Beauty Tips for Women: Christmas Manicure for Kids

My four year old asked me to do her nails for her Christmas party at preschool in which Santa is going to pay a visit.  Even though I am sick with a horrible cold I couldn’t turn her down.  This manicure was all her design.  She wanted candy canes, Santa Claus, and white snow.  My mind nearly exploded with the request and this nasty head cold I have going on.

Here are the polishes I used to make this manicure: Wet n Wild Hallucinate, Wet n Wild French White Crème, Milani stripper in White Canvas, China Glaze Ruby Pumps, Piggy Polish Jingle Belle, and Cina Holiday Cheer decals. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 283

Her pinky got two coats of French White Crème. Her ring finger got two coats of Jingle Belle.  The rest of her fingers got two coats of Ruby Pumps.  I let everything dry.  Luck was on our side with finding a Santa Claus decal that fit her ring finger.  Her pinky got a coat of Hallucinate.  Using the stripper I set about making the stripes.  This was a bit challenging because of her nail size but I did my best. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 284 Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 285 Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 286

She loves her manicure and is very proud of her design.   I’m glad to have gotten through it with this head cold and very pleased on how it came out.  This is a very simple design that your kid will love.

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Buy Buy Baby – After The Holidays

Christmas is over and here at buy buy baby coupons we are sad for such a joyous time to be over.  But with the New Year here you can definitely pickup some great items very cheap.  Buy buy baby coupons wanted to make a list of the top five items you might want to pick up with all the sales and clearances still going on.

Buy buy baby coupons is always in search of great products that will help not hinder and I will explain the reasons for my choices further down.  Here are buy buy baby coupons five top picks:

1. Kolcraft Tour Sport Umbrella Stroller
2. Munchkin Deluxe Bottle Warmer
3. Color Explosion Glow Board w/ Clings
4. Colorform sets
5. Color Me Mine Backpack/Messenger Bag

As you already know, buy buy baby coupons is always in search and trying out strollers.  I have to say that nothing comes close to the Kolcraft Tour Sport in the umbrella stroller category.  I have had this stroller for 3 years.  The Kolcraft Tour Sport Umbrella Stroller is exclusively sold at Disney World.  It costs around $50’ish, I know pretty expensive for an umbrella stroller but it is well worth it.  It has a sturdy compact design, adjustable canopy, cup holder, mesh storage bag and it can recline.  The reclining feature is excellent and you can’t find that in any other umbrella stroller.  Buy buy baby coupons highly recommends this item.

Buy buy baby coupons second choice is the Munchkin Deluxe Bottle Warmer.  Like the Kolcraft Tour Sport Umbrella Stroller, these are good products for travel, for instance a trip to Disney.  I used this product just for such trips to heat up milk not food, so I can’t review it on that part.  I read mixed comments on warming in glass bottles so I was a bit hesitant in purchasing because I only use glass bottles.  I had no problems.  There were no explosions, which seems to be the number one fear expressed in the reviews.  I never had an issue with it not warming up the milk, if anything you had to be carefully it wasn’t too hot.  Attention needs to be paid to the instructions, in particular the measurement of water needed for the ounces you intend to heat up.  If you follow the instructions you shouldn’t have a problem and it comes with a convenient small reminder sheet with the measurements.  I also did experience that weird grimy residue that so alarmed many other reviewers.  I found that a proper cleaning after each use did away with the issue.  Not sure what that residue is but probably from the special heating plate used.  It certainly didn’t bother me because I’m using glass bottles and that lessens the worries of leaching.

The last three picks on my list, the Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board, Colorform sets, and the Color Me Mine – Backpack/Messenger Bag, are items the buy buy baby coupons kids received for Christmas.  These items were a huge hit with the kids.  The Color Explosion Glow Board has provided hours of fun in drawing 3-D glow in the dark scenes.  Colorforms were the comeback toy from yesteryears, an oldie favorite.  There is such a huge variety of sets and games of colorforms that you just can’t go wrong.  The Color Me Mine – Backpack/Messenger Bag was a pleasant surprise.  You can find them at places like Walgreens and Hobby Lobby.  Very well designed backpacks, which come in different sizes, and messenger bags that have designs that can be painted to the taste of the child with permanent markers; a fashion statement for any fashionista in training.

Beauty Tips for Women: Santa Claus Hat Christmas Manicure

It is December again, so I’m getting into the Christmas spirit.  For this manicure I did a recreation of a YouTube manicure from CutePolish.  Her YouTube channel is great with easy and cute nail art tutorials.  You can find her at http://youtube.com/cutepolish.

So here are the supplies for my Santa Hat manicure: Tape, dotting tools, Venique base coat, Venique WingTip White, Orly Unlawful, Color Club fast dry top coat. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 274

I started off with taping my nails in the shape of the hat to get that crisp line.  I then applied Venique base coat.

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I applied one coat of Orly Unlawful.

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I then did the pompom top on the hat with the largest dotting tool using Venique WingTip. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 277

Next up was the trim on the bottom of the hat.  I did about two rows of dots to make the trip nice and full.

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Lastly, I applied the Color Club fast dry top coat.

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This manicure is so simple and cute.  It definitely got me in the Christmas spirit.  Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 282