Weekly Quickie {wink, wink!}

Weekly Quickie {wink,wink!} Here is your weekly dose of something motivational!

Make it a GREAT week!

Pinterest Newsprint Nails…FAILED!

Just look around Pinterest. You can see newsprint nails on boards like Sweet Nail Designs, Pretty Polish and Nail It! The pictures look so cool. I thought I would give it a try because newsprint nails are all the trend right now and I understand why – THEY ROCK!

This is meant to be a very easy tutorial that’s suppose to be absolutely stunning…however it is not! Here is what the directions said to do:

• The first step you need to follow is to gather all the things needed for it like a base coat, a nice nail color in grey or light pink tone. Apply the base coat and make sure it dries completely, then apply the nail color of your choice thoroughly on your nails and let it dry before going into the next step. Now take some rubbing alcohol in the bottle cover or some small jar and dip your each finger nail into it for at least five seconds.
• Now take some small piece of newspaper and place it firmly on your alcoholic nails. Then after five seconds peel it off carefully from your nails, you will find that the newspaper ink is left on your nail in a beautiful pattern. Use a cotton bud to remove the marks from your nail sides and then apply a topcoat so that the newspaper ink does not get rubbed off, it also gives an extra shine to your nails.

We were doing this project as a video “How-To”, I wish someone would have been filming my reactions. I was still trying to act cool while inside I knew that this was not turning out as I had envisioned. Sometimes projects are not as easy as they seem! I’m laughing at this point…AMUSING! No matter what I tried (leaving the paper in the rubbing alcohol longer, dipping the finger in the rubbing alcohol, tried leaving the newspaper on the nail longer and finally pressing harder), the newspaper words were not showing up on the nail. Now mind you I’m not inexperienced when it comes to nails, all aspects of doing nails is my hobby!

I have this disease where I look at something and think, ‘Oh, that looks really easy, I can do that!” After scratching my head, I reread the Pinner’s posts and I know I followed the instructions to a T. I have no idea where I went wrong. I was pretty surprised and sort of torn between being disappointed that it didn’t turn out and delighted that it was going to make a good blog post. One Pinner said “I used Vodka for this, but you can also use rubbing alcohol.” Now I know why she needed vodka, I think she was drinking while she was writing her post. Don’t believe everything you see on Pinterest.

Pinterest has been a huge source of inspiration and my failures have been few, mostly because I’m careful to pick projects that are doable. I think we all browse through Pinterest and dream of the lovely pretty things we could be doing in our spare time. We see cookies, home decor, unique hairstyles, wonderful finger nail designs and say, “I’ll pin that, so I remember to try it later! Well, they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and suffice it to say a project is easier pinned than achieved.

What’s your favorite Pinterest fail? Please share if you have a newsprint nail success story!

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• How to Remove Glitter Nail Polish (pinkerjen.wordpress.com)
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Weekly Quickie {wink, wink!}

Weekly Quickie {wink,wink!} Here is your weekly dose of something motivational!

Make it a GREAT week!

Weekly Quickie {wink, wink!}

Weekly Quickie {wink,wink!} Here is your weekly dose of something motivational!

Make it a GREAT week!

Weekly Quickie {wink, wink!}

Weekly Quickie {wink,wink!} Here is your weekly dose of something motivational!

Make it a GREAT week!

Adorable Tuxedo Manicure!

Step-by-step how to for fun tuxedo tips.

 Your tool kit:

Paint on the base coat, than two to three coats of white.  Add clear top coat and dry.

Mark the bow’s center using a pointy eyeliner brush dipped in black polish or Sally Hansen nail art pen (these are AMAZING!).

Add four more dots to make an X shape.  Try to keep ’em as round as possible.

Connect the dots in a bow shape, and fill in.  Enlarge the center dot a bit.

Do the tip. * This is the greatest tip!… Start from each outer edge, and go in to the middle to get an even line.

Create three more dots (buttons!), let dry, and finish with clear topcoat.

Now go ROCK your super cute tuxedo tips!

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How To Fix Your Broken Powder Makeup

Has your favorite eyeshadow dropped on the bathroom floor and now it’s in pieces?

How to fix? It’s actually quite simple.

Watch my video to see how easy it is to repair broken powder makeup.

Here’s what you need:

shattered powder makeup

coin

rubbing alcohol (small spray bottle)

tissue

butter knife

plastic bag or plastic wrap

Follow these six easy steps:

1. Place the shattered makeup carefully into the plastic bag holding the plastic carefully over the top.
2. Hold the plastic tightly across the top of the eyeshadow and with the back of the butter knife smash all the remaining bits of makeup into a fine powder
3. When the eyeshadow is broken in a fine powder, you’re ready to go.
4. Using the medicine squirter put a couple squirts of rubbing alcohol into the broken makeup. Make sure the makeup is completely saturated with the rubbing alcohol.
5. Now put the tissue on top of the makeup and put the coin on top of that. Press down with all the force in the world. You’re re-compacting the eyeshadow, so don’t be shy.
6. Let it dry overnight for best results.

Now you can use your powder makeup again without making a mess and spending more of your hard-earned money!

Enjoy your new eyeshadow!

Isn’t that awesome?

I’m so happy I can’t even tell you…it’s the small bits of happiness in life that make it worthwhile.

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Everything Watermelon!

I have been absolutely adoring watermelon…the fruit and the color!!  

It’s almost 4th of July week and when I think of summer treats, watermelon comes to my mind.  It’s such a perfect summer color, a pinkish red with a touch of bright orange~is summer’s sweetest shade!

For a melon mouth, look for a shiny color with a punchy hue.  My favorite is MAC Lustreglass in Love Nectar  for my medium skin tone.  Choose a gloss that’s a shade lighter than your outfit, you don’t want to overdo it.

A crash course in color inspiration:

Pair a solid separate with a graphic print or combine with a neutral for an engaging ensemble.

Shades of  watermelon pair well with…

A laid back neutral like white and khaki or try a pop of bright with tangerine or a super-saturated blue.

AND

For the way out there… “look at me” statement:

Eat, drink and be merry:

Juicy Fruit!  Watermelon contains 92 percent water that makes it a cinch to convert into a “can’t miss” cocktail…try one of these:

• Puree several chunks and mix with prosecco for a Bellini-style beverage
• Serve the puree over ice with vodka, tequila, or rum and a splash of lime juice.   

These watermelon cupcake are so perfect for summer!  So easy to make!

1. Adding approx. 8 – 10 drops of red food coloring to your favorite white or vanilla cupcake batter.
2. Add 1/4 c miniature chocolate chips.
3. Bake as directed.
4. Frost with green frosting.

Way cute!  I’m always amazed at what fun things people do with cupcakes.

Related articles:

• Cool, Healthy & Fresh: Watermelon Agua Fresca (fruitcenter.typepad.com)
• Watermelon-Colored Lips For The Fashion Fruit Salad Of Spring (beso.com)

What do you think about watermelon?

However you choose to enjoy watermelon, the fruit or the color…have a wonderful 4th of July!!!!

Laugh Loudly…KISSES!

Jackie