Homecoming

  So homecoming is coming up for most high schools some time this month(my high school's is tonight). I LOVED home coming. The dressing up the games the everything!  My school colors were blue and gold so every spirit week Friday was and is blue and gold day. Everyone dressed up for that day even kids who paid no attention to other spirit days.  Well so its important for us to go all out, and I sincerely hop all kids get all dressed up on that Friday. Even if you don't like your school hey its something new and fun so why not?!?! So in honor of spirit week I wanna let everyone in on the easiest way to get dressed up and not look to dorky.
  One quick way that you can spirit up and spirit up your friends is puffy paint.No need for the shirt or bag just your skin! Get two big bottles and walk around writing on cheeks and by the eyes. Its great fun. I used to do two paw print by my eye(we're the cubs) and a jersey number on my cheek.  Puffy paint is really cheap at any local wal mart. :)
  Another thing is hair. Temporary dye is wonderful. Plus there is a company called Zack's Wax that makes hair gel that is colored and come in all common color combinations! We gave a girl once liberty spikes with blue and gold gel. Or if you don't wanna gel your hair there are Tribal Pigments by ELC or hair chalk that you just rub in and it does nothing to your hair texture.
  Finally, Tempra Paint. Lots of guys used to cover their arms, legs, and chests in full paint, that for the real die-hards. Spirit week is fun and so few kids participate its sad.  You will have to grow up and dress normal in 4 short years and you have 40 years of you life to look normal. Its fun and exciting to be different. Don't miss out!

My best friend

  My best friend is some one who is the exact samely opposite of me.  We are so alike yet totally different. She has been through everything with me. We've known each other from the day she was born(she's younger). My best friend is my sister.  Granted we do fight, but all the same we are bestest friends. She is the only one who biologically has to love me.  Me and my sister are both beauty fanatics but we defiantly do thing our own way. Where my make up bag consists of one eye liner, one mascara and three eye shadows, hers has one bag of eyeliners, one drawer of brushes, a bin of eye shadows, twelve mascaras, and the list goes on....  Last night I asked my sister why so much stuff!?!(Its not only make up that she over supplies herself with) and what she said was probably the best answer ANYONE could come up with. She said because I don't have just one style, I AM a big, always changing style.
  Now in honor of My Style Sister I asked her what a few of her favorite things are:
Image Eucalyptus Clenz Shampoo -Emmy says: this is great for my {moderate} dandruff. After a week of use my scalp is super healthy which has made all of my hair just wonderful and has boosted my confidence. Head and Shoulders couldn't do the trick but this could.
Jane Iredale Liquid Eye Liner- Emmy says: I love {it}! Raccoon eyes never will fit my style so I like how it stays where I put it.  It lasts all day without chipping and its very easy to wash off at night.
Original Sprout Miracle Detangler- Emmy says: Because I take my showers at night I need my detangler. My hair likes to just fall out as is so I never want knots in it, plus I'm to tired at night to blow dry it and we can't take morning showers on weekdays.(Four people, one small hot water heater).
ELC Tribal Pigments- Emmy says: Since I don't like dying my hair I love {these}. They wash out and work amazing. I especially love them on Fridays. I go way overboard blue and gold for the football games. Plus I color all my friends. GO ANDERSON!
Amir Argan Oil Moisturizer- Emmy says: My lotion is defiantly my number one thing ever! I couldn't live without it. I have one at home, in the car, in my backpack, everywhere. Its light in smell so I don't bother people around me but when you get close I smell GOOOOOD! Its really hydrating, rubs in great and is just an awesome product.
  My sister is an amusing, typical 17-yr old. She is a wonderful singer, beautiful dancer, natural leader. Just a great(yet stubborn) young lady. I love her very much!

Supergoop!!

Jordan at the top of the Falls

Emmy and Teresa

I know wierd title but it will make sense I promise.  This weekend my sister, some of our friends, and I all went on a hike before rainy season starts to set in. Afterall, Fall is here. We did the Whiskey Town Falls hike. it 2.6 miles stright up hill. UGH! But it is a really beautiful hike and it did all of our legs some good. And at the end those falls are absolutely goregeous!! Well so we were hiking along and Emmy starts to whine about feeling burnt(the trail is very sunny). I never carry sunscreen because my naturally tan complection almost never allows me to get burnt. :) Then my friend Teresa pulls out a small purse type thing that just says SUPERGOOP all over it. Now my friends and I are all teenagers so this word was hilarious! Everybody started to laugh(now that I think about it we were probablly a little dehydrated and just being goofy too).Anyways what she pulls out of this little bag makes us laugh even more! She had enough stuff with sunscreen to lather everyone for the next month! She had 4 little sunscreen wipes, lotion, lip balm, and a sun stick. All called supergoop!  I had to ask her why such the over kill and she simply told me that not everyone can have perfect skin like you and I hate being burnt and peeling. While I don't have perfect skin she is right sunscreen is important because peeling is gross, being burnt is painful, and skin cancer is bad. I did use her lip balm and it was awesome. Made my lips all soft and minty. :) Emmy loved the wipes on her neck and shoulders because it smelled absolutely amazing and didn't make her all greasy. Later at Whiskey Town beach we tried to use the stick to draw a heart on our friend Jordan, to see if it would tan on a heart, and it didn't really work. only a little bit. This little travel case would be great for anyone with fair skin or just likes sunscreen. Highly recomend, eventhough I probably won't get one myself cause I don't use sunscreen but I knda just want the bag so I can carry something Supergoop! Such a funny word!

