DIY- Ombre Nails

When I used to teach and not have children, I would always pamper myself with a pedicure once every other week.  That luxury is gone, but I don't miss it.  I actually really enjoy painting my own nails now.  It's quite self-therapeutic after a long day.  I recently tried ombre nails on myself, and here's how they turned out.

If you want to try at home, all you need are the following:

1. 3 different shades of nail polish, all in similar colors of course.

2. Q-tips

3. Nail polish remover

4. Make up sponge

5. Top coat

After you've cleaned up your nails and cuticles, here's what you will need to do.

1. Choose the lightest color of the nail polishes.  Some websites suggested painting your nails white first, but I didn't have white nail polish, so I chose the lightest one as my base.  Use two coats and wait for your nails to completely dry before going to the next step.

2. Dampen your make-up sponge.  I ran it under the sink and then squeezed the excess water out.  This will be the tool you will use to create the blended ombre effect on your nails.

3.  Paint the nail polish onto the make-up sponge with the lightest color being at the edge of the sponge.  

4.  Tap the make-up sponge onto your nails in a slow up and down motion.  The lightest color will be closest to your cuticles and the darkest color will be at the top of your fingernail.  You can cut the make-up sponge to be smaller to create less of a mess around your finger nail.

5.  Clean up any excess nail polish around your fingernails using the q-tip and nail polish remover.

6.  After your nails have dried, paint a top coat.

I won't lie, this took a little longer because it is absolutely important that you wait for your base polish to dry. Otherwise, it may get ruined while dampening your make-up sponge and/or it will definitely not look good when you actually apply the make-up sponge onto your nails.  I didn't mind the time though because the kids were down and it was my time to vegetate.

Have fun and let me know how it goes!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!  For Valentine's Day, my son and I made pink heart rice krispies treats.  They actually came out more coral pink, but we had fun doing it!  You can find the recipe on the back of the box or on ricekrispies.com

our coral pink rice krispies treats.

first, you had 3 tbsp of butter or margarine.

melt the better in a large saucepan, and add a package of mini marshmallows.

it should look something like this, but probably not as deep of a pink. haha.

add 6 cups of rice krispies to the sauce in the saucepan and mix well.  then, spread the mixture evenly on a 15" long cookie sheet.

Happy Valentine's Day!

It would have been prettier if I could find clear plastic bags, but the store was out. Also, here's the winner of the giveaway!

Indigofera Beauty Expert, please contact me at revolvingstyles@gmail.com to claim your prize!  Thanks everyone for entering and I will have another giveaway in a couple of weeks.  Hope everyone felt loved today (and everyday). <3

Big Bare Wall

It's been over a year since we've lived in our new home and the past year has been so busy and hectic that I still have yet to decorate the home.  There are still pictures waiting to be hung and little decorative touches to be added to give the place more personality.  In fact, I feel like my home looks like a bachelor pad.  I did have an excuse though for not decorating!  When we first moved in, I was just entering my 2nd trimester of pregnancy while caring for a toddler while trying to run a business.  I just couldn't muster up any extra energy or finances to think about decorating the home.

But, now that the baby is out of me and is already 9 months old, we've all seemed to fall into a schedule, which allows me now to think about how to decorate the home.  I would like to start with my big bare ugly dining room wall.  I really like some of these options I found on Country Living.  All of these are inexpensive, unique, and something that I feel would reflect our family's personality.  Which do you think I should use?

here, old vintage frames to frame floating art or other decorative items. they are quite inexpensive if found at a thrift store or flea market.

these are actual leaves found in a backyard or sidewalk and just framed.  pressed leaves are such a cute and affordable way to add charming decor to the house.  I would love to get my son involved in helping me find the leaves.

here, three flea market chairs were created into one bench.  i've always wanted a bench for my dining table!

i'm loving this alternative lamp.  here, christmas lights are just filled in a glass jug.  this would look great in my living area!  Also, gotta love the antique books.

and here is my big ugly space that I would like to work on.