Archive | July, 2012

Fourth of July!

4 Jul

I love holidays. I love holiday celebrations and decorations and everything else that goes with them. So for the Fourth of July, which just happens to have been my favorite holiday since childhood, I’ve decided I want to do it up this year! My first order of business is, of course, my nails. I got some inspiration from Pinterest and went to work!

This manicure was done using gel polish. I just so happen to have the Red Carpet Manicure gel polish system/set/ kit/whatever and I figured now was as good of time as any to whip it out. Though I have the gel red (it came with the kit), I decided to do a “gelly sandwich”  where I use regular polish in between the gel base and top coats.

This is how my version turned out:

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I was being rushed and didn’t have time to draw the heart, but I may do it later!

What do you think??

Budgeting: July

2 Jul

I’ve been doing pretty well in my budgeting endeavors! I only bought a few things over the last few weeks and my purchases were planned and I used a few coupons.  Here’s what I bought:

Aveeno Daily Moisture Body Wash- $6.99 (after $2 coupon)

Crest Vivid White Toothpaste – $4.25 (after $.75 coupon)

Supergoop! Spf 30 Everyday Face and Body Moisturizer- $15

EOS Lemon spf 15 lip balm- $3.29

2 packs Venus Embrace Disposables- $9.87 for both (after buy one get one free coupon) *that’s $4.93 a pack!!*

1 gallon of Aloe Vera Juice- 7.99

Avocado Oil-6.99

Rosemary Oil- 5.99

Grand Total: $47.04 (after coupons, a gift card, and other discounts)

That’s still more than I would have liked to spend (that trip to GNC for those oils put me over the edge :/) but I’m getting better! This month, I plan to spend less than $25. But there are a few things that are going to make that VERY difficult for me.

  1. I have a $4 coupon for the Venus + Olay razor that expires at the end of the month
  2. Ulta is having a huge summer sale
  3. I’m getting dangerously low on my staple conditioners and aloe vera gel

Now, good sense would tell me to start with the things I “need” and work my way up from there, but my good sense often fails me when nail polish and hair crap are involved. Nevertheless, I’ll do my best. Pray for me.

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