{"id":8834,"date":"2015-04-08T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/?p=8834"},"modified":"2015-04-08T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T13:35:29","slug":"uka-nail-oils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/uka-nail-oils\/","title":{"rendered":"Uka Japanese Nail Oils Double as the Most amazing Rollerball Perfumes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">You guys, these nail oils are the BEST! Tokyo star manicurist Kiho Watanabe created <\/span>uka oils<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> as a way to hydrate parched nails and ragged cuticles. <\/span>She<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> then watched as clients adapted her all-natural, lightly fragranced formulas <\/span>to<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> use as perfume and even lip balm. They are sold separately OR as a set of 5, <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">which includes the basic oil\u00a0as well <\/span>as <span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">four oils named for times of day: gently stimulating 7:15 contains notes of Hinoki wood (a species of Japanese cedar that smells unexpectedly green and fresh); minty-fresh 13:00 provides an afternoon boost, feminine and floral; 18:30 helps calm your senses after a long day; and tranquil 24:45 refers to the dream state induced by its soothing lavender and vanilla blend, all in a base of nourishing argan oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I was <em>never<\/em> really into cuticle oil until now. Julie K, the Creative Director of Paintbox (read my in depth nail interview with her <a title=\"Negative Space Manicure\" href=\"http:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/negative-space-manicure\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), recently recommended I give uka a try and I\u2019m officially hooked. \u00a0I have been using these oils liberally for the past month, usually during the day or at night, and I have noticed a <i>huge<\/i> difference \u2013 my nails have NEVER been longer. The oil actually absorbs into the nail, unlike lotion or cream, increasing circulation and stimulating new nail growth. Makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>You girls need all these oils <i>immediately.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8843\" alt=\"Uka nail oils\" src=\"http:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg\" width=\"1102\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5-864x486.jpg 864w, https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5-498x278.jpg 498w, https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5-840x472.jpg 840w, https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5-86x48.jpg 86w, https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/unnamed-5-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You guys, these nail oils are the BEST! Tokyo star manicurist Kiho Watanabe created uka oils as a way to hydrate parched nails and ragged cuticles. She then watched as clients adapted her all-natural, lightly fragranced formulas to use as perfume and even lip balm. They are sold separately OR as a set of 5, [&hellip;] <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/uka-nail-oils\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-nails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shesintheglow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}