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Disney Princess Watch: French manicure, or, be careful or they’ll rip your little nails off!

Somehow I survived my once-a-year trip to a mall and even had the joy of discovering a new Disney Princess product:

nails

Copy reads: Do not apply “ . . . to nails that are thin, damaged or infected. For children ages 5 +.”

Most five-year-olds’ nail are naturally thin. I would not want to be around when those things have to come off, either during normal bath time or by accident, when the little princess tries to actually play (except the sit-on-a-chair-like-a-princess-and-don’t-move-for-hours-game).

Ouch.

The smart parent should take their daughter to this salon in Texas, which recently installed special chairs for children:

salon chairs

For cute! But the French manicure costs extra!

One Response to “Disney Princess Watch: French manicure, or, be careful or they’ll rip your little nails off!”

  1. Fake Nails — The Girl Revolution Says:

    [...] I might have been incensed by the idea of the whole child manicure thing, like my friend Lisa at Corporate Babysitter, but I just can’t muster [...]

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