Octavia
Familiar Face
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- 63
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- New England
I just got a vintage manicure last week bringing along some of the wonderful pictures I found in this thread as references. I thought it turned out well, considering the nail lady was a tad confused about what I was asking for – the pictures were a great help there. I’m more anxious to do it myself and try different things (and to file them a bit narrower…I think she was somehow afraid to make the nail too rounded). When my boss saw the manicure she mentioned that in college she was taught to paint the nail excluding the half moons, and then to swipe the polish off the very tip. I had no idea that was still popular or even done at all after the 40’s. At any rate, I think I might try that method when I’m ready to repaint my nails, although from what I can tell from reading the thread, it’s not anywhere near as easy as it sounds!