Nail Craze ... and ma NEW DAWGS!!

Well I'm on another beginning of the year .. binge. I'm truly obsessed with finding new and wonderful creative outlets for myself and I really don't think i will ever be able to stop. I have come to realize that their are two obsessions of mine that have never left my side and have always kept my blood boiling with excitement!! That is my makeup and my nails!!! I have become better with my overall makeup techniques however i am no pro! i just know my face! (its a love hate relationship honestly). My nails on the other hand I'm just now discovering. take my feet for example.. this time last year my heels were making that awful scratching noise EVERY TIME i tried to get cozy under my covers. talk about embarrassing... I finally got sick of my scaly feet one day on the bus. I couldn't help but GAWK in horror at this elderly woman's feet! they were an... ATROCITY! later that evening while recapping the evenings horrible events with my mother she then told me that on a woman the first two places to look to truly see a woman's age is at her hands and at her feet. WELL, (i thought to myself) I JUST CANT BE DOOMED TO GO DOWN A ROAD FILLED WITH CLAWS AND TALONS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!! so i decided to help my aching dawgs. during this time i had also been researching natural moisturizers and Shea butter. I started off just using EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) and i would just rub it into my soles whenever i got out of the shower and made sure i put on socks. slowly but surely i started to see a change. ill spare you the gruesome details of how the dead skin started peeling off and just say i was simply amazed at the progress!. Well needless to say there-in spawned another obsession (MY FEET) i started to look into pedicures and ways to get my feet to be soft like a ladies should be ;). I haven't perfected my routine yet but I can definitely say with the help of some heavenly whipped Shea butter and some awesome socks!... my girls... look like girls again! lol well that's enough ranting for today I think I'm going to post my Shea butter recipes sooon and my pedicure routine as well... hopefully i can stick with this guys and keep up the posts! bare with me! much love VAl