Acrylics - don't do this at home

Ever since I got active on the web on all the Delphi Forums and Yahoo groups, even my first website and blog, I have been writing in English. The reason is simple - no Swedish talking people anywhere I looked. Well, just one Yahoo group I found some years ago, dedicated to quilting.

I think I told this before, but in my younger years while sporting loooooong nails, whenever one split or broke I either did a silk wrap it or glue on an acrylic nail tip and these methods worked just fine. Today they don't and I have no clue why - nothing stays put the way I want them to.

So when I was on a smallish shopping spree at Head2ToeBeauty store a month or so ago, I found this small trial kit for acrylic nails from EZ Flow for only just under 6 USD. Nowhere did it say (or I just overlooked it) that it was for professionals only. Since no instruction came with the little box, I found some on Youtube and today I decided to try the whole thing out on the left pinky nail. To get the nail form to stay put was almost impossible, but at last I managed to squeeze it in place and I could get started. To make a long story short - I realized in a few seconds why this isn't a DIYS product, the smell is so horrible and just screams DANGER at you with full force. Luckily I had hardly gotten any on my nail, the most ended up on the form and that was just the tiniest amount.

But can you imagine what kind of s-t goes into a product that stinks hardcore chemicals to heaven come from just a 2mm amount of goo? I must confess that even though having been tempted to visit a salon to get even longish nails, after this experience I doubt very much I ever will.

So I'm searching through my small stash to find some unusual (at least for me) color combination to make a new sponged mani. But first, finish cooking the baby back ribs we are going to have for dinner (hint - precook them in a broth and let cool, then you just have to glaze them and grill, more succulent ribs you have to look hard to fin ;-P). And - I have to start audition which fabrics that will go into the quilt I'm going to make for my darling MIL.

Now look, isn't that a plan for a quite creative weekend?