5 Minute Makeup

It's time for some make up! This is good for you busy moms that barely have 5 minutes for yourselves or if you are just lazy like me and don't want to wake up earlier! I will share my fun full make up another day. This is just a quicky!

The 5 minute makeup routine involves 4 steps but if you are really in a hurry then you can skip step 1 and 2. Step 3 and 4 can be done anywhere like waiting in the car for the kids or while the baby is down for a nap then you can take 5 minutes and do those two steps and move on to all that cleaning and good stuff. 

Step 1: The very first thing I always do in the morning is use a make up remover wipe. I just get the cheap Walmart ones. I have very sensitive skin but these work great for me. 

Cheap and works great!

Step 2: Put some face lotion on. It may not matter to you but I will explain later, in a different post, why it actually helps me with my makeup. Of course it is also good for your skin too:)

This is what I use every morning and again just from Walmart

Step 3: The good stuff! First put some eyeliner on that water line. Wondering what a water line is? Look below! P.S. The first picture below is me with NO makeup on. Not many people see that so you are lucky.

Putting eyeliner on your waterline really makes a difference to how you look. Check out the middle picture. Can you tell which eye has the eyeliner on it? Crazy how one little thing can do that right? I have to warn you though. When you first try out putting eyeliner on your waterline it may sting and you may be hating me but once you get used to it then it is a quick trick to make your eyes pop. When you try it out I would just put it on the bottom and try out the top part of your eye later once you have had some practice so that you don't hurt yourself to bad:)

Again just a Walmart pencil for me. I am a couponer so I wait until I see a coupon and buy whatever brand. It doesn't seem to make a difference what brand or anything. Cheap is best for this! If you have trouble with this whole waterline thing let me know and I will help you. It takes some getting used to. I have been doing it for years now so I don't think anything of it but I remember how it used to hurt and make my eyes water.

Step 4: Mascara

You can see on the right that mascara also helps you look better.

This is where you want to spend your money. MAC mascara is awesome. I didn't know that mascaras were really that different from each other until I tried this stuff. This stuff lasts forever and I wait until there is a mascara event at Nordstrom they do buy 2 get 1 free.

So there is your before and after

You could even keep eyeliner and mascara in your purse or diaper bag and when you have a second put it on.

Want more then 5 minute make up?I will post soon with more steps for those of you who have more time (my regular make up routine) and eventually I will post about my full make up routine (my routine when I am feeling extra ambitious)


Enjoy!

OOTD

Okay so here is my outfit of the day for today. Pulled out the chambray and threw on one of my new sweaters from Christmas. Big sweaters are in right now so if you have your chambray shirt, which you should since it's one of the 10 staples:), then put a big sweater over it and you have a really cute outfit. I also have on my new boots! 

One more pic. Notice my cute gloves:) This whole outfit is from Nordstrom including the gloves! 

Random tip while I am thinking about it. I may have talked about this before but here is a thought for you. If you got money for Christmas use it to buy nicer good quality stuff. When I get money as a gift that is when I buy my nice quality staples. It's hard for me to spend a lot of money when it is my own but if it is a gift for me I buy something nice and then I remember who it's from too. You can save $10 or $20 here and there to buy trendy stuff but how often do you have $50 or more at one time? NEVER in my case so think about what you are buying!

Be on the look out for my 5 minute makeup blog post that will be up soon!

Enjoy!

Boxing Day (One In One Out) and Winter Tips

Ever seen Boxing Day on the calendar and it says its a Canadian holiday? Well I have and when I was younger I always wondered why people cared so much about some sport that they had a holiday for it. Eventually I learned from my aunt who lived in Canada for a long time that boxing day is a day that Canadians get rid of old stuff they don't need and send it to the poor.

Since then the day after Christmas I go through my clothes and shoes and get rid of at least as many things as I received (this is the one in one out strategy I have talked about  before). This morning I decided to Google Boxing Day and different countries do different things for boxing day. In Canada it has turned into a Black Friday kind of thing and in other countries it is a day where they give gifts to people who do services for them like maids, hair stylist, and others who give them services of some kind. The internet says that there is not a specific origin of Boxing Day so I am going to go with mine.

I have this thought about getting rid of things, especially clothes and shoes. I feel like since I am lucky enough to get nice things I should help others too. This is my thought- Give away clothes and shoes that you haven't worn in the last 6 months and probably wont wear again. This way if you know someone who is poor or you can send them to DI while they are still in style people who are less fortunate then you can have nice clothes too. I am not rich by any means but for Christmas I always get a decent amount of money to spend on clothes and so when I get something new I get rid of something old. Give someone else a chance to get nice things too. I know what it is like to be poor enough that you can barely afford food let alone nice clothes so think about that now that Christmas is over and you have nice new things. What can you get rid of? What shoes are sitting around not being used that someone else would love? Have some random shirt in your closet that you never have really worn because after you bought it you decided you didn't really like it? Get rid of it!

