NOTD: China Glaze - Sexagon, plus: my son broke his nose! Ouch!

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Last night was a mess; we ended up taking my son to the emergency room (since it was a Sunday and nothing else was open) because it turns out he broke his nose! And get this... the same dog that broke my nose about a year and a half go is the same dog that broke my son's nose!!! My chocolate lab means well, he really does, but he is way too playful and strong. It was all a huge accident, where my son jumped off our deck (only about 2 or 3 feet tall), landed fine but then the dog jumped after him - hitting him on his back and pushing his face forward into the ground. He was inches away from the pavement, so thankfully he hit the dirt/grass instead. Still, it was enough to cause damage but thankfully my son isn't in too much pain from it, but still it was one of those situations where you go into mommy panic mode. When I walked around the corner all I saw was blood pouring out of his nose like a faucet. It really could have been so much worse, so really, he's pretty lucky when it comes to bad things happening. Of course it happened on April Fool's Day, so I was certain family wasn't going to believe me when I told them, lol.

Anyhow, because of all that mess, I didn't get around to photographing a NOTD like I had planned for today's post. Instead, I went back into my archived photos and found a NOTD I never posted on here. It's China Glaze polish in the shade Sexagon. I took these photos I believe last summer, so the quality isn't great but it's still a pretty holographic polish. More nail related posts will be in the month of April, so stayed tuned. For now, enjoy some pics of China Glaze Sexagon!

NOTD: China Glaze - Sexagon

These photos were taken so long ago that I don't remember if I used a base or top coat with this, and I don't remember how many coats. I do know they were all taken outdoors in sunlight. And again, sorry for the poor quality of these pics!

And here's some pics of my poor baby at the hospital...

WARNING: there is blood in the photos so if you're squeamish please skip this part of the post!

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My poor baby!

NOTD: Crimson Flakes -- shiny & matte

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I did this NOTD a few weeks ago, before I had my surgery. I just haven't gotten around to sharing it with you all until today. On this particular day, I was in a red polish mood but also wanted to use flakies. I knew I'd reach for my Barielle polish in Elle's Spell, but it's rather sheer so I layered that over a red creme base. In addition, I wanted to use one of the Finger Paints Special Effects polishes, which I decided to layer over top everything. In the end, I liked the mani but I still wasn't satisfied. I went matte and loved it a lot more.

I prefer this look matte, but which do you like better? Matte or shiny?

Shown above matte, and below shiny.

To re-create this NOTD:

• One coat of Zoya Anchor base coat.
• One coat of China Glaze polish in Ruby Deer
• One coat of Barielle polish in Elle's Spell
• One coat of Finger Paints polish in Twisted
• One coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
• To go matte: one coat of Hard Candy Matte Top Coat

Then I went matte....

Pink Wednesday: Sweet Pink Leopard

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I didn't have plans to participate in today's Pink Wednesday manicure, only because I'm still not feeling well and haven't done my nails in several days. However, my dog decides to play "creep out my owner by making her think some masked killer is outside the door at 6:30 in the morning". Yeah, that woke me up from my barely any sleep last night, due to this stupid sickness. So for the half hour I had before needing to wake my son up and get him ready for school I decided to do a quick Pink Wednesday mani for today. Then that mani got ruined while packing up his lunch and I had to re-do it later in the afternoon. Enjoy!

To re-create this Pink Wednesday mani:

• 1 coat of Essie's Ridge Filler Base Coat
• 3 coats of China Glaze polish in Go Go Pink
• 1 coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat to make sure the pink was fully dry before painting on the leopard design
• Using a thin pain brush, I painted on the leopard design using Wet n Wild Wild Shine polish in French White Creme (for the white spots) and Sephora polish in Coffee In NY for the brown lines and spots.
• 1 coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat to finish everything off.

Let me know what you think...

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