Vacation?!?

Hey lovelies! I feel like I haven't written in a while! Feels like a mini vacation lol! Has it been that long? I don't know. Oh well! I'm here tonight! I have a video I'm wanting to get edited for you guys, but things have been busy with work and today I spent time with Travis. He helped me color my hair again, so I feel normal now! 

He did a pretty good job Huh??? I think I'll keep using his services to color this mane of hair! But I love him whether he helps me or not! 

Anywho, since I wasn't actually on vacation, I am really looking forward to my upcoming trip to New York! I'm going to attend a few classes at The Makeup Show, and probably do a bit (or a ton!) or shopping. I've never been to New York so I'm a bit nervous too. Washington, D.C. Is the biggest city like that I've been to, but I'm still excited! We still have some details to work out, but it's coming along!

I dont really have much to say tonight other than, it's late and I have work pretty early in the morning! So good night you guys! 

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Day Of Beauty

Hello lovelies! Well it's 12:25 in the morning. I really should be asleep. I know that's not super late to a lot of you, but I have to be up in 6.5 hours to get ready for work. Oh well, what's a few hours of no sleep? It was a good day anyways! The weather was beautiful and I actually had a Saturday off work! So what better way to spend it than to get in some Me Time?

I started off my morning with a shower, I was in desperate need after last night. My room got so hot and my fan is no where to be found. So I made due and just had a nice rinse. I love using my sea salt soap bar from Whole Foods and my little scrubby puff. The combo is fantastic at giving that squeaky clean feeling. After a scrub-a-dub-dub, I called to make a hair appointment. I desperately needed to get my ends trimmed and my bangs needed some love. Can I just say I'm so thrilled an old customer of mine had one more opening today??? I've never been to his shop, Carter Hair Design, but I could tell he was good just from talking to him when he shopped for supplies. And yes, my hair looks fantastic! 

I wanted to get my nails done, but since it was a nice day everyone and their dog was out, so I couldn't get an appointment till 6. No fret! I figured I could film a video or 2 for you guys. I have a few new things I've been wanting to review and haul. But as I mentioned before, I have a new camera, and today was supposed to be when I broke it in. But, alas, my SD cards were so old, the new camera didn't support their slowness. Thank you BestBuy people for helping me. I grabbed a new card today but by the time I dicked around with the camera and got home I had enough time to say hi to the fam and head back out to get my nails done. 

But hey! I love how they turned out. They are a bit simple for my taste, but I do the heavy duty artwork myself, I really just needed a fill. Like, bad. And the best part? Travis came with me :). So I definitely enjoyed my day of beauty and the weather. We even grilled some steaks and made s'mores over a fire. So sorry I didn't get to film, but hopefully I'll have some spare time Monday, I have a full day of work tomorrow followed by a date night! Yay! 

You have a wonderful day!

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Green Tea Paper Masks

Hello Lovelies! So incase you missed the video I'll Have it below. These are some pretty cool masks.

Can I say that I really like them? When I first opened it, I was getting nervous, its folded up and its super slimy. I was afraid to rip it, but I managed to be gentle. The Instructions are rather simple too.

1. Unfold the mask
2. Apply to a clean, dry face
3. Wait 15 minutes, remove and rub product into skin. No need to remove extra product

So easy! And let me tell you, they feel kind of cool too. Very cold and very slippery. I felt like I was patting slime onto my face. But like I said, I did enjoy the mask. After I removed the paper, I rubbed the product into my face, and had to apply some moisturizer after, just to get rid of the sticky feeling it left behind. My skin didn't burn, it didn't get irritated or red.

The only thing I noticed was the next day I did get a few more breakouts. BUT I'm not sure if its from the mask (it's anti-blemish green tea, so it could have just drawn everything to the surface) or if the foundation I wore is the culprit. I did use my old UD Naked Skin foundation which is not my favorite. But needless to say it wasn't a bad breakout and I will totally do this mask again!

Check out the video review and first impression here

Have a great weekend!

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Periods, Falling, and Bad Foundation Days

Hello Lovelies! Can we get serious for a moment? Saturday was not the best day ever. Do any of you get serious cramps? I'm talking, my-cramps-are-so-bad-im-going-to-throw-up-now! bad. I should be used to it by now, I've been going through this for years now, but I was always able to sit and relax or lay down or SOMETHING. But with my new job, its not the easiest, and I just happened to have to open the store that morning and deal with customers. Lets just say my co-workers asked me not to die on them, lol. Of course they aren't that serious, but as soon as another cast member came to work, I ran to the bathroom in hopes that I would either throw up or the feeling would magically disappear.

Needless to say, the cramps didn't go away, but like I said, I've been dealing with this for years now, so I knew that the worst was over and I could actually stand up straight and talk without fearing I'd puke on a client. Did i still hurt? Oh hell yes. But It was tolerable.

Finally I came home and wanted to soak in the bath. I just wanted to relax! So I drew the bath and hopped on in and realized there was no hot water. Ok, there was enough to make it warm, but the craziest part was that the bottom water was cole and the top was hot! It was definitely not relaxing, that's for sure.

