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Day Off Makeup Look

I am very impressed by Hayden Pantierre’s All Day Beauty videos with Neutrogena. I chose the day off look because technically the day I described is a day off from work. As a new mom, I never really have a day off, but this is the closest thing I get to it.

Five Makeup Tips to Create an Instant Face Lift

Five Makeup Tips to Create an Instant Face Lift Have you been burning the candle at both ends lately? If you have been feeling less than fresh-faced, try switching up your beauty routine to give yourself an instant facelift. It’s all about playing up your natural attributes and using subtle contouring techniques to slim, tighten, and lift your … Read more

How to Get More Wear Out of Your Dresses

How to Get More Wear Out of Your Dresses – you can wear a dress as a skirt with a cropped top. It is super easy! Learn how to turn a dress into a skirt.

How to Make a Cropped Top

How to Make a Cropped Top  Cropped tops are so fun and I would love to wear them so that my flat stomach could peek out, but alas I do not have a flat stomach, never really have, but I still love the idea of cropped tops. I use cropped tops to wear over dresses … Read more

My Healthy Home & Makeup Bag

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My Healthy Home & Makeup Bag

I was always a fan of a clean house free of harsh chemicals, but now that I have a little one crawling all over the house, the importance of using safe products is priority number one. It can be very expensive to choose healthy options, but Walgreens has come out with a new line of products that makes it easy to keep my home clean without having to use harmful chemicals.

I started by cleaning out makeup bag and my makeup brushes using the Walgreens Ology Castile Soap. The soap is a gentle cleanser producing a mild, creamy lather making it safe for sensitive skin and expensive makeup brushes. It has no harmful chemicals like Sulfate, paraben and petrochemical and the product is not tested on animals.It is only $10.49 for 32 ounces. That is a whole lot of brush cleanings!

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Steps for cleaning Makeup Brushes from your Makeup Bag:

  1. Pour 1 capful of Walgreens Ology Castile Soap into a small bowl of water. Swirl the brush in the soap and water mixture, being careful to only get the bristles wet.
  2. Gently massage the bristles between your fingers, starting at the base and working to the tip of the brush until it looks like no more makeup is coming off of the brush.
  3. If the brush is really dirty, you can make the liquid more concentrated by adding another capful of castile soap.
  4. Next, press the brushes against a paper towel to dry and and reshape the brush between your fingers.
  5. Lay brushes flat on a paper towel to dry. Always lay your brushes flat to avoid water getting into the handle and ferrule which can cause rust or deterioration of the brush.

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Walgreens recently came out with a new line of cleaning products that are free from the following 10 harmful chemicals: Ammonia, Chlorine bleach, DEA (diethanolamine), TEA (triethanolamine), Parabens, Phthalates, Formaldehyde, Nonylphenol ethoxylates, Triclosan, SLS, SLES. Plus, Walgreens Ology does not use artificial dyes or fragrances.

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Active Retro Glam Makeup Looks

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Active Retro Glam Makeup Looks

I am loving the Retro Glam makeup look that I have been noticing on celebs and on the runways lately. Since I am constantly dealing with the humidity in Florida and the weather is getting warmer by the day, I was looking for a way to create a retro glam look that will stay put. I was able to create an Active Retro Glam Makeup Look with the help of Waterproof RIMMEL Scandaleyes Retro Glam Mascara, RIMMEL Stay Matte Foundation, and Waterproof RIMMEL Scandaleyes Thick & Thin Eyeliner.

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Spring Date Night Makeup Look

Spring Date Night Makeup Look

My sister is back on the dating scene and was looking for a fresh spring makeup look for a date later in the evening. We had a family funday this past Sunday at Downtown Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens. First, we has lunch at RA Sushi and then went Luka Cosmetics to get our makeup done by makeup blogger and professional makeup artist Aracely.

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DIY Goodie Bags

DIY Goodie Bags

Samples of the Stickers were received for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own. You know I cannot stop ordering from Tiny Prints. Check out my awesome Birth Announcements, Baby Shower Invites, Baby Shower Favors, Valentine’s Day Cards, and Christmas Cards.

Goodie bags aka swag bags are one of my favorite blogger perks! Bloggers and non-bloggers alike flock to events and parties for great swag. Why not make your friends feel like you are the swag master by putting together awesome DIY goodie bags for your next party of event. The key to a good party is to make sure your goodie bags are worth coming back for! You will always have a good turn out if you got the good swag bag! This goes for kid goodie bags too. Check out my ideas for beauty goodie bags and kid goodie bags.

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How to Get a Facial in Your Home

How to Get a Facial in Your Home

This post was written in affiliation with Harrods. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. I adore my Clarisonic and Harrods is an awesome store that I am super excited to work with.

Facials with a professional are awesome and a necessary evil for me because I have acne prone skin. I have been going to the same woman since my pregnancy acne outbreak. She is the first person to use the Clarisonic on me. Sometimes I do not have time or money to go to get a professional facial. For just such an occasion, I invested in a Clarisonic of my own.

