-
I’m an Idiot
{Watch out 2 posts in 1 day!}
Just a quick pic from this morning. I’m a dumbass and I burnt my face with the flat iron. FAIL!
-
OCM – Day 3
Over the weekend Matt and I ran some errands and while we were out we bought some Castor Oil and Sunflower Seed Oil. Saturday night I started OCM (oil cleansing method). As I mentioned a few days ago the thought is that by using “good” oil on your skin it will help get rid of the “bad” pore clogging oil and dirt.
I used a 70/30 mixture of Sunflower Seed Oil to Castor Oil. This is the recommended ratio for oily skin. I must say it’s pretty weird to slather oil all over your face. If you’re like me you spent a good portion of your teen years trying to remove as much oil as possible. But as I got older I learned more and realized striping all the oil from your skin wasn’t a good idea either.
Anyway, I messaged the oil into my skin while I let a wash cloth sit under the hot water. Once I left I had sufficiently oiled myself I laid the hot wash cloth on my face to steam. {Please use caution with the hot water. You want it hot but not scalding.} After my steam I rinsed the wash cloth and begin to remove the oil. I was really surprised how nice my skin felt after. Honestly I expected it might be kind of greasy but it was soft and clean feeling. And I didn’t get the tight clean feeling. So far I’ve done it morning and night since Saturday and my skin looks good and it feels nice. I even feel like my make-up has stayed on a bit better. Not to mention this stuff is GREAT for removing eye make up. 😉
I’ll give a few more updates before I make my final decision but as I mentioned before as long as my skin doesn’t go crazy I’ll probably stick with this. It a cheap and natural way to cleanse your skin.
~k
-
High Halle!
Get it? HAHA! Poor thing had her dental appointment this morning to have her teeth cleaned and possibly pulled. I dropped her off before heading to work. Around 10:30 I received a call from the Vet that the procedure was complete and no teeth had been extracted.
I am very excited they didn’t have to pull any of her teeth. One that would totally suck for her and two it’s much easier on the wallet.
I picked her up this afternoon and she was not to happy. Her poor little voice sounds kind of scratchy and weak. She was very excited to be home. And a little scared too I think. I got her upstairs and opened the carrier to let her out and she was shaking. I held her for a minute until she wanted to get down. She immediately went to her food bowl and then downstairs.
Matt and I decided to take a little nap and when I came downstairs she was up. Poor thing, her little eyes are soo big. She looks pretty high. 🙂 I guess she’s not quite over all the effects of the anesthesia. I grabbed her old time friend Fuzzy in hopes he would make her feel a little better. I’m sure she’ll be back to her grumpy old self tomorrow.
~k
-
A new addition
to my blog! Whoop whoop! I added a Pinterest button. If you don’t follow me you really should. Just click the cute little button to your right. I promise to try and not “Pin poorly.” 🙂
I’ve mentioned Pinterest numerous times and it is WONDERFUL! Bored at work? Pinterest. Bored at home? Pinterest. You get the idea. Some of my latest projects have come from things I found on Pinterest.
If you need an invite leave a comment with your email addy and I will send you one.
Happy Pinning!
~k
-
I’m gonna do it
I am going to try the Oil Cleansing Method. You can click here to check out what it’s all about. I keep seeing this pop up around pinterest and I am dying to try it. Basically it states that oil dissolves oil and is actually good for your skin. I have naturally oily skin, that tends to break out some. And to be honest I’ll try almost anything once. 🙂
The article I linked to says to use Castor Oil and Sunflower Seed Oil but this has proved to be a challenge. I can’t find Sunflower Seed Oil ANYWHERE! And I don’t feel like ordering something online and then not liking it. I’ve seen a few other articles that say to use EVOO and Castor Oil. As luck would have it I have EVOO in the pantry and you can find Castor Oil at the drug store. Score! I am totally picking up some Castor Oil tomorrow.
