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If, like myself, you are the mother of kitties it becomes important that you take mother’s day into you own hands. Kitty paws just aren’t gonna cut it!  This year I help my fur babies pick out some really great gifts for me – assorted Frango Mints and a kitty necklace!  They are so thoughtful!

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After trying all the mints, I decided the Milk Chocolate Mints are still my favorite and informed the kitties I would like only those next year.  They looked disinterestedly at me in what I assume is agreement.  The Other all got me a gift – Starbucks Chai!  I didn’t even have to help with this one – he is a lot more capable than the kitties.

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To further treat myself,  I decided to give myself a manicure utilizing the new book and nail tools I got from my Reddit exchange.  Overall I think it turned out pretty good for a first try! I choose an easy one – Dots and went to work.

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I didn’t have the exact colors suggested in the book so I decided to utilize my set of Coach polish.

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Started with a base coat

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Then my base color coat. The book suggest light pink so I used that color from the Coach set. I think this nail polish is getting a bit old (I did get it 3-4 years ago) because the pink went on a little gloopy.

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Now the first dot color. The book suggest blue, which I assume is because its the darkest. For this reason I decided to start with the purple.

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I waited a while in between each coat because I didn’t want to smear the dots. Luckily its easy to turn Kindle pages with wet nails.  For the second dot coat I used the dark pink, since it was the second darkest color.

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Finally on to the gold dots. I tried to fill it any remaining gaps but overall I think the gold was a little light compared to the other colors. If I did it again I would make sure the dot colors were closer in intensity.

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Once I gave the dots a bit to dry I put on a super shiny top coat. As I said I think I did pretty good for my first time. I can’t wait to try other ones in the book. I’m thinking either Strawberries or Ladybugs next!

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