All About Lily

Lily had her 15 month appointment yesterday. Doctor Arnold said she's doing really well. One of the questions the nurse asked this month was if Lily could say 5 or more words, I had to stop and think for a minute. Made me feel like a bad mom to not know how many words Lily can use.

So here's her list: Hi, mama, dada, no no no, bye, beep beep, oh!, pretty (that's what she says when I'm putting on makeup, or if we put lotion on her), chicken, yum yum, and she used to say "spider" but hasn't in a while.

Lily loves clothing and will play dress up with all her clothes if she can get to them. She puts as many items as she can around her neck and on her head and walks around, or comes to show me.

She's a good walker, and can almost run. If she's trying to get into something she shouldn't (like dog food), or if she's running away from you, she can go really fast.

She thinks it's funny when I tell her "no no!" And she usually shakes her finger and says it back to me.

She loves to climb up onto the couch and play with the thermostat.

She loves to be chased.

She always notices when I paint my nails - even if they were painted before and I changed the color.

If you ask her where her ears, nose, and bellybutton are, she can show you.

When I go in her room to get her in the morning, she likes to lay down and say "shoo shoo" like she's snoring. So I lay on the floor and do it too.

She folds her arms when we say "lets have a prayer!"

She thinks the dogs are hilarious, especially when she throws her food at them.

She screams for joy when dada comes home from work.

If you ask her for a kiss she'll pucker up and say, "mmmm" until you kiss her.

She loves going for walks and people watching.

She loves to count fingers and toes. It sounds like "ba, ba, ba" as she points to each one, but sometimes you can hear "bee bo bie" for 3, 4, and 5.

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is her favorite show, but she only pays attention to the theme song, then moves on to playing with something else. If she's sad, I just have to sing the theme song to her. I like Daniel Tiger too, it's the new version of Mr. Rogers. ("It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...")

She loves baths and loves swimming.

She loves food and will eat most things.


I love my sweet little girl. She makes us so happy!  She is constantly making us laugh or smile. I love being her mom.

ipsy July Glam Bag - Sneak Peeks

June 21st:

ipsy has already released the first look at July's glam bag.

We are for sure getting benetint by Benefit!  I wasn't sure what this product was, so I had to do a little bit of research on it. I don't know if we'll get a trial size or a full size, but the full size is $30 at Sephora.

It is a lip and cheek stain in a rose color. They say it is flattering for all skin tones. I'm hesitant when people say things flatter all skin tones, because it's never true.  However, this will flatter my skin tone, and that's good enough for me. :-P

Here are some pictures I found of people using/wearing benetint:

I can see that it is really sheer, and it gives a very natural look, which I love. So I think I'm going to love this product.


Here's my referral link if you're interested in trying ipsy!

http://www.ipsy.com/?refer=u-hh1dhitczm8r4e9

June 28th :

Here's a sneak peek ipsy posted on their Facebook page:

I'd be happy with any of these colors. They are cute!  Because of the word "pop" and because Pop Beauty is on ipsy's site, people are thinking these might be the Pouty Pop Crayon by POP Beauty.

July 1st:

Another sneak peek today!

Sunscreen was my first thought!  Some people have guessed a specific type and brand. I have no idea how they do it! Most people think this will be Coola Sunscreen. Coola has many sunscreens, so exactly which one is up for debate.  I also believe it will be a deluxe sample size, and not full size.


Also, since today is the 1st, today is the day the money gets taken out! Only 2-3 more weeks until our bags come!  Mine will be delivered to my parents' doorstep!  It will be a lovely present to welcome me to my new home.

July 2nd:

Another sneak peek!

I had no idea what this was. But, there are tons of makeup lovers out there who guessed it: BH Cosmetics California Eye Collection.

July 3rd:

 

Salt hair and beachy hair?   All I can think of is beach spray for your hair. Like this one from Sexy Hair. We shall see!

July 5th:

Looks like roll on perfume, an orange-ish colored nail polish, a facial scrub, and I'm not sure about the last one, but the packaging sort of looks like a tiny bottle of some kind of Sexy Hair product.

My favorite thing about this picture is Melissa Flemmer's comment below the spoiler picture. I cropped the photo today so that you all could see it! So many people complain about what they get in their ipsy bag, it's so annoying!  The whole point is to try new things.  If you want to pick your own products from a selection they show you, then go to Beauty Army.  Sit down, and shut up!

I'm excited!  If I could pick 1 item out of those 4 items, I would pick the facial scrub because I currently don't have one.  If I don't get the facial scrub, I will be happy with whatever I get.

ipsy June Glam Bag!

It finally came!

Ever since I joined a month ago, I've been so excited and impatient for this glam bag to come. Shortly after I joined, they started sending out "sneak peeks."  As if I wasn't excited already!

It came today, and I am not disappointed!

Note: I took all these pictures myself. I have little, if any, photography talent. I didn't feel right stealing pictures from other people.

It ships in this adorable shiny pink envelope!  I love it!

Here is a picture of the bag, with my 5 items.

• Cailyn Line-Fix Gel Eyeliner in Iron.  Full size. $21 if you buy it from Cailyn's site.

This is so awesome for many reasons, but also because comes with its own brush applicator in the lid! It is water proof and smudge proof. I have one gel eyeliner from Victoria's Secret that I absolutely love, but this one is much higher quality. I used it today, and it is wonderful! I love that it is waterproof, especially for the summer time. I feel really naked without eyeliner, because I have extremely thin eyelashes. So, to be able to go swimming and still look like I have a little bit of makeup on is a wonderful thing!  Also, I am moving to a place with a more humid climate, so it's nice to know it won't melt off my face.  I have really dry skin, and currently don't have an issue with makeup melting, but who knows what will happen in the south.

