You Need A Manicure

So, I realized something a little disturbing the other day. I judge your nails. I know!!!! It’s terrible. When I say “your”, I mean everyone’s. It’s not that I actively think bad about women who don’t have a manicure.  Truthfully, I don’t. I do make assumptions about women who have nice manicures though. I assume they take care of themselves. I assume they have their stuff together.  To be fair, this wasn’t always me. I work in the store. I rip open boxes every day and my nails don’t always look good. But when I’m out and I see women at the grocery store, or the gym or anywhere really, I find myself looking at their nails. They can be wearing sweats and a t-shirt and have their hair in a pony-tail, but if they have a great manicure with perfectly polished nails I make assumptions that I don’t make if their nails aren’t polished.This was something I didn’t even know I did until my hairdresser told me she does the same thing! She said she can’t help it. She looks at your nails too. So now I have a bottle of nail polish on my desk. I cut my nails, I file them short and I paint them constantly. I get a manicure once a week. Once they chip, I remove the polish and paint them myself. I eat hair and nail gummies now just to make sure they always look healthy. I’m obsessed.  By the way, my nails look good all the time now, but I don’t always have my stuff together so my whole premise is totally flawed. But it hasn’t changed the fact that I am still looking at your nails. If I am, others are too. They’re making the same ridiculous assumptions. Keep a bottle of polish close so it reminds you to take a quick look at your nails. If you want people to think you have your stuff together even if you don’t…just get a manicure.