New you every day, every hour!

So you know when you go on those websites that tell you they can make you look like anyone with the addition of 80's style hairdo's that aren't even cool for the 80's fan (and I am that)...and you download the best picture you can find and try to find a new hairstyle but the hair is all crazy on your head? You can't get it to fit because...well it just won't. And most other websites have people nobody has ever heard of...these styles are from actual celebraties from 2011 not 1911 on the dailymakeover website :) And most of the websites charge just for you to see if a hairstyle looks right on you or whatever. Ok so I've found the coolest website EVER to play with not only up-to-date hairstyles, colors, cuts, accesories and all that BUT also makeup, earrings, etc. AND the makeup is the actual producer of it so if you want to try MAC mascara you can and if you want to try Maybelline eyeshadow in a certain shade YOU CAN! How exciting is that????? Here is the greatest thing about it....IT'S FREE!!! You can try up to 100 looks per day at no charge. I had sooo much fun with this website. I was able to see what I would look  like with blonde hair and Tammy Faye Baker makeup (RIP Tammy Faye) which I would never go blonde and I also tried dark brown short hair, wont do that either. But it was soooo fun to see how I would look and it actually looks real! The website also has great beauty tips, up-to-date information on all things beauty, youtube videos on , yep you guessed it, beauty. I really enjoy this website! When you download your picture make sure your hair is back (thats they only "flaw" I can find because if your hair isn't back and you try a short style or updo, you still see your real hair in the background) and once you get your picture downloaded, you then click on certain parts of your face so that when you put eyeshadow on, lipstick, hairstyles, etc...it goes exactly where it should! I could go on and on about how great this website is and all the fun features but then it would leave no surprise for you when you go there! :)

Check it out, play around with it and I would love to see a creation that you did!!!

Here is the website:

http://www.dailymakeover.com/

IT WORKS Body Wraps

Boy am I excited to review this product!! This is going to be a little lengthy so get ready. I was contacted by an independent consultant of IT WORKS Body Wraps asking if I would try the wrap and review it on my blog. Now of course I'm not going to say no but I warned her that I was going to be brutally honest because I feel that's what everyone deserves. Kelly (the consultant) was very confident in saying "You won't be disappointed" and man was she right!!! Here is step by step how it worked for me and then I will post all of the information about it.

Last night while at worship practice, Kelly came in with the body wrap and plastic wrap. I wore a sweatshirt and yoga pants so you don't have to worry about getting undressed or anything. You will only need your skin exposed that you are wrapping, in my case it was my tummy area. She measured me in three different areas and wrote that down and then unveiled the wrap and it smelled amazing! You could smell the Eucalyptus and Menthol right away (I will have a link to show all of the NATURAL ingredients below). She put the wrap on my belly and man was it cold! That's about the only thing I can complain about. Once the wrap was on good she covered that with plastic wrap to keep it on. I was able to put my shirt down and that was it!I loved the fact that I didn't need to rest or stay still or not go on with my day because of this wrap. I didn't have to find the time to fit it in because the entire process took about 3-5 minutes to apply.The only stipulation is you need to drink water throughout the wrap process. I drank two bottles of water and Kelly said that was good.

I went on with my evening and practice and then about 1 hour later Kelly came back and unwrapped me. Ready for the results?????????????????

I LOST 2.5 INCHES IN MY WAIST!!!!!!!!! WHAT????????????? That is crazy to me!! I wouldn't have believed it had I not been the one getting it done. I could even see a difference in the texture of my skin. The remaining ingredients that were left on my tummy after she removed the wrap was just rubbed in my skin and it was so soft. Kelly said it will continue to work for 72 hours!!!!! This all sounds too good to be true doesn't it??? I'm a firm believer in this product and the great thing about this is it doesn't stop with just the wraps! There are vitamins, Chin and Neck applicators, Defining Gel (you should see the pictures of the before and after with just this gel for people suffering with cellulite and such), Facial applications (which is what I will try next), Slim care products, dietary products, the list goes on and on.

My husband and I are going to look into this a little more because we want to get fit and this is a fabulous start for sure! This gives you the jump start that you need to get fit, firm and healthy.There are perks for being a loyal member too! Instead of paying full price, you pay anywhere from 20%-50% less than retail cost!

