Four the Record

Since I now have a commute to and from work, again, and 25 minutes of my 40 min drive is in a canyon, I don’t get reception to have radio. I’ve quickly gotten super bored with my current iTunes selection. However, there is one album that never lets me down. I wanted to give y’all enough time to get it yourself so I didn’t have to do too much convincing about how awesome it is when it came out.

Since her and her hubby have become so big in the last year or two it shouldn't be a surprise when I tell you about Four the Record by Miranda Lambert. I've been a fan or hers from the start. I have almost every song she ever did in my playlist. The fact that she’s got another band now of 3 rad girls is only a bigger benefit to us cause we get to hear more of her amazing tunes. J LOVE The Pistol Annies. I’ll be all over their new album this week.

You HAVE to get Four the Record. There’s really no way you can go another day without it in your playlist. If you have it, YAY!!! and I’m sure you’re in full agreement. If you’re feeling extra adventurous you can get (that’s if you don’t already have it) Revolution, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (and you can’t leave out Kerosene) albums too and shuffle all of them and it’s even funner. J

Here’s the track list, which are all perfectly awesome (I love when a whole CD is good):

1. All Kinds of Kinds

2. Fine Tune (MY FAVORITE. When I hear this song it makes me think of a dark room with 3 candles lit, a chair, a feather, and my one man audience. It just has that “feel”.  J)

3. Fastest Girl In Town

4. Safe

5. Mama's Broken Heart

6. Dear Diamond

7. Same Old You

8. Baggage Claim

9. Easy Living

10. Over you

11. Look At Miss Ohio

12. Better In The Long Run

13. Nobody's Fool

14. Oklahoma Sky

15. Hurts to Think (Bonus Track)

On a side note: She’s connected to the Junk Gypsy ladies. They design MOST things for her. Including a crazy fun Airstream trailer they call “Roadside Bar & Pink Guitar”.

If you’re not familiar with them you can take a website joyride right here: www.gypsyville.com

They also designed and decorated Miranda & Blake’s wedding. It’s the funnest, most creative setting. These photos are from their wedding.

 You should “like” Junk Gypsy on Facebook and follow them on Pinterest. You will be super inspired to use your own junk and repurpose it instead of throwing it out. I’m always looking for a different purpose for things I have and these ladies make it look so easy, I love it! You can also catch them on Garage Sale Wars on HGTV this Friday, May 10^th. 

 Aside from how much I love my Miranda songs, I am in need of some new downloads for my drive everyday. Please share with me what music you recently downloaded or have had in your playlist that you think me and everyone else needs to have!! Click the comment button below or post it in the comment of my FB post and thanks for sharing!

Loves & Hugs

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Spring into Summer

Hello my CG’s!

Summer is a month and a half away! Although some of these spring days have felt like summer, I definitely needed a few items to help me prepare for the real thing and enjoy spring! I came across a few must have items that I thought I would share with you guys.

First up! Almay Eraser Sticks

Almay came up with this genius idea of a cotton swab with BUILT IN makeup remover. The stick is filled with make remover solution and you bend the tip with the purple stripe gently and it amazingly fills the other end of the swab with solution. It’s a non-greasy, oil-free formula; perfect for removing or fixing smeared mascara on your lower lashes (cause you can look like a 2 day hooker by 5pm with lower lash mascara, that’s why I stopped wearing it) or removing eyeliner or lipstick or any kind of touch up or removal!

Comes in a small clear snap case of 24 swabs. Around $4. It’s splurgie item for sure, but SO awesome and convenient. You should be dying to try them. J

Next; Garnier Moisture Rescue, Refreshing Gel-Cream

I got this at the end of last year and used it a few times but have been using it every morning for the last month. It’s moisturizer/hydrator in a gel form. I don’t always like using my fingers a scooper or dabber (but feel free), so I use a small cosmetic brush to put smalls dots at the usual spots on my face and then rub in! It’s cool on your skin, and a little goes a long way. It’s perfect for under your face lotion (so you can still get the SPF from your moisturizer) for spring and summer! 

About $7. I pretty much love it.

And now… my secret weapon!

Physician’s Formula Bronze Booster powder.

This little bottle with it’s fun sprayer is a blessing. It gives you a fine mist of bronzy color with a little shimmer. I use it on my face, neck, chest and even the tops of my shoulders and sides of my arms when I wear a tank (since my tan has yet to arrive) and then I blend lightly and quickly with a cosmetic powder brush.

It’s a temporary lifesaver, I think it’s bad ass. J

An easy $9 to spend considering it sprays in such a fine mist (dry) that the little bottle holds a lot. I use it like a freak and it’s barely down a ¼.

Added Bonus: 

L’Oreal Magic Lumi

It’s a brightening cream. You use a very very tiny dot, not a drop, but a dot. And you use it to highlight your cheek bones and other areas that you wanna glow. I put it on the top and bottom lines of my blush area and then on my cheek bones. It’s a fancy kinda thing so I don’t use it all the time, but when I do it’s amazing. It’s got a shimmery texture and when you apply it, it looks “glowy”, know what I mean?

