December BirchBox

I got my December BirchBox today! I have to say, I am much happier with this box. Other than the perfume, this box has a lot of things I will actually try. I feel the sample sizes are much nicer this time too, though not what I would call deluxe.Contents:

Benefit Cosmetics - The POREfessional This is a face primer that is supposed to camouflage pores. I needed a face primer, so I'm happy to give this one a try. It looks like I can get 2 or 3 applications from this little sample.

Harvey Prince - Ageless This is a perfume and I can't do perfumes, sorry.

Jouer - Moisturizing Lip Gloss in Birchbox Pink I love the shade of this gloss, it is much more my style:)

Orofluido - Beauty Elixir This is a nourishing hair treatment and with my colored hair I can always use something to help soften and shine. I look forward to trying it.

ShowStoppers - Designer Fashion Tape Pretty self explanatory. Tape to keep clothes in place. I do need this stuff on occasion when I wear a boat neck top and need to hide the bra straps:)

Recharge - EBoost Some sort of energy drink mix, not likely to use it since I'm primal and don't do chemical concoctions;)

All in all a decent box and I'm glad I didn't cancel, though I'm still waiting for those deluxe samples I keep hearing about. They did include a $20 coupon, which is nice, and I may use it, but it won't be until after Christmas if I do. Darn kids, always wanting Santa to bring them stuff for Christmas;)

If you get a BirchBox or other sample box, let me know what you get and if you want to sign up for this one, use my link here so I can get some points!

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I'm Not A Copy Cat, I'm Just Inspired;)

These glittery snowflake nails were inspired or copied off Copy That, Copy Cat. She does some fabulous holiday inspired nails and I was eager to try some more free-hand art. Hers look a lot more professional, but I love how mine turned out and they got immediate compliments. They are pretty hard to ignore, since they are so flashy in person.

I used China Glaze 'Dorothy Who' for the shimmery blue base, then sponged on some silvery nail art polish from Milani. The snowflakes are China Glaze's 'White on White', and it's all topped with Poshe.

I'm extremely proud of the job I did on my right hand since I am so not left handed. In fact, I think the nails painted using my left hand turned out better than the nails painted with my dominate hand. Go figure. I plan to leave this manicure on through the weekend, which is cool since glitter polish is a bitch to take back off and I'm in no hurry for that challenge.

Be sure to check out more of Copy That, Copy Cat, she does a lot of pretty and inspiring stuff.

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Broken Nails

I've been trying to grow my nails back out after several splits and breaks that forced me to cut them back several weeks ago. They were coming along nicely and I was quite pleased. Then the cold winter air descended:(

Monday night was the high school Christmas program. When I left the house to head out to the school at 6pm the outdoor temp was -1* F. I'm certain that it was even lower when the program finally let out around 8pm though I didn't pay attention. After buckling the kids in I went to pull my own door closed and snap. Surprise, surprise, a broken nail. It happens all the time this time of year, but it's still upsetting. Now I have to either deal with uneven nails or cut them all down again. Sigh.

I'm kicking myself for leaving them naked this week. Painted and finished nails are stronger than naked nails most of the time. I'm not sure if it would really make a difference when my hands are icy cold and things like this happen, but I do know they are stronger when finished under normal circumstances, not to mention they are much prettier.

Lesson learned.

Housekeeping & A New Look!

Welcome to the new layout! I've been in the Christmas spirit lately, decorating and admiring other neighborhood efforts. My family will tell you is really out of character for me so I guess I've had a change of heart this year. There is only so much I can do at this point though, so I've decided to decorate the blog too:)

I've been cleaning up pages here, deleting some posts, moving things around, etc. I like the separation of the primal stuff from my fashion and other interests. I've debated on keeping a separate primal blog for awhile, but most of my primal updates originate from Facebook and are short and consist of food pics, so organizing the info into a new column makes more sense for now.

As for all the social networking icons, I'm working on linking those that I use and trying to figure out how to remove those I don't. Sorry, I don't twitter and have no plans to. A new layout takes time to figure out;)

I'm working on re-vamping our bike blog, Pedal the Moment, and hope to start adding new posts there soon. We plan to begin a bike build soon and it promises to be a lot of fun.

I've deleted a couple blogs I had going and am putting more effort into this one and Pedal the Moment. I had started a nail blog, but after further thought that seemed silly, so I've moved the links back over here. I love building blogs and editing them, but don't always remember to keep the posts current.

I hope you enjoy the changes and thank you for stopping by!

Jenni