monogrammed emi jays

a short while ago I was contacted by Katherine of The Crafting Patch on etsy to see if I would be interested in sharing her monogram emi jays with y'all.

i JUMPED on the opportunity, because let's be honest, monograms and hair ties are two really practical things, but if you put them together it's a magical combination

like rainbows and unicorns kind of magic

as you can probably tell, i am quite obsessed with the idea! katherine sent me two monogrammed emi jays - one sparkly white (even more magical) and another bright pink. she also sent me three plain ones in purple, tan, and green which I think are the perfect colors for a brunette - me! 

not only are emi jays great because they don't crease your hair, but they also don't look ugly when they are being stored on your wrist. my mom always gets on me when I keep my hair ties on my wrists because she just doesn't like the way they look so emi jays are the best way to keep both of us happy! 

(please excuse the nose spray in the background)

 my new emi jays even match my school supplies! 

what's your favorite color emi jay?

do you have a monogram emi jay?

don't forget to check out katherines store!

thanks for reading! 

ski trip recap

this past week was probably the most fun i've had all year! 

being sixteen is supposed to be fun, but mine was sub par to say the least 

 this ski trip was the best way to end my not so great 16 and start a fantastic 17! 

i went to beaver creek with my mom's side of the family and had a BLAST! i have one cousin that is a year older than me and one cousin that is a year younger (hey ellie and gabi ;) ) so we were able to be in the same ski school class! 

our trip was planned by our grandfather over the summer time so my cousins and i had a ton of time to imagine what kind of people would be in our ski school group.

we were really thinking one direction would be there, but unfortunately they didn't show up.

on our first day of ski school we had one other girl in our group. she was super super nice but she was 11. we weren't sure if we were bad skiers or if she was really good... 

we had so much fun skiing together and just being together, since my cousins and i don't live in the same town! 

the next day my two cousins that are my age went to ski school, but i decided to take the day off and relax, so i wouldn't get sick. 

(side note -- skiing is the most i've exerted myself in over a year!) 

everyone in my family went skiing on this day except for my grandparents so i just hung out with them. we went shopping in beaver creek village.

and when i say shopping i mean that we went into every single store. twice. 

i had so much fun with them, and all i bought was a fuzzy north face pullover that says beaver creek on the arm

the next day was my birthday! the big one. seven. 

i decided that i wanted to brave the fresh new snow and go back to ski school with my two cousins that are my age 

(second side note -- i have seven cousins in all plus my brother that went on the trip. all of my cousins are younger than me so they were in a different group, and my brother is also younger but he snow boards)

unfortunately, i only made it through half the day of ski school because i wasn't feeling too well. i thought i had altitude sickness at first, but i'm pretty sure that it was because i forgot to take my medicine with a big breakfast. 

but the half of the day that i went to ski school was super fun! it was just me, my two cousins, and three boys. one boy was taken out of our group though because he hadn't skied in a while. and the other two boys that stayed in the group were a pain. well one of them was a pain, the other one didn't really talk that much!
my cousins and i had an ongoing joke that the boy who got pulled out of our group was probably some super attractive guy but since we never got to see him without his ski gear we will never know. if any of y'all know a ryan from miami though
jokes jokes 

but the one that was a pain was an absolute nightmare. he complained about everything, and was just completely obnoxious. 

boys boys boys. 

the next day i decided that i wanted to stay in and not go to ski school, in case i got sick again. i also didn't want to hurt myself since the slopes were still super powder-y and i'm not that great of a skier! 

on this day (the last day) i decided to hang out in the condo for a little while and then i went down to the bottom of the mountain by myself and just take some pictures. 

i had so much fun hanging out with myself, since i never really am by myself at home. 

is that weird? i think that's weird. whatever.

after my hands started to get a little chilly from taking pictures i went back to the condo to hang out with my poor aunt who hurt her leg skiing the previous day. 