I did a little research and found Castor Oil has tons of uses as well. {Clearly I will believe anything I find online. 😉 }
I think I will do a two week test with this and see how it goes. I will blog my progress. And if you are lucky I will even take a few progress pics.
~k
ETA: Have you tried this? If so please comment on your experience.
-
It’s been about a year
Since I got off my anxiety meds. I think it was around this time last year that I cut the ties and decided to face my anxiety head on. I was thinking about what I could write and I was pretty sure I had written about stopping before. Well lo and behold I did write a post about my anxiety about 6 or 7 months ago. Shockingly it was pretty much exactly what I was going to say again. {Glad I found it.}
Anyway I’m pretty sure January is the one year mark and I must say I think I’m doing really well. Sure I’ve had a few episodes but for the most part I rarely even think about it now. {YAY me!}
What really made me think of this is the doctor who helped me. I feel like she gave me the encouragement I needed to stop or even to try to stop. This very same doctor has also gone MIA. I saw her a few weeks ago, she ordered some labs, and now I can’t find her. Thankfully it was nothing too important but still, I paid for a service and she hasn’t honored her end. I’m not sure what’s next. I’ve never really had a doctor up and disappear.
~k
-
I’m in love
with dark nail polish. I’m not sure what it is but I am in LOVE with dark nail polish lately. I’ve gone from grayish black, to gray, to purpley black. This comes from a girl who probably hasn’t painted her nails in YEARS! Sure I’ve had the occasional french manicure but rarely do I ever paint my nails a color. My toes, sure. I love them to be colorful and fun but not on my hands.
This all changed a few months ago. I was painting my toes a deep gray when I decided to try it on my fingernails. Since I had a done an okay job with the polish I decided to leave it on for a few days, just to see. And that ya’ll, is when I fell in love with dark polish. I will say I kind of suck at painting my nails. This latest coat is not great, it has some small bubbles and a few chips already but it’s just so awesome.
Every Sunday, while Matt watches football, I sit at the coffee table and repaint my nails. Ahhh. 😉
P.S. Glitter polish is super awesome but a HUGE pain in the ass to remove. Consider yourself warned.
~k
-
I may or may not
already have my Valentine’s day wreath on the door. I know it’s a little early but I am really enjoying wreaths. I made a burlap wreath a few months ago as a gift but ended up keeping it.
I have many many plans for this wreath and I am really excited all my hard work paid off. Burlap is kind of a pain in the ass to work with but I got some helpful pointers from a fellow crafter at Joann’s while I was buying it. I’m glad I took her advice. If you mist it and then clip a single string close to the bottom you can pull it out and it gives you a guideline for cutting. It was still messy and somewhat dusty but much easier to work with.
I found a cute heart and ribbon at Michael’s over the weekend and viola. I have a wreath….on my door.
~k
-
Day 1
Of my new, fingers crossed, workout schedule. The elliptical arrived Friday and Matt and I spent 3 hours that night putting it together. It really wasn’t that difficult but we read the directions and made sure we put it together correctly. 🙂 And by we I mean Matt. 😉
Matt has never really worked out on an elliptical so I think he has been surprised that it really is a pretty good workout. I had planned to workout when I got home today and in my head I was like “oh yeah piece of cake, I’ll just workout for half an hour.” OK. About 5 minutes in I was like I’m not gonna make it the full half hour. So then I set my next, more realistic goal….15 minutes. Woo hooo! I made that goal. 🙂
And you know the best thing, it has a built in FAN!
~k
-
Happy Friday the 13th!
Just 8 short months ago on this very day Matt and I were saying our vows to one another. Now we are husband and wife. I think it’s kind of fitting (and a little ironic) that on our 8 monthiversary we get this….
That my friends is my elliptical! YAY! Matt is currently downstairs in the process of putting this together. I really am excited. After the last few weeks I definitely think a little stress relief will be good.
Love ya Matt! Happy 8 monthiversary!
~k
