SITE UPDATE: Reviews, Pick of the month, Just a thought and much more...

Hey everyone! It's been a while sense I've done a blog because I'm busy trying out new products to do reviews on. Not to worry tho I will be doing many product reviews and inspirational blogs for the month of October. I am also EXTREMELY excited to introduce new blogs I will be doing such as:

• The first new blog will be the, "Pick of the month" where I will pick a few beauty product each month to try and the one I like most will be the pick of the month. I will let you guys know in the beginning of the month what products I am trying and by the end of each month I will post the pick of the month.
• Also I will be doing a blog post called "Just a thought" aiming towards everyday problems, solutions and inspiration. :)
• Another new feature on my site will be the Deal of the week! In which I let you guys in on some of the excellent beauty deals there are on the Internet and in the store. For me getting deals on beauty products I love and not spending a fortune to look good is very important. After all makeup does not make you beautiful it just accentuates the beauty you already have!

& feel free to leave comments on what products you have tried and what products have worked best for you!

REVIEW: Olay Daily Facial Express Wet Cleansing Wipes

So about 2 weeks ago I was shopping at Walmart and came across the Olay Daily Facial Express Wet Cleansing Wipes (boy was that a mouth full lol). I liked the packaging and I seriously in need of cleansing wipes so I figured I'd give these babies a try besides they were really cheap (only $6)! I started using them day and night to remove makeup and dirt from my skin before I went to bed and when I woke up each morning. I also exfoliate my skin every other day and use a night cream to add moisture to my skin. So after using these cleansing wipes everyday for about a week almost all my blemishes vanished!!! I have combination skin and the wipes are oil free so I was a little worried it would dry out my skin but it didn't. These wipes left my skin feeling clean, refreshed and rejuvenated. I've tried the Target brand up and up wipes and Walmarts brand equate wipes but found they to have too much alcohol and it dried out my skin causing me to break out. I usually break out around my chin and forhead which I think are the most common places for your skin to break out! On everything good I have seriously not got a new pimple sense I've started this routine. I feel like I've finally found a skin care Regine that actually works for me and my skin. I thought I'd share this with you guys in hopes that you all find that perfect match for your skin that leaves you looking and feeling good without heavy makeup!! :)

Learning to LOVE yourself...Flaws and All!

When I was a teenager I didn't wear any foundation...at all! I barely wore any makeup for that matter and never really cared much about looking good or trying to impress others. I even look back on old photos of myself and think, "Dang I was cute! What happened?" I sometime miss those days. The simpler days when all I had to do was wash my face, brush my teeth, throw on some deodorant and be out the door! Now I am completely obsessed with makeup!! I cannot go out of the house without concealer, foundation, eye liner, mascara and lip gloss. It's as if I need this mask to cover all my flaws before I feel comfortable enough to talk to anyone. Why are we so critical of ourselves and how we look? I think as we get older we start to feel more sensitive to others opinions rather than our own. I mean let's be honest if heels didn't look so good we wouldn't go threw the pain of wearing them. They say beauty is pain right? Wrong!!! Beauty is not pain. Have you ever seen someone that is barely wearing any make up, care free and happy?! I bet you have and I bet you remember them because they are few and far between. You probably were a bit envious of how they did not seem to care what other thought but still seemed happy. Those are people who have come to accept themselves for who there are! They don't care as much as most people about what others think or say. Makeup or no makeup we are all beautiful and stunning in our own way. You don't need to look perfect to feel good about who you are. Some times when you look to done up that can also look like your very self conscious of others and make you seem less appealing and not as attractive. Sometimes all you need is confidence. Your life is what you make it and everyday on this earth is precious so why waste your life worrying about things you can't change or trying to please someone you don't even know?! Your never going to please everyone!! Instead of trying to please others try pleasing yourself and finding what it is that makes you special. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I must say that in my eye's beauty is reflected from the inside out...not the other way around!

Baby your a Firework

I want to start by saying that we are all beautiful and makeup just accentuates that beauty! We all have something amazing inside of us that God believed was worthy of life and living. When I was around 6 my parents divorced and my mom turned to drugs and alcohol. I don't think I really noticed how much the divorce had effected her until the day she forgot to pick me up from school! I was in the 1st grade and school got out around 1pm usually I would wait in the front for her to pick me up but this day was different. I waited and wait until the secretary closing the office came up to me and asked me where my parents were. I told her I didn't know so she took me home and called my dad to come pick me up. My dad was so upset that she would do such a thing and risk someone being able to kidnap me. I understand where he was coming from but what he didn't know was that my mom was not stable enough to raise me and my brother. She had become consumed by alcoholism and drug use that we just weren't important to her anymore! It's sad but now that I am older I can see things for what they really were and I've come to realize it weren't my dad's fault, it wasn't the alcohol's fault not even the drugs...it was her fault! For not being strong enough for her kids that needed her. She was so consumed in her own self pity that she didn't even realize that he is only a man! Yes he is my father so I think he is an amazing man but no man, woman or anything for that matter should keep you from taking care of your kids. As I got older I always told myself I would never be as weak as she was and that if a man decided to leave me with or without kids I would pick up the pieces and move on with my life. I thank God for showing me that you have to love yourself before anyone will ever really love you and to look inside yourself for strength because it's there...he put it there! We all have something amazing inside us that will guide us threw any darkness...we just need to believe in ourselves!!! So often we forget about that strength and focus on things that don't really matter like money, cars, cloths etc. when really you have everything you need inside yourself. Beauty will only get you so far because let's all face it were all going to be old one day and there's nothing you or anyone can do about that. What you can do is reach out to those who need you most, be there for the one's you love and always believe in yourself and your own abilities. You are a Firework...you are an amazing person put on this earth for a purpose and while your beauty may go away someday you will always be beautiful inside....and that's what really matter's!

Review on: It's a 10 Miracle Leave-in PLUS Keratin

This product is amazing. I was shopping at the mall a few months ago and seen a salon with beauty products in a case and It's a 10 caught my eye. At first I wanted to try the original It's a 10 Miracle Leave-in treatment because I heard it works really good but the salon lady convinced me that It's a 10 PLUS Keratin would be better for my hair. She explained how Keratin is a natural oil found in our hair but is stripped away when we use heating tools such as curling iron and flat irons. I heat style my hair almost everyday so I was looking for a product that would strengthen my hair and also add shine. After she said that I knew I had to try this product. I shampooed and conditioned my hair with Organix Coconut Milk, towel dried my hair and sprayed a few sprays in my hair. I was amazed how easy it was to run a brush through my wet hair(I have very thick long hair) after using this product. Sense then I continue to use this product everytime I wash my hair and I can honestly say my hair is stronger because of it! Another added bonus is that this product is also a heat protector so on days you wash your hair you wont need to use a heat protector before using heating tools. The only bad thing really about this product is that you can only buy it in salon's and it cost about $20 for a 4 oz bottle but believe me it is worth it because that bottle will last you more than 3 months. I also want to add that this product is not intended to make your hair softer by any means it's suppost to make your hair stronger and grow longer and that's exactly what it does!! I absolutely love this product and will continue to use this product til I find something better...if there is anything better! :)

It Does 10 things:

1. Provides keratin for straightening treatments
2. Improves styling & manageability
3. Great for all hair types
4. Replenishes lost protein
5. Protects and replenishes the natural keratin in hair
6. Provides protection against heat
7. Balances hydration in hair
8. Adds shine and helps detangle & defrizz
9. Fortifies hair structure
10. Seals cuticles for extra smooth hair