Article: 34 Insanely Simple, Two Ingredient Recipes

I saw my sister post this on Facebook on my personal trainer's wall... she laughed of course since most of these are dessert items, however even though I can't eat many of them I wanted to share the link with you :)

Here it is!

It features really yummy recipes like vegan pinkberry and soda can cupcakes, definitely check it out!

Julie xo

Grey Cup 2012

Was anyone watching the Grey Cup last night? I was at my cousin's house with Jacob, and I am sooo glad that the Argos won! At the beginning it seemed that they would have an easy win but Calgary put up a good fight :)

of course, following my major sports game tradition, I of course did my nails with each team on one hand, since it was late last night when I finished them I'll have to take pictures of them once I get home so expect a post with pictures later tonight... unfortunately some of my nails aren't in the best condition since some things have fallen off, but I'll replace those and make them all nice for the photo, but here's the horrible quality photos I posted on Instagram:

Calgary Stampeders (booooo)

Toronto Argonauts (woo!)

 Have a great day, Julie xo 

Track Pants VS Sweat Pants

Fashion Police Announcement:
It has come to my attention recently that people don't actually know the difference between "track pants" and "sweat pants" and in all honesty, the two are completely different and I don't understand how people can get them mixed up. This is an issue that must be addressed.

Sweat Pants: are comfortable pants, usually made of a soft, fuzzy fabric, that people wear on days where they want to be comfortable or the weather is cold and they want to try to be warm.

They can look like any of the following:

Track pants, however....

They are made of a shinier, smoother material, are not usually windproof, and soccer players and actual people who do track and field like to wear them. Sometimes track pants will have a zipper at the bottom of each leg that goes up a few inches, others will have snaps down the sides of each leg to make it easier to rip them off quickly. Also, some of them have stripes down the side or are embroidered with the person's initials or a team name.

Some examples of track pants:

Are we good now?!
Have a great weekend!
Julie xo

Barren Wasteland... aka a Reservoir

So in my town we have a reservoir about 10 minutes away from my house, and I pass it almost every time I go driving with Jacob, and last week I noticed it was looking less like a reservoir and more like a barren wasteland........

So I went home and grabbed my camera and went out and I took a bunch of photos. My mother wanted to see it too, so she ended up coming along with me.

Officially My Best Gradient Manicure

So I am super excited to write this... I did this manicure about a week ago, but only got around to posting it now, but I was feeling up for a challenge so I decided to give myself a gradient manicure... only instead of a horizontal gradient I was going to do a vertical gradient instead!!

I am sooooooooooooo happy with the way it turned out :)

I used a matte top coat first but then I took some photos with a regular top coat on top of the matte one! Ready for the gorgeousness?!?!

BAM!!

Memories of Summer

I was looking through some old photos from this summer and wanted to share my favourites... summer definitely ended too soon and now it's cold and dark and not sunny any more!

Fall Nail Polish Favourites

I realized I haven't posted my top fall nail polish picks... oops!

I did swatches on a piece of paper to help make the colours and the microglitter (in some of them) stand out more and be more obvious, however the only thing is that Peridot is a much more multifaceted, dark green/pure green/gold mix, so I've included a better, higher quality photo underneath.

a close up of the gorgeousness that is Peridot by Chanel ♥

let me know what your other fall favourites are!

Julie xo

NOTD: Classy and Elegant

Two of my favourite polishes that go together are Snow Cone and Gum Drop by Orly. I purchased them at the same time because they went so well together, and also because they were polishes I didn't have before.

I did this manicure during the summer, when I was looking for something pretty, elegant, and kind of pastel-y, and I also wanted to try out some of the designs on my BundleMonster plates, and this is what I came up with:

Swirly Fall Nails

The other day I was looking at all the nail polishes I have and I was trying to pick out my #1 shade for fall.... and I couldn't pick just one!

So I ended up picking up 10 or so fall-y nail polishes and doing a sort of swirly/merging/blendy design with them, and this is how it turned out! I apologize in advance however for the tip wear and the bubbles on some nails, that was just caused by the topcoat I used.

*also note that I took these photos before I cleaned up the edges!

Do You Have Extra Halloween Candy?!

Okay so I'll admit... I have a ton of extra candy left over from Halloween (mostly Rockets and Starbursts) and while surfing my favourite cooking blogs, I saw a post that the wonderful Shelly from Cookies and Cups wrote a post about how to use up any extra Halloween candy so after the jump I've put a few more websites just in case you have extras and are looking for some ways to use them up...

However, if you have a significant other that loves candy as much as Jacob does, that candy should be done in no time! :)

NOTD: Glorious Blue Houndstooth!

I was craving a classy yet pretty manicure the other day, and while I was cleaning my BundleMonster plates I remembered the success I had with BM 322, with the houndstooth pattern so I decided to use that.

I was wearing blue that day so I decided to use two blues to go along with my outfit, and this is how it turned out...