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Review: KKCenterHK.com Lashes and Wig

2011-04-19T16:48:00.001-04:00

Ok I have come to the conclusion that I am a TERRIBLE blogger, lol. I just found that I enjoy reading blogs more than actually writing them. I may pop in here and there but no promises. I'd hate to break a promise ;)

ANYWHOOOO

This is not a post about my insane lack of posting. I was sent some lashes and a wig to review from KKCenter HK. It's an online company based in Honk Kong and they sell makeup and other items, in addition to lashes and hairpieces/wigs. Being that this is an international company, expect to wait at least a month for you're stuff. It's just like orderin 120 palettes from ebay... but I'll get to that later.

I received an email from Maggie and she allowed me to chose the LLS brand lashes in style A2 and a synthetic unit 6302A in a #2. The lashes are not human hair to my knowledge, but they are very natural looking (not too shiny) and you get 10 in a pack. I had all the prices and things written down somewhere but it went missing :( and the site is down so I may come back and edit that info in... but remember what I said about promises, LOL.

The wig was a nicely constructed unit. It's a typical wrap style that I know for a fact I can make myself for cheaper though. They have some very nice styles and even some offered with 100% Human Hair but the prices are a bit ridic for the HH units. If I remember correctly one was priced at close to $300... I'm not even paying that much for a FULL LACE unit from a CV so that is just beyond me.

I ended up giving the unit to my friend who just had a baby and needed something to throw on her head (LOL that sounds so funny) but it looked just as good, if not better on her! She said it's holding up pretty well. As much as you can expect from any synthetic unit.

All in all it is a great place for lashes! However I am soooo impatient I don't think I could order from them. Pictures below! See you guys next time! And until then, stay glam!! <3

Below photos are NOT the KK unit but the lashes were used in this St Patty's FOTD :)

They ARE very natural looking :)

To check out the site click HERE

I'M SELLING MY STEREO ROSE MSF!

2011-01-31T23:05:00.002-05:00

.....And a few other things too! Most of it is MAC and most of it is LE, but I don't believe in charging $100 for an MSF. Not my steelo. I guess you could call this a blog sale? LOL a very small one. Anyway leave a comment if anything interests you & I'll invoice you through PayPal. Shipping is $5 flat no matter how much u buy. Ok enough chit chat :)

~~MAC Stereo Rose MSF LE Used 1x $30~~ **SOLD**

Beach Bronze Cream Bronze LE (To The Beach Collection) Only swatched! $28

MAC What a Dame! Highlight Powder LE (Dame Edna Collection) *usage shown* $28

MAC Enough Said Blush LE (Red She Said Collection) *used 4-5x* $18

MAC Female Highlighter LE *used 3x* $15

NYX Silver eyeshadow used 1x $2

Eve Pearl AntiShine Tan/Dark *75% remaining* $10

Urban Decay Acid Rain eyeshadow *used 2x* $10

Maybelline Mousse blush in Rose Petal *used 4x* $2

Random polishes $1 each or $3 for lot

*each used 1-2x*

See anything you like?? Comment below :) 1st come 1st serve although I may not reply until the morning :)

.dreaJ.

Review & Swatches: Sedona Lace 28 neutral palette

2011-01-21T17:59:00.000-05:00

FINALLY!!! I got my 28 neutral palette! Lol, I've wanted this palette for a looooong time, and now I have it :) You can get this palette from numerous websites, including ebay, which is usually the cheapest. I received mine as part of my Secret Santa Swap package. It was purchased from Sedona Lace, who has wonderful customer service!

Keep Reading for swatches!

Ok so a lot of the shadows in this palette are indeed chalky. But I see them working on beauties of lighter skin tones as lid colors or even as highlights for a few WOC. The deeper shades are very pretty. My favorite is a deep sparkly burgundy shade (The last shadow in row 1). There is a nice mix of shimmer and matte with a few glittery shadows as well, which helps if you want to create a look with just one palette.

You can see in a few of the pictures, my palette looks a bit "ashy". That's just what happens as you use it. I'm sure when I wipe it down it won't look as bad. So far the actual palette is intact. My Coastal Scents 78 palette (or is it 72??) broke the 2nd day. So we'll see *crosses fingers*

Row 1 *natural light*

Row 2 *flash*

Row 2 *natural light*

Row 3 *flash*

Row 3 *natural light*

Row 4 *flash*

Row 4 *natural light*

*For reference I am in the NC/NW 45 range and swatches were done dry over concealer

All in all it's a pretty decent palette. I'd give it a 3/5.