How to Get a Facial in Your Home

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DIY Card Coasters

DIY Card Coasters by April Erhard Editor in Chief of April Golightly

I love sending and receiving cards from my friends and family. I save all the cool cards that I receive during the holidays. The prints on the backs of the flat cards from  Tiny Prints are so cool I could not bare to just toss them in the trash. That is how I came up with this DIY Card Coaster idea.

DIY Card Coasters

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Walgreens Holiday Solutions: DIY Photo Gift Tags

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Walgreens Holiday Solutions DIY Photo Gift Tags

Packing might not seems that important to gift giving, but trust me it makes an impression. I recently bought myself a pair of designer sunglasses and the packing that it came made me smile. I haven’t even worn the glasses yet, but I know they are waiting for me in pretty wrapping. It makes me giddy with excitement to think about it.

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3 Ways to Wear Green Makeup

3 Ways to Wear Green Makeup

The products from Prestige Cosmetics were provided for review purposes. As always, all opinions are my own.

Prestige  cosmetics has an awesome variety of makeup products from lips to eyes  and beyond. I have been regularly purchasing their blue eyeliner for  years. I recently tried out their Total Intensity Daring Green Eyeliner and long term relationship green eyeshadow called Hocus Pocus to show you 3 ways to wear green makeup on  your eyes.

3 Ways to Wear Green Makeup

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Mother of Dragons Costume

Daenerys Targaryen is the coolest character on The Game of Thrones. To start with she has a ton of cool nicknames, including: The Mother of Dragons; Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen; The Unburnt; Daene; Khaleesi; and Queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. She is a rich character both in the books and on the show Game of Thrones. She frees slaves, bathes in fire, and gave “birth” to dragons. As a new mom, I wanted to wear a costume for mother and child. The first costume that came to mind was Daenerys and her dragons. Since she is such a strong female figure, I thought this would be a great start for dressing up with my daughter for many Halloweens to come.

The Mother of Dragons Game of Thrones Halloween Costume

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Cloud 10 Blow Dry Bar & Makeup Salon Review: Delray Beach, Florida

Cloud 10 Blow Dry Bar & Makeup Salon Review: Delray Beach, Florida Services were provided for review purposes only. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. Cloud 10 Blow Dry Bar & Makeup Salon is the perfect modern girly salon in Delray Beach! The salon  specializes in hair styling and makeup. There is no … Read more

How to Use Conair Curl Secret

How to Use Conair Curl Secret with wavy hair so that it does not get caught in your hair and it gives you beautiful quick curls

DIY Nursery Letters

DIY Nursery Letters created by April Erhard of April Golightly

We received a sample of Lullaby Paint for review purposes only. All opinions are our own.

I wanted my daughter’s bedroom to have a customized feel, but did not want to spend a fortune buying letters. I have seen them cost from $10 to $60 a piece. Making them custom from the craft store is much cheaper. Since Camilla’s name is so long, there was no way I was going to spend even $10 a piece. I spent less than $2 per letter for this DIY project, and I have craft supplies left over to do other projects.

DIY Nursery Letters

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Setting a Clothing Budget

Now that I am a mom, a wife, and a new homeowner, I have come to realize that I have to set a clothing budget. That is a whole lot of change in such a short-time period (a little over a year). I am telling you about my budget in the hopes that you will be keep me accountable. creating a budget will hold me accountable on how I spend my monthly budget. Now that you know why I am starting a clothing budget, let’s talk about how to set a clothing budget.

How to Set a Clothing Budget, Setting a Clothing Budget

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Heisenberg Costume

I don’t know about you, but I am HUGE fan of Breaking Bad. My husband and I have been watching it every Sunday on the edge of our seat waiting to find out what happens to Walter White and the rest of the cast of Breaking Bad characters. I put this Heisenberg Costume together on … Read more

Be Fashionable Going Back to School with Duck Tape®

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walmart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Be fashionable when you go back to school using Duck Tape®. You can use Duck Tape® to create, embellish, and decorate everything for back to school. Decorate note books, planners, pens, welcome gifts for teachers, name plates for a desk or cubby, and lockers. Duck Tape® is a creative and inexpensive tool for both teachers, students, and they are only limited to their imagination!

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Pet Scarf DIY

Every time my puppy, Harrison Ford goes to the groomer her comes back with a cute scarf. Since I have been doing his grooming lately, I decided to make a pet scarf DIY. For my baby shower, I bought a pink polka dot fabric quarter from Joann Fabric. I know he is boy puppy, but boys can wear pink too! He looks very manly in his pink polka dot scarf! We made him a camo printed one that he has been wearing non-stop as well. I cannot wait to match the babies outfits to Harrison’s bandanas. The ability to buy fabric in quarters makes it really easy to make a ton of these pet bandanas.

pet scarf DIY

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