A week without polish

Apparently, this was my weekend to beat up my paws. In addition to the break in my left ring finger nail, I managed to cut my right index finger opening the dishwasher detergent (who does that?) and woke up Sunday morning with a bruise the size of a quarter on the palm of my right hand. Plus, I still have freaking flakies from Buddha-ful everywhere, despite repeated attempts to remove them. So I'm taking a week off from polish, and concentrating on just being gentle with my hands and with paying attention to some of my other beauty obsessions. With any luck, my followers will stick around. ;)

Winter paws

I'm a middle-aged polish lover in frosty NE Ohio. I use glitter polishes, which require acetone remover, rather frequently; forget my gloves; pump my own gas and exercise three to four times a week in a chlorinated pool. So why don't I have the cuticles of a lizard in a drought?

Skindecent.

My holy grail trio of hand products are all from Skindecent, which is nice as I can get them all in matching scents or unscented as I wish.

I start by washing my hands with plain ol' soap. While the water is warm and my hands are warm and wet, I do a quick but thorough scrub with Manicure in a Minute. I pat my hands dry, and then go over my cuticles and joints with Cuticle Balm. I buff my nails, then right before I go to sleep, I massage my hands with the melted wax and oil combo from the Massage Candle.

All three of these look like unassuming little pots of not-much, but they work well and are absolutely worth every penny.