Nailtiques: the solution for manicure addicts

I spent all winter obsessively manicuring my nails. It seems that every three weeks I had an indispensable reason to color my nails a deeper, darker red. I suspected my dainty little nails needed time to breathe but I couldn't stop. The red was addicting and it just made me feel hot all over. (I am in fact dying to get them done again.) The last time I took off the polish it was undeniable. I had fried my nails. Peeling, chipping, weakling nails had replaced what were only a few years before, manicure-virgin nails.

Excellent news for those of you who are in the same boat. A few items from Nailtiques can repair the damage done and provide a substitute for all the yummy moisturizing products that keep our heels, toes, and knuckles looking smooth and silky. I have taken almost a month off from coloring my nails and I have been using these products daily and I'm happy to report my nails are very much on the mend and almost healthy enough to be red again. Here is the low down on the repair kit:

Nailtiques Oil Therapy is a delicate blend of vitamin-enriched oils specially formulated to prevent and treat brittle nails and cuticles naturally


Nailtiques Avocado Foot Crème
Nailtiques Avocado Foot Crème is a deep penetrating, non-greasy moisturizing crème rich in avocado oil. And I LOVE it!

Nailtiques Nail Moisturizer
Nailtiques Nail Moisturizer is a greaseless fortified conditioning nail crème enriched with soluble collagen, jojoba and aloe.

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Sissy Toes

My little sister turned six and a half today. Half birthdays are a very big deal in my family and we mark every trip I take to D.C. with a sisters' mani-pedi (the lay term for this ritual is, I believe, "sissy toes"). I don't know how this tradition started but now it's tradition and apparently you don't mess with that.

This particular weekend, I am only here for about twenty-four hours so I thought I'd skip our usual trip to the nail salon. Since it's just us sisters, it takes her away from the rest of the family and I thought I'd be considerate and just hang with the whole crew this time. So when I, still very sleepy and in Chapel Hill, called my step-mother this morning at 8:30 am and she said all four girls in the family (including me and the birthday girl) had mani/pedi-ies at 2 pm, I was surprised. Apparently "sissy toes" is catching on and happens now whether I plan it or not. And really isn't it more fun when everyone you love goes to the salon together? As my sister said tonight during reading time "I'm smushed on all sides by people who love me!"

My sister loves sissy toes. When it started a few years ago she would pick my colors for me and I would adoringly wear bright blue and green nails for weeks afterwards just because she picked them. She has stopped picking my colors but the girl, at 6 and a HALF, knows her way around a nail salon and I think that's a good thing. I opted out of my usual deep red today and went for a light pink. I miss my usual color already but there is something summery about Essie's "It's in the bag" pink that I like. As for my sister's evolving style, see the picture below :)

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