Pretty Pinked Nails

At the moment, I’m completely obsessed with pastel pink and purpley colors (yes I said purpley, no it isn’t a real word, and so what ). I’ve always had an issue finding the right colors for my skin tone. Particularly ones that don’t look strange, juvenile, or nauseating, but I’ve managed to assemble a team of colors to handle the task of prettying up my nails.

Pictured above, from left to right: Nice is Nice by Essie, Pokerface by Nars, Velocity and Jan by Illamasqua, Lavender Marquis by Sally Hansen, then French Affair and Pink Diamond, also by Essie. It was an overcast day, so the lighting was not so great…and as a result the colors are not all true to life.

Eventually I plan to add pictures of them actually on my nails, but trust me they’re gorgeous!

And for some added fun, I have these top coats that I play with from time to time.

The holographic top coat by china glaze that enhances nail colors and creates an awesome rainbow effect; black shatter by OPI makes cool crackle designs, matte about you makes whatever color you’re wearing instantly matte, and the ghoulish glow makes your nails glow in the dark! And you could even combine them all for a really interesting effect!

Typically, I paint my nails a couple of times a week, so I do a good bit of experimenting and color mixing. I have my eye on a few more, but what are your favorite light pinks and purples?

See you in the next one!!

Picture Perfect Frame Experiment

I had some extra spray paint leftover from my chair project, so I decided to see if how well it would work for my goodwill picture frames.

The two large darker frames were the only ones made of wood, and those were the two that I was most concerned about. The other ones were plastic. As it turned out though, the plastic spray paint worked fine on all of the frames.

I have a little, empty hallway that I wanted to decorate with frames so I played with a few different configurations until I found one I liked.

I thought about removing the backs and hanging the empty frames for a look like this one from décor pad, because it is pretty,

but I don’t think it would be as impactful or personal as I would like. So, I dashed off to my computer (and yes, I dashed) to play with some fonts and fun sayings and chopped em’ up with my paper cutter.

For now, these will just be placeholders until I carve out a bit of time to make something pretty, and cut a few mats.

Maybe I’ll turn a few into mirrors…or chalkboards…or play with typography and have them properly printed…

for now however, these take up the space, and I am content.

And excuse the strangeness going on on the tiny window in the background…the windows are tiny, and I don’t know what to do with them at the moment.

Goodbye until next time!

a little Mammut Makeover…

The resident super hero and I have a couple of Mammut chairs. They’re nice and sturdy plastic things that are easy to wipe down and keep clean. One is red.

The other, green.

But neither color is quite right for Matt’s new bedroom scheme. I like the shape of these chairs and the durability, so rather than replace them, I just decided to just paint them.

I took this

and turned red and green into black. (That isn’t a scowl btw, that’s his serious face of supreme approval.)

I only primed the red one, as I wanted to see whether or not it made any difference over the long run, so as time goes on, we shall see how the paint holds up.

Overall, I’m pleased. They are quite a bit shiner than I expected, but hopefully it’ll become more matte as the paint completely dries.

That’s all for now, so goodbye until next time.