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Soapy Thursday

Today was my kind of day. I got up and spent time with my little man while Dad slept after his last night shift, then Grandma came over and we played for a while and then Grandma and I got down to business and made a bunch of soap. The house smells delicious! After we were all soaped out, we went to grab a bite to eat, came home and Sly, Sylvester and I hopped in the pool. Came in and put Sylvester to bed and now I'm sipping on a Strawberry Daiquiri and goofing off online. Life. Is. Good.*

Here's the soaps we made today:

1. "Creamsicle" made with a Goats Milk base,
2. A lovely Lavender soap, with a bit of a shine. Also made with Goats Milk,
3. Rain Fresh made with a Avocado and Cucumber base, 
4. Sage with Olive Oil and Goats Milk layers,
5. Eucalyptus and Mint in a Almond and Goat Milk base,
6. Lavender Bath Salts,
7. Eucalyptus and Mint in a Olive Oil soap,
8. Cucumber, Basil and Melon in a Avocado and Cucumber soap.

I used my green soaps for my project spectrum this month. Just in time!

* I didn't even get out my PJ's until we went to dinner, then got right back in them. THAT makes for a good day.

20 Minute French Pedicure

I posted about Every Creative Endeavor's french tip pedicure last week and I did manage to do one Friday night, but it was round about midnight and I didn't get any pictures. So, I started over today and took a few snapshots. This is super simple to do and I think it looks great. There's nothing I like more then a french tip pedicure in Summertime!

Gather your supplies! I like the q-tips with pointed tips, makes cleaning up the lines easier for me. Glasses are a must!

Clean up your toenails and toes if you want to do the whole pedicure.

Paint on white polish, don't worry about being neat! The awesome thing is how you'll clean it up later.

Take your q-tip and dip it in nail polish remover. Attempt to remove excess nail polish from your toes, if you can't paint like me. Then straighten up the white polish on your nail itself. It's quick to do, doesn't have to be perfect.

Paint with quick dry top coat. Sit back and admire those lovely (and cheap) french tip toes! Now we're sandal ready for the week.

Notes: I trimmed my nails about a week ago and cut them way too short. I'm going to attempt to grow them out so I can do a square tip, which I much prefer over this. I used Rimmel White Nail Polish and Rimmel Lasting Finish - Clear, along with equate brand nail polish remover and q-tips. I paid less then $10 for all these items and I will get many, many uses out of them. Much cheaper then going to the salon, and safer too, I don't have to worry about fungus in my own home.

Every Creative Endeavor: How to Paint French Tip Toenails!

This is a great tutorial. I'm going to try this out tomorrow!

Every Creative Endeavor: How to Paint French Tip Toenails!: "Yesterday was the first day of Spring! yay! So I celebrated in my own little way and french-tipped my toenails. It is a lot cheaper than ..."