Judy Price is Writing

Here it is August first and I haven’t had a good manicure since I was in England during the month of  May!

In fact, I have been caring for my own nails since my return.

I have to say that I had the very best nail shaping and cuticle care I have ever experienced at a nail salon in Eastbourne England.

My Canadian manicure only survived one week into my trip!

After mostly daily hiking using trekking poles, at the beginning of my third week in England I was ready to be pampered, and asked the waitress at my hotel who she recommended for good nail service and value.

Armed with her advice, I quickly set out to find this nail salon.

Now for some inexplicable reason I was looking for a sign that would read, The Nail Ferry! 

Guess I thought my nails would be transformed through being carried away and ferried back in a renewed state. 

This reaoning must have been the resulting  influence of residing in a seaside town on the English Channel, coupled with my prior visit to Dover, where I watched all manner of ferries crossing between England and France.

However, the sign read, The Nail Fairy. 

Even better, I thought, as my favourite character in Peter Pan is Tinkerbell, and she is magical perfection in my estimation.

I walked into a bright, modern, airy space and sat down to wait my turn, meanwhile watching as various women were receiving hand and foot care by men.  Only men.

I may be less worldly than many others, and that is a fact, but in all of my travels at home and abroad I have never had a manicure by a man, only women.

As I sat down to my manicure, I was a little skeptical, closely watching the man who held the future of my nails in his hands. 

He did things differently, and the result was simply magical.

I truly wish the The Nail Fairy would frequent my city, and set up the very best nail salon ever!