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Because the symptoms of NET are similar to other conditions (and can therefore be misdiagnosed easily), the International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance has chosen the zebra ribbon to represent the cause - because when you hear hooves, you assume horses, but what if a zebra comes along? To that end, a few of us nail blogger types are participating in a pink zebra mani linkup to help spread awareness of this overlooked condition today, which is NET Cancer Awareness Day. I then stamped a zebra pattern from the Apipila Super Placa A onto my ring finger, which I then sealed under a coat of UV gel (more on this later). I hope today's post has encouraged you to seek out more information about NET cancer so that you'll be more prepared should that zebra come by one day in the future.

This is pretty standard in the nail industry, because of course, it's a lower liability for the salon owner and the nail tech (or hairdresser, beautician, etc.) is paid based on their volume rather than hourly. Whereas I've been focusing on creating documents (like price lists and business cards and other things I'll need for the day-to-day business), he's been focused on taking care of the financials and the government requirements (registering as a sole trader, researching tax and VAT, etc.). I still have a lot to do, of course, but with the lion's share of the pre-emptive work already completed, I'm confident that we'll be ready to do business. I'm working with a designer to create a business logo for me, and as soon as that's ready, I'll be announcing my business pages so you can keep track of me there, should you be so inclined.

Mostly this month has been consumed with me practicing my acrylic sculpting, going to the BeautyUK show in Birmingham to pick up some goodies for said acrylic practice, earning my certificates for hard gels, gel polish, and a few other nail procedures, and trying to clear out some old stuff from the house to make a little money and make space. I'm also considering going into practice as a mobile nail tech, unless I can find a suitable position in a nearby salon first, so I am seeing my available free time starting to shrivel up and frankly that's what kept me blogging for the past 2 years (having a lot of time on my hands). In any event... I have a few posts to finish off this month and the first of those is this WIDW look with Sinful Shine's Royal Flush - a gothic black and fuchsia look with studs. I then added two coats of Nail Pattern Boldnesson the ring nail and thumb, then set these small black circular studs into a cross pattern on top, before sealing it in with SV.On the other nails, I added a thin V-tip with Sally Hansen, and topped those off with a black stud in the center of the nail.

This is Sinful ShineThis beautiful, deep, dark fuchsia creme was opaque in one coat and, true to the name, totally shiny, even without top coat. Hey, Sinful Colors, you know who likes pretty, opaque, shiny nail polish? I've been running MWFS pretty well, but I have just put down a deposit to attend another nail tech course which will run for a week in May, and since I'm not sure what the state of my nails will become, I will be trying to pre-schedule as many posts as possible before I step into the classroom again. That said, I think I'm going to drop Friday from my schedule next month and combine WIDW with the NCC prompts at least for the next month or so, or until I fall into a new pattern that I can manage.