It’s all glitter and glamour over here

Did you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend?

We celebrated on Saturday when our friends could get a bit lairy and not have to worry about going to work the next day. For those who have asked me if we celebrate Thanksgiving in England, please just think about that for a couple more minutes. Facepalm. Don’t worry, I won’t name names. Not on my blog at least.

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Even though I was cooking for 15 people on Saturday and I had a friend from the US visiting and I really should have been doing a million other things, I did take the time to get some festive nails.

I thought it was a great idea at the time because I had hired cleaners to do all the dirty work before the Thanksgiving party. Little did I know that the washing machine would flood the kitchen about 20 minutes after the cleaners drove away and I would be left to clean up the mess. That’s when the glitter started to fade.

Anyone who has ever tried to remove glitter nail polish understands how incredibly frustrating it can be. Say hello to aluminum foil.

1. Cut cotton pads in half and soak with nail polish remover. Wrap a cotton pad around your finger.

2. Take a strip of foil and scrunch it around your finger.

3. Enlist your husband to help with the scrunching of the foil. (When he’s finished, announce, “Next we learn to braid my hair!”)

4. Wait 8-10 minutes. Ask your husband if he would still love you if you grew aluminum foil growths similar to the Treeman’s tree-like warts.

5. Remove foil and cotton pads. Rub residual glitter patches with the wad of foil.

6. Wash your hands & lotion them up real good. Your finger tips will be very dry.

7. Make a mental note to never, ever use glitter nail polish again.

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