Modern Home Design: My Family

Claire's birthday is today - it sort of landed on a crazy week. Lots of other events and commitments, and it's the beginning of spring break, so a lot of her friends are out of town. She had a <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/03/claires-st-patricks-day-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">really fun birthday party last year</a>, and this year she was cool with getting to do a little outing with her best friend and her best cousin in lieu of a party.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1788.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_1788.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />Claire's girlie to the bone and begs (BEGS!) to go to the nail salon all the time. She went once with me in New York (the cheapest and greatest mani-pedi is at Candy Nails in the Fi Di for about $20 total and that includes tip! And it's cheaper for kids, obviously). And then I took her with me again recently when I went to get a shellac mani (my favorite) before Alt Summit. She was so excited and had so much nervous energy, the poor nail tech kept asking her to hold still :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1746.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_1746.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />Anyway, so we're going to the nail salon with a couple of cute girls tomorrow (wish me luck). I'll probably get shellac for my nails because a regular mani will get trashed in 24 hours with all my projects. When I don't have shellac on my nails though, I am the HUGEST fan of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0094GGMCQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0094GGMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=littgreenote-20" target="_blank">this drugstore nail polish made by cover girl</a>. It's cheap and so good! They claim it lasts a full seven days and I would say they come really close to delivering on that promise.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1747-1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_1747-1.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I stumbled on the product as a splurge-purchase (I got <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0094GGMCQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0094GGMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=littgreenote-20" target="_blank">the red called Lasting Love, I think</a>) once in Brooklyn, solely because I liked the square packaging (don't judge). I was<i> shocked</i> at how much I like the actual polish! It is really hard-wearing, which is saying something coming from me (I'm a record-breaking mani-ruiner). And the colors are gorgeous.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1799-1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_1799-1.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />I find myself often wandering over to the nail polish aisle at CVS just to see if they have any new shades. And when I ran out of my go-to winter color recently (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FGAXK2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004FGAXK2&linkCode=as2&tag=littgreenote-20" target="_blank">Essie's Wicked</a>), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0094GGMCQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0094GGMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=littgreenote-20" target="_blank">I bought this one, called Wine Stain</a>, from the CG line as a stand in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1765.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_1765.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />The peach color is a recent favorite though. I love wearing grays and nudes on my hands and fun colors on my toes, but <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0094GGMCQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0094GGMCQ&linkCode=as2&tag=littgreenote-20" target="_blank">this peach-pink (called Peek-A-Boo Pink)</a> feels perfect for spring without being too crazy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1758.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/ALBUM%2018/IMG_1758.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />Any nail product favorites for you lately? I also recently discovered the complete <i>genius</i> of the nail polish remover tubs, where you just dip and twist your nails in the spongy-thing. It's amazing and they last forever, surprisingly. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007ONF484/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007ONF484&linkCode=as2&tag=littgreenote-20" target="_blank">I like this one a lot</a>.

New Favorite Nail Polish

Claire's birthday is today - it sort of landed on a crazy week. Lots of other events and commitments, and it's the beginning of spri...