Ready for a New Year of Fun? Help the Girls in Your Life Have Fun All Year Long!

If you are subscriber to my YouTube channel,

then you are undoubtedly acquainted with my daughters, Jada and GiGi. If you're not a subscriber, what are you waiting for?!? Click here to subscribe now! 

 

 

They have been doing Unboxing videos of the monthly subscription box for girls, The Boodle Box, for quite some time now, and it is truly a big splash of fun each month for them. Here's their latest, the January 2016 preview:

 

5 S's for a Successful Shorts Season

Here are 5 S's

to help you have a more successful

Spring & Summer Shorts Season:

 

1.) Shave Cream.

Shorts show skin. Best if it's not hairy skin!

I've tried lots of shaving creams, foams, gels, lotions, etc. We are all different, but I've found that I truly like shave lotions/creams best.

They provide close, comfortable shaves, while moisturizing the skin better than most of the others. I like EOS and Skintimate, but Skintimate edges out EOS thanks to the packaging (EOS, as a pump, will end up leaving you with a lot of cream at the bottom that won't pump out, while Skintimate, being upside-down and a squeeze-type, will completely empty out with no problems).

 

2.) Shaving Razor.

The Boodle Box: A Subscription Service for Teens & Tweens

I love my subscription services!

 

I currently receive 3: Birchbox, Glossybox & Ipsy Glambag.

(You can read more about them HERE)

 

My girls, ages 6 & 9 love watching me open my subscriptions and have often said that they would like to get their own subscription, too.

Recently, while perusing Instagram, I saw just the thing to fit the need:

The Boodle Box!

Have You Found YOUR Red Lipstick for Fall?

All over the fashion and beauty blogosphere, it rings out...

this year, fall is all about

red

 

and

purple.

Some of my purple for Fall!

 Just as with spring, "they" have chosen to put forth colors I can embrace.

Had "they" chosen chartreuse...well, I don't think so.

But red...and purple? Oh yeah. I can so-go-there!

The Weapon EVERY Woman Should Have In Her Arsenal

I discovered something awesome in my April Birchbox.

For those who don't know, Birchbox is a subscription service that ships a small box with awesome beauty & fashion samples each month for only $10 (s&h included). The samples are specialty, high-end, and sometimes are actually full-size products. It's a great way to try out lots of beauty products without paying a lot of dough.

What did I discover that's so awesome?!? Hollywood Fashion Secrets Fashion Tape.

When I opened my Birchbox, I noticed the Fashion Tape Assortment Sample Pack, but didn't think too much about it. A couple of days later, however, I was getting dressed in my new lace tank top and noticed that the front kept slowly sliding forward, exposing more of my decolletage than I desired.

Easy Spring Color Trends I Love

I read a few weeks ago that the big color trends for Spring 2012 are:

Coral

&

Turquoise

You know what I love about this year's choice?

It's E-A-S-Y!

Easy to wear, easy to find, easy to incorporate inexpensively.

Let me elaborate.

1) Easy to wear - Let's face it, not everyone can pull off electric blue eyeshadow, or dark plum lipstick, nor can everyone work lime green or lemon yellow jewelry without looking ridiculous.

Pretty much every skin tone and every age can beautifully display a shade of coral lipstick or blush. Any lady can rock a pair of coral nails or even turquoise toe nails.

2) Easy to find - If you don't already have these colors, they are so classic that you won't have a hard time finding them at nearly ANY store.

For example, turquoise jewelry is just plain classic. Most people already have some. I had some lying in wait in my vanity drawers. Chances are you do too?

My "old" turquoise jewelry

Giving Thanks $25 Great Gift Card Giveaway!

I'm getting warmed up for Thanksgiving!
I've got so much to be thankful to God for, I've decided to bless someone else.
I'm very excited to announce a great $25 gift card giveaway.
You get your choice from ONE of the FOUR different merchants:

Gap

Old Navy

Marshall's

TJMaxx

You should be able to find something great for yourself or a gift for someone else at one of these stores.

Rules:

Must be US resident. Leave a separate comment for each entry method, telling what you did. The more comments/entries, the better your odds of winning, of course. Be sure to leave your email addy in each of your comments so I can contact you if you win. Can be in format "janedoe at yahoo dot com" to avoid spam bots. Mandatory entry is required before any other entries will count. If I cannot verify your entry, it will not count. Winner will have exactly 48 hours to respond to my notification email or a new winner will be picked, no exceptions. By entering you agree to the rules of the contest.

Mandatory:

Follow this blog via Google Friend Connect (GFC). Do this on the right hand side of the blog. If you follow under a different name, be sure to list it in the comment.

Additional Entries:

+1 - Subscribe via email (waaaay down at the very bottom, in the white section).
+1 - Follow me on Facebook (top box, left hand side). Leave your Facebook name in the comment if it isn't the same as displayed with your comment.
+1 - Meaningfully comment on a different post on this blog. But be sure you come back to this post to comment & receive credit! Let me know the title or product you commented on.

Drawing will be held on October 17, 2011.
Thanks so much & good luck to you!
-Jean

Spastic About Uncomfy Seams in Socks?

I belong to BzzAgent and recently was sent several pairs of socks to try out. I received Hanes Comfort Toe Seam Socks for ladies in several different varieties.

Now, I'm a little demanding of my socks...I like them to be thicker, with good cushion-factor. I want them to hold up well to a lot of washing. I prefer they not cost a small fortune, either.

My husband and my youngest son, however, are spastic about uncomfy socks. They have to fit just-so, can't stretch out too quickly, can't have bothersome seams, or "seam nipples" (I have no idea how else to describe those little pointy parts at the sides of the toe seams...sorry). I'm not real crazy for socks that have seam nipples, either, come to think of it.