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Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

Fall and Winter Makeup for 2010/2011

So during the fall and winter skin tends to become dry and flaky and downright a mess. If you have problem skin during these months you may have to use a different makeup routine starting with how you wash you skin and moisturize.

Check out my blog on oil cleansing I swear by it! I use Castor oil and oil to and cleanse I recently started using Bio Oil as well. I never use soap ever for the last 3 years! If I get a zit I use tea tree oil to zap those pesky little spots away.

   




1. Kiss My Face Tinted Moisturizers C$10.18
2. Boots No7 Soft & Sheer Moisturiser SPF 15 US$11.99
3. Mark Get A Tint Tinted Moisturizer Lotion SPF 15 US$10.00
4. CoverGirl Smoothers SPF 15 Tinted Coverage US$7.79
5. Physicians Formula Organic Wear Tinted Moisturizer C$15.69
6. Nivea Visage Summer Touch Daily Moisturizer C$10.69
7. Neutrogena Health Skin Enhancer US$10.49
Also use a cream blush to keep your cheeks smooth


Hard Candy from Walmart $6.00 each

That's all there is to it keep it simple with spending a billion dollars on products.


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My daughter wants to wear makeup!""

So those of you who have daughters bless you heart. I for one have a 12 year old son with very different issues. Now a days our little girls have so many body issues and all these magazines and video vixens and pop stars selling seductive looks I mean Im 31 and I feel ugly and not perfect looking at the self proclaimed beauties thanks to plastic surgery and endless makeup gurus and hair stylists but these young impressionable girls have no clue. So your little one wants to wear makeup and you say NO well my theory is different because she may do it behind your back that's what I did at school I looked liked a 25 year old Hooker!!! But mom there are ways to let your daughter slowly start wearing makeup and teach her first that less is more unless your a clown :) so I don't wear face makeup but I like tinted moisturizer to tone out my skin I found at Walmart a brand called geogirl I didn't realize that it markets to 8-12 year olds. ( I still like it for me) It's a fresh faced brand that wont make your angel look like a an adult but like herself and letting her feel more grown up without the damaging effects of real makeup for women.  www.geogirl.com so check it and talk to your daughter about the effects of growing up too fast. But I do feel they need to remarket to 12-16 not so young as 8 year olds.







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Down the Rabbit Hole


Woke up yesterday
to a beautiful and curious world.


 Mom and I looked at each other 
in wonder.


Enchanted, we floated
through the first full day
of our voyage.


It was like stepping back
in time.



With a twist!



The foodstuffs confirm
that we are far from home....


As does the view.


The key to this room


revealed where we'd lay 
our heads for the night....


We did have sweet dreams.


Today the forecast is for thunderstorms
and potential tornadoes!

{This should be interesting.}


More postcards soon....
Have you guessed where we are?


All images:  Privet and Holly {hooray!}


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To Dream the Impossible Dream

My Dream

Courtesy britsattheirbest.com








My Reality


This is one of my gardens, taken two days ago.

What is going on here?

I added this Forsythia to the yard five years ago.  It only
blooms on the very bottom.  This year I got a tiny bit
more up on the sides.  Suggestions?  Anyone?


I love gardens, particularly English gardens.....all types.
I'm fond of the messy, cottage gardens
the kitchen herb gardens
the formal gardens with hedges and topiaries.

I wish that I could say I loved gardening.
"Oh, it's so therapeutic, etc. etc."
I've tried.
Oh, yes I have.

BK (before kids) we lived in an
old Victorian house outside of Chicago.
It had the best soil.  Ever.
Clematis and morning glories
climbed the fences.
There were peonies and lilacs
and an herb garden.
There were peach trees.
I learned to can!
I had bundles of herbs and lavender
hanging upside down in my kitchen.
That was a good yard.


Source:  Country Living Magazine
Our back yard looked a lot like this!

 I haven't had a yard like that, since.
No good soil.  No clematis growing over the fence.
{Although I do have Miss Kim lilacs and peonies.}
Oh, you are thinking,
Privet and Holly, you can amend the soil!
You can add manure and other nutrients!

