Hello,
world! Where ya been? Wait, I’m the one that has been incognito
haven’t I? Let me give you a quick
run-down on what’s been happening in my world lately.
First, I know I
haven’t mentioned this before but the company I work for is in the process of
being purchased by our largest competitor and because I work in the corporate
office, most likely my services will no longer be needed once the sale is completed
at the end of this year. With that said,
I began the job search process about a month ago. As you know the economy is in the toilet even
though all the politicians in DC swear it is getting better. Yeah, right!
Easy for them to say I guess, with their big salaries, paid benefits and
cost of living stipend. Maybe I should go
into politic. Wait, I have morels and
character so I would suck at politics.
Anyway, I
interviewed with a company two Friday’s ago and then re-interviewed last week
and received an offer on Friday. Yeah,
me! So super excited to be doing
something I love again and really excited to be challenged by learning another
industry. I promise more details on that
will be coming in the future but for now, that sums up what has been
happening. Now I am in the process of
finishing up some lose ends here at work before my last day on Friday, August 9th.
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| Happy Dance! |
So, what else
have I been doing lately? Not too
much. Taterbug came home on Saturday
from her week with her dad and all is right in the world now. {Happy Dance!} Camp finishes up tomorrow and
school starts on August 14. This weekend
will be filled with school shopping to finish up our last minute supplies,
shoes, uniforms, etc. Good thing
tomorrow is payday!
The Bug wanted
me to do something fancy with her nails because she has been growing them out
all summer. She always had beautiful
nails until she started school then she began picking them to death and they
became nubs. With all the swimming and other fun this summer, they really have
gotten quite long and pretty. Her
grandmother on her dad’s side has beautiful nails as did my grandmother so I
hope she inherited their genes. I, on
the other hand (pun intended) only have nice nails when I have acrylics!
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| All Types of Styles |
When I was at
CVS yesterday looking at new polish for her, I saw these cool nail stickers by
Sally Hansen. After reading the box and
checking out all the cool colors and designs, I decided to get two to try out
on the Taterbug. I chose the zebra print
and some black and white bones with pink ribbons on their skulls. VERY CUTE!
Once we got
home, I had her scrub her hands and put on her jammies. I wasn’t sure how well these suckers would
work on her hand since the nail beds are so small. Surprisingly enough, Ol’ Sally H. thought of
everything. The packet came with 16
strips and I was thinking why not 20?
Well, each strip is two sided so it is like you got 32 and not only
16. There were plenty of strips left to
do both her nails and mine. We even have
enough to do one other person or repair any that got ruined.
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| This is What You Get In a Box |
You start by
determining which strip size fits your nails best. Then you file the nails and the polish them
to make the stickers stick better. I did
this on her nails but not to mine and didn’t see any difference in sticking
power. If anything, mine seems to work
better. Next you peel off the clear
cover off the sticker then you peel off the white back. Then you stick the paint sticker to your nail
starting from the cuticle to the end of your nail. The trick is to try and stretch the sticker
before you actually finish applying it.
It is really easy to reposition before you actually stick it so don’t
worry about not having it right. Once it
is in place, you just stretch it to the very end and your nail will actually
cut the sticker off. Flip the sticker
around and repeat on the same nail but on the other hand since chances are they
are all the same size. Once they are all
on, you use the nail file included in the box to file any excess sticker parts
still on your nail to make it smooth. I
also used the wooded stick they included to push out any bubbles or to better
adhere the sticker to your nail. The
pointed end of the stick also works great to cut off excess pieces of stickers
around your cuticle or fingers.
Want to know
what was freaky? As soon as you opened
the package, it smelled just like you opened a bottle of polish. It is so cool how it is actually polish on
sticker that are as thin as skin. I say
it was super easy and took about 15 minutes to do a whole set of nails. They are much faster than painting them and
waiting to have one coat dry before adding a second coat. Also, there are so many styles and colors
that it would be very easy to find something fun for a quick change.
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| My Fat Fingers! |
The package says
that it will last about 2 weeks so we will see.
So far, it appears that the stickers have “cured” overnight because they
are much firmer this morning than they were last night. I was kind of scared to wash my hair this morning
because I thought they would wash off in the shower but if anything, they got
even firmer.
I typically don’t
wear polish on my fingers because it never lasts. I am curious as to how this holds up. When I am ready to remove it, the box said
you just wipe off with polish remover. I
will let you know how it did.
Moral of the
story: Sometime you have to let your
wild side show and try something different!
Love ya,
Kristen
PS: Today is our 1 month anniversary of blogging together. Where are you taking me to dinner? :)
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