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The Best Nail Treatments for Healthy Nails

Healthy nails are a reflection of overall well-being and self-care. In a bustling city like Dubai, where appearances matter, having beautiful nails can enhance your confidence. Nail salons in Motor City Dubai offer a variety of treatments tailored to nourish and strengthen your nails. Here’s a look at some of the best nail treatments to maintain optimal nail health.

Classic Manicure

A classic manicure involves soaking, shaping, and moisturizing the nails. This treatment often includes cuticle care and a gentle hand massage, promoting blood circulation. Regular manicures not only keep your nails looking neat but also encourage healthy growth by removing dead skin cells and promoting hydration.

Gel Manicure

Gel manicures are famous for their durability and glossy finish. The gel formula is cured under a UV lamp, making it chip-resistant for up to two weeks or longer. This treatment not only enhances the appearance of your nails but also provides a protective layer, preventing breakage and splitting.

Nail Strengthening Treatments

Many Nail salons in Motor City Dubai offer specialized strengthening treatments that include nutrient-rich formulas designed to fortify weak or brittle nails. Ingredients like biotin, keratin, and vitamin E help restore nail integrity and prevent peeling. Regular application can lead to visibly stronger nails over time.

Hydrating Nail Treatments

Hydration is vital to maintaining healthy nails. Treatments that involve nourishing oils or hydrating masks can replenish moisture and improve flexibility. Paraffin wax treatments, commonly offered in salons, provide intense hydration and help soften rough skin around the nails, enhancing overall appearance.

Acrylic and Dip Powder Nails

For those looking for long-lasting nail enhancements, acrylic and dip powder nails are excellent options. Both techniques allow for creative designs and colours while providing a sturdy foundation that protects your natural nails. However, it’s essential to seek professional application and removal to avoid damage to the natural nail bed.

Regular Nail Fills

For individuals who choose acrylic or gel nails, regular fills are necessary to maintain the look. This process involves filling in gaps as the natural nail grows, ensuring that your nails remain flawless and healthy. It also helps to prevent lifting and breakage, prolonging the life of your nail enhancements.

Nail Health Consultation

Many reputable nail salons offer consultations to assess nail health. Skilled technicians can provide personalized advice on the best treatments based on your nail type and lifestyle. This service can be invaluable for identifying underlying issues and recommending specific products to enhance nail health.

Conclusion

Maintaining healthy nails is crucial, and there are numerous treatments available at Nail salons in Motor City Dubai to help achieve this. From classic manicures to specialized strengthening treatments, each option offers unique benefits for your nails. Regular visits to a professional nail salon can ensure that your nails not only look beautiful but also remain strong and healthy. Investing in quality nail care is a worthwhile endeavour for anyone looking to enhance their overall appearance and well-being.

Book your Appointment at a local nail salon today and embrace the journey to healthier nails!

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Claire de Chavagnac, Amor janvier, (pigments, acrylic and animal glue on canvas), 2016 [Amelie Maison d'Art, Paris. © Claire de Chavagnac / Adagp, Paris]

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Marie-Amélie, Queen of the French (1782-1866) wife of Louis-Philippe I (1773-1850). By Frédéric Millet.

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watching, looking, judging ph. emily lipson

[sinligh]

I woke up hyperaware of every inch of my body. A bone must be missing, a tooth or two my hair feels like an extension of the pillow that i hide my dreams underneath

And my head is too heavy with the weight of everything I said i will think about later…

Childhood, adolescence, adulthood

It all overlaps sometimes, and I worry that my childhood is all I’m going to grow up to live and relive.

I worry that it’s a punishment,

Like Prometheus; that I’ll spend my nights picking at it trying to cleanse myself from all that a young version of me wasn’t strong enough to process

only to wake up and realize I’m carrying it between my ribs again.

To be pregnant with another girl that will relive my life like I’m reliving my mothers.

I’m overthinking again

Stages of life like gates to the many graveyard’s that I have built inside me.

A sanctuary

A place of residence to all the feelings i had no time to over analyze.

I digged my phone from underneath the pillow, something must be said..

A phantom of the words that are trying to escape is at hands reach..

An Aura. A migraine.

Its 04:51 am. The sun didn’t rise yet, why am I awake again?

