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Note to self:
Don't shake nail polish bottles, even though they appear designed to be shaken. Also, don't hold fingernails in front of fan to dry them faster. Apparently, doing either of those things may contribute to getting bubbles on the nails as the polish dries.
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I feel an odd disconnectedness to my hands, after putting on nail polish. They seem foreign, unfamiliar. They don't look like my hands.
Maybe it's the color. Shiny blue and purple are pretty colors, but I think I prefer black. Maybe once some of the polish chips off, so that I can see the whites of my nails, they won't seem so foreign.
My nails feel smothered. Coated in plastic. Oozing a chemical smell - even though the polish does not contain formaldehyde or toluene, and even after having a night to off-gas... but only the purple still smells, not the blue. Maybe it is due to the difference in brands, or maybe because the purple one is several years old, while the blue is newly bought.
The first time I tried on nail polish, my reaction wasn't all that different.
Don't shake nail polish bottles, even though they appear designed to be shaken. Also, don't hold fingernails in front of fan to dry them faster. Apparently, doing either of those things may contribute to getting bubbles on the nails as the polish dries.
..
I feel an odd disconnectedness to my hands, after putting on nail polish. They seem foreign, unfamiliar. They don't look like my hands.
Maybe it's the color. Shiny blue and purple are pretty colors, but I think I prefer black. Maybe once some of the polish chips off, so that I can see the whites of my nails, they won't seem so foreign.
My nails feel smothered. Coated in plastic. Oozing a chemical smell - even though the polish does not contain formaldehyde or toluene, and even after having a night to off-gas... but only the purple still smells, not the blue. Maybe it is due to the difference in brands, or maybe because the purple one is several years old, while the blue is newly bought.
The first time I tried on nail polish, my reaction wasn't all that different.