The Polished Pipette

This is my favorite mani I've done in a while! It's simple but not boring. I am in love with Julep's "Jaydra" it's described as a sheer rose holographic. I wouldn't necessarily call it sheer though. This is two coats, and it's opaque, except in the harshest of light. The holo is subtle, and hard to capture in pics, but when you see it in person, it's gorgeous, the particles are really fine. I followed two coats of this baby up by using a dotting tool to add a dot of Julep's "Daylee"on each nail near the cuticle line. Daylee is a warm gold, but it's almost a duochrome, it has a bottle green shift in some lights. Overall, I'm loving this paint job, it feels feminine and Springy, but kind of a modern take on pink nails.

It's finally starting to look like Spring! For this manicure, I used Essie's "Turquoise and Caicos" which needed three coats to be opaque. I always forget how sheer this one is, but I do love the color. Then I used China Glaze's "White on white" applied to my stamping plates from Born Pretty. I love the lacy effect that the white has on top of pastel colors.

What better way to combat winter blues than glitter? I was really feeling a moody berry nail, so I started with two coats of OPI's Malaga Wine, which is a rich wine/berry creme, that I often wear on its own. But this time, it fell a little flat. I'd been wanting to try the broken glass/flaky holo look, so I layered one coat of China Glaze "Luxe and Lush" over top. Shit yeah! That was the ticket! Finished off with a glossy top coat.

I've fallen into a trap. It's a tasty, spicy trap, but it's still a trap. You see, I've been observing a lot of interest lately in turmeric, turmeric lattes, "golden milk," etc. and the link between turmeric and human disease. My thinking goes, "Turmeric is very buzzy right now, and turmeric lattes taste like tasty, spicy chai lattes, so I'll order one and read the lit on it later." So now I'm going to do what I probably should have done a few months ago and wade into the literature and give you my thoughts on turmeric and whether or not it's really the Alzheimer's-fighting superfood that it claims to be (spoiler alert: It isn't.) Turmeric is a golden-hued spice often used in curries, lending them a beautiful sunny, mustard color. You usually hear about turmeric in the context of Alzheimer's prevention, but it has also been praised as a therapeutic for ailments ranging from erectile dysfunction to cancer to hirstutism (yes,