I ducked out this afternoon to treat myself to a manicure and pedicure at the little nail place up the street from my house. I’ve been going there almost since we moved to this ‘burb five years ago; they greet me by name when I walk in and meet my criteria of clean, cheap and fast.
My last visit was the end of August, right before Dragon*con. I’d mixed things up a bit from my usual “red toes and clear fingernails” and gotten a sort of gothic Lolita french manicure. Black tips and a sort of glittery clear polish on the rest. Very funky and different.
I loved it. Surprisingly enough, Honey liked it, too. He actually suggested that I try it with black and red, so I decided to give that color combination a try this go ’round.
I mentioned this to the nail tech doing my manicure, who raised an eyebrow and made a comment to the women doing my pedicure. The second gal popped her head up, looked at me like I had a screw loose and said, “She wants what? That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard!”
OK, I have to be honest here and admit that I don’t specifically know what she said, because it was in Korean and I’m not bilingual. But years of having people react to me has allowed me to cross the language barrier and translate based on tone and facial expression, so I feel pretty confident in saying both nail techs thought I was a freak for wanting black and red fingernails.
What.Ev.Er. I think it looks pretty cool, although in the past couple of minutes I’ve had the realization that black and red are the team colors for an SEC football team of which I am most definitely not a fan, so I think I’ll need to come up with a different color combination for the next mani. Like crimson and white.
13 September, 2:25 pm
I like this color combo….
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13 September, 2:27 pm
Hee Hee! Love it! You are definitely the most goth/sci-fi/avant garde manicured seamstress blogger I know! (and I’m having total Seinfeld flashbacks of Elaine trying to figure out what her manicurist was saying about her….)
Blessings!
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13 September, 2:58 pm
I love them. There is nothing wrong with letting your wild side out once in awhile.
13 September, 3:43 pm
Thanks, Dawn! Honey was pretty complimentary about them when he got home last night.
13 September, 3:44 pm
LOL! I love that description! I totally forgot about that Seinfeld episode. I think I need to go dig around on YouTube and see if I can find that clip.
13 September, 3:45 pm
Definitely! It’s quite fun!
13 September, 5:07 pm
I think they rock, but I agree that you can’t beat Crimson and White
I got the same looks when I went in once and asked for white nails, with black tiger stripes airbrushed on top. It was for a costume thing, but I still got LOTS of looks
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13 September, 5:12 pm
That sounds like a really cool mani!
13 September, 9:08 pm
LOVE it! I don’t ever do anything with my fingernails, because my fingers are so short and pudgy I try not to draw attention to them. But my toenails are always done in either hot pink/fuschia, hooker red, purply blood red, or black. I have a few other funky colors, but never remember to wear them.
I wish I could have gone to Dragon*Con!
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14 September, 12:31 pm
Ha! Love it!
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16 September, 4:29 pm
I like them! It’s kind of a good preview for Halloween, don’t you think? Only…you should probably do orange and black…or purple and black…
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18 September, 11:50 pm
LOL! The first thing that I thought when I saw your nails was “Go DAWGS!!!” But then again, I’m a GA grad. 8^P
30 September, 9:38 am
Very cool and edgy girl! I had to laugh at the nail tech talking to one another in Korean, I’m Korean so this cracks me up. Ever see the King of Queens episode when the techs were talking about Carrie right in front of her? LOL. So rude!!!
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9 October, 10:05 am
I totally found something for you that will go perfect with this manicure -should you ever decide to get it again-
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