Update...shopping haul (no pics yet)

I have a new mani to post (on the weekend), just need to upload the pics.

Thursday night i went on a shopping spree...well not really spree...two stores but it did put a small dent in the pocketbook.  I'll take pics of my new haul - purse, necklace, scarf, 3 dawgs, 2 sweaters, 2 wrap t-shirts, 1 shell.  I shouldn't have gotten it all but it was all on sale.  Dawgs were last season stuff and Cleo had some sale rake stuff with an additional 50% off, hence why i went and purchased a purse, necklace and scarf (which also was discounted)

And i do have some new nailpolish colors i purchased in the last months.  I should do some swatches/reviews soon.

St Patrick's Day Mani - (yah i know i'm a little late)

2 coats Leaf Me Alone with one coat Make Mine Lime

2 coats leaf me alone

This was my St Patty's Day mani...looks like i forgot to take pics with the stamping.  I just stamped the ring finger and thumbs with the leaf from Konad M20 in white.

Base:Nina Ultra Pro - leaf me alone
Sheen base overtop:  Nicole by OPI - Make Mine Lime
Topcoat - SV QD

Plaid

Thank you to Nails by Asami i found a plaid design i wanted to try out.  I would change some things next time i do this mani. Like not using a wide brush for the first stripe. Might try out the Kiss Nail pen instead of the paint.  I would also take more time in doing the cross stripe as most of mine where diagonal. and i would try different combos of colors next time.

Base - Rimmel Black Satin

Fat Silver Stripe - Sally hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Celeb City
White Stripes - Kiss Nail Art Paint

My Private Jet & CND Copper Shimmer

This week i wore the Broadway nails, around Wednesday the tips were starting to wear so it was time for some polish.  Here is OPI, My Private Jet - i'm not sure what version of My Private Jet i have but it's black with shimmery sparkles.

more true looking color

On the other hand i topped it with CND Copper Shimmer - it totally changed the color, my personal preference was the original MPJ without the copper shimmer.

I was really impressed with the broadway nails i applied them on Sunday and it was only Friday when my thumb nails started to pop off with slight pressure.  I'm sure i could have glued on the thumbs again and keep them on for the weekend but i was ready for them to be removed.

I recommend the purchase of  the acetone jar of polish remover.   I tried to use the cotton balls with acetone, but it took way to long to remove.  So i started to force the nails to pop off before i acetone-d the other hand.  Don't do that as i've now damaged those nails. (see below).  I should have watched this youtube video by beechbum before removing my fake nails too.

the ring finger has the huge white line almost the whole way across the middle and finger have damage but not so bad.

middle finger, oh i haven't shaped the nails yet either sorry looks awful.

damage on pinky

Might be offline for a little bit, have to hook up my wireless internet modem tomorrow night, as the roommate is moving out, she purchased her own place.  i will have the townhouse to myself for a while.  Hopefully only for the rest of the month, so far no interest on someone to share accommodations with me.  Wish me luck in finding a good roommate.

Broadway Nails

Thanks to flippery digits for the short broadway nails to try.  Thought as the nails aren't growing and breaking constantly it was time to try this out.  This was my friday night, making sure i had the time to dedicate myself to the process.

All setup,  ready to start

Started on the left hand as i always start on the left.  Pinky done, just found i had to wait 10 seconds to set instead of five.  moved onto ring finger and not a problem, moved onto middle finger,  np  Then ......

Too much glue, caused the nail to stick to my right pointer finger

Glad the acetone and cotton balls were handy, some patience and soaking helped remove the nail without removing too much skin on the right pointer fingertip.

Alright let's do this again.  The nail isn't too damaged lets reuse it.

Second attempt at the right index finger and this time was a doozy

I didn't learn from the first gluing of the nail to my index finger so i did it again but i ended up gluing my left index finger pad to my right thumb pad and the nail to my right middle finger....okay don't panic acetone and cotton balls are near by, roommate is downstairs if need be. grab the acetone soak cotton ball, stick on stuck fingers.  then *can you believe this* i grabbed camera to try to take a pic of my stuck fingers, couldn't figure out how to work the camera , then  decided to grab the acetone to take to bathroom in case i want to pour the whole acetone directly onto the stuck fingers.  Well didn't get need the roomie to help me out, as cotton balls, q-tips, acetone and patience helped get the fingers unstuck.    then onto removing the nail from the finger again. Tried to be patience but found if i lifted the nail a bit it helped....so lost a little bit more skin on the right pointer. With all the acetone it took the finish off the nail so lets look for another nail in the package, no other size 4 let's try size 5 instead, oh what do you know i don't even need to file it down either.

So i tried a third time to put a nail on that index finger, less glue and use the orange stick to help press down and voila....

No more stuck fingers or stuck nails to fingers, it went smooth from there.



My soccer game today as goalie i did end up losing the right middle finger but it popped off very nicely, without taking my natural nail with it. hurt for a while during the game. It's about 6 hours later and i feel no pain on that nail....
Well not it's time to fix the right middle finger again but i have to be careful with the acetone as i don't want to wreck the other nails in the process and i don't think gluing over top of glue would be a good decision.