90's Themed Nails

Yesterday was my 25th birthday (yikes!), so for my birthday party I decided go go with a 90's theme and had all my friends come dressed as characters from their favorite 90's TV shows and cartoons. It was SO much fun, and quite possibly my most successful party. 

We played Twister (which is a lot harder as an adult!) with Jell-O shots. There was dunkaroo dip, pizza rolls, tang punch, and cake pops, which I aptly named "MmmPops".

 And the costumes? Incredible! I went as Debbie Thornberry from The Wild Thornberries and Mike went as Johnny Bravo. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place costumes went to Dexter and DeeDee from Dexter's Lab, Tommy Pickles and Lil from Rugrats, and Arthur, respectively, but appearances were made from Bananas in Pajamas, Bevis and Butthead, Squints, and more. It rocked. 

Mike and I as Johnny Bravo and Debbie Thornberry

Rob and Juli as Dexter and Deedee

Not sure how I didn't get a photo of Tommy in a diaper, but here is Cynthia as Lil

Lindsay as Arthur

Of course, I had to do my nails to fit the theme. I decided to take different 90's icons and represent them on my nails. 

From thumb to pinkie: the All That face, Lisa Frank leopard print, Nickelodeon splat, paint splatter, and Stick Stickley

Most of these images will bring back fond memories for most 90's kids. I did hear that a few people don't know who Stick Stickley is. To that, I say this: http://youtu.be/HfDw619p2Tw

I also got lots of great birthday goodies, including a set of Sigma makeup brushes and a few gift cards to Ulta. You all know warm and fuzzy that makes me ;P

Thank you to everyone who made my day so special!

I've Been Drinkin', Watermelon

Hey all! Yesterday I was MIA because I was spending the day in Atlantic City for my husband's birthday. We spent the whole weekend celebrating. 

As some of you may know, we have spent the past two months making improvements to our backyard in preparation for the very party that happened this past weekend. We've pulled up chicken wire, laid down grass seed, painted both decks, made a horseshoe pit, and (sort of) opened the pool. It was a ton of work, but it also made it that much more gratifying to see all of our friends over enjoying what we had done. 

We had roughly 30 of our friends and family over to celebrate with an awesome BBQ and pool party. The pool water may not yet be clear, but it was still swim-able and fun. 

For the occasion, I asked my sister to sew me a watermelon dress. I found a picture of me as a pre-schooler wearing a watermelon dress recently and decided I needed an adult version. 

Watermelon dress, circa 1994

Watermelon dress, 2014

And, of course, to match a watermelon dress, I did watermelon nails. 

My nails and my dress

A huge thanks to everybody who came out to celebrate with us! We had so much fun. And to those who couldn't make it, you were missed. 

This upcoming weekend, I'll be out on the ocean for trawl, which isn't the best time to do funky things on my nails. Next week expect to see some swatches or product reviews. I have posts ready for the Zoya Magical Pixie Summer collection, my Ipsy bag review, and my new Lush products :)