Extra Virgin just means it's the first press of the olives, P-C. It has a more delicate flavor, though some people think it cooks off when you use it to sautee.
Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.
'Touched'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2010 5:35:14 pm PDT #16395 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2010 5:36:07 pm PDT #16396 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I could also probably identify the brand. Sadly.
OK, since all you nail people are about, what's a good cheap drugstore clearcoat that is a) pretty thin and b) doesn't craze reacting to artificials/ polish. I get this happening sometimes and it makes me crazy. Seems to correlate with thicker topcoats. I had a perfect topcoat, but label is gone and it's all gunked up.
You need a polish thinner, if by gunked up, you mean gone thick.
What are you looking for in it? Dry time, added shine?
sarameg - Mar 15, 2010 5:45:09 pm PDT #16397 of 30001
Gunked up means the ubiquitous cat hair and thickening. It was a Sally Hansen, silver top, but the last one just like that I tried immediately fucked up the test nail.
I just want an extra layer to deter scratching a little more. These nails already have a coat, but after I've finished filing them down, need to do a layer b/c of the tips, which like to chip if I don't and I'm just nick-y in general (these are the fakes I use: [link] 10 minutes is a lie. Or I'm slow. )
eta: I think I want a slow dryer, actually. Something not too reactive.
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2010 5:52:04 pm PDT #16398 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I've had crazing issues with Sally Hansen top coats, too. It's kind of irksome.
Maybe this one? [link]
Cass - Mar 15, 2010 5:52:52 pm PDT #16399 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I could also probably identify the brand. Sadly.
I learned it from you, Plei! I learned it from watching you.
sarameg - Mar 15, 2010 5:53:27 pm PDT #16400 of 30001
I'll give it a try and let y'all know. I've got plenty of nonfitting test nails to play with.
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2010 5:54:02 pm PDT #16401 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
We are the afterschool special your manicurist warned you about!
SuziQ - Mar 15, 2010 5:59:53 pm PDT #16402 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have had all my polishes out on my bathroom counter to remind myself I don't need to buy more. I have lots of pretty colors to play with. Last weekend I went to The Container Store and bought one of those stepped spice rack things to make them look even prettier. I love having the display of color. Yes, I have a large bathroom counter.
Jesse - Mar 15, 2010 6:01:09 pm PDT #16403 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I learned it from you, Plei! I learned it from watching you.
Hee.
sarameg - Mar 15, 2010 6:01:55 pm PDT #16404 of 30001
Heh. It's funny to me I've been doing fake nails since, um...1997, and yet I've done it all myself and didn't have a pedicure until a couple years ago (Kat's fault.) I even had specific abroad-rough-travel fakes!