I’m pretty sure the reason that I’ve never been a girly girl is because I have zero patience for anything. I’m going to a wedding tomorrow and I’d like to look like I put some sort of effort in… so I’ve spent the evening painting my nails and trying to replicate hair tutorials that I’ve watched on YouTube and I’m at that point where I want to throw the towel in and pout and ask why I wasn’t born a boy because this shit is TOO HARD!
I sort of succeeded on the toenails. There’s a couple of spots where I painted my toe and rather than the nail, but that’s fixable.
They don’t look that bad, but my finger nails? Sigh… I end up painting my fingers, and then I get impatient and want to pick the paint off before my fingers are really dry and end up smudging the polish. One, how to you manage to NOT paint your fingers in the first place? Two, how the dickens do you wait until things are dry? It’s been an goddamned hour and I still managed to end up smudging! Is there like some magical trick to doing this that I’m not aware of? Or do I just fail at being a girl?
Then… there’s the whole hair thing. I seriously do not understand hair. I’ve spent the evening trolling YouTube for easy 1950s hair tutorials and trying them out.. and I can’t successfully do anything. I just have no patience with it and I get all frustrated and agitated. How do you ladies manage to have the patience to do this? I have no idea how on earth I’m going to end up doing my hair tomorrow. Nothing I try seems to work… and I’m terrified to do anything like try a curling iron on it. I’m sure part of it is just practice… but goddamnit! I want it all to be perfect right out of the gate!
The only thing that I feel even remotely confidant about is makeup… and well… I’m not particularly confidant in that department at all. It’s just that I happen to suck less at doing my own makeup than I do at anything else, but I’m still pretty sure that I’m not doing it right.
Why can’t I just throw on a dress and shoes and call it done?
Quick dry topcoat. It’s the whole reason my nail polish obsession is possible. Seche Vite, Poshe, China Glaze Fast Forward, and Out the Door are all good ones. Also, if you paint on your fingers, wait until it dries and then take a shower, and it will peel right off.
Agree with all of the above. Also – SO many hairstyles from the 50s involve curls. It’s sort of a hallmark. What are you trying for?
Unfortunately, this is definitely one of those things where it just takes practice. I have no patience for most of it anymore, either.
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With nail polish it also helps to put on as thin coats as possible. It dries quicker, and if it does smudge it doesn’t look so bad.
As for your hair, I’m no good with hair either, but mine’s usually short enough that it doesn’t matter. I’ve managed this every time I’ve tried it though – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1sdRx_hP08
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hahaha I so relate to this post. I have only kind of started doing my hair the slightest bit this year and that’s only as simply as possible. before it was always just wash it and call it good, or a ponytail. I have never been able to stand to spend more than about 10 minutes getting ready for something. and nail polish?! ugh, pretty much every single time I try to paint my fingernails they are looking screwy 10 minutes later. I HAVE found, though, that the brand can actually make a BIG difference! no recommendations, though, haven’t really nailed that down. good luck, I’m sure you’ll still look great =)
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LOL! This post made me laugh because I can totally relate! Hola Nikkiana! That is why I go for pedicures when I want my toes polish and I always do clear on my finger nails. Also, that is why the short hair cut, but I spitz it up with a twist of ME and I dye it red! Thanks for sharing, you just made my day! Tootles!
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I feel like you climbed inside my brain and wrote this from there. This is pretty much exactly how I feel about all things nail/hair/make-up. You are not alone.
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