Revlon Parfumerie Wintermint Manicure
Like most married women, I live with my husband. Unlike most married women, I also live with my younger brother. Neither of these men enjoy the smell of my nail polish or associated removal products. Since I have the distinct pleasure of working from home, I tend to do my nails during the day while I’m working before either of them get home in the evening so I don’t bother them with them smell. An odor that I don’t like either, but any woman would agree that we’re willing to suffer a little bit for the sake of beauty! A few months ago, I read about the new Revlon Parfumerie scented nail enamel line and I was intrigued. “Could it be? A pleasant smelling polish?” I asked? The reviews I read all praised the scent and said that, even under a top coat, you could still smell the scents.
Read MoreOakland Athletics Manicure 2014 Edition
I’m not a sporty girl by any stretch of the imagination, but growing up in Berkeley and Alameda, my parents raised me with a healthy (okay, obsessive) love of the Oakland Athletics and baseball. So for years now I’ve looked at the schedule at the beginning of the season and plotted out all the games I wanted to go to based on opponent and promotion and put them on my calendar months in advance. I’m die hard. I go all out for games and don’t play around.
Read MoreThe next best thing to an Oscar is an Oscar Party!
Okay, not really. But, it’s the closest I’m ever going to come to holding one of those golden gentlemen in my hand. It just so happened last year that my dad & step-mom were visiting from South Carolina over Oscar Sunday, so I decided to throw a party. It was lots of fun with them, my step-sister & her fiancé, their baby (who was 3 months old at the time), and a few friends. As my friends left for the evening, they said “That was fun… can’t wait for next year’s party!”
Read MoreJulep’s Maven Beauty Box – Fully Customizable & Packed with Value
Did you know that Julep’s very popular monthly Maven beauty box just got even better? Just a few months ago when I first signed up, you could choose from several different sets/combinations of colors, but there was still some limitations. Now those are gone! Each month, Julep Mavens get:
A Beautiful Birthday to Me!
Happy Belated Birthday to me! For my birthday this year, I finally did something I’d been wanting to do for a long time – I got mah hair did. I had won a gift card to the salon where a friend works that I hadn’t used yet, so I put it towards making a dramatic change to ring in turning 33. This is the picture my stylist took before and after. Holy crap, right?! It helps the dramatic “before and after” that my hair was damp when I came in so she quickly towel dried it, hence the frizz – I swear I didn’t normally go out in public looking like that! I had an idea of what I wanted when I came in, but Kacie encouraged me to look through the Paul Mitchell color book and I picked out something not quite as in-your-face red as I’d intended. I’m glad I went this route! Seriously, I’m very thankful to my stylist Kacie Kersey at Hairlights Salon in Pleasanton, CA for this amazing transformation. Check out Kacie’s Facebook page and if you’re local, go see her!
Read MoreMy Versatile Disney Manicure
After wanting to go for years, I finally had the opportunity to take a day trip for a friend’s birthday to visit the Walt Disney Family Museum at the Presidio in San Francisco. I highly recommend it, though it’ll take longer than you think to go through it! In honor of going there I wanted to do something Disney themed. Because our 3-year old “niece” would also be coming, I wanted to do something simple that would evoke Minnie Mouse, I decided on a Disney manicure. It evolved a few times, and ended up being one of my most ambitious manicures to date, involving new (to me) techniques and some on-the-fly Imagineering.
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