure:
1. Remove all polish before doing anything else, soak your hands and use a pumice stone to take dead skin off.
2. Clip your nails then file them into a square shape, then buff them
3. If your nails are wavy or uneven put down a layer of clear top coat first.
4. Use 2 coats of whichever color you choose .
5 Finish up your nails with another layer of top coat, I prefer a fast drying one.
6. Do not use cotton balls between your toes, the fiber in the cotton sticks to wet polish… not good. I recommend foam toe separators, which can be found at most drug stores.
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