If you're as ready as I am to get out of the Winter nail slump, and want to get a jump start on warm days and sloshing sea waters, the two new mystery boxes are for you! If you prefer polish, or beauty, or BOTH, you can take your pick! And each is $100+ in value, and each only costs $24.99!! Nail Only Mystery Box - CoraBeauty Mystery Box - Pamela
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I debated whether or not I wanted to stop and share our Easter festivities, since I had no intentions of wanting to flash around things we do for other people, but I REALLY wanted to share the response we got from our actions.
My fiance and I, several weeks ago, decided that this year our Easter festivities wouldn't include egg dying, ham baking, or sweet eating. With family being so far away this year, we decided to share our love elsewhere. First, a background. For the entirety of our time living in this home and neighborhood, we have had the worst neighbors you could imagine. The selfish, obnoxious kind of neighbors. Neighbors with two teenage boys that harassed, insulted, degraded, and otherwise treated our teenage daughter like she was less than the amazing and good hearted young woman we see struggle in today's mean-spirited society. Neighbors with frequent uniformed officer visits, and with animals they let roam freely and terrorize the people and animals around them. Finally, the teenage boys took it a step too far, and they were forced to leave. Cue, new neighbors. After worrying that it would be a repeat of the last neighbors, we watched a young family with a large dog move in. Less than a week after moving in, the father actually came over late at night to let me know an opossum was eating our feral cat food. He was concerned because some of his relatives don't like when that happens, and wanted to make sure I knew. We did, and we intentionally help all the local wildlife, but the gesture was so sweet. Now, fast forward. As a work-from-home kind of gal, I get a lot of time to see what happens in the neighborhood. Every single day, there are routines of course. Every single day before the sun has risen, the father next door warms his work truck up and goes to work. He's gone all day long, and comes home clearly exhausted, and still takes time before leaving and after coming home to show love and affection with his children. He takes the two school-aged ones to school during the week, without fail. There were two solid weeks where the snow was so deep I couldn't make it off our steep porch, let alone go anywhere. To our surprise, and awe, he never seemed to fail making it to work. If we hadn't seen the horse-sized dog they had, we wouldn't know it existed. Always so quiet, so well behaved, so calm. In snow or warm weather, the kids come out to play. Never were there quieter, more well behaved children living next door. We were more than just pleased to have nice neighbors. We were so happy, so awed, to see a family that worked so hard and took the time to be kind to each other and their environment. So, together we decided we wanted to put together a surprise for them. With Easter on the way, we put together an Easter Basket for the whole family, horse-puppy included. We had chocolate eggs, huge chocolate and candy carrots, bunnies, sugar sticks, beans and coins. We had high quality, organic jerky for the puppy, and a giant collection of sidewalk chalk on the side. We put everything we could find that could possibly pamper a young family in the basket, and still wanted something else. At 4am Easter Morning, we snuck outside and hid 64 colourful plastic eggs full of jelly beans all around their house. There were eggs in the trees, on the statues, hidden in tufts of grass and sneaking behind the rose bushes. In one special, gold painted egg, we added $10; Enough the two older kids could share, if they wanted, but not so much the others would feel too sad they missed out on. And then we waited. For 12 hours [since, you know, we're quite early birds] we stalked the window, hoping to see the joy on the kids' faces when they found out the 'Easter Bunny' had visited. For a while, we were afraid the sun would ruin their easter basket, but we didn't want to alert them as to who had done it right away. We wrote a card, and that was what we wanted to be. The silent bunnies. Right as we had given up, we peeked out the window to see the back of a little girl, maybe 3 years old, bounding away from the final egg in a tree, basket bigger than she was in tow. Her smile was so beautiful, it made every freezing second of egg hiding that morning totally worth it. Then, the next morning, after a serious [see: Tornado warnings and shearing winds] storm, I went outside to check on the feral kitty that had just had her kittens. As I was coming back inside, there was a thick envelope falling between the porch and house. Trying to pick it up, the envelope fell apart. Inside the envelope, was the most amazing thing we've ever received. There was a hand-written letter of thanks and appreciation from the neighbors, and four hand-drawn pictures from each of the four kids next door, thanking us for the eggs, and candy, and hiding. We couldn't believe the beautiful things we had, and we laid them out to dry like they were made of soggy gold. So, while this post is long, the meaning is short. Show appreciation for those around you, and give those around you a reason to appreciate YOU. It feels way better than 200 likes on a post. <3 This month, we're a little pressed for time as we pre-decorate the eggs we're hiding for our neighborhood. [Shh. The Easter Bunny did it if anyone asks ;D] So, keeping it simple! Click the image you're interested in, and be taken directly to the page! No fancy titles, buttons, etc. Just images, and beautiful links. ;D The Secret SistersFacebook PickApril 2015 Birthstone - Leona2015 Pantone Colour of the YearWonder Maven - Holographic!!!Back from the Vault! If there is one thing I have to love the most about February, it's that it's shorter than all the other months! That means March's goodies are here soooo much faster! Enjoy! <3 Amazing, Dazzling, MarvelousThree total mysteries, three different pots of gold for your collection! Irish Pride!Aquamarine SceneFacebook chose it!Exclusive First Access!Big Bangs, Baby BucksPretty in PairsTriple ThreatDynamic DuosSolo Superstars Last, but CERTAINLY not least, is the Color Caddy for holding all your manicure [and pedicure!] needs. Julep is currently designing an all new, BETTER than ever before Caddy. So, you can get your hands on THIS one before it's gone for a KILLER price!!! It is great for storing, or traveling safely!
