Ugh. Man Hands

In the below post, I mentioned how my DIY product of filling in my own acrylic nails was an EPIC fail.  I have been in and out of the hospital for the last two days now and ripped off my acrylics.  Now, I have these chubby lil ugly man hands and I hate it!  In doing so, it tore the crap outta my cuticles and nails.

I will NOT be without my acrylics(stated in entry below), but with me being as sick as I am, in and out of the hospital, it is nearly impossible for me to get another set put on.  Maybe I can just cut the nails down, clip the cuticles and buff them like crazy and maybe so a sponge mani or something that will help since the nails seems "uneven".

I need an over haul LOL.

EPIC Acrylic Nail Balance FAIL

Without acrylics, I have man hands.  Pudgy stubs that have a nail with no substance.  My real nails have no thickness and are soft and brittle.  It doesn't matter what awesome product I use, I just don't like the look of my natural nails.

Last July for my b-day, I treated myself to acrylics.  Ever since then, I have been getting a balance about every two weeks or so.  I can not stand the look of my natural nails growing from the cuticle and my real nails grow fast.  Paying $40 a month was starting to tick me off.

So, I came up with a brilliant idea and decided to go to Sally's and buy a DIY acrylic kit.  Now, I realize there is a reason these girls have a license.  Even though I followed instructions to the T, I messed up BIGTIME.

Having dried acrylic OVER your cuticles isn't fun and it hurt.  I have no clue how it got all over the place(maybe I was being overly messy), but I had to run to the store and buy pure acetone.  The soaking process took forever and I STILL didn't get all the acrylic off.

I am gonna feel like the biggest goober going back to my manicurist and telling her the story.  *sigh*  Lession learned, let the pro's handle the stuff that I don't nothing about.

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Daddy Said So

When I was released from the hospital, I needed a new mani.  Hearing the news of the tumor, one can imagine that I was in a down mood.  I called home and spoke to my Dad.  He asked what I was doing, and I told him that I wanted to paint my nails, but didn't know what color.

Dad suggested a "rainbow mani" which I corrected him and told him it was called a skittle mani :) He said "take a picture and send it home so I can see"(they live in the dinosaur years and don't own a computer).

I used all Julep colors except the middle one is OPI's Fly.  So, this mani is for my daddy ♥

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