I’m not sure why but in the winter I always do my nails a lot more. Pinterest is loaded with crazy manicures so it inspires me to paint my nails even more. I don’t really do anything too crazy but I’m enjoying trying new things. I sorted through my nail polishes a few weeks ago. No idea why I still had polish from years and years ago. I also had two of one color which makes absolutely no sense. Unless I painted my nails with that color every day… I have never once emptied a bottle of nail polish. Have you?
I tend to just go for the simple. Doing a short bright red nail is fun. I also have a great nude color that I like.
These are a few of the times I branched out and tried something different.
The top left Sally Hansen Insta-dri Blue-Away with OPI Rainbow Connection on top. I started looking for the Rainbow Connection right before Christmas. Apparently it sold out almost instantly. I was not about to pay 15 bucks for a bottle of nail polish so I didn’t order it online. Luckily my hair stylist got it for me and it was under five dollars. It’s a lot of fun to wear and not a lot of fun to take off.
The top right is Sally Hansen Red Zin with OPI Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It. The glitter is another one of The Muppets Collection for OPI. It was perfect for Christmas.
The bottom left is my absolute favorite color (which of course you can’t get anymore): Sally Hansen Problem Child. I need to find a good replacement for it because it’s getting kind of clumpy. I just put silver glitter polish (cheap-o random brand) on the tips.
The bottom right is OPI Warm & Fozzie from The Muppets Collection. I really, really like this one in the bottle and not so much on my nails.
A few things I’ve learned with all of the nail painting:
1. Go pee first. It never fails that I’ll mess up a nail trying to go to the bathroom (even if they’re dry).
2. Use Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat. Warning: Even though your nails will be dry in about 30 seconds, it’s still possible to mess them up for another 30 minutes or so. If you bump them or push on the tip, the whole color just slides off.
3. Try colors you wouldn’t normally wear. It’s funny how different things look on.
4. The more you paint your nails, the better you get at it.
5. To remove glitter nail polishes (like those two from the OPI Muppets Collection), soak a cotton ball in remover. Put the cotton on your nail, wrap in aluminum foil and then pull off after about 5 minutes.
6. Painting your fingernails can actually be really relaxing!
7. It seems like when I put a few coats of nail polish and top coat on, they chip right away. If I want my polish to last for quite a few days, I will do one fairly thick coat. Yep, just one and then top coat. That seems to last longer.
I used to think it looked weird on me but now I quite enjoy it. I’m pretty hard on my hands/fingernails so I know to wait until the last minute if I want my nails to look really nice for something. So do you do your nails?
Ok, so I meant to comment on this on Wednesday and then I never did. I never painted my nails so much as when I lived with you. I haven’t painted them in a while, and I should. Maybe I will do that today. And no, I have never used up an entire bottle of nail polish. Which makes me wish they made the bottles 1/2 or 1/4 the size and charged 1/2 or 1/4 the price. :)