Nail bites - Cuticle Oil

If you can’t get out for your regular manicure, or are uncomfortable about a mobile technician visiting you, there are still things you can do yourself for your own nails.

It’s important to keep your nails hydrated. Cuticle oil is a must - a good alternative if you don’t yet have this is olive oil.
A drop at the base of each nail is plenty. Then gently massage it around the edge and base of each nail. Don’t rush this; give your nails a real treat, they deserve it! And you will reap the rewards with strong, well-maintained nails.
You can easily buy cuticle oil online - I can offer advice if you want it.

I might not be offering a full mobile service, but I am still able to offer advice: by phone/text/WhatsApp. 

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Cheers!

The kitchen cupboards are groaning, the fridge is full, and the freezer is certainly working hard!

Yesterday’s news was, amongst certain other businesses, pubs were to shut their doors to customers popping in to enjoy a drink with friends. So my shelves are also stocked with wine, beer, cider ... but a quick visit to Aldi today proved that stock of most items is almost normal now. Well, no one needs to buy anything else as they’ve already cleared the shelves to fill their own cupboards with food!


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Things are getting intense ...

So it’s Thursday 19th March 2020.

I wake up and the virus is still here ... it wasn’t a bad dream, or a film, or a novel.

As a blossoming mobile nail tech I offer quite a personal service. But clients are cancelling appointments. To be fair, I have messaged each client ahead of their appointment, as usual, but in addition to confirming the appointment I have offered cancellation in light of the rapidly evolving and changing situation that we are all faced with.
I am not surprised that most have cancelled. And I don’t feel able to offer a service to new clients.

This is a very alien situation, something none of us could ever have predicted. 

But, we as individuals and as a member of a community have an absolute duty to remain positive! We are British! This is what we do best!

So

What have I done today?
I have been shopping. Not just for myself, but for my daughter, son in law and their very young family.
I have prepared myself: physically and mentally. Yes the bread, pasta and loo rolls are important! But so is knowing what I expect of myself each day.
I aim to learn something new each day (no matter how small the fact).
I aim to chat meaningfully to at least one person each day.
I expect to achieve at least one task: be it completing my ironing, putting up those pictures, clearing my cupboards .. I have to say my cooker hob is unusually squeaky clean already after just a week at home!!!
And I am of course also looking at improving my performance in my chosen profession: I’m taking the time to watch some of the many nail art tutorials, and putting into practice what I see. I am trying out new designs; my partner had better watch out! And listening to what clients want in their manicure right now.

I’ll be adding tips and tricks to my blog, along with telling you what I’m up to (with photos, maybe even with photos of what my partner is having to endure!).

So may I invite you to: watch this space! Comments and suggestions appreciated.

Stay safe

Samantha

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The World is quiet ...

COVID-19
The virus has silenced the world, people are staying home, working from home. The roads are quiet, the shops empty. Pubs, restaurants, cinemas, clubs, sport facilities- all quiet too. Efforts are intensifying gradually as the situation evolves, in a bid to minimise the effects of the virus that is literally sweeping the world, whatever individual climates and conditions it envelops.
So what do we do? The British way is to keep calm and carry on! Find something else to do! Help those less able to help themselves!
I have been looking at my gel polish colours. Imagining new designs. Still excited for Spring, and the beautiful delicate hues that caress the senses.
I adore these colours ...

Stay safe!

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The crazy world!

Well the plan was a lovely Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona, but this was quickly quashed when the Spanish authorities closed their ports.
A hastily booked return flight to the UK, and here I am again! I’ve been reading stories about the numbers of people infected with the virus increasing. Gradually, the world is shutting down. Shops are running out of toilet rolls, bread, tins of all types of food, breakfast cereals, soaps of all types. My daughter has been unable to get more than a few days supply of the medicated baby milk for her baby. I’m hoping that between us we can source some more in the next few days.
It is very easy to become consumed by all of this - after all, it is having a devastating effect on so many people, whether by contracting this virus, or worrying about our food cupboards, or by ‘self isolation’.
Amidst all of this, much of our daily life is continuing, thank goodness. I am still taking bookings, and in fact have booked in three new clients following my unexpectedly being at home now!
We still need to look after ourselves! In fact, I am about to treat my cuticles while I enjoy a delicious cup of tea. Cuticle oil rubbed in around the nail has excellent benefits to the nail, and also promotes good nail growth. And a cup of tea has excellent benefits too, especially when enjoyed in company of family and friends!
Stay healthy!

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Another virus, another day

The world is going crazy with tales of pandemic, epidemic, stockpiling, city lockdowns. All because of a(nother) virus. Emanating from China, it has swept the world causing global distress ... in the same way as the flu virus, or malaria ....
In the midst of all this though we have to remember that life goes on, we cannot react to such scaremongering: where will it end if we do?
So, I am on my way to Barcelona! A stopover at Luton before catching an early morning plane.
I have decided to paint my nails in my favourite colours: pale pink with a sprinkle of silver glitter to sparkle in the light. Thank you Halo for that most delicate of pinks, True Love - very aptly named as it captures the nature of the colour perfectly.

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Spring is here!

I have seen the first Snowdrops peeping out defiantly daring any more frost to spoil their party!
My Daffodils are starting gradually and tentatively to grow, their buds tightly shut for now, just waiting for that perfect moment.
With the nights waiting a little longer before drawing their velvet blanket across the skies, and then allowing the sunrise to wake us up a little earlier, my thoughts turn to pastel colours, muted colours: pretty colours to compliment rather than to shout out.
Of course I still desire the richness of my reds, dark blues, and dark greens, but springtime for me demands those pretty and frivolous colours of love and vitality, of rebirth and rejuvenation. Dresses with pretty patterns burst out of my wardrobe; its time to kick off those winter boots and reacquaint myself with my pretty shoes and hopefully sandals!
Pink is my ultimate favourite colour, and a bit of sparkle makes it just perfect! So my inverted french manicure with gel sparkles is my absolute favourite. I was very excited to be able to create this! Not for a particular occasion, but just because I like it, and the sparkles add an extra dimension - it’s like wearing precious jewels everyday.

Springtime with Nails To You

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