Things I Love - Gel Nail Lacquer

I love getting manicures, but I'm always upset when my mani gets chipped only a day or two after visiting the salon.  I don't think I'm alone here, am I right?  Recently, a friend who owns a salon/spa offered a welcome solution: OPI Axxium Gel Nail Lacquer.

This ingenious product borrows technology from old school gel nails, but gives them a totally new spin.  The colour is set using UV lights, but remains thin and pliable and doesn't ruin your natural nail.  The manicure lasted me just over two weeks (not one chip!) and the gel was easy to remove. 

The best part?  The gel comes in popular OPI shades from Lincoln Park After Dark to I'm Not Really A Waitress to Bubble Bath and beyond.  Unfortunately, my favourite dark OPI shade (Midnight In Moscow) is not yet available, but I'm still hooked.

And all this just in time for the holiday party season.  How's that for Merry Christmas?



Alla Prossima



Photos from OPI, We Heart It

Things I Love - Christmas Movies

In honour of the 55th anniversary of White Christmas, in my estimation one of the greatest Christmas movies, I've decided to run down my top holiday favourites.  I think my love of White Christmas has as much to do with the memories it evokes as the movie itself.  My grandmother loves the movie and every Christmas Eve as we cook and ready ourselves for the night ahead she has it on.  Now I associate Bing Crosby siging and Danny Kaye dancing with warm memories, family, and great food. 

Photo from TV Guide

Of course, everyone has different holiday movies they love and for different reasons.  Like my husband for instance, whose hands down favourite Christmas movie is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacaction, which they have been so kindly playing non-stop on TV lately.  So our tastes aren't exactly the same (in Christmas movies at least)...what is it they say about opposites attracting?

Here are my favourites:

5.  Love, Actually

4.  Home Alone

3. A tie between Rudolph and Frosty (as a kid I used to wait with bated breath for both to be on TV).

2.  White Christmas

1.  The Ref

Maybe The Ref isn't your typical holiday movie, but I adore it nonetheless.  It's hilarious and in the end even heart warming.  What could be more perfect?

What are your favourite holiday movies?



Alla Prossima