Run No More - Nylon Edition

     First off, I am sorry for my being late posting. This last week was finals and it took all of my concentration to put forth the effort needed to get through the first part of this week. I am blogging to you straight from my new hammock.

No more camping on the ground or in the back of a truck, this girl is sleeping in quite the comfortable hammock from now on. Totally worth the money. Just saying.

     On to today’s post. This is another one for the ladies. We all know that one of the most inconveinient part of official dress is the nylons. But as I know many agree, they are a key part in making official dress look as shnazzy as it does. It just wouldn’t be the same. Now I know that putting nylons on are not fun. Those thin sheet of fibers are just contraptions of endless issues. You rub up against things, you get a snag (which you all now know that that can be fixed with fingernail polish). You pull too hard while adjusting, you tear a whole. You sit down, they fall almost off your butt. Even more annoying, when you do manage to keep a pair nice enough to last through a few events, they get caught by the Velcro of your make up bag or the zipper of your suitcase, the whole saving part is moot.

     So today is a two-for-one. I will show you the best ways to store your already opened nylons so that if they last through the day, they will see a tomorrow. Also I will demonstrate a sure fire way to keep those nylons up all day long.

     Now trust me on this one ladies, this sound odd but it works. During about this time of year, but usually a smidge closer to Easter, Walmart and other fine retailers, sell these plastic eggs. One half colored, one half clear. Nylons fit perfectly right inside that egg. And in their little shell of plastic-y-goodness, they are protected from rips and snags, and the egg is easy to transport full or empty, even more so making a lot easier to throw an extra pair of nylons in your purse. Cheap and resourceful those things are.

See, easy as 1,2,3!

     But McKenzie, how on Earth did you keep your nylons all day long? Well that is an excellent question you have there. One word, SUSPENDERS. Those long strips of elastic do a lot more than keep your pants up. By simply tucking in all undershirts and white button-ups, clip your nylons to your skirt. Unfortunately, I didn’t find this trick until I had gotten State Office and was given FFA suspenders. And what is even better (and I am sorry if it is a bit of too much information, but trust me it is a life saver), when Nature calls, removing and replacing your nylons is easier than you could imagine. But the best part is, because of the fact that you usually put your skirt in the same position, your nylons will do the same.

Adjust your skirt to where you want it, pull the waistband of your nylons up to match the skirt's.

Then just clip both waistbands together with your suspenders, they stay all day long. Honestly, I don't know why I went so long without doing this. 

     Here are a few little tid-bits of nylon know-how:

          1.  Spend a little more on reinforced toe nylons. A lot of runs start at the toe. The little extra in strings down there do help out a lot.

          2.  If you catch run starting to go up the top of your food and you catch it soon enough and put and end to it with your fingernail polish, the next day, considering the underside is okay, you can wear your nylons “backwards” from the day before. The run will be under your foot, and not a soul will know that there was even a run there in the first place. 

                   3.   If you wish to have a blacker look, tights are the way to go. They are also thicker and don’t rip quite as easily. However, I am not a huge fan of tights, I prefer to have a transparent look. But it is up to you.

                   4.  If you cannot find any black nylons, it is okay to settle for slightly grey ones over any designed ones. Grey at least looks close enough from a distance and most people won’t be able to notice. One of my teammates actually preferred grey nylons over black.  

     Well people, I hope that this post has been one that will help ladies defeat the unease about nylons. Find yourself a plastic egg and while you are there, pick you up some cheap, not super flashy I might add, suspenders. Keep it classy ladies!

Peace, Love, and FFA!

McKenzie  

P.S. If you have any questions on something, and want to know if I have a hack shoot me an e-mail at ffahacks@gmail.com. Also if you have any things that you have picked up and want to share, send me an e-mail and we will work together to get your hack out there and helping others!