…and without the French… anyway, you’ll see what I mean…
Here are my super-see-through nails.
And here they are using the Manicare nail pencil on my last two nails
Alls you do is wet the nib of the pencil and apply the white UNDER your nail. It lasts quite well, and takes like two seconds to do. And is cheap as chips to buy (around $8 at pharmacies). You may get splogdes of white on your fingers too, but just clean it off.
So today we tried an at-home French Manicure for Make-up/over Monday. My french manicure kit is just one of those cheapies from the pharmacy. doesn’t last too long but good for cheap thrills.
I watched this instructional vid below from youtube a while back and love the way she does her nails. I got sick of using those little white strips that come with the manicure kit, and much prefer painting on the white bits by hand.
The only tip i can add to the video is use a clear acetone (nail polish remover). the first time i tried this i used an acetone with pink colouring in it, so the white tips i painted on got smudged with pink.
Oh, and tonight, in keeping with the ultra girlie-ness of the occasion, i did this watching Girls of the Playboy Mansion. If you have Sky you could try that too.
I’ve suffered with short, chippy, breaky fingernails. For many years in fact. I’ve tried glue-on nails and acrylics for while but i kinda got sick of the hassle of fakes. But i think i’ve found my own solution.
I started taking fish oil supplements because a friend said they’d make me brainy. and at the same time the lady who did my acrylics got me to buy an OPI nail oil for my cuticles.
Now i can’t say i noticed an ignition of my cognition, but i did notice my nails grow much better AND i don’t have dandruff any more!! I’ve had longer, harder nails since a few weeks after taking the supplements and applying the oil. and when i forgot to take the fish oil on holiday over xmas, they started breaking and chipping again and my dandruff came back. They’re both good now after getting back into regularly taking my tablets.
So that’s my tip for nails - maybe it’ll work for you…
(PS i do feel kinda bad about the poor fish that died for my fish oil. is it really unethical do you think??)