Getting right...

I'm so sorry I've been missing. Last week, my family was in town from New York and Chicago and I transferred to my permenet location for my job and we had our grand opening there. Plus, the midgets have been with their dad all week, so I'm suffering from heartbreak as usual. I have magazines and catalogs( such as that new Fall Sephora yumminess) piling up beside my love seat, unread. I need a pedicure badly and I'm just plain ole' worn out. Every morning I awake, no matter what treatment I've done the night before, my face looks like a 50 year old. Bags under my eyes, skin oily. I'm in desperate need for a mid summer skin care overhaul!!! My Cover Girl Advance Radiance Age-Defying Liquid Makeup in Toasted Almond has been saving my face each day, giving it some renewal. Plus in order to look decent, I have to put on a "face" or I look like I need some sleep. Starbucks Sumatra blend coffee will do any so much!

Here's few bullet points and such...

-As my LS Dynisha said in our "probate" show, "Number 11, "Renaissance".I've been revitalized, AKA-sized, and REBORN!!!". That's exactly what happened to Soror Star Jones Reynolds. She looks better than ever!!!I think she went to Kappa Conclave with Al and got a makeover...:)

-Why did my aunt almost throw my Sephora catalog in the trash? A family scuffle was about to go down!!!

-31 days til the big 3-0. I can't wait.:)

-Happy Birthday to Spencer and Kelton!, my "bam-bam babies". They are 3 now. I got pictures from their pre-birthday bash...I post them soon.

-That MAC Smoke Signals Collection looks WONDERFUL!!!

-Seriously, I feel like shaking Linda Wells and Allure...what in the hell in Britney Spears doing on that cover? Ugh.

-Is it me or is the Fall Shoe and Handbag Trends seriously fly for the '07?

-Right now, I'm reading to The Nanny Diaries in antispation on the release of the movie...


Love you all!!

Jamie

Weekend Rantings and Ravings...

Let's see...Nothing happened this weekend for me as usual. I started to do some straighten up for the company that is my aunts " headz of the familyz" Bonnie, Maxine, Mary, and Andrea coming in this week. Only "BJ" and "Big Grin" are staying with me. So I'm so nervous that my house is not going to be perfect enough to for them. They are both clean freaks. Besides that I went to church only to leave early because Midget #1, Spencer, acted like a nutcase most of the service. This church does have one of those lovely kids care or "Children's Church". That drives me insane. And crazy acting children in church drives me insane. I just took Boo and his "Bruh" up out of there. Other than that... I got some bullet points!!!:

-I actually sat down and watched the Fashionista Diaries on SOAP. I like it! Of course I'm a fan of Janjay. She's not some over the top loud attitudinal black girl diva they all want her to be( I bet producers thought she would be) instead she's almost quiet but quick to give a look if it ain't cute. I'm soooo jealous that they are working for Flirt!, Jane , and that PR agency. Poor Nicole, she act like this is her first job. And when her bosses were like, "Stop crying" I was thinking,"Girl, stop crying, this ain't Macy's!" Check out this take on the Diaries.

-I also watched Kiki Lee Simmons on her new reality show, Kimora: Life in the fast lane. I think the best part of the show in little Miss Aoki Simmons. That thing is a
mess!!! She'll say anything!


-I saw some new Milani Matte lipsticks the other day in CVS on Garner Road in the "Burg. I definitely going to grab some up for the fall and do a review on them!!!

-My babies will be 3 on Saturday. Of course they won't be home( his weekend...) but I can't help think back what I was doing this week this time three years ago. I was laying on my back on bed rest. I shall tell them this story every year for the rest of their lives!!!

-It's finally a little cooler here in the Cackalack. I seriously thought I would never leave my house again. And I'm dreading my utility bill.

- I got a Ulta catalog Saturday. That made me think of the Fall Sephora catalogs. Has it came out yet?

