Someone please help me with tossing a $10 bottle of nail polish after one try, please? I can see the streaky, ridge filling base coat after four coats of OPI's "Green Come True," which is actually kind of a nightmare.

Always read up on the formulae before purchase, kids.

Or, 55 years in the making.

Yes, I did my own toes today as part of a post "retirement" money saving drive that includes letting my hair go gray and fetching my own groceries instead of summoning Instacart.

( OMG naked feet here )

I was nattering on to my mother about nail polish and other supplies, including matte top coat when she interrupted to ask why? Why matte anything for nails?

( It's a nail art thing )

...in more ways than one.

Most of the people I follow are very young or Millenials with the occasional Gen-Xer and even rarer fellow Baby Boomer. It seems that the younger and more creative the individual, the less likely they are to fit any of the gender or sexual orientation definitions available when I was a wee lass ( Read more... )

( Pic back here )

I have officially gotten enough compliments on this clutch that I feel I must share. It's larger than I expected a clutch to be, though it does not quite hold a 7" tablet (it fits, but the lid doesn't close.) Shall we say that when I bought it, I was going for cost effective? :D ( Read more... )

( Not necessarily better lit, but less shaky )

I have:
(1) consumed an entire quart of sour cream as adobo dip. (No link to a recipe; I just sprinkled  a TON of adobo seasoning into the bowl, mixed well and consumed with Wheat Thins. I know.)
(2) Washed two (2) loads of towels.
(3) Read the ENTIRE RDJ Advises tag on Copperbadge's tumblr.
(4) Read the lion's share of an Avengers/Arrow/Walking ( Read more... )

What got me started on this: listening to part of a Fresh Air interview on NPR concerning a new book, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Terry Gross was interviewing the book's editor and two contributors, one FtoM and one MtoF man and woman. Every time I hear about transgender people or transgender issues, I ( Read more... )

( The Nail Polish )