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Nail Art: Puzzle…Question Mark? Butter London, SpaRitual

14 Wednesday Aug 2013

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When I am not feeling well, my cats, Marmalade and Sunsilk, keep close eyes on me. Sunsilk, in particular, has attached herself to me like a barnacle on the underside of a ship. As I was going through my nail polish stash I realized I have two great nail colors that would totally capture her.

I used two coats of butter London “Scuppered” as my base color. The formula on this is absolutely heavenly. I can paint three stripes on each nail without streaking, pooling, or general messiness. Unlike the company’s other glitters, this polish is very sheer. It may be that the glitter is not densely packed. There is small green and pink glitter, a gold shimmer and larger circular green glitter flecks.

butter London “Scuppered”

Everything down to the glitter itself reminds me of Sunsilk. The gold color in her fur, the pink of her nose and the green is exactly the color of her eyes. And when I realized I had a dark brown the exact same color as hers I was so pleased.

For the stamping, I used SpaRitual “Howl” and Bundle Monsters plate “BM-319”.

SpaRitual “Howl” over butter London “Scuppered”

I don’t know whether it is a random quirk but whenever Sunsilk refuses to listen to me, her tail forms a question mark. She is an intelligent cat who plays dumb and pretends that she does not understand what I am saying. She is very sly but without her I do not know how I could manage everything that is happening.

Hi, I’m Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Galaxy Accent

11 Sunday Aug 2013

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I’m going to try and climb tomorrow so I decided not to go hog-wild with my nail art today. Also, I went for a hike with my dog and I was exhausted by the time I got home.

I tried the galaxy nail art a few weeks ago and I really liked how it came out, so I decided to try it again to see if I could get the same results.

The polishes I used: CND – Stickey base coat, two coats of Essie – Power Clutch, SpaRitual – Running with Wolves, Zoya – Goldie, butter London – Knackered, Wet n Wild – Blue Moon, Revlon – 902 Celestial FX, and Seche Vite top coat.

Straight On

Once the base coat and base color dried I tore three small pieces from a foundation sponge and, with a pair of tweezers, sponged the SpaRitual, Zoya, and butter London polishes in diagonals across the nail.

I used a toothpick to splotch-dot Wet n Wild.

I used an eyeshadow sponge-tipped applicator to apply one star from the Revlon polish.

Topped all nails with Seche Vite which has a great shine!

Galaxy Accent

Unfortunately, today was one of those days when my fingers “stuck” in certain positions when I was removing the old enamel, and using the brushes to paint the polish. I am currently at 10mg of prednisone and while I feel like I am just getting by and I could feel a little better, I’d rather not increase the dosage.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.