Let’s see how long I can grow my hair in a year!

I cut my long locks off shortly after I had my youngest daughters.

Of course I miss my hair, I always seem too.

This picture is about a month or two after I cut my hair, it has already grown an inch or two.

Here I am now. My hair has grown quite a bit, but still not the desired length.

No. I am not wearing makeup… it is 5 o clock in the morning.. leave me alone 🙂

Anyway it has been around 4 months since I got my hair into an ultra short bob (jaw length) with a fringe. It has grown quite a bit, but I am very excited to watch my hair grow through out the year.

What I am doing

• No trims. 
• Massaging my scalp and hair with Evening Primrose Oil before a wash
• Taking prenatals (as I am still breastfeeding)
• Brushing my hair every other day.
• Water Water Water
• Washing hair only once a week

I  know I know the last one sounds gross, but if you haven’t frizzy dry hair than you wouldn’t understand anyway.

 

 

NYC Ultra Last Lip wear- REVIEW!-

Hey Lovelies!

So, my 3 year old and I ran to the dollar store today to pick up some things when I came across this NYC Ultra Last Lip wear. It was $2 and came in a few colours. I eventually got 417 “Flirty”.

This is the packaging that it came in. On the back it reads…

                                                      “Glide-on, slide-on lipstick! New York Color Ultra Last Lipwear gives you incredible color with real staying power. Formula feels conditioning with Vitamin E”

The case for the lipstick is nice, but clearly cheap. Very plastic-y feeling, and not much of a “click” when you put the lid on.

I do like, however, that they have both the name and number of the colour on the lipstick.

The first think I noticed when I put on the lipstick is that it doesn’t have great colour pay off. It took a few swipes to evenly distribute a nice coat of colour.

It isn’t very moisturizing, but I tend to have dry lips any way. A coat of chap stick underneath is a quick as easy fix for that.

Altogether, it is a pretty colour, and I can fix the dry-ness issue. I will probably use this lipstick up, but I don’t think I will buy it again.

• Price is great…
• Drying…
• Not great colour pay off….
• Pretty colours…
• Scentless…
• Last for a few hours…

LOTS OF LOVE!

Autumn,

Weekly Vlogs?

I kind of like the idea of doing weekly vlogs, but then again it will probably be hard for me to keep up. 

I am going to try though.

Do you beautifuls have any tips on how I can improve my videos? Or perhaps a tag you would like me to do?

What is in my bag/school bag tag!

I made a video lovelies!
First one, so be nice to me!

I don’t carry around much stuff, so it is a bit short. But hey it was fun!!!

Polka dot nails.

Hey beautifuls! Soaarrry for missing from blogging for a bit. It has been a very busy week.

But I here I am.

So, I did something special with my nails today. I am only a beginner, so be gentle with me. 

Polka dots yay!

It was actually surprisingly easy.

I used these two colours, mint green and mud purple.

The ring fingers I used the purple, and while those dried I did two layers of the mint green.

By the time I was done with those, the ring fingers were completely dry.

I saw this tip on one of the many nail tutorials you can find on youtube. Just take a bobby-pin and use one of the ends as a dot-er tool.

So, I just stuck it in the bottle of polish and gently made polka dots on the nails.

Super easy!

I also wiped the bobby-pin clean so that I can use it again next time I do my nails.

 

Autumn on Yoga

Okay, I’m not quite sure how you beautiful’s feel, but already I am looking forward to summer. Yes. I love fall. It is beautiful, fresh, crisp, and just down right lovely. But, I am the type of person that never seems to be content with the now, and instead looks towards the future. 

This can be bad in some ways, but in other it is… well motivating. I’m not the type to wait around for New Year’s to set some sort of goal, and since I want a beach body, I AM STARTING NOW.

Look, I love curvaceous women, thin women, women who are actually men. I think all of you are beautiful. I am not using the term “beach body” as a way of saying I want to lose weight. No. I just want things not to be so… droopy. What can I say, I had my daughter 6 months ago! Things aren’t exactly where they should be. 

So, I am going to do something about it. 

Yoga.

Yes yes..  I am one of those people that in this age of yoga, isn’t doing it. I have a lovely picture book on it and I am still simply to lazy too. I wasn’t always this lazy though. Before my two daughters, I would do yoga all the time. Though come to think of it.. I did live on a commune…

Anyway, my goal is to start a routine of yoga each day and work that body out. If I can accomplish this then in 8 months I will have one rocking body for summer.

There, I wrote it. It is now official! 

Wish me luck

XOXO

 

Knock-off Cherry Limeade recipe

Hello again lovelies. So, today I am bringing you this Cherry Limeade recipe, because I am positive you are tired of pumpkin flavored things by now (of course it is almost time for eggnog!! wooohooo!)

