I'm losing my stuffing

Some days you wake up and are ready to take on the world, while some days you feel like you got tossed around in a dryer.

"That's an odd way to put it" you say?

Not at all, because at this moment I very much feel like this...

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What's the moral of this story?

If your pillow is looking a little old, perhaps you should toss it, just not into the dryer.

Goose down is a bitch to clean up.


To perk me up, I'm thinking I just might have to post my giveaway later today. Perhaps I will make it so that two people can win. It's going to probably be one of my largest giveaways that I do!

I've got over 50 wonderful followers and many more who use RSS feeds...how about for this giveaway I get all of you out to say hello. I'd love to hear from you all!

Would you like to participate in a beauty giveaway?

How I wear green shadow

Yesterday I gave you all a peak into my green eyeshadow collection. Today I wanted to show you all how I wear it. I even went so far as to show you my everyday green eye and a bright green eye. Now, I am by no means amazing at makeup, but I do what works for me and my eyes.

First is the look that I tend to sport the most when I am wearing green on my eyes.

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For this look I used...

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L-R: MAC shadow in "Vanilla"/Bare Escentuals shadow in "Magnetize"/MAC shadow in "Greensmoke"/MAC pigment in "Melon"/MAC Eye Kohl in "Tarnish"


Next up is the bright green eye look.

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To achieve this look I used the following...

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L-R: Heavenly Natural Beauty "Mix Drops"/MAC shadow in "Swimming"/Heavenly Natural Beauty in "Fairy Wings"/Smashbox shadow in "Green Room"/MAC shadow in "Creme De Miel"/MAC shadow in "Vanilla"/The Body Shop liquid eyeliner in "01" (tarnished gold)

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I wanted to swatch Heavenly Natural Beauty in "Fairy Wings" because in the jar it looks like a basic white, but when you put it on it turns into a brilliant shimmering gold and will even pick up other colors depending on what you have on.

There's how I play and incorporate green into my everyday life.

If you have any questions on how I achieved either look let me know in the comments! I always love hearing what you all have to say!

Green eyeshadow

A rather boring title I know, but the wonderfully beautiful Andi over at Saltwater Dreams got me thinking about green eyeshadow and trends. Seriously...run, don't walk, over to her wonderful blog! I can't get enough of her OOTDs and makeup tutorials.

First on trends. Man, I just do not follow them the way I should, especially with my love of all things fashion and beauty as well as the fact that I worked in clothing retail. Recently I have been more immersed in what the ongoing trends are because of some wonderful blogs I read. It's always interesting to see what is going to be a popular look or color, because so often I find that it's something I already have or have been doing for years.

So you could have colored me surprised when I read Andi's post about colors for eyeshadow. If you looked at my very large collection of eyeshadow you'd notice a wide range of colors. My collection has away been that way.

Today I rummaged through all of my eyeshadow and pulled out the greens that I own. Suffice to say, I own a lot. I blame point to my mother for this love of green. While I was smitten with all things silver, green was sneaking its way into my life. This isn't a bad thing by any means, especially ever since my discovery of auburn hair.

I wanted to show you all that green is a easy and friendly way to add color into your makeup, while also still being a fun bright color as well. While this isn't a makeup tutorial, I did do color swatches of the main go-to greens for me. I'll probably do a "how I wear mine" tomorrow.

First up are the four shadows I use the most for my green eye looks...

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In this line up (L-R): MAC in "Swimming"/MAC in "Sumptuous Olive"/Calvin Klein in "Darkened Green"/MAC in Greensmoke"

Here they are swatched on my arm. You'll notice that I swatched each color twice, the lighter one (on on the left of the two samples) is the eyeshadow applied dry and the darker/foiled one (on the right) is it mixed with mix drops (you could use water). This is what I did for all of the swatches in all of the eyeshadow pictures.

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Taken in natural light. L-R: Swimming-sea green/Sumptuous Olive-khaki green/Darkened Green-olive green with brown tones/Greensmoke-tarnished olive

Next up are the shadows I use a little less frequently.

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L-R: Urban Decay in "Homegrown"/Bare Escentuals in "Tortoise"/Bare Escentuals in "Black Emerald"/Smashbox in "Green Room"/Sephora in "Chrome #03"

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In natural light. L-R: Homegrown-bright grass green with gold/Tortoise-dark brown with a greenish gold shimmer/Black Emerald- black with emerald shimmer/Green Room-dark Kelly green with shimmer/Chrome #03-brown green

The next are ones that I didn't swatch because I'm bad and don't use them as much as I should.

