I saw Julia on top of Chuck! True story! Please don’t tell Blair either, you know what she can be like. At the Kruidvat 50% off sale, I tried to snatch up as many of the Essence Nail Twins as I could. I ended up not getting a single pair but I did manage to get these two. Chuck, the …
Read More »I Love Spring
Kruidvat had a great sale on last weekend, 50% off all makeup. Omg! I got over 20 bottles of polish for less than 20 euro, I was in heaven! All this sunny weather and trees blossoming made me want to do something with more spring colors, since I often tend to stick to darker colors. I wanted to do something …
Read More »Kreativ Blogger Award–YAY!
Yay Shadow gave me an award! I’m quite flattered because I know she was being sweet as hardly anyone even knows my blog exists yet. haha I am highly appreciative, in any case! Here are the rules:Write 10 facts about yourself. Pass the award to 10 bloggers and tell them about the award Whew ok 10 things about me… I …
Read More »Claire’s Stars–Lesson Learned!
A few weeks ago I was in Claire’s looking at the polish and came across this glitter polish with such lovely big stars mixed in. Without even thinking I snatched it up and ran for the register. I couldn’t wait to get home and try it! My memory totally failed me that day because I had bought this kind of …
Read More »The Day I Almost Killed a Cyclist
Rant incoming! It’s about people, and how they suck… and the rules of the road in the Netherlands that I just don’t understand! Today my husband and I were driving to the supermarket, and he nearly hit a biker with the car. We both instantly thought that the guy was in the wrong, and apparently he thought the same about …
Read More »Stamping Frustration–Help!
Ok well if you’ve been reading up until now you’ve probably heard me complain about stamping more than once. I have the Essence stampy set and image plates and my problem has been that for some reason I’ve always been able to get the smaller designs done just fine, like in this photo: Ok, whatever.. no problem. I got the …
Read More »Happy Queen’s Day!
It’s Queen’s Day in the Netherlands today! The sun is shining and I’m sure there are a lot of people dressed in orange partying it up all over the country. So of course a Queen’s Day Manicure is in order! You are probably wondering why the Dutch flag looks upside down but I figured it was best to have it …
Read More »Easter Mani!
I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend! Here in the Netherlands we had a four day weekend and it was HOT! Reaching temperatures over 25 degrees every day. I spent a lot of time here: Out on my balcony, that I wish was bigger but hey at least I have one! It gets SO hot out there in the …
Read More »Hallerbos: Belgium’s Forest of Bluebells
A few months ago a friend of mine told me about a spot in Belgium that she thought I’d like, called Hallerbos. It’s a forest just outside Belgium that, for a few weeks every spring, is completely covered in bluebells. She showed me her photos and I immediately wanted to go.
Read More »Pixel’s Pitiful Attempts at a Howl
The other day I heard sirens coming in the distance. I quickly grabbed my camera and got it ready to record Bailey and his howling, just because I think it’s funny. I was wondering if this would be the time that Pixel finally joins in as up till now she has only barked and given him weird looks when he …
Read More »Nfu Oh Surprise from Hubby
After a really stressful time my husband wanted to cheer me up a bit. He’d recently seen me drooling over some Nfu Oh polishes online and decided to order some for me as a surprise! He got me Nfu Oh 40 and 68 and I was soooo excited!! He knew that I like all things sparkly and that purple is …
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