DIY No UV Gel Manicure

Hello my loves!
This week I want to share this wonderful idea I have found on pinterest. I love going to the nail salon and getting a gel manicure, but who am I kidding my budget will not allow me to spend $40 every two weeks. So I browsed on something I could do myself at home, and thank goodness for Pinterest I found the perfect thing. The Sweetest Thing is where I found this marvelous idea. She explained how the process is a bit long, but the polish will last longer than a regular manicure, AND there is NO UV light! So let's get started!

What you need:

• Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat (I purchased mines at Sallys at about $5.49)
• Any nail polish of your choice (I used one I already had I used Wet N Wild's Megalast in Sugar Coat)
• Any top coat (I used Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat)
• And a little glitter from the crafts store and something to dip your nail in (I used a coffee filter)

Here are the steps:

1. Apply a thin coat of the Gelous polish and wait 2 minutes, and then apply another coat and wait another 2 minutes.
2. Apply a thin coat of nail polish (and I mean a THIN coat, because you will add more) and let that dry for 4 minutes
3. Now on the nail you want to add glitter don't let THAT nail dry completely, dip your finger in the glitter and shake off the excess. I would squeeze a little bit of the glitter on the nail so it's flat.
4. Apply another layer of Gelous and let that dry for 2 minutes (except on the nail with the glitter, continue to let that dry.)
5. Apply one more layer of nail polish and let that dry for 4 minutes
6. Apply your top coat, and let it dry.

And that's it! It took me about an hour to do my gel manicure, and since I already had nail polish and a top coat, all I paid for was my Gelous polish! So it only cost me $5 for this manicure, after this it's always going to be free! Now how can you beat that?

I will say though, if you work a lot with your hands it might chip off a little the next day. I'm a cake decorator, so this always happens, but most of my nails stay completely polished for about a week.  

I hope this helped my loves, and I hope this helps some of you save some money :) 

Have a wonderful rest of the week! ♥

DIY Ombre

Hello Lovelies! So I had to create another blog because well, I forgot my email and password. Haha! Anywho, I always wanted to go for the ombre look, but never had the time or the money. (I mean in this economy who does?!) So I while I was at work looking around at the hair dyes and all that good stuff, I noticed the Loreal Paris Feria Wild Ombre box, before I even bought the box I wanted to see reviews and tutorials, and well I got convinced to buy it and try it myself! I purchased one box which was the 060 for medium to dark hair. Now let me tell you that my hair is a bunch of different colors already, so I was a little nervous to try it out. Also, one side of my hair for some reason has always been lighter than the other. Anyways I told my love that I was going to attempt doing the ombre look at his place, and so I began to prepare my work space. And this is what came in the box:

You get this cool comb that helps spread the color through your hair (I decided to wash it after I used it and keep it). So after opening everything and mixing them together (HEADS UP! The process for the pouring the powder in the bottle is difficult. TAKE YOUR TIME!) I used an old tshirt because in case this is your first time dying your hair, well it WILL get messy. I did my tips first and let that set for 3-5 minutes then finished coloring the rest of my hair. I went up at least 3-4 inches for all my layers. I parted my hair first just to make it easier. And so I waited 45 minutes. (ONLY wait up to 45 minutes, do not go for more than that, remember it's bleach, so it WILL damage your hair). Once that was done I washed my hair our with the shampoo conditioner they provided, but I also decided to use my Organix shampoo and conditioner just to help my ends come back to life. 

Overall I really like the color and quality of my hair. If you don't want to spend crazy amounts of money to get the ombre look, then I definitely recommend this product. I hope this was helpful for you guys! 

Here is my hair before attempting the ombre look (ignore the messy frizziness going on, I had work earlier haha!)

This was while I was waiting (about 20 minutes into the process)

 And this was the final result! 

Have a wonderful day loves!