{"id":1667,"date":"2013-03-28T10:48:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2013-03-28T10:48:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T14:48:37","slug":"ode-to-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1667","title":{"rendered":"Ode to Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know recently I have only been posting &#8220;Nailed It!&#8221; articles but I promise to you that I will be posting other things next week as well.<\/p>\n<p>As it is the first official week of spring I decided to pay homage to this\u00c2\u00a0<span>primaveral <\/span>time. The birds return, the flowers grow, the temp rises, and everything seems brand new. Ah yes, the wonders of spring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-757 aligncenter\" title=\"Ode to Spring\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/spring.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you see the flowers and that cute little ladybug? I was actually really surprised how well the whole thing came out. I thought it was going to be a bit much (aka a complete\u00c2\u00a0disaster) but it is simply lovely. And that is not just from me all the way up on my high horse, no, I have had many very nice comments about them from friends and strangers. One person even thought my nails were fake cuz they looked too good to be real. What a compliment! I should try these slightly outlandish themed nails more often.<\/p>\n<p>The object I am daintily caressing in my hand is a mini bottle of tequila. It was a gift my brother brought back from his trip to Mexico last year. It is only to be opened in case of emergency. This week I used 8 polishes on my nails. Yes, 8.<\/p>\n<p>Base\/Top coat &#8211; Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro<\/p>\n<p>Blue &#8211; UO Nail Lacquer &#8220;Crowded&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Red &#8211; Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro (375) &#8220;Stiletto Red&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dark Red &#8211; Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro (390) &#8220;Burgundy Flirt&#8221; &#8211; You may not be able to tell but on the index and middle fingers the red flower is made up of 2 different reds. I did streaks of dark red and then put the lighter red on top in shorter strokes.<\/p>\n<p>Black &#8211; Rimmel Lasting finish Pro (430) &#8220;Black Satin&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yellow &#8211; Sephora X Neon &#8220;Obnoxious&#8221; &#8211; I know last week I complained about this polish but I used it anyways. Lets hope with the base coat and another colour\u00c2\u00a0beneath\u00c2\u00a0it it won&#8217;t leave my nail all jaundiced looking again.<\/p>\n<p>Detailing &#8211; Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen &#8220;Black&#8221; and &#8220;White&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/icon-copy-profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40\" title=\"icon-copy-profile\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/icon-copy-profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>Tra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know recently I have only been posting &#8220;Nailed It!&#8221; articles but I promise to you that I will be posting other things next week as well. As it is the first official week of spring I decided to pay homage to this\u00c2\u00a0primaveral time. The birds return, the flowers grow, the temp rises, and everything [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}