A little motivation

Ok, I have a quick update and some words of encouragement for you if you’re waning in the motivation department (for exercise that is).

I have been such a lazy bones lately and have worked out maybe 3 times in the last two weeks. Not good. Not good at all. So today, I was all ready to work out and then the blahs struck! I didn’t even really start my workout before I turned it off and jumped in the shower. Feeling mighty guilty about it, I decided to look up some motivating websites and I found one. This one to be exact:

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/weight-loss/tips/motivation/recharge-your-exercise-motivation/

To my surprise, this author talks about how it only takes 3 days of inactivity to lose all the conditioning you’ve built up. Three days! If that won’t make you get your butt moving I don’t know what will! So I ended up finishing my workout and here I sit, sweaty but proud that I finished what I started.

So I suppose the moral of this story is that motivation comes in a variety of forms. If you find your motivation slipping away, just think about how great you feel afterwards, what an awesome thing you’re doing for your body, and if all else fails how your muscle conditioning that you worked so hard for is turning to mush as you sit on the couch (kidding, but not really)…

Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday! Make smart choices and God bless you all!

Holographic Nail Trend

Hi guys! I wanted to share with you a new polish that I hauled that follows the holographic nail trend that's big right now (or maybe it was big a while ago and I'm just now catching on...).


This polish is called Gray's Anatomy (I think the collection is named after TV shows but don't quote me) and it's by Wet and Wild. With a price tag of under $3, you can't really beat it. In the bottle it's a beautiful grey-purple/green holographic color. On the nails, it only casts a green-hue in the sunlight but it's over all a really pretty color. The photos don't do it justice but check it out next time you're at a store that carries Wet and Wild products!





These photos were after one full day of wear and about 3-4 coats. The initial application is slightly transparent and for full-coverage, needs at least 2-3 coats. It's quick drying so I didn't mind this so much! I'm trying to nurse my nails back to health so instead of using a base coat, I used Sally Hansen's Hard as Wraps nail hardener.

What are your favorite holographic nail polishes?

Panda-monium

So... Matt and I went to a costume party tonight for our Christian fellowship group. We went as pandas and yes, I made the costumes. I will be posting a tutorial on my YouTube channel on how to re-create this look but it was SUPER easy.


All you need is black and white face paint, cosmetic sponges or synthetic hair makeup brushes (I like the ELF professional foundation brush and concealer brush), white powder to set the white paint, and black or dark brown eye shadow to set the black paint.

You can also use an eyeliner pencil to draw out the areas you want to paint black.

For the costumes we went cheap and bought men's sweat pants and sweat shirts. I used a white bandana and cut it into the desired shape for our tummy patch. Then I used fabric glue to glue on the white patch. You can definitely use iron on transfer patches if you don't want the glue to show through the white (we didn't have an iron however)....

In total, I think that this costume costs about $12 if you have the makeup brushes and eye shadows/powders.

What are you dressing up as for Halloween? Leave me a comment!

Nails of Today

I just wanted to share a pretty nail combination with you! I used Essie's Mademoiselle (a light milky pink) and then two coats of NYC's Starry Silver Glitter on top. I believe this is supposed to be a good dupe for Debora Lippman's Happy Birthday polish.

I think that in the bottle, it's really beautiful. There are small silver glitter particles and multi-colored larger circle glitters. I'm not usually a glitter polish kind of girl buuuuut I like this. I think it's fun... it would be really great for New Year's Eve I think!

What are your favorite glitter polishes? If you own the DL Happy Birthday polish let me know how this compares!

Things life has taught me in the past year...

~ Thursdays are my most productive day of the week.

~ My sister is a strong woman - she deals with heartache better than I ever did at her age

~ Cable is overrated and expensive

~ You can make new friends even in your fifth year of college

~ Running feels so awful but so good at the same time (I got my time back up to 15 minutes and next week I’ll be shooting for 17…)

~ Cheesecake can cure a bad day like that *snaps fingers*

~ Even naughty kittens can be sweet sometimes

~ Bird feeders are not just for the enjoyment of human beings (cue cats bashing their faces on the window)

~ Not buying meat saves you money $$

~ Pictures on a wall make any place feel like home

~ Pita pizzas are the greatest lunch invention… ever

~ Pepperoni makes sandwiches delicious

~ The Golden Girls was made for mornings

~ Exercising is the best form of stress-managment

~ Older adults are capable of melting your heart in ways you never though possible

~ Nothing is more important than family

~ Being a “grown up” is hard work…

~ Worrying is a waste of time

~ Jesus is LORD! If you have faith in Him, you have no reason to fear

~ Death is a natural part of life

~ Sometimes Indian summers are exhausting

Let me know what you’ve learned so far this year!

Hi everyone!
I just wanted to do a quick post showing you my fun scarf that I'm wearing today. I bought it at Claire's on clearance so it was pretty cheap = what we like to see!

Today I have a busy schedule. I'm "working" today at the long-term care facility that I worked at this summer and I'm killing two birds with one stone by interviewing one of my guys for a project for my Soc class.


I hope all of you are well! Talk to you soon!

First of October!

Hello lovelies!

I felt like posting a beautiful new nail polish that I just got from Ulta! The color is called "Vintage Violet" and it's such a pretty, deep lilac color... and it was only $2 which makes it even better!





My bracelet is from JC Penny and was on sale for $20 from $40. It's a really beautiful wrap bracelet and it goes with EVERYTHING! I love it!


I also bought a really lovely Wet and Wild eyeshadow palette which I'll be doing a post on very soon so stay tuned for that.

I hope you're having a great weekend and I'll talk to you soon!