Manic(ure) Monday!!

It's that time of the week again!! And this week you're getting a double dose of Manic!!!

Let's get down to business.  (I can't say or type that without thinking about Mulan.). Manicure #1 is on myself.

Happy New Year!!!  I just did a simple manicure with Silver and Wet 'n Wild Party of Five Glitters.  I really like the glitter but you have to kind of place it.  It's not a simple brush on and you're done kind of thing.  But overall this look is simple but keeps up with the NYE festivities.

Manicure #2 was done as a joke but since its Monday, I HAD to share!

Yes, those are man hands.  And he wanted racing stripes on his fingers.

I hope everyone has a fantastic New Years Eve!!  I'm sitting at home with my hubs and a friend and we're sipping on champagne and beer and watching movies.  This is seriously the best kind of night.  

Best wishes to you all and welcome 2013!!!

Stay tuned.

I know it has been a few days since my last post but hang in there friends.  I have a few tricks up my sleeve and I'm just about positive you'll be a little impressed with at least one of them. 

As you've noticed, I have a theme for my Monday posts, Manic(ure) Monday, but I want at least one or two more dedicated theme days.  It'll help me with blog topics and give you all something to look forward to.  If you have any ideas for me please let me know.  Here's what I have come up with so far- Tipsy Tuesday, Wasted Wednesday, Thirsty Thursday, F'd up Friday, Shit-faced Saturday, and of course Sunday Funday.   None of those are set in stone yet though.

For now though, I just want to say thank you so much for reading my blog.  Or at least for hitting the refresh button on your Internet machine so my view count goes up.  YOU ROCK!  

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Manicure Wednesday?

Woah, hey there!!!   How has the internet been treating you?  I found more funny cat pictures but I'll save them for a rainy day.

I realized today that I forgot about Manic(ure) Monday!  I am soo deeply sorry... Jk, I'm not sorry.  

So to play catch up, it's now Manic(ure) Wednesday.  Deal with it.

This weeks look was inspired by the Christmas tree.  It didn't quite turn out how I had pictured it but I still got a lot of compliments.

I started with the green which is called Happy Ending by Sinful Colors then made colored dots as my "ornaments".  I then put on a coat of glitter because all Christmas trees have glitter, at least mine does, then I used my Sally Hansen nail art pen in Pearly White to make my "lights".  

There ya have it folks!  

I got a few new nail polishes that I'm pretty stoked to try out including a Sally Hansen Gem Crush called Be-Jeweled.  It's basically a purple super glitter.  I have good ideas for that one. 

Now, on to regularly scheduled programming- how was everyone's Christmas?  Mine was pretty fantastic.  I got to spend time with almost all of my family and that's what is really important.  I have a fantastic family that I married into and they kind of spoiled me this year.  Some items I got- a new blender (like the magic bullet ones that do single serve in a to-go cup), a Vera Bradley bag and matching coin purse, and an iPad!! (and I happen to be writing to you today from it!)

 I have plans to make some smoothies and then blog about my experiences.  Tonight was my first try and I failed miserably.  Too much Almond Milk.  Way too much.  I'll figure it out...

So that's all I have for tonight.  I just busted out the electric blanket (LOVE!!!) and now I'm going to play some Angry Birds.  

Goodnight!!

Christmas Eve!

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.  

Jokes on you!!!

While you are all sitting there watching the NORAD Santa tracker like a hawk, I was making magic.

BEHOLD-
Aaron and I as Christmas Elves!!!!  Calm yo selves!  I know it's an amazing spectacle but you can only watch it so many times before it gets creepy.  I like creepy though so get on with your bad selves!!!  

Merry Christmas my fine internet creeps friends.

Ramblings of a crazy lady.

What's up party people?!?!  Aahh, sweet Friday, we meet again.  And it's a four day weekend for me!  HOLLA!!!  Obviously, I'm pretty pumped up right about now.  Our Christmas celebrations start on Sunday with the "big family" dinner and then continue through Christmas day.  A full three days of festivities!  My will power to stick to my diet is going in to over-drive starting, NOW!  I just bought so much chocolate.  Ghiradelli Chocolate to be exact, and that stuff is hard to stay away from!!