Do any of you have this palette? What are you're thoughts on it?

.dreaJ.

Transformations: Black & Silver smokey eyes

2011-01-21T17:22:00.001-05:00

Hey guys! Here is another transformation I did for my friend. She was headed to a baby shower/ birthday party that night and wanted a silver and black smokey eye!

Keep Reading to see what I did :)

I always seem to forget to snap before pics. I'm usually too focused on setting up and sticking to the time crunch, LOL.

Here is a break down of what I used:

.FACE.
Cetaphil Daily Moisturizer
Black Opal Stick Foundation in Hazelnut
ELF HD powder
NYX Mocha Blush
NYX Terra Cotta Blush

.EYES.
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX Black Bean Jumbo Pencil
NYX Silver eyeshadow
GDE Incognito
MAC Carbon
Sedona Lace 10 pan concealer palette
Wet N Wild waterproof Liquid Liner in black
Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil in Zero
No name lashes
Ardell Lash Adhesive in Clear

.LIPS.
NYX Currant Lip Pencil
MAC Up The Amp Lipstick
NYX Round Lipgloss in Soap Opera Queen

I loved how the look came out. We both agreed it was somethinng totally different from her usual night out makeup :)

.dreaJ.

Transformations: Random Fam Makeover!

2011-01-17T19:01:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! I'm back with another MUA related post. I'm still on my freelancing journey, and while it's not kicking off as great as I would like, I still have people who let me just sit them in a chair and doodle on their face ;)

This is my younger cousin who I've been trying to get my hands on for a while now! She reminds me so much of myself lol (cliche) Anywho I just did something very neutral on her with a pop of purple.

She's such a goof LOL. I can't remember which foundation(s) I used on her because I had to mix but it evened her out nicely, I think. She has extremely dry skin that kept flaking during the application process, even after washing and moisturizing, so I learned a few new tricks to deal with it!

Next time she comes over, I'm attacking those brows ;)

dreaJ

Happy New Year!!! My 2010 Holiday Recap (Pic Heavy)

2011-01-17T18:46:00.000-05:00

Ummm..... 17 days later ;)

Hopefully everyone's whole holiday season was enjoyable! Mine was, although it had an added touch of bittersweetness. I have a few photos to post from that whole time. Some from my 25th birthday, some from New Year's Eve. I definitely didn't go anywhere NYE. I was one of those girls who did her makeup just to sit in the house LOL. So while this post is random in it's timing, it is also just.... random!

So let's start with my 25th birthday! I went out to dinner twice (yummy!) mainly because the original big dinner I had planned got a little complicated for a few people. So I just relocated it and my mom decided she wanted to take me out to dinner as well on the actual night of my bday, which was a Tuesday, BLEH!

I'm glad she did because we went to Maggiano's and I've been dying to go there ever since we were supposed to go for my Uncle's 60th birthday.

This dessert was sooooo good! I loved the long candles :)

Karma trying to blow out my candles!

Close up: Chocolate profiteroles and peppermint ice cream!

My mom & me posing before we left!

THEN that weekend I went to Hampton to have my dinner at Bonefish Grill. I had never been there either and my sis later thanked me for making everyone try something new and "step out of the box"

My blue smokey eye!

I also did my friend Jessica's makeup in addition to my own & my sis's too!

Bang Bang Shrimp!! This dish is AMAZING if you go to Bonefish, try it!

My Hypnotiq Martini :) the glowstick made it really cool & didn't stop glowing for 2 days lol

This is my fav pic of the night! We all lined up to take this pic at the end of dinner :)

My bday was definitely the highlight of my holiday season! What was yours?

dreaJ

Halloween Experiments

2010-10-17T22:14:00.001-04:00

If you guys know me, or have been following me for a while, you know I am still learning. Of course in any type of service industry you SHOULD always be learning, but you know what I mean... I don't call myself a "makeup artist" because I still have some things to learn and/or perfect. I found a nice Halloween kit at CVS that retails for $5.99 but was on sale for $3! I had to get it so I could try some stuff. That being said here are a couple attempts at Halloween creepiness lol.

First was the creepy clown/ Joker look.