Here is more information on IT WORKS products:

About Our Products

The It Works vision to provide you with one-of-a-kind, safe, effective, and affordable products is driven by our commitment to integrity at the forefront of our product development.  Because responsibility to you is our primary goal, It Works products are formulated by leading scientists, herbalists, and researchers using the best natural ingredients, cutting-edge science, and strict quality standards to provide effective products that safely nourish your body and enhance your life.
Our honest approach to nutrition and wholesome ingredients has guided It Works through the harmonious blending of science and nature to bring superior, affordable products from our business to your home.  It Works is proud to offer its one-of-a-kind body slimming treatments, top-notch nutritional supplements, and a specially-formulated skin care line that helps stop or delay the harmful environmental effects that contribute to the speed of the aging process

Body Slimming

These one-of-a-kind body slimming products are like nothing you have seen before! Formulated with botanical active ingredients, our slimming products give you noticeable results, leaving your skin tightened, toned, and vitalized for a youthful, fresh appearance with improved skin elasticity.
Since we each have different areas of our bodies that concern us, we developed the Ultimate Applicator to be versatile to your specific needs—you can target the trouble spots of your choice and see dramatic results in as little as 45 minutes with this exclusive It Works body wrap. Then, follow it up with Defining Gel, our gel lotion, to maintain your results and reduce the appearance of unsightly varicose veins and skin dimples. Want to target your chin and neck area? We have an Applicator for that, too!
With the It Works body slimming line, you can be on your way to a custom-contouring regimen that works for your needs. It’s all about options…and, of course, results!

Skin Care

The It Works skin care line covers the needs of people of all ages with a safe, easy-to-use, botanically based product line. We have carefully formulated this set of cutting-edge skin care treatments with all botanical active ingredients, while also putting to use valuable new technologies for the best delivery of these ingredients into your skin.
With these superior products, you can now prevent and noticeably repair signs of aging, balance and nourish your skin with rich botanical extracts known for anti-oxidizing and detoxifying properties, reduce the appearance of scars and stretch marks, and reveal fresh, more youthful-looking skin that feels luxuriously silky and revitalized.
Among its most important features, our skin care line exemplifies the It Works commitment to products of integrity. We do not use animal by-products, and we remain environmentally friendly and cruelty-free in our product development processes.

Supplements

The harmful toxins in our environment, combined with daily stresses in your life and a lack of nutrition can lead you and your loved ones to poor health. The It Works supplements line is a comprehensive collection of nutritional solutions for real people like you to help you combat the elements and stay healthy. We proudly stand behind our commitment to nutritional supplements that contain the highest quality ingredients, offering you real, life-changing results at affordable prices.
Whether you’re looking to reduce stress, lose weight, get top-notch nutrition, regulate your digestive system, or turn back the hands of time from the inside out, there is a solution for you in the It Works supplements line.

Value Packages

Value Packages are the perfect way to start trying It Works products. (And a great way to save money, too!) Think of it like having a personal shopper help you pick the exact combination of products you need to succeed. These product sets have been specifically selected and packaged together to maximize your results. Whether you are looking for health and wellness, slimming, skin care, or a little bit of everything, there’s a perfect combination for everyone!

FITworks

FITworks is our online, interactive weight loss and personal development program in which our friendly team of FITworks experts coach you throughout your wellness journey.
Created by It Works Health Expert Carla Burns, R.N., FITworks uses the slimming science of thermogenic foods, hundreds of easy and delicious recipes, our maximum efficiency 20-minute workout, an online community, inspirational personal development material, and much more to help you achieve all your weight loss and wellness goals. There’s even a section for the kids! Whatever your wellness goals are, FITworks is the perfect place to start achieving them and seeing results in your life.

Here is the link to Kelly's website: www.itworks.net/kellywiening

Kelly was wonderful to work with and she is passionate about this product. Go see her!! You won't be disappointed at all. Tell her where you got your info from too! I think I may have an IT WORKS party so if anyone is interested in attending, please let me know and I will give you more information about that. If I get at least 8 people to commit to the party, it's on! I promise you that you won't be disappointed with this. If you want to lose weight, lose wrinkles, lose years of stress and toxins, this is for you! Post comments if you've tried this already or would like to try this.