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L-R: Milani in "Shamrock" (a leaf green)/Sephora in "Fame and Fortune" (light green with silver glitter)/Sephora in "Python Bag" (deep olive green with silver glitter)/Heavenly Natural Beauty in "Inked" (deep emerald shimmer)/Heavenly Natural Beauty in "Forgiven" (jungle green with dark green shimmer)/Heavenly Natural Beauty in "Sea Dragon" (jade/teal green shimmer)/Bare Escentuals in "Magnetize (light yellow/green shimmer)/Bare Escentuals in "Mermaid" (grey/green)/Shiseido in "Clover Dew" (light mint green)

So there are all of my shadows and for an added bonus to you all here are my eyeliners and one mascara...

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L-R: MAC in "Mystery" (black with teal)/MAC in "Tarnish" (blackened forest green)/MAC in "Minted" (bright mint green)/Hard Candy in "Hyper" (khaki green/brown with gold glitter)/Hard Candy in "Girlie" (khaki green)/Sephora in "Silver Green" (greenish silver)/The Body Shop in "03" (glittery emerald green)/CoverGirl Lash Blast Luxe mascara in "black emerald" (black with green shimmer)

So there you have all of my green makeup.

If there is a color you'd like to see that I didn't swatch let me know. Also, if there is a color you'd like to see on the eye I can do that as well. Have you added green to your collection yet? Is there a green that you love?

Wall art help

Lets face it, good quality artwork can be pricey and a huge decision. Rightly so, it's something that you want to pick out because you love it and want to have it for a long time. What about those times when you just need something to liven up a bare wall?

This has been my issue in our guest bedroom. I already have great bed and side table. I have even better bedding which I love love love. I haven't really posted about it, but it does show up in pictures. For those that have asked I got it at Pottery Barn. I found it when I was browsing online and I got it instantly. I didn't even have to see it in person which is very odd for me.


{Photo from Pottery Barn}

So here is this bright happy bedding, and these stark white walls. I'm slightly ashamed of the fact that I make such a big deal about having an awesome looking bedroom and yet I ignore the walls. Part of me goes...we move why bother? And the other part thinks I'm full of crap.

Now I am here...asking you all for your help. I found some really awesome die-cut scrapbook paper that I am going to use for quick, easy, inexpensive artwork for above the bed.

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The blank wall above the bed. Yes I have misquote netting, but it's going away. I always had a dream to own one and getting to sleep with the netting all around me, but I think it's time to move on.

I have three different colors and each is a different geometric shape. I like the idea of the geometric patterns being paired up with the soft whimsical flowers and trees on the bedding.

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Die-cut paper.

As you can see I have red, green and blue. Which are all colors in the bedding. What I want to do is put a solid color paper behind them. This is my problem, I don't know what to go with and I want to know what you all think.

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Option #1: Using a lighter shade for the solid.

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Option #2: Using almost the same exact color for the solid.

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Option #3: Using other colors found in the bed.

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Option #4: Again using other colors in the bed.

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Option #5: You pick for me from these colors.
Colors from L-R: Red, light red, orange/yellow, grass green, light green, light blue, blue, purple, brown.

Let me know what you think I should do...

What colors for wall art





I'd really love to know what you think beyond the poll so let me know in the comments below!

TRIA (session #5)

I am a bad bad bad TRIA user! With the trip to Colorado last week and me getting back into the decorating/cleaning/organizing I totally forgot my TRIA session was today. So now the TRIA is charging and my legs are shaved...which means I also forgot to take pictures.

I'm hanging my head in shame.

I can tell you that if you read my last update with the pictures...that you can go back and look at those and pretend that there are a few less hairs (some of the patches are larger). That's what my legs looked like today.

I'm really hoping that I'm not hitting a wall with the progress. If I have to use it for longer than the magical 9 treatments I will. I just really want it to work. It sounds cliche, but if this does work it really will change my life and the way I have to deal with my skin issues.


I just want to let everyone know who is following these treatments that after today's treatment I am suppose to be going to one treatment a month. Instead of making all of you wonderful readers wait for a whole month for an update, I think I am going to start treating my underarms!

Exciting!

So, look for my underarm treatments to be showing up here soon!

Thanks to everyone who is following these sessions. I love answering your questions, so keep them coming. I'll will try to answer them as best as I can!
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