Happy 2025! This is YOUR YEAR TO SPARKLE!!
Started with a base of two coats of KBShimmer I'd Rather Be With Blue, no top coat. I love this polish! I thought I had a backup of it but couldn't find it so I'll be scouring destashes looking for it as I need another! Please excuse the state of my nails; I fear this may be my new normal due to ongoing health issues. We'll see how it goes in the next few months. It won't stop me from doing my nails but, while I haven't shared many manis when they are like this as I have so many manis in archives, I decided that I'm going to share them regardless and oh well to anyone who doesn't want to see them lol.
Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.
CjS H-084
MdU AZ New Year
I made a stamper decal using an image from SugarBubbles SBS 22 that I had shrunk then restamped on another stamper using an assortment of polishes. Then layered stamped fireworks using image from CjS H84 using MdU 11 and CjS 010. The words on the ring finger are from MdU AZ New Year using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.
Added glitter dots here and there from Different Dimension Big Bang, then stamped starts on the middle finger using image from the AZ New Year plate. Then stamped the year on the middle finger from the CjS H84 plate.
I always top my stamping with Apipilia No Smear topcoat before top coating and don't usually have any issue; however, it did smear some of the letters on the ring finger.
Used the base polish and a thin brush and touched up some of the letters as best as I could, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. I noticed that my stamper decal could have been filled in better and the word touch up wasn't the best either; I think I had better start using the magnifying glass lamp that I got last year for Christmas (best gift ever!)
I don't make resolutions; I discovered a long time ago that I never kept them anyway, so I make a few realistic goals that I have a better chance of reaching and hope for the best. Regardless, I never come down on myself if they aren't reached. We are all human, there is only so much we can do in a day/week/month/year and if it ismeant to be, it will happen, which is my main philosophy, so I'm happy if I reach my goal and content if things don't work out. I do want to set a few goals which are mainly health related: take better care of my health, including those dreaded dental visits, continue to be a nice person to all and have patience for all circumstances. Nothing outlandish and overall, they are realistic.
One thing that I did do that I've never done before is cut out a few people from my life that I had always reached out to first and if I didn't do the reaching out, there was no communication. It was a hard realization when not one of my (so called) friends, and even a couple family members didn't wish me a happy birthday that I (finally) realized that I valued their friendship more than they valued mine. (There is one friend who didn't wish me a HB that I still talk to; I never pointed it out and nothing was said since; however, this is someone who I also message on a near daily basis so I know they are part of my life. But the rest are gonzo. And it isn't sour grapes that no one wished me a HB (even though this in itself is pretty sh**ty, it was moreso that I was always the one that reached out to them and if I never did, I never heard from them. Even though one could say that maybe they are too busy, I don't know of anyone who has a busier life than I do, so I believe this is an excuse and they would reach out to you if you meant enough to them regardless. And yes, I reached out to both of them on their birthdays even though I'm busy and even though they did not reciprocate as I didn't want to be that person but I thought about it after and though, I'll wait and see what happens and Christmas and well, nothing happened.) So this Christmas and New Years, I didn't reach out to them like I normally do and you know what? They never reached out to me either, just like on my birthday. That was a clear sign to me of what I mean to them and while I will speak to them should our paths cross again in life, my days of reaching out to them are over. My numbers have been the same for 25 years and will likely be the same for another 25 and they should know where to reach me if they so desire. In the meanwhile, I've expended enough energy and even more than I want to as I'm expending energy here trying to explain it, but that is one decision I made this year, not that I made it specifically but it was something I thought of consciously several months ago and it just worked out that way, and I aim to continue to declutter anyone else in my life who doesn't value our friendship. Family is a little harder to declutter as there is always that tie; however, I'm not making such an effort to connect with those members who do not make an effort to reach or see me. Don't get me wrong; this is such a hard pill to swallow as these friendships/family connections are over 50 years, but they obviously have run their course. I can't nurture what doesn't want to be nurtured. Typing it here makes it real. *End rant lol* Life is too short to worry about those who don't worry about us and it has taken me a long time to realize this. Although it saddens me to think that I'm not friend worthy, nor does some family members not care enough either. Like what did I do so badly that I'm not valuable enough of a friend to keep? I'll never know though as if there is one thing, I do have a stubborn streak in me and once I've decided something, it is very difficult for me to change my mind. But I still think of the loss every couple days as it is a bitter pill to swallow. *really end rant now* Congratulations if you've read this far. Nothing better than drama, right?
Thanks for looking and again, all the best in 2025! I want to see you sparkle and just be you and do you and be the very best version of you that you can be! Hopefully I'll see you here throughout 2025; it is going to be an amazing year, I feel it!