Be blessed!

*Disclaimer*
 I was in no way paid or persuaded by the supplier of this product. My opinion is completely honest! :)

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation

Maybelline has come out with a foundation that is wonderful! I hate foundation that feels heavy on your face and with summer coming up that is the last thing we all need is to feel like we have heavy makeup on. I like to look natural and this foundation for sure lets the real you come through. Here is what Maybelline says about it:

Product Details

Why You'll Love It

It's makeup that fits you.

• No oils, no waxes, no nonsense
• Natural coverage that leaves skin the way it was meant to be…fresh, breathing, natural  
• Exclusive translucent base and lightweight pigments allow skin's natural highs and lows to show through
• Non-comedogenic, dermatologist-tested

For Best Results

Apply smoothly and evenly to your face and blend with your fingertips

click here to go straight to the website ----> http://www.maybelline.com/whats-new

I haven't tried the other products from the FIT line (concealer, pressed powder, blush) but if they are anything like the foundation, I won't be disappointed at all. The foundation is so creamy and it goes on very well. I really keep forgetting that I'm wearing anything at all! It blends into your skin with ease and I didn't use a sponge or anything, just my fingers. Removal is just as easy as application. It didn't take much either to cover my entire face so a little goes a long way. I'm #225 and that is a perfect FIT for me....what's your number?? :)

Lip Scrub

With summer coming you want to be sure that your lips will be ready for those bronze glosses that are coming out so get ready for a sweet scrub! Nobody wants to see dry cracked lips under shiny gloss..yucky. So here is a quick sugar scrub that will exfoliate your lips and get them smoother than a baby's bottom. :)

You will need:

• Sugar
• Vitamin E oil

Just mix the two together and gently rub it on your lips, back and forth for about 1 minute. Vitamin E oil is great for your skin for anti aging and also a great moisturizer so if it gets on your face, awesome! Embrace it and rub it in! :)

Once you've rubbed the scrub, rinse it off with water (room temp is fine) or with a damp cloth and then reapply the vitamin E oil. I do this before I go to bed and in the morning my lips feel smooth and amazing and my lipsticks and glosses go on soooo much better!

Let me know what you think about this scrub!

Be blessed!

jp

More food facials!!! For all skin types

These do-it-yourself concoctions are designed for dry, oily or normal skin types. The apple cider vinegar acts as a natural astringent; the olive oil helps remove dirt; the lactic acid in the yogurt exfoliates; and the lemon juice tightens pores.

Dry Skin

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 mashed banana or avocado
• 1 tsp olive oil

Oily Skin

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 tsp olive oil
• 1/4 tsp lemon juice

Normal Skin

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/4 tsp apple cider vinegar

1. Choose one cleanser, depending on your personal skin type. Combine all ingredients well.
   
2. Scoop out approximately 1/4 cup and apply all over face with a soft, circular motion. Rub into skin for at least one minute and leave on for about 5-10 minutes.
   
3. Rinse well with cool (not cold) water. Gently pat dry with a soft cloth. Store unused cleanser in the refrigerator for up to seven days

4. While your resting and allowing the food to work into your skin, pop some cucumbers on your eyes! Those are always great for your peepers!

I hope you all enjoy these simple, easy, very inexpensive ways to look 2beautiful in no time at all!! Let me know if you try any of these and what your thoughts are on them.

BIRCHBOX goodies!

I am super excited to share this amazing deal with you guys! I recently heard about BIRCHBOX through another blogger and so I researched it a little to find out more about it before signing up. It's a company that sends you samples of great products every month and it's only $10 a month!!!! WHAT??? Yea I know right????  The stuff this company literally gives away is insane! If any of you are Sephora fans you know you have to spend at least $100 to get ONE free sample! Through BIRCHBOX you get many each month for only $10! Here are some other benefits of becoming a member of BIRCHBOX:

Membership Benefits

• Monthly Birchbox with 4-5 luxe beauty samples
• Website filled with expert tips, tricks, and tutorials
• $10 off full-size products for every 100 Birchbox points
• Points for referring friends, buying products, and more

