Ross, Oh How I love Thee! :) - (Part 2 - Pic heavy...)

Hey lovely people! :)

First off - The Hunger Games premiere was SO awesome!!!!!!!! AHHH! I want to read the next two books SO bad, just waiting to buy them soon :) I devoured the first book like no one's business and I actually liked the adaptation to the big screen. OF COURSE there were TONS of things I wish they would've included in the movie, and little details that I just couldn't understand WHY they would omit... But still, as far as adaptations go, this was actually pretty faithful to most of it.

Now, to the second kit I swatched from Ross.. This brand is called "Believe Beauty" and I had never seen it before BUT I thought they looked SO cute! :) Ready for pics? :)

5 Nail Polish bottles in this kit!

...for 5.99? OK, YESS! :)

 First, this adorable pink called "Cupcake". And I can TOTALLY see this as cupcake! :)

A little out of focus but the color shows through ;)

Love this pink! :) And guess what?

This beauty its two coats only! :)

Next one is a GORGEOUS blue called "Indigo":

Seriously, HOW BEAUTIFUL is that?? I'm in LOVE with this blue!

This was also only 2 coats!! No Top coat either!

The third one is a light blue shimmer called "Curacao"! LOVE this glittery shimmer on this one!

This one was a bit sheer, so this is 3 coats!

Next one is a nice yellow called "Key Lime Pie". I think it's a nice shade. Not SUPER bright, but still bright enough :)

This was also 3 coats :)

The last one is a red, called "Hot Tamale". This is a red with some orange-ish undertone.

Also 3 coats and a coat of SV on this one!

I had to add this pic.. For some reason my pointer finger showed REALLY orange-y on this pic. It doesn't REALLY look like that, but that's kind of what I meant with the orange undertone.

That's it loveys! Hope you all have a marvelous & blessed day, week, month... ;)

Apple pie in an apple anyone? :)

Okay, so since this week I already have tons of finals, guess what I'm not having a lot of time for? That's right, my nails :(

BUT, I have something I've been DYING to share with you guys!

About a month ago, I went to one of the most amazing friend's house, Bridget. She lives about an hour away from me, which is NOTHING considering we both met in JERSEY and somehow ended up close together in CALI! :) Oh, AND, she has an AMAZING blog that she's just recently started, but I can already tell it will go FAR! Check it out here!

Anyways, when I get there, she tells me we are trying out something from pinterest, and we did.. This awesome Apple pie baked INSIDE an apple. It's too amazing for words! It was quick, easy, and oh-so-delicious! We used the left over pie crust & filling and made another tiny apple pie in a little glass container. So cute! :)

That night had some other unforeseen events, but I'll leave all that excitement for later :P

Now let me shut up & get to some pics! :)

We used the mix for the pie crust, since none of us really knows how to make pie crust :)

The filling was basically cut up apples with some sugar and cinnamon.
Now, if you notice here, the apples were carved out. That was awesome fun &
yet nerve-wrecking to do! I kept getting scared I would rip the skin on the apple
LOL :)

We wanted it to look like a real pie & did a little basket weave with the pie crust!

We probably could've left it in the oven a little longer, so it would be a bit more golden, the crust,
BUT it still looked prett great!

One for me, one for Brie, and one for her hubby, Kyle!

Of course, what's apple pie without her best friend Ice cream? :)

And our little pie, with a little heart on it :) This one was cooked a bit more, and you can totally tell! :)

And now for the extra excitement.... So Brie's glass table SUDDENLY exploded. And I mean EXPLODED. Like into a thousand little pieces. Out of the blue. Nothing fell on it or anything. It was super scary and you get to see a pic! AHHH!

Thank Goodness we were NOT sitting nearby it!

Now, this would not be enough would it? So even though I was sitting a bit far from the table, some pieces flew where we were at, and a piece went straight into my leg :( So I need to thank Kyle for being so great & cleaning the blood I dripped on their carpet. Such a marine, that one! :)

Of course that Brie being an amazing nurse helped too! She got me all cleaned up & bandaged up in no time! :)

And I even managed to find one of the culprits.. Yep, one of them, since I had about 3 different cuts! Ouchie!
So we googled this and turns out there have been quite a bit of occasions where glass table tops exploded. Apparently most of them are linked to the martha stewart patio furniture, BUT we have no idea where this table was from since they got it from previous owners..

Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed the apple pies and please go ahead & try them out! It's AWESOME & SO easy :)

Don't forget to stop by Brie's blog too <3

Ross, Oh How I love Thee! :) - (Part 1 - Pic heavy!)

Ok so first things first - I feel like a broken record saying sorry for being away for so long, but.... I am sorry :(
I got a job, which is AWESOME news!! I had been SOOO worried about that, and getting this job was such a relief! I totally didn't realize how little time I would have left though LOL.

I was hired as a part time because of the fact that I'm full time in school but I'm still being scheduled for about 30-40 hours every week, which combined with school, projects, homeworks & life, has left me with almost no free time :(

But I promise, even if it's not every day I will do my best to continue posting every chance I get :)

For today, I have the first part of a haul from Ross! YES, ROSS!! I found all these cute little kits there all for such great price!!!

Today's kit is from Prisma - Luminous Color, the pastel collection :)

I surprisingly enough loved the application on most of them. Pure creamy deliciousness ;)

Enjoy guys <3

I'm going to name them from 1 to 7 in the order above when looking at the swatches :)

Yes that's right... 7 polishes for 5.99 ! YAY! :)

1 - just a plain cream white polish. But it was opaque in 2 coats, and I loved it ! 

