IKAT? WHAT THE HELL IS AN IKAT?

Let me start off by saying how comical I think it is that my last post got more hits than I've gotten in about a week. So apparently if I say I'm a big ol' honkin' liar, people are interested? Were you disappointed at how little it was?  LMAO

Seriously, though, I would like some honest opinions from those of you that seem to regularly stop by; am I spewing too much non-nail-related stuff?  Maybe you'd rather I just cut to the chase and show the nails? Once I start writing, I'm sure you've noticed I can really ramble on and tell you a bunch of shit you probs have no interest in. I know it's my blog and all, but I want people to at least like it, and I'm certainly not trying to scare anybody away.

That being said, I'm still going to mention that my cortisone shot worked pretty well. I had very little pain when I got up Saturday morning, so I immediately cleaned the entire house while my arm worked well enough to push a vacuum. I'm not sure if I should have done that or not, but since my arm is still attached, I guess it's okay.

I would also like the record to reflect that my internet has not gone down since the last guy came and detached whatever that thing was that had to do with a landline. Not.Even.Once. If I was single, I would marry that man.

Hopefully I didn't just jinx my interwebs by typing that.

As I wander around Pinterest I always see a ton of things I like, and I pin them for future reference of things I might someday try. This "Ikat" mani is one of those. I've seen quite a few of them. I didn't know what Ikat meant so I finally looked it up, and apparently it's almost like a tie-dye thing for fabric. That's about all I gleened from looking that up other than the fact that it's pronounced "e-kat", not "i-kate". Evs. I like it, and that's really all that matters.

This is pretty but was kind of a pita to do. I'm not sure why, but my Seche Vite was making my colors run. I don't think I've ever had SV do that to me before, and I don't appreciate it. I ended up having to topcoat between every color. I absolutely hate when that happens....so time consuming!

Other than that, it's actually pretty easy to do.  I did two coats of China Glaze Sunday Funday for my base color and topcoated. I made just kind of a sloppy, imperfect "V" with Sinful Colors Snow Me White and let that dry and topcoated. After that was dry, I add another imperfect "V" inside the white with an unnamed purple that I have and once again, topcoated. Finally, I used a dotting tool and added the little bits of black, American Apparel Assid, to go inside the purple and to outline the white. And yes, then I topcoated. Twice. 

So right now I have a shit ton of polish on.  I think it's a pretty groovy look, and the fact that it's supposed to be imperfect makes it easy enough. I just wish it would have gone a little faster. But hey, we all know I am not afraid to spend four hours on a mani while watching tv.

I'm annoyed at this weather right now. Lay in the pool? Don't lay in the pool? It's kinda sunny but kinda not; only in the mid 60's but it would be warm enough just laying on my new raft....what's a girl to do? If I get all ready and get out there, is going to get all cloudy and then rain? *heavy sigh* 

And that, my friends, is the biggest decision I have to make today. Pretty sad, right?