Lumene Gel Effect

I was bitten by the spring bug on my shopping trip to Anttila earlier this month and bought 2 Gel Effect nail polishes by Lumene.

Price: 5.90 €
Size: 5ml

Sand Shimmer #18(Gold)   Early Morning #7 (Pale Sherbet/Peach color)

They go on so nicely. The Sand Shimmer only needed 2 coats of polish and lasted 3 weeks. It's gold with specks of blue, but suited the Early Morning polish and my skin tone nicely.

Early Morning polish took about 3-4 coats to really show the color. So now I have almost half a bottle left  :( It's a pretty color, but I wish it was more opaque instead of shire since each bottle is 5.90€ for 5ml. It also lasted 3 weeks.

I do a lot with my hands, so there was obviously some chipping, they aren't like normal gel polish since no UV light is used. But they definitely look like the after results of gel polish. 

If the price was lower or the bottles bigger, I would love to buy more colors from this line. I'll be keeping my eyes open on any 2 for 1 deals. 

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Week of Achievements

Hello! Hello! Thought I'll take a break from my thesis writing and share to the internet world my achievements this week. :D

MY THESIS IS NEARLY DONE! This week I've been coming to school early in the mornings and staying until 6/7pm. That's real dedication to finish and graduate this spring. I now have a total of 11,668 words, which is 29 pages, not including the 2 page of references, title and table of contents. I still need an abstract and conclusion page, along with my appendixes. But I’m so proud of myself. :D

Moving on to running. This Friday I ran 11 miles in 1hr 43mins. It felt awesome. I now know I have it in me to run the half marathon next month. :) and I will survive. Still having my bowl of oatmeal before my long runs and my energy drink that I shared in a previous post.

I also have been making spinach and cheese egg omelette in the morning with cucumbers on top... why not! hahahaha! So good after my running days. Never skimp on the cheese and spinach... can never have enough ;)

Well I guess that’s all. Keep your eyes peeled for a new polish I bought, I’ll be reviewing it once I find some more free time. :)

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Master Cleanse & Training

This week was totally life changing! For the first time I ran 9 miles and I felt great! On top of that I did and survived the Master Cleanse, even though it was for 3 days. More on that a little later. 

From my previous post, I've been training for the Helsinki City Half Marathon Run which is in May. I've been using the Nike+ running app and I'm so glad I am. It's so motivating and forcing me to run the distance... Literally. This Friday called for 9 miles... 9 miles!!! I didn't know how well I would be but I did it and my time was 1:23 WHOAH! I was so proud of myself! I was even more surprised when the app told me my pace and I was able to kept it up for the whole run. I've never felt so great! I didn't even feel like I was going to pass out! I felt like a CHAMP! I rocked that run! 

Now I think I rocked it because the pass 3 days I was doing the master cleanse. Lemon, Cayenne Pepper and Maple Syrup with a Salt Water Flush... Yummy. I had major fantasy about food and cravings but I stuck to it. Normally you would cleanse for 10 days but since I was running my short runs Tuesday and Thursday PLUS it makes you lose a lot of weight, which wasn't my goal, 3 days was just perfect. 

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What I noticed from doing the cleanse was my pooch left and my tummy was smaller, and with the salt water flush... Let's just say everything is all cleared out :p I never felt so light or looked so flat. It was a little scary looking at myself in the mirror. I feel for myself, this would make for a nice monthly cleanse, to take 3 days  and just cleanse and clean out my body. I did drop to 122lbs, I'm normally 125/126lbs.  Since it was mostly water weight and the lack of solid foods that dropped me so low, once I start eating again and continue to train it'll be back to my normal weight. Lets see if my tummy would stay flat :P Here's Hoping!

To me the master cleanse is pressing the restart button so I can have a fresh start from zero.

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Well there you have it, my update on my training and my mini cleanse experience that is keeping me fit and happy. :) 

Now let's start week 6!!! 

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