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MANICure MONDAY

So you guys already know I have an unhealthy obsession with nail polish.

To be honest I don’t think its the polish itself…okay it is. Yet there is also the underlying fact that shiny nails can represent so much more.

Nothing like looking down at shiny nails, and realizing that whether you took out the time to go to the salon or did them yourself, you actually took out a few minutes for yourself.

Something as small as a new nail color can do wonders. I thought I would set up a weekly link up to encourage everyone to just take a little time out during the week to do something for you.

So if you keep a fresh manicure, make sure to come and link up on Mondays and show off your digits and find some new bloggy friends.

I’ll go first. I hope to have a badge by next week. In the meantime just link back to this post

In honor of Halloween, last week I went with orange and black nails. I took my inspiration from Pinterest.

I used Revlon brand in Siren and a black nail art pen that I got from Dollar Tree

Here is my final result..I know it looks a little shaky but I was alright with how it turned out. I did the “sandwhich” method and it lasted for an entire week.

The linky will be open for the entire week!


Beauty

eos, the evolution of smooth–A Review

Cool, crisp weather is on the horizon. While we welcome fall we also have to contend with brisk wind and harsh indoor heat along with other factors that can wreak havoc on our skin.

You know the scenario after coming inside from outdoors, your chapped lips and dry hands not only feel uncomfortable but they look a mess. Not that I would know! During this time of year it is imperative to keep hand lotion and lip balm on hand to ward off the dry skin or might I dare say ash!!

I was fortunate enough to try out some lip balm and hand lotion by eos. If you’re not familiar these are the products that come in the very modern ergonomically shaped containers.

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Beauty Hair Lil Mama Nail Polish Weekend

Weekend Wrap Up

Hey Y’all,

Hope your weekend was well and you are on target to have a wonderful week. There is something great about Mondays. I always feel like I have a clean slate to start with and I have all of the ambition in the world to do everything I set out to do and by Wednesday…well I’m waiting on Monday again to start over!

This weekend was slightly busy.

Friday I headed over to the Atlanta Sheraton to meet up with Motions Haircare who was one of the sponsors for the Black Girls Run inaugural 5K and 10K race that took place here over the weekend. I feel like a slacker for not running but that’s another story for another day.

I digress.

Had a great time talking with their brand manager about new and innovative ways to care for your hair while leading an active and fit lifestyle. Look for a detailed post regarding these products very soon. While I was there I ran into the lovely Eboni from The Fashionista Next Door.

Beauty Makeup

My Revlon Expression Experiment

This post brought to you by Revlon. All opinions are 100% mine.

Remember a few weeks ago when I blogged about finally going to get some good foundation. Well quietly that was the start of a very miniscule but growing love for makeup. I’ve always admired a person who was able to “beat” their face for the pure enjoyment of heading to the grocery store while I stroll around with uneven skin tone and thin lopsided eyebrows.  Well thanks to YouTube and some beauty blog perusing I am trying to get better at perfecting my five minute face. I’m no where near there but I have been picking up an eyeshadow here, a blush there.

As a teenager I had awful acne prone skin that I constantly picked in. Who knew then that hindsight would be 20/20 and my dear Mama was right that my reluctance to “stay out of my face” would leave me with dark, crater like things on my face. I figured my fix for this would be to get a foundation primer…one day. Then the heavens opened up, or my mailbox depending on how you want to look at it and Revlon sent me two wonderful products to try out.

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