Sometimes being a shoe fanatic in a warm weather state has some serious perks Women of course get to wear open toed shoes for much longer, here it is January and while much of the country is shoveling walkways, I’m deciding which nail polish I will wear on my toes because its in the upper 70′s low 80′s and there is no way I’m closing my toes in.

Me & My Happy Feet :-)

Capelo’s Salon here in Tampa extended to me, my readers & fans of my page that are local a Bags & Shoes Pedicure special.  No way was I going to pass that up!  $15 for a service that we all know costs much more.  I enter & even though they don’t know me from a hole in the wall in person, I am greeted at the front desk by a friendly person and I tell them who I am and that I have come to take them up on their offer of the $15 pedicure.  I’d called ahead & scheduled an appointment but many of us have been in a salon on a Friday afternoon.  It’s almost like being at the doctors office,you’re going to wait because somewhere somehow, they have gotten off schedule.  Nope, didn’t happen.  I was taken in right away  (love that!).

Capelo’s is a typical salon in that needless to say, the women all are chatty.  Customers & stylists alike are friendly and conversational.  I don’t know about you but for me this is important because I LOVE to talk & I’ve been in salons where if they don’t know you personally they don’t have much to say.

I am asked to choose my polish colors and complimented on the glittery look I walked in with done with real glitter all by myself Yep, I’m proud and I was told that they did these types of things there.  Cheryl showed me a whole collection of glitter colors that left me feeling envious, these were used to create “Rock Star toes”.  I’m feeling all kinds of fabulous now, I have Rock Star toes.  I’m also told about Shellac, waxing, massages, color services & all manner of things they offer.

Capelo’s has been in the Tampa area for 11 years but in this current location for the last 4.  It is on the corner of Sheldon Road & Patterson and was pretty easy to spot.  So back to my experience there, as I mentioned, I walked in with Rockstar toes & I start telling this story about tin foil on my toes only to look down & see Cheryl with a handful of tins.  Why I thought this would be new information to her is beyond me, the lady is on top of her game.  Glitter, tin foil & nail art, I really should have known better.  We go about getting to know one another & now its time for polish.  I’m almost disappointed because I’m having such a wonderful time & its drawing to a close.  Once my service is complete, I am not made to feel that I must leave so the next person can hop in the chair.  I am treated like a person & not a number and this makes me a happy camper.  Not only am I not tossed out of the chair but we started with one color & about 4 toes in, I changed my mind.  I felt bad but was told, no worries & I traded my bright blue for matte purple toes.  If you are in the area, I do hope you will go by and check out the wonderful service for yourself.  While you’re there, ask for the Sexy Bags & Shoes Pedicure special, it’ll be $15 well spent.

If you are a fan of glitter polish, then you know how tough it can be to remove, when you add additional glitter, it only gets worse  Here is how I remove my glitter polish & was happy to learn that Cheryl over at Capelo’s uses this method as well.

tin for removing glitter polish (doesn't have to be this pretty, as long as its big enough to wrap your little piggies)

wet cotton pieces in remover & lay on polish, then wrap with foil

Make sure to wrap your toes so the cotton is snug to your nailbed

Not the greatest picture of my Rock Star toes but there was plenty of glitter :-)

When foil is removed, most if not all the glitter is gone. You don't have to wait a long period, once you have all the toes wrapped, go back and start with the first toe & start removing the foil. The cotton stays in the foil making for less mess in the end.

The finished result, I chose a matte purple polish

A word about matte polish, if you've never used it before this advice is for you. Do not put a top coat on matte polish or you will create a shine. There are topcoats made specifically for matte polish but if you don't plan to make this your main type of polish, I say forego the topcoat.

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