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August 10, 2005

Grrrrrrrrumble

I realize as I type this that I am going to sound like Ms. Spoiled Rich Bitch, but it turns out I don't care.

I got a mani/pedi this morning. (For those of you who don't know, that's a manicure and pedicure in one appointment.) I got this because I wanted nice-looking fingers and toes for my reunion this weekend and because I'm not very good with the fingernail painting. Toes I do all the time, just not my fingernails.

I told the nail tech (who was recommended to me) that I don't get manicures often because 1) I use my hands for lots of dirty, gluey, painty type things and it would just be a waste of my money to paint nails that won't stay nice-looking for more than about six hours and 2) nail polish tends to bubble on my fingernails, though not on my toenails, oddly enough.

Now. When I pay $50 plus tip for this kind of treatment, I expect to be listened to, and I expect the nail tech to know how to solve the problem, not to argue with me about why my fingernail polish bubbles. The one time the bubbling has not been a problem for me was at a salon where the technician listened to my concerns and then said, "I think your nails are too dry. That problem is a common one when the fingernails are too dry and your lifestyle would lead to that. So I got a paraffin dip and she put oil on the nails for a while (to let it soak in) and lo and behold, for the first time ever in a professional manicure setting, my polish didn't bubble.

I would go back to that woman again, only she works in Canada, and I'm not driving for seven hours each direction and taking a ferry just to get a decent manicure.

I explained all this to this morning's tech who then informed me that actually, the problem is that my nails are too oily. So she dried them extra with acetone. And then she got all perplexed when my polish started to bubble and didn't dry well. But she didn't offer to redo it. So I won't be going back. I'll instead be going to NW Beauty Supply for something sparkly that will cover/camoflage the bubbles, to take care of the immediate problem, and then I will wait for another 3-4 years and an important occasion to get a professional manicure.

Posted by sally at August 10, 2005 10:29 AM

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