Some people get really attached to clothes because they have memories attached but the memories are still there even if you get rid of the clothes. Give someone else a chance to make memories in your clothes. 

If you are like me it feels good to get rid of stuff. I have a small house with tiny closets so I love to get rid of things I wont wear. I use my one in one out policy all year when I buy new things but especially during Christmas time because I get more then just one new thing. Try it, it feels good.

Just something to think about. 

How to stay warm out there!

  The only way I survive winter is the clothes!

Get a cute beanie. Obviously here it is just for looks not to keep me warm but when I am going to be out in the cold I use it for reals to cover my ears and stuff. I got mine at the Holy Cow but I have seen cute ones at Nordstrom and Target

Get a cute colored scarf. Make sure it is comfortable though so that you can wear it every day. I am allergic to wool so I have to be careful of that so put it on and see how it feels before you buy it. Target always has nice ones that have matching gloves and things like that. It doesn't even have to be a fashionable scarf just a winter scarf in a color you like! I got mine from my mother in law for Christmas one year so I don't know where it is from but it is super warm.

Get a coat with a hood. Hoods help keep you warm! (notice the beanie being used for reals)

And of course gloves. I have three pairs I switch between because they get dirty since I wear them so much but you really only need one pair. One suggestion though is to get some that you can use with your smart phone. The ones in this picture have different fabric on the thumb and pointer finger so that I don't have to take them off just to use my phone. I got these at Walmart.

Again from Walmart with the different fabric on the fingers.

These obviously just show my fingers so that I can use my phone when I need to.

Enjoy and stay warm if you can!

Silent No Longer

I'm back . . .  Again. . . . So I haven't been posting for a while because I have been waiting for something and it never happened so I am done waiting and I am going to share my frustration with you. A while back Chelsea Cannon told me that I should talk to Bella Ella about being one of their bloggers. They were looking for new bloggers and so I thought I would try. I was a bit nervous about it but I was glad that someone thought I might do a good job. Thanks Chelsea! So I contacted them. They had me come into a photo shoot to see how things are done so that I could write a blog about it. When I showed up at the shoot the seemed to like me and even asked me to come back and do a test shoot because they thought I might be a good curvy model. That made me feel pretty good so I agreed.

I showed up for the shoot and it was a lot of fun. The photographer was great and the atmosphere was relaxed and fun. I don't know what i expected a photo shoot to be like but this was fun! I also felt good that someone thought I was pretty even though I am big and not happy with my body. While I was there the lady that had me come in for the blogging part said she would contact me because she liked my blog and wanted me to blog for them. That day I went away feeling pretty dang good. Knowing that they thought I was good looking enough to at least have a trial shoot and they also wanted me to blog for them! Even if I didn't get the modeling job I was okay with it because I at least had a fun time.

A few days later I got a very exciting e-mail! Here it is: (This was October 10th by the way)

Hey Heather!

 

Pictures were processed, and we love them! I'd love to contract you as one of our models. More information as to the contract's terms, scheduling of shoots, and Curvy products are pending. If you are still interested, I will reach out to you as soon as I have more details! :)

 

How exciting is that?!?!? At this point I was so excited and kept reading the e-mail to make sure I read it right. That same day I responded and say of course I was interested. On October 28th I received another e-mail saying that it would be a little bit longer and I was fun with that. I didn't want to bug anyone so I waited a couple of weeks and then send an e-mail on November 19th. In it I just said I was checking in to see how things were going. Since then I have heard nothing. . .. I thought maybe it was just taking a really long time but recently Bella Ella Curvy has been posting pictures with new models in them and they aren't me. :( I know I am not the prettiest girl ever but I feel like I am as cute as these ladies. What do I know though right?

New model number 1

New model number 2

 

Anyways, I didn't want to tell anyone until it actually happened so I stopped blogging and all that for a while. I am done waiting now. No idea what happened but if they changed their mind about me couldn't they have at least sent me an e-mail? I think so. . . Now when I go shop at Bella Elal I feel weird and so I have kind of stopped shopping there.

Now I am back and trying to forget about all this Bella Ella stuff and move on. Before I could I had to share with someone so I am sharing it with you my blog readers. 

