[nabs-l] ideas on how to accomplish daily living skills

Joshua Hendrickson louvins at gmail.com
Sun Dec 29 04:09:21 UTC 2013


Doing your own fingernails is possible.  I am not the best at it, but
I have done it a few times.  As long as you don't push the clippers to
far in your nail, it should work fine.  I need to clip my nails every
couple of weeks, because my nails grow extremely fast.  As a guitar
player, I need to have very short nails.  I haven't tried toe nails
just yet, but I'm sure it isn't much different.  Since I am a guy, I
have no idea about nail polish or makeup, but if you do makeup,
couldn't you just feel along your face when its being applied so you'd
know exactly where you are.  I did this when I used to shave.  Now I
get shaved at a barber along with getting my hair trimmed.  Good luck
kelsey.

On 12/28/13, Beth Taurasi <denverqueen1107 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hey Kelsey,
> Oh, that reminds me, my boyffriend should learn to do his own
> nails, fingers more so than toew.  I personally do my own
> toenails sometimes, but they fall off more naturally than
> fingers.  I wish I could do nail polish, but alas, color is the
> key.  Nail polish to me is whuat my friend Jason calls "eye
> candy."  If you want scented nail glitter, by all means, that
> should be fun.  But as far as nail clippers, I have a nail kit
> with nail clippers and guess whuat?  I apply them to nails, but
> Blake, my boyfriend, is a bit insecure with that so he gets his
> fingers and toes professionally done.  I'm not happy with that
> since if we marry, the cost of his manicures and pedicures
> monthly will add up in to the budget.  So I want him to do his
> own fingernails, toenails too.  You just had me thinking about
> that, Kelsey.  Thanks.
> Beth
> P.S. Makeup is great, but I've been told I look great without it.
> Wow.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kelsey Nicolay <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:09:31 -0500
> Subject: [nabs-l] ideas on how to accomplish daily living skills
>
> Hello,
> This may seem a little off topic for this list, but I would like
> to know your thoughts.  I like to wear nail polish, but I have
> been told by my chosen beauty salon that there is no way someone
> who is to otally blind can apply their own nail polish.  I get
> manicures a lot, so I asked the person who does my nails whether
> she thinks I could apply my own polish.  She pretty much said no.
> I kind of think she's wrong, there has to be some way to do it.
> What do you think? Can someone who is totally blind apply their
> own nail polish and if so, how would you go about doing it?
> Removing it can be done since you can feel the difference in
> texture from the polish to the actual nail.  What about applying
> makeup independently? I am in a choir that we have to get dressed
> up for the concert which means wearing makeup.  My mom still does
> it for me, but at some point, I'd like to be able to do my own
> makeup.  I have a friend who is blind and she has been doing her
> own makeup for years.  One of my friends from college was going
> to give me a makeup lesson, but we never got around to it.
> Finally, what about using nail cleappers? My dad cuts my nails
> for me but he feels a little insecuoe about letting me handle the
> clippers alone.  I know an nfb article covered this, but it
> didn't really help.  I would be interested to hear your opinions
> on how to accomplish these tasks.
> Thanks,
>
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