Mani Monday

I had a busy week, so I missed last week's Mani Monday. The first one is from last week. Its Julep Flora and Kayla.

The second is this week's mani is a lot of fun for me. It mixes up different finishes and colours. Main colour is Julep Aphroditie and accent is China Glaze Teal the Tides Turn.

Easter Mani

No Mani Monday because I did my Easter mani late Monday and it took forever. I was gonna do acrylics but instead to save time I just used regular glue ons. But it still took a long time. Labour of love I guess. I added all the bunnies in deco pic because it's fun.
Colours
Color Me Monthly Chiffon for April
Color Club Nail Art Polishes

Gluten Free, Dairy Free Potato Flat Bread

My first attempt at flat bread was good, but not great. This one is a lot better. It's softer and very delicious. I really like this new recipe. It's a modified version of this recipe. Very modified. I pretty much just used that one as a place to start, like inspiration.

What you need
1 1/4 c gluten free flour mix (I used one from trader joes)
1 1/4 c potato flakes (the instant kind, if you want the bread o have a flavour use the flavoured ones!)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 tbl baking powder
1 tbl lemon juice
1 egg
1 tbl extra virgin olive oil
1 c hot water

Mix all your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add egg and carefully mix in other wet ingredients. You should have a medium firm dough, if it's too dry add a bit more water and if it is too wet add a bit more potato flakes.
Form dough into balls and roll flat or press with hands. I pinched mine from the center outward. Get them to about 1/8 inch thin, they will rise a little because of the baking powder and lemon juice, but not a lot. You could also make them thicker and cut them like pita bread when done.
Cook each side in a frying pan or on griddle for about 45-60 seconds or until golden brown.

Depending on how thick and how big you make them you should end up with about 8-10 of these.

I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich with one yesterday and it was super delicious.

Mani Monday

I had a a few manis to post before I went on my break, and did a few while I was on break. So here they are all are in one post, newest to oldest.

A short break

I am going to be taking a short break from my blog. My 8 year old pet bunny died of cancer today. We didn't know she had it until it was too late and she had to be put to rest. I miss her a lot, but I am glad she doesn't have to suffer.

There is a picture of her, just 6 days ago, beimg the happy wonderful girl she always was.

Julep Maven Jule Box- Free Welcome Box

So I saw the Facebook ad and that my friends had liked and taken the Maven quiz, so I said why not. I took the quiz and got "Bombshell". I didn't like the look of the bombshell box, so I just left it at that. Then someone commented that I choose my box in a different style. Ok, it's a free box, I can cancel if I don't like it. I picked the "It Girl" box, it had 3 polishes and I really liked 2 of the colours and could live with the 3rd. Paying $3.99 for shipping wasn't a big deal when you get 3 $15 polishes for free. The box took about 4 days to arrive from order to ship, which was really nice. It came Priority USPS. I guess their usual shipping method is DHL, but you get free shipping as a Maven, but more on that later.

Opening up the box I found all this stuff. A little "It Girl" description packet, a coupon code and a Julep Flier. The top of the box has a sticker that says Maven, but it's Silver on White so it did not even photograph well.

The polishes come packed together in a white box, and are protected in shipping by all this paper. They also sent along these buffing blocks. I love these things so I thought it was a pretty cool freebie, even if it is super cheap. My rabbits will enjoy playing with the paper.

The polishes also come in their own boxes. This one is called Bunny, and it is a white with small flecks of gold glitter.

This one is called Libby and it's a teal creme polish. It's my favourite of the set.

Lastly is Elle, which I didn't like at first but it has really grown on me. It's a deep redish purple colour with shimmer.

Here are all of them swatched on my nails. Excuse my cuticles, were a mess at the time I took this.

All the polishes went on nice and opaque. It took 2 coats for each one, which is pretty standard, I used to primarily use OPI and I would say this is very comparable to that. I was able to wear this manicure for 4 days without it chipping, which is very good if you ask me. I didn't use a top or base coat either. So it has good staying power.

Over all I am really happy with my intro box to Julep Maven. Since these photos I have actually made 3 other orders to Julep, and it's not even been a month. I went a little overboard, but I have to rebuild my polish collection! Expect more product reviews from them soon!

Want to try Julep Maven for free yourself? Clickhere and use code FREEBOX to get started!

St. Patty's Day Nails

Happy St. Patty's day! Since I dont think I own and green clothing anymore I did my nails up in a festive way. I keep calling them super party nails, but I won't be doing any partying this holiday. What did you do for St. Patrick's day? Did you have a special nail or make up theme?

Poloshes used:
Green- Julep Libby
White- Julep Bunny
Glitter- e.l.f Chic Confetti