Hello my beautiful readership,

what color do your Valentine’s Day nails have? The color of love or a more personal one? Check out my nail-art here and find out about its background.

Love is to survive the many little obstacles of everyday-life, so said a blonde actress from the USA with partly Irish roots stated a very long time ago about a working relationship and her personal recipe to a healthy partnership. Meanwhile this actress is divorced even twice. Not very authentic or believable, you do not think? But I do not want this actress anything bad. After all I do not know her, we do not know the backgrounds and who tells us that she has not tried it all to rescue her relationship. Personally, I would not think of her and her statement if I would not feel what she meant back then. When I first read it for the first time I was thinking of how silly this quote was compared to the others that were stated in this German lifestyle-magazine and maybe it was this silliness that has made it remain engraved in my heart and mind for such long time.

It is true, when you have been together for a long time. You have celebrated important achievements like a wedding (in case you are planning a wedding check out my Wedding Special here and children together. Also you have learned about good and bad habits. And you have gone through hard times that are not gone from one day to the other. And just like that an everyday-life-routine has leveled off because the highlights of your life together have been reached. So what now when things are going to be taken for granted and there is no reason to put any effort in anything? You read it. Things are taken for granted but relationships need care like flowers need to be taken care of to bloom. You do have a reason to put in effort. That reason is waking up next to you every day. Letting someone slide beings when you claim that you do not need certain events life birthdays or Valentine’s Day to show your appreciation towards someone else. For some this might be ok but those others wo go apart more and more I would like to ask “and when has been the last time that you did something special for your significant other?”. Events like Valentine’s Day are a good base and we all know that it is probably utopian to make every day Valentine’s Day but appreciation begins with small gestures like a kiss for things that seem natural like when the other one is preparing dinner. It sounds like putting on a show but this is not a show these are true feelings that are underestimated.

Also I learned that I want to solve my problems within my relationship instead of getting help somewhere else. It may seem that you always yell at each other but your partner is you always go to rock to catch all the negative things you are spitting out as a safe place to never judge you or throw it back to your face.

This is how we keep our relationship alive. Having this in mind, happy Valentine’s Day.

Nails Done by Hanny Beautiful Nails

What color do you put on on your Valentine’s Day nails? Red, the color of love? Pink, another symbol of love? Or something more personal? Something that kind of portrays what the relationship of you and your partner is about? For us Valentine’s Day is even more, it is the color when we officially committed ourselves to a relationship even though we have confessed our love and dedication towards each other long before that. But you may know how it is, you first have to set some things right before finalizing something else that is important to you. That was eight years ago now and it still feels as strong as if it has been yesterday and yet it feels like a lifetime ago with all we have gone through and what we have achieved. Natural yet unbelievable at the same time.

Many thanks to Hanny Beautiful Nails for the wonderful nail-do. If you are interested to book and appointment there find the information you need here.

Love, Johanna