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hahaha, this made me laugh! I have been obsessing about how dry my hands and cuticles are lately. During cold canadian winters my skin and hair are in trouble! I have been keeping my nails filed and a tiny bit longer than they usually are, usually just a clear polish. My main focus is hydration!

I'm anticipating a holiday proposal as well, and I've been taking extra care to make my nails looks nice even though I rarely paint them.

I bought some of that pretty, pale pink nail polish too but I always seem to run into the same problem when I paint my nails. My nails REFUSE to hold polish. Base coat, two coats of polish, top coat, expensive polish...doesn't matter. Every polish I have ever tried chips off my nails in no time at all. Grrrrrr. I've tried to paint them in the pail pink and make them look nice, but it just chips off and looks weird.

I'll probably just settle for a clear coat to keep them shiny and trim my cuticles after the shower. So annoying!!!

Also, I'm a northern gal like yourselves and my hands are in good shape! I'm using a really fantastic lotion by "Naked." It's kinda spendy, but a little goes a long way and it's TOTALLY worth it!

I was doing good for a few weeks there. I'm a nail biter, so nails of any kind are pretty much a miracle. But alas, they are all gone and looking HORRID now. I will be making an immediate stop at my favorite nail salon for some pink and white babies to show anything off.

Luckily though, I highly doubt a holidays proposal. Although, SO has been sneaking quite a few peeks while I'm on here, even commenting unprovoked on the pictures in the "bling".... I mean "ring" section.

Heck, last night for some reason I was on a jewelry website and it had one of those "smart value" diamonds, a full carat for $1999.99, and he goes "I like that one" and "that's a really good deal". I was a little taken back as he's kind of frugal. I didn't expect him to think $2K was a good deal! I was thinking $1500 or less out of him. Was a nice surprise :) No holding my breath though. He pointed out a gorgeous three stone 6 months ago and lingered at the engagement section when I was dropping off my promise ring and still no proposal.

Ohh geeze I am glad I am not the only one worried about my nails. For the past few months I have been doing my own acryllics. I ran out of white tips so I decided to take them off and now I am wearing a cobalt blue I bought at sephora, I don't know the name.

I also have a problem with dry skin, but luckily it is only on my left hand the hand that I use to wash dishes with. Every single winter this happens to me, it is so annyoing. Has anyone ever used that Dawn soap with the Olay in it? If so, does it help?

@LetsGoPens: We actually use the Dawn dish soap with the hand-protector stuff in it and it works pretty darn well! I swear my hands are softer after I'm done doing dishes than they are before I start. That's a difficult thing to manage up here in the Northern Tundra. The high temp this Sunday is supposed to be ZERO degrees with windchills in the -20 to -30 range. Great.

I'm using Aveeno too! The 24hour stuff. And for doing dishes, I wear rubber gloves. And before bed, I use baby oil on my hands. I don't feel like any of this is really working tho, I STILL have dry hands. >:(

I am one that always gets my nails done so this isn't anything new to me.  However, I am extra cautious as to how my nails look and have been making it a point to keep them looking good.

Two and 1/2 weeks ago I went and got them done and tried the new Gel paint on my nails over the acrylic!  I LOVE IT!!!  I only wish there were so many more colors available.  Not many places have it and it's hard to find.  NO it's NOT the same as the gel that goes over any color of polish you have to secure the color longer,  it's actually gel nail color so it goes on and dries so much quicker and my nails haven't chipped and they still look like I just went and had them done except for the fact you can see where I need a fill done.  It's new and a lot of people don't know about it or have it.  Some salons look at you weird when you ask about it. 

I am also having to moisturize like crazy because my hands/skin has been so dry.  I hate the winter.