Holiday Nails

During the holiday party season one needs a festive nail that is easy to take care of. I sort of came up with this gold tipped nail when I was late for a dinner and needed to fix up the tips of my nails. I had been previously wearing a pretty slate grey/silver shade on my nails with my accent color being my favorite holiday color: emerald green. They looked great but just like any nails after a few days they start to chip of at the tips of the nails. So as I mentioned before, as I was running out the door to a dinner I grabbed my gold nail polish and just dashed it across the tips of my nails to cover it up. I obviously did not try to make it look perfect but went for the more "sprinkle of gold" look. It turned out great and I have just been adding more gold from one party to the next. It is great because between friends, family, and shopping who really has time to do their nails anyway? Comment below a what your go to nail look is or tag me in your Instagram post @kokobaelle


Polishes Used
Emerald Shade

Slate Shade - They no longer have the color I used but the closest shade they have is Grey Area.

Gold Shade

Khristmas Knits: part 5

The quickest of them all would be this hat. On an aran weight alpaca I was able to whip this hat out in about four hours with distractions.  have found that most of the men in my life are the ones that are really attracted to this hat. So if you realize that you missed one person on your Christmas list this year, I suggest this hat. The puff ball is even easy. I used this fur yarn from Luiza Harding and all I had to do was knit a small square and cinch it up to make the ball. I found it much faster and cleaner then doing a normal puff ball.

Khristmas Knits: part 4

FOR ALL MY SINGLE SKEIN LADIES OUT THERE! THIS ONE IS FOR YOU
You know what I am talking about. It is always one of two things: 1) When your friend goes on a trip and buys you yarn as a gift or 2) it's the yarn that when someone hears that you knit and they go "oh! I use to knit, do you want my yarn? Here is my yarn you can have it. " and my first thought is thaaankkkssss...now what will I do with this. So here is my thought, make a cowl and give it as a gift.

This is my go to project for all that gifted yarn and it super easy and fast. This is the TV knit gifts. I love to make these cowls as I watch all my Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel. Depending on the size you want to make all you have to do is change the cast one number but almost across the board the needle stays the same.  As you can see it works with a bundle of different yarns and textures.

1 Skien of cashmere 2- ply (400 yards)
CO 100 sts on size US 9

1/2 Skien of Mohair ( 330 Yards)
CO 100 sts on size US 9

1 Skien of Noro's Taiyo ( 220 Yards)
CO 150 sts on size US 9

The Joys of Christmas Shopping

Should Christmas shopping not be one of the funniest things to do? You get to go out and shop for you friends and buy gifts, which I love to do. Plus you usually end up treating yourself as well. But nothing could be farther from the truth during this time of year. Shopping is SCARY! Yesterday I had to run some errands just for normal life things like a new lip scrub and moisturizer. I also need to grab some cheap but good smelling candles for my work...as seen in my Instagram post. So as I was out on the town looking for my necessities I was constantly reminded of why I do all my shopping for gifts in November. On that note though I have come to the conclusion that now that school is ending people will really just start getting there shop on. So I thought I may as well share with you guys what I picked up. I mean we have to be honest that I can not knit everyone a gift, even though I do sure seem to try.


When I am brain storming gift ideas for my friends and family I do not normally think about what they want but more of what they need. This of course applies to everyone but my mum. So I headed down to Santa Monica for my Christmas escapades with a list in hand. I started out at Brandy Melville for my best friend who conveniently called me while I was in there and told me thats not what she wanted. What she needed was gift cards to food places around her college. That was easy enough so I tried to get out of Brandy as fast as possible. I then had to get a coffee at that point because I was already worn out. My second stop was Lush because all my coworkers love that I place and so does one of my closest friends. Now Lush is a store that a girl can get side tracked in and as you will see in the pictures below that defiantly happened to me. Then my finale stop was anywhere with scarves because they are a great go to for most of my friends and family members. They all seem to really love to wear a scarf with every outfit. I had perchance been walking past Abercrombie at this time and thought why not?  Now I have not been in there since my junior high days but I will admit that I missed it. Let me tell you it was a great choice to back in, I grabbed two wonderful scarves as gifts and have been thinking of going back in a picking up a few for myself. I am a self proclaimed scarf hoarder and am always on the hunt for more. Please comment below if your a scarf lover like me and what is your favorite scarf look for the season. I personally have been really into plaid, from the Burberry look to a Scottish mans kirtle.

Here are some pictures of a few of my purchases.

Some skincare that I needed.

One of my favorite lip scrubs.

My Lush haul from another errand run..these are some of my favorites
Reviews to come

The Dream Cream is one of the best presents. It smells great and works wonders on dry skin.

One of their new soaps that smells so dreamy.

For that friend that loves to take baths

This one has colors that fiz up in the bath. How fun!

The edge of the scarf I picked up from Abercrombie