Save Bottle, Rock an Ombre

Ok up-cycle lovers I'm giving the 'ok' to embrace your inner hoarder (well not really, but...)

If you hate throwing old nail polish bottles away I have a solution that may ease your inner turmoil. 

Save them, clean them out & then fill them back up with new custom colors! Hooray!

So one of my old roommates from college got married recently & for her wedding I decided to wear a slate grey tiered pleated dress, & I wanted my nails to compliment the look. I decided on the ever so popular ombré look.  

I used two different colors to achieve this look & then added some glitter polish for my lack of wedding ring bling ;)

What you need:

Essie Power Clutch w MILANI one coat glitter Silver Dazzle w Sally Hansen xtreme wear Wet Cement w Old Top Coat Bottle (empty & clean) 

First thing I did was the mixing of my colors.

I used an empty bottle of top coat to mix my first color (which for blogging purposes we will call 'Power Cement'). For this color I mixed equal parts Power Clutch & Wet Cement. I probably used 4 -6 drops of each. The reason I did this is because I wanted a lot of polish leftover to mix for the next color. 

Power Clutch w 'Power Cement' w Wet Cement 

Then I used this random piece of left over plastic packaging to mix the next color in the ombré. I mixed equal parts 'Power Cement' & Wet Cement to make the fourth & final color: 'Wet Clutch'.

Now because this color wasn't mixed in a bottle it requires that you apply it right away. (which I did,  straight on to my ring fingers) I covered it up with some cling wrap in-between coats to prevent it from drying up.

The Break Down:

Nail 1: Power Clutch

Nail 2: Wet Cement

Nail 3: 'Power Cement' (1+2)

Nail 4: 'Wet Clutch' (3+2)

Nail 5: Power Clutch & Silver Dazzle 

:)

(Disclaimer: If you are someone with a texture issue when it comes to glitter polish, be prepared to use about 2-3 coats of top coat over any MILANI one coat glitter polish. Looks great but feels like sandpaper.)

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Perfect Summer Seafood Sauce

Summer is here! For many this means hitting the grill for some burgers & dogs, but for me this means super fresh seafood season! Now I'm not huge on seafood, (I prefer the 'Turf' side of a 'Surf & Turf' any day) but I have really grown to love a nice light white fish with a citrus kick. 

I had gotten some beautiful fresh Tilapia at the market & I knew I wanted to jazz it up a bit for my own little kick off to summer meal, so naturally I headed to the internet for some inspiration. I found myself stumbling around FoodGawker, (if you haven't tried this yet, it's basically like what would happen if Julia Childs had a love child with Pinterest.) when I found this recipe on there and it came with a bonus Lemon Garlic Mayonnaise Sauce (umm yum.) & I decided to give it a go. I did tweak the recipe just a bit (less & 'light' mayo) to make it a bit more healthy, it is pool party season afterall. 

What you need:

Light Mayonnaise w Garlic w Lemon w Salt & Black Pepper

Peal back some of that garlic (1 clove to be exact) & mince it up.

Then you want to measure out 1/2 a cup of Light Mayo

Then you are going to want to squeeze one large lemon which produces about 2 tablespoons full of juice.

Using a spoon, combine the minced garlic, lemon juice & light mayo in a bowl. Sprinkle in some sea salt and black pepper for taste. 

Place the sauce back in the fridge until your ready to serve.

 I up-cyled an old mayo 'squeeze style' bottle & tripled the recipe so I can keep it in my fridge & have it ready to go for next time. *Just make sure you remove the old wrapper & write on the bottle with a sharpie to make sure there is no condiment confusion. :)

& there you have it. This sauce tastes amazing & was a great compliment to the Tilapia (it tastes great with Swordfish & Mahi Mahi too.)

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Help Me Get to Bonnaroo!

Hello Everyone I'm putting my good mojo out there into the universe (cough..cough..internet) & hoping all you Rhinestoned Adventures readers will help me win a pair of tickets to Bonnaroo! 

Because my summer job doesn't start for a few weeks, & I appear to be playing a game of russian roulette with full-time employment & my student loans, I'm a little short on cash. So lately I've been jumping on any/every chance to somehow earn free tickets this concert. 

So for this contest I had to design a poster for the 11th Annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. They are going to be picking 3 winners, 1 Student Entry from the Art Institutes, 1 General Entry (that's my category) & 1 Random Voter (that could be you!) So what I need is to get into the top 10 of the General Entries! How do I do that!? Hopefully with your votes. 

So Everyday up until May 28th at 11:59 pm you can a vote. You get 10 different votes per day. Remember this also increases your chances to get entered in for a free pair of tickets as well (score!). 

How do you vote?

Log on to facebook and find the Art Institutes' page (or click here. http://www.facebook.com/artinstitutes)

Then click the "like" button (remember you can always unlike something later on)

then you want to click on The Bonnaroo Poster Promo Page. (http://www.facebook.com/artinstitutes/app_321078081298129 )

Then find my design. It looks like this. 

and click the view button under the photo.

once you have it in full view you click the VOTE button!

& that's it! 

Now I have 2 pictures of my Bonnaroo Jelly up on the sight, one was the original drawing that I did and the second was after I photoshoped it because they require a layer format for their entries (yes I did download a photoshop app just for this contest hahaha). So please vote for one or both! I would love an opportunity just to make it into the finals! 

PLEASE & THANK YOU!