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Aha! reverse psychology! Get reversed urself, nerd:

Weehehe back to blast highly toxic fumes into everyone's cultivated experiences! 💖💕💖

You’re all going to get sick of hearing this, but it’s the truth:

Practice. Makes. Perfect.

For me, I would practice putting nail polish on my toes- that way, when if I messed up, I could hide it more easily! 

Once I got confident with my dominant hand, I would then practice with my non-dominant hand. Trust me, those early days were a mess!

But that’s okay! No one ever said that you had to be perfect right away.

And, as with the eyeliner question, you should always try to apply the nail polish when you are under no time restrictions. Put on your favorite music, put on your favorite show or movie, sit back, and take your time. There is nothing worse than feeling pressured, and then messing up, and then being unable to fix it because you were meant to be at the meeting ten minutes ago*.

As always, you should always have fun. I don’t think I can stress the importance of fun when it comes to nail polish. The right coat can take me from an average day, to a spectacular day. 

I hope that helps!

So my husband has been blessed with bountiful booty - but this has become a Curse for his Jeans. I have had to stitch so many tears in the seat of his pants that a few pairs are more Fix than fabric. I've told him to be mindful when squatting but he has Fast Brain Disorders and that doesn't always help.

Is there something i should be doing differently? He's got long legs so i cant take any fabric from the hem to patch or reinforce the butt like i do with the thighs of my own pants.

Any and all help if appreciated 🙏

absolutely! I'd say for repeat tears, likely what you need is yes, a patch job but more importantly a reinforced stitch with a thread that has a bit more flexibility; jeans (and denim in general) is made of cotton, and although durable in many ways, it's not as elastic as one might like it to be! usually at Walmart or any cheaper grocery/general store with a craft section, they offer different threads with different blends, I'd say one with a more heavy lean towards polyester is your ticket, with the added benefit of polyester being less prone to shrinkage that cotton fabric or thread usually falls victim to.

as far as a stitch, I'd use a backstitch for the durability and low profile

dual rows of parallel backstitch likely will do the job! a more sturdy needle and multiple strands of thread for the stitches will also add strength. piercing that thick denim will require elbow grease though 😅

one last thing, depending on if you would be up for patching, alot of stores offer like... a little swatch book of iron on patches (I'd either iron them on inside and then sew them for reinforcement or just skip the ironing and only sew them on). again it's pretty cheap, but they often have a denim swatch in there, and the extra fabric would likely help reduce future splits. there's always borrowing scrap fabric from old pants or thrifted clothing as well!