What makes nail art appealing? How do people have the patience to paint their own nails, worse still, other people's nails? All those beads and glitter on such a tiny area like the nail on your little finger feels like a bad investment in terms of value of effort per sqcm area. Pinterest is full of extreme innovations of this art form, the rates for these works of art range anywhere between $10-$500 at those special "nail spas"! "Nail Spas"??? Really??!?! spas for nails now, what's next? Eyebrow spa? Earlobe spa? Looking at the specializations in these fields, I am beset with severe doubts on the continuation of human species as one of the intelligent life forms on the planet!
I wonder how I would be able scratch my head if I got $100 worth of art work on my nails. How do you type? or peel oranges? or eat basic finger food? Do all those accessories on the nails get stuck to gloves or other clothing? Long nails (real or fake) are already a maintenance nightmare, now add to that all the jazzy designs! The videos on youtube or facebook showing the multiple steps of creating exquisite nail art are so misleading, they magnify the nail on the little finger 100x. It looks great and "satisfying" to watch a time lapsed, insanely magnified video, but in real time?!
Toe nails are on a different level altogether. I have never been able to apply nail polish on the littlest of the toenails of anyone, I cant imagine all these modern art pieces on that real estate! There are the cheaper versions of these art works in the form of stickers, which is atleast easy to apply, stick it on the nail and forget about where it gets transferred to when you try to go about your everyday tasks. Do we already have socks that keep the toenail art in place? or some kind of covers for the toe nails to retain their masterpieces even when we need wear toe-closed footwear?
Nail art, it seems, is not for weak hearted! You need to have the patience to... nail it!!!
I wonder how I would be able scratch my head if I got $100 worth of art work on my nails. How do you type? or peel oranges? or eat basic finger food? Do all those accessories on the nails get stuck to gloves or other clothing? Long nails (real or fake) are already a maintenance nightmare, now add to that all the jazzy designs! The videos on youtube or facebook showing the multiple steps of creating exquisite nail art are so misleading, they magnify the nail on the little finger 100x. It looks great and "satisfying" to watch a time lapsed, insanely magnified video, but in real time?!
Toe nails are on a different level altogether. I have never been able to apply nail polish on the littlest of the toenails of anyone, I cant imagine all these modern art pieces on that real estate! There are the cheaper versions of these art works in the form of stickers, which is atleast easy to apply, stick it on the nail and forget about where it gets transferred to when you try to go about your everyday tasks. Do we already have socks that keep the toenail art in place? or some kind of covers for the toe nails to retain their masterpieces even when we need wear toe-closed footwear?
Nail art, it seems, is not for weak hearted! You need to have the patience to... nail it!!!
