Hair Product!

Can I just say how wonderful this hair product is?!  This stuff is amazing and helps keep the ends of my over processed hair from splitting and being too dried up!  This is the renewing argan oil of morocco - extra penetrating oil for dry & coarse hair by OGX.  I purchased this stuff at Ulta for about $8 (they were having a sale, I'm not sure of the retail price :-/ ).  I was looking for a cheaper alternative to some of the more expensive luxury hair care argan oils that I had been purchasing.  I love this stuff!  My hair is colored blonde with a combination of high lift dye and bleach.  Let's face it, damage is bound to occur when you have been coloring your hair blonde as long as I have.  I've been on a mission to grow my hair super long for the past few years.  I have seen the biggest improvement with my hair since I started using these types of oil products on the ends of my hair.  In the morning, I coat the ends of my hair with this product (or something similar depending on what I've purchased) and at night I do the same.  TRUST ME!  You will see the biggest improvement with your hair!

Halloween Makeup - Work with what you have!

Hi ladies!  Tomorrow is Halloween and that means makeup!!!!!  Now I'm not one to completely paint a monster or animal on my face, but I love to play around with dark eyeshadows and lip colors.  Halloween night is perfect for this, because if you totally mess up, it's dark out!  Who's going to notice?!?!  (Unless you are going to a party…..that is a different story!)  Anyway, I took out all the makeup I have on hand and I only purchased one product for the occasion.  I'm a believer in using the products that I have before going to Ulta, Sephora, the makeup section of the department store, or any drugstore to spend money on more makeup!

Now, believe it or not, I had all these makeup products.  All but 1.  The only thing that I went out and purchased is the NYX vamped up lip top coat.  I'm not even sure how to use lip top coat.  Anyway, I got it because I wanted something black for my lips because the hello kitty black lipstick is old and getting dried up.  So what all do we have here in this picture?  We have some MAC liquid studio fix in the color NW20, NYX eyeshadow primer, MAC false lashes mascara, some NYX concealer, A very used up MAC eyeliner pencil, the dark shades of a holiday makeup palette that I got 2 years ago in a discount bin at nordstrom rack, NYX finishing spray in matte finish, an old Clinique palette that I got as a gift with purchase years ago, NYX HD finishing powder, and some very old black hello kitty lipstick.  Using all these products, I am going to do my makeup for Halloween.  You don't have to run out and spend a fortune on makeup specifically for this one night!  

Busy Day!

This is going to be a busy day!  First, grocery shopping.  Then, Christmas shopping (I am one of those freaky people that doest their Christmas shopping extremely early; believe it or not, I am late this year!).  Then, my workout-I'm focusing on strengthening with weight lifting exercises.  After that, I get my hair done!  Yay!!!!!!!!!  I have 1 inch black roots!  Yuck!  Anyway, then I have to log on to my student portal and take the online classroom tutorial and set up a few things before the new semester starts next week.  Busy, busy, busy!

Christmas?!?! It's not even Halloween!

Last week, I took 3 photos.  Let me remind everyone that this is the week of Halloween.  The first picture was taken at the grocery store…………………

Now, when looking closely at the above photo, you will notice multiple different types of eggnog along with holiday flavored creamers.  This photo was taken 2 weeks prior to Halloween!!!!!!!!!!  What is going on here?!?!?!

Next, I visited Michael's crafting store and took 2 photos….again, 2 full weeks prior to Halloween.  

The first photo is a Christmas ornament that I found absolutely adorable.  :-)  Anyway, that cute puppy ornament was hanging with hundreds of other ornaments on a huge display.  The second photo is a display showing customers quite the variety of lighted Christmas trees.  I don't know about you, but for me, it is just too darn early for this!  Again, why do we need to see hundreds and even thousands of Christmas ornaments and various home decor items 2 weeks prior to Halloween?  This is madness!

Wow! A Sale!

So last week I posted that I had cleaned out the closed and posted a handful of items online to sell.  Well, within 10 days of listing, someone purchased one of my items!!!!  This is super exciting because I haven't had much luck selling lately.  I am hoping that this is the beginning of a trend.  :-)

Just Browsing!

This is a random blurb post:
I was out shopping a few days ago and found this tee-shirt.  It reads "I'm Not Stalking, I'm Browsing."  This made me literally LOL!  We all have that one friend (or had that one friend) who stalks their crush, ex, or neighbor on social media.  For that one friend, this shirt is definitely a potential Christmas gift!

:-P

Candy Corn Cake - Decorating!

Time for decorating……….

Have the Candy Corn ready…..

And the icing too……

I started by placing the orange layer on a cookie sheet, then icing the top of it……Then I layered the yellow layer on top and iced some more…..then I placed the final layer, the white layer, and covered the entire thing with the rest of the icing…..

Next, I covered the entire cake with the Candy Corn……

And when I cut open the cake………beautiful layers!  :-)