Thoughts are fighting each other for a way out, like a newborn waiting to be called by a name, any would be fine; as long as it gets acknowledgment.

On my way to the bathroom, i stumbled upon keywords

Some that I believe i missed the night before..

When anxiety was eating another pathway for itself. A way out, out of my brain

Necrosis.

I spent the past couple of months studying all that can go wrong in a woman’s body.

Starting from puberty highlighting child bearing period and ending with menopause.

It’s all prewritten

And I get mad with rage because improvisations are treated like a sin that can never be forgiven.

I watched women bleeding incomplete lives from between their legs, that without shedding a tear.

We’re used to that, aren’t we ?

Bleeding.

And incomplete lives.

Distant dreams of motherhood bleeding classic tragedies into an ink jar

to be hand written as another passage in the wrenching history of all the fabricated religious books that swore by women.

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•Quotes: Blythe Baird/ Paul Guest/Molly McCully Brown/ Uma Thurman/ Sylvia Plath/ Joel Coen/ Emily Rose Cole

•Original context: Sinligh

•Art reference:

1.painting by Domenico Induno. 2. Painting by Henry Asencio. 3.painting by graham dean. 4. Art by Patricia Cronin. 5. Art by Amelie, Maison d'art. 6. Spirit Body Consciousness by Byron Tik. 7. Painting by Francesca Strino 8. Charles-August Mengin (detail)

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Catherine Danou, Composition I, (ink and acrylic on hemp paper), 2022 [Amelie Maison d'Art, Paris. © Catherine Danou]

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Maison Amelie is a minimalist home located in Toronto, Canada, designed by Studio Tasso. A strategic layout enhances the aesthetic, bringing forth a vivid play of hues juxtaposed with solid, grounded structures, which effectively mirrors the diverse tastes of the residing couple. Studio Tasso, not just the designers, but also the craftsmen behind the project, have masterfully engineered the millwork in the home.

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Miraculous Season 6 Speculation

I pulled up this post I made after the season 4 finale to see how close I came with my predictions about season 5. Despite getting pretty much everything wrong, I did nail a few things:

Gabriel was unable to handle the power of all the Miraculous, at least at first

Felix used his control over sentibeings to target Gabriel (although notably not Adrien, whom he was trying to save if anything)

Alya regained the Fox Miraculous (admittedly in the last ep and alongside all the other previous holders)

Marinette fell in love with Chat Noir, complicating her feelings for Adrien

Luka was placed in an impossible position because he knows too much

Natalie's health declined to the point of incapacitation (although I didn’t anticipate the same with Gabriel)

Chloe and Lila established an alliance that ultimately went south

I admit most of these predictions were obvious and easily anticipated. I’d rather not embarrass myself by going too far inside M. Astruc’s head, but I can’t help speculating about what the next season holds.

Hence, I’d like to suggest a few plot threads I anticipate showing up during season 6:

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Everyone assumed Cerise would be the new antagonist, using the Butterfly Miraculous to further her vendetta against Marinette and/or seize the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous to forge a wish of her own. But Cerise’s panic in the last seconds of the ep suggests she’s encountered a powerful force she can’t control. This is the new enemy, although Cerise will become its servant and vessel if it means fulfilling her revenge.

This entity will be far more dangerous than Gabriel ever was, unbound by human emotion or empathy. It will be capable of neutralizing and even possessing the new and inexperienced Miraculous holders, forcing Ladybug to create a new power-up.

Who or what exactly is it? It will either be connected to Nooroo, driven insane by a damaged Miraculous, or Tomoe Tsurugi, the only player in Gabriel’s “Perfect Alliance” gambit who didn’t get anything she wanted.

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Other plot points ripe for exploration:

Adrien and Marinette’s romance is plagued by lingering feelings of attraction for Ladybug and Chat Noir, respectively. They break up over it for at least one episode because one of them suspects there’s “someone else”. One of them gets possessed over it. However, Adrinette comes back stronger than ever, reinforced by better communication, more trust, and the realization that the other one isn’t perfect and that’s okay.

One of the other couples also breaks up or gets in an argument, again for only one episode and also involving possession.

Almost everyone believes Gabriel died a hero—except for Marinette, Felix, Kagami, Nathalie, and Amelie. One of them (and you all know which one) accidentally lets the butterfly out of the bag. Angst and drama ensue.

