Friday Fabulous: Grande Dame Hands

When I was ten, I took a modeling class at Saks Fifth Avenue in Chevy Chase. That was back when they had the Gone With The Wind beautiful winding stair case that allowed you to make such a grand entrance to the floor below.

One thing that was ingrained into me from the class was that it is never, never acceptable to have chipped nail polish. A good manicure completes an outfit, makes you stand a smidge taller, and just gives you a bit more presence (much like floating down the old splendid staircase at 5555 Wisconsin).

However, I'm just not shelling out for a $90 spa mani/pedi, and who really has the time? I need the quick, clean, in-and-out dedicated manicure place that only seems to exist in NYC. Because left to my own devices, my nails look like a preschool art project.

Enter Nail Design in Bethesda . A manicure and pedicure: $35, including a pretty great calf massage--and killer massage chairs, too. Huge stacks of all the latest gossip mags, more OPI and Essie shades than you can shake a well-buffed fingernail at, and it's right across from great shopping at Daisy Too.

You're in, you're out, and you're off to make a grand entrances for the rest of the week.

Nail Design
4927B St. Elmo Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-654-5224