Do the things that will please you! Get your nails done.

Nails! 

I believe that if you want to get a manicure and fake nails applied, just do it. Before I had them done professionally, I'd paint my nails on a Friday night and just go about my business all weekend. In boy mode or not, I'd usually have some color on my nails in the house and out on the town or shopping. 

I'm nearly sixty years old. If people have a problem with my decisions and choices, too bad! They're not living my life, responsible for my expenses or working my job.

Get. Your. Nails. Done!

If you want to have your brows waxed, do it. You want earrings? I did. I had each ear pierced with three holes. Two have closed on each side due to lack of use... But I wear something every weekday in my ears. It helps with my female presentation. You've gotta give the visual cues about who you are!

None of us are getting any younger.  Don't get to the end of the journey and feel like you've let your real self down because you're not being authentic to yourself.

The red manicure is from last October when I was dressing as Marilyn for Halloween. This was the first time I'd had acrylics done. I haven't stopped getting them done since!

This was the polish I chose for December. I picked a similar polish with bolder glitter for February.

These photos are my current style. Green "Cats Eyes." It's a 3D effect that looks pretty terrific! It's only Monday and I was dealing with the public for just a short time and I had two consecutive customers gush over my nails!

My ruler showing that my nails are about 1/4" long.  I went a week ago Saturday and you can see how much they've grown out. I think I prefer them rounder like the red instead of the squircle style of the green.

This last photo is from a trip my kids and I took to Reno's "Hot August Nights" car event back in 2022. We stopped in Goldfield, NV to visit the "International Car Forest of the Last Church."

InternationalCarForestoftheLastChurch 

(Hope the link works!) If it doesn't, it's a dot com...

On this trip, I brought exclusively female clothes for the weekend. No backup plan. No way to chicken out. It was before I was "out" at work.  I had a pair of women's shorts that I decided to wear under one dress that I discovered was shorter than I'd expected. But the entire weekend in public was spent as Heather.  It was the beginning of her liberation.

Really, go out and live your best life! You probably won't regret anything and if you do, you'll have quite the tale to tell afterward.

I rarely post actual photos of me! I guess I picked a photo that matters for the last day of Pride Month, 20205. Yeah, the whole blog has my mug on it... I know.

Have a great week.

Heather

Nail day!

 Good morning,

Since October I've been getting my nails done about once a month. Today is the day for the tech to fill and change my color. I have a few ideas of what I'd like for my new color. I haven't gotten a pattern or design on them nor have I done the thing with different colors on each nail and don't think I'm heading in either of those directions. I'd like to get the look of a fire opal where you get the illusion of multiple colors based on how you're looking at it. I don't know if my chosen salon has that as an option. 

I told a coworker that I've started calling the hair under my preferred cut and color my "fake hair." Rarely does anyone in "the real world" see it so it's really a fake presentation when I'm in boy mode. Today's the day to get a fake haircut, too! I usually go to a budget chain salon, Great Clips for this. I generally go in boy mode but I'm thinking of mixing it up today. I only have a short time to decide. Which outfit? I'll figure it out and tell about it tomorrow. The boy mode ends as soon as I see my kids. Heather will spend the rest of the day out and about. Aften getting done up, it'll be off to grocery stores and Costco! 

Ahh, the life of a modern gurl!

Have a great weekend, Chat later!

Heather

ps. The nails have to make the right statement because I'm going to the dentist next week and I know it'll trigger a response from him.

Manicure

 Last Wednesday, I had my nails done. I've never had gel polish applied to my nails. When I paint my nails, I use regular nail polish and it never seems to last very long before it chips or is damaged.  I made the decision to not remove the polish. Yesterday was a work day, I proudly wore my pink nails to the office. I love the way my nails look, so smooth and shiny.

Heather