Sarah Jessica Parker Shares the Reason Why Carrie Never Has a Manicure
glamour.com—at home or at the salon. Back in 2011 , “I never do my nails…and I've probably had nail polish on my nails twice in ten years.” In 2016 she told the reason her nails are usually just buffed and clean is because “I use my hands a lot.
I cook. I clean. I do laundry. [Nail polish] is not practical in my life given what my hands need to do every day.” There has been at least one exception to her no-polish rule, however: She recently was spotted with a black mani to match her polka dot dress at the Sex and the City 25th anniversary party earlier this month.
But given that her alter ego, Carrie Bradshaw, isn't one to cook, clean, or even do her own laundry much, it's interesting that the fashion and glam-obsessed writer/podcaster/society It girl is often seen with those same bare nails.
I haven't gone and done a rewatch of SATC for the purpose of tracking Carrie's manicures—or lack thereof—but numerous Google searches and confirm my theory.And so, during my recent Zoom interview with Parker to talk about , I asked her why Carrie is often seen with bare nails, given that her hair, makeup, and clothes are always .
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