I wasn't too happy with this one, but my brother & his friend LOVED it. So I wiped it off and then did this look:

I started out with just the 3 scratches/scars and then just kept adding, LOL. I'm actually really proud of this look because I've never done anything like this at all. And I used eyelash adhesive to create the wounds!

The little kit came with fake blood so I added that in the end. I wish I took pics of the process because I never thought it would turn out like this :) Oh and that fake blood, btw, is so nasty & salty. BLEH! I don't know how they expect people to put it in their mouths. No way Jose.

What are you doing for Halloween?

stay.GLAM. (or creepy lol)

Drea

FOTD: A Secret Fexi Revenge

2010-10-01T01:28:00.002-04:00

LOL @ the title. I like naming my looks, it helps remind me what shadows I used.

This look was created with my new pressed piggies! I hadn't used Her Revenge eyeshadow yet so I threw on this random Akedemics tank top (it was still hot in VA >:P ) and committed a makeup "sin". I matched my eyeshadow to my clothes!!! *GASP* (dun dun duuuuun!). I personally don't care about matching makeup to what you're wearing. As long as it's not overkill... i.e. red shirt, eyes, cheeks, and lips... but whatever.

[EYES]
Primer: TFSI
Shadows: GDE Her Revenge (lid-applied wet), GDE Incognito (crease), HH Fexi Girl (bottom lashline), GDE Secretive (bottom inner lashline), WnW Vanity Palette Matte Camel shade (browbone)
Mascara: Too Faced Lash Injection
Liner: WnW black gel liner pressed into upper lashline & black pencil liner on waterline

[FACE]
Concealer: MAC Select Moisture Cover NC45
Foundation: MAC Studio Fix Powder NC50
Blush: WnW Pearlescent Pink, MAC Petticoat MSF

[LIPS]
Lipstick: MAC Creme Cup
Lipgloss: MAC FLurry of Fun Lipglass

^ My new glasses ;)

*in her own world as always*

Purchase Glamour Doll Eyeshadows HERE!!

.stayGLAM.

drea

Love at First Swatch: Pigments Loose vs. Pressed

2010-09-29T21:26:00.001-04:00

Here are swatches of the pigments loose & pressed to show comparison. Not too much chatter in this post, LOL too many pictures and I would hate to bore you all! *Swatched dry with no primer/base to show the true shade.

Here is the palette after I replaced Oddity & Tattooed

Top: Her Revenge, Jailhouse Jumpsuit, Skinny Jeans, Blueberry Lush

Middle: Just Bitten, Electric Lemonade, Immature, Fexi Girl (Harajuku Hunnies)

Bottom: Incognito, Bare Naked, Chocoholic, Secretive

Her Revenge

Just Bitten

Incognito

Jailhouse Jumpsuit

Electric Lemonade

Bare Naked

Immature

Chocoholic

Blueberry Lush

Fexi Girl

Secretive

Click the shadow names for more info & color descriptions! Some of them didn't really change much! The overall result is pigmentation increase in all of them. Shadows like Jailhouse Jumpsuit, Electric Lemonade, Secretive and Blueberry Lush are more sheer looking when compared to their pressed counterparts. Her Revenge still looks the same, as well as Immature. Bare Naked had some golden undertones brought out, making it look more like a foiled pigment when applied. The one I'm really excited about is my Fexi Girl pigment from Harajuku Hunnies. It's more intense, but not in a color changing sort of way if that makes sense. There is no before & after of Skinny Jeans because I used a baggie sample & there was non left in loose form for comparison.

I ordered 2 more palettes and pans to press the rest of my pigments (the non-mattes)

EXCITED!!

Purchase GDE here: http://www.glamourdolleyes.com

Purchase Harajuku Hunnies here: http://www.harajukuhunnies.com

.stayGLAM.

Drea

Pigment Pressing = LOVE

2010-09-29T20:45:00.001-04:00

I love pigments... I love how they apply, and I love working with them, although some people don't. Another thing is I'm drawn to pressed shadows that act like pigments... you know the ones that people complain are too soft and have too much fallout. Yeah I'm weird like that, LOL.

