Guest Nails :: Paint It Blue :: Blue Cack

I’ve fallen a little behind, but I promise I will get back on the Laid Back track tomorrow! For now, I will leave you with a special guest spot.

On the weekend I was visited by non-blogging buddy Ruth (aka Madvoice), who is also joining me in raising awareness through Paint It Blue. Unfortunately for her, she was less than pleased with the results of her polish combinations, but I will let her explain it all to you herself!

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Musing from Madvoice

I decided to go visit my lacquer buddy aka Relle for a home cooked meal a few quiet drinks and a chance to play with some polish. I was very loathe to remove what I deemed to be my best ever mani. I had finally managed to conquer the Emily de Molly glitter (that Relle had gifted me for Christmas of last year) with a Seche Vite top coat after many failed attempts. There were copious quantities of swears in these failed attempts, let me tell you.

Anyway, after removing my polish and consuming a rather delicious beef stroganoff that Relle’s husband (readers, you may know him as “the local manbeast” – Relle) and I concocted, I set to work. I had another Emily de Molly that I wanted to show off for Autism Awareness Month (paint it blue Facebook link maybe?) and figured I could use my Nubar Disco Blue Glitter that I had almost forgotten about that was in my stash over the top. Everything was going well, my Emily de Molly Path to Glory went on without a hitch and the Nubar was ready to go.

I must’ve forgotten exactly how this went on or why I hadn’t used it in a while and it soon came to light. After two coats of this glitter was applied (which looked pretty good to the naked eye) I decided to put Bessie to work (my camera) and take some pics with flash. Holy mother of Flying Spaghetti Monster was it CACK! Complete and utter CACK! I remember Relle saying something about Papa Smurf jizz blue earlier on in the evening (there may have been alcohol involved). I dare say this would’ve equated to a pity wank all over my fingers. I showed it to Relle and she concurred that it was cack. She gave me some holographic glitter to try and help my already failing manicure but to no avail. It remained cack.

Sometime later (not long enough for the polish to completely set) nature called. I fully expected this manicure to spontaneously combust after entering the loo but no, not this time. It was like it knew how cack it really was and was staying put just to spite me. Hell, it even passed the sleep test. That is something many manicures fail to do with how crazy my sleep cycle is. No matter how dry it seems when I curl up under the covers, it ends up with the crosshatch of sheet weave as a convenient embossing.

That morning I grabbed Bessie again and took her outside to get photos of this abomination under natural light. No matter which way I held my tongue or how I fiddled with the camera setings, it still looked cack. I then resigned myself to having to remove it and my replacement was the Emily de Molly Path to Glory on its own. I think this Nubar polish can be regaled to my daugther’s stash now. Complete and utter CACK!

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Her nails breathed a sigh of relief, and below we have Path to Glory flying solo

xxxo

Relle

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