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Jewelry is a popular option for Valentine’s day.  I don’t know too many women that would turn down a nice piece of jewelry for Valentine’s day.  Depending on what you had in mind though, jewelry can be expensive.  Me personally, I’d rather have a piece of jewelry that’s meaningful or goes along with my personality.  When my hubby gets me something personalized or because he knows what i’m into, it shows he put more thought into the gift.  That in itself, makes the piece special.

Guys here’s some tips on selecting a piece of jewelry for your gal.

Nice doesn’t have to equate to expensive.  Onecklace.com has a lot of options for necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.  Many of the pieces can be personalized.  Want some personalization ideas/

–Does she have a unique name?  Sometimes having a unique name can mean she doesn’t have too many things with her name on it.  You can select a piece from Onecklace.com and have her name engraved on it.   If you check out the name necklaces, there are actually some unique names that are ready for purchase like: Annika, Carmen, Dahlila, and more.  AND some of the pieces like the Silver Alegro Name Necklace can be customized to any name so even if she has a traditional sounding name with a unique spelling you can create it.  Just…make sure you spell her name right guys 🙂 This is a good options for those in a fairly new relationship too.  It’s a nice meaningful gift without being too serious.

–A meaningful date?  If you’re married, knowing your anniversary date gives you points.  Having it engraved on a piece of jewelry with both your names on it would be an idea to let her know that date means something to you too.  It doesn’t have to be a wedding anniversary, maybe the anniversary of when you started dating, anniversary date of overcoming an obstacle or whatever might have meaning to you and/or her. The 24k gold plated three ring necklace would be great for that.  You could have your name on one ring, then her’s, then the date.

–For the mother of your children?  Onecklace has beautiful mother’s necklaces you can have engraved with the names of the children you have together.  Also works great for Grandmothers!

–Show her you still love being with her with a necklace like the 24 k gold plated 2 Hearts Swarovski Crystal with 2 Names.  I actually chose this one for review.  I had my husband’s name put on one heart and my name put on the other.  Girls love that kinds of stuff.  I mean, I know I do.  If my hubby would take the initiative to have had this necklace made up for me it would just warm my heart.

I had asked to have a pink and purple stone put in since my hubby’s birthstone is an amethyst and my semi-precious birthstone is pink.  Unless the colors are really light they just look like 2 clear crystals to me. It looks nice though.

With this particular necklace you can choose 2 names, choose the stones, and choose the type of chain you want.   You can also choose the chain length.  This necklace also comes in a sterling silver version.  I personally love yellow gold but I know some do not.  I chose the box chain but a rolo chair is also available.  In my opinion the box chain is a little stronger and with my 10 month old daughter always grabbing at my necklaces I thought that was the better option for me.  There are pictures on the site to help you choose.  This particular necklace is only $49.95 on Onecklace.com right now.

Another tip, guys if you’re gonna order something personalized you need to jump on it.  Consider the time it takes to personalize then have it shipped. Oh that reminds me, shipping is FREE worldwide so that will save you some money too!

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Ellore Femme is a treasure trove for beauty junkies, professional make up artists, and those that just take pride in creating their look.  Ellore Femme sells quality cosmetics and beauty accessories.  Hot nail trends can be found on the site to so you can create the velvet look or caviar nails.  Seriously, check it out.

I receive the 24 piece professional make up brush set from Ellore Femme.  The set describes it as 24 make up brushes made with Perian, horse, and synthetic fibers.  It says it comes in a leather case.  It’s surprisingly portable for the amount of brushes involved.   I’m not a professional make up artist but for someone like me this has just about any kind of make up brush in it you might need at home. A large fan brush for body powder or body glitter, lip liner brush, eye brow brush/comb, angle shadow brush and so many more.

The case that it comes in rolls up easily and ties with conveniently attached ties.  It says the case is leather, to me it feels more like vinyl.  Whatever the actual material is it works well.  When it’s rolled and tied this set could easily fit into a tote bag, gym bag, or suitcase.  The portability of this set ensures you can do your make up the way you want on a business trip or on vacation.  I did a short YouTube video so you can see how the set rolls up and see some of the brushes.

The brushes are soft.  Using the brushes did not irritate my skin and glided smoothly on my skin.  I’ve used other brushes in the past that actually felt abrasive on my skin, the Ellore Femme brushes actually felt good on my skin.

I used the shadow sponge dampened and applied a light sliver/blue eye shadow over my lid and under my eyes to highlight.  I had won a Milani eye shadow stick in the color “Aquatic Style” that i just had to try today.  I applied that shadow stick around my eye like an eyeliner and a little extra on the lower lid.  I applied a BB cream to my whole face, then applied blush (as pictured above).  I then applied a bronzer with the foundation brush and topped it all off with a mineral veil to help lock in the look.

I’m happy with how the brushes allowed me to blend and evenly apply my make up.  The Ellore Femme 24 piece make up brush set would be the perfect tools to have to create your Valentine look this year . This set normally sells on Ellore Femme for $149.99.  BUT thanks to Ellore Femme and the US Family Guide I have a coupon to save you $120!! Yep Save $120 Off Ellore Femme 24 piece makeup brush set with promo code BL29 http://www.ellorefemme.com/usd/24pc-make-up-brush-set.html

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I have used vinyl decals to decorate walls and doors in my house and even on my car.  When you get the hang of applying them vinyl decals can be an easy way to add personality and design to many surfaces.  But what about nails?

Vinyl Disorder has a big selection of vinyl nail decals to choose from.  It looks like many of the designs have a bunch of color options to choose from as well.  I received 2 sheets of vinyl nail decals: stars and hearts, both with a cool holographic type finish.  Looking at the site it looks like this option would be “holographic glitter”.  The decals come on sheets of 20 so you have enough to do each nail and each toe nail if you like.  The instructions that came with the nail decals was a general instruction for installing all vinyl decals (this includes wall decals, car decals, etc)  On the site in the description of the individual nail decals it says just to peel the paper pack, place them on the nail and add a clear top coat.

I decided to paint my nails and try the star decals first.

Not sure if you could see in the picture but the star points did not want to stay down.  I tried pressing and hold them and rubbing them down with my nail.  I couldn’t get the points to stay down. I applied a clear top coat anyway hoping it might help in some way but it did not.   This is what the star ended up looking like by the next day.

By the next day the points of the stars had ripped off and the ones that were left were all peeling away.  I went to the website again wondering if I missed something.  I realized when looking at the site that the example pictures did not have polish on the nails.  I thought perhaps that was where I goofed since there was no specific directions.  I removed my polish and and cleaned my nails well just to avoid any errors for application.  I applied the heart decals to my bare nail then applied a clear top coat over.

I did put a little color on the top just to add a little dimension to my nails.  The decals did work out better on the bare nail.  I did put the clear coat over top.  So I guess to answer the question, do vinyl nail decals work?  My answer would be yes but only on bare nails.  You can find these vinyl nail decals and more at VinylDisorder.com.

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