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MH Checklists and state of the nails
Let's just jump right into things. I've had four or five different updates and they were all nullified pretty quickly (the joys of mini-rants!) so we'll slip into the follow-up to the gel nails.
State of the Nails:
You might recall that a week ago Cass and I painted our nails using SensatioNail gel polish. Cass went with the silver magnetic color Enchant and I went with Purple Orchid. Apparently hers peeled off some of her nails pretty quickly (by day two or three) and by the time I saw her Saturday, only her thumbs were still in the original color. She'd switched to Purple Orchid but her index finger on her left hand had peeled off completely after dish washing.
By Tuesday the capping on my left index finger had popped off (creepy!) and Wednesday popped the middle finger off. Cass said that the moment hers popped, the nails were toast. Mine actually lasted quite a bit longer. The top of the nails, however, started to peel up just enough that when I ran my hand through my hair, it'd catch momentarily. I'm one of those people who fixates when there's a flaw on the nail, so it took a lot of self control not to pick at them.
By Sunday morning I realized I wanted to clip two of the nails on my left hand so I gave in to the peeling and peeled the polish off my ring finger and index finger on the left hand. Others soon followed.
Plus side, removal was easier than I would have expected given the bitching people did in reviews online. Down side, I can tell I'm going to have to paint my nails again ASAP because the surface is rough. (You're shocked, right?)
Ultimately, I'm not really sure how I feel about this experiment. The bottles of polish, especially the one that comes in the starter kit, are incredibly small. But they did last about a week for me, and that was through a really rough reset at work and a truck night and even a tag night that involved me actually putting tags up. Also, my nails that still have the polish are so smooth that it's almost unbelievable.
I guess if you can get the starter kit on sale then it's worth it if you're not expecting a full two weeks out of them (or, I guess, if you're not as easily swayed to the "peeeeeeeel me" side) or you don't change your polish more than once a week. Smooth nails ahoy!
Moving along, one of the more recent posts in the MH comm made me decide to take my compulsive list making need to the next level and make a character specific checklist for the MH gang. (Some people count sheep, I either think of the night sky and falling into or I catalog MH or AG stuff.)
Frankie Stein:
Pink Xs obviously mark the ones I own. I was torn on how to handle the ones with multiple versions of the same doll, like DotD has the single release and then the Walmart 3 pack. (Yes, this means I own two DotD Frankies. One has a super round face and the other does not.) Ultimately I just got so tired I said to hell with variations. :P
Draculaura:
Poor Draculaura has some awful promo pics. o_O As you might've noticed, I own almost every version of her and yeah. Some of these do her no justice at all.
Clawdeen Wolf:
Cleo de Nile:
Note to self: Remedy the lack of plush Cleo immediately.
Lagoona Blue: ♥
Still want to twin some of these... I may be a Lagoona fanatic. *cough*
Ghoulia Yelps:
(Note that Ghoulia and Lagoona start the trend of having the unreleased dolls included on her main list since I wasn't making one for just one photo.)
Abbey Bominable:
Self, acquire plush.
Spectra Vondergeist:
So behind on Spectras...
Operetta:
Kohl's Operetta has such soft hair! Too bad Cleo wears her outfit better than 'Retta does. :P
Howleen Wolf:
Rochelle Goyle:
Robecca Steam:
Venus McFlyTrap:
One Shots: Girls
Deuce Gorgon:
Deuce gets his own section because he was one of the first six dolls. That's just how we do things.
Boys:
HooDude gets the same font as Frankie since she made him. ;)
Currently unreleased:
Frankie:
(Scaris is so pretty!)
Draculaura:
Clawdeen:
If you want to fiddle with your own checklists, feel free to edit the hell out of them.
Unreleated to anything, but I forgot how much I like this song. Thanks, Pandora.
State of the Nails:
You might recall that a week ago Cass and I painted our nails using SensatioNail gel polish. Cass went with the silver magnetic color Enchant and I went with Purple Orchid. Apparently hers peeled off some of her nails pretty quickly (by day two or three) and by the time I saw her Saturday, only her thumbs were still in the original color. She'd switched to Purple Orchid but her index finger on her left hand had peeled off completely after dish washing.
By Tuesday the capping on my left index finger had popped off (creepy!) and Wednesday popped the middle finger off. Cass said that the moment hers popped, the nails were toast. Mine actually lasted quite a bit longer. The top of the nails, however, started to peel up just enough that when I ran my hand through my hair, it'd catch momentarily. I'm one of those people who fixates when there's a flaw on the nail, so it took a lot of self control not to pick at them.
