Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Tie Dye Nails

So I tie dyed my nails and they are awesome! Let's get to it!
You'll need 6 or 7 different colors of nail polish (the brighter the better), a plastic cup that you feel alright either ruining or throwing away (I just used a disposable plastic cup), a few toothpicks, some tape of you'd like to not get too messy (I chose to do it the messy way and skip the tape), nail polish remover and a few q tips.
Now that you've got that together, fill the cup up with water, as close to room temp as you can get. I went ahead and unscrewed the tops to all the nail polishes, I suggest you do this also. Now take 1 to 2 drops of a certain color and drop it into the center of the cup of water, this will create a ring in the water and then you just take the next color and do the same and so on and so forth. You will need to do this pretty fast or it will dry. Now that you've got the rings in the water take your toothpick and draw lines into the rings, like a tie dye design. now dip one nail into somewhere on the design. Your finger WILL be messy unless you put tape all around your nail, which I did not. Now you clean out the cup and YES... repeat 9 more times... this is very time consuming BUT its totally worth is because it looks super cool and its not something you can just go to a nail salon and get done. Once your done with all your fingers, let them dry and then take the q tips and nail polish remover and clean all the nail polish off your fingers around your nails. Top it with a regular clear coat or like I did, a clear nail polish with subtle sparkles in it.


French Dip Crescents


So I found this recipe on Pinterest and decided to try it. Alright, here's what you'll need...
Keep in mind I cooked these for 4 people so you may need to adjust a little according to how many you want to feed.
2 packs of crescent rolls
1 pack of mozzarella slices
2 pack of sliced roast beef
1 packet of Au Jus powder

Ok, here's how I made them, I ahead of time took the cheese out and cut the slices into about 1 inch pieces and rolled out all the crescent rolls. Next, I put about 2 and a half pieces of the roast beef on each crescent and 4 to 5 pieces of the cheese on top of the roast beef. Then you simply roll them, starting with the wider end and tuck the outer pieces in. I baked them at 250 degrees for about 12 to 15 min. You just need to keep an eye on them, you want them a golden brown. Next, just make the Au Jus sauce according to the package.
Now... Dip and enjoy.