Orly – Space Cadet

Sometimes purple… or green! or red! Depending on how the light hits the lacquer.

This is one of my favorites but the dry time takes a while. 3-4 coats, ~ 1 hour for my nails to fully dry.

cosmetic ARTS nail polish…. there are no names on my bottles ;_;

milani – gold

So far, no allergies and my skin has been silky smooth. Which is great because my feet have suffered a lot of damage from summer flip-flop wearing!

The only con that I can see with this product is that you have to buy it in bulk… which means shelling out like $30-50.

They mainly target salons, so unless you want to share your scrubs with a friend or repackage them as stocking stuffers (which is a really cute idea!) I don’t know how many of you guys would be interested in this product.

^ I’ve been moving them to empty Olay moisturizer jars for easier storage.

The scents are great though!

My rankings for the scents (they all smell like delicious candy!):

1) Pomberry! <3
2) Wild Watermelon
3) Mango Papaya
4) Lemon zest
5) Fresh Pear
6) Cool Mint

Hollowed out with an X-acto blade and….

Ta-da! Book boxes for small treasures.

And my most recent project….

Glued on some findings…

Ripped out all the pages and glued in….

Fabric lining! Added some velcro so that it would shut. In retrospect, I probably should have sewed a flap so things don’t fall out… It took forever to finish sewing the inside! @.@ I really need to invest in a sewing machine…

Lastly, here’s my mini garden:

Basil, Marjaram, Dill, Green Onion and Cilantro! We’re currently experiencing a heat wave here in Los Angeles… I hope my basil enjoy the sunshine! I didn’t photograph all of my basil pots but I accidentally grew too many (count: 20)! Those seeds are just so small. Oh well. More pesto for me!

Tiny cilantro

Dill, Marjaram, Basil (to be transported soon!)

Green onion

More basil. I need more containers!

Chevron printed binder and sunglasses case

Pearl Spider pendent (tutorial by Shawkl)

Made with gold filled wire, Swarovski pearls, Duochrome Czech fire polished beads, seed beads and some other little beads that I bought in a grab-bag a longgg time ago.

The spider really creeped my housemates and boyfriend out. I don’t know… I think it’s pretty!

Up-cycled old earrings / necklaces to bracelets!

When stacked together.

Pouches with leather flaps

To be continued!

Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color – Red-y Response

I was lucky enough to get this for ~$3.00 after extra care bucks @ CVS + some other coupons a few weeks ago. Magnetic polish can get pretty expensive! I believe this bottle retails for ~$9-10 at CVS!

For those who are not familiar with magnetic polish, the polish basically has iron powder in the formula so when you hover a magnet over a wet coat on your nail it will form a fun design.

I was sent a bottle of Suncoat’s water based nail polish.

What’s great about water-based nail polish is that it is non-toxic. That also means that the polish is free of nail polish fumes!

In order to remove the polish, you just peel it off.

The color above is named “Eye candy”.

Pros: non toxic, fast dry time, NO SMELL!, easy removal, nice color selection

Cons: sheer– needed 3-4 coats,  easy removal (not ideal for long lasting mani’s), edge wear

If you download the app called “Wrapp” in the Andriod or iTunes market you can send send $5-10 giftcards for free!

If you want to send yourself a giftcard, you’ll need to tell your friend to send you one back.

You can also access your account @ https://www.wrapp.com

The free giftcards should say “FREE” next to them, so make sure you’re selecting the right one!

From my screen I could select from $5 Sephora, $5 Office Depot, $5 Gap, $5 Threadless, $10 Fab.com… those are just to name a few of the companies that I’m familiar with. There are a few more too.

You just show your smartphone to the cashier with the Wrapp app open and they will type in the #’s. You can also use the Sephora code online, but then you’d have to pay shipping for orders under $50.

I popped by my local Sephora @ Santa Monica this weekend and grabbed some Tokidoki stuff on sale!

My boyfriend offered to let me use his GC so I got to use two $5 GC’s that day! Lucky me.

Tokidoki nail stickers +$2.00
Tokidoki nail confetti +$4.00
$5 Wrapp giftcard: -$5.00
Total: $1.56 out of pocket!

Tokidoki eyeshadow in Carnivora: +$6.00
$5 Wrapp giftcard: -$5.00
Total: $1.56 out of pocket!

I believe Tokidoki is doing some kind of clearance on their line at Sephora? The entire section was marked down! I saw some cute brush sets for $14 and mini MU palettes for $4.00 that I kind of regret not buying!

Tokidoki nail confetti – Savana (pink + gold glitter)

Each bottle comes with a small sheet of nail stickers (plastic wrapped to the bottles)!

Tokidoki nail confetti – Savana
China glaze – For Audrey
(Do you like my Marc Jacobs Daisy mini in the background? I LOVE perfume minis! )

Some closeups of the other items that I purchased:

Tokidoki eyeshadow in Carnivora swatched w/o primer

I hope the Wrapp app deal works for you all too!

^ Alright, that picture is a little scary since it was taken at night…

^ LIGHT!

I honestly believe every household should have this on their wall(s). I hope you make one too!

For high res references, use google images!

To watch the clip of Ron introducing his pyramid, use youtube!