Amelie moves into Maison Agreste as Adrien’s legal guardian. It gives Adrien and Felix the chance to rebuild their relationship as cousins and friends. But certain members of the MiracuClass still don’t completely trust Felix. It causes problems when they realize he’s Argos.

The new Miraculous holders don’t know what the hell they’re doing and make all kinds of mistakes. They use their powers for selfish reasons, and LB and CN must save them from their own messes. They swap Miraculous without even telling Ladybug. They keep revealing their secret identities to each other. They upset, misplace, or lose control of their Kwamis. They get possessed by the new antagonist and use their Miraculous powers against Ladybug and Chat Noir. If Luka teaches any of them Mirakung Fu, someone's gonna kick one of their best friends in the face. Marinette briefly considers taking all the Miraculous back until an attack on her personally confirms she had the right idea. She starts relying more on Chat Noir as a mentor, and occasionally an enforcer, for the other holders.

Cerise joins the MiracuClass at the new school Miss Bustier created. Marinette’s the only one who recognizes Cerise as Lila, but everyone else thinks Marinette is nuts.

Chloe returns to Paris mid-season, discarded by her mother and with nowhere else to go. Andre reluctantly takes her in, and it turns out she learned nothing—she blames Ladybug for everything that went wrong in her life and will stop at nothing to get revenge. She may enroll at Marinette’s school in disguise and forge an alliance with Cerise, not realizing she herself is Lila in disguise, to “get” Marinette.

Sabrina and Marc’s mutual love of soccer leads the former to develop a crush on the latter. It ends well for no one.

And finally, Luka gets his own love interest, if only because he damn well deserves it.

[corbenic]

The Ultimate List of French Fashion Brands: Part Two

Part One

Part Three

Part Four

Agnelle; gloves

Alexandre de Paris; hair accessories

Amelie Pichard; shoes, bags, accessories

Anthology; shoes, bags, accessories

Aurélie Bidermann; fine jewelry

Bäumer; fine jewelry

Boucheron; fine jewelry, accessories

Carel; shoes, bags, accessories

Cartier; fine jewelry, bags, accessories

Causse; gloves

Celena; shoes

Chamberlan; shoes

Chatelles; shoes

Chaumet; fine jewelry

Chloe Gosselin; shoes

Christian Louboutin; shoes, bags, accessories, makeup

Corthay; shoes, bags, accessories

Cosmoparis; shoes, bags

Courbet; fine jewelry

Dessine-moi un soulier; shoes

Djula; fine jewelry

Douze; fine jewelry

Gant Lesdiguières; gloves

Gigi Clozeau; fine jewelry

Héloïse & Abélard; fine jewelry

Heurtault; umbrellas

Jonak; shoes

Jules & Jenn; shoes, bags

K. Jacques; shoes, bags, accessories

Lancel; bags, accessories

Le Colonel Moutarde; accessories

Le Tanneur; bags, accessories

Louvreuse; bags

Mademoiselle; hats

Maison Michel; hats, accessories, bags

Manal; fine jewelry

Mellerio; fine jewelry

Michino; bags

Monsieur; fine jewelry

Olympia Le-Tan; bags

Paire et Fils; shoes

Parapluie de Cherbourg; umbrellas

Polène; bags, accessories

Repetto; shoes, bags

Roger Vivier; shoes, bags, accessories

RSVP; bags

Sawa (made in Ethiopia, based in France); shoes

Selim Mouzannar (French-Lebanese designer); fine jewelry

Septième Largeur; shoes

Sophie d'Agon; fine jewelry

Stone; fine jewelry

Tila March; shoes, bags

Van Cleef & Arpels; fine jewelry

Vanessa Tugendhaft; fine jewelry

Veja; shoes

Whitebird; fine jewelry (offers designers from around the world)

Yvonne Léon; fine jewelry

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How to Choose the Right Hair Color Salon in Dubai: A Comprehensive Guide

Dubai is known for its luxurious lifestyle, and its beauty salons are no exception. Due to the abundance of choices, finding the right hair colour salon in this vibrant city can be both exciting and overwhelming. Whether you're looking for subtle highlights or a bold transformation, selecting the right salon is essential to achieving the desired results without compromising hair health. This guide will help you navigate the process and ensure that you make an informed decision for the perfect hair colour experience.

