Monday Blues: Gold Leaf Nail Art

This is very exciting, because starting today, I'll be taking part in the Monday Blues, which is a manicure challenge, where every Monday, you post about the newest blue color that has been on your nails.

Since this is my first time,I wanted to be all cool and not keep it simple, so I decided to do something I had seen,wanted to but had not tried yet. In blue of course :)

Here's what I did

Yes, I normally don't use Photoshop for any of my nail posts,unless the true color doesn't come out in photos and I need to twitch it to make it look like the real deal. But in this case, it wasn't a post about the color, it was about the pattern, and since the lighting was awful for some reason, I went all Vogue on the picture. Looks pretty neat though, if I may say so.


If you're wondering HOW I did it, have no fear, tutorial is here!

The Quick and Easy HOW-TO

Despite what it looks like, it's easier to do than you might think.
You only need one thing: 
A plastic wrapper. Like a sandwich wrapper. I personally used the plastic bag the bread was in. You need one that is quite stiff, so that it holds its shape.



What do to:

Step 1. Paint your nails in the color of your choice. Monday Blues meant blue for me, but next time I am definitely doing black.

Step 2. Crinkle the plastic wrapper. Hold it in your hand and try to make a petal-like shape,like so

Step 3. Apply some gold polish on the crinkled wrapper with the brush. Try not to put too much polish on it. If you feel you have,then just dab the excess off on a paper or a paper towel.
Should look like this, just more crinkled, I let it loose when I was taking the photo.

Step 4. The Awesome Step!
Dab the gold polish filled foil on your nails. If you see there's not enough polish on your foil anymore, brush some more on.


And there you have it!


Make sure you check out the other ladies taking part in the Monday Blues Challenge to see what blues they used today:

Gosia from Life in Color!

Mihaela from Lacquerbuzz

Mandy from Chameleon Stampede

Marisa from Polish Obsession

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I Love ... Mango Papaya Bath and Shower Gel

For a long while I stopped using shower gels,because they dried out my skin in quite a ridiculous manner,but the day I smelled this shower gel,was the day I decided to give them a try again.

I've always liked the description on the I Love... products,and sitting in the shower and reading the bottle just makes me wanna cover myself in the whole deliciously smelling thing.
For the same reason,I'm really appreciative that they make such big bottles. More of the good stuff for me!

 

I was also pretty surprised that it didn't dry out my skin in the dramatic way I had expected it.

Another surprising thing was how long the delicious smell of mango and papaya lasted on my skin. With shower gels, you usually smell the scent when you're under the shower. You enjoy it for a couple of minutes and off it goes. This one, on the other hand, stayed with me long after I left the bathroom, and I was told I spread it out through the house quite a bit too. Call me a human house fragrance if you will.

The Ingredients:

As usual,  little 'ol me was happy when there were no parabens poking my eye on this list.The truth is, beside that, it contains many of the ingredients that every other shower gel uses.
I personally am a fan of "the shorter the ingredient list,the better", and ideally totally preservative free,  but that is quite hard to achieve with such products, so Paraben Free makes me jolly for now.


All in all:



I'm hooked on this yummy smelling shower gel! One thing you can be sure is that the nice people at I Love... will always come up with smells that will make you want to eat their products or at least leave your mouth watering!
Luckily enough, they also put a warning on the package, discouraging you to not eat it, as good as it may smell. And thank God for that! The temptation is too great!


 Have you tried any I Love... products? What's your favorite?


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The Lemonade Collection Recipe

We've all had lemonade and we've all appreciate its refreshing abilities at least once this summer.
What I hadn't realized until recently was, lemonade doesn't just mean lemons!
I had this epiphany one afternoon as I was sitting on a terrace and saw they had all sorts of lemonades on their menu. Raspberry Lemonade? Ginger Lemonade? Melon Lemonade?  Tell me more!

What I can say is that I have become addicted to raspberry lemonade since,so I've been making it a lot.

My first question is: Can you make lemonade? If not,we will start with that.



What you need:

- Lemons (as much or as little as you want.I like the juice of about 2 squeezed lemons/ 500ml  of soda )
- Sugar,preferably brown. There is no exact quantity for this. Add some, taste, add some more if needed.
- Soda or regular water,but soda makes it more bubbly and yummy.
- Fruit of your choice: you can do strawberry, raspberry, mango, peach, orange, melon, ginger, mint etc. Go wild!

What you need to do:

- Mix lemon juice, soda and sugar together
- Blend or mash your fruits if they are mashable, If it's an orange,just squeeze the juice and add some slices.   If it's ginger,cut it in thin slices and squeeze it a bit so the flavor comes out
- Mix lemonade with fruit paste/juice/slices
- Throw in some ice cubes if you like to

And ENJOY! 

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