Category Archives: Life

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 …

Tabeso nails!

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These were a labor of love. The ring finger took me a good half hour 🙂 but anything for Tabeso 🙂

I am doing a nailart challenge on Instagram and the challenge today was match your nails to your outfit. I wore my Tabeso shirt for my sons Relay For Life walkathon at his school and realized it was about time I did some Tabeso nails! The Walkathon was fun even though my son ditched me. That’s ok, he had fun running with his classmates while I walked and enjoyed the …

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 …

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 …

Fun Spring Mani–OPI Got a Date To-Knight, OPI Need Sunglasses, Studs, Flowers, and other random thoughts on blogging….

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02 Apr

Ashley’s Spring Mani

I can’t believe it has taken me so long to post this fun mani I did on Ashley’s beautiful nails! I kept thinking I was going to Photoshop the pictures….but I just finally gave up on that thought and decided to edit them in iPhoto instead…I promise I will make your hands PERFECT one day Ashley! Even though they are perfect already…well maybe if it weren’t for Crossfit they would be a little more perfect 🙂

I wanted to do a spring mani and I wanted …

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 …

Spring nails for my grandma Irene–Essie Shop Till I Drop with gold glitter and Seche Vite of course!

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10 Mar

Vintage Grandma gets vintage spring nails by her modern vintage granddaughter

This is my cute Grandma Irene. She has been on this planet for 93 years now! I don’t get to spend a lot of time with her, partly because life is so busy for me and my little family and partly because she is a stubborn homebody who doesn’t like to make house calls. I don’t blame her, if I couldn’t move and think as quickly as everyone else around me I’m not too sure I would want …

My Free Time List

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Everyone keeps asking me what I will do with all my free time now that I am not working at the salon anymore so I thought I would compile a list for them. That way I can just tell them, visit my blog and it will describe my day in detail. But just to clarify, I LOVED working at the salon! I love to work in general and earn money. But I have always considered being a stay at home mom a serious job–if I look at it like a …