Tuesday, November 18, 2014

How to make lasagna without ricotta cheese - Thanksgiving recipe

Thanksgiving is next week, so you should be starting to think of what to make for that special day! While turkey is a staple meal for thanksgiving, not everyone likes it, or you might simply want to eat something else, or in addition to turkey! Lasagna is a great meal you can prepare for this festive day because it is delicious and I'm sure you whole family loves it! Here I'll show you how I make lasagna and what ingredients I use. It's very easy and it does not even require a lot of ingredients. This recepie in particular does not have ricotta cheese, which makes it in my opinion, delicious. You can add it if you wish, but I prefer not to. :p

This is a recipe serves 4-5 people. 

Here are the ingredients you'll need (you do not need to use these exact items/brands. This is just what I like and what I had available in my kitchen): 
•1 jar of Pasta Sauce - I used classico traditional flavor
•Lasagna noodles -I used market pantry oven ready lasagna. They do say oven ready, but I still like to boil them. I have tried not boiling them, and they come out hard and don't like them that way. I only used half of the box. To prepare, just boil some water in a small pan. Once boiling, add the noodles and they should be ready in about 10 minutes or until they are no longer standing straight and are soft. 
•Mozzarella cheese - the one I used is sunny side farms shredded. You can also get a whole block of mozzarella cheese and girt it yourself. 
•Part skim milk cheese - I used Casique queso fresco. It comes in a round plastic. Just cut it open and crumble the whole thing and mix with mozzarella shredded cheese. 
•1 can of tomato sauce - I used Del monte tomato sauce. This is optional, but I like to add it because I like my lasagna to have a lot of sauce rather than being dry. I once tried using another brand and did not like the taste of it. This is the only ingredient that I would recommend using this brand.
•Italian sausage - the one I used is the Johnsonville Italian sausage hot. They also come in links and also have mild. This is just what I had but you can use any Italian sausage you like. I do not add any seasonings because Italian sausage already has flavor to it, but you can if you want to. If you don't like Italian suave, feel free to use ground beef, but with this you would need to use seasonings! 
•you'll also need an oven safe baking dish and of course, an oven...hehe. Since I made a small lasagna, I used my toaster conventional oven which worked just fine :)





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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Thanksgiving Turkey Nails 2014 *New*



Thanks giving is less than two weeks away!!! Turkey's have been a staple main meal to celebrate this holiday for a long time! Therefore this nail design is inspired by a symbol that represents a day to give thanks; a turkey. Hope you like this design. It is very simple  but looks awesome and is a perfect autumn design!


Here are the items I used: 





Revlon Colorstay-Bare Bones (this is the beige nail polish. I used this as the main base color for all of my nails. It is a great light tan color. I did have to apply 2-3 coats for the color to show completely) 

Sinful Colors - Coffee (This is the Brown nail polish. I used this to create the body and head of the turkey). 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - white on 
This white polish was used with a plotting tool for te turkey eyes. 

Kleancolor - Neon Yellow 
I used this with the dotting tool to create the turkey's beak. While I don't like this nail polish as a base color because it takes forever to dry, I only like to use it for small detail designs. 

Sinful Colors - sugar sugar
This shimmery red polish was used for the turkey's snood. I used the small side of the dotting tool with a bit of this polish and draged it down the side of of the beak. I used this red in particular because it has hints of shimmer, which would help make the snood stand out better then of it were a plain red polish.

Dotting tool 
I used this handy tool for the head of the turkey, the eyes, the beak and the snood. If you don't already own one, I highly recommend you get one. They are very useful and versatile! I got mine on Amazon, it came in a pack of 5 with different sizes for about $2 (I can't remember the exact prize but this sounds close enough) 

Top coat - Unforgettable Moments 
I applied the topcoat after I finished painting the turkey's body. I applied a thick coat so that it would dry less fast. I used it to serve as an adhesive to that the glitter would stick. I got this at a store called Big Lots. It was .80 and I love it! 

