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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Matte OPI You Don't Know Jacques
Good afternoon, Dear Reader!
I have a not-quite-successful manicure to show you today, but it failed because I didn't follow directions. I got the OPI mattes today, and the little tag on them says not to use base or top coat. Obviously I wouldn't use top coat, but it didn't seem like a base could hurt. Since my nails are a little ragged from the move, I used a ridge filler, then three coats of You Don't Know Jacques. As the OPI matte dried, it shrank faster than the base coat and it looks like I have horrific tip wear. I'll be changing this in a minute, but wanted to show you what the color looks like and also that the OPI mattes really, really can't take a base.
This is the most matte polish I've used, and I'm not entirely sold on it - I think it's a little more matte than is attractive. I'll either get my nails fixed up again or get around to fixing them myself to show you the other colors without a base. I have an event to go to this weekend, and the matte Alpine Snow might be a cool twist on a white polish for it - we'll see.
That's all for now, Dear Reader. Until next time, love and nail polish to you! 
Monday, July 6, 2009
The Luck of the Irish
Good morning, Dear Reader!
I'm probably frantically running around as this publishes. I hit a wall and took a break for a mani last night. I got a lot done, but I lost a few more nails in the process, enough to have to cut them down.
I thought will all I have left to do, I'll definitely need to rely on the luck of the Irish to get out of here. For my mani, I started with a base of three coats of Color Club Limelight, then used White Konad Special Nail Polish to stamp a four leafed clover from Konad plate M22 on each nail.
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