I have been obsessing over getting a fancy manicure with cool and over the top nail art since the beginning of 8th grade. 8th grade graduation was approaching and all of my friends were going to receive gifts for graduating, so i immediately knew that this was the right time to mention to my Mom how much i would love and appreciate a Valley manicure (a nail salon that is the NYC equivalent to the London "Wah Nails" or the L.A. "Chi Nail Bar") I knew that my Mom would definitely not be fine with paying $80 dollars every 3 weeks, which is apparently how long gel manicures are supposed to last for me to have gorgeous over the top nails on a regular basis, so i knew that i had to go all out with this manicure. I decided to go with 3-D ice cream cones on my ring fingers, which were each priced at $12 dollars. If i had gotten nail art on all of my fingers, this manicure would have been at least $200 dollars! The process to make the ice cream cones on my nails was fascinating! They made me a custom gold glitter base and then mixed together some weird paint and made the color for the lines. After that, Ayumi (my nail technician who i highly recommend, since she is an absolute expert at what she does) made the ice cream part that was like a thick paste, and then i chose from many types of gems to put on my ice cream cones. I got my manicure on June 21st and i still have it on! But, some of my plain nails chipped but the ice cream cones are still on! I think i might take off the manicure since my nails have grown out and it sort of shows.
My Valley NYC manicure, which was $80 dollars (VERY overpriced)
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