Electric Pineapple n Outta Sight Orange

Good Day everyone!  I am so glad I didn't attempt another Del Sol today since it looks like it wants to storm. There was actually sun this morning but I have been so tired and busy doing other things I would not have gotten the chance to take pictures. It's been one heck of a weekend and this week seems like it is going to continue in it's stressful, sleepless, hectic pattern. I will do my best to keep up!

Yesterday the bf and my father intended to make a 18 hour drive (9 each way) to drop off a dog that needed to be transported to Virginia. It sounded easy until the car broke down, they were given the wrong address and had to wait an extra two hours for the guy to come to pick the dog up from them and then drove back with a car that wasn't running right. It ended up being a 24 hour trip and I ended up not sleeping much. I am a nervous one so I worried all day and night and would fall asleep for a little bit and then wake up and text to make sure they were still awake and on the road. It was quite a stressful day. My son and I played some games, watched some movies and made cookies which was mostly relaxing but the stress still got to me. This morning I ran him to music camp and then the cat to the vet for his procedure then accepted an order for 150 lollipops for THIS SATURDAY! That is insane and I have no idea how I am going to manage especially after realizing I also have Part 2 of my root canal this week. It should be fun. :)

While I am mostly sane I will show you this mani real quick. I really don't like colors that absolutely refuse to photograph correctly. China Glaze Electric Pineapple is one such color. I must say though that this color is kinda weird to begin with. It is the color you would get if you used a yellow highlighter over green ink and it bled onto the highlighter so the next few times you highlight something it is a greenish yellow. I like the color but getting it on camera was not working well.

I love odd colors like this. Left is China Glaze Electric Pineapple and right is Finger Paints Outta Sight Orange.

I used the flower design from my Shany plate BM12 to stamp. Originally I wanted to do orange on white but I thought this might look cool. You will notice my pinky on my left hand has some extra green stamping that I attempted but the green was so light you couldn't see it so I only did it on that finger. You can ignore it :)

I used three coats of Electric Pineapple. It is quite streaky and uneven in application. Pretty much like other neons I have encountered. I had some issues with this one but nothing that would keep me from attempting it again. The color is a bit brighter than this picture shows.

I used Outta Sight Orange for the stamping which I was concerned about. I thought it might not work but I guess because the glitter is so tiny it cooperated. It stamped really nicely and I love the colors together.

I think this color might be similar to OPI Fiercely Fiona or so I have heard. I haven't gotten my hands on that one yet so I can't compare but it is unlike anything else I have.

It was quite a fun mani and reminded me of a couch pattern or something.

I need to work on centering the image on my nail. There was one nail that I really liked the placement of the image but I couldn't duplicate it. Duh for me.

I think Electric Pineapple would be a great summer pedi color as well. I think I might try that one next.

I have a couple Bruce Kittlee Master Ninja Warrior pictures too. He keeps getting his new collar off but the weird thing is I will find it laying completely flat. I wasn't so surprised that he got it off but I am still wondering how he not only got it off but un hooked it and flattened it out.

My son took these pictures last night. He was playing photographer. Unfortunately I didn't vacuum before this picture lol sorry about the crazy looking carpet. He loves that toy! The best part is I got it for super cheap at the pet store on clearance. He hears that thing jingle and comes running.

His surgery went well today. The doctor says he thinks this should clear up the problem but we will have to monitor it closely. It could be an infection he isn't catching and the antibiotics aren't clearing up but he is hopeful that this will do it. Right now Bruce is resting and waiting for us to pick him up around 5pm. He will have stitches and probably not be a happy kitty for a couple days but then again knowing him he will be fine by tomorrow. I hope they feed him the poor baby is probably starving. He wasn't allowed to eat after 4am and was not happy about that this morning. He is quite the cranky boy when he wants food. Saturday after his appointment (I hadn't fed him before in case they had to do anything to him) he ate almost a whole can of food (they are small cans but still) and still wanted more. Little piglet.

That's all for now :)

Spike and Mariner Together Again

Hey Everyone! I have had quite the weird day. Bruce Kittlee Master Ninja Warrior started it off by batting me in the eye this morning at 6 am. I mean my eye was OPEN when he smacked me. I wasn't fully awake and I guess my reflexes weren't awake yet either because I couldn't get my eye closed quick enough. This was after he attacked my head again and before he kept batting at my eyes and got them a couple times with his little claws. That kitten is crazy sometimes!

I come in the house from dropping my son off at school and my brother is waiting for me on the couch. He is going with me to the dentist because a. he knows the girl who owns the office and b. he thinks I will not be able to drive after the dreaded root canal. I am not sure what he thinks they are going to do to me but he is freaking me out. So he says to me NICE SHIRT! I say thanks thinking it is because I am wearing his team shirt from the robot competition but then I look at him and laugh. Nice Shirt!!! He is wearing the same shirt! He refused my convincing argument that it would be cute for us to wear matching shirts and he changes his. We get in the car to go to the dentist and a cheesy old Lionel Richie song is on the radio and we both start singing along because he is hitting a high note that neither of us can but love to try anyway. (Singing is not one of my talents, at all!) I tell him it would have been much more awesome if we were wearing the same shirt!

SO on our way to the dentist I mention they did not call me to remind me of the appointment which she ALWAYS does and he says are you sure it is today? I said yes I am, I think, I know it is on June 9th! It is June 9th right? UM NO it is the 8th! I call her to make sure because I swear it was today and sure enough it is in fact on June 9th which is tomorrow. *smacks forehead*  DUH!

I also just got in a fight with UPS over a work matter. We shipped a package 2nd Day Air and it is not been delivered yet. When I track the package it says it was left at facility/ forwarded to facility in destination city. I call UPS and they say the same thing the screen says. She can't tell me if it will be delivered today, tomorrow or next year. IS 2nd Day Air Guaranteed? YES she says. OK so 2nd day is guaranteed but you aren't delivering it in two days? No, it is our error. Ok, will you be refunding us the charge for 2nd day? She tells me when the package is delivered I should call them back and we can discuss it. Oh how I love when these things happen. I was not friendly nor was I happy especially when I had to try and explain to my customer how her guaranteed 2nd day delivery package delivery date is unknown. Is the day over yet???

Ok, sorry about that little rant, now on to the good stuff! Since I did my last mani with Del Sol Spike and a stamping of BB Couture Mariner I decided to reverse it for this mani. Mariner was the polish I wanted to show you over the weekend but didn't get a chance to.

BB Couture Mariner is on the left and Del Sol Spike is on the right. I actually used only one coat of Mariner on my left hand. I wanted to see what it looked like with two coats and if that made a difference so I did two coats on my right hand.

I used my Shany plate BM12 for stamping Del Sol Spike. I used the bunch of flowers design that is on the right.

My mani chipped before 11am because I didn't wrap my tips and it wanted to be difficult so please excuse the chipping. I took some pictures in the sun and some inside to see if you could tell a difference with the stamping. I think the design was so small it was really hard to tell the difference.

I actually just look how my fingers look strange in this picture.

This was one coat!! I was amazed at the full coverage in one coat. There was one patch on one nail that I messed up and a second coat would have fixed but other than that there was no need for a second.

I love the formula of the BB Couture polish it was smooth and gave me no problems what so ever. This is two coats and really you can't tell a difference.

The color is really nice! It kept reflecting the lights which of course obscures the stamping.

I need some work on centering my stamping design. Spike worked great for stamping though.

Such a cute design I want to try it with maybe a white base and super neon color hehe.

Bruce wanted to help me type up my blog! He kept attacking my hands.

This is his evil look. He is watching!

That's all for now :)