About Juliana
Hola — I’m Juliana.
Colombian, curious, and a little obsessed with beautiful details — nails, food, and the small rituals that make a house feel like home. I live in the United States now, but Colombia comes with me everywhere.
The Beginning
Growing up in Colombia
I grew up in Colombia, where beauty is not a luxury — it’s a language. Sunday lunches that last all afternoon, neighbors who feel like family, music in every kitchen. That’s the world that raised me, and it’s the lens I see everything through.
Beauty, for a Colombian woman, is not vanity. It’s care — for yourself and for the people around you.
A New Chapter
Moving to the United States
Moving here meant learning everything twice: a new language, new customs, new ways of being polite. It also meant discovering which parts of me are non-negotiable. Spoiler: the arepas stay.
What I miss about Colombia
The fruit. The greetings. Salons where a manicure is an appointment with an artist, not an errand. And my family’s table on Sundays.
What I love about the U.S.
The order and the opportunity. Ingredients from every corner of the world in one supermarket. And yes — good Colombian coffee is easier to find here, because we export the best of it.
The Craft
Why nails, of all things
In Colombia, a manicure is slow on purpose. Hand-painted lines, careful shaping, time well spent. I grew up watching women treat nail care as skilled craft — and I want to show that culture, technique by technique.
The Flavor
Cooking Colombia in an American kitchen
Colombian food is how I stay close to home. Here I cook it with ingredients you can actually find in the United States — and I share every substitution I learn along the way.
Two Cultures, One Home
A bicultural family
My marriage is bilingual and my kitchen is bicultural. I share life between two cultures — the misunderstandings that make us laugh, the traditions we blend, and the ones we refuse to give up.
Living between two cultures is not being half of each. It’s being fluent in two ways of loving life.
The Why
Why I started creating
Because I kept explaining the same beautiful things twice — once in Spanish, once in English — and realized that living between two cultures is its own story worth telling. This site is where I tell it properly.
What you’ll find here
Nos vemos adentro — Juliana