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I love these nail strips. The science behind them is that they are 95% dry for you to apply on your nails and the warmth of your nail makes it stay on.

Its the easiest 5 step process and I’ve seen enough reviews with these sassy girls who are too incompetent to do it the correct way to get the best results.

1. Buff your nails

2. Clean nails with acetone or rubbing alcohol

3. Find the correct size that fits your nail. Peel the clear film and polish off

4. Apply and smooth wrinkles

5. File the excess

Remove with regular nail polish remover/acetone.

They offer nail designs, plain ones and french manicures at http://incoco.com

They also have nail bars around but I got overcharged by $40 bucks. So you should totally buy them online or walgreens. <3

My friend, Vivian wanted me to start blogging my nails. I’ve been very interested in the nail art phenom.

I use to get a plain manicure every 2 weeks but it got boring. So I’ve been doing them myself.

Displayed here are:

Marble 

Ice Cream Drip

Magnetic Nail Polish

Punk Cheetah that I learned from the Sephora Curator, Sophy Robson.

All these are very beginner/immediate level nail designs. Its all on how steady your hand is. Mine are not that steady because I’m always high on coffee. lol

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Sephora current 100-point perk is a BIG ONE! This weekend only. With 100 Beauty Insider points and skincare purchase you get to choose either

Peter Thomas Roth Anti Aging Cleanser

Philosphy Purity Cleanser

Murad Acne Cleanser

Usually You would get about a 1oz deluxe sample but this time you get a full-size 12oz! Do it!

Minx Nails

My first time getting Minx Nails I got a black and silver zebra print. This time I tried white and silver tease (carbon fix looking pattern).

Minx Nails Compliments of Plush Beauty Bar in WeHo. 

(Sex and the City Slot Machine)

 September 10th, 2010 at 10:30pm

Palms Casino

(Location: Las Vegas)

So tonight I decided to go gamble $20-40 bucks in the Star Wars machine because Dave and I each won a couple of hundred off it the past week. Plus I got an email from my player’s card that today I get 10x for slot points for every dollar. Im like HELL YA! lets do this. I was pretty bummed that I was down $40. For some reason I said to myself..ok lets do $20 on Sex and the City. Its been awhile. Lets say hello to the ladies. If you know anything about gambling. When you get pissed about losing, you either push the button really hard or just bet BIG to get it to hit BIG. Well I decided to bet 6 bucks a spin. BOOM! I hit the Bonus.

Side note:

When playing Sex and the City Slot machine. At any time you hit 3 SATC logos you go to a BONUS stage. Which is like a wheel of fortune of games. The one I hit was a HEEL. You then get to choose 1 shoebox out of the 8. The one I chosen was Samantha’s heels. After, it will tell you that you get 5 free spins. When it hits Samantha’s shoe. It locks into place. Your goal is to fill the screen up as many locked symbols. In my case, “Samantha”.

At first, I thought I only won $64 dollars but the numbers wouldn’t stop! it was actually $648 dollars! yyyyyyyyyaaaay!! I finally know what its like to hit BIG! I cashed out and drove home. My heart is still pumping! DAMN IT FEELS SO GOOD. haha.

(Helicopter view of Couples Tower Isle)

September 10th, 2010

Couples Tower Isle

(Location: Ocho Rios, Jamaica)

The time has come!! Tomorrow Dave and I leave for Jamaica!! I think I wet myself a little when I typed that.

This is our hotel that we will be staying at called “Couples Tower Isle” which is an all-inclusive resort located in Ocho Rios. 

We and like most people are due for a nice vacation. We chose Couples because a friend of mine, his mother is a travel agent and told us that this was the place to be for…well..COUPLES. lol. We didn’t want to have to deal with children and crazy noise like we did at Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas. So we are hoping this will do the trick.

We have been prepping the past two weeks going hard with Pilates to only put those calories back in on this trip. I’ve read only great things about the food and if you know Dave and I. WE LOVE FOOD AND BEING PIGGIES. Talk soon! <3

you can find out more about Couples and their other resorts at www.couples.com

September 7th, 2010

Honey Pig Korean BBQ on Spring Mtn.

(Location: Las Vegas)

Yesterday Dave and I had a craving for Asian food. We arrived at Ping Pang Pong and got completely denied for Dim Sum because we were 15 mins too late. BOO! So we drove down Spring Mtn. Attempting to find Chinese food and I spotted Honey Pig! I was brought here 3 years ago during a drunken escapade with co-workers from what I remember haha. The experience was fun, chill, and different. This time the service was shitty and she tried to up sell the beef. We then had too much food on the table and were bummed cause we could have saved $20 bucks.

