A Few of My Favorite Things, Day 3: Birthday at the Flange/Boy Household!

[flange5]

First, thank you for all the birthday greetings and wishes&hearts! It's been a really fantastic day&hearts

And Zan! I got your package today &hearts! Incredible timing!!

So, birthdays at our place tend to be all day affairs--we hide presents around the house in evil ways and then cackle as the other person haplessly looks right at them and

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[flange5]

Aiba and Jun look particularly good in that one as well!

YES. THIS! I have wanted it for years, and I saw it on ebay for a not-ridiculous price, even with shipping, and it was a week until my birthday, and I got it. I only have that one (almost) and Scene so far, so over time, I'd like to start acquiring most of them :P

I tried on Supermodel today, and I have to agree--it's fantastic! Call me Irresponsible is also a kind of amazing jelly, but it is a little harder to even out in terms of color--you have to be more careful with it--but it's this lovely medium warm-toned purple, and I quite like it!

I do have Glitter in the Air! I love it over peach, pink, lavender, white, light blue and gray!! It's a little more subtle for work, too, though clearly I have given up on that by this point--I'm going in with dark violet tomorrow ^^;

I'm not sure I actually have a favorite finish--I love glitter but hate the cleanup, and I like jellies a lot, but I have to be careful because with all the polish I wear my nails are a bit yellow. I love flakies and holos, but almost more to have than to wear?

And I think cremes can be really classy and fun, but would want to jazz them up sometimes. Shimmers can be ok, but a bit boring. Most mattes I don't care for, mostly because they wear so terribly.

I don't know BB Couture well, but I've noticed a few of their newer collections lately, and they have some real winners! They have some shimmers that really glow. As for Nubar, I don't have much experience--the only polish of theirs I have so far is a flakie: 2010. But that deep bue creme jelly looks amazing! I think they only sell it in the 3 pack?

I'll keep an eye out for Poinsettia--I'll be buying some polishes from a site that sells China Glaze, and could easily toss it in ^_^v I don't think I know Dare to Wear, but now I'm curious!

I had rainbow glitter nails over the weekend, but am now in a deep violet--NFu Oh 117-- for work tomorrow. I'm frequently happy that as an academic, I can get away with that at work--as a professor and as a medievalist, I'm expected to be eccentri ^_^v

We cheat for shortcake tempura--we buy the shortcake, but make the tempura batter ^^;

Hope your weekend was awesome!!