Jamie's Day F.O.T.D.!

I'm taking a day off from my life...seriously. No worrying about bills,jobs,men,food,weight,clothes,house just me doing me. No schedule..well not til the kids get home. I'm just doing nothing. I took two pics because I know I can be cheesy in my photos but my smile is geniune!
I have on no foundation. I need to though but after a week of super breakouts I'm giving my face a rest.

Brows- Milani Easy Brow in Dark Brown

Eyes- WnW Ultimate Expressions Eye Palette in Sand Castle.

MAC piggie in Pink Vivid

Maybelline Define A Lash Mascara in Blackest Black

Cheeks-Tarte Cheek Stain in Bronze Goddess

Lips- Goldie Lip Gloss in Whip It


Jamie

A visit in back in time...2007 Fashion/Beauty Resolutions

Have I accomplished any these since Jan.1, 2007? Let see...


1)Step up the work attire fashion game-I've been there a year(December 30) and have moved up the ladder a bit. But this year I want show the Board of Trustees and the Library Director my dedication. Work harder and Dress better!!( I don't even work at the library anymore but I have step things up with dress pants and cute blazers and new pair of black pumps, I hate professional clothes, I feel like a monkey in a suit.:)


2)Continue to maintain healthy hair.- I plan on taking a more organic and natural route in the products that I use on my hair. I want it to be at it's peak strongest.( Definitely on the ball with this!!)

3)Step up the Shoe game for the winter-Normally in summer, I'm way more adventurous with wedges,strappy sandals, cute flip flops. But this season I've been living in flat city. Time to come up on the come up! ( Oh yes...I'm back on the "Shoe Crack"...and it better than ever!)

4)Indulge in more regular manicures( um...no...still rocking no polish and no pro manis)

5)Buy new pillows and new satin pillowcases(Hadn't got around to it yet...)

6)Seek out and use more natural and organic products(Bath and Body,Skincare,Hair, maybe even makeup) Glam is getting Green,ya'll!( I got a list of companies and products to try...)

7)Find the perfect: shimmery peach l/g,nude l/g,brow pencil or powder,Blackest black mascara.( Miss Kim introduced me to a great nude, Cairo-mel by WnW, the others...still working on it)

8) Wear more fun jewelry- I got to get back to what I really like!(I'm doing this really well...I've been just buying pieces that are super edited and make me feel good.)

9)Buy more pretty dresses( I got three new dresses from Target earlier in the spring and plan on getting more..)

10)Buy a new robe and new bedroom slippers( yep...I still need both of these)

11)Find a new great new hair color.(haven't done this...I have a phobia of hair color.)

12)Start new collections- I want to start to collect those Quickie Chronicles by Too Faced. I got The Sex Kitten the other week and I LOVE it!. I need more Tyler Candles, Maryam Soap Nook Soaps, MAC pigments, and all Philosophy Graces.( I've gotten new piggies, no new Quickie Chronicles and no new Graces:( )

13)Learn How to: Contour the face,apply false lashes,use liquid eyeliner,use concealer( zip...zilch)

14) Collect more fashion books: I saw this big beautiful Chanel Book and I want Allure book and I got to read Free With Purchase.( yep...I got about five new fashion books so far.)

Jamie

Neckaches and Self Seduction...

Today...I woke up this morning on the couch... again to:

Two chattering 2 year olds in their room talking about the cars outside...

A headache and a neck ache

A growling, empty stomach

And two grown a$$ men pitching a baseball in the middle of the street and talking loud.( one is a amateur baseball player for the minor leagues)

And...situations of financial despair on my mind...

I felt like crying. BUT I pressed on...got the boys dressed and fed, myself dressed and fed and had the best cup of home brewed Starbucks coffee:) and imagined my day smooth easy and good. Last night I had been working on my Lookbook so looking at all of the ripped pages and my great book made me happy. I'm good now...til lunch.:)

Last night I decided to pull Self Seduction by Mikki Taylor. I can't understand why she is on that show Charm School with all those hoochies. Maybe she believes her grace will make a difference one of the girls.Or maybe she believes in a check! But by all accounts she's exudes fabulousness. I would love for her give my her pearls of beauty each day. And maybe some of connections in the beauty industry...:)

This weeks Fashion/Beauty Soundtrack is Monifah's Home. It's soooo old, circa 2000, and completely slept on, even then, but I love it so much. My favs are four back to back songs, I Can Tell, Too Late,How You Gonna Love Me, Hard To Say Goodbye.

Okay...I'm hungry again but I'll be back with a Rural Glamour Things to check out at the Drugstore List!


Jamie

How Yummy Picks!: Free People

One day, in the mail, I started to receive catalogs for Free People. I don't how, I didn't sign up for them but I love to look through them( because you know ain't no size XL and 16-18 in that piece!). But they give great ideas and inspiration for other things. Here's some of my favs from the most recent one I got:

Zzzzz Beauty Rants and Raves...

I'm so tired its ridiculous. I mean I can't sleep in the house I prayed for because I'm scared like a 18 year old girl on a pledge line, trying not forget line names and numbers. So every night since last Saturday( before the one that just passed...) I've slept on my couch in my den and not in my bed. And skin has caught hell for it. Five breakouts. I haven't looked this broke-out since at at least...2003! And my poor eyes... Good thing I rediscovered Tarte Rest Assured, went online to their website, so can properly and correctly use it this time. It's fabulous,cousins, worth every penny.
Included with my breakouts is patchy skin...even on my lips! I hate lip balm...probably the only girl on this planet that does. All of them make my mouth look "greasy" not "glossy". But at CVS I discovered Einstein Lip Therapy Hydrating Lip Cream. It's like moisturizer for the lips. Soaks in good and primes my lips for any gloss or lipstick. And I don't look I just ate a 3-piece dark from Auntie M's Mini Mart.
Good folks at Tarte love me. They really do. Because they sent me hands down my mostest, favoritest, lip gloss in the whole world...right now...like this week.:) Tarte Rise and Shine in Mauve is the shizit!!! That's all I got to say. A girl's is looking real black Angelina Jolie with funkiest, sexiest lavender color I've ever since. Even ole' Fashion Boy said, "Your lips look fatty-fat...delicious...*smack on the lips*...and they don't taste like...lipstick *smack on the lips*...What's that MAT( He meant MAC) *smack on the lips*?" He country ya'll...:)


Jamie