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I often apply my nail polish when I go to bed. Kind of a dumb idea, right? Usually I can get away with it, but with jelly polish like Boysenberry Glass, it makes much more sense to use a table and to wear my glasses! Boysenberry Glass is one of Olive and June’s jelly polishes. …
Bedroom Renovation Another busy day in my house. In the morning, the wallpaper hanger came to install my new wallpaper, Seaview Designs Crestview Watercolor Ocean Tide, a watercolor inspiration of the ocean. It took him about an hour to install the paper on the 8′ x 12′ accent wall. It looks great with the light …
It seems to me like Christmas and Hanukkah just ended, but here we are just about at Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day! Jeff and I decided we will skip gifts this V-day (though chocolates and/or flowers are allowed). I don’t usually celebrate Galentine’s Day, but I know other people do. And Galentine’s Day is next Tuesday, …
Today, I spent 5.5 hours working in my gardens. I seriously cut back two 21 year old azaleas that were blocking my dining room windows. I also decided they needed to be cut back because I had a tree company in the autumn cut down two very overgrown shrubs, and I realized that the azaleas …
How did I not remember that, at some point, I bought the lovely springtime polish from Olive and June, Yogurt Parfait? I finally removed the equally lovely mauve World Lit polish that lasted me for two weeks (!), and I spied Yogurt Parfait in my O&J stash. I looked at it like I had never …
New Quick Dry Polish Collection A few months ago, Olive & June launched their new Quick Dry collection. The polishes were said to dry in about a minute. Presently, there are 19 polishes in the collection, and they have a Quick Dry Top Coat that goes along with the polishes. Based on a study with …
The State of My Nails Over the past 3 months, I haven’t exactly been taking the best care of my nails. Yet, thanks to Olive & June and the occasional Natrol Extra Strength 5000 mcg Biotin tabs, my nails look pretty darn good. I’m hoping that people will look at my nails instead of my …
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 …
I know, I know, “another one?”, you say. But this shade is irresistible to me. Plus it’s been a hectic week with Jeff having had vascular surgery (so far, so good). I Bought This, Affiliate Links MG is a perfect neutral. Though it’s a light shade, it’s not a pastel. Olive & June calls it …
Whether you celebrate Galentine’s or Valentine’s Day, sometimes it’s nice to recognize a daughter, daughter-in-law, niece, aunt, cousin, special friend, or neighbor with a little treat around Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t have to cost a fortune. It doesn’t have to be chocolates or flowers. It should be something that marks the day and recognizes the …
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 …