Yellow, orange and red hexagon Glitter 
I used hexagon glitter for the turkey feathers. The colors I used were yellow, then orange and finally red. I basically placed them around the turkey in the order I mentioned using a toothpick to pick them up and the topcoat that I previously applied to make them stick. I got it at dollar tree last year but I'm sure they still sell them. They came in 6 small bottles with different colors. They are very shinny and I did not have a problem with them bleeding their color like some other glitter I've used in the past. 

And that's it folks! These are all the items I used for my thanksgiving turkey nails. I hope you like them and give this design a try! If you do please share it with me @glamified92 or #glamified92 on twitter, Instagram, Facebook, google plus or even on youtube! 

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Monday, November 10, 2014

2014 Christmas Nails- Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer


Today's design is super fast, easy and cute Christmas nail design! It is inspired by Rudolph the red nose reindeer nails! What I like about this design is that you do not need any facncy nail art skills or have long nails. All all you need is a gold, brown, red, white and black polishes and a dotting tool! (I will list below the specific polishes I used.) I really hope you like this Christmas design and try it out. (p.s if you try this design, or do your own Christmas themed design, please share it with me, I'd love to see how your came out! @glamofied92)

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These are the items I used:
•Sally Hansen extreme wear - Golden I: this is the gold champagne nail polish. I used this as the base color for my pointer and ring fingers. I also used this color for the antlers in the brown reindeers. 

•Sinful Colors - Coffee : This is the brown nail polish that I used for my thumb, middle and pinky fingers. I also used this color for the antlers in the gold reindeers. 

•Sally Hansen xtreme wear - white on: I used this white polish along with a dotting tool to create the eyes. 

•kleancolor - black. This black nail Polish was used for the eye pupils. 

•Sinful Colors - Sugar sugar: this is a shimmery red polish I used for the nose. Just make sure the red you use has shimmer so that if will be noticeable and stands out. 

•detail brush for the antlers. I got mine from amazon. 

•dotting tools for the eyes and nose. I also got mine from amazon. They come in a pack of 5 or 6 for around $3, and they come with different sizes! 

I hope you like this design and try it out! You can also see the video of this nail design here: youtube.con/glamified92 and subscribe to stay updated with my newest videos. 

:) thank you for stopoing by! 
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Maybeline Colorshow Nail Tattoos - The Lower East Side Collection

I recently spotted these maybeline Colorshow nail tattoos at my local dollar tree and I had to buy them to try them out. I had never tried nail tattoos before and I was excited to try these. Unfortunately, this was the only design the had but I love it! Application was super easy and I was so happy with how they turned out! And for the price, they are a steal, so I recommend you pick some up if you are still able to find them at your local dollar tree store! 

The nail tattoos look like this πŸ‘†
One package has 20 nail tattoos an they come in different sizes to fit all nails. I loved all the designs and how easy they were to apply. These are all the things I used: 

•nail tattoos 
•base nail polish color. I used a white nail polish (Sally Hansen Xtreme wear white) but you can use any color you want. I would just recommend that it is a light color so that the designs stand out more. 
•cotton round 
•water 
•optional (topcoat) 

Step 1: The first thing you need to do is choose a base color and paint all of your nails. I chose a white nail polish. You need to wait until the polish completely drys before preceding to the next step. 
Step 2: open the package and choose the designs you like. Tear them out, but don't remove the plastic cover yet. Place the design over your nail to make sure it will fit. I chose this orange bandana looking design, and since it is one of the biggest sized designs, I used it for my thumb.


Step 3: After you've made sure the nail tatto fits your nail, remove the plastic. It will be sticky. Place it over your nail with te colored side facing the nail. Press it to make sure it is completely covering your nail.
Step 4: Now you'll need to dip the cotton round in some water until it is damp and place it over your nail for approximately 30 seconds.

Step 5: Finally, the last step is to remove the paper to reveal the nail tattoo and voila! You will now have an awesome nail desin that looks intricate and time consuming, but was not! Repeat to the rest of the nails and that conopetes your manicure using nail tattoos.

I hope you like this blogpost! Please let me know if you have tried these or other nail tattoos and if you have been able find these at your dollar store! 

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