2 - This doesn't quite capture the color.. But this was almost like a dark nude.. Application was easy & 2 coats was all it took :)

2 again... A little closer to the actual color!

3 - light cream pastel orange.. Again, application was smooth, and no big problems here!

4 - This is a weird color.. It's almost orange-y but pink. I loved how the color looked though and couldn't quite capture it in the pic.. Hnmmm, going to have to try & get it again another time..

Still 4 - this one shows a little more of the orange side of this pink :)

5 - Barbie pink! Bubblegum pink! PERFECT pinkkk :)

5 again - just LOVE how perfect this color is <3

6 - Light purple, lavender - super cute & simple :)

6 again - this purple has a little hint of pink in it too.. hnmmm.

7 - darker purple! Again, no problems with the application :)

I have to be honest... I LOVE my OPI's, CG's, or whatever.... But I also LOVEEEEE my bargain finds <3

Hope you all have a great week!

Feeling Italian!

Okay so this will be a little different! :)
Today, there's no nail anything! GASP! I know!!!!!! haha.

I do have a mani today, I actually bought one of the few polishes on my wish list, China Glaze's Ruby Pumps! :) SO excited and I can't take my eyes off it. Buuuuut, my camera sucks, the lightening here sucks, and none of the pictures I took with it came out good, and I kinda gave up haha!

So, I'm glad to show you my *other* awesome pic of the day, my BRUSCHETTA! yum!

Sorry I only took two pictures but they were SO delicious we couldn't wait to eat them! NOMNOMNOM! haha!
I'm staying with an elderly lady for now, until I can find my own place here in CA, and she had been given a box of basil. What else to do with that but a bruschetta? So I went to the market and got some fresh mozzarela, balssamic vinegar, and some nice tomatoes! YUM.

For anyone interested, here's how I made these:

Bruschetta Ingredients:

Fresh Mozzarela

Tomatoes

Balsamic Vinegar

Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

Basil

Bread

How-To:

First, I baked the bread for a little. Now mind you that's sliced up bread, so not a huge piece of bread. They're 

supposed to be like 2-3 bites in this picture! Just put them in the oven at about 350 until the bread was a little crisp. 

While that was going on, I cut the fresh mozzarela and the tomatoes in cubes, chopped some basil, and in a bowl

 mixed them all with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt & pepper. 

Yeap. That easy :)

Now I don't have the exact measures for you because I eyeballed everything. But I am a very big advocate for

TASTING your food while you're making it!! :) Do it till it tastes GOOD! So basically I put a little bit at a time of

the salt/pepper.. The basil def makes the dish that much better, but I think my favorite thing is the balsamic vin

with the mozzarela & tomato. It just goes well together you know? Anyways, once that's mixed you go, get your

 piece of bread that should be nice and crisp, and top it off with your mixture. I enjoy it cold, but in the picture it had

been heated until the cheese melted a bit. It is also absolutely delicious like that.

If you've made bruschetta before, how did you do it?

If you try this, let me know! <3

Have a great day everyone <3

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice creammm!

So again, pinterest came to my aid with some ideas, and I tried this out.. To me, it feels like neapolitan ice cream and it's making me REALLY wish I had some ice cream here with me right now.. Yum!

The image I saw on pinterest was (I gotta admit) much cuter than what I did. Haha. Buuuuut, the nails were long and thin, and alas, mine are short and chubby, so a lot of the amazing designs I see around just don't translate that well into them :(

But I did LOVE them anyways <3

For this what I did was, I painted them all with SC White, and then just used some tape! I mean I have Chloe's Nails to thank for bringing tape into my nails! It's just SO useful! The grey is from Forever 21's Love & Beauty, and it's simply called Light Grey haha :) and the pink is from Wet & wild and it's called Ticked Pink.

Hope you guys liked it! Have a great day everyone :)

P.s. Since I just moved to cali I had 3 interviews TODAY and all the women were saying my nails looked nice! AH! Can't believe ppl are actually noticing them! Makes me super happy! <3

Happy Valentine's Day!

Okay so I was SO excited for this mani!!! I finished it, and let it dry for like 25 minutes or so, kept looking in the mirror and LOVING it, and then... I put top coat on my left hand (My picture hand!!!) and it smeared ALL over. I mean darn it, I thought 25 minutes would be more than enough time for it to dry, I guess I was wrong :(

So I took some right-hand pics which just felt awkward! LOL

Either way, the inspiration came from a post on pinterest (btw, feel free to follow me there!! Here's the link to my boards!)

And this is how they came out!

Right hand! Eeek! Now the hearts on this hand weren't as great as the hearts on the left hand.. I can never do them perfectly :(

Nor were the lines. LOL. The lines were much straighter on my left hand BEFORE the darn top coat haha :)

This is what happened once the top coat came in :( Look at my middle finger, that line was STRAIGHT before! argh!

But if you notice, I def prefer the hearts on this hand, even a little smeared haha

A little upclose of the design!

Lovely hearts! :)

Do you ever have that problem? You create an awesome design and the top coat kinda ruins it? :( Am I doing something wrong maybe that caused this? Any feedback's appreciated! :)

So what are you guys planning on doing today? Anything great? I'm currently single, and today I actually have orientation at my new school! Going to get my chef's coat today! WOOHOO :)

Hope you all have a great day! <3