Holy Gelishious Goodness!!

[susandennis]

My swim turned out to be weird and short. I was two loops in, when the pool manager came to the side of the pool and asked me to stop in her office when I was done. ???????  We have never spoken face to face. We wave when I come in if she's in her office. We swap emails when I write to tell her what great things her life guards have done. But she's never called me into her office.

So, of course, that would have been I could think about except my goggles kept leaking. I mean really leaking. I started thinking yesterday that maybe it was time to retire this pair. And I should have because today they were horrible. Plus, I had the nail appointment for 12:30 so if I swam my usual time, and chatted with Barb, I'd be late. And those freakin goggles were making me nuts. So I made it a half mile swim.

Turns out Barb wanted to ask me about volunteering - specifically serving on this one park committee. I told her that I was wild about the pool and pool activities but not so much the other stuff. She's going to get me more info. I told her that I'd look it over and let her know. But, meanwhile, if she ever needed an extra hand to ask. I promised I'd tell her no if it didn't suit. It was a lovely conversation. And I was so glad that she asked for it.

I got to the nail appointment early, actually. But no one was there so it was fine.  And the end result was way better than fine. It's a nice, clean, quiet shop with no TV blaring and light classical music playing softly. And the manicurist was a total non-chatterer. She didn't even tell me her name. Just the bare basics. Which was heaven.

But, this gel stuff? HOLY AMAZEBALLS!  The very worst part about getting a manicure, is not the blaring TV and not the innane chatter, the worst part is after the manicure is done and you have to sit there and not move. Or hold your hands in front of a fan for-freakin-ever. And afer you finish that torture, you still gouge at least one nail before you get home.  This gel stuff is cured by putting your nails under magic lights for less than 90 seconds. And the polish is dry and perfect instantly. So much so that she rubbed hand lotion into my hands and nails and massaged my hands and nails after they were done.

Heaven. Perfection.  I picked a not great color because all the great colors looked too much like a Seahawks manicure. But, there's always next time. I am now a regular manicure's bitch.

I'm so delighted. My nails look wonderful. 

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

I want to hear how long it lasts! I've heard mixed reports.

And congrats on the park committee! That's an honor, to be asked.

[susandennis]

Ok, will report. My expectations are 2-3 weeks. Also, I'm not sure about how being in the water for an hour ever day will affect that. We will see... and I will report!

[galebird.livejournal.com]

I am looking forward to the report too! My nails have been constantly obliterated over the past months, maybe something like that would help them look better.

[susandennis]

Will do. AND I totally forgot to mention that it was 20 minutes from the time I walked in the door until I was out in the car with perfectly done and totally dry nails. Heaven.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

What color did you pick?

[susandennis]

It's a wimpy looking lilac. Very tasteful. My mother would approve. And those are the two main reasons I don't like it.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

Ha! So next time go for an electric green or purple?

[underwear-slave.livejournal.com]

I love the gel nail polish, it lasts so much longer! A regular manicure gets chipped in like a day. I got my nails done before vacation over the summer, spent a week in Paris, and my nails still looked good when I came home. Only thing is it is kind of a pain to get off.

[hawk-soaring.livejournal.com]

Yay, glad you liked the manicure. The amazing finish is SO nice. And it really holds up. Can't wait to hear how long it lasts with your daily swim.

[quaero-verum.livejournal.com]

I've had a total of one manicure in my whole life. I also bite my nails, which is a really terrible habit and very hard to break...I guess I've either been too broke or just too plain embarrassed about the state of my nails to ever have a perfect stranger do anything with them.

But a hand massage sounds positively delightful!

Re: I'm going to guess...

[susandennis]

I'll bet you are right. I didn't make the connection until you said it. But, they have LOTS more and better colors than the dentist.

[remlap.livejournal.com]

That manicure does sounds a lot better than a normal one. I've meant to try it but never got around to it.

[quirkytizzy.livejournal.com]

I'm a HYUGE HYUGE nail polish nut, so hearing about the gel stuff makes me very curious. I can't do manicures, but I've seen the at-home stuff with the gel polish and the light thingie. I'll have to try this!