Solid shampoo....say what?

KI have heard of shampoo bars before but never really gave them any thought because thats just weird, right?  

 Since I became a Perfectly Posh consultant ( perfectlyposh.com/Londa ) I have decided to try every single product we have to offer! By doing this I can give my customers my honest opinion instead of searching for others. 

 Now let me introduce you to the BOOM Bar! 

  Now I am only on day two with this product so I will try and keep you up to date on my hair proccess and personal preferance. 

 The Boom bar is said to be vegan, safe on most color treated hair, natural, no color added, and has essential oil for fregrance.  Its suppose to be a deep clean and give mega volume.

  Day one I liked the smell of it and was nervous to give it a go. I mean who uses a solid soap to wash their hair? I figured my hair would be greasy as all get out but surprisingly enough my hair looked healthy and clean, just as if i used regular liquid shampoo.

 Now day two.... Not as satisfied as I was the previous day. My hair doesnt LOOK greasy but it sure feels heavy, greasy, overall just not very clean. In the mirror itdoesn't  look real bad but the texture isn't  what I like that's for sure. 

 I have read that your hair can go through a transitional faze when switching from a regular store brand to a bar without the sulfates and other additives. I am not 100% on this but maybe that's what my hair is starting to go through.....? I will just have to keep going and time will tell.

  Day 3: Today I decided to rub the bar along my hairline and then on top of my head instead of lathering it in my hands first then applying to my hair. It seemed to work a lot better this way. After working it in I let it sit for a bit. This time rinsed what seemed to be longer than the previous mornings. My hair still doesn't look greasy and it feels better than it did yesterday, but I still feel a small "uncleanliness"in the back, only way I can describe it. I think I will give this bar about a week to get the hang of it. My hair doesn't look as frizzy as normal so I like that.

It is now May 5th and I am still using the boom bar. I have been loving this the more I use it. My hair no longer has the weird texture and feels great! I have been using a little conditioner on my ends. I love how I wake up in the morning and my hair isnt geasy at all. I have struggled with oily hair for years! Well, no more :)

October Nail Challenge

Alright, it will be October tomorrow and as promised here is a glance at our nail art challenge for the month. Are you ready? I can't wait to see what others come up with, so remember to share what you did! (links to facebook, instagram etc.. or just add the picture in the comments below)

     I did not come up with this I came across it  when I googled and searched under photos. I liked this one because it wasn't an every day thing. I didn't think I wanted to try changing my nail polish every day for 31 days. Have fun with this, see you tomorrow for day one!
 I find I have more readers on wordpress so you will find these HERE .

My First Influenster box

    I got my very first voxbox from Influenster this last past week. I  was so excited to be selected to try something out. The best part, it was FREE!To be selected for a voxbox you have to active on the website. Influenster will send you surveys via email to qualify for their voxboxes. I had previously done some surveys and  hadn't been chosen for the boxes so this time around when I was sent the survey I wasn't sure I even wanted to do it. I thought "why bother I wont get it" I am so glad I took that survey! a few weeks later I received another email from influenster saying "Congratulation you have been selected"! I was so excited I couldn't wait to get the box, I kept checking the tracking number to see if it was any closer to arriving.


                                                       Here it is, the SlimSoft voxbox!

                     I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.


   In this box I got one Colgate slimsoft toothbrush. This brush  has gliding tips that are 17x slimmer bristles than other brushes that are meant for a deeper clean. So it says on the package. I honestly have not tried this toothbrush out yet. I just bout a new toothbrush right before I knew I was selected for this voxbox. I am not the type of person to just throw out perfectly good/new items. However I can not wait to open this puppy and use it. It looks so soft and I have read some good reviews on influenster from other people who HAVE used it already.


        The other two items  in this package were samples of the total advanced whitening toothpaste and the total pro-sheild mouthwash. The I have used and love! The toothpaste  claims  to help remove and prevent stains, cavities,gingivitis, plaques, tartar etc. basically everything you read on every other brand of toothpaste. Now I don't know if it really does all that but I do know that I like the way my teeth feel after using it. You know that CLEAN feeling you get after brushing, who doesn't like that feeling? After using the mouthwash I know I will be purchasing this product because I liked how the mouthwash didn't burn my gums while using it and the peppermint flavor wasn't over powering and really did leave my breath smelling fresh.

                                                      



Update (two hours later):

     I wasn't going to open it yet because the toothbrush I have was recently purchased so I wasn't ready for a new one yet. However I couldn't write a review without testing it out. I popped that baby out and I'm glad I did! It is so soft, it felt great on my gums. I also love how thin the top is I can actually get my back teeth with out opening my mouth in awkward ways just to get it back there. I will be using my previous toothbrush to  clean the cracks around the house.
 




 

Up and Coming Challenge

    I have seen over the past year or so many challenges for the beauty world. I had decided on giving it a try myself. Once I decided that I would be going with nail polish/art I had to chose what month, how many days, weeks or months long to make. I ended up going with the Halloween theme and oh man is October fast approaching. I had hoped by the time it came around to doing the challenge that I would have me followers to be active in sharing what they came up with. I will NOT let this stop me however, as I do love o paint my nails. It is the main "girly" thing I like to do. If your interested me follow, share and feel welcome to comment. I will be back on the first to share!

