And this is why we NEVER shake the polish bottle, kids....

I wanted a spring-ie Easterish manicure for Sunday and really wanted to use the aptly named sparkly pastel glitter Chick-a-dee Doodah from the one and only Lacquistry. Sally Hanson Complete Barracuda is a gorgeous creamy light blue leaning ever so so slightly green, as opposed to a true powder blue like Zoya Blu.  It was late, I was in a hurry, and the SH polish had a lot of separation, as pastels do, into layers with the white base settled at the bottom. I don't know what came over me, but I shook that thing within an inch of its life to get the white to blend back in, then applied it right away (::::gasp::::, :::::horrors:::::, :::::infidel!:::: I can hear you thinking) Yeah, I messed up. Look at all the tiny bubbles that are enshrined in the polish! One day and gone, that's the lesson and the price to pay. Kids,. DON'T try this at home, ROLL your polish. Always.

I'm a Barbie Girl?

I do NOT know what possessed me other than knowing I have a granddaughter due this summer. China Glaze Fade Into Hue and Surreal Appeal accented with Lacquistry Chick-A-Dee-Doo-Da. The slightly grayed lavender is two coats, the pink needed a third but I didn't bother because I was glittering. One coat of glitter-