I made it home. Finally. There really is a lot of Western Pennsylvania.

I am waiting for Jilli to do it first so I can get tips. Then I'm going to use Zoya's Marley and maybe early Anne Rice and call it "Ghost in the Snow" mani.

Brilliant! I think it's a gorgeous manicure, would love to try it.

IONailN, I am wearing Zoya Jem and it indeed quite similar to Yasmeen, but with more golden sparkle. It's very pretty.

I got a Wella actually, and shall see how it turns out later tonight! Fire red or some such.

I have brows waxed, bought a whopping box of Kosher salt for cooking and scrubs at the bodega for $2.50 and plan in dyeing, scrubbing, shaving, moisturizing and charcoal-masking tonight. (Origins Charcoal mask is the One True Mask for me, and lasts for years, since I am so lax about masking. Exfoliating, yes. Masking, no.)

Then a haircut later this week, and I'm set for a date to finally get head shots for my business stuff! I LIKE the pix I have now, but it's pretty casual (shot in a bar, though I cropped it pretty well.)

I needed to do the wax and hair for pix, but man, I've been so not maintaining myself being at home and without car, and I feel really schlubby.

I also want to play around with vlogging, so...need to look competent and put-together. (Also need to wear bra and pants for that. Although my hits might skyrocket if I didn't...)

I am waiting for Jilli to do it first so I can get tips.

One of these days, I swear. Ooooh, maybe I'll wait for the OPI Halloween collection toncome out next week, and get the glow-in-the-dark polish for the base.

Ooooh, maybe I'll wait for the OPI Halloween collection toncome out next week, and get the glow-in-the-dark polish for the base.

Oooooooh, very cool idea.

Ooooh, maybe I'll wait for the OPI Halloween collection toncome out next week, and get the glow-in-the-dark polish for the base.

Oooh, use something like Frankenstein for the text.

I just sampled the Possett's Mary Shelley and I kinda am liking it in the first two minutes, so I am pro horror right now.

G-D it. I was at the park with friends and dogs, and stood on a G-D fire ant bed, and now I have a bunch of stings on my feet. I took Benedryl, but OMG THE ITCHING THE ITCHING. I hate those little fuckers. And yet, I refuse to wear closed toe shoes in the summer.

I lied, unintentionally -- I'm using L'Oreal Intense for Dark Hair. Yeah, so my natural color is brownish, but I figure if it gives a good bright red to Latina or African-American hair, it might deliver the intense color I want. And the box said it could be used on relaxed hair, and relaxed hair can be awfully fragile, so it shouldn't wreck mine.

And damn, y'all -- it was the REDDEST dye I have ever seen! Nosebleed looking. My super duper kitchen cleaning gloves are stained (couldn't find the friggin' PACK of thin latex gloves I bought 2 months ago for painting and dyeing.

20 minutes and I'll know. I bet the bathtub is gonna look totally Dexterfied!

smonster, the Benadryl cream helps a lot more than the pills for fire ants stings, I've found.

Also soaking your feet in cool water with baking soda in it helps.