Too Early

      I am thinking I should go back to bed and try again in a couple of hour. I get up this morning as usual and go fill the coffee pot up,so I think. I go wake up the kids as the pot is brewing and when I go to grab a cup of my delicious coffee I find  HOT WATER! Oh my I completely forgot to add the coffee. That can not be a good sign of how my day is going to go. Please tell me someone else out there has done this before?

Nail of The Day

update: 9/19   just noticed the price has been knocked down on these!!!


I have seen all those fingernail stick on polish’s and have wanted to try them out. However, paying $10 for a one time use just didn’t seem worth it.
     Well one day as I was scrolling along on ebay I came across some for $3.99. Not only did they look similar to the sally hansen and essie brands but hey the cost was way less! I didn't buy them right away because i still wasn't sure if id like them. After about a weeks worth of consideration I decided to order some.
   Yesterday I was so excited to get them in the mail! I love them so far. They have bling! The greenish colored stones do stick out so hey, I match my bling cell phone case

  The process was so much faster and easier than painting my nails with polish and waiting hours for it to completely dry. Why hadn’t I tried this concept out sooner? Oh ya right, the price! Glad I found some cheap ones. Anywho, all you do is clean your nails really well, match the size of the sticker to your nails and press them on. Then bend whats left hanging off your nail over the tip of your nail and file off, its that simple. Now the true test is….will they last a long time before chipping or pealing off? Guess ill check back in, in a few days to let you know. If you have used sally, essie or any other brand of nail stickers let me know how you liked or disliked them.

for real its free?

      Have you ever heard of a site were you can get things for free? I'm not talking about all those freebie sample sites. Its more like  an ebay style site were people post their unwanted items, kind of like craigslist only you bid on stuff and a lot of times its free shipping. I just found out about this site this morning. You can check it out by clicking HERE its called listia. If you have tried is what would you say you like and/or dislike about it?

Julep Maven Box

 

   Last week I got a code, I believe from the All You website, for a free Julep Maven box. I have been following Julep on twitter for some time now and  wanted to try out their products just didn't have the money really to do so. So I was excited to use this code, all I had to do was pay the $3.99 shipping & handling fee. If that's all I had to pay to get three full sized products sent to me I was in!     
  
    Today when checking the mail, there it was. Wow, that came faster than I had expected. Here is the unveiling of my products: (sorry about the pictures I took them on my cell next time I'll dig out the camera)


                   

I have not tested them out yet, but when I do I plan to make a review. Here is the first product I pulled out. Mint Condition Pedi Crème. It exfoliates and hydrates. Perfect for my feet :)

I loved the pretty pink packaging they placed the polish in. Very girly. Under the ribbon they placed a sample of their Glycolic hand scrub.

No the most exciting part of the box for me of course is the nail polish. I am a polish addict! lol cheaper than being a makeup hog.

On the left is the color Marion, I guess its from the "it girl" collection? On the right is Courteney from "boho glam". Now both of these seem smaller than the polish bottles that I normally buy but I am hoping they go on nice and smooth with only one application so that way it will last me some time.

 If you want to get more information and possibly sign up to be a Julep Maven, you can check out my link here! It's a referral link (referral code 22794156) , so if you sign up through my link, I get points that I can use towards future Julep purchases. So everyone wins! 

Girly Day

      During the summer vacation do you find yourself spending  some girl time with your little ones?


    Today was spent with my eight year old doing our hair, putting makeup on and of course who can forget to paint their nails! :)

We used Sally hansen Insta-dri in Presto Pink and Silver Sweep

OPI Nicole Razzle Dazzler (black) I think opi is my favorite brand so far. That may change when my julep package arrives and I get to try the polish out for the first time.

Top coat was wet and wild shine

  I have to say I usually do not care for Sally hansens cheap polish but the insta-Dri's go on smoothly, no smears or bubbles and I think it has to do with how wide the brush is, it covers more area with less swipes.

Job hunting

    Searching for work this day and age just seems harder than it really should be. When I got my first job it was easy, I was 18 walked in the store, asked for an application, met the manager and bam got an interview on the spot and was highered a few days later. Now fast forward oh lets say 13 years later and everything has changed. Now most places want you to fill out an application online. Almost immediately I get back an email saying "sorry you don't match what we are looking for" or something along those lines. The ones that don't send an immediate email, I get my hopes up and think "maybe this is the one" Then a week or so later I get the let down letter in my email. Oh man this is getting to be so irritating!  Someone please give me a chance. The fact that I have been a stay at home parent for the past 7 years has really made finding work so hard. Who wants to hire someone who hasn't worked? Its not like I have been in jail or have been fired from every job I've had, no its just a large gap in my employment history and apparently that says "I wont last long so don't hire me".