I will be blogging like normal again now. If you have any suggestions about what you would like me to blog about leave a comment or message me on Facebook.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

Polished

I am getting lucky lately so I have another amazing thing to share with you! I love nail polish and I have hundreds of bottles but I don't get to paint my nails as often as I would like to because of school and work and all that good stuff! The painting part is quick enough but waiting for it to dry without smudging it cleaning or something takes FOREVER! I don't have that much time to wait.

 Yesterday I went to the beauty supply store with my sister because something happened to my top coat and it has been bubbling. I was going to get the same old OPI top coat because it is amazing but something happened! I asked one of the stylists there about top coat because there were a couple of different OPI kinds. What she told me next was too good to be true. She showed me this other top coat and said it was amazing. She told me all about it and how once she puts it on it dries really quickly. She can paint her nails and then be in bed 15 minutes later and not get smudges or sheet lines. My thought was "oh great some awesome top coat that is going to cost me a ton of money I don't have." Well guess what? It was the same price as the OPI top coat. I was still skeptical but it was cheap enough that I bought it to try it.

As you can guess, since I am writing a whole post about it, it WORKED! I put it on and was amazed within a few minutes it was completely dry. I went to bed shortly after because I wanted to see if it was really that good and this morning I woke up with no sheet lines! AMAZING! 

Here it is! My sister sales it if you want some and don't know where to get it!

NO SHEET LINES!

Enjoy!

BEST.DAY.EVER!

I am so excited right now. I came right home from Bella Ella Curvy to blog about this! I found the greatest thing today. CURVY COLORED SKINNY JEANS! I haven't been able to wear colored skinny jeans in a really long time because sure there are plenty of colored skinny jeans out there but they either are too small or they show every dent and all my cottage cheese. Even at my favorite place Bella Ella Curvy they have had some but every time I try them on they show every little dent on the back of my legs and my butt. Today I went in because it was buy one get one free leggings and I need some leggings that aren't black but I found something so much better! Skinny Jeans that fit, are flattering, and don't show my dents and cottage cheese. My husband will not be happy but they were on sale and they are a beautiful color. I wanted to by them in every color because they had burnt orange, mustard, and a bunch with polka-dots too! I haven't been this excited about an item of clothing in a long time.Oh then I got home to a cute cardigan I ordered a while ago and it is cute too! Good day!

See! Amazing right? Thank you Bella Ella Curvy! (Shirt from Target)

Sorry I apparently cant turn that way and take a picture but you had to see the backside.

Did I mention I got myself a new coat:) Target $40. Amazing deal and so many other cute ones. You have to have a cute coat for when you go to church or on dates.

Enjoy!

Casual Friday

I love casual Fridays. I love to either wear some sort of tee shirt and jeans or something school related so that I can show my school spirit! If you get a casual Friday like me then use it as a fun day to wear something different. If you don't work or don't get casual Friday use Saturday because sometimes it is just fun to wear one of your favorite old tee shirts or something. I wear concert tee shirts a lot because they are full of good memories! Casual Fridays are also good days to wear your way cute vans or toms, those go to comfortable shoes!

Today I just did a plain grey tee shirt and ignore how I look I went to the dentist and got some cavities filled so I don't feel to go so I didn't do much with myself this morning! Shirt from Target, Sweater from Norstrom, Jeans from Target, Toms from Norstrom.

Have a great weekend and Enjoy!

Wildlife Wednesdays

Apparently it's the cool thing to wear animal print on Wednesdays for wildlife Wednesdays if you are in junior high. Since I'm in junior high everyday I decided to join in. Even if you don't go to junior high you are welcome to do it too:)

There's my animal print shirt for ya. Shirt from H&M, cardigan from H&M, jeans from Target, and shoes from Burlington

Enjoy!

The Little Pink Box

Okay I am finally going to tell you about something I absolutely love! I always mean to talk about it but then I get busy or forget. Since I just got it in the mail a few minutes ago I thought I would share it with you while I am still all excited about it.

Have you ever heard of a Birchbox? If not I am going to tell you ALL about it. Birchbox is a little pink box you get in the mail every month! Its like getting a present every month even though I do pay for it. . . .I know it sounds weird but I will explain.. . .

I always know its gonna be a good day when I get this cute package in the mail!

Birchbox sends you a box of samples in the mail every month. You pay $10 a month and there is no contract so you can cancel whenever you want. I have been getting mine for at least 17 months but probably more and I don't plan on canceling anytime soon. The idea is that they want you to try the samples and then if you like something buy the full size version of it.

