In the pink

That nail strengthening kit I used the other day didn’t last long. The day after I’d spent over an hour applying the little fiber tags to my nails they started to loosen around the edges. I’ll admit I put them through a tough test though, I spent yesterday evening cleaning and dipping my hands into soapy water, squeezing rags and moving around furniture. That’s some pretty tough activity to put any nails through (strengthened or not).

So, after my cleaning session, the only thing to do was to start all over again. I skipped spending the 60 plus minutes on adding the strengthening stuff again and instead just painted my nails in a shade of pink and topped it with a stroke of Matte Magic from China Glaze, works like… magic! Love this stuff!

Nail polish: strengthening and sparkly odd one

I got this nail strengthening kit today with silk fiber that you apply to your nails and top with three coats of nail glue. I have extremely thin and brittle nails that crack and break all the time. It took a long time to apply, but I can tell it’s worth it because my nails are thick and hard now (it kind of gives the same thickness and strength as acrylic nails).

I finished off my nail fixing with a stroke of light yellow polish, except for one nail on each hand glittery. I topped the yellow with a new matte polish from China Glaze that I also got today, it does the trick and dries quick too.

It’ll be interesting to see how long the silk fiber will last (and how much of a hassle it’ll be to remove it). If I can find the time (and patience) I am going to try to keep up with this because I think this could be exactly the type of thing I’ve been looking for to cure my frail nails, up until now they consistently break before I ever get a chance at long nails.

Pulling out the crafty in me

I pulled out all my boxes full of crafting material this evening to wrap a gift for my mom. It was her birthday yesterday and tomorrow my brother, sister and I are all heading over to mom’s place to celebrate her with dinner, dessert and gifts.

My mom is a very caring and humble person, she always puts others first and rarely (if ever) gets anything for herself. She specifically said she wanted no gifts for her birthday (she even threateningly added “I mean it guys!”). She’s moving soon and out of convenience doesn’t want any extra things to have to pack up and haul in the move. Fair enough, but I couldn’t resist getting her a little gift when I spotted something I know she loves today.  And besides, it’s mothers day on Sunday (in Sweden), and I don’t recall her saying no gifts for mothers day.

Not giving a fuck, letting loose, and just living life to the full.

Here’s Sunday’s inspirational collage.
Nail polish, rings, bracelets.
Summer, denim shorts, sunshine, laughing with friends.
Killer high, high heels. Bubblegum pink and dip dye hair.
Red lips. Maroon 5 – Payphone.

In a nutshell: Not giving a fuck, letting loose, and just living life to the full.

Oh, and I threw Ryan Gosling in there for good measure, but obviously, he’s always on the list.

Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter everyone! Doesn’t feel much like Easter to me, I have so much studying to do and the weather looks more like somewhere between fall and winter (cold, rain and snow). And, I have yet to eat a single piece of candy or chocolate. I’m heading out to my mom’s for Easter dinner tomorrow evening and (fingers crossed) there’s an Easter egg for me (hey, some things you just never grow out of). In Sweden the tradition is to give paper eggs filled with candy at Easter (like this).

What are you doing for Easter?

P.S Click the photos above to see some fun recipes and crafty ideas!

Christmas cards by my sister

As I mentioned, I was inspired by my sister to do some drawing these past couple of days. Here’s why. She’s absolutely amazing! She made these Christmas cards for me, my brother and my brother’s girlfriend. Guess which one I got?

Drawing

When it’s Christmas, the shops are closed, people are out of town and you have nothing to do (and can’t motivate yourself to study), what do you do?

I’ve taken to drawing lately (inspired by my sister who’s amazing at it). It’s something I rarely do because I’ve always felt like my drawings come out looking like crap to be honest, and that just frustrates me. I know that practice will help me get better, so I’m practicing now that I’ve got a little extra time.  So far I’ve only done female faces though, I need to think of something else to draw.

Saffron fudge



Here’s one of the things I baked today. My, soon to be, traditional saffron fudge. I made it last year too.

Other than a batch of saffron fudge I made chocolate truffles with a splash of Cointreau. I’ll get photos of it all at Christmas so I can show it off. Haha…

My gingerbread house

I got around to making a gingerbread house yesterday evening. It didn’t turn out nearly as good as last year, but it was fun to make.

Wow, this blog has really become something of a Christmas blog lately. Hope you don’t mind. It’s only Christmas once a year so you’ve gotta enjoy it and make the most of it, right?

 

Let me introduce… the Christmas tree!

The tree is up in all its glory! I have to say, it’s a good one this year. Lots of thick, bushy branches. I decorated it yesterday evening and I like the result. A lot. Smells nice too.

Is your Christmas tree up yet?