Blogs to Love Friday #1

Welcome to the first post of the Blogs to Love Friday linkup. I was so excited when I first heard of this linkup and I'm even more excited now that it's time to share my favorite posts I read this week. But first ... if you want to join this linkup being hosted by My Beautiful, Crazy Life and Mrs. Monologues read this post and add this button to your posts.


 

Now onto some of my favorite posts of this week. They may not have been posted this week, but I did find them and read them this week.
  • These Mattified Splatter Nails by modnails may not have been posted this week, but I did find it this week. Be sure to check out her other nails because they are all amazingly awesome!!
  • I use this Coconut Banana Bliss Smoothie recipe almost daily so that has to count, right? It doesn't really come from a blog. I found it on Pinterest though, which is kind of like a blog, lol. I made two very simple changes to the recipe: substituting the coconut oil with coconut water and the Sustain packet for 1 tbsp of yogurt.
  • I look forward to every new post by Sensible Stylista and her newest outfit post has me wanting to rush out and buy some printed skinny jeans. Seriously? Her every post has me wanting to rush out and buy something! I know some of these things won't look good on me, but she makes them look so great that I want them anyway!
  • There are many things to love about The Freckled Fox: her wonderful fashion sense, her adorable crafts, her yummy looking food, or even her amazing photos plus much, much more. However, I adore The Freckled Fox for her hair tutorials! The one I think most deserves sharing is the Posh Faux Hawk. OMG, I am so in love with this look. What odd and slightly weird girl has never dreamed of having a Mohawk at one time in their lives? I certainly have. Almost went for it too, but the reality of having to wear it day in and day out hit hard. This is one hawk you can love and leave and love again!! Still, if faux hawks aren't your thing, I'm sure she'll have a tutorial that is more your style. 
  • This Double Saran Wrap Tutorial video by DullLikeGlitter is another very old post, but one I was super lucky to find on Preen.me this week! She also has a picture tutorial post on her blog. I tried this with light pink, white, and baby blue but can't wait for summer to try her bright red, yellow, and blue look!
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I keep trying to expand my V-Day mani ideas to incorporate colors other than white, pink, and red. I decided to substitute the often used red for blue in this one, and I think it still has all the makings of a good V-Day mani.

pekal

Sat-ART-Day Club: Amethyst Pattern Skittle


Hello everyone!



The Sat- ART- Day Club has started again, and this first Saturday we are all making an amethyst pattern skittle. I chose to use my amethyst magnetic nail polish; Deborah Lippmann Berry Metal, and used five different magnets to make a different pattern on each nail. As usual you can find thumbnails with links to all the participants' amethyst pattern skittles at he end of the post.

Amethyst Pattern Skittle


I've written about Berry Metal from the Steal My Kisses set earlier. To see it, click here.

Amethyst Pattern Skittle


Here are the magnets I used:

Magnets used for the Amethyst Pattern Skittle

Magnets:
IsaDora- horizontal stripe pattern: thumb
Deborah Lippmann- magnetic wave design: index finger
IsaDora- star pattern: middle finger
China Glaze Magnetix II: ring finger
IsaDora- diagonal stripe pattern: pinkie

Amethyst Pattern Skittle


Deborah Lippmann describes the color of Berry Metal as amethyst. Here you can see how close the color of the amethyst stone is to the color of the nail polish.

Amethyst Pattern Skittle
It looks like many are doing the Laid- Back 31 Day Challenge, that started this month, but if anyone have had time to do this Sat-ART-Day Club challenge, you should find their thumbnails below :-)

Lani

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