because my mom's side of the family is so large i never really get one on one time with my aunts and uncles so it was really nice having some quality "bonding time" with my aunt! 

then after my cousins were done with ski school i met them at the bottom of the slopes so we could go shopping together in the village! 

unfortunately the cousin that's older than me wasn't feeling so well so she decided to go back up to the condo after we had the best gelato ever! 

after my older cousin left the cousin a year younger than me and i walked around the village and took pictures of us with every statue and character (from the parade) we could find! 

we made great friends with the characters!! 

the next day we all took bus back to the airport where everyone, except my family, flew home. my family is staying in denver until january 7th because my dad works out here. we are probably going to move out here in the near future, which i'm super excited about because one of my all time best friends just moved out here! 

here are a few (kind of a lot - sorry)  pictures from the ski trip! 

this is my two cousins and i plus our ski instructor, ed. 

 the fam-jam

i feel like this would make an awesome christmas/new years card picture except for the fact that we got photo bombed. 

 these are the characters that my cousin and i made friends with

 we saw them probably ten times and we talked to them every time haha 

we call the guy on the right the present pine cone guy -- very fitting, right?

 how cool is this instrument?

the guy playing it was from germany i think, but he was absolutely HILARIOUS! 

 my two youngest girl cousins! 

this is one of my all time favorite photos of us together

i want to thank each and everyone of my guest posters! i really appreciate you helping me out while i was with minimal internet connection! 

what did you do over christmas?

thanks for reading! 

xox

Nail Polish Addict

hi my name's chloe and i'm addicted to nail polish

"hi chloe" 

if any of ya'll know where i can find a nail polish anonymous group please let me know, because i have a huge addiction to nail polish!! it's bad! i can't  walk into a cvs or walgreens with out looking at / buying the new collections that are out. the only thing is that I'm a penny pincher, so every time i buy a nail polish that is bad quality or that i just don't like the color of, i get so mad! so ya'll don't have to go through the torment of buying a bad nail polish i've swatched four polishes that i was wary of buying, and showed you all the coats that i applied! 

1. essie's ballet slippers -- this color is very very light, but i am in love with it! my go to nail color is light pink and i own at least four different light pink polishes. i was kind of hesitant to buy it because i wasn't sure how sheer it would show up, but i am happy with it! although it is very sheer, i think it is perfect for me because i don't always like to have a "flashy" color on my nails. 

first coat

second coat

third coat

2. OPI'S yodel me on my cell -- i received this polish as a gift, and i am so pleased with it! usually i wouldn't go for this polish, because like i said before i don't like "flashy" colors. this polish easily fits into my top five summer polishes though, because it is so beachy! i literally feel like a mermaid when i wear this polish, and it reminds me so much of the movie Aquamarine (if you haven't seen aquamarine, RENT IT NOW!! ). without further or due here are the swatches.. 

first coat

second coat


Sinful Color's snow me white -- i think white is one of the hardest colors to find that is actually opaque. in the bottle white nail polish always seems to look perfect so we end up buying it only to discover that it is sheerer than sheer. i was in need of a good white polish so i bough this sinful colors one a while back. i'm not sure if it's because it's old or if its just the actually polish, but it seems to have the consistency of WhiteOut (which is gloppy and crusty). although i don't like the consistency, the polish went on really opaque, even just on the first coat!

one and only coat

sinful colors pink-- neon nails are also a hard thing to purchase with out previously trying it out before. neon colors always look so vibrant in the bottle, and then when you go to put them on your nails it seems so much more washed out and see-through. i have been trying to find the perfect neon, and people always say to put a white coat under you nails before using a neon color. i decided to try it out and this is what it turned out like… 

first coat with white base

second coat with white base

one coat without white base

i was so shocked with the color when i applied the pink over the white base!! 

thanks so much for reading! i hoped this help you with your nail polish collection, and let me know if you would like to see more swatches in the future!! 

xo 

chloe