Research and Reviews

Start your search by looking up reputable hair salons in Dubai. Platforms like Google Reviews, Yelp, and social media channels can give you insights into other customers' experiences. Pay attention to the ratings, feedback on customer service, and reviews related to hair colour services.

Look for consistent praise in reviews for hair treatments and hair colouring results. Are the colourists known for their expertise? Is the salon recommended for maintaining hair health during the colouring process? By carefully considering reviews, you can narrow down your options.

Check Salon Credentials

It's essential to select a salon with qualified and experienced colourists. A reputable salon should have a team of professionals who are trained in the latest hair colour techniques and trends. Look for salons that showcase their staff's certifications, training, and portfolio of work. Many salons in Dubai have stylists who specialize in various types of hair treatments, including colouring for different hair textures and shades.

A salon with colourists who have extensive experience in different types of hair colouring, such as balayage, ombre, highlights, or vibrant tones, will likely deliver better results tailored to your preferences.

Salon Environment and Hygiene

Hygiene and a comfortable atmosphere are crucial factors when choosing a hair colour salon. During your research, visit the salons or check for virtual tours online. A clean, well-organized salon ensures that you receive your hair colour treatment in a safe environment. Pay attention to the products used for hair colouring and hair treatments; top-notch salons use high-quality, often organic, products to protect your hair from damage.

A professional salon should also have staff who prioritize customer satisfaction by making sure clients feel at ease throughout the treatment.

Product Range and Techniques

Hair colouring is not a one-size-fits-all service. Look for salons that offer a range of high-quality hair colour products and techniques that cater to your specific needs. Some salons focus on natural or ammonia-free products, which are ideal for those concerned about hair damage. Others may specialize in vibrant fashion colours or custom-blended tones.

Also, inquire about the hair treatments offered before and after colouring. Reputable salons will suggest pre-colour treatments to prepare your hair and post-colour treatments like deep conditioning or keratin treatments to maintain the health and vibrancy of your colour.

Consultation Services

A good salon will offer a thorough consultation before you commit to a hair colour treatment. During this session, the colourist will assess your hair's texture, condition, and natural colour and discuss the shades and techniques that will work best for your hair type and style preferences. This personalized approach ensures that you and the stylist are on the same page and reduces the risk of undesirable results.

Consider Your Budget

Hair colour services in Dubai vary widely in price depending on the salon, the type of treatment, and the expertise of the colourist. Be clear about your budget from the start, and choose a salon that offers transparent pricing. While you may find cheaper options, high-quality salons that use premium products and techniques may be worth the investment to ensure your hair remains healthy.

Specialized Services

Many of Dubai's top salons offer specialized hair treatments and hair colouring services. From Olaplex treatments that strengthen hair to scalp detox treatments that prepare hair for colour, these services can be crucial in ensuring your hair remains strong and shiny after colouring. Look for a salon that offers such specialized care to maintain your hair's overall health.

Convenience and Location

Dubai's bustling cityscape means that location and convenience should also factor into your decision. Choose a salon that is accessible and offers flexible scheduling options to fit your routine. Some high-end salons may offer additional services like valet parking or complimentary beverages, adding to the overall luxurious experience.

Conclusion

Choosing the right hair colour salon in Dubai is essential to achieving beautiful and long-lasting results while maintaining the health of your hair. Start by researching well-reviewed salons, ensuring the colourists are qualified and experienced, and opting for a salon that uses high-quality products and offers a range of hair treatments. Look for salons that prioritize customer care, cleanliness, and professionalism, and don't shy away from booking consultations to find the perfect colour match. With careful consideration and planning, you can ensure a positive and rewarding hair colour experience in Dubai.

Book an appointment with Maison Amelie to learn more.

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Catherine Danou, Papiers déchirés noir jaune orangé, (collage), 2021 [Amelie Maison d'Art, Paris. © Catherine Danou]

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Claire de Chavagnac, Séville Plaza de Espagna, (pigments, acrylic and animal glue on canvas), 2016 [Amelie Maison d'Art, Paris. © Claire de Chavagnac / Adagp, Paris]

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