I just want to take a quick second to give a shout out to Amazon.com and their one month free trial of Prime.  If you love online shopping and free TWO DAY shipping, sign yourself up!!!  And if you want to upgrade to next day shipping it's only $3.99!!!  WHAT?!?!   The downside is that it cost's $79 a year.  I suppose if you do a lot of online shopping the savings in shipping can add up pretty quick though.  They also offer other perks but honestly, I don't care about none of that.  Just gimme my free shipping!!!

I just finished reading The Help.  It was... ok.  I didn't think it lived up to the hype.  I am still definitely going to watch the movie though because Emma Stone is one of my two favorite Emma's EVER!  (Emma Watson is the other, duh.)

Speaking of Emma Watson, I suppose I should read Perks of Being a Wallflower soon.  

I am all over the place tonight, sorry about that.  Actually, no.  I'm not.  It's truly the excitement of the holidays that is showing right now.  I feel like that Miley Cyrus song "Can't be Tamed".  Damnit, don't stop reading now that I talked about Miley, it most likely won't happen again.  

And now, to end let's watch the latest Jenna Marbles video together.  

So festive and awkward.  Love it.

Cat pictures always win.

I unfortunately do not have anything new to talk about with you all so I figured I'd show some funny cat pictures. I know if I were a regular reader, I wouldn't be even the least bit upset about this.

There you have it folks, welcome to the internet.

p.s. I found all of these pictures using google image search.  Don't sue me for not citing my sources.

Manic(ure) Monday

Welcome to my weekly installment of Manic(ure) Monday.  During tonight's program I will showcase my most recent manicure and give a quick overview as to how I accomplished it.  In last week's post I promised I would get a little fancier, and I did.  Just keep in mind that this week's "fancy" is all my own.  I didn't have a friend here to help me out. 

And there it is!  I used Sinful Colors again, as usual.  The coral type color is called Hazard and the blue is Savage.   I wouldn't normally pair these two colors together but it turned out awesome.  Quick instructions to get this look:  First I did a coat of Sally Hansen Double Duty base and top coat.  Then I did two coats of color.  Once the was dry it was time for the dots.  Do you remember a few manicure posts back with the confetti nails?  Well I used that same stick to make my dots.  If you don't remember or didn't read it (shame, shame) I took a wooden cuticle pusher with the pointed end on one side and ran that end back and forth real quick on the lid to my nail polish bin to flatten it out a tiny bit.  Then I dropped a little bit of color on a piece of plastic and dipped the pusher into it to make my dots.  My idea here was to start out thick at the bottom by the cuticle and space it out as I got to the tip.  If you're going to try this, let your dots overlap at the bottom and remember, the more polish you use and the more pressure you use, the bigger the dot.  Lastly, I finished with another coat of Sally Hansen Double Duty.

AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!  No, I know it's not top notch but I liked the way it turned out.  The colors look great together and it's a fun design idea.

Now it's time for me to cuddle up with my blanket and watch Ink Master.  I hate that I just admitted that but it's pretty addicting.  It's on Hulu, you all should check it out.

Quickie

A few posts ago I showed you my hair curling technique, not the one with the curling irons but the one with the blow dryer and straightener.  Remember?  Ok, I did it again today and it turned out a bit better and so as promised, here are some pictures to prove it. 

I love this look.  It doesn't take much effort and works for just about any occasion.  And these pictures were taken after I had spent a little time in the rain.  So low maintenance!

Sorry about the short post tonight!  I'm just so consumed with online shopping and watching Magic Mike.  But I did do my nails AND bought a new nail polish in preparations for Manic(ure) Monday.  

Catch ya on the flipside, SUCKERS!!!

Baby it's cold outside.

Hello!!!  How has everyone's week been so far?  JK.  I'm not expecting anyone to answer that. I'll tell you how mine has been though!!  First off, I'm borderline sick.  Like I sneeze and cough and feel a bit rundown but its not unbearable and I either want it to go away like, now!  Or go full on swine flu so I can get some sympathy from my husband.  And work is work, shout out to my pharmacy peeps!  But all of that aside, I am in love with coming home and turning on my Christmas lights and heater and just relaxing and taking in the season.  This time of year truly is magical, and I know I said that already but it's the truth. It consumes me in a good way.

