Caviar Nails

How about some caviar… For your nails?

A little fact most do not know about me is that I have been a licensed nail technician for over 13 years. At a young age, I always paid attention to my nails and when the acrylic nail fad of the 90's came around, I wanted to learn all about it (did I just age myself or what. haha). I enrolled in beauty school and took the state licensing board but I never made a career out of it. It was just an item on my bucket list that I can check off. To this day, I still swoon over pretty nails.

Fashion Week was filled with plenty of darkly hued nails, but at the Cushnie et Ochs Fall 2011 fashion show, models donned black beaded nails appearing as though they had been just dipped into the luxurious delicacy.

Want to try & create this caviar manicure at home?

1. Apply two coats of black nail polish
2. Dry and then cover the fingernail in nail glue
3. Dip nails into black seed beads and add a sprinkle of glitter for some sparkle
4. Set nail art with activator spray

While black nails are not my thing, I'm thinking this could be fun with a mixture of brightly colored seed beads. Sort of like cupcake sprinkles... for your nails!

New Blog! and problems with Flickr

Hi! What a day! I started out looking for blogs about fashion so I could get an idea of how to pair these new ankle boots. I didn't have much luck finding exactly what I was looking for. So, I got a crazy hairbrained idea today and went with it. This morning I formed a plan with my long lost BFF to start a fashion blog. She liked the idea and was going to stew over a name. I told her a name that was available and I never heard back from her. Sooo, sorry Bex, but I rock n rolled it! If you hate it we can always change it! I worked on it all day, and in the process my Flickr account reached it's maximum bandwidth and for some reason it won't take my yahoo account info which for some reason they require for payment!!! That's why my signature isn't available at the moment. I want to change the signature anyway.
Luckily I have a tutorial here. 

My new blog is here! Please check out http://www.fashionmomsrock.blogspot.com/

All that work made me HUNGRY!

When I wasn't working I was having my one of my favorite snacks! I love these Trader Joe's salsa's! I always have a couple of each of these jars and a new bag of Tostitos in my pantry. That way, I'm always prepared for an unexpected visitor. I love it because I don't have to worry about them spoiling. It's great for those days when I haven't been to the grocery store in a while. I seriously urge you to try these. They are bold mild and even my kids eat them. They lend a certain sweetness. I even checked the jars to see if there was added sugar. There wasn't. I think the sweetness comes from the roasting.

Yes, I finished off this bag today, but don't worry, I already ran out for another along with some Corona's to stave off any weekend hunger pangs!

Have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Lil

Fashion Blogs?

I'm looking for a fashion blog that has pictures of real people wearing great outfits. I have no problems eyeing and buying cute trendy shoes, clothes, and jewelery. My problem comes in when I have to put everything together. I would love to find a blog that shows me pictures of some persons really cute, real life outfit. That way I can get some ideas of how to wear my new ankle boots, military jacket, or pencil skirt.

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A BLOG LIKE THIS?

If not, I may have to start my own!