{"id":283,"date":"2012-01-08T20:55:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T04:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=283"},"modified":"2012-01-08T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T04:55:58","slug":"the-power-of-shellac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Shellac"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rarely get manicures because they never last. Usually the polish smudges within hours of leaving the nail place and I\u2019ve never gone more than a day before getting chips.  However I got one last week and it still looks great.  <\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a bit of outgrowth at the bottom and close analysis may reveal some wear at the tips, but miraculously there are NO CHIPS!   <\/p>\n

I owe this miraculous manicure to the lady at SpaLuxe<\/a> who convinced me to use Shellac Polish<\/a>.  It took some convincing to get me to try it.  I scoffed at first figuring it was over-priced nail polish.  All nail polishes claim to be chip-free right?  \u201cThat\u2019s OK,\u201d I said \u201cI\u2019ll just take the standard polish.\u201d  I spent the next fifteen minutes listening to the wonders of Shellac while the manicurist clipped my cuticles and filed my nails.  Finally I gave in and I\u2019ve been amazed with the result ever since.  <\/p>\n

Applying Shellac nail polish is, admittedly more involved than the traditional stuff.  It\u2019s thicker than normal nail polish, almost like a gel, and prone to air bubbles when applying.  You also need to \u201ccure\u201d the freshly painted nail under a UV light.  The amazing thing is that it dries almost instantly.  After I removed my hand from the UV light the manicurist shined my newly polished nails with a soft cloth soaked in alcohol.  I gasped in horror at such a thing until she showed me there were NO SMUDGES!  Amazing!  <\/p>\n

Most of my appreciation for this long lasting manicure goes out to the attorney I work with who gave me the SpaLuxe gift card for Christmas.  I immediately scheduled the appointment for the first work day after New Years so I could have a little post-holiday pick me up.   I am lucky enough to work for a company that closes the week between Christmas and New Years and coming to work after a week off is always hard.  For some reason I didn\u2019t have the back-to-work-blues as bad this year and I\u2019m wondering if my magical Shellac manicure helped?   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I rarely get manicures because they never last. Usually the polish smudges within hours of leaving the nail place and I\u2019ve never gone more than a day before getting chips.  However I got one last week and it still looks great.  There\u2019s a bit of outgrowth at the bottom and close analysis may reveal some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ladyjessop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}