I strayed from my Yelp Only Edinburgh adventures for one very crucial reason:
Doctor Who Nails.
Diana saved me from a fate of boring nails.
On any given day, my ring fingers are Who themed. From the Darleks to The Silence, my little nails have held every manner of Who villain and hero. It's a personal guilty pleasure to be sporting pretty lady nails that are subtly sci-fi themed.
You see, I started getting my digits done because i'm a fidgeter. Any point of stress in my constantly stressful job led me to pick and pull at my nails/fingers. The result was a gruesome looking set of hands. These war wounded fingers were a constant embarrassment, given that i'm 30 and often in business meetings where I don't want to look like I have the hands of a five year old with ADD. So I got myself a set of gel nails, but to counter the very adult move - I made sure they had a little nod to my inner child as well.
My hands have long since healed and the little Who nails have become a favourite habit of mine. I had a brilliant nail tech in Vancouver and upon landing in Edinburgh, was getting more and more anxious that I wouldn't find a nail artist up to snuff. There's a lot of folks in town that claim it, but the look of terror when I ask for a Tardis, says it all.
Until Diana.
Folks... I have the fraking Van Gogh's Exploding Tardis on my right hand today.
Because this lady is a wizard.
(pictures soon, I promise!)
Diana was a godsend for my little geeky/girly pick me up. She works out of Lotus Hair Salon and you book your appointment via her Facebook page. The first time I went in, I asked for the simplest Who nails I could (11th Doctor Love) and she told me to come back with something more difficult next time. Instant fan.
Not only does she do solid, proper gel nails (many people advertise gel nails but are actually crafting acrylics or simply gel shellack) but this woman is a MASTER of nail art. Honest to gosh, go snoop her instagram.
Double, triple, extra bonus awesome? She's incredibly reasonable for the work she does. A fill today and THE FREAKING EXPLODING TARDIS that covers three of my nails came out to £32 - which is about the same as another spot was looking to charge me for a simple gel polish/nail art duo.
Plus, i'm not the most delicate of ladies (shocking right?) and these puppies have held up through it all.
I highly, HIGHLY suggest if you're looking for a set of gels or just a funky design on what god gave ya, that you pop over and book yourself an appointment. Then spend the next week or so thinking up what you want - because this lady doesn't bat an eye... no matter how crazy it sounds.
EXPLODING TARDIS?
She can do that.
I've found my new nail guru.
Now to dream up the next set of awesome.
Little Galifreys perhaps? read more