It never ceases to amaze me where I get lessons in life - but I take them as they come... and this week has been no different and come via my beautifully manicured nails - albiet false, nails ;-)
I have a neighbour that I have lived next door to for almost 30 years. She is stunning, has a beautiful figure, is always immaculately dressed, her make up is always nicely done and she wears georgeous jewellery. She works hard, is married and the mother of four children..... but regardless of ALL of that, the one thing that I have always admired of hers - were her nails. They have been manicured, long before there was a nail shop in every mall - and were done by a real beauticians - which was a long time ago ;-) I had often wondered what it would be like to have nails just like hers - and decided after some other friends had theirs done - that I was finally going to have a try. So I got my nails done. They are pink with a little diamante in the corner of each nail. Don't look too closely - otherwise you will see they need what is called "infilling" - someone else will have to explain what that is - as I have no idea and just know that it costs $5 per nail ;-). The one thing this had taught me is to be careful for what you ask for as you may just get it - and it's not quite what you wanted...
This is actually a shopping tip that I have picked up over the years - that just because it looks good on a mannequin or in a catalougue - it does not mean that it is going to look good off the hanger and on your person. Just because nails look beautiful in the magazines and my neighbour and even my friends - it does not mean they were going to look good on me....
I have learnt from my experience that real is better than false. The professionals did such a great job in filing my false nails that I can't even cut through anything. In fact today, I dropped some paper on floor and I struggled to pick them up because my 'new' nails couldn't get under the paper to pick it up.... Yes they didn't cause any runs in my stockings but I would rather have a good scratch - than having beautifully filed and rounded finger nails... It's just not natural ;-)
I was thinking the other day - why I had never got my nails done before or grown them too long - and then I remembered - I'm a piano player and the finger tips are very important in playing and with these nails - the 'clinking' noise is almost louder than the sound..... the cost of a memory lapse....
5) Never again
There are some things that you will only do once - and I think I have found mine. It took 40+ years to try it - and once was certainly enough for this classy chick ;-)
I am just grateful, the lessons from this experience were soft on me and didn't cause any heartache or sorrow... Hopefully the one thing that you will never do again is as kind to you as it has been to me.
Yours in friendship,
Mxox
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