Nails!

Hey, readers! How are you doing?
Today's post is about something that I really like: nails!
Last year I wasn't working so hard and procrastinating so much on taking care of my appearance. So it was really common for me to do my nails frequently.
Here are some pictures of what I'd done before.

Normal nails:

Water marble:

Flowers:

Stripes:

Tribal:

So as you can see, I love beautiful nails. I feel bad when I don't have the time to do them and when I take good care of them even my confidence and self-esteem get better!

But today I'm showing you the basics of how we do our nails in Brasil. People usually get them done by professionals, but you can save a lot of money by doing them yourself. It's very important for you to have your own material and don't share it. There's a risk of catching fungi and bacteria diseases which you might have to get treatment for the rest of your life! In beauty salons they have a special machine to disinfect everything.

Most women here don't like keeping their cuticles undone. It's ugly and gross and when you use nail polish they always get in the way.

First, I use some moisturizer for really dry skin in my cuticles and leave my fingertips on warm water for five minutes or more. It's for people who have a darker skin complexion, because this type of skin needs more attention to not dry out.

Then I detach the cuticle from the nail, pulling out the parts from the edges on the sides between the fingers and the nails, always carefully, so I don't hurt nails or fingers.

I cut the cuticles off very carefully. 

Clean nails!!!

The next steps most of you know... Using nail files and nail polish.... Ta-daaa! :)

I hope you like the post! Please leave a comment and share! ;)

How do you do or get your nails done? How often? Do you have any tips about it?

Happy dia dos namorados!!! 

Today is Dia dos Namorados! It's the same as Valentine's day, but in Brasil. My sweet husband gave me a beautiful dress and flowers. I gave him a T-shirt with the roseta stone pattern, since he loves translation, and made us brunch with bacon, eggs and pancakes. This was the FIRST TIME in my whole life I made pancakes. Can you believe that?!

What are you doing for dia dos namorados? What do you enjoy doing with the love of your life?

Here comes the sun...

My sunflower has bloomed for the first time today! :)
The pictures are out of chronological order because I'm posting from my phone and I just can't do it right!
My beautiful sunflower looks like a heart... And it's so romantic, because in a week from now we're having DIA DOS NAMORADOS in Brasil! It's the same as valentine's day, but it goes on June 12th down here. Since I'm a Brazilian and my sweet husband is an American, we celebrate it twice a year!

There's a holiday this weekend and I'm going to really clean my house an have another tattoo apointment. I hope I have the time to prepare something nice for you here on the blog!

Thank yoi for reading! Please, leave a comment and feel free to share!

Annita.

This is kind of a sad post because I'm writing to tell you guys that my grandma made her passage from life to whatever you believe we go after that. 

I was thinking about adjectives, but it's so difficult to give her one? My sweet grandma? My loving grandma? Well, she was not that kind of grandma. She was strong and quite independent. She was a tough lady! You wouldn't mess with her, she would kick your ass! And that's what I love the most about her and that's how I am going to remember her forever.

People say she was about to turn 100. But I think she must have had 300 years old or so. I was looking through some family photos a couple of weeks ago and showing them to my friend Ana. Grandma has always been old!!! I had always doubt she would die some day... I thought she would live forever and bury every single person of my family. Now I think someday she will return and maybe start some zombie apocalypse... I just can't believe she's gone forever.

And I'm really happy my husband had the opportunity to meet her before she's gone. He also have very good memories of her and that's really nice.

What can you tell me about your grandma? What kind of woman is\was she?

=^..^=

Fiona in Wonderland.

Cuddling with mom.

Happy family!

Cat print outfit.

Fiona Glennane - our baby cat - went through a surgery two days ago! Now she's a spayed lady.
For those who say "poor cat! don't you feel sorry for her?", here's an article on the benefits for the health and well-being of your pet. http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/cat-care/spay-neuter.aspx

This outfit is to protect her stitches. There were many different patterns of fabric to buy. Girly flowers or butterflies... But Fiona is a strong wild cat, so this leopard one goes perfectly with her personality! it's so cute!!! But she hates wearing that...

Do you have any pets?

Update on the indoor garden.

I haven't had the energy to do anything lately. Making diy crafts, creating blog posts, taking care of the garden and the house, studying and working... I've always enjoyed those things, but it has been difficult and I don't know why!!

Some of my plants are growing fast and stong, though! The onion, which I thought hopeless, decided to finally grow. The peppers are so beautiful! I have to take the smallest ones out so the biggest and strongest ones can grow even better. The one with the purple tiny flowers were given to me from my friend Ana, she also grows plants indoors. The sunflowers are huge! I also have to put some of them in another vase!!! I'm seriously thinking about giving some to Ana.

Thank you for reading! I hope you like this idea and start your own garden!
I'm so happy I've influenced Trista's children to start theirs! She is a good friend from Nebraska, we have never met but we talk to each other online sometimes and I can't wait to finally meet her!!!

Beer bottle caps and cloth part 3.

More magnets made out of recycled material! Don't forget to look back on the video that teaches you how to make it here on the blog!

I hope you like it! It's a nice souvenir to give as a gift to your friends , to decorate your own house, to hold pictures or important notes in your fridge or in any other metal surface. And it's so easy to make!!!