Super easy, and really delicious.

So this is what you will need…

• Sprite
• Maraschino Cherry juice..? (The left-over liquid from a jar of maraschino cherries.)
• Lime juice
• Ice (optional)
• And a cup!

First, I put the ice in the cup… such a complicated recipe…

Then the cherry juice-liquid. It is not an exact amount, the first time you do this just add a little then after putting in the remaining ingredients put more in to taste.

Next up is the lime juice. I am sure it would taste better to use fresh, but since this is what I have on hand it is what I am using.

And last up is Sprite. I do it in this order, because I like how the Sprite when I pour it in mixes with the other ingredients so I don’t have to mix it up with the straw as much. You can always add a maraschino cherry and lime slice for that extra pizzazz

Like I said before, the measurements depend on your taste. I like more cherry, while my husband prefers more lime.

So ENJOY!

November Wishlist

5 things I wish to try out this month!

1. L.A. Colors Art Deco Striper in Black

2. L.A. Colors Hydrating Lipstick in Wildfire

3. Maybelline’s Bouncy Blush in Fresh Pink

 

4. Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte

 

5. Neutrogena Grapefruit facial cleanser

L.A. Colors- Mini Color Craze Nail Polish Review

Like I have said in other posts I adore L.A. Colors brand. But, most of the time nail polish is a completely different story. While I seem to keep makeup on very well, nail polish tends to barely stay on. I mean I am a mom! Hourly diaper changes, loads of dishes, cat box changing, cooking… you get the picture. So, basically my nail polishes tend to chip… a lot. 

This being said, I would like to review the “Mini Color Craze Nail Polishes”.

Last week end while my 3 year old and I were meandering our way around Family Dollar, we came across an L.A. Color set of Mini Craze nail polish. It was roughly 5 dollars for 12 different colours. We decided to buy it and try it out.

So, these are all the colours that we got. As you can see there are a wide variety of shades.

The first thing I painted were my toes. Since it was only a few days before Halloween, I decided that I would do a candy-corn theme. The polish went on smoothly and were true in colour. Unfortunately my toe-toes didn’t look like delicious candies. Although, that is not the polish’s fault, only my lack of skill.

The next test were my finger-nails. And that is a TEST! I am a mother. I wash dishes (with no gloves… I am such a rebel) change diapers, clean toilets.. yeah you get the picture. Basically, nail polish tends to chip a lot.

I chose this, what I like to call, Ballerina pink (I didn’t see any names on the polish bottles). I did one coat without any base coat or top coat. The polish stayed on for about 2 days before it began chipping. Which isn’t the best, but is common with how much cleaning I do. As you can see it is a beautiful bright color, and came off very easily when wiped with nail polish remover.

The next colour I chose was this Muddy Purple. Again I did only one coat without base or top coats. It stayed on about 2 days before it began chipping. It was also very easy to remove.

The most recent colour that I have used for my finger-nails is the Mint Green. I have to say it is probably my favourite colour out of all 12. This time I put on two coats, because it is such a light colour. No base or top coats. Since,  I have just put it on today I can’t say how long it will stay on. However, I am assuming that it will stay on for about 2 days.

Oddly enough my toe-nail polish stayed on throughout all my finger nail painting adventures. I just removed it today (it hadn’t even started chipping yet) and had a little trouble removing it. The yellow I used left a little yellow residue on my nails. I did get if off and decided to use a nice hot pink in its place.

So, here are the Pro’s and Con’s

Pro’s

1. Nice bright colours
2. Cheap
3. Cruelty-free
4. True to their colours
5. Easy to remove (most of the time)
6. Dries very fast

Con’s

1. Begins chipping after 2 days
2. Lighter colours need two layers
3. Some colours stain nail.

So there you go. Personally, I really like this nail polish. I don’t mind having to repaint it every few days, because I like changing up the colours. Plus, I am sure that if I invest in a nice base coat and top coat polish it will fix con’s 1 and 3.

Next time you see L.A. Color nail polish at the store try it! You’re only spending a dollar, and you might really like it.

OOTD November the 6th

This is today’s outfit of the day post. It was a very very casual day, as I only went to two classes.

Sorry about the poor quality, I had to use my laptop because my camera is dying.

So here I have those Mustard tights spotlighted in an earlier post. I paired it with cut off jeans shorts. I also wore a plain black sweater with a grey tank top layered underneath.

Since it was so casual of an outfit, I used this bohemian style bag as a backpack and purse.

You can see I am pushing up my large glasses, and on my feet I wore simple sneaker style flats. It was just super comfortable and I would like to believe somewhat stylish.

So that was my OOTD!

Coming up in my posts I have a drink recipe and a dessert recipe. So yay! I look forward to sharing those!