Myself on the Falls

A Night In

  I am a hardworking, smart, independent, friendly woman.  I wake up early and stay up late. I help everyone, study, clean, cook. Its busy, so I love my nights off.  Nights off are me time and I cherish them.  Not enough woman out there really take advantage of their nights alone.  For example, my Momma, she is a devoted teacher and mother, but when she gets a night to herself she cleans the little places of the house she sometimes misses or she works outside until she is dead tired and just passes out. No! You're doing it wrong Momma!  Alone nights are to rejuvenate and replenish yourself. Spring cleaning is for all the nooks and crannies of cleaning. So I thought I'd do a piece on how I spend my nights to myself.

To the Gym Makeup

  So for the Navy, I have put myself on a strict healthy diet and lots and lots of exercise.  I want to be fully prepared when I go to Illinois for boot.  Now I know a lot of people thinks it's dumb or not smart to care about what you look like when you go to the gym, and I agree...to an extent. Do I think I need to wear the cutest clothes or have the besthair? No! I'm working my tail off I need comfy and functional! However, I do wear makeup.  I want my face to not look as dead as I truly feel. Makeup though is very tricky because you can hinder your work-out and beauty in your face if its not done right.  All the time I see girls at the gym looking like they are going clubbing! I understand the insecurity of need to loose weight and get fit and makeup being a comfort zone but there is a limit! The biggest, most defined limit is foundation! Hello?! Foundation(both powder and liquid) clog your pores. You sweat from your pores. And no its not good that you're holding back sweat. Sweat may stink and be sticky but remember its all the toxins and icky stuff leaving your body. It's cleansing and it helps with weight loss. Plus, when you don't loose sweat and you clog it behind your pores you are way more likely to break out! I can't tell you how many times I heard a girl whine about how she started working out and the little bit of sweat makes her face horrible. I ask that girl two questions 1) do you wipe you sweat with your hand or a towel? and 2)Do you wear foundation or do you take your makeup off? Foundation is just holding the toxins right there on your face so duh you break out! Foundation is best to use after even right after. Just rinse your face and apply a redness reducing foundation like gloMineral's Redness Relief. It gives you face a normal tone glow so you also look like that 45 min run was a piece of pie.  Next eyeliner, now this is not a wait item just make sure it's waterproof! No body likes raccoon eyes. They are not sexy! at all. Same thing with your mascara. Lots think that waterproof is to hard to get off but they are lazy! it is not just wash your face with soap. For eyeshadow its the same idea as foundation. But when your done use cool colors like blue green and purple to make your face glow and not like you just worked your but off.  Lips=Chap stick. If you're really working you'll probably end up breathing in and out your mouth instead of just out so you need something really moisturizing.
  Hope this helped:) I<3WORKINGOUT!

Circle of Friends

Anna helping clean

Last night I got to spend some time with my super cute niece Anna Jo Neff.  She is 1 year and 7 months old now. Gosh time flies so quickly. She is walking and talking(kinda) and a big handful. We played and played and played last night. It was a lot of fun. I went to give her a bath(that's our favorite thing to do together cause I'm the only one who lets her play in bath not just clean and get out) and she had some new shampoo and conditioner that was so cute! Normally my sister always has Johnson and Johnson Lavendar to help wild child calm down and sleep, but Anna must be sleeping better cause now she has Circle of Friends Banana Shampoo and Conditioner(Anna Banana HA I just got why my siter picked that one). Still tear free, and no Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (possible causes of cancer). I asked my sister where she got it from and of course like me she got it online so I looked it up and they have so many awsome smells! And It actually smells not just a hint but a I held Anna in my arms and thought she was a gaint banana. The other smells from this Circle of Friend's line include; Choclate, Pineapple, Rasberry, Bluberry, Orange and Root Beer. Circle of Friend's also had a Lice Defense and Swimmer's and a Buenos Noches for easy nights. Plus, its not just shampoo and conditioner but there is mousse, gel, lotion and more. I encourage everyone with a kid to try it because it was YUMMY!

