Nails Nails

Last week I decided to tone it down and go for something more subtle. Which worked out well because I ended up having a job interview that week. This nail polish is definitely in my top 5. I love this nude color and I have to thank Anna for introducing it to me. It's from Brazil and it is called Chic Pele (as in skin, not Pelé like I thought it was. Haha) from Colorama. It has a light pink and purple undertone. 

Again, forgive my ridge-y nails. 

I have two coats on and it was enough. It is really glossy and that is something I love about Brazilian nail polish. It started chipping after 4 days, but I was doing some deep cleaning, so that might be the reason why. 

And speaking of nude, I have been looking for a nude (and also a red) lipstick for my skin tone. Do you have any suggestions?

❤Jenny

PS: Do you like the new look on the blog???

21 1/2

Today is my Half Birthday and my twin sister's and J. K. Rowling's and Harry Potter's. So to celebrate Jack and I went to the Cocoa Bean to get a cupcake. I asked the girl if she had a candle and she excitedly answered "yes" and proceeded to ask me if it was my birthday and I said "no, but it's my half-birthday", she went "oh..." and wasn't too happy about giving the candle away. Oh well, the "Better Than Whatever" cupcake was delicious! I am not a huge cupcake fan but you gotta have some sort of cake on your birthday (or half birthday) right? 

"Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you... (it ends here because it is only half of the song.)"

Sorry, I couldn't resist adding the mustache to the picture, it was too perfect. Oh and they didn't have a lighter or matches. :( I still made half a wish. ;)

❤Jenny

Very lucky indeed.

Meet Lili. She doesn't 'meow' she 'mews', it's the cutest thing. It makes her sound like a lady, so feminine. Jack and I are house and cat-sitting for a couple of months. I am allergic to cats but I don't mind taking Claritin (non-drowsy) everyday to have this fur ball cuddling on our laps and running around the house. She moves like a ninja and every move is premeditated. She is as stubborn as they come, but I love her so very much.

Envelope via PP, Tape via PP

Name: Queen Liliuokalani Wilson (named after a Hawaiian queen + our friends and owners Katie and Kris' last name)

Favorite toy: Jack's old guitar strings

Favorite spot: Top of the stairs where she can look over her kingdom

Quirk: Hide under the coffee table and attack vulnerable legs that are walking by.

Even though she is a black cat we are very lucky, because she is the coolest feline. I understand why Katie misses her. 

❤Jenny

Nails Nails

Nothing like this nail polish to help me get rid of the winter blues. Haha some call it party in a bottle, Jack calls it Unicorn sneeze, my mom called it 'Carnaval'. I asked Santa for the Deborah Lippmann- Happy Birthday nail polish but they were sold out at the time. And as I was researching it online I found out that they came out with a dupe that instead of $18 was $4.99 (Milani- Gems). I looked in over 5 CVSes to try to find it and when I was about to give up I found the last bottle of Gems they had in the store (in TX). :)

Before that I had gone to a Nordstrom to see if they had 'Happy Birthday', but they only had the tester so I painted my thumbnail with it and stared at it thinking I would never be able to find HB or Gems. A day after I found Gems!

Sorry it is not a good picture. And YES that is Jack's (giant) thumbnail. Hahaha

So they are pretty much identical. The only thing different I noticed was that HB has a little pink glitter that Gems does not. Which I think is worth the $13 difference. ;)
It is not that hard to apply I was able to get plenty of glitter with two coats (HB took me 3 coats). The surface stays a little rough because of the glitter. I tried a coat of clear nail polish on top to smooth it but it started chipping the same day. So I would leave it the way it is. The worst part is removing it, the bottle says to use acetone based nail polish remover because it is hard to get this thing off your nails! Here  and here are other blogs better comparing the two.

I know this might not be the nail polish for everyone. But I just love some sparkle on my nails!

❤Jenny

PS: Check out my friend Ashley's Giveaway!!! I think I NEED this $25 gift card.

Paper love

It has been a little while since I finished this little project. But I thought I would share with you since I was really proud of it. It is an origami Kusudama flower ball. I decided to give it to my mother-in-law so she could hang it in her Christmas tree. Remember this picture? That's what it was. 

I love almost anything japanese and folding paper is therapeutic to me. I have a goal in life of becoming really good at wrapping presents. You can easily find tutorials online on how to make this ball. It might look intricate but it is really easy, the only thing is that you have to do A LOT of folding. So if you have some spare time this is a good little project.

What I used:

-Scissors

-Elmer's glue

-2 Winn Dixie grocery paper bags

-12" of string

-A lot of spare time

I didn't spend any money doing this project, since I had all of the materials. :) Here is a video I found on YouTube but there are many others if you search for 'Kusudama flower ball' or 'Origami flower ball'. I hope I have time this year to make some for our Christmas tree. Yay for crafts. I need to get back on my crafting mood. I have many ideas for Valentines Day. :)

❤Jenny

I just realized that this is my first post about me being crafty.