By Sunday morning I realized I wanted to clip two of the nails on my left hand so I gave in to the peeling and peeled the polish off my ring finger and index finger on the left hand. Others soon followed.
Plus side, removal was easier than I would have expected given the bitching people did in reviews online. Down side, I can tell I'm going to have to paint my nails again ASAP because the surface is rough. (You're shocked, right?)
Ultimately, I'm not really sure how I feel about this experiment. The bottles of polish, especially the one that comes in the starter kit, are incredibly small. But they did last about a week for me, and that was through a really rough reset at work and a truck night and even a tag night that involved me actually putting tags up. Also, my nails that still have the polish are so smooth that it's almost unbelievable.
I guess if you can get the starter kit on sale then it's worth it if you're not expecting a full two weeks out of them (or, I guess, if you're not as easily swayed to the "peeeeeeeel me" side) or you don't change your polish more than once a week. Smooth nails ahoy!
Moving along, one of the more recent posts in the MH comm made me decide to take my compulsive list making need to the next level and make a character specific checklist for the MH gang. (Some people count sheep, I either think of the night sky and falling into or I catalog MH or AG stuff.)
Frankie Stein:
Pink Xs obviously mark the ones I own. I was torn on how to handle the ones with multiple versions of the same doll, like DotD has the single release and then the Walmart 3 pack. (Yes, this means I own two DotD Frankies. One has a super round face and the other does not.) Ultimately I just got so tired I said to hell with variations. :P
Draculaura:
Poor Draculaura has some awful promo pics. o_O As you might've noticed, I own almost every version of her and yeah. Some of these do her no justice at all.
Clawdeen Wolf:
Cleo de Nile:
Note to self: Remedy the lack of plush Cleo immediately.
Lagoona Blue: ♥
Still want to twin some of these... I may be a Lagoona fanatic. *cough*
Ghoulia Yelps:
(Note that Ghoulia and Lagoona start the trend of having the unreleased dolls included on her main list since I wasn't making one for just one photo.)
Abbey Bominable:
Self, acquire plush.
Spectra Vondergeist:
So behind on Spectras...
Operetta:
Kohl's Operetta has such soft hair! Too bad Cleo wears her outfit better than 'Retta does. :P
Howleen Wolf:
Rochelle Goyle:
Robecca Steam:
Venus McFlyTrap:
One Shots: Girls
Deuce Gorgon:
Deuce gets his own section because he was one of the first six dolls. That's just how we do things.
Boys:
HooDude gets the same font as Frankie since she made him. ;)
Currently unreleased:
Frankie:
(Scaris is so pretty!)
Draculaura:
Clawdeen:
If you want to fiddle with your own checklists, feel free to edit the hell out of them.
Unreleated to anything, but I forgot how much I like this song. Thanks, Pandora.
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Sorry the nail experiment was less than successful. I'm a total fusser which is my nails are constantly fully destroyed. -_- But it's also why I actually enjoyed having chicken pox.
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As to the nails, I'd be pissed if I bought the kit, I think, but it's also possible that if I'd had the kit when they started to peel around the edges I might've been able to topcoat them back to normal? Not sure. So for them to last a week or so puts them ahead of my expectations and well ahead of my usual nail experiments.
I don't think I've ever met anyone who enjoyed the pox. Just full of surprises you are!
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Oooh, I was afraid you'd spent that $70 or whatever for the kit. At least that's money saved!
Lol I'm a chronic weirdo, what can I say. I didn't get them particularly bad or plentiful, but nonetheless put on calamine lotion every chance I got to be able to peel it back off again. :x
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Nope, Cass had me buy them (she spent $38.01 total on one kit and two additional polishes) when work had a sale and I had a coupon or four. So for that price it's not as wince worthy.
Calamine lotion is one of those things that is magic. Magic!
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Hot water is your friend. If you want to straighten her hair, get some boiling water and either pour it over her hair (carefully, so as not to burn you! and I also like to avoid the face as much as possible) or dunk her hair into the water. Brush til it's stick straight (or else it'll kink again). Let dry. Rejoice! This is also how you curl their hair (only obviously with that you'll need to curl their hair around something, usually straws) and there's a cool down period on that one. (Instead of brushing, dunk their hair in ice water to set it.)