As we age, keeping skin balanced and happy can be quite a tricky endeavor. Typically, the older we get, the drier we get. That is certainly true in my case but like a lot of you, I still experience blackheads and blemishes. For the most part, treating dry skin is exactly opposite of treating acneic skin. So what’s a girl to do?…
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Hello!! I wanted to drop a personal post on you because my posts have been so sparse lately and I’d like to share what’s going on. I mentioned a few posts back that we have added onto our home. It’s been quite the process to live through with 2 little kiddos but I’m so glad we did it! I’m crazy about…
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The olive oil based skin care line, Olive + M is the most inspiring natural skin care line. As you all know, I love products with minimal ingredients that I can recognize. In skin care, often, less is more. The skin can actually thrive on simple, pure oils rather then creams and cleansers filled with chemicals in order to achieve consistency, lather…
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We’ve all been there-You pick your child up from school and they excitedly tell you about a classmate blowing chunks all over the classroom. You freeze, panic struck as a weird twinge of nausea begins rumbling in your stomach. You are paralyzed by a feeling of doom. What do you do? Just wait and pray? Or, your cubicle neighbor just. won’t. stop.…
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Lavanila Perfume is one of very few fragrance companies that offers perfume free from harsh chemicals. If you are trying to rid your beauty regime of harsh chemicals, the first thing to eliminate is perfume. Yeah, that sucks. Perfume has a crazy amount of harsh, toxic chemicals with extraordinary side effects. I’ve been researching fragrance companies for a while now looking for…
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Contouring and highlighting can truly do wonders for your face. By chiseling out the illusion of bone structure, you can actually give your face a different dimension then you were born with. This is great news for me because I was not born with high cheekbones or an oval face! By creating light and shadow, you can mold a more ideal face…
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DIYs can be a mixed bag. Seems to me like there are some things you should absolutely do yourself and there are others you should leave to the experts. I know I confuse a lot of you because I am known for skin care diys. Honestly, that’s what most people come to my site for. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing I…
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So, first I wanted to say HELLO! I have not posted for over 2 weeks now and am so glad to be back. We have been remodeling our house for the last 2 mos.-actually we added a whole room on! Needless to say, it’s been challenging to say the least to keep my head in the game and work around the endless…
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Some of you caught THIS post. I talked a little bit about my tummy. If you missed, let me sum it up. I’ve had 2 babies and haven’t done one single sit up in more then 6 mos. I go to the gym 3x a week but now that I’m older, it’s not enough. My gut is not flabby, it’s just out…
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