Passover Nail Art

Heres a fun Passover inspired nail design.

1. Start by applying a base coat and then two coats of a sheet pink as the base for all the nails. 

2. On the thumbs, create two small wine glass shapes on each thumb. 

3. One one hand, paint a small bone with a white striper brush on one nail. Make a small line and then two circular ends on each end of the line(this is supposed to be like the shank bone on the seder plate). On another nail on that hand, take a green nail polish and make small blobs with ragged edges(for the lettuce). You can even take your finger tip and smudge the edges a little bit to help it smudge. On the remaining nail, create a small apple shape with a red striper brush(the apple is for the charoset). 

4. On the other hand, choose one nail and create the same thing with the green polish(the bitter herb). Then on another nail, make a small white oval(for the egg). On the other nail, create a small purple circle (the beginning of the onion). 

5. Paint your pink nails a beige color. 

6. Start adding in the details to each nail design. On the lettuce and bitter herbs, add value with different shades of green. On the apple, add a green leave stem. On the onion use w white striper brush and create white circular lines. In the wine glasses, use a red striper brush to create the wine dripping out of the glasses. 

7. Turn the beige on the pinkies into matza by adding white and black lines. 

8. To finish off the design, choose one hand and write passover in hebrew, and matza on the opposite hand. 

Breakfast At Tiffany's Nails

1. Start off by applying a base coat to all nails.

2. Then, apply a sheer pink nail polish to all the nails as well. 

3. Paint a black tip on all nails except your ring finger.

4. Apply a silver polish with a striping brush at the edge of the black tip, this also fixes any mistakes you may have made when painting on the black tip. 

5. Print out the picture, and cut it around the edges. Apply a thick coat of top coat on top of the ring finger nail. Then, place the picture carefully on top of the nail. Hold it down until it sticks. It may take a while, and its really frustrating, just keep holding it down until it sticks. 

6. Once the picture stays down, place a thick layer of topcoat over it. You may need an extra coat on to,or just in certain sections that won't stay down.

7. Apply a top coat to the rest of the nails as well. 

Style Icon: Carrie Bradshaw

I try and live by thinking I will try any trend at least once, and the true inspiration for this is Carrie Bradshaw. Carrie rocked everything from mixed patterns, to two different colored shoes. However over the top and ridiculous Carrie's style was, she still always looked put together and stunning. 

Some of my favorite Carrie looks:

Carrie looks completely elegance in her simple black dress, classic curls, boots, and soon to be staple oversized glower brooch. Besides for the cigarette, Carrie has the complete look down. Carrie is the queen of not looking as though she tried to hard, even with the  crazy accessories. 

While I can't say the same for Sammantha, the matching shiny blue tank top and pants is not cutting it, I personally love  the two different colored Manolos on Carrie. It might not be the most wearable trend, Carrie  pulls it off  by leaving the rest of her outfit  simple and frilly. 

Carrie looks fierce in her runway debut, with sparkly underwear plus the structured royal blue cape with cheetah print backing. She may have fallen on the runway only moments later, but at least she had the courage to not only rock the outfit but get back up and keep walking. 

Carrie looks pretty in pink in her short, pink, bubble dress. The sleek straight hair helps to complete her totally cute look. The sparkly clutch only helps to balance the simplicity cuteness, and polished effect of this outfit. 

Carrie may have left the small screen, but she definitely did not lose her over the top style. Her beachy waves and golden glow are the perfect complement  to the white mini dress with the oversized flower on the shoulder. 

Holiday Gift Guide

Here are my recommendations of what to buy as holiday presents this year.


For the Fragrance Fanatic:
Deluxe Fragrance Sampler For Her, from Sephora,.It is a collection of 12 samples of best selling fragrances, as well as a refillable fragrance atomizer. It also has a voucher for the gift recipient to bring to Sephora and choose the full size of their favorite fragrance after sampling all of them. For $50 this is a really great value and an amazing present!

For the Crazy Crafter:

A cute mini glue gun. I got my zebra print mini glue gun at Michael's this summer, and I can't find it on their website but hey have other really cute ones too. They're not too expensive, I think mine was about $10 or less, and really handy and adorable! Anyone who enjoys anything crafty would love this present. 

For the Product Hoarder:

Birchbox Subscription! I know personally I've been waiting all year to ask for this for the holidays! For anyone who loves constantly trying out new products this is the perfect gift! If you're not familiar with Birchbox its a subscription that you get and then each month you get a box with 5 deluxe samples, and the occasional full sized product. You can gift Birchbox for 12, 6, or 3 months. 

For the Polish Addict:

Seche Vite top coat is an amazing gift to give anyone who loves to paint their nails at home on a regular basis. It leaves a really professional finish to any polish, even cheaper ones. Also, it helps polish stay longer without chips, which is great for anyone who does designs because it keeps them on after all the effort put in! 

I also think that the Shades of Seasons nail polish sets that come out every year at CVS are great gift. Its really affordable, and a wide range of colors in the set. The colors are actually pretty unique and the polishes are a surprisingly good quality.

For the Makeup Lover:

Ok this last one I think anyone would love! The Naked Palette is by far my favorite makeup product I won. You can crete the most neutral looks to smokey dramatic looks. Definitely worth the price, and the hype was well deserved Now that the Naked Palette 2 was released this, hopefully, will be eaier to get hold of. If you can, definitely pick it up. 