-I'm out of my Fashion/Beauty depression. I'm just going to make it work!!!



Jamie

"I admit it" Friday F.O.T.D....

I admit that today I used a WAY out of date foundation on my face. I mean I bought this MAC Hyper Real Foundation like about three...four years ago. But, I doesn't smell, it's not separating, and it still matches perfectly. And yes, I have it on in this picture!!! Seriously, I don't even know the color number on it and its in glass bottle. I don't think they even make it in a glass bottle anymore.( cringe ).






Other things on my face not four years old:

Tarte Sunburst Beaded Bronzing Lotion

Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse Blush in Soft Plum

Smashbox Fusion Eye Shadow in Smashing Sequence

Milani EasyBrow in Dark Brown

Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes Waterproof Mascara in Black

Clinique Glosswear in Cabana Crush

VS Beauty Rush l/g in ?( It's a raspberry color,I'm missing the label with name on it:))

Jamie

Oh how I love a Purse...Buzz, Purse Buzz!!! and more stuffage...

Happy Birthday to my little cousin Raven( above)! She's 15. Going on 30.:) I remember her being born and we was like, "yay!! we got a girl!" I couldn't imagine being 15 right now. Ipods, MySpace, Cellphones, acrylic nails, American Eagle, Bratz Movie...It was so much easier in 1994.



I love the website/blog/YouTube celeb called Pursebuzz I've watched all of her videos, including the ones that won't help none( like the hair ones). She's so cute and sweet. Right now she's got one that about the "wonders" of MAC vanilla pigment. Now, I have a Ebay sample jar( with about 20-25 left) but I seriously haven't used it that much. But check out her sweet vid on it. I did the mix of vanilla piggie and moisturizer this morning and saw glowy difference in my skin.





My training for my new job is over and we are finally in the stages of going to our new store. Today we had "orientation" for all the new hires. And of course there was an "icebreaker".


Name
Position
Dream Vacation
Hobby


Thank you Jesus I was in the back because I honestly was stuck on that, "Dream Vacation, Hobby" thing. I mean I have about 25 dream vacations I want to take. I haven't really been alot of places. And hobbies, I've got several hobbies. But folks were saying for dream vacays, "Hawaii, Bahamas, anywhere there's a beach..." Well it finally got around to me and I said, "An European Tour...France, Italy, Britain". It felt good to dream out aloud, even at a new hire orientation. For hobbies, I said,"Writing and blogging about fashion and beauty and shopping" Top priority hobbies to me!!!



Jamie

Don't Tell Nobody...

So this morning, I wake up late. I was mad as hell because I was running late. To make myself feel a "little better I put on my favorite earrings( in the pic below, old pic below:))and dugout Black Radiance Eyeshadow Quartet in Retro Chic( below). That deep periwinkle blue is pretty and matched my fav earrings perfect. Then I sprayed in Lancome's Miracle and was ready for the rushed day ahead....but...










At work today...a co-worker was like "I love your hair, who done it?". So I said, "I did." Then this broad says,"Really? It's so pretty, but don't tell people you do your own hair." So I say, "So I suppose to make up a name of someone and lie, seriously?" Then this broad says, "I would." Then she left.

I mean, I do my hair out of NECESSITY and pickyness. Back when I was in the Rock/QC("Queen City", Charlotte), I had a college friend who also had a cosmetologist license who did my hair. I called her my "weaveologist" because that chick could stitch some tracks real serious. She also could make bond weave look like a stitch. And she would not charge me out the pocket for any of it. She would give me tips on putting my own hair in and how to do it. So I started to do it myself. And I always get mad compliments. Hell, I get people asking me to do some "kitchen sink" hair. It saves me money and gas and time. I also hate sitting in the salon, the smells, the gossip, the hustle man, and slow ass hairdressers, get on my nerves.

As far as I'm concerned...I did my hair and I'm not ashamed to tell folk.

Thanks for reading the vent!:)

Jamie