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

[Mariya Vasileva]

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> On Dec 28, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Kelsey Nicolay <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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Hello Kelsey.
I totally agree with th the nail clipper method. It's like Jamie said you center the teeth of the clippers on the nail, then clip that area by closing them, and then you repeat the same process all around the selected finger and to the other fingers. You may need to repeat the process a couple of times on your fingers until you feel afterwards the nails ar a bit behind the edge of your nail bed, however, don't go to far with it after the nail has reached that point because will feel discomfort, and that's what you don't want. The same process applies to toe nails as well. As far as nail polish goes, the fridge method may work, I'm going to try that for myself to see how it works.  For make-up, for foundation, as you apply it to your face using the brush, you will have to feel on your face if you have placed on every area evenly, I don't do make-up as often as I would like to, but learning from a blind make-up class from a youth leadership seminar three years ago, I would think of applying foundation like applying proactive solutions to the face by feel ing where you are alying, where you haven't applied, and afterwards if it covers your face evenly accept your eyes of course, for blush, you basically take it's application brush, and just all around your cheeks, nose bridge , and forehead, you just not dip it in like you would foundation, but rub the fluffy part of the brush in the powder and just gently rub it on those three areas side ways with the tips of it. For lip liner, gloss, and stick, just apply all around your lips in between them and the edges of them. As far as eye shadow, liner, and mascara are concerned, I would console a blimd person that has a couple of blindness techniques under their belt for applying these three things efficiently and independently with out mess or damage done. If you do get such methods, please e-mail them to me because I would like to know myself how to apply them. Good luck, and don't let those sighties steer you wrong... -:)