Sleep Issues Solved!

Do you sometimes have trouble falling asleep? I know I do. Here are my solutions that I personally use. I don't like to take sleeping pills at all. I've only taken them once because I had to get up at 3 in the morning and drive but I've never used them after that. It's not that they didn't work or had some weird side effect, but I just don't really like the idea of taking pills to fall asleep. Normally I'll just listen to my clock tick if I can't fall asleep and listen to the rhythm. That usually puts me out, but if it doesn't, I like to use aromatherapy.

The one I use is from Bath and Body Works. I think it sells for around $12 and the Body Shop has some for around $15. There are many different types. Some to relieve stress, calm down ect. They also come in different forms like body lotion, body wash, pillow mist ect. I use the pillow mist and all you do is spray it on the pillow you sleep on. The scents help you fall asleep. This works so well I love it! And it smells good! It smells like vanilla and lavender.

If you don't want to use this however, there is a trick I also use that I learned from my yoga class. Basically, you inhale deeply, then exhale deeply. That's one. You do this all the way up until ten. The trick is that if you find yourself pondering a thought then you have to start over. It really trains your mind to fall asleep or focus. If you're not asleep, then just keep breathing like you did when you were counting, but just don't count. If you get distracted you can count again.

Hope you guys enjoyed!

What's in My Purse?

 This is my purse right here. In it we have my wallet (from Forever21), 2 books (Start Here and Classic) just incase I get bored, regular headphones, phone headphones, my cheeleader water bottle. 

In the picture to the left, I have a mini brush, gloves just because I live in a state where the whether is unpredictable, gum (i'm addicted! Spearment only) lotion, and my makeup bag.

In my makeup bag I have a nail file, whatever lip product I'm wearing that day, Burt's Bee's, tiny hair elastics, bobby pins, nail file, eyelash curler, compact mirror, concealer, powder, blotting paper, tweezers and powder brush. What's in your purse?

Question TAG!

1. What do you order at Starbucks?
Usually a double chocolate frappacino. If I want straight coffee I'll get a mocha latte

2. What's one thing in your closet that you cannot live without?
Leather Jacket!

3. Name one thing that you want to do before you die?

Go on a road trip and visit California and New York

4. What's one food that you cannot live without?
Fruit!

5. What quote/phrase do you live your life by?
Life's not about waiting for the storm to end, it's about learning to dance in the rain

6. What's your number one most listened to song on iTunes?
Any Other Way by the Summer Soundtrack and In Your Atmosphere by John Mayer (its a tie!)


7. What kind of style would you define yourself as having?
Vintage Boho

8. Two hobbies
Dance and playing guitar

9. If you could live in any era/time period, when would it be and why?
The Victorian ages! Or the 20's

10. If you had to redo your entire wardrobe with 2 stores, what would they be?
Forever 21 and Hollister

11. Can you recall what you were doing a year ago on this day?
I was at school! (It was a Monday, I checked!)

12. What's your horoscope?
Aquarius

13. What does your dream bedroom look like?
I love the one I have which is black and white vintage but if I had to change it, it would be more bohemian girly

14. What position do you sleep in?
Every position imaginable!!

15. What are you currently wearing on your feet?
Purple denim flats

16. Do you have nice handwriting? Show us!

Do I have nice handwriting?

I tag all of you!!

How to Get Beachy Waves

Make sure you spray heat protectant before you do

anything! Section your hair. Grab the hair right above

your ears and pin it with a clip.

 Then you're going to take a 3-barrel curling iron and clamp it really close to the roots of your hair. It's about a 1 and a half in. section

Hold it for about 10 missippi seconds and unclamp. Then clamp it again just below where you just did. Hold for 10 missippi seconds and repeat.

 For the top section of my hair, I like to start from the middle and go down.

<<<<Here is the finished result! Hope you guys liked! Show me a picture of how your's turned out if you tried!

Save or Splurge?

Hey everyone! So today I'm going to let you guys know what beauty products I think you should save on and what beauty products I think you should splurge on. Lets start with they eyes:

Mascara: definitly save! Drugstore mascaras are just as good as more expensive kinds! All of the mascara that I own is drugstore.
Eye Shadow: Splurge. I only say this because Coastal Scents eye shadow palettes are a little pricey but they have every color in every shade that you could ever want. If you're buying trios or quads though, save! Maybeline, Rimmel London, and CoverGirl have great ones!
Primer: Splurge. If you have oily lids or eyeshadows that crease, you definitley need a good primer. I would suggest Urban Decay Primer Potion or MAC's Paint Pots.
Eye Liner: Save. I have plenty of drugstore and more expensive kinds, but I don't notice much of a difference. I don't like pencils period so I wouldn't know what to suggest for those but L'Oreal has good liquid liners, and Maybeline has good gel liners.

Lip Gloss: Save! Yeah, more expensive companies do have great lip gloss but it stays on for like 10 minutes so why spend so much on something that doesn't even last that long?
Lip Stick: Splurge. Maybeline has great ColorSensational lipsticks, but MAC is better in my opinion. I don't know if MAC is too much of a splurge anyways because they're only like $4 more, but I would recomend MAC.
Lip Color/Balm: Save/Splurge. Lip color could be counted lip stick, but I put it in a different catagory because I have a different opinion on these and I think they're a little different. Stila's long wear lip color is AWESOME but it's a little expensive. CoverGirl's NatureLuxe gloss balm's are great too, so I would go both.
Lip Stain: Save!! Revlon and Maybeline have great lip stains, and I read in Allure that they last longer than Tarte's which is twice as expensive.

Primer: Save. I don't think a lot of people really need primer, but some people use it. Honestly I only use it to reduce shine but I have yet to find a really good one. I would skip even having a primer unless you feel you really need it.

Foundation/Tinted Moisturizer: Save! I LOVE L'Oreal's Studio Secrets Magic Smooth Souffle foundation. I used to not trust drugstore with my face, but this hasn't broken me out! I use Stila's Tinted Moisturizer and its great but drugstores have good ones too.

Concealer: Splurge. Concealer is my best friend because I have bad under eye circles, and I get occasional pimples so I need a good one to fix all of it!

Powder: Save. The only powder I splurge on is translucent powder because I use it all the time! I use BareMinerals Mineral Viel and its very healthy for your skin. I don't use pressed powder, but I know drugstores have some good ones. As far as bronzers and blushes go, I'd save save. Drugstores have good ones. Nyx has a HUGE bronzer for very cheep, and it works great.

Hope you enjoyed!

xoxo

February 6th, 2011

Hey everyone! So today is my birthday AND the Superbowl! Here is what I am wearing. The shirt is from Charlotte Russe, the coat is from Forever 21 and the pants are from Forever 21 also. My shoes are vintage (I don't know where I got them.) I just curled my hair with a 1" curling iron. Hope you enjoyed! Who are you rooting for to win the superbowl? My favorite team is the Cowboys but since they're not in the Superbowl, I'm going for the Packers!