[blparent] Painting Finger Nales

Sat Dec 15 04:49:32 UTC 2012

they do make a nail polish pen. give me a bit and i'll see if i can find 
the information on it for you.
Pipi

On 11/29/2012 12:19 PM, Jeri Milton wrote:
> Hi Melissa. Thanks for the tips. I may give it a try. I have never painted
> my own nales, but I use to do my own make up. My mom had to help me out a
> little and deal with my frustrated moments, but eventually I got to where it
> wasn't hard at all. I guess the same would go for nale painting. Just have
> never been crazy over the thought of getting polish everywhere. But, what
> the heck right? Kate will really enjoy it.
>
> Jeri
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melissa Ann
> Riccobono
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:41 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Painting Finger Nales
>
> I have painted my own nails as a totally blind person, but I have never
> tried to paint anyone elses. That being said, I would probably just give it
> a try. I would put the hand I'm painting on a paper plate or some newspaper.
> I would use one finger to guide the brush over each nail a couple of times.
> You can use a cotton ball with a little bit of nail polish remover to take
> off any polish that gets on your skin, and, if you're careful, any polish
> that has gotten on the skin around the nail itself. Actually, I would
> probably use a q tip for this purpose as your daughter's fingers are
> probably small, and this would minimize the chance that you would take off
> more polish than you wish to. You could start with clear polish first to see
> how it goes. Also, you might want to give painting your own nails a try
> first just so you can sort of get the hang of it for yourself. I know,
> perhaps painting your nails isn't something you would do for yourself
> normally, but it would be an option. Finally, nail polish remover can take
> the off the polish quickly, so if things go really badly for some reason
> there will always be a quick fix. This could be really fun bonding time with
> your daughter, and, she probably won't care so much about what the end
> results look like--she'll remember you taking the time to do something fun
> with her.
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:11 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Painting Finger Nales
>
> My daughter has never asked me to paint her nails because there have been
> other little girls in the neighborhood who were doing it, and they were only
> too glad to do hers as well.  They once put temporary green, blue, and
> orange color in her hair, too.  I thought her nanna was going to have a
> stroke, but it washed out eventually.
>
> Oh, and be careful even if you do find nail polish that comes in a marker
> style.  That may encourage your daughter to use actual markers.  Mine did
> that a couple of times, which was no harm in the end I guess, but it took a
> few weeks to wear off and looked pretty sloppy in the meantime.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
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> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:42 AM
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>
> I think painting nails is not appropate for my 2 year old.
> I will let her when she is a teen not now.
>
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> On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:22 AM, "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)"
> <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
>
>> Just do it. She won't care how they look, she'll care that you do this.
>> For hands, use a paper plate so when you miss your target you don't
>> mess up the table.
>> Do this with feet too.
>> It's fun bonding time. Let her paint your nails too. She'll like that
>> and it will be cute
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jeri
>> Milton
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:41 PM
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>> Subject: [blparent] Painting Finger Nales
>>
>> Ok, so while on the topic of finger nales, those of you who have
>> little girls, have they asked you to paint their nales yet? My little
>> girl loves to have her finger nales painted and toe nales. I havn't
>> figured this one out yet. so far my husband, her grandma or friends
>> have painted her nales for her, but she's always asking if mommy can
>> do it. Of course I explain to her that mommy can't see, so it could be
>> a real mess if I do. It's something I would like to figure out how to
>> do for her. Any ideas for this? I'm wondering if they make nale polish
>> in sort of a marker style.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeri
>>
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