I really wanted to press my pigments, so that they would be easier to store, travel with, and most importantly use on others. I love doing makeup on others and although I do not title myself as a MUA, I still think it's important to follow proper sanitation steps, don't you agree ;)

Pressing my favorite piggies into pans allow better cleaning for me. And since a lot of what I do on others tends to lean more towards bright & fun, I can trust that these shadows will work for that. Instead of rushing out and buying something new *cough cough SUGARPILL* , I stifled those urges by instead ordering a pressing kit from Beauty From the Earth (BFTE). The kit was only $18 and comes with a 2oz bottle of their pressing medium, a 12 pan MAGNETIC empty palette (with pans), a 10 gram jar, spatula, and a pressing disc. Only thing you really need is a cool fabric to press the pigments, if you care what they look like. I just used the little organza bag the items came in. That was cute enough for me!

The directions provided suggest you work with a consistency of a crumbly texture, that holds together. I went with Cora aka VintageorTacky's "cake batter" method found HERE. It just worked better for me :)

Here is the finished palette:

These are actually all Glamour Doll shadows. Most of my piggies came from there... yeah yeah I know I'm branching out lol

Top Row: Her Revenge, Jailhouse Jumpsuit, Oddity*, Blueberry Lush

Middle Row: Just Bitten, Electric Lemonade, Immature, Tattooed*

Bottom Row: Incognito, Bare Naked, Chocoholic, Secretive

*Oddity and Tattooed had to be scrapped because they both contain matte pigment which does not make for a good pressed shadow. I replaced them with Skinny Jeans (GDE) and Fexi Girl (Harajuku Hunnies) which I'm actually glad I did, because Fexi Girl pressed is pure LOVE!

I've officially become a pigment pressing addict. I plan on pressing the rest of my GDE, and any other pigments I order in the future are getting pressed as well! I'm debating on if I will press my HN piggies I just got. If I do I'll probably have to get another set just for pressing. I will do swatches of the shadows before and after in another post. Along with a picture of the palette as it is now. Below is the aftermath lol... not too bad.

.stayGLAM.
drea

Ringleader Recreation

2010-09-28T21:16:00.000-04:00

Just real quick, I wanted to post these pictures of a look I recreated. The original look can be found HERE, done by Jordan Liberty. I love that it was a purple smokey eye pretty much. Gave me an excuse to use my recently pressed Fexi Girl quickie shadow from Harajuku Hunnies!

Side note: I have a blog coming on my recent pigment pressing and how it turned me into a pressing freak LOL...

ANYWHO, here is what I came up with. Pretty happy with it except I wish I had a better camera to take pictures, and shorter lashes on the bottom. But nobody said it was gonna be exact!

Items used:

[EYES]

Primer: TFSI

Base: Wet N' Wild White pencil liner; no name black gel liner

Shadows: Harajuku Hunnies-Fexi Girl, matte white from WnW Greed palette, MAC Bold & Brash pigment

Brows & Details: WnW Black pencil liner & no name gel liner

Accents: Glamour Doll Eyes-Her Revenge (I chose diamonds instead of hearts)

Lashes: Andrea lashes on top & Red Cherry on bottom (forgot the #'s)

[FACE]

Primer: Smashbox Photofinish primer

Concealer: Eve Pearl Salmon (Dark); MAC Select Moisture Cover (NC45); Benefit Erase Paste (Medium)

Foundation: MUFE HD (173); Black Opal Stick Foundation (Hazlenut) *contour*

Powder: Face Atelier Translucent finishing powder

[LIPS]

Benefit Erase Paste in Medium to nude out lips

MAC Call My Bluff lipstick

These last 2 pics I took the lashes off... and smudged the points above my eyebrow in the process lmao

Only thing missing is a big ass TPain top hat ;)

Who inspires you?

.stayGLAM.

Drea

Love at First Swatch: Heavenly Naturals

2010-09-28T19:44:00.000-04:00

After much procrastination, I finally ordered some shadows from Heavenly Naturals! I've seen plenty of looks done with them by QueenBMakeup, and have heard plenty of praises sung by the Fexies and a few other people I am subbed to on youtube. I asked for recommendations on Twitter (what would we do without it lol) and got a lot of great suggestions... too many actually. I was looking at swatches, videos, tutorials, blog posts, FOTD's... everything & every suggestion made me want to buy it all. But of course... being one of limited fundage, I can't really do that. LOL it would take the fun out of ordering makeup anyway if I could, but that's another story for another day...

