SJP Oscar De La Renta dress inspired nail design!

 

 

The theme for this years Met Gala was dedicated to America's first couturier, Chares James, which meant it was an extremely glamorous night!

When I seen pictures of Sarah Jessica Parkers Oscar De La Renta dress I thought it was very Carrie Bradshaw of her! It was black and ivory with a windowpane design at the back of the skirt. I am a massive fan of 'Sex in the City' and  it reminded me of the time her (Carrie Bradshaw not SJP) Russian Lover (lol) gave her a gift of a pink cocktail Oscar De La Renta dress!

Anyone remember this episode....
As they ate 'French fries' in black tie attire, how romantic...

 

 

 

 

I seen a cool nail design inspired by this fabulous dress and decided to give it ago. It turned out a little something like this...

 

 

'A warm smile is the universal language of kindness'

 

xoxo

Easter nails:)

Its Friday which means its time for a #weekendmanicure! Since it's Easter this weekend I thought I'd go with the theme of things and do an Easter inspired nail design. There are some amazing designs on instagram, facebook, twitter, everywhere really! I mixed it up a little by doing Easter Eggs (Aztec style) and little chicks:) 

Hopefully This might inspire some of you to try your own Easter Nails this weekend:)

1. I started off painting one nail yellow and used three coats because the yellow I had wasn't great, this is going to be the nail we use to create the chick. I would pick your longest nail to do this :) 
2. I painted the rest of my nails a light pink colour, it's better to use a lighter colour for the base of the Easter eggs as you can paint darker colours on top of it. 
3. Using a black dotting tool make eyes for your chick and when the black drys in you can use a white dotting tool to make some pupils. Make a beck for your chick with a red/orange dotting tool.
4. Mark off on the pink nails where you want your other colours to be and paint them in to the section you've made.:)
5. Then just go wild with your design!! Draw a few lines in here, a few dots in there HAVE FUN WITH IT :)

 

When all is done Sit back and admire your beautiful nails with your favourite easter egg!:) My dream easter egg would have to be a milka one, I wonder if they make them actually hmmm.....

Have a great easter everyone and a fun bank holiday!! 

xoxo

The REAL currency of life is... LIFE ITSELF!

Today as part of an assignment I researched a speech written by an environmental activist that goes by the name of Vandana Shiva. The speech was about 'Economic Growth'. BUT WAIT!! :D Before you stop reading and think this post will bore you to death, I promise if you love the earth as much I do you will fall in love with this wonderful lady. 

 As many of you can probably relate, when you're told to research something my automatic thought is 'But mom, I don't want to...'  Well, the second I started reading I realized that I am reading a speech written by an incredible women. The way she views the world is just amazing, and I truly believe if more of our world leaders had the same outlook on things as her OUR world would be a much kinder place. (I have posted a link to her speech at the bottom of my post)

The main message I took away from this speech is how the world only sees a country growing by the amount of wealth and money the country has (GDP). Shouldn't growth take into account human life and how we are growing and developing into the people we are? Are we willing to put profits and the greed of businesses before nature and real life? 

How is it that beautiful forests aren't seen as growth but when we cut down the trees and destroy their natural beauty by converting them to timber to sell on, then and only then this forest will be seen as 'Growth'? I don't know about you but that just doesn't seem right to me! 

One of the most shocking examples Shiva highlighted was that health organisations which promote health and well being aren't seen as growth, yet diseases which force people to BUY medicine are seen as growth! Does this mean disease is a good thing in terms of economic growth? Would out country be in a better financial position if we were all sick and forced buy medicine so the government can get a nice juicy profit? 


I think it is TIME TO CHANGE the definition of economic growth, and a little country called Bhutan is already way ahead of us!:) They have created a Gross National Happiness Scale instead of the widely used GDP! They have focused on the well being of their population instead of wealth(in terms of money that is). That's what being human and living is all about, creating real life memories and experiences. We're only here once so we need to learn to enjoy the ride and not get caught up in the mumbo jumboo of creating so called 'wealth.' When we focus on money we miss out on real life and what it really means to be human. 

My Favorite quotes from this speech include:

• And the rich might be rich in monetary terms – but they too are poor in the wider context of what being human means

• We need to remember that the real currency of life is life itself.

• The dominant model of economic development has in fact become anti-life.

So I ask YOU, beautiful people of earth, what are your values? Do you value money or do you value life and real life experiences? At the end of the day our values shape the people we are, ultimately shaping our universe.

Peace out and spanksss for reading :)


xoxo

Here is a link to this wonderful speech, ENJOY!
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/01/how-economic-growth-has-become-anti-life