Weird me
For the first time in my life, I'm paying attention to my fingernails. You see, I get squicky about things like cardboard and paper being scratched, and for many years I had jobs in receiving, stocking or inventory, which required me to interact with boxes alot. Rather than risk my fingermails accidentally scraping cardboard (eeeee! Just the thought makes me shudder), I always kept my nails really super short. And it's a habit I've kept up with, even though I don't have those types of jobs anymore.
But this last time I noticed my nails getting long, rather than cut them, on a whim I decided to see how long I could stand to let them grow. And I picked up some vitamin E oil and protective strengthening polish to help, and get them healthy because they've been in awful shape for years. I even got some color polish! So, now I've got a pretty decent set of nails (except one that got broke on the door of the car trunk), not too long, but shaped pretty well.
Because I'm paying attention to them now, I actually thought that maybe sometime I might go in and get a professional manicure done on them (if it's not too expensive, I have no idea what such a thing would cost). But I'm not sure if I dare do it, because I am terrified at the thought of someone using one of those little sticks to push my cuticles back. I can remember that, when I was very little, my grandmother used to do my nails, and she would always push back my cuticles. She insisted that a proper lady's nails should have that little white half moon visible from under the cuticle, so she would push my cuticles back until she could see mine. And alot of times it hurt, I always rather dreaded that part of Grandma doing my nails.
I haven't seen the half moon from under most of my cuticles in years. Right now I can see it on one thumb and just a hint of it on the other, but not on any of my fingers. So, if I get a manicure, my cuticles are going to have to be pushed back a long way to get those moons to show, and I think it'll hurt! So, I am a wuss and am scared to get a manicure done, even though I think it would be kind of nice otherwise.
And that was your completely irrelevent post for the weekend! XD
But this last time I noticed my nails getting long, rather than cut them, on a whim I decided to see how long I could stand to let them grow. And I picked up some vitamin E oil and protective strengthening polish to help, and get them healthy because they've been in awful shape for years. I even got some color polish! So, now I've got a pretty decent set of nails (except one that got broke on the door of the car trunk), not too long, but shaped pretty well.
Because I'm paying attention to them now, I actually thought that maybe sometime I might go in and get a professional manicure done on them (if it's not too expensive, I have no idea what such a thing would cost). But I'm not sure if I dare do it, because I am terrified at the thought of someone using one of those little sticks to push my cuticles back. I can remember that, when I was very little, my grandmother used to do my nails, and she would always push back my cuticles. She insisted that a proper lady's nails should have that little white half moon visible from under the cuticle, so she would push my cuticles back until she could see mine. And alot of times it hurt, I always rather dreaded that part of Grandma doing my nails.
I haven't seen the half moon from under most of my cuticles in years. Right now I can see it on one thumb and just a hint of it on the other, but not on any of my fingers. So, if I get a manicure, my cuticles are going to have to be pushed back a long way to get those moons to show, and I think it'll hurt! So, I am a wuss and am scared to get a manicure done, even though I think it would be kind of nice otherwise.
And that was your completely irrelevent post for the weekend! XD