NAILS | Magenta and Gold Half Moons #CBBxManiMonday

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Last year my husband and I started using our Sundays off together to either spend quality time together like go to the movies or have brunch OR work on getting stuff done around the apartment which is what we did yesterday! We stopped using our Sundays for productive things over the summer when a lot of it was just me having to go through beauty things and my husband couldn't really participate. We finally ordered a new couch in early November 2022 from EQ3 on one of our Sundays out and because we were told it would be a 4-5 month wait, we halted the interior decorating since so much of what we wanted to do focused on the couch colour and size. Lo and behold, our couch got delivered this past Friday well ahead of schedule so that meant we could go pillow shopping! Now, we look like actual grown ups with real furniture and it also makes me happy that the cats are loving the new furniture too. They love sitting on our new ottoman and running all over the couch. No sharpening of the claws has happened yet!

NAILS | Chrome Half Moon Gel Manicure #ManiMonday

It was a REALLY long work week for me so I apologize for pretty much just showing you my claws instead of anything else all of last week. Then I broke a nail on my photo hand, but thankfully I went so crazy with gel polish nail art experimentation this month that I have this super cool chrome half moon manicure to share with you until my index nail grows back! 

NAILS | Sally Hansen Color Therapy Green and Gold Half Moons #ManiMonday

I am just shocked at myself for not using more Sally Hansen polishes last year as this was practically the brand that got me into nail art! Sally Hansen always has so many solid creme shades that make them wonderful for dotting or as a foundation for other nail art. In the summer of last year, Sally Hansen introduced their new Color Therapy line which includes argan, acai and evening primrose oil in their actual nail polish formulations to condition and strengthen nails while having an awesome-looking manicure! Call me old-fashioned, but when it comes to nail polish, it's always going to be one of those beauty products that IS harmful. We are all trying our best to make it LESS harmful, but until the day comes when you can drink the bottle or apply it to your skin with no ill effects, a formulation with as few bad things as we can spare is what we are going to have to settle for!

#BusyGirlNails | Week 3–Glitter Half Moons

This week of #busygirlnails is GLITTER! Muahaha, where do I begin? I went back and forth over what to do – from a straight glitter bomb to some form of “art”. I was honestly torn, but eventually decided on doing some nude/glitter half moons. For my glitter I used two coats of the AMAZINGLY SPARKLY Formula X for Sephora – Freaky Like Freud followed by two coats of Butter London – Crumpet. Freakly Like Freud was quite gritty and I could have filed off the excess glittery bits that hung off the edge of my nail.

Stay tuned next week for “Blue” – my favourite colour!!!

The Prom Show | Half Moon Royalty Tutorial

I just thought I’d share!

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