It is assumed that in being a PhD student in the biomedical sciences, biology will find every way possible to creep into your daily life. But, one does like to look for every opportunity to bring the daily life into the biology.

When preparing microscope slides, it is common to seal the edge of the slide with clear nail polish. So, as I will be preparing a rather large number of slides next week, I made a trip to Ulta to peruse the Essie aisle. I don't use Wet 'N Wild on my nails, so I sure as hell won't use it in my lab.

I wasn't entirely innocent on the trip to Ulta, and returned home with something sort of lab-related - gloves, bleach, and handwashing tend to torch my hands, but I'm fairly pleased with this apricot oil so far.