• J.cat Sparkling Cream Palette in Suzie. Full size. $4.49 if you buy it from J. cat's site.  

This is not to be used as eyeshadow, but body glitter. Some creative ipsy subscribers have used it on their nails, underneath a clear coat.  I personally do not like these colors, so I will probably only use this for Halloween, somehow or another. I also have two younger sisters who are welcome to use it any time and any way they'd like! :-)

• Starlooks Lip Pencil in Tipsy. Full size. $12 if you buy it from Starlooks' site.

This color is a very bright pinkish-orange color. I felt like it was too bright at first, but I put it on underneath a sheer-pink gloss and it's kind of growing on me. I feel like it has really good staying power, and I'll be happy to use it underneath my lipsticks.

• NYX Rouge Cream Blush in Boho Chic. Full size. $6 if you buy it from NYX's site.

NYX blush is on the left, MAC mineral blush is on the right.

 I'm so excited for this blush!  I've had one cream blush before from MAC, but it was too orange for my skin tone, so I ended up giving it to Elise just a week ago.  However, this shade is perfect! I took the picture of it next to the blush I currently use every day. They are really close in color!  It's a blue-based pink, and it is absolutely lovely. I used it today, and it gives a very nice, natural looking glow to my skin. It goes on a lot more sheer than the MAC cream blush I used to have, and I really like that. One thing I don't like very much is really obvious blush.

• Psssst! Instant Dry Shampoo. Travel size. $2.99 if you buy it from Freeman Beauty.

I'm really excited about this dry shampoo!  I love dry shampoo, especially since I have extremely dry hair. I try to only wash my hair 2 or 3 times a week so that I can get as much natural oil going on in there as possible. Dry shampoo helps a lot with that.  If your hair is greasy and you don't want to wash it, spray some dry shampoo on the roots, spread it around evenly, and you've got yourself a fresher hairdo!

I haven't tried this yet because I washed my hair this morning.  However I sprayed some on my arm, and it smells like coconut!  Such a fun, summery scent!  Really excited about this.

I didn't get a picture of the bag on its own - oh well!

Ipsy always sends the items inside a cute little bag.  Lots of people were excited about this cheetah print bag, but I'm not really a huge fan. It looks very similar to the bag I gave Elise just last week!  Looks like someone will be getting this one too, any takers?  I would have loved a zebra print bag... oh yeah!  I'm looking forward to the future ipsy bag designs, maybe I'll end up keeping them. If not, well, then I hope my mom, or my sisters are in need of some cute little bags. :)


Total value of ipsy bag: $46.48.  (That's if I don't include what it would cost for tax and shipping on all these items!) I paid $10, tax and shipping included.  However, when I move to North Carolina I will have to pay tax on it, since they are based there.

ipsy is totally worth it. Here's my referral link if you want to try it out!

http://www.ipsy.com/?refer=u-hh1dhitczm8r4e9

If you subscribe to ipsy, what did you get this month?  Did you like your items and the colors they came in?

Abs of Flab

Abs after birth... Flabby, saggy, separated and stretched out.

Insanity's cardio abs made me feel like death. It probably doesn't help that my abs were already sore after doing the entire pure cardio workout. Which by the way, I probably spent more time resting than running. Owey!

Half tempted to do cardio abs 3 times a week instead of one time, to speed up this process a bit. It's only 15 minutes long,  so it'd be easy to tack on to the end of my other workouts.

Silly Things

Silly things that I geek out about, that is.

Modest T-shirts
T-shirts that fit nicely (not too tight, not too loose), that have a cute neck line (boat, V, square, etc.) that do not require an undershirt to be modest.  Especially in the summertime.

Eyeshadow
New eyeshadow.  Cheap eyeshadow. Cute eyeshadow.  Eyeshadow in general!

I just discovered that Wet n Wild eyeshadow trios are ama-za-zing!  I fell in love with Sin by Urban Decay, but found out that a dupe for it is on the Wet n Wild Walking on Eggshells trio.  The two colors are nearly identical on me, and they also have a similar texture. $18 vs $3, um, I'm sold.  Oh, and I get two other colors with the $3 Wet n Wild one!  No brainer!!  So today I went and bought another Wet n Wild trio in Sweet as Candy.  Gorgeous!

Walking on Eggshells - Picture is from a Google search.

The bottom color in the Walking on Eggshells trio is the dupe for Sin.  I just love it. 

Sweet as Candy - Picture from a Google search.

I wore the Sweet as Candy colors today and I love them. My eyelids freak out when I try to wear pink eyeshadow, but I always love to try new brands, and I hope this one is a winner in that sense.  So far, so good, but I won't get my hopes up.


Wet n Wild trios, try them!! There are 12 different trios... surely one will strike your fancy.

Changing My Hair
 That's a shocker. :)

I've always thought it would be fun to make a collage of all the different hair colors and cuts I've had over the years.  But I don't know how to make collages, and finding pictures would take too long.  So let's just say I've had my hair every color of the rainbow, and more.  Mostly I switch from blonde, to red, to red with blonde, back to blonde.  I'm probably a hair stylist's nightmare.  Good thing I have a great one!  I'm going to be so sad to leave Kellyanne. :(

I'm currently trying to go platinum.  I'm easing into a platinum pixie, if I ever get the guts to get the pixie part.