I'll be starting a new weekly photo series where I pick certain colours [or you do!] from within my collection and try a new mani with them. Mani Monday makes the most sense but... better late than never right?! This week's colours are: I decided I would finally try the beautiful 'Waterfall' style nail art, and while it's not perfect [Yayyy for dead striper brushes?] I actually really love it! Janel was the first colour I chose, and then Tazeen. I needed a good third colour, and Phoebe's shifty green was perfect! Of course, this would look vastly different without the matte topcoat I added, and I may still add a glossy topcoat to it later. But for now, I'm loving the silky falling glitter. <3
If you're interested in replicating this look, Tazeen is still available to purchase! Julep is warming our Winter hearts already with a beautiful early Valentine's box to help welcome new Mavens! Get your first box 50% off AND free shipping with the code BEMINE!
Here are just a few of the perks you can expect as a fabulous Julep Maven!
Who is ready to kick off the new year with a BANG?! Julep sure as heck is! I can't BELIEVE how amazing some of these deals are. <3 As usual, I was way too excited to try the newest Influenster product to do an unboxing >_> BUT I hope you all don't mind as I go on and review anyway without it. :) What is the product? None other than CoverGirl's newest mascara by lashblast: Full Lash Bloom. What can it do? According to the packaging, it:
Initial Impression - Pics My first impression is that the wand tip [brush] looks to be very flexible, the detailing tip looks a lot more functional, and may remove the excess product build up some flat-tipped mascara wands have. The pattern of the wand bristles being short and long looks like it will separate and fill in every last millimeter of lash, unlike standard bristle-brush wands. When dipped, wand was evenly and thoroughly coated, with almost no noticeable clumping of excess product on the bristles. Formula was very very creamy, without being oily. No harsh smell, unlike some other name-brand "full but natural" mascara I've tried. Before & After, First coat As one of those who is not among the OMG WOW natural lash length party of people, mascara is a key part of my make-up regime. I applied full make-up before putting the mascara on. Shown below is naked lashes on the left, and the initial coating/swipe of Bloom. Final Look and Thoughts After applying the first coat to both eyes, I immediately went back and put a second coat, lifting and separating the lashes even more. The first coat seemed to put a base layer of product on but didn't do much in the department of lifting and separating. The second coat however was almost magical. I easily saw 3x the length of my naked lashes, 3x the fullness, and a serious improvement to the separation. After the mascara fully dried, which wasn't maybe half an hour later, I touched my lashes, swiping back and forth. With standard mascara this would put flakies on my finger, in my eyeballs, and would cause tightness and tugging at my eyelid from the stiffness and clumping that would be there. With Lash Bloom, my lashes still feel very soft, release no flakies upon my eyeballs OR fingers, and cause no stiffness or tightness when touching or just wearing. I can't even tell I have mascara on. When touching, it honestly feels like natural lashes, but fuller, as if I miraculously grew a few hundred more lashes overnight and they decided to be super long and amazing. Would I buy it?Without hesitation, absolutely YES YES YES. Where can YOU buy it? Full Lash Bloom is available at Walmart, for $6.99 - $8.99. Make sure to check your local store!! "I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes." |
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