Post from Beyond the summer- I'm back!(forrealthistimeiswear)

I'm sorry! I worked all summer so I could work all year and not get paid for it! (I'm a grad student for teaching, and I am student teaching this year.. yeah). Anyway, the summer was FANTASTIC, my awesome, lucrative job included lots of cooking, swimming in the sunny Astoria park pool, and going to awesome and cool museums with my two "minions" (my husband calls them that because they perform my every beck and call, love you ladies). Well I have put of posting all summer and now it is fall here in NYC, and the new colors have been out on all of the blogs for months. I do not see many ladies on the sleek streets sporting the deep blues that I was SO excited about (Chanel's new colors). I am however, still seeing a lot of people sporting neons and brights on their toes and on their hands, especially in the reds and other warms category.I am trying to move into fall, today I have for you Finger Paints Mistletoe mischief (okay I'm ready for Christmas, I'm a twenty four year old grandma in case you havent figured that out). ItI think its lovely, a hunter green with shiny sparkly green glitter. I think that the darkness of it matched with my pink blouse and grey trousers will really stand out, in case you were wondering why I chose a Hunter green with sparkle (think about it, a matte hunter is more applicable for fall, but this may stand out more). In any case, I'm wearing it until tomorrow, when it will inevitably chip.

Speaking of chipping- I have gotten into the horrible habit of not doing my nails every day. As you may know, my nail polish chips on the first day or at MOST the second no matter how well I do my nails, or how much I pay for a professional manicurist. My nails are flimsy and I do a lot of dishes and other hand-related things, grading, cleaning, clenching my head in hope that it will all stop, ect. That being said, I usually do my nails or at least touch up every day, because my nails bother me if they are not well-manicured. However, going to the pool every day, eating ice cream, cooking, cleaning and washing for the girls I babysit and for my husband came first this summer, so I didn't do them every day (eep). It was a great summer, we all had a blast, but school is back in session, and that means Mrs. Fiona will have a slammin manicure every lesson, every day.

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Enjoy!

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American apparel limited edition:neon green

Alright so for the last few weeks i've been workin like a slave and studying like a fool(ha we all know my ass doesn't study.. unless you call drinking bud light lime as practicing spanish..). Today I had my final exam for my masters program this morning(thats right, I'm one step closers to putting "masters" under her achievements, along with largest nail polish collection, and the Guinness world records of hangovers) so I decided I would head over to American Apparel and buy three of the limited edition Neon colors. According to refinery29.com, they only shipped out like 2000 bottles or something, so I got overly excited. I bought Neon Green, Neon Red and Neon purple. Today I tried Neon green, and its awesome.

At first I put a base of white because the girl at the counter told me it would help to brighten up the color. Well the damn color blinded me temporarily, so I had to bathe myself in polish remover so I could regain sight. After I put on the green over a clear base and I must say its still bright, but awesome. In fact, its almost a tad bit sheer, unlike the other American apparel colors, where you'll only need one color. It kindof reminded me of OPI's texas sorbet finish, but these have a matte finish... if that made any sense. (I know it didn't)

Here are some photos of my nails, put on some shades cuz the bright ones have the white underneath, and the neat ones are from when i was sober without a white base.

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Leprachaun & Watermelon nails

Today at work I loathed the mani I had on. I'm not going to say what brand it is, but its a reputable brand and last night in my exhaustion I failed my nails and didn't give a proper manicure, leaving my nails all smudged and polish everywhere. So I cleaned them up and realized I had some of those Love and Beauty stickers in my bag in GREEN. I will definitely rock this on st. Patricks day, but I had an hour to kill at work, so I went ahead and put them on. I know that they are three dollars, but they peel so easily and move around on the nail. Later on tonight I literally peeled them off and gave myself a watermelon manicure.

Watermelon mani- I saw this on some website somewhere but cannot find it for the life of me- but you can find different watermelon demos all over the internet so don't worry. Here are my simple instructions.

1. clean your nails, then put two coats of base coat. Then take a pink color ( I used OPI's too hot pink to hold em, because well its perfect). Paint this pink color on half, or on the tips of your nails if your blessed with long ones. Let dry completely

2. Take a nail art pen in white and draw a line underneath the pink you applied. Let dry

3. Take a nail art pen in green and draw a line underneath the white line you applied. Let dry

4. Take a nail art pen in black and draw a bunch of dots on the pink part to make them look like seeds. let dry

5. Take an acrylic or strong top coat and paint 2-3 coats, letting each coat dry completely. and your done~ Enjoy

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