Plus if you love any sample you can order it straight from this website! Can you tell I'm excited about this??? You'd be crazy not to join. Think of the money you'd save in trying all these products out before you buy them! I signed up today and I can't wait to get my little sweet surprise of samples in the mail. I'll be sure and let you all know what all came in it and if any of you join, share with me what you got! Here is the website to sign up, let me know if you do!

http://www.birchbox.com/

Prom Tutorial

Ok before anyone expects to see a video I want to apologize for not having one! I was trying to download the software that I need and for whatever reason I wasn't able to download it...SO I decided to do pictures yet again and yes with my phone camera :(. This time I used my daughter instead of me since it's a prom look. I found it appropriate to use someone in the prom age range (and we all know I'm not that). :) Without anymore waiting, here you go.... 2011 Prom look:

• Here is Shaylee's eye without any makeup or primer.

• I put NYX white primer all over her lid from the brow bone down to the lash line.

• For the eyeshadow I used Maybelline Charcoal Smokes Quad Palette. I added the brow bone color all over the lid and up to the brow bone and then the Lid color I patted on just the lid and blended that just barely into the brow bone color.

• Then I added the Crease color to the crease of her eye and blended that out and added the Outer Corner color to the outer corner and then a soft brown to tone down the greys from the 28 Palette Coastal Scents. 

• Once everything was blended I used L'Oreal Le Kohl Pencil in Carbon Black (this is perfect for blending and creating a smokey eye) and also Too Faced Stiletto eyeshadow to seal everything, filled in her eyebrows with a brown eyeliner and then finished with L'Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara.

• Here are a couple pictures of the eyes up close and one in the sun light

• And here is the total look after pinkish peachy blush and soft pink lips :)

I hope everybody enjoys this tutorial! It's super easy because the colors in the Maybelline palette are titled LID, CREASE, etc and you just follow that. I added a few extra things to tone down the colors since I was working on a teenager. I didn't want anything to overpower her natural beauty or make her look like anything but herself with just a touch of something extra :)

Here is a picture of the shadow quad I used and you can see where it's marked which one to use. The colors can be much deeper so it's great for the older person too. I just kept it light for obvious reasons. The shimmer in this palette is so pretty too! It's more shimmer than matte for sure.

Here is a list of everything that I used today

• Revlon PhotoReady Foundation
• Palladio Rice Powder
• Revlon ColorStay Mineral Finishing Powder in 010 Brighten
• Rimmel 005 Pure lip liner
• BH Cosmetics for the blush and lip gloss
• Along with everything else I listed on this post

Let me know what you think! I'd love to get feedback on how I'm doing :)

Be Blessed Always

Attempt my first video tutorial!

So the weekend is here and it's time for my first tutorial! I'm more nervous about this then I was about any session that I've had thus far! I hear it can get quite time consuming with the editing that needs done, finding music for it, and being a wife, mother, full time employee and committed to my church for leadership, I have to fit this in somewhere. I'm starting the video here soon and editing throughout the weekend so stay tuned for the video this week. I think since prom is this coming weekend (May 7th) I'm going to do a look for that. Very smokey, shimmery, pretty look is what I'm going for.


Stay tuned because it's in the works now! Wish me luck......................

New business card....help me choose!

Here are the pictures of what I'm thinking. Help me!!! I can't decide which one I like most :) The one that has the leapord in it is a little darker but the flash wasn't working with me. I'm ordering this weekend so either post your comment or email me with your choice! Thanks!!!

Smashbox kits!!!!!!!!!

Check out QVC tomorrow April 29th for super amazing kits from Smashbox! Tune in to your local QVC channel at 12 AM, 3 AM, 4 AM, 6 AM, 9 AM, 4 PM, 7 PM and 10 PM to see what they have put together simply because we the Smashbox lovers asked for it!

Some of the featured items will be:

Photo Finish Primer
Waterproof Shadow Liner To Go
Jet Set eyeliner
Limitless Lip Stain and Color Seal Balms
Creamy Lip Color Trio

You can't miss this great chance to get your favorites in one kit!!

Click on the link below to see what all Smashbox will be introducing on QVC tomorrow. :)

Click here: Only on QVC: Your FAQs answered with Today’s Special Value!