Nail Foot

Real Life Palindrome Style

I really enjoy when bloggers I follow give some insight as to what their life is like outside of their blog. I like the snippets of what you eat, favorite movies, etc. I also feel like I owe you a juicy secret. Not some secret like, "I'm addicted to Mountain Dew" (I'm not anyways, but I consider it to be a bad secret). I'm talking about the juicy kind of secret that makes you think, "Wow, she covered that neuroses pretty well!"

My secret is that I have an obsession with toe nails. It's an unhealthy obsession with unhealthy toe nail hygiene. I trim my toe nails to the quick once a week and clean them out religiously. I NEVER cut the cuticles on my toe nails. I will cut them anywhere in our house that is convenient to me, much to the chagrin of Mr. Palindrome who constantly yaps at me to keep track of the clippings. I wish that the nail obsession stopped at my own two feet. However, it extends to everyone whose toes I see. Summer is the height of my obsession, as I look at everyone's toes sprouting from their sandals. Irregular cut nails? I want to file them. Corns? I want to buff 'em. Long? Oh, please for the love of all that is good in this world, please let me cut them!

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While I have contained this urge with strangers, those closest to me cannot escape my homicidal toe nail bent. As children, my Dad would cut our toe nails after our Saturday night baths. When I was old enough, I cut my own and my brother's. Until I left for college, and even when I returned home from breaks, I would still cut my brother's toe nails. Now I cut Mr. Palindrome's. Sometimes I cut them while he sleeps so that he won't fidget.

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When I see my toe nail cutting handy work, I feel a deep sense of accomplishment and pride. It's irrational. I know. The ends of beautifully groomed toe nails totally justifies my crazy-clipping-while-you-sleep means though. Besides that, I deal with Mr. Palindrome's ear cleaning q-tip obsession, so I think we're even

Nail brush, pumice stone, nail clippers, emery board, cotton wool, cotton buts, polish remover, nail varnish, moisture cream, a small tub for soaking feet.Here is how to give yourself ' at home pedicure '.
1. Soak your feet in warm water, adding a few drops of any disinfectant. Scrub your toe nails with a fairly stiff nail-brush. Scrub off any hard skin with a pumice stone. Never try to cut hard skin as this can be dangerous. Dry the feet carefully, especially between the toes.
2. Massage the feet with a little foot cream. You may get one containing menthol which is very cooling.
3. Apply cuticle cream around the nails.
4. Using an orange stick, wrapped with a twist of cotton wool and dipped in cuticle remover, gently press the cuticle back. The cuticle should never be cut unless the edges are ragged.
5. Cut the nails straight across and then smooth the edges with an emery-board. the nails should not be so short that the soft flesh at the ends of the toe is exposed.
6. Use a little varnish remover on cotton wool to dry off the nails and remove any cream.
7. Cotton wool pads can now be put between the toes. This is to avoid smudging and the varnish applied, covering the whole nail and over the tip.