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Who here wears makeup? Yup, probably 99% of us. Makeup is something we use allll the time, but we don’t realize that most makeup has all sorts of terrible ingredients in it. Do you think I'm exaggerating? Some of the most popular makeup ingredients are carcinogens (any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that promotes carcinogenesis, the […]
April 12, 2019
For January’s Small Business Saturday, I want to introduce you guys to Pamela Metamorphosis, a Denver based, cruelty-free, skincare brand that genuinely helps your skin be the best it can be. Before I dive into Pamela Metamorphosis products, I’ll give you a little background on my own skincare woes first. When it comes to my […]
January 26, 2018
Date night is one of my favorite nights ever! It gives hubby and I the chance to reconnect after our long weeks. It also helps us try new restaurants around town. Most importantly, it forces me to put away my sweatpants, get off of the couch (where there is surely a firm indentation from my […]
October 6, 2017
For the longest time, every single flight I took resulted in my face breaking out. And honestly, I like souvenirs from cities that aren’t on my face. I’d get on the flight with clear skin ready to take on the world and get off of the flight feeling exhausted and inevitably carrying a new pimple […]
May 4, 2017
Okay real life scenario – You can sleep in for thirty more minutes and have only five-ten minutes for your makeup or you can get up right now. What do you do? I always go for the extra sleep. Always. But it's because I've got my makeup routine down to a few essentials that work best for […]
April 28, 2017
I'm an itch-scratcher. I'm not a watcher or a wisher; I am most certainly not a regreter. What does that mean? Six weeks ago I dyed my black hair blonde. Why? Because I really wanted to. Any other reasons? Nope. Did I have any big events happening? Yes—my sister-in-law's wedding, a trip to Bali, Indonesia, […]
March 30, 2017
Objective: Create a mocha-brown-to-smoky-blonde ombre starting from black hair. Time: Two weeks of actual work, two weeks of prep work I guess for starters, I should tell you why I wanted to do this. There’s so much movement and glimmer in blonde and multi-tonal hair. I knew that with my jet-black hair, I could achieve […]
March 2, 2017
I recently bought a set of five ColourPop lip stains to see what they look like on brown skin. I didn’t use any extra lighting, just sat by the window. If interested in seeing which ColourPop lipstains for brown skin I absolutely love, check out the video below. I love this brand of lipstains because […]
February 7, 2017
Nude. What a funny word—even funnier when used to describe a color. What color is nude? When I think of nude, I think of skin tone. I think of naked. I think of natural. Is that too out of the ordinary? I don’t think so. But then if I cut myself, a supposedly nude Band-Aid […]
January 5, 2017Living Open-Handed — My 90-day devotional for the days when you need to be encouraged by scripture and softened by grace. — A devotional to be encouraged by scripture and softened by grace.