The Savvy Dial

Persistent rains have kept me indoors for the better part of the last few days, so I thought I'd try my hands at something fun; water marbling! It seemed like the perfect easy indoor activity to keep me occupied. This brilliant nail art is a first for me, plus I liked the idea of ending up with extra fancy-looking nails.

Surprisingly, what looked like a 'piece-of-cake' turned out quite trickier than I expected, as you'll see later in this post. I tried it in two different ways, nonetheless, and the results were, well... you be the judge!

Project 1: Nail Art
There are a few things you'll need: a bowl of water (at room temperature), nail polishes (in white, clear coat and other colors of choice), cotton buds and towel/ paper towel.


Directions:
* Prep your nails and apply base coat as you would when applying regular polish.

* Apply 1 to 2 coats of white polish, let dry for a few minutes.

*  Apply single drops of nail polish (in the colors of your choice) to the surface of the water, beginning from the center of each previous drop of polish.

* Let sit for a few seconds.

* Put your finger in the water gently so that the design formed sticks onto your nail directly. Remove excess polish around your finger with a cotton bud.

* Repeat for all your fingers.

* When dry, clean around your fingers with nail polish remover, then apply your top coat.

* Let dry for a few more minutes and you're done!

Project 2: Little Decorative Pieces
You'll need (in addition to items in project 1): disposable cups, cotton balls.

I applied the same procedure using disposable cups instead.


Procedure:
* Coat disposable cup with clear polish, let dry for about 3 minutes.

* Apply your droplets of nail polish to the water, beginning from the center of each previous drop.

* Let sit for seconds.

* Lower the bottom of the cup gently into the water, making sure that the patterns formed stick onto the cup as you prefer.

* Set cup facing up-side down on paper towel to dry.

* Fill with beads, cotton balls, marbles, etc and stick a flower on top to finish. You can use this as decor to spruce up little empty spaces.


I hope you found these enjoyable! Get creative and give it a try!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 I love beautiful fragrances, mostly anything that has a mix of musk and fresh flowers. It was  a rather

360 degrees by Perry Ellis (For Women)

 sweet coincidence that I got
introduced to 360 degrees by
Perry Ellis (for women) a few years ago by a friend. I was immediately hooked. It was everything I had been looking for in a fragrance; the right scent with the absolutely perfect notes. Though  I couldn't identify a note from another in a fragrance back then, I could easily smell the mix of musk and flowers. It smelled
refreshing and quickly became my signature scent.  
I looked up the brand's website for a description of this fragrance (since I'm not too great at describing scents) and found it to be "a bright combination of fruit and florals, with lesser notes of white flowers, amber, vanilla and musk". It's quite surprising to me that this fragrance has a fruity component considering I'm not a big fan of fruity scents. That isn't obvious at all but the blend of florals and musk is highly detectable, which works for me!

My classic favorite

360 degrees is primarily recommended for casual use but I wear it all the time and for any occasion. I went on a brief hiatus wearing this fragrance because I wanted to try out other new fragrances. But I used it again and found I preferred it a lot better. I love it and still wear it all the time!

Disclaimer: This post is not sponsored in any way. I'm not affiliated with the brand and everything above is entirely my opinion. 

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