Nails: Fireworks and Glam

Here's a quick post, just to show you a very easy idea I had for new year nails. First I had this very extravagant idea in my head, but when I executed it, that all it was...extravagant. And in my opinion, not in an all too cute way. So immediately I took em off...but not without shamelessly taking a picture first to show you guys. I mean...you have the right to see my fails too...-_- Only thing about this idea...there was too much going on on one hand. Fireworks, wishes, champagne flute, glitters, polka dots... hmmmm waaaayyy tooooo much momma...way too much! started well... ended in fatality... So the next I tried...

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Misc: January Photo Challenge...

In December there was this photo-A-day challenge by fashion guru Shirley B. Eniang (www.meek-n-mild.com ), which I wanted to participate in. It looked mighty interesting. But then, when December started I totally forgot...and only remembered around Deember 3rd. BUMMER!!! I didn't want to start late in the December Challenge, and decided with a fellow blogger (www.mybeautifulpieceofmind.com) to do a January Challenge instead. And here it is... Of Course we'd like you to participate too!!!! The rules are simple; take a picture a day related to the topic of that day and post it (explaining shortly why you chose to photograph...

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Craft: The unconventional Christmas tree

Traditionally our family never decorate our Christmas tree with the conventional ornaments. It's been like this for YEARS. And this year we discovered some people like THIS exactly about our Christmas tree...the surprise factor. I mean, let's be honest; we've decorated the tree with cardboard boxes, aluminium foil, ragged jeans, clothes pegs...last year we did news paper. So this year it was time for plastic cups and potato sacks. Oh believe me, me and my little brother had a good laugh just thinking about the reaction of people when they're told what your Christmas tree was decorated with... Imagine them...

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In the Kitchen: No-bake Chocolate goodness

One of the things I did on this Christmas day was hitting the kitchen. Part of the whole Christmas celebration is having delicious food, right? Well I wanted to try my own take on a no-bake dessert... And this is it...Chocolate goodness at its best. Crushed oreo cookies on the bottom, vanilla ice cream, liquor cake, chocolate pudding, and crushed peanut on the top. I know you can't see there's so much going on on the pics...but believe me, it was delish!! I served it with chocolate syrup and some more crushed peanut... How to make it? Easy!! Crush a pack of Oreo cookies (enough to totally cover the bottom of the container you're...

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Nails: "Dear Rudolph"

Right before Christmas...another Christmas nail art. This time it's 'Dear, Rudolph'. It seems Santa has been skipping my address for the past years. I have no idea why...I've been nice...yup...I've been the nicest of 'em all. So this year I wrote Rudolph a letter instead, to see if he can direct the sleigh my way...lol... And the letter goes: "Dear, Rudolph..." Anyways, enough craziness...this is it.... With two accent fingers total! On the ring fingers I used 'Brown' from Jordana, Honestly, I think I should have gone for a lighter shade of brown, you barely see the nose. On the middle finger I used 'Gold Sparkle' from LA Colors. And the...

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Nails: "Snow, man!!"

Christmas is just around the corner. The season of joy, peace, sharing, loving...and SNOW (in certain continents). Here on Curacao it never snows...and it probably never will, unless nature goes really 'kaboozles'. So I decided to do a snowy Christmas nail art...just for fun. And I called it "Snow, man!" just to portrait the irony of having "snow" in a particularly warm weather Island in the Caribbean. I first started with two coats of 'Sassy Sparkle' from LA Colors (Color Craze) on both my ring fingers and 'Ciao Bella' from Sinful Colors on all remaining fingers. Let them dry thoroughly as this is going to be the background color for...

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Crafts: Pearly Jewelry Set

Those of you who know me personally also know that I love being creative, be it with my nails, my make up, my hair, writing, crafting...whatever... So, last week we had this very cool lunch with some of my colleagues at work and we thought about doing a gift exchange during the lunch. AMAZING idea... only, your gifts wasn't allowed to exceed 5 guilders (local currency equivalent of $ 2,75 approximately). How EXCITING... Challenge accepted!!! And mind you,  I even did a silly dance after we withdrew the names a week in advance, so to know who you'd be buying a gift for. Mine was supposed to be easy, and my mind was flowing with ideas......

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Hair: The AvoCocos Home-Made Treatment

So yeah...it's been quite a while since I last posted...am sorry...really really am. Been super busy lately! And whenever I promised myself to write a blogpost at night when I got home, I usually reach home  SO tired that I can't even move my pinky finger. But I've tried something here...and I thought it would be interesting to share with you guys. I've been natural for 4 years now, and I'm still smitten! Aha, with my hair that is. One thing I love is, trying out new hair products to see how my hair responds. So I might still take a detour from my normal hair routines to try something totally new (to me). My hair is naturally...

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