Bow & Flower Phone Case!

Hi My Loves!!!

So a few weeks ago I recieved this lovely phone case in the mail from my lovely friend Cole. We have been internet friends now for a good few years and she makes these herself. She is so talented and patient haha!! I can't imagine how long these must take to make. 

Check out her Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/CustomisedByCole

She customizes them to your taste and can do a range of phone cases, so if you like what you see then definitely check out her page and see what you can both create ;) Everyone needs a little sparkle in their life after all!!!

Here it is on my sad phone..... luckily I just got a new phone yesterday as we FINALLY got an upgrade haha!!! SO I will probably be giving this one to my sister incase she ever gets an iphone ;) Note: dropping phones on the cement is not good :)

I know a few of you had asked where I got this case when I showed it so now you know!!

Be sure to check out Cole's blog and You Tube channel too ;) Tell her I sent you!

Hope you all have an amazing weekend!!

And incase you haven't seen my latest Jewelry Haul....

and if you want to see what I did yesterday...

Happy Mother's Day & Lily's 8 Month's Old!

Hi My Loves!!!

First of all I wanted to say......

We hope you all have a lovely Mother's Day spent with your most precious people :) Being a Mom is the most rewarding thing I have ever experienced and I'm so truly blessed to have my babies.

Also.... Lily's 8 months old today too!!! So Happy 8 Month Birthday to Lily Bug! In honor of her 8 month birthday I thought it was a perfect opportunity to do a blog post all about her cuteness...

Lily wanted to show off her new goodies from Sassy and Sweet Bowtique. These are seriously so cute and the tutu and matching headband shown below has got to be my favorite ;) What a little beauty Lily looks in this picture!! Especially with her tongue out haha!!!

Here's everything I got. They all fit super nice and comfy on her head and have a nice felt material on the back of the bow that lays on her head so there is nothing uncomfortable on her head :) 

(Most important thing to me)

This is is for the 4th of July.... festive!!!

This tutu is "tutu" cute :) You can expect her to be wearing this on our upcoming vacation for sure!! Lily's going to be a little fashionista in California!

I thought these were just way too cute not to share with all of you. I know many of you have little girls or baby girls and I must admit they look pretty cute with a headband and tutu on :)

Don't forget to check out her Facebook page and "like" it.... tell her I sent you!

Thanks for reading!!

Here's my latest video!!

Covergirl + Olay Concealer Balm Review

Hi My Loves!!!

Today I will be doing a review of the new Covergirl + Olay Concealer Balm. The color I picked up is Fair and I paid $7.99 for it at Target.

The packaging reminds me of an old school concealer like the one my Mom used to use when I was young. It's just in a "lipstick" form.

When you first apply it under the eyes it's really nice. Has good coverage, a nice consistency. It's thick and creamy and blends out easily. The color was perfect for me and I was really impressed. I applied the rest of my makeup and I noticed once I was all done that I already had some creasing under my eyes. It had already started settling into my fine lines.... this is where it goes down hill.

A few hours later I walked my a mirror and glanced at it and oh nuts was it a horrible sight. Where the concealer was applied, it was all splotchy and oily. It had no coverage any more and the concealer had basically just separated completely. It looked so bad!!! It was also majorly set into every little line under my eyes. NOT GOOD AT ALL :(

I would not recommend this concealer at all. I don't think it's really any good for any one. If you have lines, it will settle into them. If you are oily it will break apart and not last throughout the day.... it basically just does everything that you don't want a concealer to do which is such a shame because at first it looked so nice and was so nice to apply. This was a major dissapointment for me. 

I say save your money and spend it on the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Under Eye Concealer.... I still haven't found one to beat that yet.

Hope this helps :)

Need a Smile???

Hi My Loves!!

I was going through some of my pictures and found myself smiling the whole way through. There is nothing like a child's beautiful face to make you smile. My babies are the light of my life, the apples of my eye and what I wake up so happy for, everyday. I hope if you need a little pick me up or someone to put a smile on your face, these pictures of my little angels help :)

Enjoy!

Here's my little monkey with his hair combed all snazzy after his bath :)

Driving his friends car at playgroup.... he's an excellent driver!

Gotta love when they put on Mama's shoes and walk around in their pj's and huge boots :)

"I look good!'

Just chillin'

My little Lily Bug having some snuggle time with Mama :) 

"YEAH BABY" (He loves his turbie twisty)

"Oh Me?" 

