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Well I have been coveting Rihana’s colorful nails for quite some time now but I wasn’t sure if I could pull off the look. The way I see it “life is short” why waste time wondering, I decided to give it a shot!

The color that caught my eye was orange, purple and maybe blue. Those were the colors I was willing to experiment with initially. Well due in large part to the marketing genius who created the following tag line: states that it looks lovely on “dark or olive skin”. Well I fall into the latter category.

So I did some snooping and came across this great deal from Nubar Nail Polish…

“The Get Hot Tech Kit”

The kit contains all the colors I was willing to try plus 4 more I can play with. The colors included are:

• orange
• fusia (pink)
• yellow
• lime green
• blue
• purple
• and a shade that reminds me of grapefruit
• all the shades are very bright and summery, plus they do not contain any carcinogens or Formaldehyde (Hi, barf! I did not know that some nail polishes even used this stuff. Isn’t that the chemical they pump into corpses to preserve them…Good grief!)

Here comes the great news!

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So here I go, my favorite posts are those inspired by real life…

I was in the nail salon and the lady next to me was getting fake nails attached to her TOES! Dude! Call me sheltered but I was pretty much stunned. Not only was she getting fake nails attached to her feet but they were LONG to boot!

Now I consider myself fairly worldly and I understand that “beauty” is often defined by region, culture, ethnicity, social economic status and so forth, however from a purely practical perspective long toe nails is simply poor form. How can you wear supportive or functional shoes? Apparently this lady works in flip flops all day, every day!

That said, I will admit that the fake long toe nail trend is a rarity. (Thank Goodness!)

But a more common occurrence, is the super LONG fake nails on hands! I have seen variations of these bad boys since I was little and they don’t seem to be going away. Am I alone in the notion that this looks simply repugnant! The word Witch and Medusa come to mind. And again from a purely functional perspective how does one type with such monstrosities attached to your fingertips. How do you zip up your jeans, button your blouse, fix lunch?

This featured set isn’t as bad as what I saw at the nail salon, but it is an example of my second point.

When does originality and artistry stop and creepy begins?

Answer: When it looks like you can slice someone with your jagger like claws! Ha!

On the bright side at least her toe nails are real. What do you guys think? Am I being too harsh? Are super long nails and fake toes, pretty?

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Check out this video of the comedian Anjelah Johnson who re-hashes the common experience to your local “Happy Nail Salon”!