I am the luckiest woman alive...

who else would let me sleep in til after 1pm, then lay in bed all day. Make a grocery list AND go grocery shopping. Come back, put away all groceries then make me a SHRIMP & CHICKEN FRIED RICE.


I LOVE MY HUSBAND! And this fried rice combo was THE BOMB!

Now I didn't get too lucky cause I gotta go do laundry but man...I'm well rested and full so I won't complain! LOL

5 YEARS AGO TODAY

I married my best friend!

Happy Anniversary to us! I look forward to the next 50 years. To kick start our day we're on our way to see Obsessed w/ Beyonce and Idris Elba.

School related and some other stuff (PIC HEAVY)

First, I never posted after I got my new baby gadget. I posted about dropping by ipod classic at school and sending her to ipod heaven. A few weeks later I got my new baby.

The 16g Ipod touch...I love this little piece of technology. The only thing I hate is 1) it's only 16g(was not about to shell out $400 for the 32g) 2) Can't instantly get on the internet. But I love ALL the apps I've gotten. They have kept me pretty sane during some boring times at school. I also like that when watching movies,etc they play pretty much the length of the screen and also you tube plays VERY clear. I bought the clear case at Walmart cause I'm always dropping stuff. lol But overall, I'm very satisfied with this ipod.

On to some school related stuff, this is one of my favorite clients. When she first started coming to me her hair was brittle,dry, broken off all over and above her ears. I took this picture this past Saturday. She was so excited to see the progress.

These pictures were taken Easter weekend. We have been rollersetting her hair every week to keep her from having to do her hair every morning and adding heat and/or products. I trim her ends every 6 to 8 weeks to make sure she is clear of split ends and we relax when we need to. This particular weekend she wanted something fun, cute and girly for Easter. So I gave her the ever so popular little hump in the front and on each sides we just put up some fun twists and pinned them in place with bobby pins. This do was seriously so easy to do. The hair was already molded and curly so the hump didn't even have to be teased, just pinned into place. Same thing with the twists. For the curls, I just put a little style wax on my fingertips and finger combed through the curls. To finish, I used a little bit of spray shine by Paul Mitchell. Mind you, she is only 13-years-old, so she was ECSTATIC when I finished. I was pretty pleased myself. :)

This is an updo I created on a mannequin about 2 months ago. All I did was a classic rollerset, then took some holding spray and started pincurling all the pieces into place whereever they fell. This was actually busy work one day I wasn't real busy, but I actually liked the finish look.

This is actually a classmate. We were suppose to pick an Era(50's,60's,etc) and recreate a look from that time. Me being such a rebel, just gave her a look I was feeling and it turned out really good. So they labeled it as 80's rock. (whatever floats your boat, lol)

I gave her a really smokey eye, a lipstick that was a dead-on match for the tone of her lips. As for the hair, alot of teasing and alot of hair spray. Then we went on a photo spree around the building. lol

This is one of my favorite pics taken that day. The wind was insane but worked perfectly.

Another favorite cause it really conveys the message..I guess. At least that's what the teacher said.

This one was just for fun. lol

I think that's enough catching up for the night. lol

WHAT!?!?!?

I cannot believe I have let a MONTH go by with no blog posts. I have been trying to post for the last couple days but just haven't had the chance. Got sick, then busy, then still sick, etc. Anyways, I have so much to update so I guess I'll do it in increments and just take it a day at a time.

First up a new "DO". I have been in limbo as to what to do to my own hair. I don't know too many hairstylists that like to do their own hair, and I AM NO EXCEPTION. I don't like to do my own hair. Let me rephrase, I don't like to do my own hair ALOT. I like to experiment, I'm a stylists thats what I do. So I was addicted to weaves and wigs for a while but needed to let my hair breathe and to be honest I hadn't had time in the last 2 months or so to take care of my hair so I really had been wanting a cut, to start over fresh. So I finally CHOPPED ALL MY HAIR OFF...

Here's the before pics from the morning that I went to the salon..

a couple hours later...

I really love my new cut. I can literally wake up, run my fingers through my hair to spike it up and GO. One thing I do hate, is my hair after a fresh perm, it is bone straight and won't do much of anything, so it's good it's short. My hair is thin right now as it is, but I'm not too worried about it because my hair grows thick before it grows long anyway, plus I've started taking Biotin again, so it'll thicken up in no time.

I found 2 products that I love to use for short hair. It's the Sebastian Molding Mud & Bed Head Manipulator. The Molding mud is good for the back and sides of my hair. You would think with it being a "mud" it would be wax-y and greasy. But it's not, and it also leaves a shine on the hair. Not a heavy product at all. The Bed Head on the other hand, is a product that I wouldn't use unless I really was trying to mold the hair a certain way. I use it to give my bang a wispy,

piece-y look. And it will HOLD. So I wouldn't suggest it for longer hair unless you go real funky and rock out a faux-hawk or something.

I guess that's enough on this post. As said before, I love the new cut and it's going to be short for a minute. Short hair is just easier to maintain for me. So we'll see what it's looking like a couple weeks from now.

