Cure For Dry Chapped Lips

Everyone wants silky smooth lips, right?!  I have searched and searched for a lip exfoliator that will help my horribly chapped lips. I think I have chronic chapped lips; I use medicated chap stick constantly!
Years and years ago I used this stuff from a company called Beauti Control but I really wanted to find something that didn’t cost $22 a jar (plus shipping) and was more natural.

I came across several ideas on Pinterest but the one that stood out to me was the simple mixture of honey and sugar. I love it so I had to share.

Let me just say, you should stop reading right now and go to your pantry and mix the two together and rub the mixture on your lips! (but please come right back) you will thank me! They will feel AMAZING and be silky smooth for days! I love doing this about once a week. It’s cheap (everyone has honey and sugar in on hand, right?), it’s fast, and best of all it works!! You really only need a fraction of what I have in the picture above but my honey came out really fast lol. I like to put a little Burts Bees chap stick on afterwards but you really wont have to.

Enjoy!!

New Makeup Obsession

I have spent a ridiculous amount of money trying to find the right foundation and or powder over the past year. When I was in high school and college I was super tan and had beautiful clear skin so I hated wearing any kind of powder or foundation; I didn’t need to and I wish I could go back to those days. sigh…. For about 3 or 4 years I wore Bare Minerals powder foundation but recently I started to feel like it wasn’t giving me the coverage I needed and the colors never seemed to match that well. I think I tried about 4 different colors of just that one brand. So, I decided to try cheaper stuff down the drug store isle. No luck. Either it was too dry of a powder and would brush right off, or it left my skin feeling really oily. I had enough! I was told that MAC was awesome but dragging the girls to the mall is SUCH A PAIN so I kept putting it off. I finally had a break away and went by their booth and had them do my makeup and match my skin. Let me just tell you, when picking out makeup, let someone else match your skin and make sure to try it right there. It is a huge waste of money to do the whole “trial and error” method with makeup!! These are the products I ended up loving:
Pro Longwear Liquid Foundation

I actually ended up buying this one because they did not have my color in the Pro Longwear. I like it just fine but I liked the pump on the other one better.
Studio Fix Fluid

Apply the foundation with this brush. It gives you a great airbrush look and buffs the foundation beautifullly!
187 Duo Fibre Face Brush

I have also had my eye on this lipstick since my sister wore it in her wedding and so I went ahead and bought it while I was there. It is a great neutral that I like to wear as my every day lipstick. I am not big on wearing colored lipsticks so this one is perfect for me!

Mineralize Skinfinish Powder

Lipstick in “Cherish”

I really liked their primer but I did not get it cuz I have some right now. Hopefully getting it soon!

Prep and Prime Skin

I am totally obsessed with their makeup now and I highly recommend it to anyone!! It isn’t cheap but it also is not as much as I spent playing the trial and error game, either! It’s also not as much as other lines I looked at. Plus, this is your face that everyone looks at, treat it right!

Fall Headband

Today was a blustery yucky rainy early fall day so it was perfect for a quick sewing project. Actually, I started this a few days ago, but I had to put it on hold because my sewing machine was giving me fits, but I got to finish it today.
I absolutely love the headband craze right now! I thought I would have fun and make one out of some scraps I have laying around. I cut a strip 4.5” wide by 21.25” long.

I actually decided to add a little length to it so I had to make a little 2” tab at the end, but it actually worked out okay because it worked great with the button.

I folded it in half long ways, right sides together and sewed it together.

Turned it back right side out

Closed the open end by folding the raw edged under and sewed it down with a top stitch.

Picked out a button from my button stash and hand stitched it on. Don’t you love the creamy pearl with this fabric? I do! Also, can you see the “tab” I talked about? worked out okay to me! I love it when mistakes turn out for the better

This is where I had to stop. This should have been an hour long project but my buttonhole foot would NOT make a buttonhole!! I eventually gave up and made one by hand with a zig-zag stitch. it’s not perfect, but it works.

Now, for the fabric flowers. I decided to do a ruffled flower out of some scrap satin fabric that I had and some rosette style out of some red to pull out the red in the headband fabric. Here’s a close up:

I decided a didn’t like just one big flower so I made a second one that is slightly smaller. The satin fabric frays really bad, but I don’t seem to mind it much.

I sewed them on and viola! it’s done! Honestly, I can’t decide if I like it. I mean, I like the headband by its self but I don’t know if I am brave enough to wear it. I tend to shy away from “big” or “loud” fashion but hopefully I will get brave and wear it one day this fall.

P.S. I HATE taking pictures of myself but I needed to show it on my head. excuse the cheesy pics!!

Maybe I will start working out again….

These clothes from LivFit make me want to start working out again. That’s enough motivation, right?? lol

I think I found the boots I want

Emmitt by Steve Madden!

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They look like the perfect color I have been looking for. Tall, skinny, and without a lot of buckles and clips (I don’t like too much going on). I also wanted something that would make my legs and feet look smaller than they are. I think these will do it since it isn’t too big around the leg. Oh! and I also didn’t want to spend a FORTUNE!!
Hopefully I can go try them on soon and I will still love them!!

Fall Fashion List

These are on my list of must-haves this fall!
mint pants!

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brown riding boots
I havent found a pair the pair yet, but here is something like what I want

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boot socks!

head scarfs

wrap scarfs

I am totally obsessed with this look!!

New Nail Colors

I am totally obsessed with brown nail polish lately. I just recently found a few that I like, though. I am currently wearing:

"Little Brown Dress" from Essie.

However, I was in Ulta the other day and finally checked out their Texas line of OPI colors. I love them! How appropriate since I'm moving back in 2 days! lol Anyways, I got these colors:

"Houston, we have purple"

"Dont mess with OPI"

and I am going back to get "Suzi Loves cowboys"
I also found "Stormy" by Revlon:
Its really pretty. It's a dark gray but in some lights it has a plum tint to it; really does look like a storm cloud!