What my Child is Reading: January 18-29, 2010

During the last two weeks, we read books onHere are some of the boys' favorite picks:Don't wake up the Bear by Marjorie Dennis Murray From hare to mouse, the woodland animals try to snuggle down with the sleeping bear they find soft and warm. The lumbering creature wakes up and growls when mouse, the last to snuggle, sneezes in his ear. Bear then trudges off and snacks on some berries.Our Review:

China Glaze Heli-yum

Outside the polish world, pink is my absolute favorite color. If it comes in pink, that's the color I'll pick for whatever I'm buying. My workout shoes are pink, two of my six iPods are pink, my phone is pink, and all of my video game things are pink. But in the polish world, I just don't like wearing much pink. It's so cliche, just slightly less so than wearing red. And it makes me feel like some girly-girl who grew up with too many barbies. And while I am a girly-girl, I grew up with dinosaur toys. Probably why I favor greens so much lol. But anyways. Heli-yum is the most perfectly raspberry pink. And I very much enjoyed wearing it over the weekend, which is a good thing because I've hardly had a spare second so there was NO TIME to change my polish :D

This is with two coats plus SV top coat, and it applied with creamy perfection. I put this on Thursday night and we're still going strong. I can't comment on tip wear because I filed my nails down yesterday, which I'm so happy about because I can finally type properly again!

Peace be Still

This morning I sat at the computer with a hot cup of tea (a cuppa) before I had even read and meditated on my bible. Realising this I asked the Lord for a verse. The one that popped into my head was Matthew 5:9.so I looked it up on line.


Here it is, "Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called son's of God."


Is God trying to tell me something? Well, I praise His name and ask that He reveal what I need to know. In all truth and humilty,  am I a peacemaker?  The answer is NO,  not always. Although I would like to say otherwise.   
I don't like contention or arguments. I believe they are a waste of time. They are also harmful to the soul and spirit. Yet as most, I can be guilty.


I believe as a Christ follower, I need to be aware of my actions and words at all times. One of my favoured verses is one that I use as a morning prayer very often.


" Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer!"


May You Find His Peace and Strength in All You Do and Say Today.

Darwin, Northern Territory. Australia.

Water Marbling: Attempt #1

I've been seeing more and more water marbling manis show up, and they are SO awesome! You could use the ugliest colors from your stash if you wanted and it would still look pretty. So I had some spare time today, and after watching like 14 different tutorials on You Tube, I tried it out. It actually doesn't take that long, and it's SO much fun! I used China Glaze Grape Pop and Flyin' High and Sinful Soul Mate. Just did my left hand because I was afraid of taking on the huge challenge with my right! So here's what I learned:

1: Scotch tape around the cuticles works really well, but left little sticky bits on my skin when I peeled it off. I'm going to try something else next time, either oil, petroleum jelly or painters tape.

2: The first drop of color in the cup really isn't going to show up. It spreads all around the cup, loses it's opacity (check the green on my ring finger, it's kinda sheer), and if you try and swirl around the outside of it you break up the design. This makes it so you get a gap between swirls on your nail. I remedied this by putting in a drop or two of clear polish first.

3: If you put your nail flat into the cup and then pull it out flat, water droplets stick to the nail and leave a mark on the swirls (really obvious on my index finger and tip of my thumb). I got some advice on MUA to try dipping at a 45 degree angle, I'm going to try that next time.


Have you tried water marbling? Do you have any advice for me? I really like doing this but those little water bubble marks are driving me nuts!

Science: Oil and Water don't mix

After a rainstorm we have noticed some puddles in the road with glossy-looking oil floating on top. The boys wanted to if oil ever floats on the water or mixes with it? We decided to conduct an experiment of our own to find out.We placed some water in a pot and added vegetable oil to it. We added table salt so that the boys could clearly see the oil (plus Mommy did not want to stain her good pots

Nick Vujicic, No Arms, No Legs, No Worries! Part 1 of 3

My reason for sharing this is because. There really is no excuse for no getting on with life. We all have a story to tell. Everyone suffers heartbreak in one form or another. It's not what happens to us in life but how we deal with it.
Gods Word tells us, "What we sow we reap." We need to be positive about life not negative. So watch Nick on the video and appreciate what you have and who you are.

Who says a $2 polish can't be awesome?

Okay, so I'm a little bit of a NP snob. Just barely though. I won't touch Maybelline, and I have 2 Rimmels that I like but don't wear just in case someone says, "OMG I love your polish! Wear did you get it?" and then I have to say "uhm... the drugstore...". And I think Sally Hansen is becoming a huge rip off! What's with her price increase? I can get 3 China Glazes from Transdesign for the price of 1 new Sally Hansen! But I have a soft spot for Sinful polishes. The glitters, oh, the glitters they have... I love them. I usually wait for a sale, but these were on a special display case so I grabbed them, though I do think they are a part of the regular line. Someone on MUA made a comment that Mint Apple and Soul Mate could be dupes for Jade and Jade Rose. So I ran to grab them! But sorry, they're not even close.

But happily, Mint Apple is awesome. This alone made the trip worth it. It's a dusty green with a gold shimmer, and it applied beautifully. Look at the color! I am in love! You definitely get a bang for your 2 bucks.



With flash to show the gold shimmer:



And I took some comparisons with Essie Greenport on my thumb and Misa Dirty Sexy Money on my pinkie. Here you can really appreciate the dustiness. I badly smudged my middle finger so I just covered it with my thumb :)



Soul Mate was the supposed Jade Rose dupe. It's a creamy dusty pink. I'm not really feelin' this one. I don't think it's a very "me" color, though I do like the dustiness. It applied kind of goopy, though it wasn't as bad as the China Glaze's I compared them to.



Between China Glaze Sugar High on my index and Peachy Keen on my ring finger.



And the last new Sinful I grabbed, named Rise and Shine. This one I very much like. I did a quick swatch but took dozens of pictures, none of which came out accurate. It is VERY close to Four Leaf Clover, which is on my ring finger, only Rise and Shine has an added subtle shimmer and it dries neon matte. You cans see the original finish on my pinkie, and I added Seche Vite to my index and middle for the shine. This also brings out the fine shimmer in it. I think this is just too perfect for Spring!



My Walgreens display is ALWAYS half empty! Either they never get new shipments, or they do and someone comes in and picks it over before I get there! So I never get to see what all the Sinfuls look like. What are your favorite Sinful polishes? If I can find them I'd love to check them out!