Tiny Pink Filigree

Have you ever had one of those days where you REALLY wanted to do something awesome and fancy with your nails but just didn’t have the slightest creative juice in your brain? Well, I had one of those! So, I did something super simple. I was debating if I wanted to do something for Valentine’s Day but I had already done two manicures for that already. So this is what I came up with:

The polish that I used was the Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro in English Rose. For some reason, I just don’t like the way it looks on my nails. I feel like it dries out so much darker on my nails than how it really looks like in the bottle. I feel like this bottle was a waste of money. It looks sort of yucky next to my skin tone. I also don’t really like this design. So let’s hope I get some creative juice going soon! 

Oh, and I came across this super cute bottle! In all my life of 20 years, I have never seen this before. Have you? I took and shoved it in my pocket then accidentally washed it, hence the label peeling on the top of the bottle. But isn’t it just cute or what? Sorry it’s not nail polish bottle!

Lastly, do any of you use a cuticle eliminator? If so, what do you use? How do you manage to maintain your cuticles during the cold winter months? Mine have been going crazy.

Do you own English Rose? 

Anna

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Pink VDay 2

Something easy and simple. A hot pink and a very sheen purple with little polka dots. Enjoy!

Another day. My baby is growing. He is going to be 6 months this coming week. Oh how I am so nervous and excited that each day he is growing. Soon, he will be asking for candy. *Sad face* He has to be my baby forever.

On the other hand, I am having such a hard time in Chemistry.

How do you stay on top of school work?

AHY

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Early Bday Dinner

So, earlier today I went out with a couple of friends for an early birthday dinner. This friend of mine is going on a missions trip to El Salvador for almost 2 months, I believe. So she'll be gone for my 21st birthday, that's the reason we went to eat out. So we decided that we would we want some Asian cuisine, so here's what I got:

Claypot Panang Curry Chicken $12.95

This dish is pretty good. It consists of chicken, snow peas, red bell peppers and a few other things (wish I paid more attention to the ingredients maybe then I'd be able to share what's in it). It is so yummy. *DROOLS* However, I think $12.95 is a little overpriced compared to other places that I have been to. There is this other Thai  restaurant that I usually go to and they literally have the BEST red curry chicken. Like the best! I have many different types of curries throughout my life, but nothing beats that. Next time, I'll be sure to snap a few pictures, then you'll be able to taste it through the pictures! 

So, it will be my birthday soon in February. The first week of, and I really don't know or think I will do anything. I haven't had a birthday cake since I turned 18 I believe. It was a Costco cake, and that is always good. Hopefully this year will be different. I always wanted to do something big but maybe not this year again.

In the mean time, do you have any suggestions?

AHY

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VDay Nails

Hello there!

It has been a while since I have blogged. I have been so very busy with work, school and my handsome son. However, I managed to scoop up some time and do this little Valentine’s Day Nail art. It’s supposed to be a secret admirer letter. This really reminds me of when elementary kids have a secret crush and send this sweet and cute love letters. Originally, I wanted to enter a nail contest but I really don’t have that kind of time to make and edit a video. It would be nice but I have a chemistry exam to study for on Wednesday not only that but I have statistics homework, that’s always fun. 

In the mean time, I hope you enjoy this little polish design. By the way, I don’t know if you can tell but winter is totally killing my cuticles. They are very cry and just don’t look healthy at all, so excuse them if you may. 

Did you do anything with your nails?

AHY

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In Him We Find Rest

If you have never heard of IHOP prayer room, you should definitely check it out! 

http://www.ihop.org/prayerroom/ 

Today as I put my son to sleep and my husband was preparing to go to bed for the night, I began to soak in the presence of the Lord. Lately, I have just been feeling so overwhelmed and stressed. My husband has been gone for 5 days, I am working too much and school is picking up soon again, I constantly have to worry about pumping and I am just overwhelmed! I was praying and calling upon His name for restoration. I pled for His strength and His peace to go before me so that His comfort and joy will overflow in me. I began crying because I desperately needed Him so bad. I felt so convicted that I have been caught in my chores that I haven’t been truly praising and worshipping Him like I should be. I continued to cry and in the midst of it all, I heard that promising voice to open up the bible to Matthew 11:28. I opened it and this is what it said: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” I began to cry even harder. I asked for His forgiveness of my half hearted self and of my sins. And in the background, Cory Asbury began to play “Faithful to the End”. Then I began praising Him, that through the trials, He is just and faithful. No matter what, He is always faithful to our hearts. He never slacks and NEVER falls short of His promises. 

I am sure we have heard Matthew 11:28 but when God moves you, it is an encounter so deep like nothing else. I then began to feel not ‘better’ but a little relieved. That I can always count on Him. I can call upon Him even though I feel unworthy because He is my place of refuge. He is OUR place of refuge. 

So if you are feeling burdened, know that in Him, we can find rest. That through Him, we no longer carry the burdens ourselves, but because of His grace we can take His yoke and be restored.

Love much,

AHY

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Happy New Year

Just doing a quick update:

Happy New Year to everyone! I have many things to share with you all! In the meantime, enjoy yourselves and may it be another blessed year! (=

Love much,
AHY xo

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Merry Christmas!

It’s a little past Christmas, but oh well. (= I hope that all of you had a great time and awesome gifts. I had an extraordinary time with my family. Opened a few gifts and later spent family time and played games. Tons of fun! I wish we did this more often like we to use to do. Now, we only get together because of special occasions which are a little unfortunate but it happens. Needless to say I am extremely blessed not only with my family but a family of my very own. 

It was his first Christmas ever! Too bad he doesn’t know how to open his gifts but I am sure he loves it, at least he seems to. But this little guy here is growing up so fast! It seemed like just the other day he was wearing newborn size diaper and now he’s in 3’s. I like to think that I’m the only woman in his life, but that would be a lie. So for now, I am embracing every previous moment with him.

Well, I hope you had a blessed day!

What did you do for Christmas?

AHY

Did I forget to mention we had some very yummy pho?

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Festive Christmas

I finally gathered the festive Holiday spirit in me to polish a simple and plain merry look on my nails. Unfortunately I went to sleep with them a tinch wet and well, you know the results. They were a little smushed up. I was just way too tired to sit there and wait for them to dry, so I just went to sleep. And when I woke up, I wanted to repaint them all over again. Then I thought; well Christmas is almost over and I’m definitely not the best artist with my left hand. So I just left it. Plus, I didn’t like the polish enough to redo it all perfectly. So here’s what it looks like:

So, before I painted my nails with this, I had on Orly’s Fowl Play. And boy, that polish is just such a beauty! I didn’t post a blog about because I felt like the pictures just did not justify the beauty of this polish. You can definitely google up some images, but this one is such a beautiful flake polish. It’s like a sheer jelly purple base with tons of various sized flakes and colors. It comes with red/green’ish duochrome flakes along with stunning tiny blue and silver glitters. This is from the Orly Fall 2011 Birds of a Feather collection and is definitely one of my favorites however it a little too dark for me, otherwise, you can definitely use a light base and then just 1 coat of the Fowl Play, but who knows how that’ll turn out. Anywho, toodles for now!

Did you paint anything festive on your nails?

XOXO

AHY

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