Keeping Current on Beauty: Hair Shots

 Definitely on my to try out list!!  Keeping Current on Beauty: Hair Shots: We all do it, or at least we all should do it. Get hot, sweaty, and tired. At least sixty minutes everyday that right! We should all get o...

Towelettes Anyone??

Towelettes are something I always carry in my purse. Its a nice easy way to keep germs out because I HATE being sick.  However, it wasn't until recently that I learned so many uses for towelettes! Well, maybe not many uses for normal alcohol smelling ones but Herban Essentials is a line of towelettes that have yummy fresh clean smells to them and I was reading some information on them and they have lots of practical uses besides cleaning up!

9/11 Patriot Day

  So today is September 11, and 11 years ago many people lost their lives in our country.  Today is a day to remember those lives lost; those lives we now fight for. My grandma knows exactly where she was when the world heard Elvis died, that was her generation's thing, and now it my generation and we all(or should know) where we were and what we were doing when the twins fell. I remember very clearly. Being on the West coast our day really hadn't started yet and I remember being my little 1st grader self barely waking up and hearing my dad call," Girls come out here!" Me and my family all sat on the couch together and watched the news in sad disbelief. Where were you? Do you remember? 
  I encourage everyone to take a moment of silence today for all those civilian men and women today. Then take another one for all the soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines out there making sure it doesn't happen again.  Everyday there are people, normal people, that have decide to train and risk their lives to defend our country. You may not see it and hopefully never will, but everyday these men and women fight to keep all attacks out of our homeland.  They leave their family and put everything on the line so we at home can live on peacefully. They work day and night taking down terror attempts after attempts. Please thank a service men. Only 1% will join and a smaller percent join now that we are in conflict, those few people deserve a thanks and a hand shake.

Oh No!! Help Me!!

Well I've signed myself up to serve our country as a United States Sailor. I'm super excited! But...yes there is always a but... for boot camp I have to cut off pretty much all of my hair :(. That makes me sad cause I've been trying to grow it out since 2008! Luckily, I have decided that the education, travel and nice pay do out weigh my hair. Wow never thought that would come out of my mouth... Any way so I've been looking up some short styles and slowly I'm getting more used to the idea of short hair. 

YUMMY LOTION!!!!

So I know I say a lot of things are a must have but I cant help myself! I'm a see it, love it, need it, must have it type of girl.  But this lotion really is a must have!! Normally I always use Bath and Body Works Secret Wonderland or Original Sprout Scrumptious but an old friend sent me a care package this week and it had some samples of Hempz lotions. It had the original, cucumber jasmine, and citrus blossom.  The original was by far my favorite but the other ones were great too. They are 100% au natural plus loaded with vitamins for beautiful skin. Oh yea and no THC so they wont make you high.  Sadly they were only the small ones so I looked them up online and found the full size ones for about $22 on www.haircarechoices.com! I also saw a bunch of body washes that are now on my watch list. Haha. Plus in the lotions there were more kinds! like Age Defying, Vanilla Plum, and Pomegranate. I ordered the full size of the original plus the pomegranate because I'm normally way into the smell of pomegranate!

My Baby

    So I have been dating my boyfriend, Garret, for almost a year( 1 year on 09/10/12). We both call each other my baby even though it drives both of our sisters crazy. He can be a handful sometimes but I love him very much. He's the person that even sitting around doing nothing is fun together. He likes to surprise me with cute messages all the time. Just the other night he wrote a poem for me :). It went a little something like this:
From the dawn of time, you were meant to be mine.
From the blue of the sky that matches that of your eye,
To your loving kiss I would never dismiss,
From your beautiful flowing hair to you skin so fair,
It's only you, without a doubt
That I alone could not live without.

No matter the argument,
I know it was to me
That you were heaven sent.

I know I make you cry,
But I love you til I die.
Nobody else could make me this happy,
Never could any one...
Til along came Ally.

    It is a little over the top but what can I say we are young and in love :). I was just thinking about him a lot today so I though I would let my readers know a little about him.

 

Xtended Beauty

My Friday night look

Lashes from Friday

Xtended Beauty by Reese Robert is a full line of false lashes. There are some myths out there about false eye lashes like they are irritating, difficult to put on, or that they look funny. NOT TRUE!! I wore a pair of Xtended Beauty Bait out on Friday night and I have never had so many compliments on my eyes! They did feel a little bit heavy at first but that went away within 3-5 minutes. They were super easy to put on too. I learned the biggest trick is to snip the eye lashes before you try to put them on. Make them your eye size first(most people try to glue them first them then trim them).  Fake lashes are a quick simple way to spice up the entire look of you face. I love to try all the new kinds I can but here are a few I keep on hand at all times:




Angelic



Tinsle Town



Pussycat