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Found this older tiktok edit of a whip session to a Lady Gaga remix that had forgotten about & thought I’d share 🥰

Really miss dancing with my FiberFlies ☹️ Still on the look out for a decent sized red or black rug to replace my last one (it helps darken the room & doesn’t allow the silicone on the fiber optic strands make the tile floor slippery).

Had to start over with my nails, cut them down due to going back to work, cleaning an OB/gyn office at night for money I couldn’t refuse (I can only work at night due to lupus uv allergy & I don’t really like being around real humans)!
BUT! I still want to keep my nails looking pretty & protected.

I’ve landed on the glitters that don’t chip, crack or lift as much as all the rest. Keep it as thin as possible, so no paint wrapping the tips & no ridge fillers. Just 2 layers of a base coat, 2 layers of polish & either 2 layers of QDTC or 2 coats of a glitter grabber (still testing to see which holds up best).

So far, this has been my best, longest lasting mani! I did the base of China Glase adhesive base coat, HT Miss Fire 1/2 way & let it dry, tried to lightly brush a gradient but forgot a few times, then I did the rest in HT Coin Toss barely overlapping. After that dried, I did another layer of Coin Toss across the entire nail. Some areas I dabbed more Coin Toss across the areas of Miss Fire to make it look a bit more gradual gradient. Left hand I did a glitter grabber & right hand 2 coats of China Glaze Fast Forward QDTC

I did this on Sat & Sun, then I’ve worked 3 nights with only 1 tiny chip on right middle finger. I touched that up & none since! I don’t wear gloves to do my micro cloth disinfecting, gloves held in the sweat & my polish would just start peeling. I do a good HT Jojoba oil & a good hand cream to protect my nails. I use talc on areas I don’t want wet, I think it may be water/chemical proofing my hands/nails with it, since soap & water just bead off when I wash my hands.

If I tried wearing a thick mani, it would just crack, peel & chip like crazy. Even took a bit of nail with some chips. I think I’ve figured out a way to keep my polish looking decent longer than a day or two. I will definitely post an update on Saturday to show how well it lasted.

I miss my long nails, but maybe I can find a nice medium with a functional nail length AND not have to give up my holo-glitter-magnetic polishes!

Will keep you posted!!
MsHotMess.

China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base XS 2
Holo Taco Miss Fire 1/2 nail
Holo Taco Coin Toss 1/2 nail then 1 full nail
China Glaze R Fast Forward QDTC XS 2
Glitter Grabber (from Walmart) L XS 2

My hubby got these for me this past Xmas. I am so in love with them! I can’t wear anything in my ears without a reaction except platinum. He worked with some old school jewelers to find the perfect rubies for me. The amazing thing about these are they SPARKLE LIKE DIAMONDS! I’ve never seen rubies do that & I have a big rubies collection. I LOVE THEM! I only have one set of earrings I can wear, my mother’s platinum diamonds my father made for her in the late 50’s or 60’s. So now I have 2 sets!!

I confess I’ve worn them around the house just to feel luxurious & uppity 😂 Constantly looking in the mirror to see them sparkle so I can giggle in delight! I couldn’t capture the sparkles in pics but I wonder if anyone else has seen rubies cut like this to sparkle?

Knew I should’ve just stayed in bed. But Nooooo. I had to try to get laundry together & do a few loads. My girl snapped & is nowhere to be found. AND I was going to do my Spider-man nail art after laundry, then go see it tonight since it’s 50% with my regal card. Think im going to go to Five below or Dollar General to see if they have a squavol press on I can use…

My index fingernail was repaired last week, it’s why she’s a lil bit thicc {Enter Nicole Loves thicc black cat pic}.

I should’ve just stayed in bed…

China Glaze Strong Adhesive Base

KBS Fillin’ Groovey.

China Glaze Salsa

Cracked Nuclear Coolant

China Glaze Fast Forward QDTC

A favorite old school DnB song I did a whip sesh to during covid lockdown. I know it’s a long remix, I even cut a minute of the end. But if you enjoy dnb & a mesmerizing pixel whip show, you should love this.

Hubby got me my 1st Die Antwoord shirt! I love my Ugly Boy… we make the whole world jealous🥰

7th anniversary collection was perfect for my 56th birthday present from my Viking hubby! Born 1970. 7th Anniversary Collection. Almost 7•7•7!
First test Peely swatch skittle & my family was in awe🤩 Will do a better mani with ridge filler & a better adhesive base. I can’t stop flashing my nails & giggling like I’m a teen again! Perfect 🤩

…my father was a Pirate! My mother was an Island Princess he fell in love with after being away for years at sea on his pirate ship. He showered her with all the gold & jewels he had collected over the years, all in his pirate chest of treasures.

They married and my father made my mother his Queen. They then had a boy. Then they had a girl, me! My mother gave me all of her jewels to play with. I used to put my favorite rings on my Barbies heads as crowns or around their necks as a necklace. I had no idea that other little girls did not have a jewelry box full of treasures like mine. They had another boy. But the treasures were still all mine. The Queen used to whisper to me that one day, these would always be mine. Only me, because I was the Princess. A daughter of a daughter of a daughter and so on…

One day, the Queen became very sick, she suffered for years then went away to a hospital that refused to let us see her. They did not care that the Queen was dying. They had no empathy in their hearts.

Then, the day came when the Pirate came home a broken man. He told us that She had died. And nothing was ever the same again. My father had become bitter. He resented the world. His family said a little girl should not play with the Queens treasures, they were not toys. I woke up one day to find they were all gone.

I was never the same. I became very dark. Sad. Lonely. Telling tales of the treasures I used to play with, no one believed me. I was no longer a Princess. I was just another little girl. I started to wonder if the treasures were real. Maybe I imagined it.

I grew up. Fell in love. I would tell of my times playing with my treasures that used to be mine. The men I married showered me with jewels, trying to replace the ones I had lost. I started to feel like a Princess once more.

Then the Pirate became very sick. I took care of him. Night & day. Never left him alone. Even when he took his last breath, I did not leave his side. I felt more alone now than ever.

My brothers kept the jewels from me. Told me they were not mine. Made me fight for them, while they kept all of the Pirates tools, home & books. I thought I’d never get them back. The things my mother promised were mine.

Years passed. The brothers needed money. They finally gave in & allowed me to have SOME of my jewels, books & piano.

Here are some of my family’s jewels. On the left are The Queen’s rings. The bottom left are The Pirate’s rings. Along the right are all of mine, along with my mother’s diamond wedding band & platinum diamond earrings. The 2nd picture is some of my rubies and one of my mother’s ruby & diamond spray ring in honor of us being July Babies.

…and now they are radioactive ☢️

Products used:

Holo Taco - Born Ugly

Holo Taco - Glow in the Dark

Gothic Luxx - Nobody, Not Even the Rain

Black Heart - Blue Purple Glitter

Holo Taco - Alien Infatuation

Sally Hansen - All That Shimmers

Holo Taco - No Smoking (glass bead HT wand)

Black Heart - Oil Slick Iridescent

China Glaze - Fast Foward QDTP

Cat Hair - Princess Penelope

Last photo is the Inspo pic I used.

“WHADDA YA THINK?”

(video showing the No Smoking glass bead effect in comments & my super fund clean up site)