We ordered:

Marinated Beef - $20-24.99 (per person)

Kimchi Fried Rice - $7.99-9.99 ( i think since it wasn’t noted on the menu)

They had many other selections for meats such as pork ribs, short ribs, thin sliced beef and seafood as well. Its not pricey if you order a tray of meet and fried rice since it is very plentiful. It gets expensive because you think you have to order a tray for each person. I kind of felt scammed. LOL. The “i don’t speak engrish” very well. I completely bought into it. Since I didn’t want to have to deal with her. Only because she made it like we were bugging her when we asked for recommendations. I mean 4 people came in and sat down for a good 20 mins. They got their waters but she never came back to take their order. She just stood at the cashier day dreaming. So they left.

This place might be a hit or miss on service but the circular grill in the middle and the ambience can be fun for late night. It just depends if you’re in the mood to deal with the one server. lol.

September 2nd, 2010

Koji Burger Truck on Spring Mtn.

(Location: Las Vegas)

Dave and I drove around Vegas in the middle of night trying to figure out what we should eat. Nothing seemed good till we went down on Spring Mtn and came across one of those Food Trucks! This one sold Koji Burgers or is it Kogi? I don’t know but the scene around the truck was like in the movie Tokyo Drift. I felt like I should have been in a bikini on someone’s hood. 

Anyways we ordered “The Mushroom Burger” , “The Katsu Chicken Burger” and a side of garlic fries which came with ketchup and spicy mayo. The cost was about 4-5 bucks for a burger. Is it worth it? Hells yeah! It ain’t no flat mc’dees hamburger. You can find this truck usually on the weekends between 8-3am (or whenever they run out of food) which seems to be around 2am usually. In the parking lot of Bank of America across from Pho Kim Long.

August 30th, 2010

Taste of Las Vegas @ Wet Republic

(Location: Las Vegas)

My awesome friend, Bianca invited my boyfriend and I out to Taste of Las Vegas @ Wet Republic  on Monday for the opening of restaurant week. Some participating restaurants included Le Circo, Fleur De Lys, Craftsteak, Fiamma, Wolfgang Puck and many more. Each had their own booth and presented their own special dish.  Such as a mini desert looking burger where the buns where actually two glazed donuts and what seems to be a patty was actually nutella, my fav! It was also partnered with a shot of strawberry beer. CUTE!

Others also included a delicious pork belly taco, peaches and crème, cold corn soup with Dungeness crab and short rib!  What a great way for people to try a taste teaser for what the restaurant has to offer. I know for sure I’ll be checking out a few!

August 31, 2010

Ra Sushi @ Fashion Show Mall

(Location: Las Vegas)

Tonight while I was doing the dishes. My girlfriend Mari was bored out of her mind and hungry. She suggested Ra Sushi. I’ve given Ra Sushi two tries before. Once in AZ, which I only ordered sushi pieces and it was pretty mediocre from what people were raving about and in Vegas at Fashion Show Mall. I was never impressed but I was itching for some Nigori sake. So lets go!

We ordered:

Albacore with Crispy Onion

Yellowtail with Citrus Ponzu

Vegas Roll

Pineapple Cream Cheese Wontons

Spicy Tuna on Crispy Rice (not that good)

Desert: Fried Bananas topped with fresh fruit and whip cream with a side of chocolate ice cream

That’s right we’re little piggies. Everything was made beautifully but unfortunately the red lighting inside did the food no justice. I understand the mood lighting it being red and being bar like since they hope for people to hang out and drink. But I prefer the red to lighten up so you can see the colors. Luckily my flash helped the situation! So you could see what I’m talking about. This time around Ra was good! I prefer their specialty items which is what I’d recommend.

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September 1st, 2010

Mac Shack

(Location: Las Vegas)

I came across this place while going to a sports bar to meet a friend up. I told my boyfriend, Dave “WHOA! There’s a place called Mac Shack? I think it’s a custom pasta place” Long and behold I looked it up and I was right! Of course I am. I’m always right! L not… The weird and cool thing about it all is the next day. There was a GROUPON voucher on sale for it! $5 for $15. STOKED!  So today I finally got the old man to go do eat here after our Pilates class (super fun btw. It was our first time). Oh and yes we chowed down on some heavy carbs after working out. SUE US!!

The place was clean and modern. It had a family feel and all the types of pastas right behind the cashier for you to see.

I ordered Angel Hair w/ Garlic Oil, Mushrooms and Sun-dried Tomatoes.

Absolutely delicious! Pasta and Sauce itself is $6 but any add-ons are an extra 50 cents. Fun and inexpensive just how I like it!