Paint your nails, let them dry thoroughly, and then take a bath or shower. The extra polish slopped over on your cuticles will separate from the polish on your nails, thus allowing it to be scuffed/scrubbed off.

That's my trick, too! Especially on my toes.

Paint your nails, let them dry thoroughly, and then take a bath or shower.

You never told me that! That's a good idea.

Well, sauteed shrimp with chardonnay-dijon cream sauce was a mixed success tonight. It was fun to mount a complex cooking operation, and the end result was edible and interesting if not delicious. But I think next time I'll skip the sauce and just sautee the shrimp with garlic butter and parsley.

You never told me that! That's a good idea.

It's the only reason my painted nails ever look tidy. I will never be very good at applying polish smoothly. You'd think since I'm married to a professional artist-type I could just get him to paint my nails, but no. The smell of nail polish gives him a headache. I do make him go makeup shopping with me, because he has a better eye for color than I do.

Paint your nails, let them dry thoroughly, and then take a bath or shower.

You can also use a wet washcloth and scrub your cuticle.

I love manis and pedis, though I only have my toes done in the summer.

My nails are weak and my nail bed is oddly shaped, so I've had acrylics since 1992. Oh, and they definitely eliminated the biting. I have them filled every 3-4 weeks, and it does make a difference in how I think I look in a professional setting. Mine aren't long, but they're not short either. If I remember correctly, they're about the same length as sara's (maybe a touch longer). Usually done in permanent pink and white--I can still put color on if I want to.

The hour it takes someone to do my nails is me time. I can zone out, read a magazine and not worry about crap for a bit. My concession to our budget was eliminating the winter pedicures and lengthening the interval between fills from every 2 weeks to almost 4.

I've had a few mani and pedis, but I'm just not the type to pay someone else to groom me on a regular basis. Unfortunately I'm also not the type to groom myself on a regular basis, at least not when it comes to things like nail polish, plucked eyebrows, and the like. (FTR I do shave, but that's about it.)

I had French nails for my wedding and loved them because they were so pretty, but pay for the upkeep? Not me.

Oh, which reminds me, I have a hair appointment for Tuesday. Yay! Now I just have to settle on a length.

The hour it takes someone to do my nails is me time. I can zone out, read a magazine and not worry about crap for a bit. My concession to our budget was eliminating the winter pedicures and lengthening the interval between fills from every 2 weeks to almost 4.

me too. If it's not warm enough for flip flops, I'm not getting a pedi. Unless I think I might get some (scarred for life by Boomerang)

I'm just not the type to pay someone else to groom me on a regular basis.

Heh. I tried to not pay for the grooming a long, long time ago. Let's just say it wasn't pretty. Drawing on eyebrows isn't as fun as it appears to be, and DIY acrylics always end up lifting and causing a fungus.

I pay so you people don't have to. The ugly, it buuuurrns.

Thanks for reminding me I need to make an appointment, Burrell! I haven't had my hair cut since July. It's loooong.

edit: And again, Vortex and I are as one. Well, as one as a tall, striking woman of color and a short, frumpy woman of no-color can be.

Well, I hope I'm not so ugly it burns, but I must admit my brows are not plucked, and my nails only sport polish occasionally. I do, however, know how to put on my make up, so I think I'm usually presentable.