Updates & China Glaze Pull Me Close

Whoosh!  My absence hasn't been so much from school being too much as it is life in general being busy.  I went to Wisconsin to visit my BFF Britty and her new adorable baby, who just so happened to be my Valentine, hehehe.  I just got back on Tuesday and had a test that night, I'm still wiped from playing catch-up from being gone for a few days but it was nice to get out of NJ and clear my head and spend some time with a dear friend.

I just want to get on my soapbox for a minute and rant about one of my most prominent grievances: I hate commuting.  I live about an hour from my school and go three days a week.  I take night classes because 1. I function better at night and 2. Traffic.  There is traffic going to school, but my school is towards the city.. and everyone commutes home from the city at night so I don't have as much traffic to deal with if I went earlier in the day.  I feel like I spend soooooooooooo much time in the car.  I take double period classes, so they're 2 hours and 45 minutes but I'm seriously out of the house for about 6 hours because of the commute, parking and the walk to class.  That is all. I could rant for days, though, you know me, lol.

Another update is I have reached the 250 follower mark (and uh, a little beyond, too!) and I intended to hold a giveaway when I reached that milestone.  I mentioned in my Blogger Appreciation Giveaway that there would be another one soon.  Plans are still a "Go" as far as I'm concerned, I just need to figure out what to giveaway.  I promise - I haven't forgotten!

On to the nails, China Glaze Pull Me Close:

"Natural" Light

The mani I have for you today is an utter disappointment.   Yea, it looks cool but ugh.. it was such a pain in the ass.  This is a one handed mani, meaning I never did my right hand due to complications.  To start, I don't think magnetic nail polish is for those with a deep C-curve.  Mine is pretty serious:

Well, that's a weird angle.  But it is hard to get a flat magnet to work with such curvy nails, ya know? I know I know, roll the magnet with the natural curve. It took about 4 tries per nail to get an "acceptable".  No base color, so it didn't take as long as it could've.  Luckily I think most magnets are opaque enough to be used on their own.

I couldn't get the chevrons or star to look decent so stripes it was.  It was time consuming and polish was wasted.  I love the effect but I couldn't do it on my right hand, no matter what I tried.  I ended up giving this away to a friend a long with my Layla Magnetics.

"Natural" Light

Flash

Such a damn shame! All of the attempts on my right hand looked like my pinky or thumb; just really weak.  My middle finger looks the best, but just to remind you that was about attempt number five.  I don't think its the company's fault because I had the same problems with the Laylas.  Oh well, one trend I suppose I won't get to relish in is all!