As planned, I'm kicking off my forties today wearing Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips in the Girl Flower pattern. There have been a few questions in recent weeks regarding whether a given age is too old for a particular look, and I think the nail strips give a pretty clear picture of my position on that.
In using various Salon Effects strips, I'm finding that there's variance in the durability of the strips, and the Girl Flower strips seemed a little more delicate than others I've used. Once I realized that making a little tear in one of the first, I was just more careful in peeling them and didn't have any noteworthy problems. I applied these to bare nails, no base coat at all, and bare nails seem to be preferable. I didn't have the application nightmare I did last time, there weren't problems today, so it's fair to say the one tough application was a result of error on my part coming from being tired out. There's one thing I finally thought of doing when it mattered that might be worth passing on: I always start with my left hand, and I remembered to skip my left thumb so I could use that nail to peel the strips for my right hand, which is easier than peeling with a freshly decorated nail. After applying the strips I added top coat to them to seal them and shine them up. Here's my Girl Flower manicure.
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| Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips in Girl Flower |
I love this. My index nail always has a kind of messed up spot at the end of my nail bed because of the curve of my nail, but that doesn't show at all without magnification.
That's my forty-year-old's Girl Flower manicure, and I'm off to have one really good day. Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nal polish to you!
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