I decided on the Peacock Collection, added it to my cart, hit pay now with paypal and typed in my addy before I could go back and change my mind. It took about a week and a half to arrive, which I thought would be sooner, but I'm not trippin. The owner is having a little baby girl and I've never really been one to get my panties bunched for what others may consider slow shipping. (Except for that one time... -_-) Again, another story... yadda yadda.

Enough jibber jabber... ON TO THE SWATCHES!!

*My digital camera is no longer in my possession so until it is replaced, all swatches, fotd's and such will be taken with my HTC Hero camera.*

Swatches done dry, no base, with a q-tip:

Under Vanity Lighting

Top Row l-r: Dragon, Siren, Pandora's Box, Virtue, Sea Beam

Bottom: Temptation, Twilight, Intrigue, Courtship, Peacock

Natural lighting

I also received two samples in Couture (which was a suggested color that I didn't order) and New Mexico Sunset.

Vanity Lighting:

L-R: Couture, New Mexico Sunset

Natural Lighting:

I can't wait to use these shadows! They are so amazingly gorgeous & pigmented! You can purchase Heavenly Naturals here: http://www.heavenlynaturalbeauty.com/

And see many of them in action here: http://theoriginalqueenbmakeup.blogspot.com/

.stayGLAM.

drea

A Cry for HELP!

2010-09-15T17:56:00.001-04:00

About a month ago, one of my cousin's friends was in a hair/fashion show. I had no knowledge of the show really until about the week before! As soon as I found out, though I jumped into networking mode and started asking questions about if they needed makeup done. It was a show for a bunch of different groups of people, not just one specific business/company. So needless to say, I had missed out.

The day before the show my she contacted me on Facebook asking if I could do her makeup! Aaannnd we all know I said yes! Duh, lol. Come to find out the MUA they had lined up flaked so the group leader was stuck doing everyone's makeup day of. We discussed the concept when she was en route to my house and so I didn't have time to really plan out a look. More like "let's just go with the flow" kinda deal. She said the group leader wanted each girl to have 2 colors (determined by their outfits) and so my girl was assigned pink & silver. I was like ok that's simple enough. I thought she was gonna say something off the wall!

Then came the curve ball... they had to have a white or silver stripe down the center of their lips. Uuuhhh... ok. I did it though lol. Not gonna lie it could have been better but eh... practice ;) Any tips on how to make a cleaner line? I'm all ears!

Here is what I did:

Hehe her hair wasn't quite finished so we kept it under wraps. Here she is backstage at the show:

I wish I remembered all of what I used on her.. but u know... Mommy brain and all! Of course, being last minute we were rushing like crazy, LOL. She was happy with the results, which made me happy. Before she left I gave her a big stack of my business cards ;)

stay.GLAM

.dreaj.

Red Lips Make Me Vain

2010-09-13T18:40:00.000-04:00

I did this look a while back... well, maybe like a month ago? IDK I lose track of time like crazy. But after all the hype over the new Wet N Wild Colour Icon palettes, I finally took my behind over to CVS and bought them all. I saw my fellow Fexies Lala, Ale, and Jacqueline killing these palettes and banging out some amazing looks, so needless to say I was convinced that I would love them regardless.

Now, when I started this, I had no idea I was gonna add red lips. If you know me, you know I was a lipgloss kinda girl for a loooong time. I just got into lipsticks a year or so ago, but I tend to stick to subtle pinks, and neutrals.... no berries, and definitely not red. But I have to say, after doing this look (and walking around with it on for a while) I love the red lips!

Fellow Fexi Tia from K&T Makeup Artistry recreated my look (I was beyond flattered for real!) check hers out HERE.

Enough chatter... picture time.

Products:

I don't know exactly what I used on my face, as far as blush and whatnot, but I used pretty much all the colors in the WnW Vanity Palette and for the red lips I used - NYX lipliner in red, Revlon Colorburst Lipstcks in Raspberry, and True Red topped with a clear gloss :)

Have you ever rocked red lips? What's your fav combo for YOUR perfect red lip??

stay.GLAM

.drea.

REVIVAL!

2010-09-13T18:11:00.000-04:00

Ok, I am terrible at this blog thing... yes. I know I have said it before. This is attempt #2 to revive it and become better at blogging! I was a little discouraged after my camera & laptop were stolen -_- but my phone takes pretty decent pics. Decent enough for a blog post anyway, lol.

stay.GLAM
.drea.