Hmmm.  I'm not loving
that
kind of gardening.

This is what I'm dreaming of....
Me, holding a wooden trug,
strolling through my cottage gardens,
my formal rose garden,
my herb garden,
scissors in hand.


barbersbaskets.com

I'll stop and smell them, admire their beauty.
I'll cut the prettiest flowers for bouquets
and the most fragrant herbs for cooking.

Perhaps I'll press some of the tiny ones
into a book, to admire
once winter holds us in her grip once more.


jwwaterhouse.com
My Sweet Rose 1908


Yes, that would be therapeutic!


Since there is no head gardener
on this little plot of earth, except myself,
I will
grudgingly
forge ahead.


Luckily, inspiration for my
garden dreams abound
in Blog Land.


Image from Architectural Digest


Check out the gardens in progress
in my neighbor's yard at Sea Cottage.
{The post she wrote last weekend....lovely!}


Or, let Sarah-Jane Down the Lane
take you on a magical garden tour
of a gorgeous garden in England
that she has visited over the years.


garden-fountains.com


Time to gather my gardening tools.
And to dream.


In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. 
 My garden of flowers 
 is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.  
The thoughts grow as freely
 as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.
 -   Abram L. Urban





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What men like...

The old age argument between men and women, Make-up! After years of the same old thing you look better without MAKE-UP! Are you kidding me...Most of us look horrible with out it and well some of us need it. No offense but not all beauty is natural. The natural look has made a comeback lately, much to the pleasure of guys everywhere. But for us girls, it is sometimes harder to pull off than a done-up face. After years of bold shadows, red lips, and bright cheeks, leaving the house with a simple dewy complexion leaves us feeling, well, naked.

Unfortunately for product-loving girls, like me... it turns out guys are more attracted to girls that wear less makeup. According to the Maxium Magazine "one in five men wish their partner would tone down the slap-on while one in ten said they liked women who wore no make-up whatsoever." So you can start catching a little extra beauty sleep in the morning ladies-- and embrace your natural beauty. But remember it's your face and do what you like...

Top ten make-up and faux paux men hate...

Lipstick on teeth
Too much foundation
Smokey eyes Yes smokey eyes!!
Bright lipstick
Clumpy mascara
Blue eyeshadow
Pencil in eyebrows
Sparkles
Too much blush
Winged eyeliner

Who knew they were such critics...anyway here are the women who they love that wear natural make-up.

1. Jennifer Aniston

Even if she is climbing in age, she still looks better than most of us-- without make-up on. Her natural glow (and okay, maybe a hint of blush) have us reading every gossip magazine to find out how she got over Brad, and then John...while looking so darn gorgeous and happy.

2. Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth was perfecting the nude lip before make-up artists knew how big of an effect the color "nude" (yes, it's officially a color) would have on the world of beauty. And we love her for teaching fair-skinned blonde's everywhere how to embrace and show off their natural skin tone.

3. Sienna Miller

Not that Sienna needs any help being pretty, but her flawless, dewy complexion doesn't hurt matters. This is one girl who actually has us believing she literally woke up looking like this. Jealous?


5. Charlize Theron

This South African beauty is another well-known Au natural face. Perfecting the nude lip and barely-there shadow, the J'Adore spokeswoman shows off her flawless face.

6. Aishwarya Rai

This bollywood actress is naturally beautiful check out my blog for her beauty tips.


So now you know what Men like and don't like...but like I said it's what makes you feel good.


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Your own homemade leave-in conditioner.

So without spending tons of money that we don't or can't afford on extra beauty products. Leave in conditioner is a must for those of us who have dry frizzy hair.

Take your favorite hair conditioner or deep treatment mask.

Distilled water AKA bottled water

Take a plastic travel spray bottle you can purchase them at the dollar store.

Mix a couple of table spoons of conditioner and water in the spray bottle and shake well. And that's it!!
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