Update

                Its been awhile since I've wanted to write on this blog. When I first joined I thought this would be a fun experience and a great way to share things I try, like, and dislike. However, I got busy with other things and forgot to make posts. After awhile I just didn't know what to post about, what interests my readers? As of yet I do not think I have any readers and that is no fault but my own. Maybe I need to do some research on how to get a great blog that'll pull people in and want to know what I've written about.

          Now that I'm coming up on the end of school I was thinking, "what do I do now?" I mean beside the everyday house cleaning and taking care of my family. I have this blog and maybe now is a good time to figure out how it works, and start writing!

 

Mt. Pisgah

I haven't been keeping up on this blog thing :) i'm not sure what to write about to gain followers. The main reason i got a blogger account was just so I could see a friend of mines blog updates on her house being built. Also so I could leave comments on other peoples blogs that I kept coming to and sometimes i would have a question i'd like to ask or a page i wanted to come back to later on.

    Anyways.....Hope you all have been enjoying some nice weather. This last Saturday we decided to finally go on a hike up Mt Pisgah. My son and I have been talking about going there for months now. Wow i had no idea what I was getting us all into lol

                                              As we walked up this steep  path we had to make many stops to catch our        breath and drink some water. We enjoyed the view and of course i had to take a picture or two!

(the date is wrong apparently on my camera as it was the 19th when we went)

We are getting so close! our daughter who is seven really didn't want  to go any further. But we convinced her to keep going. We girls did some complaining along the way im not even going to lie lol it was hard work!

WE MADE IT!!!! 

Look at that view from the top? oh how i wish my camera could have captured the real beauty of what we got to see. This dose not do it justice. We got to see some parachute's while we sat up there.

I think it took us a little more than an hour to get there. At the top we enjoyed the break, had lunch and prepared for our walk  down.

It was much faster on our way down 

(slow down,wait for me!)

I can not wait for our next trip up this beautiful mountain. We will try a different trail and will know more of what to expect.

scallions/onion

I came across a pin on pinterest about re-growing your onions. I decided to give it a shot. what could it hurt? Nothing. I used some scallions last night in our vegetarian taco salad and figured what the heck lets throw these in a glass of water and see what happens?


Day 1 pic

heres the link i found http://pinterest.com/pin/189643834278692428/

Have any of you tried this before? Do they taste the same?



It dose really work. who knew...... lol


14 days later

Not only did the onion grow it also produced a new sprout.  It also smell and tasted just as if i had gotten them from the store. I did throw them out after using them. However it did say you can do this multiple times.I am not sure just how many times you can re-grow them and have them taste the way hey are meant to.

Todays Craft; Bird Seed Feeder

  Original date of this was: February 20, 2012


               I have been strolling along on Pinterest for a few months now and I’ve come
across so many great craft ideas. One was for these cute little bird seed shapes
you can hang anywhere in your yard. I thought these would be an easy and fun
craft to do with the kids. Last years pop bottle feeder was mostly a bust, so I
hope these turn out well. Yesterday my daughter and I decided to make
them. After making the mix we both went around trying to figure out what we
would use for shapes lol guess I should have thought this threw a little better
then i did.  We ended up using Easter cookie cutters, measuring cups and a star
cookie cutter from Christmas time.

Recipe used:

1 oz Gelatin

3cups Birdseed

1 cup Boiling Water

Molds

Yarn or string (for hanging loops)

       Stir gelatin in boiling water until it is all dissolved. Mix in birdseed. I added the seed into the mold that I had laid out on wax paper so it didn’t stick to anything. I Cut strings for the hanging loops, knot one end and stick the knot into each seed cake. Cover the knot with a little birdseed mix and press a little to make sure it will set firmly. I didn’t have a full box of the gelatin so I used just the two packs i had left and I also added a little peanut butter to the mix. We let the molds sit overnight to make sure they stuck together.

     My daughter went out today and hung most of them out in the backyard. We will save the others for out front on another day. Now we hopefully will get to see the birds eating from them. If I can I’ll get a picture of one.

   Today (Feb. 21 2012) as I was washing my hands in the kitchen sink I was looking out the window and noticed birds were actually eating from my daughters feeders! I was so excited and wished she was home to see them. I quickly grabbed my camera and zoomed in to capture the birds for her

There were about 3 different kinds of birds that I noticed.

 I had to go outside  and try to get a clearer photo. The zooming in about 8 times I was afraid wouldn't turn out.

They still were not looking as bright as the pictures I had taken yesterday of my daughter hanging them up. So I tried getting up close and I waited and waited and waited lol I think they new I was there. No matter how still i was no more came to this feeder. I dont know how long I was out there trying to capture the perfect up close photo lol but I got cold and decided to give up. Not to bad though on the ones I did get and cant wait to show them to my little girl.

Meet the Dubiens: kool-aid lip gloss

Came across this lovely idea on making your own lipgloss! my 7 year old daughter would love this!


Meet the Dubiens: kool-aid lip gloss: . Disclaimer - please try this craft at your own risk. I had absolutely no trouble making this, but so many of my readers who have tried ...