DIY: Girly Manicure

There is something that always make you look and feel better and for me that would painted nails. When you have your nails and toes done it can make you look more polished and feel more put together. I am going give you some of my tips for a cute & unique manicure. During the summer I was sick of just having one nail polish colour so I thought why not try two? Pink and purple are two of my favourite colour combos plus a home manicure is way cheaper than going to a salon every couple of weeks.  There are some basic items that you will need for your at home manicure.

  Two Bowls, Water & Some Hand Soap

I fill one bowl with hot water and hand soap to soak my hands in my to make my nails soften before I clip and file them. The hand soap that I love is from Bath and Body Works and it's cucumber scented so it kind of gives that spa feeling. I soak one hand from about 5 - 10 minutes and wash off the hand. Then I clip and file each nail to my desired length. I have always drank milk and had a lot of calcium in my diet so my nails grow super fast, so I clip them so there a thin layer of white nail left. The other bowl is for catching my nail clippings so they don't go flying all over the place. 

 Nail Clipper & Nail File

Clippers are essential because I don't have the coordination for those nail scissors. I love this travel manicure kit that a family friend gave me as a gift years ago. I even carry it around in my purse in case of a nail emergency. And of course a good nail file is essential to get those smooth edges.

Paper Towel

I use this when I doing my nails at my desk because I have spilled nail polish and have a permanent pink spot. I took about 4 sheets and folded them until they could fit my hand.

Nail Polish

Ok I will admit I am a bit of a nail polish snob, only buying OPI nail polish. I only buy it occasionally and try to get colours that I will use frequently. I actually was lucky enough to find a base and top coat pack at salon for only $10, where normally it be $12 for each one. A top and a base coat will protect your nails and make it harder for the polish to chip and remove. For my colours I used Aphrodite's Pink Nightie and Do You Lilac It? (Love OPI's name choices) and alternated them every nail.

Before

After

Right Hand: Guess Watch & Pearl ring(from a random jewelry vendor

Left Hand: Jules & James Ring (Zellers)

Love & Glamour,

Carlita Petita

My First Time

I follow quite a few blogs from all over country but there is always your first one that you love. One during a long college class I was about to fall asleep and I decided to search fashion blogs on Google. There reason I was drawn to the blog was probably two reasons. First all the name was very cute and second she was based in New York City. My very first blog was...(drumroll please!)

 

SUGARLAWS

Katy Atlas is originally from New York City and first started blogging about food. After a while she started doing outfit posts and her style has definitely changed since the first outfit post. 

I have seen her go from brunette to highlights to full blonde. Now she has relocated to Texas, she is still jut as fabulous . Especially since she has all those consignment stores and all that Chanel, love! I have been following this blog for two years now and I love the combination of fashion and food. I definitely want to try some of this recipes soon. And she is even a published author! She has a novel called Moving Neutral and though I haven't read it, I have seen great reviews of it. So definitely check it out. I love this blog and I wish Katy Atlas all the best in 2012 and hope all her dreams come true.

Love & Glamour,

Carlita Petita

New Year, Fresh Start

It has been a while since I last posted something was in 2011 and now it's 2012. Hope everyone had a great new year's. Mine was pretty low key just hanging out with my lil sister and her best friend just painting our fingers and toes. We drank margaritas and watched 500 days of summer. For me I was just happy to have my sister home because she goes to school in another province and she's like my best friend so I treasure the moments I get to spend with her. Right before midnight we all made our resolutions and I thought that I would share some of them with you.

• Lose 45 pounds and tone/firm up my body in one year - Instead of just lose weight like woman in the world, I wanted my goal to be specific. I have been on trial membership for Goodlife Fitness and absolutely love it. Hopefully I will be able to purchase a membership at the end of February!
• Get a job - I would love one in my industry but special events/tourism jobs are so hard to find and when you have no a lot of experience in the industry it's hard to break in to. Even a part time job would be great right.
• Pay back my parents for helping me out of possible debt
• Learn how to cook basic food
• Learn how to shoot a gun - Every girl should know how to do this.
• Learn how to braid hair - I know this basic girl trait but I have never been able to do it. My mom still does for me. I especially want to learn french braiding.
• Drink more water - And probably cut down on diet pop
• Learn another language - Definitely French, maybe Italian, Greek and possibly Gaelic

I want to make this the best year that I can have and I want this to be my year to shine!

Lots of love,

Carlita Petita