You Learn Something New Each Day

In preparation for a wedding this weekend, I treated myself to “the works” – a manicure, pedicure and a 10 minute massage at Ann’s Nails. As always, it’s a tough decision picking out a polish with so many colors to choose from; let alone two colors for my manicure and pedicure. I quickly picked out the color for my toes as I tend to stick with shades of red. But the color for my nails was a much harder decision to make. The last few months, I’ve been experimenting with bright and dark colors. This time, I wanted to tone it down a bit so I was looking for the perfect light pink. As I scanned the wall of color, all the Essie pinks started to blend together. There were at least 30 shades of pink and they all looked so similar. I was looking for a pink that was not too sheer or too flat. So I chose “Spaghetti Strap”.

After the first coat of polish went on I knew it was going to be too sheer even after the second coat. Crap! This was the exact thing I was trying to avoid. I asked the manicurist to do 3 coats and she immediately asked “Too sheer?” She knew exactly why I wanted the third coat. So the manicurist walked to the wall of color and came back with a heavier more opaque light pink called “Guchi Muchi Puchi”. She said she would put this on top. With no reservations, I agreed to it and by the time she painted the first nail with the new pink, I was so happy with the turnout. It was exactly what I wanted. She told me about combining sheer colors with more opaque to strike the perfect balance of color.


After my relaxing massage and drying my nails for another 10 minutes, the manicurist came over to me to help me put my shoes on. Even though my toes should have been dry by then, she wasn’t going to take any chances. She whipped out a bottle of Essie Cuticle Oil and quickly painted my toes. She then placed a piece of saran wrap covering my toes and slipped my shoes on. The oil was to prevent the saran wrap from sticking and the saran wrap was going to prevent the polish from smudging in my shoes. When I got home and slipped my shoes off, my polish looked perfect. Another reason why I love Ann’s Nails.

See, you do learn something new each day.