Magnetic Nail Polish

     Back in the day I had time to do  "girly" things.  It doesn't happen so often anymore.  But things like nails aren't a priority either so it's a rare treat to find me donning polish of pretty color.  The hours spent creating my French manicure are long gone.  Now, I'm lucky if twice a year I am something other than dry and raggedy.  
     My daughter is all over the map with her style as well.  She is one part Barbie fanatic and other part karate queen.  She plays gorgeous classical music and plays with bugs.  I like that about her.  So some days I have to nudge her to put on something just right for an occasion and other days she has matched her earring to her headband to the stripe in her top.  I guess I have passed along the quality of not being defined.  We keep people on their toes.
     That doesn't mean every here and again we don't find a little something sparkly to wear...or a fun new nail polish to play with.  Suddenly, their is a wave (no pun intended) of magnetic nail polish.  You put it on and immediately hold the magnetic cap over your nail which then pulls at the tiny little particles in your polish creating a wave of 3D effects.  She spotted this phenomenon in an ad and has been bugging me about it ever since.  Part wannabe scientist...part girly girl...I obliged.  We found a bottle the other day and each day since there has been a reminder.  "Mom, can you do our nails???".  Finally, we applied the metallic purple color.  It works.  Of course it doesn't look like the ad but there is a technique to be perfected.  I often joke that my world of youth had simple toothbrushes compared to now.  Our big decision was what color we would have.  Now the world of toothbrushes is like planning for a major purchase....size, angles, devices, stickers, lights, characters, timers, sheesh...we're just brushing our teeth.  Nail polish seems to be getting crazier as well.  Nothing is simple anymore and I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.  I guess the bottom line is a girl and her mama spent some time together.  Time that is rare.  If magnetic nail polish helps to create a pocket for us I'll take it.  Now,  as I'm typing this on my laptop all I can hear is my six year old asking if it will damage the computer because of the magnets...what in the world will I do with that one?