Thanks Plei, I was leaning towards Ki anyway because it looks so frigging groovy. Is Onxy a store brand or does one buy it online?

I pick mine up at Fred Meyer or Ulta. You can find it a lot of places. CVS might have it?

Seche doesn't mix well with Zoya or Nubar, or really most 3-Free polishes.

Hmm. Good to know.

Diamont's a quick dry (and I find it dries faster on me than Seche, and chips less), as is Poshe.

Chips less would be a big win in my book, as I'm hard on my nails. In fact, I need to go garden right now, and then swim, and then later this afternoon I have to practice guitar. I just applied my new Nubar today, and I expect it to be thoroughly moshed by this evening.

So maybe last night I just put it on too thick? It took, let's see, about four and a half hours from start time? It was a good hour after the topcoat, and it was still tacky when I went to bed. Another hour after that, reading, and I stuck my hand underneath my back. Wrinkle! Two fingers were totally smushed up, showing the nail.

So I redid from scratch this morning, (and okay, changed colors since I was redoing it anyway and I have so many new colors to try!) and I did it in much thinner layers. That seems to have done better, and I've been scrambling around moving boxes and stuff. So maybe that's the key? I just don't have that many five hour blocks of time where I don't need to do *anything* with my hands.

Always do thin coats. Three thin are better than two thick.

I tend to do base, wait a minute, first coat, wait a minute (sometimes two), second coat, wait a minute (top coat or third coat depending), wait five minuntes on completion of manicure for anything much, 30 or so before risking anything harder core. Which means I usually do my nails before watching TV.

See, okay, it takes me way longer than this. I mean, part of it is the length of time it takes me to do the actual coats. But I've been waiting much longer than a few minutes between coats. I don't need to?

Also! What about the bubbles? I have been very bubbly lately. (Ha. Not something I've ever said in other contexts.)

The only reason The Situation even registers with me is that Michael Emerson (Ben from LOST) did a bit on Jimmy Kimmel where he talked about his "situation." So then I had to figure out WTF that was all about, because he was so damn funny doing it.

Why do electric companies still send out meter readers? It seems like that would be so simple to do through computers.

My local public library is a block away from me. I've browsed a few times, but I haven't gotten a card yet. I should probably do that.

Actually, the latest way I've been doing my nails is with Instant Boss. Ten minutes of work, two minutes one coat one hand, ten minutes of work, two minutes the other hand, etc.

My nails are usually wee tiny stubby things, on fingers and toes. I'm a biter and a peeler. Whenever I manage to grow them out, I am SO PROUD.

Why do electric companies still send out meter readers?

A lot don't. There's a lot of time and money involved in the changeover to smart meters, though.

The only thing I worry about with my nails is that they're clean and not ragged. Polish on my nails makes my fingers feel funny.

Plus I'm inherently lazy. I must be missing polish gene along with the shoe gene.