Now let's take a few minutes to do what we all came here to do, review. (Look at me now, Dr. Seuss!) Well, maybe more just talking about random stuff than actually reviewing them...

-In the spirit of the season, I will tell you that I found out, just this year, that I hate noble Christmas trees! I'm a Doug Fir fan all the way!!! The needles on the noble feel funny. And look funny. No bueno.

-I'm not sure if I already mentioned this but I switched mascara again! This time I went with Maybelline Lash Stiletto. First off, the tube, or whatever you call it, is pretty awesome looking. Second, I love this stuff. I think besides Diorshow it's my absolute favorite so far. The brush is pretty long but it's not hard to manage at all and my lashes always look great. No clumps or excess mascara. I don't curl my eyelashes that often but when I do that and wear this stuff, BAM!!! Magic happens on my eyes.

-I'm now using St. Ives medicated apricot scrub. Sometimes when I start breaking out, I result to taking off an entire layer of skin. Ya know, sometimes you gotta start fresh. This scrub makes it quite pleasant. Not only does it smell great but it leaves my skin feeling super soft afterwards! No excess dryness or anything. And, as an added bonus, if you accidentally get it in your mouth, you'll be happy to know that it doesn't taste to bad either.   Don't judge me, sometimes I get carried away.

-Tazo Iced Black Tea from Starbucks. Sooooo good!! I just hate myself every time I buy it because I can make an equally delicious tea at home. And not pay $2.50 each time I drink some.

-Scentsy fans, holla!!!! Right now I'm in LOVE with the Cranberry Mango but it has unfortunately been discontinued. So, to make my supply last, I have been using Lemons and Berries which smells like the most magical strawberry lemonade you have ever had! I just recently order Apple Press but I'm seriously so forgetful and haven't picked it up yet. Oops.

-My husband was just singing to Danzig. Ha, it's pretty great.

-I'm currently reading The Help.  I'm about halfway through and so far it's a great book!  I heard the movie was pretty good but I'm a big fan of reading the book before I watch the movie.  Like I haven't watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yet because I haven't read the book.  But I haven't read the book because I can't get into it.  It's a viscous cycle.

-And lastly, check out my new sweater.

And on that bombshell... It's time to end.
Goodnight!

(bonus points if you can tell me which TV show I snagged that from)

Party Hair!

I just turned 24 and in true Amee fashion I had a party.  Now, I won't go in to detail about how we played beer pong and had too much tequila, and you should probably thank me for it.  But I will go in to detail about how I did my hair!!!  How stoked are you?  There's even a video included! 

These are my tools!!  The curling iron is a Conair Instant Heat curling iron.  I think it's a 1 inch barrel but I really can't be sure, and it seriously only cost me like $14.99!!!  I also have it in a smaller size barrel.  For hairspray I use this Aussie Mega.  It's a flexible hold and it works great and smells great!

I start by parting my hair in three sections, two front sections and the back section.  The back is the hardest part for me so I always start with that.  For each curl I use about an inch of hair and always curl away from my face.  In the video below I show you how I do every curl.

(Sorry about the video, this is literally the first time I've done it)

Seems easy enough right?  RIGHT!  Honestly, I'm just now getting comfortable with curling my hair and it doesn't look too bad right?  I know that in the picture below it looks a little prom-ish but as soon as I finish I spray it with some Aussie hairspray and re-do any pieces that look a little loose and leave it alone while I do my makeup and get dressed.

Now here comes the fun part!!!  After I'm dressed and ready and all my curls look perfect for the prom court picture, I shake it out.  I don't get to crazy with it, just give it a little shake and run my fingers through it and this is the finished product!  I'll usually go back through and touch up anywhere that looks a little too loose but I won't use as much hairspray so I'll all blends together.  I really wish I would have gotten a picture of the back of my hair because in that photo it looks super loose but I promise it wasn't!  :) 

So uh, yeah, that's how I curl my hair.  Sometimes.  Sometimes I part it differently or use more or less hairspray.  Ya know, just play around with it.  Have fun with it.  Pin it back if it doesn't turn out exactly how you want it.  Or you could always throw it up in a top knot.  That should hide all your cuss ups.  Don't worry, I've had to pull that one before. 

Last but not least check this out- 12 Days of Saving for HOBY Oregon.  Show them some love.