DanaJ
12-02-2005, 09:27 PM
Wow! I had the greatest day, I can't believe what good luck I had today! A little back story - the nail tech I had been going to for the last year and a half just suddenly quit on me, so I had to find a new one. I found one that did a set of French acrylics on me that I posted about in this thread here (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18110). I made another appointment today at that salon with the same tech for a pedicure and some new overlays on my nails (this time fiberglass, she didn't do gels).
While she did the pedicure, I explained what I wanted - I told her I wanted her to treat me like any of her female clients, and to keep my nails on the femme side also. She was free to pick the polish color whenever I came in.
So while she waited for my feet to soak, she asked if I brought in pix from my last makeover, which I just happened to have with me :D She thought they were great, and called in another girl to take a look too. The girls at this salon are just SO awesome, they have really made me feel at home and have not judged me at all, in fact they treat me like one of the girls :)
The new nail tech had mentioned that they have a girl there that does makeovers, so of course I had to ask if she could ask for me if I could maybe get one done. She told me she had asked already and that the makeup artist there was excited to do one on me, and was looking forward to it! Wow!
After the pedicure was done, we moved to her nail table so she could do the fiberglass overlays. I noticed that she brought the same polish with her that she did my toes in, a nice ruby shiny red. We chatted more while she worked on my nails, and several times a different girl came back to check on me, and never was a negative word said. They complimented me on my toes, and all wanted to see my pix LOL
I ended up chickening out for the red, but had her do my new fingers (which are short now but will grow out, soon I hope) in a cool pink and white French manicure. She got creative and did a really fantastic hand painted design on my pinkies.
When I went to leave, the girl at the front counter wanted to see my nails. I noticed that she also had a really cool French done, and complimented her on it. She told me I had inspired her, and that after I got mine done there last week, several of the girls wanted their nails done "like that guy who came in". My nail tech told me I had started a trend there :)
Later - I got a call from the makeup artist, who wanted to meet me. I went up to the salon and she was so totally cool, she put me at ease immediately. She told me that she was really looking forward in making me over, and even gave me her cell phone number and email address so we could plan this out. She even suggested that we could go out if I wanted to do a photoshoot out in public, like in a park or at the harbor (with sailboats in the background) :)
Well - looks like I have a 2 hour appointment with her for Tuesday evening - and I cannot wait! I am so excited, I hope this will be fun! I just feel so lucky that I found a place like this with all these cool GGs that welcome a CDer in their midst :)
Here is a pic of my feet and fingers from today:
While she did the pedicure, I explained what I wanted - I told her I wanted her to treat me like any of her female clients, and to keep my nails on the femme side also. She was free to pick the polish color whenever I came in.
So while she waited for my feet to soak, she asked if I brought in pix from my last makeover, which I just happened to have with me :D She thought they were great, and called in another girl to take a look too. The girls at this salon are just SO awesome, they have really made me feel at home and have not judged me at all, in fact they treat me like one of the girls :)
The new nail tech had mentioned that they have a girl there that does makeovers, so of course I had to ask if she could ask for me if I could maybe get one done. She told me she had asked already and that the makeup artist there was excited to do one on me, and was looking forward to it! Wow!
After the pedicure was done, we moved to her nail table so she could do the fiberglass overlays. I noticed that she brought the same polish with her that she did my toes in, a nice ruby shiny red. We chatted more while she worked on my nails, and several times a different girl came back to check on me, and never was a negative word said. They complimented me on my toes, and all wanted to see my pix LOL
I ended up chickening out for the red, but had her do my new fingers (which are short now but will grow out, soon I hope) in a cool pink and white French manicure. She got creative and did a really fantastic hand painted design on my pinkies.
When I went to leave, the girl at the front counter wanted to see my nails. I noticed that she also had a really cool French done, and complimented her on it. She told me I had inspired her, and that after I got mine done there last week, several of the girls wanted their nails done "like that guy who came in". My nail tech told me I had started a trend there :)
Later - I got a call from the makeup artist, who wanted to meet me. I went up to the salon and she was so totally cool, she put me at ease immediately. She told me that she was really looking forward in making me over, and even gave me her cell phone number and email address so we could plan this out. She even suggested that we could go out if I wanted to do a photoshoot out in public, like in a park or at the harbor (with sailboats in the background) :)
Well - looks like I have a 2 hour appointment with her for Tuesday evening - and I cannot wait! I am so excited, I hope this will be fun! I just feel so lucky that I found a place like this with all these cool GGs that welcome a CDer in their midst :)
Here is a pic of my feet and fingers from today: