1) I tried to remake this pin. I used two megalast polishes: sugarcoat with white and stormy over top. I was pretty happy with how it turned out! I didn’t have a chance to run to walgreens to pick up the Jordana glitter that was originally used, but I think the megalast white & stormy was a good alternative!
2) I feel like everyone has this mani pinned. Unfortunately, the original manicure is all gel so I wasn’t going to be able to find the polishes in my own collection or even on store shelves. I also didn’t feel like messing with tape, so I switched out the adorable chevron pattern for an easy crisscross (done with Kiss stripping paint). I’m pretty pleased with it considering it was my first time ever trying to do anything “freehand.” I’ll definitely try out the chevron pattern in the near future! There’s a fun little tip where you take zig zag craft scissors and just snip off scotch tape and paint over–seems easy enough, but knowing me I’ll screw it up! Colors used: finger paints: flip flop fuchsia, Sally Hansen: white, Pure Ice: beeware
3) Being a coach’s wife means having to be able to just go with the flow. That totally goes against my type A personality, but I do the best I can. So when the husband informed me THE DAY BEFORE (which was also a game day in which I was busy the entire day) that I was responsible for making enough enchiladas to feed close to 30 people, I did my best not to panic! I threw an entire bag of frozen chicken with some enchilada sauce and taco seasoning into the crockpot at 10PM (when I got home from the game) and let that do it’s thing all night. The next day I had a bad case of vertigo, so I was glad that shredding the chicken was simple at that point and rolling those suckers up took next to no time. I poured enchilada sauce on top and covered those babies in cheddar cheese. It looked like an impressive, time consuming meal for little prep time!
4) Back in Athens, we used to take Bailey to the dog park on the regular. We lived in a small 2 bedroom apartment with no yard. She was the queen of that park. She’d run for hours and hours and befriend every dog and everyone called her the “greeter” because she just HAD to be at the gate whenever someone came in. That was two years ago. I found a dog park in Fuquay (about 25 mins away) and decided to take her yesterday. She ran for about 4 solid minutes and then laid down. My, how the times have changed!
5) I’m having such a craving to read a few books I read in the last few years. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens is at the top of that list. I devoured that book so quickly several years ago that I don’t even remember the storyline–just that I loved it. A few others are Anna & The French Kiss and Lola And The Boy Next Door both by Stephanie Perkins. I enjoyed them both so much the first time around. I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump lately. I want a suspense or mystery type book that just going to SUCK ME RIGHT IN. A book that did that last year for me was The Secret Life of CeCe Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain. It was a long book, and I’m a slow reader–and I killed it in about two days. Any recommendations, friends?
your nails are always so cute and perfect!!
The Secret Life of CeCe Wilkes was a great book! I love books like that. A little mystery with the romance. Have you read the Sarah Jio novels? I love those and can read them in one setting.
Ooooh I love both of your nail looks! The sparkle on top of the light pink is so precious. And I love the criss-cross pattern you put onto your nail in the second look. I did the same thing where I swapped out a different pattern for the chevron b/c I wasn't sure I could pull off the chevron. Jennie recommended some chevron tape strips, which I purchased and now I'm just waiting for them to come!
Bailey
I would love to go back and reread Anna too! I read it so quickly that while I remember loving it, don't remember a lot of the details. Plus it's be nice to have it fresh in my mind before her newest one comes out.
Okay, so I love both of these manis!! The first one is like Glinda, The Good Witch and the other is such a great interpretation! Way less time than doing chevrons (even with the strips) and the look is almost identical! Way to go! I've been waiting for Still Missing to go down in price because I want to read it sooooo bad but I may just have to bite the bullet because I feel that everyone's read it except for me!
Great looks.
Your nails look great. I am going to text you a pic of mine today so you can mock their awfulness! YUM enchiladas and yay for going with the flow!
Love both manis!