It almost seems fitting that right in the middle of doing this mani, I sliced my pointer finger of my right hand opening a polish bottle that I didn't realize had cracked at the corner and was about to fully break with a little bit of pressure. I ended up with a not insignificantly sized shard of glass in my finger, throbbing pain, and (apologies if this is gross) a lot more blood than one would have expected from a little old finger. How I actually managed to finish is absolutely beyond me, but as I type this my finger is still Band-aided and aching a little bit and it all seems sort of fitting - bleeding for my Remembrance Day mani. I, of course, wanted to be sure to do a poppy mani this year because I think this is an important time in history to remember the losses and struggle of the past, to remind ourselves to try and avoid repeating those things. I don't want to soap box, but I do think it's important to look back clearly and remember the cost so that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past. 

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