Okay I know I know.. I talk about Makeup alot on my blog, and it's not because I can't live without it (because truly most days I don't even put it on).. but I had to share this.
I know most of you know that I have recently started using everyday minerals makeup. LOVE this makeup and couldn't be happier with it. It's mineral makeup, so it's all in powder form, but it's so inexpensive! Truly it is. Anyhow, Nancy, the makeup artist who did my makeup for the video shoot at Better Homes and Gardens, sent me some empty make-up jars, a while back. Well this past weekend I noticed that since I hadn't spent much time in the sun in the past few weeks, my face is obviously starting to get lighter in color and more pale. (Love the Pick me up Pink by the way.. just gives you a fresh face look)..
anyhow, I noticed my foundation was just a tad on the dark side and so wanted to experiment a little. Since all the makeup is in powder form, I used one of the empty makeup jars and mixed 2/3 of my foundation with 1/3 of my multi-tasking concealer (which is pretty light). I mixed it together with the end of a makeup brush and then added a little more foundation until the color was just right! I got so excited about the whole mixing thing, that i decided to try it with my blush and eye shadows too.
MY FAVORITE blush, Chit Chat, got left in our Camp trailer, which is in storage.. so I decided to try and mix something of my own. I used the Sunday Brunch blush and mixed it half and half with the B&B blush and then mixed in just a pinch of the floating feather eyeshadow (it's white and has a really great shimmer too it). I LOVE the color it produced!!! It's light and is perfect for every day wear!
I just love the fact that I can MIX my own shades with the everyday minerals.. makes me want to buy a bunch more empty jars (Nancy sells them and so does the website). I want to try mixing some of my eye shadows too..
anyhow.. that's what I love.. I love being able to mix the stuff together to get what I need instead of having to buy a completely different shade or color.. this makeup truly is great! Seriously if you are looking for a change, want to try mineral makeup and don't want to spend a lot of money, you have TO TRY IT! You can purchase it directly from their site, or from my make-up artist friend, Nancy, who will actually give you a one on one consultation AND gives free shipping! she rocks!
Well in other news.. my house is starting to feel like a home. I think people who really know me, would be so proud to know that I have baked!! and it finally turned out!!! (I am not a good baker.. seriously.. remind me some time to tell you about the brownies I tried to make from the BOX, that didn't turn out (forgot the eggs.. or the time I made homemade chocolate chip cookies and I thought 1c of butter meant 1 cup of butter not one cube.. yea.. well sometime my hands work faster than my brain! LOL)..
anyhow.. I baked this past weekend and week. I made a strusell cake in a bunt pan, that DIDN'T turn out.. but we ate it anyway.. but then I made cupcakes and those did! Then on Monday I made blueberry muffins, cupcakes again yesterday and lemon poppyseed muffins this morning and ALL of them turned out! I am getting pretty good at this cake/muffin in a box thing.. think I have figured it out (always remember to spray the pan FIRST and make sure you added all the ingredients).
and tonight I am making a casserole. I am nervous because normally I have VERY bad luck with these types of things (one time I made a casserole dish from a recipe book, for our neighbors who had just had a baby.. I made one for us too, and after I took their's over, we sat down to eat ours and I about chocked it was so disgusting! MY husband just looked at me as he spit his out and said " call the neighbors quick!!!" (Too bad they had already started eating and wondered why I was trying to kill them! ) We ended up ordering pizza for both them and us and later my husband said he saw the neighbors had put the casserole dish outside for the cats to eat it and even the cats wouldn't touch it! (well we can't be good at everything!)..
So I tend just to stay away from anything fancy in the kitchen.. we eat alot of Totina's pizza's, chicken nuggets and mac and cheese at our house.
But I think this house has a "good omen" to it.. granted the first night I cooked dinner here it was terrible! I burned the french toast, undercooked the bacon (so I put it in the microwave to cook it a little more and accidentally nuked it) and the eggs were burned too. The ice maker wasn't working yet so the orange juice was warm and we all just looked at each other like.. well at least it's a "real" meal!
at first I thought this kitchen had a hex on me, because when I was unpacking and putting stuff away , I was cursing the kitchen over and over at how small it was and I kept saying to my friend "i hate this kitchen... have I told you how much i hate this kitchen?" I felt bad after we got it all put away and actually everything DID fit and i had room to spare.. I had to apologize over and over to the poor kitchen.
well with the dinner and the cake I thought at first I was totally hexed.... but the last 2 days I have found the kitchen is really starting to warm up to me and forgive me for being so rude and quick to judge! I even made the best pancakes ever this morning for Ethan and Noah! (it helps to also actually follow the pancake directions for adding water versus mix)..
anyhow.. this has turned out to be a LONG post! Sorry for that!
oh! and we had 3 winners on the Scarlet Lime blog from our newsletter.. PLUS i just had to share with the blog readers, a few of my favorite kit sites and clubs out there right now.. so check it out..
have a great day and happy baking to all! if you have any great recipes to share I would LOVE to have them! Stuff kids would like :)
anyhow..