Go get it, you’ll see.

I hear it’s a trick of the celebs. Slims your face and brightens, all for $9. J

Enjoy!

Loves & Hugs

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Laws of Attraction

This month, 4 years ago I made a hard decision to move. Not to terribly far. But any time you move away from your family and friends the distance feels huge, even if it’s a little.

It was my first time in 31 years of living alone. I moved to Valencia and got a place to live all by myself, alone, just me. Oh, and the Sugar Mama. J

The commute to work was a drag and I wanted to meet new people and try to date, successfully.

So, off I went.

The 45 min  distance put a strain on some relationships I had. Some I lost, and some stayed in-tact and grew stronger. But in the 4 years time, I have gained some people that I cannot live without. I met some amazing people that have added happy shiny brightness to my life.

When I moved, I sat in my apartment one night and made this board. Laws of Attraction was a huge thing at the time, maybe still is, and I made this to try to positively channel the things I wanted and was looking for to make the purpose of my journey successful.

 If you take a good look you’ll see the things I was looking for in life. I was feeling a little misplaced at the time, so I thought of things I wanted and slapped ‘em on here (a few have fallen off in the couple times I moved).

I’m going to explain them all. It’s pretty clear I think. J There’s one or two things left on here I’m still trying/waiting for, but basically I did pretty well.

I was lucky and met my honey fairly quickly. I moved in April and met him in September. After that, the rest of my journey has been with him by my side. We were inseparable from the start. Over the last 3 ½ years we have encountered some trying times for sure. But I suppose things that go to perfectly are a sign of something wrong. (I’m just gonna go with that)

I got knocked down to size a few times before some of these came to me, but some things take more work then others I guess.

So now it’s come full circle and we have moved back to where I came from. It was his idea, I was against it. But since I love the people and love my new home, I have warmed up to it. I plan to work on growing some relationships that are a favorite from my past and also water the new ones that I can’t live without.

I can’t seem t o throw  this away. So I plan to make a new board, when I do I’ll save this picture and toss the board (I think). The items will be different this time around and I’ll share it once its created!

just a few of my fav pics that are a good depiction of us. 

Loves & Hugs

xxoo

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March BirchBox!

March BIRCH! Yay!!

 

I know it seems like a while since my last box, in January, but I didn’t get the Feb box due to a few lame reason on my part and theirs. So, I was happy when March arrived.

 My apologies for laggin on sharing it with you. The good thing is that it will only be two weeks till the April on arrives and I will be ON IT to show y’all. J

Here’s my March Box:

 

 Whish Shave Cream (smaple tube)

Regular size is $20

I have used almost the whole thing already. Smells really good and seems to be a good cream. Whish also has an Inhibiting Gel; you apply it after drying off and it slows hair growth. Sounds too good to be true. I’m totally intrigued by it.

 BeneTint by BeneFit (one use sample)

 

The regular size is $26

It’s a lip and cheek tint. It’s a one color fits most.

 

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Protectant. (one use sample)

There is a whole Eight Hour line. The name is self explanitory. The Protectant is for areas of the face and even elbows and heels. Its for diminishing  redness from a sunburn or as an extreme moisturizer for super dry areas. They also suggest to use it on your eyebrows to tame them and keep them looking perfectly groomed.

Regular size 1.7 oz is $19.50

Stella Candate, Miss Me parfume. (small spray sample)

Smells amazing. I hadnt heard of this one before. So I’m a new fan!

Regular size bottles are very reasonable.
$65 for a 30ml spray bottle
$35 for a roller bottle. (pictured)

 Madewell Floral Nail File (full size) (pictured in box above)



It’s a nail file. Nothing to out of the ordinary. But its cute.

Regular price $5. (not sure I love it for $5)

Twistband Hair tie.

I think people love these, right? You can tie your hair up and it doesn’t leave dents in your hair.

I got the mint green color. They come in a pack of 6 $19.

It’s the best $10 bucks I’ve spent all month.

A little more info on how it works. BirchBox selects roughly 50 products. You will get 5-6 of a random selection out of that months selected products. Each month you can buy any of the selected products and get free shipping since it’s a featured item in that month. You can go to the site and view the list for that month and see what you didn’t get in your box (I just found this out this month,  it was easier for me to search the items so I decided to give you actual pics of each item). There’s always a ton of stuff I wish I would have gotten, but I’m happy with the items they selected for me. J

If you are interested in getting your own BirchBox each month send me your email address and I can send you an invite. Like I mentioned before, if you sign up on your own you get put on a waiting list and it takes a couple months to be accepted. It’s a shorter wait time if I invite you and I think we both get a bonus!

 

I would recommend any of these items to you if it was something you were looking for. J

 

 

Loves & Hugs

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