PLAIN, THEN NOT - A TALE OF TWO MANI'S

First thing I'm going to do here is ask you all, if you're the prayin' kind, to please throw a few out into the universe for a friend of mine. I won't go into much detail for obvious reasons, but she will soon be suffering a major loss in her life and could use some good vibes. 'Nuff said. Thank you.

I guess the meeces really are gone. I haven't heard a peep or seen a poop outta' them since I caught that last one. It's so cold and rainy out today, I feel a bit sorry for them. But I'll get over it.

I thought I slept fairly decent last night, but I guess I was wrong. When the alarm went off, it wasn't pretty because I could not move my right arm. I probs looked pretty ridiculous as I stumbled into the kitchen with it stuck in an "up" position. It took probably 10 minutes before I could take my left hand and gradually move it back into place. Ouchers! I guess one advantage of having a sling will be that I can't stick my arm into positions it does not belong. Glass half full.

One morning when I went on Facebook, the very first thing I saw was a pic of this new polish by Avant Garde. For whatever reason, I decided right then that I was going to buy it. Hell, it was on sale for $5.00 so why should I resist? I shouldn't! So I didn't!

I received it last week and swatched it. I don't think it lives up to the pic that made me want to buy it, but it is very pretty.  It's holographic, although not as much as some other brands, and it also has a pretty good color shift to it. Not that I could catch either of these things very well. You'll have to kind of take my word for it on this one.

Here's how I wore it yesterday. It did take 3 coats for me to be satisfied with the coverage.

This pic I took while I was just sitting in my chair, and I used the flash which I never do. It does show the holo effect better so I included it here.

Last night I fully intended on taking this off and doing something else, but I was chatting with my friend on Facebook instead. When I finally decided to do nails, I decided I would just stamp right on top of this.

The name of this mauvey-purpley pretty is Avant Garde Dancing Through Fire, and I stamped the hearts with my Llarowe LLC-A plate.  I didn't originally want to stamp with black. I wanted to stamp with a dark creme that would match the polish color. Unbelievably, with over 1,000 in my stash, I didn't have one that would work. I was annoyed and shocked by this.

I guess that means there is at least one more polish I need to buy.