Category Archives: Beauty Products

My Swimsuit Wish List–And The Perfect Polish To Go With The Perfect Swimsuit!

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24 Apr

Swimsuit season is upon us here in sunny southern Utah. I’ve always loved summer time, but in years past, I would dread any occasion where a swimsuit would be the appropriate dress code. Which happens a lot for my family because our in-laws have an amazing pool and backyard and my little boy loves spending time at the Washington Rec Center.

Westin’s favorite place in the world–the Washington Rec Center

I’ve been asking myself a lot lately why this swimsuit season is so different than others and I think there …

Essie In The Cab-ana Manicure—Essie Resort Collection 2013–I LOVE this color!

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This new polish from Essie’s Resort Collection 2013 is seriously amazing!

I love Essie In The Cab-Ana! And my beautiful yellow banks rose! 🙂

From Left to Right: In The Cab-Ana, Turquoise and Caicos, Mojito Madness, Mint Candy Apple

Essie Resort Collection 2013 In The Cab-Ana

This gorgeous polish is Essie’s newest blue and I am in love with it! It’s part of their 2013 Resort Collection….did I mention it’s fabulous?!? The application was flawless after two coats and the color is very rich and long lasting. You …

Link for “No-Poo” hair care–no shampoo no conditioner–This could take some getting used to!

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14 Apr

My sister told me about this link on Pinterest to the Code Red Hat Blog. In it she gives really detailed instructions on throwing away your shampoos and conditioners and just using baking soda and vinegar to wash your hair. I’m not going to go into a lot of details because her blog post is so great, but I am going to say how excited I am about this concept. I love that it’s so affordable! I feel like I always have to buy the most expensive shampoos and condtioners …

Is sunscreen bad for us? And tips for practicing safe sun!

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My amazing SIL Jill told me about a book she has been reading. The author is linking skin cancer to sunscreen, basically saying to stay away from sunscreen. It’s weird because the last few months I’ve been thinking a lot about this concept. The sun is good for every other living life form on our planet, why wouldn’t it be good for us to a certain extent?

In the book Jill is reading the author recommends building up a gradual base tan, even recommending tanning beds a little at a …

Essie Madison Ave-Hue with Essie Pure Pearlfection, simple flower design, Instagram Nail Art Challenge, and Tabeso!

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03 Apr

Essie Madison Ave-Hue with Pure Pearlfection and Nail Art

First off, I bought this Essie color yesterday and I love it! Madison Ave-Hue is a pretty pink/purple with a slight shimmer. The application was flawless with two coats. I applied a coat of Pure Pearlfection over it to give it a little more shimmer and love the results. I did this mani for an Instagram Nail Art Challenge, my first one I will have you know. 🙂 With an Instgram Nail Art Challenge it’s normally a daily challenge to …

My 5 Favorite Nail Products

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28 Mar

My Top 5 Favorite Nail Products–Hempz Moisterizer, Fish Oil, Seche Vite, Star Pro Foot File, Soak Off Gel Polish

If your like a lot of people, you buy way too many beauty products. You’ll end up using most of the products once or twice, eventually sticking them in the back of a junk drawer or medicne cabinet, until one day you purge your bathroom throwing away almost all those beauty products you spent far too much of your hard earned money on. I mean, I never do this…ever…but I …

OPI Oz Collection–When Monkey’s Fly, I Theodora You, Glints of Glinda–with hand painted stripes and Art Club studs over Brisa Lite Smoothing Gel

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20 Mar

Oz Collection by OPI Nail Art

My beautiful sister Mandy stopped by yesterday for a real life official nail appointment. This is an amazing accomplishment for us because we constantly make nail appointments for her that we never keep due to kids schedules or random life interferences. We painted her nails last week and they actually lasted fairly well though, all thanks to the wonderful product Seche Vite!

After she had removed her own polish because I didn’t want to mess up my new navy and mustard yellow mani 🙂 …

DIY At Home Facial–Aztec Healing Clay and Brown Sugar Honey Scrub

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17 Mar

Step 1: DIY Brown Sugar and Honey Scrub

The first step of my DIY facial is my brown sugar and honey scrub. This is very easy to make–you simply mix brown sugar and honey together to create a sticky paste. I do my face scrub in the shower because it is messy and sticky and I like to use it on my arms and legs and chest and feet…pretty much anywhere that needs a good exfoliation! I did a previous post about this scrub–you can read about it here

Step 2: Aztec …

A sneak peak of Ashley’s next mani—Lavender and grey ombré with cheetah and glitter

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I am releasing this ultra exclusive sneak peak for my next master piece on the lovely Ashley’s nails…..ta da!

Final pictures will be up on my site either Friday night or Saturday afternoon! Check back soon! I am beyond excited for several reasons:
1. I LOVE spending time with Ashley!
2. I can’t wait to use this new polish from China Glaze’s Avante Garde Collection.
3. I am super excited to see how the light grey ombré turns out.
4. It’s going to be a great way to spend a Friday afternoon! Maybe we …

Gelish vs Shellac vs GelColor, A brief history of soak off gel polish – part 2

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28 Feb

Gelish vs Shellac vs GelColor

You can read Part 1 of this article here. I wrote it a little over 2 years ago. Man time flies! It’s been my most popular article and I’ve had readers from all over the world ask me questions about gel polish. I figured I should probably update it because A LOT has happened in two years! Just so you know, I’m a professionally licensed nail tech. I’ve been doing soak off gel polish for a little over two years now. I had a full clientele …