We, the painters

Because Friday was going to be the last sunny  day to  be able to paint( Saturday was going to be full of rain) I had to finish the paint job . But this time, the paintjob went much quicker, thanks to Femke, who offered to help. Thank you for painting and a really good day and evening :)
We had such a great day while painting, chatting laughing and grocery shopping. The evening was  barbecue fun time.

here some pictures, yes you only see are backsides on the painting pictures, can't help that.

Me, painting the huge windowframe

Femke painting the gate

Done, still only have to remove the paint on the windows

Done!

Femke painting the other door

Barbecue time :D

Nice flame

glowing barbecue

Me, the painter

Since it is finally summer here in Holland, I could start what really had to happen, painting the house. Phase one is done. All of the parts of the house that needed painting are now provided with primer.
Tomorrow, all of it(kitchen door and window, backroom window, stone shed door + window and the  gate door) gets the second layer of paiting. Here some action shots of me painting the window frame.

Essence Update: Ready for boarding limited edition nail polish review

When visiting the Drugstore yesterday, I also found  one other nail polish of the ready for boarding collection, 05 Destination Sunshine. Like the name almost already says, indeed it's a yellow one.

I needed two layers of the polish. Do not be to spare while putting a layer on your nail. You will get strokes in the polish. That looks ugly and you have to redo the nail.

I do like the  soft yellow color. Really a summer color.

Go to your drugstore where they sell Essence to get this lovely limited edition nail polish which will cost you 1,49 euro.

Essence Ready for boarding limited edition nail polish review

Essence has a new limited edition line, named: Ready for boarding. It contains: eye pencils, nail polish, eye shadow pallet, lip & cheek creme, a luggage label, hand & body wipes and a make up bag. Actually all you need when you go on holiday.

I did not buy the whole collection. I skipped the eye pencils because eye never use them. I also did not buy the luggage label.

From the nailpolishes I bought two bottles, the rest of them was already sold out. I've got 02 beauty on tour, which is a pink coral. The other one is 04 via airmail! a blue nailpolish. I also bought the peel off base coat 01 carry me home.

This is the base coat. It's created to peel it off, so you do not need any nail polishes remover to get your nail polish of your nails anymore. When I opened the bottle, saw the texture ans smelled it, it reminded me of the  glue we used at school when i was young. Maybe it is something like that, because you have to let it dry for ten minutes after you have put it on your nails.

The base coat getting dry. 

The bottle. And as you can see on my nails. When the base coat is dry, it gets translucent 

The coral one: 02 beauty on tour

The blue on: 04 via airmail!

Peeling of your nail polish while wearing the base coat, you can just peel it off. If it will not come off your fingers in once, just scratch with another nail on it.

Also, If this base coat is not available anymore, Essence included it in their new collection which will be available in September 2012.

Nailpolishes are 1,49euro each
Peel off base coat: 1,79 euro

headband curls

When I found this article about making curls without hot rollers/sticks or any other kind of heat curling method. I Had to try it. I went to the store and bought a set of elastic headbands and, because of my thick and heavy hair, a bottle of setting lotion.
Before you start, be sure your hair is still a bit damp, moist it with a bit of water or setting lotion if needed. Do not make it to wet, else it will take ages to dry and to walk around with your hair wrapped around the headband.

Before

As you can see, my hair is very straight. I also made a side part in my hair already

While wrapping the hair around the elastic head band.

Done. And now I have to wait until it is dry.

The result

this is just after I took the hairband out of my hair. And before using a comb

I combed my curls a bit. And I decided to put a nice flower in my hair.

Conclusion 

Headband curls work quite well. I do like that it is easy to put in your hair, except  for the back part of the hair. Also do not make the parts to big. It will not curl or dry well. I prefer a headband which you  can click,bind or connect in any other way. This is much easier when you want to take it out of your hair. You avoid your hair from tangling with it.

I will make them again in my hair. I think  when I put them in my hair a couple of times more, they will look  even better then they already do.

Things I just want to show

Super Mario candy bucket. I found this at my local supermarket last week. So Cool!

The train station of Enkhuizen. One of the train stations in Holland I  had not visit yet.  Now I have. 

A see through between the trains

this flower has a sister now

my lovely owl necklace 

Lip butter  from the brand Body America. All of their products come in packages like this one.

The Wedding Cake Project

One of my hobbies is decorating  cakes for occasions. Last weekend I had the opportunity  to create a wedding cake for a wedding party I had on this weeks Monday.

The plan
First I made a plan and drawing of what i wanted to create

This is what the cake should going to look like. I went to the store and bought what I needed. Rolling fondant, color paste and something really awesome: edible sparkle powder.(I skipped the roses. Would be to much)

The process

making Royal icing

create pink fondant with color paste

the butterflies in the cardboard mall. They have to dry before putting them on the cake

strawberry marmalade on the cake,  on top there will be custard

The result

Because I was so busy with  putting those little balls an butterflies on the cake, I totally forgot to take pictures during the actual decorating.

There it is the result. the names are made of chocolate

sparkles on the wings of the butterflies 

here you see the sparkles very clearly

In the cake box

Decorating a cake takes actually more time then just baking one but it is absolutely worth it. I'm really proud on myself and the cake.