Haha here is a total paparazzi shot! He was not having it :)

Lily just watching the kids at play group :)

Look at this little beauty! She justs melts my heart :)

Right in the middle of a tickle session :)

My favorite pj's of Lily's. They are so cute ;)

I love these pictures of Lily sitting in her big girl chair :) She hasn't quite figured out the flash on the camera yet (she always looks like she's sleepy haha!)

What a big girl!!!

Look at all that hair.... he is so cute!!!

Phoenix's first cheesecake and a cookie at Auntie BS's house. She spoils him :) He liked it but not as much as the cookie haha!

If those didn't make you smile.... this one has to! How can this little face not make you instantly grin? 

People ask how I stay so happy..... it's because I get to look at these beautiful faces every single day, all day long. They just make me so happy and I feel so very blessed to have such healthy, happy babies :) Life is great!

Hope you all have an amazing weekend!

Flashback Friday: BLONDE & TAN!

Hi My Loves!!

I love old pictures, I also love looking at other people's old pictures. I think it's fun to see how much or how little people have changed throughout the years. Here's a little peek into my past if you feel like having a nosy around :)

This was my homecoming my Junior Year. I went with a date, it was ok. I was not really into dances in highschool... but I had a great time getting ready with my friends and going to dinner before. I think I wore a lot of black eyeliner.... I can't remember what else.

This was one of my Senior Portraits. I really loved my hair here. It was such a pretty color and looked super healthy. I had just gotten it colored and blow dried. I had thinner eyebrows than I have now if that's possible lol... Again with the black liner. I think that was the thing when I was in highschool. Just piling on the liner.

Here's me at Prom. I had platinum and dark red hair. It was very fried. I bleached it every 4 weeks! One time when I got out of the shower and took the towel off my head, my bangs came off in the towel. I cried. My Dad told me "I told you so" HAHA!!! I went with my boyfriend at the time (don't ask me what he was thinking with that cane.... haha. I think it was cool back then)

I tanned everyday for 20 minutes back then because I worked at a tanning salon and got free tanning. Sometimes I tanned twice a day and I always used the hot tingle lotion! I was obsessed! P.S. Please excuse my old lady hands (Yikes.... hand wrinkle cream here I come haha)

This was me at my brother's graduation. I still had the bleach blonde and red hair but I think I had chopped it off at this point. I was still tanning everyday as you can tell. It was hotter than anything that day in the bleachers. 

This was Halloween. I was a playboy bunny (that's why my fingers are up haha... they are supposed to be bunny ears). I was working at the hair salon and we all decided to dress up but I couldn't be too playboy bunnyish with everything hanging out, so I wore this haha!

My Nanny (Grandma) came to visit me for a whole summer and this was when I went to take her to the airport for her to go back to England. We were shopping in Sephora and she snapped this picture. That bra is horrible. I look like Madonna haha! I miss my Nanny so much, she's the best! 

  

This is actually one of my favorite old pictures of me. I think it's the blue jewelry making my eyes look super blue or something... maybe it's my hair. Notice the chopped out ex haha!!! I couldn't just throw out a good picture of me lol... has anyone else done that?? You are going through old pictures and find one with an ex but think... darn it I look good here! I know.... I'll just cut him out! Haha!!

My 21st birthday!!! My Nanny was there for it and got me all of these balloons and cute cards. She brought me flowers that morning and a little cake. It was super fun having her there with me :) I used to wear Bare Minerals foundation back then for years as it was the only one I could find to match my tan skin. I did actually really like it and can't remember why I stopped using it.... 

How tan was I here??? My goodness! This was 4th of July. I was at the beach starting from 7am and just baked myself in the sun with NOOOO sunscreen! We were going out to dinner before fireworks and I put my favorite white dress on at the time. I used to wear that dress all the time because it made me look tanner haha!! Can you say TANOHOLIC??

And here is where my new life began... and ever since then I've been the happiest girl alive :) Nothing better than being with your best friend and love of your life. I had never felt so comfortable with anyone else or even myself before until I met Jay. I'm so blessed to have found him so early in my life and I will always be so grateful for that. Shelly made my bouquet that day.... didn't she do a beautiful job?

So there is a peek into my past :)

Hope you enjoyed all the bleach blonde tan haha!!

Happy Thursday!