March 20, 2006
Acrylic nails - do they come with instructions?
Posted by Jess in
Geek Humor
Spending so much time with computers, games, dogs, cars, and other non-frilly things leaves me with a girly side that's nothing short of, well - inept at best.
A girlfriend of mine convinced me to get acrylic nails before Lotusphere, with the argument that they'd look great, and I'd feel great. She was right, of course, but boy did I realize I'm waaaay behind the times in terms of "fanshy girly technology".
Wine lists I can handle. I can blindy stumble through a sushi menu, and stutter "hamachi, please." I can even close my eyes and wildly point at the oil change list and still manage to come out OK.
I could have never made it through this list of nail options without my friend there at the time.
Gel, acrylic, tips, fills, french, pink and white, UV gel, polish changes, repairs, ahhh!
As it turns out, my friend told them I needed a "full set". Which, by the way, was not even listed ON the menu. Apparently, most women just know these things.
Anyway, I entered the salon with cuticles the size of small pebbles, and walked out with no less than ten new little daggers on the ends of my fingers. They looked great. And I did feel great. But, not having to stare at my cuticles anymore left me all sorts of time to do some thinking. These things are weapons! Wolverine's innards have nothing on these tips.
It baffles the mind. People aren't allowed on planes with toothpicks, yet I was allowed on with my ten indestructible scythes of doom.
Here's the real tricky part about these nails. Every two weeks or so, you have to go back to get them worked on. I called my friend back.
"What do I ask for when I go in? I can't just call and say 'hello, I'd like some routine maintenance done on my nails'...'can I have the 3,000 tap polish change?'"
When she finally stopped laughing at me, she informed me that I needed a 'fill'.
As it turns out, I didn't need to ask for anything. I went in, and showed them my hands. They knew what to do. And now I know for next time.
We all have to start learning somewhere, I suppose. Now, moving onto learning more about my car. If you asked me what a "limited slip differential" was before owning Eloise, I'd have said it was why they never have anything in my size in stock at Victoria's Secret.
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There must be something in the air today!
I was reminded of the fun we had at Kimonos this morning as I was driving back from putting Warren on a plane one of the songs you sang was played on the radio! And here is the perfect non-techy post for me to comment on and say Hi and I hope things are going well with you?
Hi Kitty!!
I know, Kimono's was SO much fun. We hung out at a different place one night, and we all agreed that it felt wierd not to be in Kimono's somewhere!
Things are going excellent, thank you. VERY busy, but that's a good thing. Spring cleaning the house at the moment. Ugh!
And you? LOVE the new URL, by the way. :-)
I beg to differ. Adamantium is MUCH stronger then acrylic.
Okay, but once you layer the acrylic with Gel, UV Gel, UV Polish, Cuticle polish, and about 10 other wierd little bottles he kept bringing out and putting on my nails, it's a different story!
"limited slip differential?" hahahaha. That explains soo much about why I spend more on my car than on lingerie!
And if the mechanic tries to snow you, you can always slash him with your acrylics. And yes, your nails looked fabulous at Lotusphere. :^)
Feels like I've been 'sorting cupboards' ever since we got back from honeymoon! As I'm not working yet (desperately trying to find a new job, and not having much luck at the moment) it seems only sensible that I sort out all those things that you never have time to wo when you're working, but somehow it doesn't come so easily as that! Anyhoo, have done loads of sorting and we have hung a load of pictures which were sitting in a cupboard for months, rearranged the sitting room furniture, done most of the Spring cleaning etc, so not too bad. Am still finishing thank you letters for the wedding and things, but life is generally, very, very good.
Hi Jess! *smooches*
Yes welcome to the wonderful world of girly nails! I had fake nails for about 3 years - could never get two of them to stop splitting down the middle, most painful and hardly nice on the eye. Then I discovered you can buy acrylic strengthener I let them grow out, picked at them a bit (that looked oh so lovely, I tell ya!) and now just rely on acrylic strengthener and top coat. Yay for painting noxious chemicals on our fingernails! LOL
Much love,
Marion
xxx
