Beauty & Hair

I’m a girly girl at heart and usually feel my best when I’ve at least but on a couple coats of mascara! Most days I do a quick 7-minute makeup routine and put my hair in a topknot.  Here you’ll find my beauty and hair posts including my over-40 skincare routine, my experience with microblading (wish I’d done it sooner) and lash extensions (took them off but miss them), and my easy hair curling tutorial for loose waves.
 

 

How to Curl Your Hair for Loose Waves

How to Curl Your Hair for Loose Waves

I am so happy to finally have my hair curling tutorial ready for you today!  Y’all are so sweet and know how to make a girl feel good about her…

Beauty Lover’s Gift Guide

Beauty Lover’s Gift Guide

Good morning!  I’m waking up today, already feeling a little behind in the holiday department!  My cards are only halfway out the door (I still have to address and mail…

Weekend Steals & Deals

Weekend Steals & Deals

It’s Friday and finally the night we get to go see Usher in concert!  He’s on repeat on my iPod during my workouts, so I’m super excited to see him…

Fave Lipstick Colors

Fave Lipstick Colors

Is it feeling like Fall where you are?  We’re still in the 90’s, but with it being September now and  a few weeks of school down, I can feel Fall…

How to Clean Makeup Brushes

How to Clean Makeup Brushes

Rachel recently emailed me and and mentioned her blog (Useful Beautiful Home).  I popped over and thought it was super cute !  I was then flattered and happy to see my…

The Lob

The Lob

I was browsing Pinterest and found a pin from Brooklyn Limestone of this gorgeous girl’s fabulous hair! Turns out, the gorgeous girl is Kate, a professional hairstylist with a blog…

The Road to Schlumpadinkaville*??

The Road to Schlumpadinkaville*??

I think this must be how it starts.  One day, you’re getting ready in the morning, carefully applying makeup, styling your hair (drying and curling), putting on high heels and…