All tarted out!

Yes, I said tart, as in the European version of a street walker. =) Anyhow, I was eluding to the fact that I am way behind and I am wearing Essie's Tart Deco today.

This is such a pretty color and I hope it kills my desire to get Haute as Hello! Since Essie was bought out by L'OREAL I can't bring myself to buy anymore of their polishes 'cause L'OREAL still does animal testing. They use the ears of mice to do allergy testing and then they euthanize them and dissect them, sad.

I work with bacteria because I can't hear them scream or squeal when I kill them, nor can I see their terrified faces, mostly because they are microscopic and don't have faces.
Ever since I saw someone in my building walking around with a dead white rat in a baggie (they do animal testing in the building I work in) I have been opposed to animal testing very strongly!

What are your thoughts on cosmetics brands that still use animal testing? Is it ok? Is it wrong? Do you care?

Waiting and Bored

So, I am so frustrated with my work, long story short...my trip to go out on the boat to collect samples has been canceled due to weather and equipment problems all week long and I keep waiting thinking I'm going out tomorrow, all week long!!!! It started last Friday when I was originally supposed to go out on the lake but I digress...

I finally got to try my Essie Red Noveau, the formula on this was so awesome, it almost made me cry it was too perfect! I'd seen a lot of swatches and was really excited, well, my skin tone is just not good with this warm red, so I didn't even take a pic. with just the red. I was so bored with it, too flat for my taste so I was looking through my collection for something to jazz it up and I just got a feeling that I should use China Glaze Sexy Sillouette.

I don't think there is a camera in the world that can capture this color correctly but..

Don't mind the ragged cuticles, I forgot to moisturize before photograph!

This is fun but I just don't know, maybe I just have a really negative attitude today?

I need to put on a bright fun color tonight?

Do you have days where nothing sounds pretty and the color of your nails just doesn't console you the way it usually does? =)

Looks Like Somebody has a case of "The Mondays"

This is just a quick post of what I did with some of the new discounted Essies I got last week (I did go back and get the sale price for them). I couldn't decide what to do so I just painted a couple different ones on!
Furthermore, I was trying to save my fingernail with the teabag method and today I was talking with my boss/advisor for almost an hour and it was somewhat confrontational and I ended up being so nervous that I just ripped the broken piece of nail all the way off! BOO! Ah well, more important things to worry about...

Here is what I've been up to as far as my nails are concerned...

Left Hand in Essie Castaway and Lilacism on my index finger

Right hand with Essie Lilacism and Castaway on my middle finger (middle finger now torn to shreds :-/ )

I also took my doggie to the "booty pawlah" today and she got a haircut, so cute!

with a little fluffy kitty in the background and the sorry for the messy porch that she is laying on. :)