Get the Look: Rachel Zoe

Rachel Zoe is one of the most important names in the fashion world, but not only is her style breathtaking, but her modern, effortless beauty look is simple yet makes such a strong statement. 

Hair: Rachel's Tousled Waves
1. Start off with day 2 hair, so the style holds up better. 
2. Spritz a heat protectant all over the hair, concentrating on the ends. Brush it through the hair. split hair int a middle part. 
4. Once the hair is completely dry from the protectant and brushed through, pin up sections so that you can curl one section at a time. 
5. Using a 1 1/2 inch curling iron, wrap the 1/2 inch sections of hair around the barrel, facing away from your face, and hold it for about 10 seconds. Drop it into the palm of your hand and let it set for a second. curl the rest of the hair. Use smaller sections and hold them for longer round the front of the face sot hat the pieces framing the face are more defined. 
6. Finish off the hair by spraying hairspray into the palm of your hand and scrunching up the hair a little bit. this will tousle the curls, but in a beach-y, piece-y way, rather than a soft look. 

Makeup: Rachel's Modern, Natural Look
1. Start off with a perfect base. Using your favorite foundation and concealer cover your skin until you have a medium to full coverage. don't set the makeup with powder because Rachel always has a dewy look. 
2. Highlight cheekbones and use a bronzer on the cheeks but not to contour the cheekbones, but blend it on top of your cheekbones. 
3. Put a cream eyeshadow on your eyelids in a nude, shimmery color. Line the inner rims of the eyes with black eyeliner. 
4. Curl lashes and apply two coats of a dark black mascara and the upper lashes, and one coat on the bottom lashes. 
5. To get Rachel's typical deep, maroon, red lips, you'll need to apply several coats. Start off with lining the lips with a shade deeper then your lips, and smudge it onto the middle of the lips as well. Apply a red lipstick on the lips, then blot with a tissue. Apply the color again and blot off more. This is gonna create a strong, stained, matte look. 


Recommended Products: 
Conair 1 1/2 inch curling iron 

Strong Sexy Hair long hold hairspray

Benefit High Beam highlighter

Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Zero

Put on your biggest, darkest sunglasses to complete the Rachel Zoe look. 

NARS EXPRESS YOURSELF: THE NARSissists: Look 4: Rebecca Klar

NARS EXPRESS YOURSELF: THE NARSissists: Look 4: Rebecca Klar


I entered the NARS Makeup Your Mind Contest. It would mean so much if anyone voted for my entry!!


To get this look I used similar colors to the ones used on the model, but with different products. First I used a Revlon cream shadow palette and put a creamy white color on the inner half of my lid and the brow bone,  and a brown matte shade on the outer half and into the crease. Then i used the green from the Stila Fabulous in Fiji palette. Then i missed in some of Urban Decay's smog and darkhorse to deepen the crease. I ket adding more of the green, and more of Smog and Darkhorse to add depth to the crease. I blended out the colors until i got the desired look. I also blended the crease color in farther towards the bridge of my nose, as the model had in Nars' picture. Then i added Urban Decay's Virgin as a browbone highlight. I took a bright, shimmery, lime green to the inner corner and below the lash line on the inner third. I added the green, smog, and darkhorse under the lash lien as well. I liner the inner rim with Urban Decay's 24/7 glide on pencil in zero; curled my lashes and applied two coats of Maybelline One-byOne.

The lips and cheeks were pretty neutral. I used a little bit of the NYC sunny bronzer on the cheeks. For the lips I used Revlon Pink Sugar lipstick.


Don't forget to vote for my look!!

How To Wear Bright, Colorful Eyeshadow

The basic rule to follow is to only play up one feature at once. If you are going to go heavy, or bright, with eye makeup then keep everything else relatively simple. You could either do a bright eyeshadow on the lid, or a bright eye liner as a pop of color on the lower water line. 

If you wear two, or more, bright colors on the lid make sure that the colors coordinate nicely together. Pat the colors together so that there isn't an obvious line of where each color ends, but don't over blend the colors because it'll become a muddy color. To ensure that the colorful look doesn't only make a statement, but also remains flattering, add a thin line of black liquid or gel liner to the upper lash line.


To do a pop of color on the water line, keep the eyeshadow on the lid pretty simple and natural. Use soft beiges, browns, and other earthy toned colors. Then, add a bright colorful eyeliner to the lower waterline. To set the liner put a similar color eyeshadow over the liner, then smudge the eyeshadow a little bit under the water line. 


With either look, keep the rest of the makeup simple. Go for a sheer blush color, to give a wash of color without making it the focus of the look. Use a sheer lip balm or gloss to add a little bit of color and balance the look, without overpowering the eyes. 


Recommended Products: 
Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Shadow & Liner, Eye Candy Collection (for your eye color) 

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil

Product Rave: Physicians Formula Green Concealer Stick

This product is amazing! It hides facial redness amazingly well! It can be used to cover blemishes as well as just all over facial redness. How I usually use it is after I wash my face and have moisturized, I let the moisturizer sink in for a few minutes. After that, I apply the concealer on each cheek with a few stripes. Then I blend it in. The green cancels out the redness. My face is left looking a little bit pale, but not red anymore. After that I follow up with either foundation if I want heavy coverage, or tinted moisturizer or powder for lighter coverage. 

$5.45

This is the perfect product to cover facial redness; it's also the one of the cheapest products that claims to cover redness. I highly recommend it!