{"id":1806,"date":"2013-11-15T12:17:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T16:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2013-11-15T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T16:17:33","slug":"not-a-total-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1806","title":{"rendered":"Not a total waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday I spent a lot of my day doing my nails. Picking colours, deciding on a design, figuring out just how to accomplish this work of art, one handed. It can be a surprisingly long process even before the paint touches the nails. Sometimes it is &#8220;easy&#8221; as I know what I want to do but when I have no idea, that is a whole other story.<\/p>\n<p>I decided on red, a metallic grey, and black and a plaid design. I put on the polish one layer at a time, base coat, colour, colour, pattern, top coat. I hated it. I just looked at my hand and I was like, ugh. But I thought maybe it is just one of those looks that will grow on me. So I sat, watched some TV, and let it dry.<\/p>\n<p>I got hungry though and after what I thought was enough drying time, I got up to make something to eat. I pulled veggies out of the fridge, meat out of the freezer, grains out of the cupboard, did some rinsing, chopping, boiling, simmering, sauteeing. It was a big show. And then at the end out it all I had ruined 3 nails.<\/p>\n<p>So after savoring my very delicious meal (I technically made 2 meals so that I would have lunch for the next day. That was seasoned couscous with stir fried ground beef with mushrooms, green peas, tomatoes, carrots, and green peppers. I ate fajitas with ground beef, sauteed mushrooms, fresh made guacamole, dices tomatoes, and shredded cheese. It was really good) I painstakingly took polish off my nails with a q-tip. After I did one nail I was like f that and just cleaned off both hands.<\/p>\n<p>You just read all of that and there are not pics of beautifully manicured nails. I know. But you did get a story of hard work that sadly resulted in failure but with a silver lining, I got to eat some really good food.<\/p>\n<p>But what I am holding back it that I did my toes too. I know it is winter but I still like to have my little piggies looking nice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/leafy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-757 aligncenter\" title=\"Leafy\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/leafy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t the greatest pic as I snapped that just before I put on my socks to head off to work. Now you know I have parquet floors, I wear blue jeans, and I am not very good at free hand polish designs. This two big toes do not look the same at all but you get the idea. I used 4 polishes on this look.<\/p>\n<p>Base &#8211; \u00c2\u00a0L.A. Girl Nail Strengthener<\/p>\n<p>Cream &#8211; Julip &#8220;Alexandra&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Green &#8211; Julip &#8220;Valerie&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Top Coat &#8211; LA Girl NT1 Diamond Top Coat<\/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>On Sunday I spent a lot of my day doing my nails. Picking colours, deciding on a design, figuring out just how to accomplish this work of art, one handed. 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