The 10 struggles we all recognize during a visit to the nail salon

When we talk about first world problems, this problem definitely doesn't belong, but that doesn't mean that the struggle during a visit to your nail salon can't be quite real sometimes. I mean: let's talk for a moment about those foils on your nails. Why do I always get itchy on my face from them? Because I can't scratch, right? Or my phone? Why does that thing suddenly go off a hundred times in my bag? Or what about your stomach deciding to play the philharmonic orchestra during an awkward silence? Or a piece of gum? I would have appreciated that after two hours of chatting (or the horror: maybe she would too). Do you get your nails done every month? Then you definitely recognize these ten struggles, right?

1. Hello, who is messaging me? And am I now being called like six times in a row? It really seems like that? My bag is almost vibrating off the table, my phone goes off so often the moment I decide to be unreachable for a bit. Of course, I can't look when I have one hand under a lamp and the other in her hand. PA-NIC. FOMO. And of course, the end result: nothing is wrong at all.

2. Itch on my nose. And eye. And ear. And head. Damn, this can't be true. I always get itchy when the foils are wrapped around my fingers. And of course, I don't have any issues with that for the rest of the month, only during that one hour that I'm sitting in her chair. Serious mindfuck, right?

3. Shit, I really should have taken a piece of gum. I mean: everyone appreciates a refresh after chatting for an hour or two, right?

4. Or what about your stomach growling? Just when it's a bit quiet in her place, your stomach decides to play the philharmonic orchestra. Aw-kward.

5. Tingles in my throat. And now they all think I have corona here. Calm the F down, people, I don't have it.

6. Justifying that one ugly nail. Weird, because you're actually going to her to get your nails fixed, right?

7. Switching to your first color choice after the fourth time. Sigh, can I do this? The first layer is already on. Oh god... Just. Say. It. Never mind. I'll take the color next time. Or maybe I'd rather do it now?

8. And then there can seriously be a giant hair tickling somewhere in the corner of my mouth for half an hour. Why did you put on an extra layer of lip gloss when you walked in again?

9. Ordering coffee or tea from her and then having no free hand for a second to drink it for the next hour.

10. OMG. Did I almost fall asleep? Yeah sorry, but that candle on the right and no jumping child on the left suddenly makes me so tired.