Just a little bit of luck

Whether it is just narrowly avoiding a cold during finals period, catching the bus exactly when you get to the bus stop, wearing the right shoes for the unpredictable weather, let’s admit it, we all need a little bit of luck to get by. A little bit of luck that might be going unnoticed as we move from one thing to the next everyday. The end of the quarter requires a little bit of more luck that usual. And despite the paper-writing and research, I am taking a whole day off for St. Patricks Day. I feel like I have always missed its celebration every year, particularly I feel like I am always writing a big paper when St Patty’s Day comes around. Last year was a special exception as I got to go out with my best buds to a local Irish pub, but we didn’t go that crazy. I plan to change that tomorrow with merriments starting in the morning. There is something intuitive about wanting to do that, I don’t know why exactly.. I am particularly excited about seeing the Chicago river dyed bright green.

Anyways it happens to be a big holiday weekend with Pi Day today, Purim tomorrow, St. Patricks Day and the Indian festival of Holi!! Enjoy 🙂

My nail colors: Light Green (Zoya’s Mitz), stamped with glittery dark green (Zoya’s Giovanna) using m69 plate, and little dots of gold (Sally Hanse’s Coinflip, appropriate!). The clover was drawn freehand 🙂

Cheers!

 

These Relaxed Lines

Hey hey hey, I officially cannot step out of the building without gloves, hat, and a giant jacket. It’s been below freezing at all times, and second week in a row that it snowed walking to the evening lecture. But a fun way to beat Mondays and the cold? Chipotle and Carrie Bradshaw and nails, of course. I had been experimenting with stamping tools all weekend (with one fail after another). The stamps multiply the potential of nail designs exponentially, and me being happy, free, confused, and not-so-lonely all at the same time (lol) required an extra couple of days to decide on this design. Actually, it was the relaxed, swirly lines on the side of the Chipotle bag that helped me finally pick a stamp. I thought stamps would be easy to use (as a shortcut for some patterns), but I was proved wrong. The process is rather easy, but time consuming from all the transferring and cleaning up. Still worth it though. I just need a bit more practice, and it is a really good way to maintain the quality of the design on the right hand, a possible solution to lack of ambidexterity 🙂 Also, with Thanksgiving this week, I guess it sticks to the holiday theme as being inspired by food (lol) and being relaxed, (or trying to, even if you are writing the final papers) I also love the warm fall colors. Hopefully, a turkey will make an appearance by the end of the week with a more interesting story! Till then, happy travels and good eats!

Nail Design & Colors: Relaxed Lines

Orange, *unnamed* MaxFactor Glossfinity 2080B

Purple, O.P.I. Who’s spinning tonight?

Gold, Sally Hansen 465 Coin Flip

Stamp plate m69

Have a good Thanksgiving week! Remember to relax!