Easy Dating Tips for GETTING MORE DATES - Get Your Nails Done!
OK, so all the women are saying...
Yeah baby!
Amen, sister!
I am THERE with you!
Bring it on.
Uh huh.
This is a big nudge actually for... the MEN who read this blog.
Think of it as another nuance of Practicing Superb Self Care like my buddy, leadership trainer and public speaker, Steve Chambers, practices and recommends. He even blogged about it, too.
Yes, gentlemen. Getteth thee to a Nail Salon.
1. Oh MY, you are SO going to love this. You'll thank me and have a new addiction. And EVERY time you go, you can MEET CHICKS! (aka Women as we natives like to refer to ourselves).
2. Your nails will actually LOOK better. Indeed, you can do this and still LOOK masculine (avoid a metro look for heterosexual men, if you are gay, GO for a touch metro. OK, you already ARE Metros inspiration, so what am I even saying here?).
3. While you are there.... inquire... (repeat these PRECISE SECRET TIPS which I am about to reveal to you.....)
"Do you do.. massage, here?"
They may offer shoulder massage and leg (calf area) massage.
Take the Salon Chair, ask them to show you the CONTROLS (think, just like TiVo and DVDs, there is a CONTROL and no woman is fighting you for it. see, I told you you were going to LOVE this place!). CONTROLS...... isn't that a lovely word?
The CONTROLS controls (yes, surprise there....) VIBRATION and possibly HEAT in your salon chair.
Try a few different VIBRATION options.
Sit back. Exhale. Drink your coffee. Enjoy getting your nails done. mmmmmmm. Yummy isn't it? Can't you just see yourself doing this this Saturday (today!)?
Oh yeah, wait, mmmmfph. Women!
Shake head slightly to loosen bedraggled fuzz from brain.
Women. Oh yeah, right, that's why I'm here. To meet WOMEN.
So, as the saliva is collecting at the corner of your mouth and you are about to drool it feels so relaxing, just sort of say SOMETHING to the woman to your right or to your left. Words like, "Wow! This is Great! It's my first time. And it feels so good!"
Stare at her toe nails. "Wow, that is such a beautiful color. How do you women pick those colors? I'm just terrible with colors." You're probably wearing a bright orange trade show tshirt, so she'll believe you and hopefully SAY SOMETHING BACK to you.
You, sir, are now engaged in a conversation. Keep it rolling.
"This was great. Do you come here every Saturday?" insert her response. "No? Oh. Well, then can I get your number because I'd like to see you again?" Hand her a pen expectantly.
Then for G's sake, PHONE HER, OK?
Thank you.
Enjoy!
April Braswell
Romance Coach, Online Dating Coach
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Great idea April.
It is beginning to become quite acceptable and trendy for men to receive manicures and pedicures at salons. For those who have never had either, may I suggest they try one at a men's salon first so they don't have to deal with too many new things at once -- could lead to multi-tasking overload. Then, second time, go to a salon near your office or home -- that way you will meet women who live in the same area as you ... making it easier to meet for a coffee or meal.
Las summer one of the mooey macho men who was visiting my rental retreat with his wife and a whack of her sisters and their children made an appointment for a pedicure and reflexology -- only because his wife bet him a beer he wouldn't try it. Turned out, as it usually does, that he really enjoyed the session. We often forget that men need to treat themselves as well.
Sue Crutcher, Complementary Care Practitioner
Life Empowerment Mentor & Success Coach
My wife dragged me to get my nails done 10 years ago. Nice, not $20 nice!
The pedicure is a different story. My feet are important to me. Too many icky things can happen to your feet so getting work done on them is important.!
Oh, yeah the places is mostly women. I prefer cooking class, cause I at least get fed!
As soon as I saw the title and scrolled down a few lines I thought "what is she trying to do to us make us metrosexuals?" Then you cover that
I've got nothing else
Not sure I muster this one up
Focus Your Energy
Matthew Shields
April, you lost me with that gay metro thing. Is this some linguo from SF?
Yann
Personal Coach
April,
You are SO good at exposing every possible location that men and women could possibly meet--and then giving the dialogue to get things going! Here's another: pet stores/dog shows. (Although maybe you've already covered that one and my befuddled brain can't recall. heehee.)
Jennifer Skinner
Wardrobe Consultant, Style Development
Metrosexual originated from LA. Straight men who practice a TON of fairly high end self care combined with clothes that verge on being at tad too trendy to the extent that you are sort of wondering, "is he?" but he really IS straight. Just metro. It's very LA because both men and women in LA REALLY REALLY care about LOOKING REALLY good, fashion forward.
Talk about context being all important.
All the best,
April BraswellRomance Coach, Online Dating Coach
Ohhh, fabulous. I can definitely expand on that one later. tee hee.
All the best,
April BraswellRomance Coach, Online Dating Coach
Yann Vernier - Personal Coach
All the best,
April BraswellRomance Coach, Online Dating Coach
Aaron
I like a man with "man hands", but he has to have clean fingernails of course. I can't stand it when I go to shake a guys hand's and they are all soft and feminine. Ew Gross! I want to shake a hand that feels like a man's hand!
I do like well manicured feet on a man though!
I am the Road Warrior
Yes April, manicures for men. I am into hands. I love to see guys with well manicured hands. Very sexy. I won't go into detail.
Lisa McLellan
www.babysittingworld.com
Then I will.
We are hoping (and trust me, you men are hoping) to have contact with intimate body parts (yes, more than one, but that's for another tutorial.....) with those manicured manly hands.
1. My late husband did route delivery sales for Frito Lay. He handled boxes ALL day. His hands were a wreck. He would literally use fine sand paper on them to try to get them manageable rather than splitting. He LOVED getting a manicure periodically. Of course, his favorite was when I would do this for him. He felt SO LOVED by me in this gesture. Can you tell what his love language was?
2. My dad loved them too. Same thing, more the pedicure. The older you get, the tougher those nails get. He LOVED LOVED LOVED the foot massage. Mmmmmmm.
3. My bro is a Linux guy. techie. Would be in cages with machines that he had to do things to which would rip (literally) his finger nails. He started to get manicures at times (not like once a week like chicks).
All three, MEN and masculine. Hands NOT soft.
And yes, the main point is GREAT PLACE TO MEET CHICKS and get your calloused feet in shape (eeeeek).
Both in SF and NYC I have seen MEN of various ages getting their nails done.
All the best,
April BraswellRomance Coach, Online Dating Coach
I am a big fan of getting a manicure. I am also a big fan of getting a massage and a colonic. Do I get them, no, who has the time. But I really should try to take better care of myself and a manicure would be a great start.
Pedicure I'm not too sure about. I have this thing about my feet.
Ok, too much information!
Steve Chambers
Apprenticing Persuasion Master
Perhaps over at one of your blogs, Steve? ......
All the best,
April BraswellRomance Coach, Online Dating Coach
Got a message instead (no feet though!). The feet are too ticklish for that nail/massage thing!
John
making your skin more beautiful
I imagine it is similar with those pursuing SUPERB skin care like with you, Dr. Helton? once they embrace it, it's like YEAH, this is GREAT!
All the best,
April BraswellRomance Coach, Online Dating Coach