Early July Morning, Cocoa Beach, Florida

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Emails, Jewelry and Nails

I would like to pick your brain? Do you like emails? Specifically, those you have subscribed too. Did you subscribe because you genuinely wanted to keep up with what the company is doing, or was it because you got some sort of a freebie?

If you have followed me for any amount of time, you know about TappingflamingoBling. Just recently, I have added a little side business with Color Street called TappingflamingoBling Nails. Both TappingflamingoBling and TappingflamingoBling Nails have Facebook pages with all the recent news.

Anyway...I've been told I NEED an email list. To be honest, I don't like a bunch of emails clogging up my feed. I have over 50,000 unread emails, and I just cannot keep up with it. Mostly, the way those have accumulated is through unsolicited emails...spam, and the fact that I go places that I don't have good internet, or internet at all. My mother in law lives in the back woods of Tennessee, and has horrible service. Our family cruises at least once a year, and we unplug from technology during that time. So...ya...my emails have gotten out of control.

So, back to the question...do you enjoy the emails you have subscribed to? Should Tappingflamingo start one. If she did...it would be short, informative, and to the point, yet very much on the upbeat and friendly side....something like the following...

Hello everyone! This is Terry Jeanette with the Tappingflamingo! Hope everyone is doing well.

I've been very busy with life, and I love it! Family is always top priority. I've also been busy with our dance group getting ready for a big gathering at the local senior center. We will be performing at the annual luncheon called Rootn' Tootn'. Yep, you are reading it right. It is a really fun event.

Tappingflamingo has also been busy designing some new types of bling. Do you like ankle bracelets? I think they can be very sexy, and I am hoping to have some ready for the shop soon. They are adjustable and waterproof! and, if you don't like to wear them on your ankle, they can be worn on your wrist. 




One other thing! I have just started a new venture with a product I have fallen in love with...Color Street. This company is fantastic! They make nail polish in strips that you can stick on your nails...NO drying time. What about that!

Today, Thursday 25 July, 2019, and TODAY only, they are having a great Throw Back Thursday. Here are the details. Click here to take you to my website to order these. 


Well, that's all for now...This is Terry Jeanette with the Tappingflamingo Signing out for now. Ya'll have a wonderful day! 

Ok...so let me know what you think. Would you want a weekly email from the Tappingflamingo?

Monday, July 8, 2019

How I Went From Short Stubby Fingernails to Longer Nails...


I have always been self conscious about my hands, especially my nails.  I don't have any pictures to show. Even my wedding pictures of the rings, I made sure my husband was covering up my fingernails. 

Forever ago, I started biting my fingernails. I know...that is pretty nasty, but as much as I tried, I could not stop. One day I was biting at them, and I chipped my tooth! Well, that did stop me, but then I went to picking at them.

I have never had nice nails. They were always paper thin and would split...then I would start picking at them, and before you know it, they were pretty much non existent. 

I tired everything. One time I went to a nail salon and got acrylics. Boy, was that ever a mistake. I work with my hands....A LOT...and they kept coming off. The ones that stayed on just ruined my nails. 

I tired putting nail polish on them, but that just made me pick at them worse!

Finally, I just gave up....

Then one day, I met someone who was a Color Street Independent Stylist. I got some samples and took them home....and they just sat there. I remember years ago, getting some sample like this, and when I looked into how to put them on, well, it was just too overwhelming. Too much heating, and using things that I would have to go purchase.

Little did I know, these were not like that. No heating, no tools!

About two weeks later, I ran into this person again, and she gave me another sample and told me to go try them. She showed me how to use them, and I promised her I would try them. I went home, did some research, and them applied them. 

They were pretty easy to apply. Just to let you know, I don't do much make up and hair type stuff. Never been much of a primper, so for me to be able to do this, it must be pretty simple.
So, I wore these things for SEVENTEEN days!!!! Actually, they are only suppose to last 10 to 14 days, depending on how fast your nails grow, but since mine do not grow very fast, I got 17 days out of them. 

My nails are now the longest and healthiest they have ever been. Color Street does not chip, so it doesn't make me want to pick at them. When I see the prettiness of my nails, I am reminding NOT to pick. It is working!!!! 
I am a jewelry designer and maker, so I work with wire and things like that, which can scratch and chip polish. I have NOT had an issue with Color Street.

So what exactly is Color Street. It is REAL nail polish. They are not wraps or stick on or press on nails. You apply the polish like a sticker to your own nails. 
One thing about Color Street too, is they are very affordable, and take no time to put on. I like to put them on in the evening, just before I got to bed. This allows the polish to cure, as you are really not suppose to get your hands wet for at least 30 minutes. 
The cost is $11 to $14. Color Street comes in solids, glitter, artistic, and French manicure. You get two strips of eight nail polish. Each finger can be used on two of your nails...to 8+8=16x2=32!!! You can get 32 fingers looking pretty! And that is for $11 for solids, $12 for glitter, $13 for artistic and $14 for French manicure. 

So...if you are interested in trying these babies out, let me know! Here is the link to my web page. If you want to check out my facebook page go to Tappingflamingobling Nails