Guru Recreation - Jacqueline

2010-03-01T16:35:00.001-05:00

Recreations are basically "~~copies~~" of a look that has been done/created by someone else. In the beauty community ~~copying~~ people is supposedly a big no-no. But, I love doing guru recreations. I mean, that's what tutorials are for right? We might as well utilize the talent that they're sharing with us, LOL. I plan on doing a "guru" recreation at least once a week to show how you can take a look someone else did & work it out for you. Everybody's skill differs as well as facial structures and techniques! It's fun to try a look out on yourself that you've seen someone else do! It's how you learn, and develop your skills.

For my 1st (blog recorded) recreation, I chose a look by the beautiful Jacqueline aka Brilliant Brunette. She actually recreated this look herself from Zoffe's Makeup. So this is a recreation of a recreation, LOL. See how that works? Jacqueline does have a youtube channel, which is how I first found her, but she has shifted her focus to her blog: abrilliantbrunette.com due to school & work. We all have lives outside of this beauty world, right?

Anyway, I chose the blue & green look that she recreated which can be found >HERE<

MY VERSION:

WHAT I USED:

.FACE.

MAC Select Moisture Cover Concealer- N45 & NC42 (under eyes)

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural- Dark

MAC Beauty Bowder Blush- "Enough Said"

.EYES.

Urban Decay Primer Potion

ELF Cream Shadow Duo- Butter Pecan (darker side)

MAC Sea & Sky Mineralized Duo- solid side

MAC Carbon eyeshadow

Urban Decay- Acid Rain

Glamour Doll Eyes- Immature

Black Cream Liner

.LIPS.

MAC Select Moisture Cover Concealer- NC45

NYX Round Lipstick- Rea

NYX Round Lipgloss- Cafe Latte

See? Recreations are a good thing! Have fun, "~~copy~~" some people, LOL :)

Till next time!

stay.GLAM

.drea.

Super Late Super Bowl

2010-02-26T16:01:00.005-05:00

Yeah yeah, I know the Super Bowl was a hella long time ago!!

LOL I was having technical difficulties then.

I did looks for both teams. I am NOT a Colts fan, but Karma's father is, and I was inspired by the blue. This look I actually did the last game that the Colts played b4 the Superbowl, against the Jets. I already knew that if the Saints won their game I'd be rockin Black & Gold Super Bowl Sunday, so the Colts look was done ahead of time LOL

I used my Coastal Scents palette for this one. It was so neglected sitting in my makeup drawer. I felt like giving it some love <3

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Now for the Saints look:

For the *ahem* winning look (LMAO) I used MAC Golden Lemon Pigment & Carbon and highlighted with the silver from my Coastal Scents palette.

I'm happy the Saints won. I'm not a Saints fan... but I love Reggie Bush <3 Hahahaha!

Till next time!
Stay GLAM
.drea.

Don't call it a COMEBACK!

2010-02-25T18:57:00.004-05:00

WOW! Last update August 2009?!?! That's terrible! Hopefully things will be better in 2010... even thought it's almost March and I'm just now posting a blog entry. Yikes.

I have a little bit more time to post now that Karma is older (15 months now!) but not enough time to make videos yet. I'm like a noob all over again. I have to ease back into this whole thing.

After looking at my photos from a year ago, when I first started doing makeup, I realized how much I've learned since then! I'm better at blending, placement, and just application in general. SOOOOOO... I'm going to start re-doing my old looks. Not a lot. I wrote down 10 that I'll be doing over again. All of them with Glamour Doll Eyes, which I am now a rep for!!! WHOOO!!! LOL That only means I now sell GDE. I don't get paid any extra to mention or use the products & I have to buy my own shit still, so FTC can kiss my ass.

Thank you Vanessa for the opportunity!

Ok anywho. I probably won't do them all back to back. I'll mix in a few new looks (both GDE & NON GDE) & reviews... tags. All that good stuff. Maybe even a few hauls?? Hmmm who's to say really. LOL

Stay GLAM!
.drea.

Just A Few Inspirational Things

2009-08-23T03:12:00.002-04:00

1. Life isn't fair,but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone....

4.. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument... Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret,you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful,beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19.. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer..

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26.. Frame every so-called disaster with these words'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything..

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37.. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved..

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up..

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves