A hard day's night

It's really tiring to work at a trade show. But I think it must be harder for those who don't have access to the vip room ;)

The stand

Just got home. Uh, I'm really tired! This is another piece of my stand. Isn't it beautiful? Did anyone visit the Cosmoprof?

What do you know about nail polish?

I've had a sales convention today. And, as a product manager for a cosmetic company, I had to explain to 120 salesmen how nail polish should be used - and sold. For six hours. On extra high heels.

Then I went to a convention center to prepare my company's stand for a trade show that starts tomorrow. Stayed there for more nine hours and just came back home - it's 3h30am. I`m really tired, but had a great day! (the pic shows a detail of my stand)

Between the window and the shades

These nail polish bottles live by one of the lab windows. They spend the day under the sun, so the chemists can see if color and texture are affected by light and heat. No one gives them any attention, but I think that they make such a beautiful color combination...

Working on the weekend

Good things to do in Campos do Jordão (very hip countryside town in Brazil) when work makes you spend Saturdays there:

1. "Accidentally" meet some friends who are spending a nice relaxing weekend up there

2. Find a bar

3. Make friends with the waiter

4. Laugh until your jaw starts to hurt

5. Finish the day "diving" in a big pot of chocolate fondue.

Does anyone have plans for next Saturday?

Just like third grade

I'm a marketing person, working for a nail polish company. And, as most marketing people, I do charts, numbers and other boring things. But, unlike many marketing people, sometimes I escape to the laboratory to play with colors. It's almost like being in the art class, on third grade (and I get to wear a lab coat!)