Fun with nail polish
Mar. 3rd, 2023 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nosrednaydujI have chewed on my fingernails for decades. A small number of years ago I learned that if I paint them, then I chew on them less, because I like the feel of the paint and so I pat them instead of chewing them some of the time. This is better for my cuticles, because often when you have chewed your nails down to the quick, you start in on your cuticles, and they get ragged and disgusting. (I admit, it is a disgusting habit.) The painting is all my mother's doing – she used to make me take her to the nail salon.
Anyway, I've been painting my fingernails periodically since I learned this. Mostly I paint them in clear, because I am hard on my fingers, not just chewing, and so they chip, and clear does not show so much.
In a twist of fate, we have acquired glow-in-the-dark fingernail polish. Naturally, when it came time to paint my fingers, I had to try this.
It works! The only person who sees it is me. So it's a little weird. Sometimes I forget I've done it, and then I walk down a dark hallway and discover that there are these little glowing blobs on the ends of my fingers!
I don't think I'll do it again; it's been chipping, and so now I don't have any on my index fingers, so there are fewer glowing blobs, some of them are much fainter. So, next time it will just be clear again.
Anyway, I've been painting my fingernails periodically since I learned this. Mostly I paint them in clear, because I am hard on my fingers, not just chewing, and so they chip, and clear does not show so much.
In a twist of fate, we have acquired glow-in-the-dark fingernail polish. Naturally, when it came time to paint my fingers, I had to try this.
It works! The only person who sees it is me. So it's a little weird. Sometimes I forget I've done it, and then I walk down a dark hallway and discover that there are these little glowing blobs on the ends of my fingers!
I don't think I'll do it again; it's been chipping, and so now I don't have any on my index fingers, so there are fewer glowing blobs, some of them are much fainter. So, next time it will just be clear again.
