Usually the first thought that comes to mind when I think of beauty is someone�s face and their cosmetic routines. The beauty section of a department store is that glamorous place of gold and mirrors and beautiful shades to adorn ourselves with.
Whether you wear makeup or not, I�m sure you feel more beautiful when you are up-to-date with your grooming regime. Taking two minutes to shave my legs means they are beautifully smooth. Blow-drying my hair rather than tying it back wet means I can enjoy the silkiness of a fresh blow-dry plus it looks better.
Nails is an area where I�ve stepped up my game lately. In the past I�ve used the excuse that my nails would become chipped within one day at work so why bother doing anything with them except file them shorter once in a while. A couple of months ago I decided that was a lazy ole story I was telling myself so I got out my nail polish and painted them. I even invested in a base coat on the advice of a friend (I already had a top coat too).
What has made me love my painted nails more, aside from the fact that I think they look really feminine and yes, maybe a little bit French, because I imagine all Parisiennes wear nail polish (they probably don�t), is the fact that I decided to cut them really short and then paint them.
The colour lasts much longer, I think, because shorter nails don�t have any bend in them like a longer nail does. Plus, it looks tr�s modern in my opinion. I always felt a bit 80s Dynasty with long(ish) coloured nails.
I have four colours, all cr�me(no sparkle or shimmer) � pink/nude, dark taupe, fuchsia pink and electric coral pink. I used to only wear pink/nude on my fingernails and saved the other three for my toes in summer, but I have been wearing the dark/bright colours on my fingers and enjoying the change.
With colour on my fingernails I treat my hands differently - I don�t use them as tools! I change them once a week and have had a ten day breather with no colour so far, because I don�t want yellow nails.
I also, on the same friend�s advice, apply a top coat most days and this keeps the colour glossy and stops the edges wearing. It dries really quickly so it�s not a big deal.
What about you? Are your nails lovely? What grooming area would you like to step up during our week of beauty?