Rings N Things

I have been totally in love with big rings ever since they came into fashion. Unfortunately I've only gotten 2 in the past year. The other day I was in Walgreens and found these cuties for only 2 bucks a piece!!

I just love these! They're fun and go with just about any outfit :) 

Today I was looking for a white eye liner and happened to find this yummy red lipstick by Wet N Wild... 

I gave it a go today and it's a beautiful bright red. 

It's not orangey at all. 

I haven't really tested it's stay power yet so we'll see how that goes! 

But at only 3 dollars it's okay if the stay power isn't the greatest. 

Pin Curls!

Sooo I've seen my hubby's Grandma do her hair up in pin curls ever since the first time I stayed at her house. She sits in front of the tv in her cute flannel pj's and watches her favorite shows while putting her hair up. No mirror necessary, she's been doing it since she was a kid so believe me she knows what she's doing! At any rate I've always thought, well that's for short hair it won't do anything for my hair. And then one day a few years ago I decided to give it a try. Well it would have helped if I knew what I was doing! I made the curls way too thick and my hair was way too wet when I put it up. So fast forward to the next morning when I go to do my hair and I take the gazillion bobby pins out to find that it's a complete waste of time. No curl, still damp = hot mess! So I just chalked it up to a style that doesn't do anything for long hair. Then along comes youtube and a plethora of videos on hair, makeup and the like. And let's just say over the past year at least I've become a complete junkie of these videos! So I see a girl with hair that's longer than mine doing pin curls and I stop to see what she's doing that I didn't. And I realize..... 1. I was making my curls way too thick. & 2. My hair was way too damp. So a few nights ago I was reading in bed with wet hair and decide that once it's close to dry I'm going to try yet again to do pin curls! It took me about 30-40 minutes to get it all up, then I threw a bandanna over my head and headed off to bed. The next day I waited until about 10:30am to take the curls out and see where I was at. I LOVED it!! Now mind you it was A LOT of curl and I definitely had to put it into a style of some sort. I would have looked like a poodle had I just worn it down! But it turned out so cute and with a little squirt of my all time favorite hair spray Big Sexy Hair Spray & Play Hard it was still looking good enough the next day for a curly updo :) So girls give it a try!! You never know what cute hair dos you can come up with once you've pin curled your hair!! 

Shame on Me!

I'm SO awful at updating this thing. Probably why I never really kept a diary as a kid. I'm going to try to use this a little more to post new makeup looks I've tried, hair styles, beauty products....etc. I'll still update about my family from time to time as well.

Well since I last posted we've moved! Took forever to find a new house. I think I must have looked at at least 20 houses. What a fiasco! Finally we found a wonderful house and for less rent. YAY! We've been in our new house for about 2 months now. All moved in and enjoying it!

The kids and I finally got out to Eagle Island today! The kids have been out of school for almost 3 weeks and we just finally got around to going. I've been so wrapped up in unpacking and getting the house looking nice that I just haven't really even stopped to think about summer activities. It was beautiful & 85 today which for me is the perfect temp! My friend Janae came with her kiddos and we had much to talk about after not seeing each other for 3 months!!

My Mom & Grandma are coming in from Washington on Thursday. The kids are so excited and looking forward to all the fun times we will have with them :) I've written up our itinerary for while they're here! Lot's of fun things to do!

I guess that's about it for now. Have a great evening everyone!!