{"id":15777,"date":"2012-05-31T15:29:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=15777"},"modified":"2012-05-31T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T19:38:05","slug":"love-letters-on-my-nails-and-in-the-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/love-letters-on-my-nails-and-in-the-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Letters: On My Nails and in the Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"

My latest Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips<\/a> design — applied by celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival<\/a> — is called “Love Letter.” In this photo, I’m wearing it with my Hathor swivel-ring design, turquoise side up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hathor Ring is made with 18K yellow gold, diamonds, turquoise and carnelian. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

The turquoise center of the ring flips over to reveal carnelian on the other side. Two rings in one! I also have a pair of matching swivel earrings. Model Tina J is wearing them in this photo.<\/p>\n

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Click Tina J to shop for the earrings. (The ring is my Empress Wu dragon ring. Photo by Shane LaVancher.)<\/p><\/div>\n

I wrote about the inspiration for the Hathor designs — and the challenges of producing them — in 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s another look at the manicure.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been very happy with the Sally Hansen product; my snake-patterned manicure <\/a>lasted over two weeks. If some chrome looks were added to the line, it would be perfect.<\/p>\n

I like that this design is called “Love Letter” because FitzRoy the cat<\/a> has a sister called Love Letters in the Sand. She’s going to be a show cat, so she has a fancy name.<\/p>\n

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Love Letters the cat when she was seven weeks old.<\/p><\/div>\n

The breeder told me that after I took FitzRoy<\/a>, Love Letters pined for him and barely ate for a more than a week. Although FitzRoy was a bit nervous in his new home at first, he didn’t pine for a second. A month later, he’s totally relaxed. Possibly too relaxed.<\/p>\n

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He looks kind of drunk, doesn't he?<\/p><\/div>\n

Typical female behavior and typical male behavior, right? Makes me think of high-school sweethearts going to different colleges. The gal spends freshman orientation crying, while the guy parties without a care in the world! Biology is so unfair. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My latest Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips design — applied by celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival — is called “Love Letter.” In this photo, I’m wearing it with my Hathor swivel-ring design, turquoise side up. The turquoise center of the ring flips over to reveal carnelian on the other side. Two rings in one!…<\/p>\n

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