Neglected!

Wow this blog is nearly filled with cobwebs and dust!

I haven't really had anything amazing happen in the past few weeks other than shopping and posting new videos on my YouTube channel youtube.com/gspremulli

I've been busy keeping up with housework, helping my mom with her new business venture and trying on new nail polishes to show everyone in the whole wide world!

For those of you out there who follow me like my life is interesting, you can follow me on Instagram: gabythegirlnextdoor

Some of you may or may not have noticed my new blog for product reviews! If you haven't, then go an check it out! gtgndproductreviews.blogspot.com

I will admit I have been debating on making a "Love is Louder" / "It Gets Better" kind of post (although I am not gay, I wanted to make one aimed towards bullying and anxiety/depression) but I'm not sure. It all depends on what I want to divulge. I have posted some stuff about anxiety and depression and some of my bad mishaps with life in general before. I guess I just have to find where my comfort level begins and ends.

Stay tuned my lovelies!

Powerless and bored. Book suggestion?

I need inspiration... A new reason to live life to its fullest.
I have a million ideas in my head and I'm starting to think they're all going to splurt out at once and I better have an extra large canvas to paint/vomit them all over.

What's going on? A gazillion things! Not all going well but I try to keep my head high. I've got reasons to want to succeed at life in general, including in my relationships both personal and professional. But everytime I think it's going great, there's someone there to shove sticks in my wheels. It's even harder when you can't blame them for it.

Wish me luck.

In the meanwhile, I'm bored. Any book suggestions? Nothing about handcuffs and riding crops please!

Annoyed.

I wish I could actually growl on here.

Nothing major has happened but rather a series of little annoyances I need to vent out there.

My nails chipped so I decided to redo them. FML. I did everything but ended up having to scrub of the product with the nail file MAJOR NO NO it ruin your nails! And they became so thin that I had to cut them SHORT! Like really short. Like I barely have nails it's almost to the skin. But then I painted them pretty and I love them ! (see image below? I don't know if this will actually work I'm using the app so...)

Then my crazy cat-a-holic ex-neighbor or whatever she is called at 11:30pm wanting to see how were doing????? Ummmmm. I'm sorry. When I was a kid and a friend would call my house at 9 and my parents were über pissed id get annoyed but got their point: they worked early AND my sister was just a baby and was sleeping at that time. Now I'm an adult and my friends and family know that i am most probably up anyway and if they needed to call they could because they know how I am. But you, complete stranger who I've known (known is in the way as I know what your face looks like, what your name is and that you've got a gazillion cats reproducing in your apartment) why are you calling me? First of all why do you even have my number? I gave it to you politely 5 months ago on one of those occasions where you said you were moving and wanted to check if we had any mail for you, which you didn't even end up moving for all these months so wtf? Now last week, all in the same day, you gave your 600 cats to the SPCA, told the landlord to come pick up the cash for the rent and then decided to move out? All in the same day? In tr span of 6 hours???? Now you sit down wherever you are located at this moment and dig out that old piece of paper where you might have written down our phone number and think "hmmm it's 11:30pm and I wonder how these good old folks are doing? I should call them and let them know I am alive! Yes great idea! And at the same time I might as well ask them how they're doing!"

Ok listen. I'm a nice person, open minded and respectful but lady please. Why are you calling? Aren't you sleeping anyway?

I ended up telling her it's 11pm were sleeping and work early in the morning (hey! A little white lie for some common sense is totally justifiable!) and bye!

Crazy old woman!

New review on SensatioNail

Hi everyone!

So I got a replacement kit from Taylor Armstrong because the previous one had the bottle of gel primer that exploded all over and with this one I got the other color polish available in the starter kit Scarlet Red.

Now with this one I was able to use the gel primer before applying the first coat of Gel Base & Top Coat and I don't know if it's me or actually the product but I feel like the product is actually harder on my nail.

I gotta say this, the color looks amazing. I've had red polishes in the past and I still buy them but they never looked so bright! It's gorgeous. I definitely give the product a 10/10 now that I was able to apply the primer and compare results but also that I have removed my previous mani! Soooo easy to do! Hopefully I get the chance to post a video real soon but basically you scratch off the shiny layer with the nail buffer and then make sure you get acetone or nail polish remover (with acetone as the first ingredient) to stay on the nail for 10 minutes (with a cotton ball or cut up cotton pad like the ones you use to remove makeup). Once you remove them after 10 minutes it looks all warped and sticking up so you take the cuticle stick and gently scrape it off your nail upwardly. It comes right off. You wash your hands, buff your nails gently to make them smooth and you're ready to apply the products once more!

I am super happy with this product! I was at the pharmacy earlier today and thought I'd test my luck by asking if they held the SensatioNail products and I wasn't too surprised to find out they didn't. (I was at Jean Coutu by the way...)

I'll keep looking for the products around Montreal and you bet that as soon as I find them I'll let you all know!

Day three of my sensationail mani

So far so good. Product doesn't chip doesn't scratch I'm pretty happy. I ended up contacting Nailene directly and they will be replacing the gel primer and I should expect it to arrive within 3 weeks. Super fast customer service pretty neat!

