2012
Thank you for your support on SOAP and PIPA
All the efforts and blackouts from all the bloggers, facebookers, tweeters, online businesses and many more worked!! Lawmakers withdraw support of anti-piracy bills!! Although this is wonderful news, this is only the beginning. Please keep informed about SOAP and PIPA and keep fighting to keep the internet uncensored!
2012
Please Don’t Censor the Internet
The Julie Experiment is opposed to legislation in the US Congress to censor the internet. I believe that it is unnecessary, scary, and ultimately harmful to what the Internet is meant to be.
To Sign the petition: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
To find out more about SOPA and PIPA: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/
2011
PaA Monday’s Nail Challenge: Hearts
This week’s PaP Monday Nail Challenge is hearts. As soon as I heard that hearts was going to be the theme I knew I wanted to do a variation of a tape mani like this on Nailside’s blog.
Jane from Nailside is a pro when it comes to the tape mani, and she makes it look super easy. I have tried some of her tutorials with some success. So I thought I would brave it and stray from the tutorial path and make my own variation of one of her designs….. boy was that the wrong decision!
My first attempt at the heart came out exactly like I hoped it would:
What I used:
Base Color: China Glaze – Concrete Catwalk
Heart: China Glaze – Platinum Silver
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
I was soooooooooooooo excited after making the first heart on my ring finger! It came out perfectly on the first try. These are the steps I followed:
1) I painted my nails with my base color (China Glaze – Concrete Catwalk) in the morning and let it dry and settle throughout the day.
2) Later in the day I cut the tape in the shapes illustrated below (the purple symbolizes the tape)
3) Once the tape was placed on the nail, I covered the whole nail with China Glaze – Platinum Silver
4) I removed the tape right after I was done with Step 3.
5) I let the heart dry and then put on my top coat.
All these steps worked the first time, but then when I tried to do the same to my ring finger on my other hand, I wasn’t able to cute to top piece of tape the same way as the other hand and it looked really weird. Then I started over, but when I did I wasn’t patient enough to wait for the base coat to dry. So when I put the tape on and took it off, the base coat came off with it L After about retrying 3 times, I just left it being as a single heart on the my left ring finger.
I will try this again another day. The biggest tip I can give for anyone trying a tape mani is to let your base coat completely dry before putting on the tape :) If anyone has any other tips for me, please leave me a comment.
2011
PaA Monday’s Nail Challenge: Depression Awareness
This week’s PaA Nail Challenge was something that really means a lot to me: Depression Awareness. Depression is something that myself and many people close to me have suffered with. Although depression has been talked about more and doctors seem to be looking out for it more, I feel that we hear more about the results of depression and less about the signs and how to prevent them. Depression takes on many forms and can be hard to detect. Those who suffer from depression often don’t know what is wrong with them. Often times they think they can fix it on their own. And often times they fell like it’s a sign of weakness that, so they don’t let anyone know what is going on. Depression is not a sign of weakness and people that are suffering from it should understand that getting help, whether it be medically or just talking to someone, will just allow them to have a feeling of freedom. To find out more about depression please visit the National Institute of Mental Health.
Now on to my attempt at Monday’s PaA Challenge:
Since the Depression Awareness ribbon is green (I did not know that until this challenge). Here are the nail polishes that I used.
What I used:
Stamping Plate: Konad Plate M18
Base Color: OPI – Greenwich Village
Glitter: L.A. Girl Glitter Addict – Celebration
Stamping Polish (Heart): American Apparel – Trench Coat
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
I didn’t know what I was going to think of green nails, but I do like the lime green of OPI’s Greenwich Village. I used the bigger heart on Knonad Plate M18 with American Apparel Trench Coat (a mustard yellow). Then I used a little L.A. Girl Celebration and dabbed it with the brush on the heart. l This is also the first time that I did my nails where one nail was different than the rest. I liked it a lot. I will be doing something similar like this soon.