Picture Overload

Man, so much has been going on. I'm tired, it's midnight and I should be in bed but yet I'm updating my blog. lol I'll pay for it in 5 hours when my alarm goes off. Anyway, I have pics galore from different events,etc. So I'll just post those for now.

I took these on a Saturday night on my way out to celebrate my friend's 33rd birthday. We had a blast and I think this is probably my fave m/u combo to date. I switched foundations. Instead of my usual Mac mineralized skinfinish, I switched to Milani's Caramel and I love it. Great coverage and very light on my face.

I almost forgot to take a pic of this cute pink look, so I hurried and snapped soon as I came home. I found the cutest bracelet/earring set at Walmart and that was sort of my inspiration for that day.

This look was so cute and airy. It was neutral but I liked it alot. I almost forgot to take the pics before we went out to dinner but I managed to squeeze in 2.

I have so many other pics and updates I would like to get on here but my eyelids are cursing me out right now so I am going to bed.

Today's Look

I wasn't trying but I got the "you have Mardi Gras eyes" from alot of people today. Most mornings I don't really know what I'm going to do as far as makeup until I sit down at my table and start. This morning I thought it was going to be neutrals again but decided to pull out my old Urban Decay Deluxe palette that I haven't used in forever. Purple & Gold was standing out to me. So I used Honey, Ransom & the lighter purple that I can't think of the name. My faavorite L'oreal liquid liner and Maybelline Colassal mascara. On the lips I used Nyx Purple Rain lip pencil & Nyx Pandora lipstick, I used Mac's Miss Dynamite dazzleglass on top.

It looks more like LSU school colors to me than Mardi Gras. If I was doing Mardi Gras I would've added some green. :) You can click the picture to make bigger. (I think) I did my first collage in Picasa. I've never used it and it was fairly easy and something different.





Have a good evening.

Rambling & pictures

First, I'll start off by saying I feel soooooo much better. I was so sick last week. All sinus. I have/had so much sinus drainage. I didn't go to the doctor because I go for this same thing every year and every year I pay for meds that do not work. So this year I refused to go. True I came close to caving in. But thanks to 2 clients and 2 classmates I bought Mucinex D and it has helped ALOT. I still have a slight cough but no more ear aches, fevers or chest congestion. I hate flip floppy weather and thats what we've been having. Ah well, I'm just glad to be better.

Moving on, today we were out of school so I decided to treat myself to a movie. Since my husband didn't want to see it with me, I went alone. I went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic. It was a boring movie. It was cute but boring. The book was way better. I fell asleep at some point. So this is definitely a movie that can wait til it hits dollar movie or dvd RENTAL. Sadly, this is not one for the collection. And I'm almost mad that I wasted 7.50 on a movie ticket. lol

Since today was such a pretty day and felt really springy I decided to actually do some makeup on myself. Its been a long time since I've taken pictures of my makeup and I miss it. I took pictures of todays makeup even though it was after I got back home. lol

This is a look that I do alot. It's very neutral but still has a little pop because the taupe eyeshadow is shimmery. Since I took these pictures after being out and about, my lipgloss wore off but it was just clear gloss. This look can be paired with "COLORED" lips for just the right pop of color.

I achieved this look using my favorite and the ever so popular Coastal Scent palette. For 20 bucks this palette gives you your moneys worth.

To create the above look I used: 2nd row from right, 3rd color down(shimmer taupe) on inner lid and a little above the crease. On the outer lid I used 2nd row from right, 8th color down (matte brown) For brow highlight I used 1st row on the left, 8th color down ( a matte flesh tone color)

I paired the look with my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE liquid liner. It's the "carbon black" liner intense by L'oreal Paris. For 6 bucks this liner is the truth! Precision every single time and makes a very precise wing for the winged liner look. (Not pictured, on my waterline I used Mac's kohl liner in Engraved)

I am a mascara whore. I own so many mascaras from top of the line to bottom of the shit pile. lol But these 2 are my favorties. The Maybeline Colossal(yellow tube) in Very Black & the Maybeline XXL Extensions in Very Black. They both gives you so much volume and with both I don't have to worry about looking like a raccoon at the end of the day. I haven't had a problem with either of them clumping and I can layer them with no problems. The XXL comes with a primer that I'm iffy about. I think it dries out quickly but the mascara itself is heaven.

For the look above I chose the Maybeline Colassal.

I have so much makeup it is insane. And I'm steady acquiring new shit everyday seem like. lol I really need to purge. I'm into eyeshadow palettes right now so my single shadows haven't been getting any love. hmm, I need to do something about that.

In other news, I MADE THE MAKEUP TEAM at school. I already knew I was a shoo-in but it was made official last Thursday.

I guess I'm done rambling for the night. I miss taking makeup pics so I think I'm going to try to take more pics, more often. As long as its not the same looks. :)

Oh! I see I have followers on my blog. Thanks ladies for stopping by. I'm glad to know I'm not just talking to myself and Adrienne. lol Although I really don't mind. But I look forward to chatting with my new blog buddies.

"Now ya'll come back now ya hear" lol