Pedicure Carmel Ca

I rationalize this expense by pointing out that I’ve never spent one penny on the color of my hair, while many of my girlfriends spend up to $500 a month on highlights and hair color. Also, I have a touch of nail polish OCD, which means I haaaaate the look of chipped nail polish. Hate. Loathe. As in it would interfere with my daily life, and I would be forever distracted by chipping off every inch of nail polish so they all match and then furiously re-painting them every night.

Ok, so that’s me rationalizing my must-have manicures.

Now, the pedicure, that is a horse of a different color.

A pedicure is the time to indulge, and to allow yourself to be completely pampered. That being said, since I’m forking over the money for my hands to be tended to every 2-3 weeks at the salon, I have been known to paint my own toenails. Which is a problem, because thanks to years of en pointe ballet training and then simultaneously shoving those delicate, blistered, aching ballet feet into tight soccer cleats has left my feet super screwed up and warped. I never fail to give myself an ingrown toenail every time I do a home pedicure with my wonderful foot spa.

So I love leaving it to the professionals sitting back in the massage chair and soaking up the glamour. Every fashionista’s feet deserve a treat once in a while- we torment our toes by shoving them into stilettos all day, after all!

Beauty writers and stylists alike love to discuss, belabor, argue and prophesize about the “hottest” nail colors for Summer and Fall. People that are brave enough to often change up their nail colors have my admiration and respect. I tend to be boring when it comes to toenail color, too. Yup, my nails are always French tips and my pedicure is always the same.