Hope you all liked it. If you have any question and/or comments please leave them bellow :)
2011
Personal Challenge: Completed 5 Days Carb Free
Bring back the carbs!!! The 5 days of no carbs was a success. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. There were times where I would get hungry and and think to myself that I should have a granola bar, but then I would reach for some grapes.
I ate almost the same meals everyday with a bit of variations. My meal included:
Breakfasts:
Banana
Grapes
Strawberries
Chai (home made)
Lunches:
Chicken Chili with green chillies and black beans
1/2 cup of Peaches
Grapes
Strawberries
Salad with lettuce and spinach, tuna and balsamic vinegar dressing
Dinners:
Tomato Soup
Salad with lettuce and spinach, tuna and balsamic vinegar dressing
Salad with lettuce, spinach, cut up MorningStar black bean burger patty and balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Yes I know that the meals looked boring and sometimes it seemed like it was. But it kept me full and gave me enough energy to get through the day. The one food that I did miss the most was creal. In fact that was my first carb meal and it was yummy! After not having carbs for 5 days the cereal did feel heavier in my stomach than it used too (or atleast I noticed it more now).
Will I give up carbs for good? No, but I will try to have carb free meals when I can or eat less carbs and more fruits and vegitables
2011
Personal Challenge: 5 Days Carb Free
I love carbs! I really LOVE carbs!! And yes, if I were not already engaged I would consider marrying it. The joy of of a bowl of cereal in the morning (or for lunch or dinner). The feel of a hot hot sandwich in my hand during lunch. And the multitude of carb filled possibilities for dinner…..pasta, rice, pizza!!
Okay so you get the point, I like carbs. The problem is that I wish I liked them a little less. One of my goals this year is to get into shape and I have a feeling that my love for cabs are hindering me from meeting my goal.
I know that there is no way that I will be able to cut carbs out of my diet 100%, but I would like to depend on them less. I want to try to find other healthy foods that will satisfy my carb cravings. Thus… the 5 day carb free challenge.
The Goal: Go 5 days (9/11 – 9/15) without eating carbs. No pasta, pizza, cereal, rice, tortillas and so on. And before anyone tells me, I will be eating food that have simple carbs that are in it like fruit. The complex carbs are the ones that I will be going with out during these 5 days.
I will let you know on Friday how everything went and I will also include the foods that I ate to fill the cab void.
Wish me luck! I will need it :)
2011
6th Anniversary Nails
One of my favorite memories of elementary school was learning about King Tut, mainly because we made paper-mâché mummies and a sarcophagus to put them in. So when my fabulous fiancé decided to take me to the King Tut Exhibit at our local Science Museum I was thrilled.
To prepare for our night out I decided to try out one of my new Konad nail stamping plates. I am still new to nail stamping so it’s not perfect, but I will get the hang of it soon. Here is my creation:
What I used:
Stamping Plate: Konad Plate M60
Base Color: OPI – On Stranger Tides
Stamping Polish: Sally Hansen – Xtreme Wear – Black Out
Top Coat: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
Before I added the top coat I added OPI – Spark de Triomphe for a little sparkle (I couldn’t capture the glitter on camera). It turned out a little shaky, but I like how nail stamping adds a ittle uniqueness to my nails. I will defiantly keep trying new stamp combinations.
As for the exhibit, it was great! I was astonished that the artifacts were still intact and in as good of shape as they were.
I had a great 6th anniversary with my fiancé and I am looking forward to spending 66 + more years with such an amazing man, experimenting new things and having fun along the way.
2011
Baby Elephant on Bing
I love elephants!!! So I was pleasantly surprised to open up
Bing.com this weekend and see that they had the cutest picture of a baby African elephant. It made my day!
Enjoy the cuteness!!
Hello world!
Welcome to my blog! I wanted to start a blog where I could post my nail art experiments, cooking experiments, coding experiments and any other experiments that I think of a long the way. I will be letting you know what worked and didn’t work during my experiments and I will give you helpful tips that will help you if you wish to do a little experimenting yourself :) I know that when I try out anything new I look out towards the internet for help and I have found so many blogs that have been very useful. So I hope that through my blog I am able to help out someone a little bit too.
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