I'm still looking around for the kit around the greater Montreal area for those of you who want it. Again, I will be looking into trying out other gel products soon with the SensatioNail lamp and will be reviewing once I can.

The Raspberry Wine polish I got with the kit has gotten lots of nice compliments and looks really nice. I notice that the color will change a bit with the lighting. Looks really cute in the sun and bold in dim lighted spaces.

Nailene SensatioNail review

About a month ago, I entered a Facebook contest through the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' blonde bombshell Taylor Armstrong. She was giving away a SensatioNail starter kit to 10 winners who would email her pictures of their best summer manicures!

I emailed her 10 pictures and I won!

So I received my starter kit yesterday and decided to wait until this morning to open it and try it out.

The kit comes with:

-a PRO 3060 LED lamp

-electrical cord for the lamp

-gel cleanser

-gel primer

-color gel polish (my kit came with the Raspberry Wine tone)

-gel base & top coat

-lint-free wipes

-double-sided nail buffer

-manicure stick

The starter kit is priced at around $50 US and gives you enough to do 10 manicures. Color Gel polishes are about $10 US and essential kits (primer, top and base coat, wipes, buffer and stick) are about $15 US. I find this pretty reasonable considering the polish kits and essential kits give 25 manicures each.

My first impression is I was really disappointed. Not in the product itself as I hadn't tried it yet but because during the packaging or shipping the bottle of Gel Primer had exploded and leaked all over in the box, gluing part of the box to the lamp and getting all the other products all sticky. I decided I would still try the manicure by skipping the primer step altogether.

First you get the lamp. It works with a regular electrical outlet (check for adapters if you are in Europe, Asia or Australia. The cord is kind of short so I had to get an extension which isn't a big deal and worked out pretty well. You first plug in the cord to the lamp and it beeps so you know it is functional and ready to go.

Then you get a very simple, straightforward carton with instructions and picture for each step.

If you are already wearing polish make sure you remove it all and wash your hands before starting the manicure process.

Once you are ready, you take the little buffing file that comes with the kit and gently buff the top of your nails just to get them smooth. You then put some Cleanser on a lint-free wipe and wipe off all dust from your nails.

According to the instructions, you must apply a thin layer of Gel Primer, however since mine was out the question, I skipped this step. You would usually have to apply a thin layer and let air dry and proceed to the next step.

You then apply a thin layer of Gel Base & Top Coat and make sure you apply evenly on the nails and around the tip of your nails.

I chose to start with both thumbs first, then proceed with the right hand and left hand, just because the space in the lamp isn't as big as a salon's UV lamp. I started with my right hand just because I am more comfortable painting with my right hand so I choose to keep the easiest for last.

After curing the Base and Top Coat for 30 seconds (until the lamp beeps), you then proceed to the first layer of Color polish. A thin coat again, as it can run while curing (learned the hard way, my nail was colored in the middle and run all around, forcing me to redo my nail).

You cure this time for 60 seconds (til the lamp turns off). Paint a second light coat and cure for 60 seconds.

You then apply another coat of the Base & Top Coat and cure for another 30 seconds (I chose to leave it in for a full 60 seconds this time).

Your nails at this point will look good but feel sticky from the moisture surfacing throughout all the curing steps. This is when you dab some more Cleanser on a lint-free wipe and proceed to wiping your nails thoroughly.

Et voila!

Wash your hands with light soap and you're ready to go! No drying time, no avoiding touching anything.

I give this product a 9 on 10, only because of my bad experience opening the package. It is great. However I have not tested removing the product and have not tried it with the Gel Primer. I will see if skipping this step will make the product last as long as it should, which is said to last at least 2 weeks.

It's available for purchase online and I believe is widely available in the US and UK. I heard it was available in Canada however have yet to see it in any Walmart or Shoppers Drug Marts.

This is the finished product (I think it looks great!)

The meaning of "Pissing on your parade"

Well did I just get a friggen surprise yesterday.

I called the hospital to know where I was at with the waiting list for the lapband, turns out I am on no list at all. After dr leclerc transferred all his patients to sacred heart hospital in Montreal, all patients waiting for their appointments were on a "list" of people waiting to be dealt with, not an actual waiting list. The thing is when I called they told me they already have all their current patients waiting for operations, guess where I was calling? Rockland MD! Where I went in October! I was so angry inside. So the secretary goes on telling me they still need to find a way to manage giving appointments to these new patients and that won't be before September or October before they actually do something about it. She also said I would have to fill out a form online so they could call me. I already did that, nearly 2 years ago! It took them almost a year to call me! And when I finally met with dr atlas he made me feel like he was pushing the gastric bypass on me which doesn't make me feel so comfortable.

So I was left back to square one. How disappointing!

So I have decided to call Pierre-Boucher hospital in longueuil and put myself on that list. Honestly whatever happens will happen. In the meanwhile I will try to do it the hard way, although it never worked before. But it may be different this time around now that I am controlling my hypothyroidism with Syntroid.

We will see.