One of the easiest things to do when trying to get on the ‘healthy’ food train, is to incorporate smoothies. Smoothies are an amazing way to maximise your vitamin and nutrient intake. I’ve loved smoothies for years – fruit smoothies, green smoothies, detox smoothies, alcoholic smoothies (yes they exist) and the list goes on. When my sister and I started the mainly smoothie-based Harley Pasternak’s…
May 17, 2020
The Smoothie You Can’t Live Without
August 7, 2014
OMD2 Winners!
Thank you so much… for all of the wonderful entries, the time you took participating, sharing, creating and enjoying the challenge! Can you believe that we had 2082 verified raffle entries! Last year we had 963 inlinkz, this year we had 2287. And now, to wrap things up, the prize winners have been drawn! The entries to the prize draw (which were selected randomly by…
August 6, 2014
Round Up of #omd2nails
The Oh Mon Dieux Nail Challenge is over 🙁 and I’m not going to lie…I’ve been having a little nailart rest (not for long though)! I was so impressed with all of the entries – some serious nail art creativity out there! Tonight we are picking the winners and they will be announced tomorrow! Good luck to all that participated and I hope you join…
July 23, 2014
Negative Space Nails for #omd2nails
Day 23/31 for the Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge and today’s prompt is: NEGATIVE SPACE NAILS. Negative space has been a major trend in the nail art world for 2014 and I don’t see it going anywhere soon. Negative space nails are actually one of my favorite techniques because I love the versatility that the negative space can create. Bold reds and burgundies can be sexy…
July 22, 2014
Feather Nails for #omd2nails
Day 22/31 of the Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge and today’s prompt is: FEATHERS. These feather nails are so dramatic and they are so easy to do! FEATHER NAILS HOW TO: Polish your nails any color you like While the polish is still wet, gently place a feather in the position you want Wait for the polish to dry (doesn’t have to dry completely) and polish…
July 21, 2014
Animal Print Nails for #omd2nails
Day 21/31 day Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge. Today’s prompt is animal print. I tried experimenting with some turquoise colors and added a pink accent for animal print nails as an accent. Polishes Used: OPI – Girls Love Ponies China Glaze – For Audrey, Re-Fresh Mint and Too Yacht to Handle Acrylic Paint for the black outline These animal print nails are the perfect…
July 19, 2014
Ombre nails for #omd2
Day 19/31 and today’s prompt for the Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge is: Ombre! Today I tried something new for me (not a new technique in the nail art community), striped ombre nails to practice my straight lines using a striping brush. I chose 7 polishes and I also mixed two colors together for 8 total colors for my ombre nails. Definitely a cool look from…
July 18, 2014
Dotticure for #omd2nails
Day 18/31 and we’re getting there for the Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge. Still haven’t joined in the fun yet? Don’t worry, it’s not too late. You don’t have to enter every day (that’s for crazy people like me). Do what you want, enter as few or as many designs as you want. Check out the INFO PAGE HERE to answer all your questions….
July 17, 2014
Galaxy Nails for #omd2nails
Day 17/31 of The Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge and let’s see where we’re at: Today’s prompt is: Galaxy Nails! Galaxy nails are not new or unique – the trend has definitely been on the nail art scene for a few years now. That said, I have yet to try this design myself (can you believe it?). There sure is inspiration everywhere though – the galaxy pattern…
July 16, 2014
Floral Glitter Placement for #omd2nails
Today is another edition of The Beauty Buffs, and is also day 16/31 of the Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge. Even I couldn’t bear the thought of doing two manicures and taking them off, just to post 🙁 so today I have combined both prompts (Beauty Buffs: Floral; #omd2nails: Glitter Placement) and I’m wearing this design to work! I wanted to try something I’ve never…
July 15, 2014
Modern Abstract Nails for #omd2nails
Day 15/31 of the Oh Mon Dieux Nail Art Challenge and the prompt is: ABSTRACT. I had mixed reviews on my modern abstract nails that I did the other day for the RAINBOW PROMPT, so today I wanted to use my new technique with different colors, to show that you can create a beautiful and feminine manicure with this easy technique. I also created a quick…