The other night I was kept awake by Husband’s snoring and the dead skin on my feet. I don’t know which was more annoying- him or the snaggy dead skin on my feet that I kept picking to the point of bleeding. I finally fell asleep and when I awoke the next morning to get the kids off to school, I could barely stand on my picked apart, now filled with open sores, feet. Horrible vision, I know, but with the joys of Summer come the daily wear of open toe sandals and barefeet (which wreaks havoc on the soles of feet). A regular customer at any local and cheap mani / pedi salon which has an open meter in front, I am opening myself up to infection. Most times, I am not concerned with infection if the shop provides sanitized tools for each customer that are removed from the plastic baggie. However, I would glean that going into a random salon with an open wound on the foot for a quick and cheap pedi would probably not be the safest choice. What to do? I had to remedy the foot and clearly I had failed miserably by trying to self-blade the dead skin. Salons no longer blade the skin from ones foot which has negated the real reason for having a pedicure. I polled the cougar crew and was given the telephone number of Lorri, owner, CEO and COO of NAILS IN MOTION, the manicurist to the stars. Not a star, but desparate for a good blading, I counted my loose change and broke down and scheduled Lorri to “motion” herself to my house. She arrived with a big smile, a big blade, and a foot soaking tub. I can set up anywhere, she laughed, and we were off to the races. While I sat at my desk, booking summer camp for the kids, Lorri whipped my feet into shape. Admiring my newly scrubbed and soft as a newborn’s tush feet, I contemplated having her do a manicure to remedy the hands and nails which have endured the direct impact of my stressful days. Suddenly, the vision of Husband walking into my office unexpectedly while I pampered myself for double the price, shocked me into reality. An at home, indulgent pedicure for “medical” reasons could be justified, I convinced myself. As I walked her to the door, with tissue between my watermelon colored toes, I booked another magical pedicure for next month. I could forfeit one girl’s dinner a month for this luxury….
NAILS IN MOTION– LORI KEEFER SMITH- 818/335-1884/ LORRIKEEFERSMITH@GMAIL.COM