{"id":6145,"date":"2013-03-30T10:51:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T14:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=6145"},"modified":"2013-03-30T10:49:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T14:49:18","slug":"im-in-crisis-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/fb\/im-in-crisis-mode.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m In Crisis Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Manicure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6146\" alt=\"Manicure\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Manicure.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Manicure.jpg 290w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Manicure-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>I love seeing my nails colored. I usually paint my toe nails myself, and I have become quite good at it. The problem is my finger nails. I can paint them, too, but they never turn out as nice as my toe nails being painted (and I wish that was <em>the<\/em> problem). The other problem is that nail polish doesn&#8217;t last long on my finger nails. Three days max.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mind painting my finger nails myself, but I cannot do it every three days. That&#8217;s way too much work. My nails are really nice, if I do say so myself. They grow long and hard. Hmm. <em>Long and hard<\/em>. It&#8217;s almost as if I&#8217;m describing something else. But I digress.<\/p>\n<p>I used acrylic on my nails for a while &#8211; not for length, but for it to retain the nail color. But eventually, I stopped using acrylic because it got to a point where my acrylic was cracking by itself for no apparent reason, so I got off the acrylic and decided to go back to my nails. They&#8217;ve grown long and hard as usual. Problem is, I&#8217;m back to square one: short-living nail polish.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been considering shellac nails which is supposed to be the thing now. But I know that it has its cons, too. For example, it costs more, it doesn&#8217;t have as many colors, and it can chirp and crack, too.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what to do. I&#8217;m seriously thinking about going back to acrylics. I love my nails in color. And I love them in a particular shape which my natural nails have a problem keeping. For example, my index finger nails tend to bend at one side, and I HATE it.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, I&#8217;m in crisis. This is very, VERY serious. You may call me vain, that&#8217;s fine. But if you have any solutions or ideas, I&#8217;m open. If I have to look at my nails this way any longer, there is no telling what I may do. Help!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> I am way too lazy to take a picture of my nails. 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