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<\/a>The mess I made while creating my Easter nails! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n
Even though I\u2019m sure that many of you think of me as pampered, I assure you that that assessment is totally wrong. Especially when it comes to nails. I\u2019ve been doing my own manis and pedis forever! No lie. I very occasionally get a professional one, but I rarely have the time. I just do my own while I\u2019m watching TV, thereby killing two birds with one stone.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m happy to say that I\u2019m the proud owner of several hundred polishes, and I\u2019m not exaggerating, even a little bit. Just ask Mr. X, who\u2019s less than thrilled with that situation.<\/p>\n
And I adore most of them. I also have all the tools of the trade, and many nail treatment products. My friends always tell me I should open a nail salon, but a) I enjoy doing only my own, and 2) I\u2019m already too time-constrained, remember?<\/p>\n
<\/a>Karen Salkin’s 2017 Easter nails. Photo by Mr. X.<\/p><\/div>\n
But when I have some time around any special holiday, I even do my own nail art<\/em>! Of course, it\u2019s far from as gorgeous as what the pros are capable of, but I\u2019m always proud of my efforts. My Easter nails, where I paint each one differently, as individual Easter e-words, are my pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance, but I once even made them into matzahs! (For Passover, of course. But, luckily for you guys, I can’t find those pix, because that was far from my shining moment.)<\/p>\n So, to celebrate National Nail Polish Day, guess what I\u2019m going to do right now? Polish my nails, of course! (It\u2019s actually what I was just about to do, anyway, when I found-out about this special day, and had to put that activity on hold while I wrote this column!)<\/p>\n I really do love so many different brands of polish, but here are just a very few of my current faves for this summer (minus the treatments<\/em> I love\u2014let them get their own day! This one is for polishes<\/em> only!):<\/p>\n SpaRitual\u2019s Inhale Collection<\/strong>\u2014I have never received so many compliments on my nail polish than I have when I wear Harmony, a creamy light pink. But I\u2019m a bit more partial to Renewal because it\u2019s so subtle, (while being a tad sparkly,) which is perfect for swimming; if you get a chip or two, no one will notice. And this line is the easiest to put on\u2014there\u2019s no need for a base coat nor a top one! Just two coats of the polish and bing, bang, boom\u2014you\u2019re done!<\/p>\n Artistic Nail Design\u2019s Colour Revolution Baywatch Collection<\/strong>\u2014Right now, I have their Little Red Suit (which is an orangey-red, as opposed to a winter weather one) on my toes, but I also love the purple Baes of the Bay. You can’t go wrong with either for a bright color right now.<\/p>\n Butter London\u2019s Patent Shine in Pink Knickers<\/strong>\u2014This shade is very pretty and classy, even if it\u2019s not as shiny as the name would indicate. But there\u2019s just something about the bottles from this company, (and even the name and packaging!,) that makes you feel like you\u2019re in with the in crowd when you use it!<\/p>\n Mixify Beauty<\/strong>\u2014When no commercial colors are hitting you right, you can always mix up your very own polish shade with this DIY kit! It\u2019s always the most fun to do on a Girl’s Night In, but if you\u2019re a less-sharing type, (which I sometimes am,) just break out the kit when you\u2019re alone, and make like Dexter\u2019s Laboratory to come up with your own signature color.<\/p>\n