40GNAI - Seaside/Beach/Holidays

Hi!

I'm late for my blog post. I know.

I did the mani last week, but totally forgot to do my post. Oops. I don't what I was not thinking.

I freehanded the mani and it was pretty cool, unfortunately, the effect was not transmit really well in the pictures. Bummed.

 

Again,  only one picture, because weeeell, you don't need much. Right?

 

I hope you like it and I'll see you very soon!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

40GNAI - Summer

Hello!

It's Friday today and finally we have some warm weather! Yeah!

The prompt for today was 'Summer'. Summer can be almost anything and for me it equals with warm and beautiful sunsets. It has been a long moment since I freehanded something and I miss it so today was a 100% freehanded design.

I only have one picture to show you because it is a mani that you have to see in a whole.

 

Imagine you're in Hawaii or somewhere else where these sunsets are a regular thing. Aaaaah.

 

I really missed doing this. It was super fun and even if it doesn't look exactly like I wanted, I think it's still good.

 

Hope you liked it!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

An InLinkz Link-up

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Your Job

Hello, hello!

Today's prompt is "Your Job" and I must admit I was pretty excited about this one. I think it was the one prompt I had already my idea in the beginning!

I love reading what job the others ladies are doing for living. It is so much fun to know a little bit more about them. Be sure to click on the links at the end of this post! :)


Pinkie: Chromosome 21, 16 and X/ Ring finger: Chromosome 12 and 13 / Middle finger: Chromosome 14 and 1 / Index: Chromosome 2, 21 and 4

 

A little bit of explanation, hm? Or are you as smart as I think you are?

 

I work as a lab technician in a cytogenetic lab in a children hospital! These are little chromosomes here. I will explain later what I do exactly, but first...

 

Genetics 101: You have 23 pairs of chromosome in all of your cells. When you make a baby, you give 1 chromosome and your partner give 1 of his "pair". That's how you get genetic material from both the mother and the father.

 

Pinkie: Chromosome 21, 16 and X/ Ring finger: Chromosome 12 and 13 / Middle finger: Chromosome 14 and 1 / Index: Chromosome 2, 21 and 4

 Some diseases are transmitted genetically and can be discover early in the pregnancy.

Ex: Mrs. go to the doctor because she had a test that conclude she had a higher risk of having a child with Down Syndrome or maybe she has an familial history of a transmissible disease and have an amniocentesis (the liquid in what the baby floats). We get the sample and put it in "culture", ie: we wait for the cells to multiply and when we have enough cells, we do a lot of complicate stuff  (I won't get into more details, it's too early for me to do that!) and BOOM, chromosomes appear :)

After, my job is to take pictures of these chromosomes and make a karyotype (Karyotypes describe the chromosome count of an organism, and what these chromosomes look like (..) Attention is paid to their length, the position of the centromeres, banding pattern, any differences between the sex chromosomes, and any other physical characteristics. Thanks Wikipedia!)

Pretty cool, right? I also work with blood samples (we have to do sometimes karyotypes for couples with infertility problems and for patient with cancers.)

Chromosome Y, 21 and X

 

My background looks a little bit dirty, isn't it? It's a joke with myself, really. When we do the complicate stuff (mentioned earlier), sometimes the cytoplasm/cell membrane of  the cell doesn't dissolve completely and we have a dirty background. I tried to recreate it :P

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

 

An InLinkz Link-up

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Hobbies

Hello, hello!

Yes, you read right, Reader. Once again, I'm joining the Crumpet Nail Tarts Challenge, but this time it's a little different! Not the same rules, not the same prompts. A new adventure!

I am so excited to be part of this challenge, since I didn't really have any ideas or inspiration the last months. The challenge will keep me busy for a few weeks (I think it's for the whole year, oh boy!) and we are posting on each Friday. I have already all my prompts, I just need to do them now lol.

Without further ado, let's talk about the first prompt. It was decided it would be hobbies.

When I start looking for ideas, at first I was completely lost.. Did I have hobbies other than doing my nails? I don't really like sports, I am not a very outgoing person, meaning I like to do my things all by myself. Then I remember something. Writing. I loved and still do love writing stories.

Now, trying to do this on my nails. Hum.