Finally an OPAQUE NEON YELLOW!!!

I've tried a fair number of neon yellows. Some are beautiful, some look like I peed on my fingers. But all are sheer even with multiple coats.

But now Essie's new summer neons bring us a magic event - an OPAQUE neon yellow!!

Essie Funky Limelight:


Essie's formula is pretty standard for a neon. It dries very quickly, even on the nail as you polish if you are too slow. So it can streak, which accounts for the 99% instead of 100% opacity. But it also means no mudslides (that annoying slippage to the side of polish which is wet under a dry top layer) and also you are free to go about your business quickly. But it's pretty easy to use despite that and for this kind of opacity in a neon yellow I would put up with FAR worse. I couldn't find it online, but I didn't look hard, I snagged this as part os an Essie mini sampler set. I'll post the other colors soon. ENJOY!!!


A couple other neon yellows, for comparison:
Nina Ultra Pro Solar Flare:


China Glaze Celtic Sun:


Tyler Durden's opinion of neon yellow polishes:
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Patting My Own Frankenback

After all the NARS Zulu foofooraw I read, I wanted to try my hand at frankening a copy. Which I did, using a green jelly, and black. Nice, people, nice. But I'm more a glitter girl.

So I added some glitter. Why not email me your opinion of my handblended polish at polishmayhem@gmail.com?

I present, MollyHell's Jungle Boogie!


Tyler Durden's opinion of MollyHell's Jungle Boogie:
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Autistic Runner Excels At Boston Marathon

Autistic Runner Excels At Boston Marathon

from MAJORITYMAG
April 21, 2009 – 8:34 am

Andy Bryant, 27, crossed the finish line at yesterday’s Boston Marathon in a time of 3 hrs 5 minutes and 19 seconds good enough to place him in the top 6% of the 20,000 runners in the race. That’s a great accomplishment in itself, but when you take into consideration that fact that Andy is severely autistic its actually pretty amazing. Lacking the understanding of how to pace himself, Andy usually just takes off as quick as he can and relies on sheer will and determination to maintain it for as long as possible; which in this case happened to be 26 miles!

Bryant plans to continue running marathons for many years to come and with continued training hopes to eventually break 3 hour mark. Judging from his determination, anything is possible.

-JH

photo via Seattle Times

Andy Bryant runs best time at Boston Marathon

Autistic runner qualifies for return trip to Boston with time of 3 hours, 5 minutes, 19 seconds.

By Jerry Brewer

Seattle Times staff columnist

Andy Bryant, the autistic runner profiled in The Seattle Times on Sunday, ran a personal-best time of 3 hours, 5 minutes, 19 seconds in the Boston Marathon on Monday.

Bryant, 27, had hoped to finish in less than three hours, but he became tired late in the race and fell off his pace over the final three miles. Still, after spending most of 2008 recovering from a broken foot, Bryant was happy to run so well.

Because he ran a time better than 3:10, Bryant qualified for the 2010 Boston Marathon.

"For some reason, Andy does his best times at Boston, even though it's so tough," said his mother, Colleen Engle. "At the end, he said he just didn't have any more gas in his car. But he's going in the right direction. He'll break three hours someday."

3776	Bryant, Andrew V.	27	M	Seattle	WA	USA
Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k 0:20:36 0:40:50 1:00:31 1:20:32 1:24:51 1:41:34 2:04:50 2:29:04 2:52:49 Finish Start Time Offset Pace Projected Time Official Time Overall Gender Division 00:00:48 0:07:04 3:05:19 1958 1857 1321