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Category Archives: beauty
The Best Eye Liners for Spring and Eye Shadow Tips from Kelcie Loy
Eye shadow tips and tricks video featuring Bobbi Brown national makeup artist Kelcie Loy and a Splurge vs Steal for the best eye liners.
Blowouts: Why You Need One and My Experience at The Hair Bar (VIDEO)
Valerie’s first time getting a blowout, results, tips on maintaining your hair style, and a review of The Hair Bar Drop-In Blowouts in the Dallas area.
Shop Smarter for Beauty Products with Nordstrom Beauty Stylist #BeautyLive
I love learning about new ways to shop smarter and more efficiently. Sometimes that means coupons and sales, sometimes it means not buying crap that wasn’t meant for you in the first place. Here’s Cheri Botiz, National Director of Beauty and Fragrance for Nordstrom, to tell me all about how to do the latter with…
Beauty Live FREE Event at Galleria Dallas
Hard to believe that it was almost a year ago when I was pregnant and attending Beauty Live 2011. It’s an amazing FREE event at the Galleria mall in Dallas. There will be samples galore so you can try products without a financial commitment and some of the best experts in America will be there…
Pixie Dust Mickey Manicure #DisneySMMoms
Disney Social Media Moms Celebration 2012 is 1.5 months away and I’ve been excitedly thinking about what I’ll pack to wear in and in addition to all of the other planning involved, I managed to whip up a fun little vacation-friendly manicure. You can do this yourself at home or tweak it any way you…
Ring Finger Nail Polish Trend
Would you paint your nails different colors at the same time for the sake of a good trend? Here’s my take on it…
Daytime Val vs GNO Val & a New Favorite Lip Butter
Yesterday while my oldest was at school, baby and I went to Sephora because I was almost out of foundation (Make-Up Forever HD liquid foundation, posted about it here). I managed to get in and out with JUST that–willpower ftw! Here’s my daytime look. No make-up, my favorite new boots (also seen here), dark gray…
Benefit “They’re Real” Mascara is ACTUALLY Comparable to Falsies!
The title says it all. This stuff is no joke. See video. **updated with more pictures below Alright, so yesterday I was in a hurry to post because I was so excited and forgot to include the rest of the pictures I had taken. Note that I don’t curl my lashes. In the L’Oreal comparisons…
My Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter Experience
Alright, so lately you all have witnessed me being more than a little obsessed with getting my hands on Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter (a tinted lip balm with mango, shea and coconut butter). I normally like to layer my chapstick with lipstick and/or lip gloss because I love having color AND soft lips, this seemed…
Drugstore Beauty Bargains You Need To Try
As many of you know, I love my Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips. I’m so glad that they are constantly coming out with new (and seasonal) designs because I wear them sooo much (if I had to pick a favorite, it would be glitter). For once there is a drugstore product that…
“Pinned” and Babbled Last Week
Interesting fashion, style, and beauty finds that I “pinned” on Pinterest and posts I wrote for Being Pregnant blog on Babble.com last week.
Top 5 Summer Beauty Products, Tips, & Tricks {video}
Ready or not, here comes summer! Time to brave the heat and bare some skin and I’d like to share some of my all-time favorite beauty products, tips, and tricks to looking fabulous. My recommendations range from a very affordable $5-29. 1. Urban Decay De-Slick Oil Control Makeup Setting Spray 2.Bliss Products: FatGirlSlim 3. Urban…
- In the process of updating this to include my new baby boy!
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