Here on Okinawa, I think they are completely obsessed with the word “Coco’s”  There is Coco’s the curry restaurant.  There is  Coco’s Convenience store and then the best one of them ALL…..Cocok’s (the K is silent, haha!) Nail Salon and Spa.  Now this is the one I’m going to talk about!  It’s a little slice of heaven here in paradise :)    So ever since our first day on the island, I’ve seen ladies walking around with these toe nails.  Not just painted…but like tiny little works of art.  At first I thought they were so tacky, but then the more I saw them around, the more I started wondering what the deal was.  We have an Army Ball coming up and someone mentioned “Hey…..we should all go to Cocok’s!”  Yesterday was the day and I’d been looking forward to it for a long time!  Everyone said how it’s so much better than back in the States, and they do so much more.  I’ll have to just believe that, seeing as how, you know, I’ve never done this kind of thing before ;)

They sat us all down and gave us this big book (70 pages to be exact) of nail art to choose from.  Oh, and we sat in these huge, overstuffed comfy recliners!  So as we’re flipping through, these awesome ladies got to work buffing and clipping and massaging our feet AND calves!  With coconut oil……..Anyway…….I don’t even know how long that lasted, maybe 20-30 minutes! It was so relaxing!   We then showed our lady what we wanted done and she ran off to get her palate, paints, glitter, jewels, whatever was necessary to make your design.   The women who work in there are truly artists.  The details they can put on a pinky toe are just out of this world!  As per tradition, I’m sure one that has been passed down from generation to generation,  since the beginning of time, we put all of our feet in a circle and took a picture to post on facebook :)  Now my toes look amazing for the ball, and I think when this wears out I’ll take Emma in with me!  She’s always begging me to do her nails.  When we go there, heck, she can get Spongebob on her big toe if she wants!