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I Bought This, Affiliate Links There’s no secret, I adore Olive & June polishes and nail care products. So this year, when I noticed that Olive & June was selling both Christmas Advent calendars ($65 original price) and Hanukah nightly calendars ($55 original price), I thought maybe I should pick up a Hanukah calendar. It …
Honestly, I have holiday gift suggestions galore, and I was planning to write about another one of them today. But I realized I wanted to snap another photo of it from a different angle. Now that we’ve turned back the clocks to standard time, it is too dark to take a photo (without dragging out …
Although I didn’t wear a ton of makeup in 2021, I nevertheless did some makeup shopping and ended up with a number of favorites. I Bought This, Affiliate Links While I did buy a few eye palettes in 2021, two I bought at the end of December and haven’t tried out yet. Truth be told, …
Three or four years ago, I had a really bad day one sunny day in June. I went to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, stood in line for about an hour, only to discover that I didn’t bring the correct paperwork to fix a problem that I had. Then I went home and got stung …
Today the workmen who, back in September, had looked at a relatively small job replacing the rotten trim on my house with AZEK composite trim that won’t rot finally showed up. I am writing a quicker post today after the loooong one yesterday, so I can be available if they need me to answer questions. …
There are a number of beauty products that I repurchased in 2021, meaning they already are or are on their way to becoming staples in my beauty arsenal. Here they are! I Bought These, Affiliate Links Beauty Tools Koh Gen Do Cotton Pads: I have repurchased these organic pure cotton rectangular pads several times over …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links I like glitter and sparkles all year round, but there’s no time like the holidays for sparkly nail polish. Olive & June’s holographic glitter polish, Exclamation Point, is probably my favorite. It is unbelievably sparkly, and it reminds me of diamonds. In the sun or light, it is absolutely amazing. …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links My love affair with Olive & June nail polish continues. I bought a bunch of new polishes a couple of weeks ago, and I had to laugh because the next day, O&J had a terrific promotion that I missed out on. But they had another promo where they were giving …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links I’ve been making my way through the set of mini polish bottles in Olive & June’s Summer Mini Set 2021 (now renamed the Gifting Minis Set). I love minis, they are the perfect size. I wish all polishes came in mini versions, but alas, this set from Summer 2021 is …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links I still love Olive & June nail products. I am continuing to find that my mani lasts a week even if I don’t reapply topcoat every night. And if I don’t apply any more topcoat, I still get at least 5 days or even more depending on what I’m doing …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links Since I was so impressed with my first Olive and June mani that lasted 10 days before there was a chip, I decided to buy some more Olive and June nail polish. I went with the Summer 2021 Mini Set for $34. The Summer Mini Set included 7 summery shades …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links, Informational Links Olive and June Mani Update Here’s a photo of my Olive and June mani on Day 10. There’s some tip wear, but still no chips. I think on Day 8, I stopped applying a daily coat of topcoat, cuticle oil, and I was less careful about wearing gloves …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links Day 5 Post Olive and June Mani System Last Wednesday, I posted about my first experience using the Olive and June Mani System. If you missed it, read it here. I said I would do a follow up, and here it is! It has been 5 days since I did …
I Bought This, Affiliate Links Have you heard all the hoopla for Olive and June nail system? To be honest I hadn’t, even though it’s been around since 2013 when they started with nail salons. Justine G., my beauty blogger friend, mentioned it on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, asking what we thought about …