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DAY 1
Right after my appointment at the nail salon I run in to a friend. She asked where I’d been and, still shaken
from the experience of having pieces of acrylic stuck to my fingertips, I was too baffled to lie.
She convinced me that the nails looked good, but I’m sure she was just being polite.
Later on at home my husband didn’t say a word to remark my new nails. A asked him a few days later what
he thought.
He said he thought they looked good, but admitted he couldn’t tell the difference.
DAY 2 DAY 3
Working at Angmar Interiors. No one noticed. I
looked closely for suspicious looks, but without
luck. Maybe this look can be pulled off?
Later that day I went to see my mother and little
sisters hoping someone would make a remark.
They didn’t.
DAY 4
Birthday party at my inlaws.
A goldmine of honesty,
but I did not notice one
single glance towards my
hands, let alone any comments.
Bingo! I’m finally getting
somewhere with this experiment.
THE VERDICT
Met up with Pouf! Magazine’s CEO Jelena for
drinks.
Since Jelena is aware of my project I was sure she’d
comment on them. I made several attempts to get
a remark from her by absently touching random
things on the table or holding my glass close to my
face whilst observing her reactions. Nothing!
After about two hours she finally said something:
” So you haven’t gone to get your nails done yet?”
Bingo! I’m finally getting somewhere with this experiment.
DAY 5
Judgement day! Dinner at my best friends house.
This woman is a fierce antagonist of anything fake.
Especially nails. Nervous and with a defensive
speech prepared I sat down for dinner.
But I was in no need of a speech since no remarks
were made, nor did I work up the courage to ask
her honest opinion.
As I walked home that night I couldn’t help but
think that she was only being tactful.
This project has actually changed my opinion of fake nails. Sure, I’m still no fan of the thick
square acrylic nails with white french tips that first comes to mind when one thinks of
acrylic nails.
What I do like are natural looking, oval shaped fake nails that aren’t too long.
Keeping it natural looking is key in my opinion!
Will I continue with it? - I would if I had the patience to keep up the maintenance and the
appointments. They did, after all look good.
Unfortunately I’m now back to the drawing board since the quality of my nails still are pretty
bad.
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