Nail Art

I have never been a big fan of nail art.  Usually I just like the nude or light pink colors for my fingernails.  But this summer, the bright colors have caught my eyes.  A few months ago, I was looking through Pinterest and came upon a nail art that I absolutely LOVED! I'm a HUGH fan of cupcakes and saw a cupcake nail art.  I was so excited! 

How cute is this?!

My cousin owns two nail salons in the Atlanta area, me and a few of my girlfriends had already made an appointment to get our nails done for our ladies get together.  I started texting my cousin about the nail art and she set me up with a nail tech that is actually a cake decorator and is really good at nail art.  I could not wait!  Our scheduled ladies day finally arrived this past Saturday.  I really liked the blue that is in the picture above but I couldn't find that exact color but found this instead.

essie's Mint Candy Apple

This is the color that I chose for my toe nails but wasnt' sure if I'd like it on my fingers.  I consulted with my tech and we decided to do the base of my cupcake with the mint candy apple.  I'm glad I did because the nail art turned out really well and I love it!

If you are in the Atlanta area and would like to be pampered and have awesome nail art done, check out Sugarcoat.  I went to the Virginia Highlands location and my nail tech was Christian.  She's so sweet and soft spoken but so talented. 

Virginia Highlands Location

My favorite is the Signature treatment.  During the pedicure, your legs are rubbed down with their own blend of sugar scrub then moisturized with Sugarcoat foot creme.  During your manicure, you are also treated with the hands and arms massage then moisturized with the most delicious smelling lotion called Cake "Milk Made" hand creme (which you can purchase at either location).  I kid you not, every time I use this lotion, I always find myself smelling my arms.  People probably think I'm weird or crazy for sniffing my arm but if you use Cake, you would be doing the same thing!

Hong Kong

I was born in Taiwan and came to the States when I was 7.  My husband was born in the States and his parents are from Hong Kong.  When we were first married, we always talked about taking a trip to both Hong Kong and Taiwan since I have never been to Hong Kong and he's never been to Taiwan.  We talked for several years of wanting to take this trip but the timing was never right or couldn't take the time off.  We finally managed it this year and we were both able to take close to a month off work.  So off we went in late March.  First stop, Hong Kong!

At the Harbour

On the Star Ferry

Once we crossed over the Harbour, our first visit was Victoria Peak.  You take the Peak Tram up 1,300 feet above sea level! The experience was pretty unforgettable.  Once we arrived at the Peak, the view across the Harbour was breath taking.  We spent probably the entire day there, it was so beautiful. 

On the Peak Tower overlooking the Harbour

Gorgeous night view



The next day, we went back to Hong Kong Island and took the bus up to Stanley which is located on the Southeastern point of Hong Kong Island.

Repulse Bay

On our third day, we visited Tian Tan Buddha right next to the Po Lin Monastery where we enjoyed a delicious vegetarian lunch.  This Buddha was the world's tallest outdoor bronze seated Buddha prior to 2007.
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The Buddha behind us  

Climbing the 240 steps up but it felt more like a million steps!

On our last day, we went in search for the best of the best Dim Sum.  You have not had authentic Dim Sum until you've eaten here! 

When we finally found the place, the wait was 2 hours long!  2 hours!! We put our name down and went in search for some bubble tea.  Once we got our bubble tea, we headed back to the restaurant.  We were only gone for about 20 + minutes.  And so lucky that we did because all the names that were ahead of us on the list were not around when the host started calling numbers.  I think we waited for about another 15 minutes before our number was called.  While we were waiting for our number to be called, we already picked out what we wanted.  In Hong Kong, (apparently, it's not all of Hong Kong.  It had just been the ones that we went to) you write down your food order, like when you order Sushi on the slip of paper and not order off of the heated carts that's being pushed around.  We waited another 5 minutes before our food started arriving.  I have to say, we didn't take much pictures cause we were too hungry and just could not wait to dig in!

Our tower of food

While walking around, you see lots and lots of bakeries.  Yummy freshly baked breads and desserts. 

Angry Birds were everywhere!!

This last picture is for the car lover...

I call this the Batman Car

Stay tuned for our trip to Taiwan...

The Channonballs?

I bet you're wondering how the name "Channonballs" came about.  Before I married my husband, we hung out with his older sister a lot.  During the 6 years of us dating, his sister had 4 kids and they go by the name Fungasaurs.  So I got to thinking...when we get married, we have to come up with a cool name too.  With my husband's last name being Chan, I wanted, no needed to incorporate the name.  I starting brainstorming in my head constantly.  Chanasaurs? No, doesn't sound right.  Chansaurs? Chan something!  Ugh!  This is so hard!  Finally, one day I thought Channon?  No, the Channons sounds funny.  I wanted something strong and kept playing around and thought Chanballs? No, Channonballs!  I told my husband about the name and he loved it!  And the name has been used ever since we were married back in 2008 and the rest, you can say, is history.