Happy Birthday Baby Bear!

More important than any mani: the sassy little lady pictured below just turned 17! We adopted her right before my 5th birthday, and she's been the best cat a girl could ask for. Sure, she's surly and bitey and doesn't let me cuddle her all the time, but she's a cat. That's what they do.

Pocahontas, aka Pokey, Miss Pickles, Baby Bear, Piggles, Buhbeh, etc.

(I have a nickname problem.)

Yes, I did name my cat Pocahontas. I was five! And I loved that movie! I'm actually 99.9% sure that my birthday party that year was Pocahontas themed, but this little fur baby was the best gift by far. 

The mani this time was simple:

Base Coat was Julep in Annette, with an accent topcoat of Sephora by OPI Only Gold For Me and Essie Matte About You on all the others.  This was my first time using Julep, and I was really pleased.  It dried quickly and most of my nails got great opaque coverage with one coat. It's also "3-FREE", which, frankly, doesn't really matter to me, as most of my collection is from some drugstore or another, but it's nice to pretend I'm being aware or something.