But let's not stop there. I was feeling a lot better after relaxing and my boyfriend Travis and I wanted to go to the store, so we came down the stairs and about half way down, yup, you guessed it, I fell. No serious harm was done, just a bruised arm, a sore butt and maybe a tiny bit of ego damage. But I really wasn't in the mood to fall down some stairs.

That's enough heavy for now, on to something I find quite funny.

Go ahead, you can laugh. Everyone in my house did. Ok, its not TERRIBLE. I could probably go out with that foundation on and get a few odd looks, but otherwise, some blending on the neck, i could rock it... maybe...

We were training at work and this is what they matched me with. I kept saying it looked a tad yellow and dark, but they said it looked really good. I'm not blaming them, I just know my skin a bit better than others. First, foundations oxidize on me pretty bad, so I have to be careful with which ones I use. Second, I don't want to look tanner... more tan... you know what I mean. I like to embrace and even enhance my paleness.

When I got home Travis just looked at me like something was off. Even my stepdad noticed, and my mom told me I looked like I had jaundice. Needless to say, I'm NOT Cool Sand In Bobbi Brown Foundation lol! But I love my work family. They are seriously the best.

But I had a great weekend with Travis and got some cleaning done on my days off. We even almost adopted a puppy! She's a 5 month old mix but just look how huge she is already!

I named her Bella, but sadly my folks said no. They even went so far as to say I wouldn't be allowed to live at home if we brought her home! (Jokingly of course... I hope...)

But it's back to work tomorrow. Food and sleep sound great. Goodnight!

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Home Away From Home

So I spend a lot of time either getting ready to go to work or actually working. My second family is here I guess I could say. I love what I do and I wouldn't trade it for the world. My night ended like this

And this

These two are the best and make working till midnight so worth it! It was raining so hard I felt like I should swim home. I guess I'm thankful it wasn't storming though! 

But hey, my morning today started like this 

The orange juice froze over the berries... how funny is that?? It turned out amazing as always. I love to start my days with a smoothie of spinach and cucumbers mostly, and to add a bit of sweetness, a couple strawberries and blueberries, a splash of orange juice and the rest water. Don't knock it till you try it! I promise it's not bad.

Back to my home away from home! We are short handed today so I feel extra busy and may I just say thank you to this amazing woman and her daughter?! They were traveling and stopped in and were super patient with me. They made a large purchase, I mean like, over 2000$, and as I was ringing them up I screwed up the transaction! I had to void everything and RING IN EVERYTHING ONCE MORE!! But they were fantastic about it, we laughed and everything went great. Oh and I'm trying out a new foundation from Lancôme. Well new to me, it's certainly not new. I love it! But it's still too dark. Not so much so that it looks bad, I can pull it off, but I need to mix in some white foundation to get it perfect, I'll keep you guys updated and maybe give you the name once I've decided how I feel about it ;).

Back to work for now lovelies! 

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First blog!? Huge Spring 2015 Haul!

Hey Lovelies! Welcome to my new blog! I just wanted to give you guys a quick intro into what you might find here. Well, to start, my name is Jenn. I enjoy a lot of the darker sides of life (but can I just say I hate horror movies?!? Oh my!) I just want to have fun and enjoy life. I love all things beauty and currently am redeveloping my beauty blogger ways. I'll include more detailed information about videos I post or just some day to day rants, maybe a quick Hi and some photo love for you all. So help me get the word out there and lest just have some fun! On to the actual post, shall we? Here's a list of what I accumulated during my Spring haul adventure. Now, not everything was bought at one time, I shopped in little bursts, that way I could try out most of what I was able to get my hands on. 

So this isn't everything, but its a lot. I'm super excited about these products. Here's the full list of what I found:

• L'oreal True Match - N1
• Hard Candy Fierce Effects Daring Lip Gloss - Adrenaline
• Hard Candy Glow All the Way - Doll Face
• ULTA Body Sponges
• Simple Cleansing Face Wipes
• Urban Decay Primer Potion - Original
• Rimmel London Lasting Finish 25 Hr. - 091 Light Ivory
• Urban Decay Eyeshadow - S&M
• NYX Wonder Pencil - Light
• NYX HD Concealer - Lavender
• Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Sensitive
• Softlips CUBE - Pomegranate Blueberry
• Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer - Champagne, Grapefruit, Guava
• Lorac Pro Matte Lip Pencil - Nude
• Urban Decay Sheer - Walk of Shame
• Essence - Get the Look, Barely There!
• Covergirl Lip Lava - Look It's Lava, Ooh La Lava, Lava-nder, Mango Lava, Mauva Lava, Live Love Lava
• Beauty Blender Cleaner
• Sephora Collection Paper Masks - Green Tea
• Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush - Celebrated
• Anastasia Dip Brow - Medium Brown
• Urban Decay Moondust Eyeshadow - Cosmic
• Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer - Fair Neutral
• First Aid Beauty - Facial Radiance Overnight Mask, Ultra Repair Liquid Recovery, Facial Radiance Serum, 5-in-1 Eye Cream

Out of breath? I know I was after all that! You can check out the badly filmed video too, here:

I seriously need to get some things done before work, enjoy Lovelies!

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