Mostly because they end up looking like this...
Left hand
Right hand
(Anyone notice it's hard to take a good picture of your hands? They end up looking all weird and alien like.)
Of course, this is day like day 4 or something but they pretty much looked like this the next morning after I painted them. Nail polish and my finger nails just don't get a long. It doesn't matter if I use a base & top coat or how many coats of polish I put on. It chips & starts peeling off within 24 hours...and by 24 hours I mean more like long before the 12 hour mark hits.
It doesn't help that I am not pro active when dealing with chipping nail polish, as you can tell from my 4 day old nail polish mess I am currently rocking. I just plain forget or am too busy (ie. lazy) to remember to take it off right away.
When I let it sit and continue to chip & peel off it ruins my nails. How that in itself isn't a motivator is beyond me. It's a struggle I've been having since Jr. High. My finger nails just aren't a priority. If I have any length to my nails prior to polish it will for sure be gone after polishing them. I have thin nails that peel often to begin with and nail polish just aggravates it. Right now it looks like I've chewed my nails off but I've never been a nail chewer. Nope, they've either broke down into my nail bed or they've had to be clipped down that low due to some sort of damage.
I've tried just about everything to help my nails (except I've never tried prenatal vitamins but that's totally next!). I'm beginning to think that it just is what it is, just like my super fine hair or my need for glasses.
Okay, enough of the rambling on about my super crappy nails, which really isn't what I wanted to talk about. Water Marble Nail Art is what I want to talk about. It's so stinkin' cool I can't stand it!! The possibilities of designs and color combos have no end. If I had long nails (or even nails that were beyond the end of my finger tips) I'd totally try Water Marble Nail Art!!
Seriously, check these videos out...
After checking out The Looks For Less: Manicure & Shelly's (GS Lillian) Pinerest nail art collection I am daydreaming of the day that I have nails long enough, the patience, and the ability to try some of this fantastic nail art ideas.
This may also mean I need a Pinerest account...
3 comments:
For some reason your pictures won't down load. I REALLY want to try the swirly thing but I haven't yet...I have visions of nail polish all over the place and frustration!
xoShelly
and YES you NEED a pinterest account!!! But only if you don't value productivity ;)
I was having the same problem earlier with the pictures but they seem fine now. I'm having the same visions...it always looks so easy when other people do things yet when you try them it isn't so easy. When I try it I'll be using an extreme amount of tape in hopes to keep my fingers clean.
Oh and who needs productivity?! =)
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