Perfect Holiday Nails #2

Remember this photo from my instagram post this week? Well, today I am revealing what I used.



Chocolates? Yeah, I just used them as props but they were delicious. Here's what I did use: Essie's "Master Plan", Sally Hansen's "Celeb City"- from the Hard as Nails Extreme Wear line. I couldn't leave the glitter polish so I added "Spark-tacular! " from the Sephora by OPI collection.

Cheers! Enjoy more of my nail tutorials here.

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Mellow yellow! #nailfail

Happy Memorial day weekend! I hope you are all having some time off to relax, meditate and pamper yourself. Remember my weekly color of the month posts? I have not forgotten (I swear) just been really busy (and tired) but this week I bring you double yellow to make it up.

Today's yellow post is about my new Mellow Yellow nail polish from Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear line. This color reminds me of sunny summer days and sweet pineapple ice-cream. I went to Bed Bath and Beyond looking for a yellow tone but didn't want a bright neon and decided to go with this bright-but-not-so-bright color.

I paired up the yellow color with something that would tone it down a bit and first used Essie's "Good as Gold" nail polish on the left ring finger. The technique here was pretending to paint the nail but just paint half of it. This seemed fine but I wanted to try something different.

On the second try I used "White On" a white nail polish also from Sally Hansen - total nail fail.

I've been thinking, and maybe it wasn't my technique that failed, it might have been Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear brush. Unlike most of the nail polish I own, it has a long stick and brush that I think makes the art of nail painting a little messy.

What's your thought on the nail polish brush? What's your favorite nail polish brand? Post your thoughts below.

Enjoy my messy nails and keep having a lovely weekend. Cheers!

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charming bracelet tutorial & giveaway!

Yay! The weekend is finally here! Yesterday, Cheers Cristalia celebrated one month of being public by
creating fun accessories. Today, I hope you are as excited as I am because I am sharing a tutorial
with you and giving away some really fun stuff to a lucky winner!!!

What I love the most about this tutorial is that it's affordable, looks really chic and you can find all the
materials at an arts and crafts shop.

I hope this inspires you to make your own fancy bracelets for yourself and your friends!
Read my step-by-step guide on how to create this charming bracelet and at the end you'll find the giveaway details. 

You'll need:

  * Charm

  * Chinese knotting cord - 1 yard

  * Chain - 14 hoops (7 for each side)

  * Spacer Beads - 2 pieces

  * Scissors

  * Fabric glue

Start by cutting the Chinese Knotting yard in half.
Make a knot in the charm by folding the cord in half and inserting the ends through the
charm. Repeat this step with the other half of the cord.

Count 7 hoops on the chain and use it to weave the cord.

Always insert each side of the cord in theopposite direction. Tie a knot and repeat this step on the
other end of the other side.

Take a cord end from each side and insert it through the spacer bead. Follow this step with the 

leftover cords bead.

Finally, tie knots on the four ends and cut using a scissor. To hold the knot in place, apply a small
amount of fabric glue to each end.

Fancy, huh!  =)

GIVEAWAY:
The prize will include a bracelet and a chain ring. To qualify you will need to:

1. Like 'Cheers Cristalia' on Facebook.
2. Follow on Pinterest.
3. Post a comment below saying that you already followed all the steps above.

Entries must be in by 3:00 PM ET on Friday, March 15th. The winner will be randomly selected 

and announced on a blog comment below. 

GOOD LUCK! 

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white scraps pillow

Today's post is a tutorial on something I made for my new Ikea Kivik Sofa, a pillow. It's made out of fabric scraps that I've been collecting from samples I get through connections in the garment district. ;)

Be aware that I've learned to sew on my own through online classes and tutorials. So, this won't be perfect but it's truly made with love.

To begin, decide what size you want your pillow to be and pick 4 or 8 pretty fabrics. When I originally started this project I was going to buy the pillow stuffing but then found a perfect size pillow I had at home. So, feel free to use an old pillow.

• Wash, dry and iron the fabric.
• Cut 8 pieces of fabric the same size - front and back. (My pieces were perfect squares so I didn't have to do this step.)

Begin connecting the pillow by sewing the 4 pieces on each side.

• Pin the two top pieces on the back/wrong side of the fabric where they need to be sewn.
• Repeat the above for the bottom pieces and then again for the other side of the pillow.
• Using a sewing machine, sew where you placed the pins.
• Now, pin and sew the top and bottom of each side.
• To connect the front and back of the pillow, pin again and sew the two pieces on three sides. Make sure you're sewing them on the reversed side of the fabric.

• Iron and stuff the fabric with your pillow.

• Fold the open side edges in. Pin and sew by hand.

Finally, I used fabric glue to attach a piece of ruffled fabric in the center of one side.

Cheers!
Cristalia

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