Manicures up to date (4)

Manicures up to date (3)

Manicures up to date (1)

Back From Absence!

Hi guys,
I'd like to thank you all for sticking with me while I have been gone, in a busy time of my life. I'll be posting more regularly, and not just nail designs but hair, makeup, outfits, and things I love.

The next post will be a whole bunch of manicures I've done since I posted last!

Stay classy,
Julie xo

NOTD: Pink Jelly Sandwich

Today's post is on a manicure I did a while ago, a light pink jelly sandwich!

I haven't experimented with jellies that much, since most of my polishes are opaque, but I've been keeping an eye out for any pretty ones that could be used...

Holiday Manicures 2012

So here it is... a post of my favourite manicures throughout the holiday season!

I was thinking about doing a 30 day challenge, I know there's a few holiday polish ones but I decided not to since I knew I would be busy this season and I was - I didn't even have time to blog!!

I will probably end up doing a 30 day challenge in the summer, since I'll be working my nail polish will  probably end up chipping a lot sooner than I'd like it!

Anyways, here are my favourite manicures I've done over Christmas and New Year's :)

using gold foil (Michael's) and gold bar glitter.

creative use of red and green hex glitter! My pinky was supposed to be a bow but it didn't turn out so well  :(

this one was my most favourite. I used a Bundlemoster plate and Konad white polish.

More details and photos after the jump!

Regular posts!

So now that the jumbled frenzy of Christmas and New Years are over, I can get back to posting regularly!! Stay tuned for a post about my favourite manicures I did over the holidays :)

Julie xo

Official Grey Cup Nails!

It took longer than I thought... but here's the actual post with photos of the nails I did for the Grey Cup! These photos were actually taken a full day later, after they had gotten roughed up at school, so I had to replace some and fix up some other nails, which is why they don't look as good as they did on the first night.

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...

It's Fair Time!

I'd like to apologize for my lack of posting, I've been sick (I know, again) a lot recently and I had internet problems but hopefully I've got those all sorted out so I can start posting regularly again.

So a while ago, my boyfriend, my mother, and I took a trip up to my hometown to go see the famous fair they have and also to see some friends! The end result  being lots of fun times, lots of heavy horse competitions watched, and lots of Beavertails and poutine were eaten!

One of the big attractions there is the heavy horse competition - basically where heavy horses compete in in hand/conformation, as well as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 horse hitch competitions!

One thing that Jacob could not believe was how loud the pounding of the horses hooves were when they went past in their pairs, well when your hooves are about the size of a large dinner plate (which is further emphasized by scotch bottom shoes*) you can't help but make lots of noise :) but that's part of the whole heavy horse thing, if you're a horse person and think of heavy horses, I'm sure one of the things that come to mind is the pounding and the ground shaking when they go past!

Basically at the fair, there is:

• two heavy horse rings, sometimes with no separation to form one big ring
• rides (rollercoasters, etc)
• games like pop the balloon etc with carnies shouting at you to play
• vendors who sell everything from leather belts to knockoff band tshirts to wood signs
• lots of food vendors (Beavertails!!!!!)
• two light horse rings
• a pavillion where there are the results of the craft/food/agriculture competitions
•  small petting zoos
• local businesses advertising
•  4H barns and competitions
• tractor pulls!
• strongman competitions!
• a barn with a massive miniature train set!

I took lots of photos of course, and here are some of my favourites!

view of some of the Fair from the top of the Ferris Wheel, you can see the heavy horse rings and the vendors, also on the far right in the "back" the light horse rings

Six Horse Hitch competition! These were a really nice spiffy team of Percherons!

A panorama of the six horse hitch competition! You can see the Ferris Wheel and some of the rides to the right.

A goat that never left Jacob and I, we named it "little girl" :)

there are no words for this picture! It makes me smile every time I see it :)

the petting zoo had these weird geese with... neck fat? This one is staring me down.

This is what it looks like when a goat tries to sniff your camera!

a chameleon in the reptile booth!

a pair of gorgeous Clydesdales!

A gorgeous young draft horse!

a view of some of the six horse hitches from the top of the Ferris wheel - there were so many in the class they had to split the class in half and do each separately!

 Anyways, I have lots of nail posts coming up, don't worry, I haven't forgotten about those! I've also been cooking lots since I've been sick, and I have lots of recipes that I could share on here which I just might end up doing!

Have a fantastic weekend :)

Julie xo