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Photos, videos, and anecdotes from my recent trips coming soon!
In the mean time, here is my most recent manicure. I didn’t do it but the tech did it free hand and I think she did a great job!
Phase 2
Switching it up – Phase 2: Peak-a-boo Purple Highlights!
Phase 1
Switching it up – Phase 1: get a super sassy haircut
Curly Version!
Because what is life without glitter?
The Other suggested I try a manicure without glitter polish.
I looked at him in shock – not understanding the words that were coming out of his mouth. Maybe he means “with glitter polish”? I clarify; nope he clearly said without. Strange…
Anyway I try this, which I think I turned out really well. And yes Shimmer is totally different from Glitter!!
Treat Yo Self Mother’s Day
If, like myself, you are the mother of kitties it becomes important that you take mother’s day into you own hands. Kitty paws just aren’t gonna cut it! This year I help my fur babies pick out some really great gifts for me – assorted Frango Mints and a kitty necklace! They are so thoughtful!
After trying all the mints, I decided the Milk Chocolate Mints are still my favorite and informed the kitties I would like only those next year. They looked disinterestedly at me in what I assume is agreement. The Other all got me a gift – Starbucks Chai! I didn’t even have to help with this one – he is a lot more capable than the kitties.
To further treat myself, I decided to give myself a manicure utilizing the new book and nail tools I got from my Reddit exchange. Overall I think it turned out pretty good for a first try! I choose an easy one – Dots and went to work.
I didn’t have the exact colors suggested in the book so I decided to utilize my set of Coach polish.
Started with a base coat
Then my base color coat. The book suggest light pink so I used that color from the Coach set. I think this nail polish is getting a bit old (I did get it 3-4 years ago) because the pink went on a little gloopy.
Now the first dot color. The book suggest blue, which I assume is because its the darkest. For this reason I decided to start with the purple.
I waited a while in between each coat because I didn’t want to smear the dots. Luckily its easy to turn Kindle pages with wet nails. For the second dot coat I used the dark pink, since it was the second darkest color.
Finally on to the gold dots. I tried to fill it any remaining gaps but overall I think the gold was a little light compared to the other colors. If I did it again I would make sure the dot colors were closer in intensity.
Once I gave the dots a bit to dry I put on a super shiny top coat. As I said I think I did pretty good for my first time. I can’t wait to try other ones in the book. I’m thinking either Strawberries or Ladybugs next!
Mani Monday!
I participate in the Reddit Gift Exchange and this time I did the nail and makeup exchange. I was really excited about this one because I like getting my nails painted and recently have started to enjoy painting my own nails and even trying out designs. It seems like I can’t go into Ulta or Sephora without purchasing nail polish regardless of how many colors I have. I actually put a self-imposed ban on my nail polish buying leading up to the exchange (and even that I broke…)
I didn’t do this one myself, I used my Christmas gift from Brianna to treat myself to a gel mani. Its sparkly teal with orange glitter – I feel like a mermaid!
Anyway, my gift arrived today and I couldn’t be more thrilled!! It is a DIY nail art book and some nail art brushes. My Santa included a super nice note and she totally got me the perfect gift. Honestly I would already be trying them if I didn’t get the above gel mani last Friday 🙂 Give me at least another week
So thank you thank you thank you I can’t wait to try it out! I will definitely post an update when I try my first design.
In the meantime to hold you over (cause I’m sure you need that) here are some recent manis I did myself:
Butter Knackered – this is the polish I broke my ban to buy. It was the last one left and too pretty to pass up!
Butter Rosie Lee – so much glitter!!!! Butter makes the best glitter polish I know, only issue is getting it off.
These are actually Sally Hansen nail stickers. Great for a quick mani and have some cool designs. I hope to be doing designs like this myself now!!!!
Roses are red, Brutus smells like poo
I try to always have fresh flowers in the house but I usually don’t get Roses because for the price they don’t last add long as other options. With Easter coming up though there are lots of flowers on sale at Jewel so I got this pretty bunch for a deal.
This gave me some inspiration for fun nails. I found these nail art stickers at Jewel as well. You just wait for the color to (mostly) dry, place the stickers where you want them, then put on a top coat. It’s a great easy way to get fancy nails without much effort or skill. I did each nail a bit different too, which I think gives it a more hand-crafted look (pun intended)!
And no, none of this helps Brutus smell any better. His poo-aura conquers all!
SOUP-er Fridays #3 Omnibus
Last week me and The Other came down with the flu. We still did SOUP-er Fridays, but switched to an easier soup than what was originally planned. We ended up making Cheddar Broccoli soup, which I normally don’t like, but this was good. Better than the Tomatoe Cream soup, but still not as good as the Beef Barley Soup.
Over the weekend I had a cat show. In between selling my own wares I was able to shop for some items for me. The best part of the show was when I found a show that stole silly kitty hats! Everyone who knows me will know how much I love 1. – wearing hats, and 2. – dressing up my cats. It’s the best of both worlds!! I also found another booth that sold human hats so I got one for myself as well (see point #1)
There was another shop that sold embroidered shirts…and embroidered toilet paper. Now there is something you have to buy when you see it. This is something rappers would have in their house – Ridiculous!!
I also found another use for my metal Starbucks card – is there anything that card can’t do!
I ate dinner Saturday night with my cousin and her husband at a Vietnamese restaurant. I had never tried Vietnamese food before but I really liked it. I had the Beef Rice Noodle Soup. The serving was HUGE and I had enough for 3 leftovers.
Watch Haul
I love watches almost as much as I love kittens and hats and shoes. I got a couple of new additions recently that I am excited to show off
The first couple I got for Christmas. The green Freelook is from my parents and the acetate Nixon is from Bri. They are both pretty awesome. The Freelook has a rubbery band so it stretches and never gets too tight. The Nixon I enjoy more than I thought I would – especially after years of teasing my brother for buying only Nixon watches. It’s very light, classic but not boring, and due to the color pallet goes with a wide variety of clothes.
The next watches I picked up from Macy’s one Friday evening. I was actually in there for two different watches (the Lacoste and Kors shown later) but those weren’t available in store. So we got to shopping and ended up with a Diesel and a Guess. Neither of these are brand I would normally buy but I love the steampunky look of both and the Diesel is ridiculously large and a lot of fun to wear. You can’t tell from this image but the Guess is actually a rose gold which is a color category I have been looking to fill for sometime.
These last two watches were what I went into the store for but ended up having to order online.
The Lacoste was mainly to replace my other Freelook watch which is all white and sparkly. I wear it so much though it is getting worn out and who doesn’t love a rainbow alligator!! The second watch is a Michael Kors and is a kitty face with sparkly eyes which is absolutely amazing! You can’t really see well in this image but there are actually little kitty ears as well. Its adorable! kitties!
Freehand Nail Art
I have been using nail stickers which are cool and I am getting better at applying them straight. They go on dry and with the addition of a top coat (Thanks for the tip Bri!) they do last a lot longer. However most of the designs are so intricate that you can tell they aren’t painted.
Yesterday I wanted to try some nail art on my own. I tried some ideas but they didn’t work as I thought (basically sponging one color over another). I then searched YouTube and found this helpful video: http://youtu.be/eFtkkiV8HrI
This is my first attempt at freehand nail art. My right hand isn’t as good as my left due to my right-handedness, but overall for a first attempt I think its pretty good. I am excited to try more things in the future and I will post when I do.
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