Everything about it is just so cute and I feel like it is definitely worth $10

When you sign up for Birchbox they have you fill out a profile that tells them what your hair, skin, and style is like. Each box is created unique to you. Because of my profile they know that I have crazy thick, course, curly hair so I get lots of fun hair products. They also know that I like perfume samples so I get one almost every month. It's great to get things you really want and will use.

It even comes boxed up all cute!

This is what I got today and I will definitely be using that shampoo and conditioner tonight! You can see I also got lip gloss, chapstick and perfume

How do you know what everything is and what to do with it? They tell you! They always send a card that explains what things are.

Of course there are times that I get things I know I wont use but I figure if I find one thing I like from each box then it is worth it to me. If there is stuff I wont use I give it away or I have a cute basket in my extra bathroom with stuff people can try or take when they use my bathroom (yes now you all want to come to my house right??). If you like trying new things then this is a great way to do it. There have been some amazing things in my box!

Here are some of my favorites. I couldn't get pictures of a lot of them because I used them all up and threw them away but here are a few to give you an idea.

This stuff is AMAZING! It is macadamia oil and it seems to do the same thing Moroccan oil does. It only takes a tiny amount so I have been using it for about 8 months and it is so good from my curly course hair.

More hair stuff that I love.

I use this chapstick and I don't know what I will do when it is gone. I guess I will actually have to by some because I don't know if I can live without it! I have had it for over a year though so it will probably be worth the prince when I have to buy it.

Okay this has to be the smartest thing ever. Why haven't I seen a mirror on all lip gloss? BEST. IDEA. EVER. Plus it is a nice tint and smells amazing.

My box of fun stuff I try out. On Saturdays or Sundays when I have extra time I pick something to try out.

A couple of other things I want to share about the boxes:

• Do you like expensive perfume but don't buy it because you are poor like me? Well with my Birchbox I get free samples of all the fancy stuff. I have about 10 different kinds that I switch between right now.
• If you aren't getting things you like you can change up your profile. After a year they also had me answer some questions about what I was liking and not liking about my box
• Have I mentioned how much I love Birchbox?:)

 Try it out and let me know what you think

Go to their website http://www.birchbox.com/ and check it out. They have great tutorials and ideas and they started a box for men too. . . Pretty sure my husband would never care about that but its a fun idea. . .

Enjoy!

Boots with the Fur. . .

At last its boot season! I have to say that summer is my favorite time of the year because I get to swim, wakeboard, and be in the sun. Most of all I don't have to work! Gotta love working in education! Although I do love summer it's not for the fashion. The BEST season for fashion is defiantly fall. There are so many fall fashions that I love but today it's just about the boots. 

I love boots! (not boots with fur but it made you curious right?) Since I'm in Utah there is snow and cold weather so I have to have a good pair of boots or two or three. . . You get the idea right? I used to always buy cheap boots because I can't afford to pay $100 or more for a pair of shoes. If you are like me that is a lot of money. It's tough to be a poor college student! Anyways. . . Last fall all of my cheap boots had holes or other problems and they weren't wearable. I was able to convince my husband that I would need some boots before it started to snow and he agreed that it would be better for me to buy a nice pair that would last so I headed to Nordstrom. I only had about $100 and in the shoe department at Nordstrom that's not much. Luckily there was a sale and I got some great boots for either $60 or $90 I can't remember. After I wore them I swore I would never go back to cheap boots. I couldn't believe the difference! Then later when it was near Christmas time my parents gave me some christmas money. Once again I headed to Nordstrom for another pair of boots. I found some Steven  Maddens for between $90 and $130. Again I learned nice quality boots are amazing! 

Wanna know the best part? I pulled them out to start wearing again and they still look and feel great on my feet. My cheap boots rarely lasted more then a season. 

Basically I am saying that if you struggle with boots like I did then save some money when you can and try some nice boots. You can also check Ross but I haven't been able to find good boots in my size yet. 

The other suggestion I have about boots is to get some simple ones that you can wear with everything. Usually I would say get the fun crazy ones but if you want nice ones to wear for a few years don't get crazy trendy boots like boots with the fur (See what I did there? Making good use of my title) because by the next year who knows what will be in style. 

Here are the boots I got last year that are still in great shape!

Sorry the pictures aren't great because I wasn't planning on posting about boots so this is just a picture I took for the outfit.

Boots and shirt from Nordstrom skirt and cardigan from Bella Ella Curvy.

Enjoy!

Late Sunday Sales

Sorry rough week with getting back into work and school. Anyways there isn't much this week but Target has some new cute T-shirts. They are called Raglan Tees and they look like baseball tees. Really cute and only $10.

There is a bad picture but they are cute right?

Enjoy!

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