I’m Living the Lush Life

I have finally given in to the cult. About a month ago I began researching this particular company that I have heard oh so much about. (Yes, research. I’m a nerd). I spent far too much time on YouTube researching the best products, the worst, how to store them, what ones to buy first, etc., etc., etc. After what felt like a lifetime, I finally hit my first Lush store! I found myself at first extremely overwhelmed, but quickly I was taken under the wing of one of the sales associates. She asked me a few questions, then gave me a spa-like hand treatment on my hands. I felt with 2 bath bombs, 1 bubble bar, 3 fantastic samples and an overwhelming urge to go home and take a bath!

The first product I tried, I fell head over heels for and I want to repurchase it again, and again, and again, and again, and….well you get the picture right?

Dragon’s Egg

This bath bomb is (in my inexperienced opinion) the best bath bomb they sell! It is a very slow fizzing bomb. It slowly changed my water to this orangey color, and also released a bunch of glitter (that sold me!). Dragon’s Egg changed my water into a milky soft feeling which left my skin feeling amazing! The scent of this one was a strong but not overpowering lemony citrusy smell, perfect for a spring pick-me-up.

This next item I used I will not be repurchasing.

Space Girl

I did not enjoy this one at all. It turned my water purple, which was cool. The glitter was next to nothing. It didn’t make my skin soft like the previous on.The smell was barely there. It just wasn’t as enjoyable as Dragon’s Egg. I won’t be buying this one again.

Though my Lush stash is growing quickly, I am sad to report I haven’t used the rest of it yet. Everything smells amazing, and as weird as it sounds I don’t want to use it all! I still have my Sunny side bubble bar & Honey Bee bath bomb. Then my samples.

That is one thing I can say I love about Lush. They always give you samples! I have samples of Lemony Flutter, a hand lotion that is just so amazing! It’s Raining Men, shower gel. I will be buying that on my next Lush trip! It has this amazing honey sent. Lustre dusting powder. The Lush girl gave me everything glittery. Which I LOVE! Then I got some fruity soap. Miranda Soap. Which is supposed to be awesome. But I really want to get some Godmother, Rockstar, Sexy Peel, & Honey I Washed the Kids soap. I need to make another trip to Lush!

What’s your favorite Lush products? What’s your least favorite?

Let’s Talk Fashion

I’m sitting in the hospital with my BFF and I’m letting my mind wonder as we sit in the waiting room. I have watched several people walk by us. Many of them are people who have hit the gene pool jackpot. The minority that I have seen; I don’t understand how people can make such poor fashion choices. I haven’t been “on point” in fashion my whole life, I’ve had some moments where I just didn’t care and I threw on a hooded sweatshirt and uggs and I went out the door. But I don’t understand how people can come out in P.J.s Can some one please explain this to me? I don’t know of anyone that gets up for the day showers, fixes their hair, brushes their teeth then puts pajamas BACK ON and leaves their house? It just gives me the feeling that you rolled out of bed, didn’t shower, didn’t do anything and just left. I don’t UNDERSTAND!

I’m a lover of fashion, I have been since before I can remember. I was one those toddlers that would draw on their diapers to make them trendy instead of the walls. Growing up in the 90s it was rather hard not to make poor fashion decisions. With all our options of scrunchies, endless colors of butterfly clips, bandanas, slap bracelets (those were my favorite), and of course the bucket hats. Though looking back at the 90s I can see how some of those trends are slowly making their way back. Anyone up for throwbacks?

By the time I hit my teen years I was exposed to the worst genre of Television ever invented. Reality TV. So naturally I ran across Laguna Beach. It was good for the first couple of episodes, I loathed everyone by the end of it, but LC. There was this certain quality about her her that I liked. I’m still not sure what it was. After the first season I quit watching, it was dumb. So when the Hills came out I was leery on watching this one. But with the Hills I was more fascinated with the fashions in the show, and watching LC excel in her career in fashion. I loved how in one scene she could dress down in a blazer and it look so, well Fashion Forward.

So without going into another long rambling paragraph about how I love how LC dresses, I’ll point out the obvious I love her collection at Kohl’s! I follow it religiously. She always puts out pieces that can be transitioned throughout all the seasons. I’m totally into relaxed fit/boyfriend blazers. They give any outfit a perfect relaxed effortless look without looking like a mess.

I’ve talked about the fashion faux pas I have encountered in this hospital waiting room, but here is the one (well two) that still has be floored and I don’t understand why people still look at her as fashionable after this:

Gag me!

I mean I know Cher has ran her course and she is desperately trying to be on top of the Fame Game. But seriously? How does a 60 year old woman even walk out of the house and into the event venue wearing this without getting stopped by a cop and getting ticketed for indecent exposure? I’m still getting a gagging feeling in my throat! Then we have the risky meat dress. I have so many thoughts about this dress that I don’t even know where to begin with it. Let’s start with the obvious, do you know how many people are starving in Africa & Haiti WHY IN THE WORLD would you waste all of that meat? My next thought…since is it in fact meat didn’t it start to smell bad at some point throughout the night? How long did it take her to get the smell of meat off of her? Did dogs chase her through the street? Did they try and bite her? Maybe I’m thinking about this too much but this is what goes through my head when I think ‘Lady’ Gaga. Is this really what fashion has come to? Have we lost all of our good Style Icons? Can I PLEASE get another Audrey Hepburn? Princess Diana? ANYONE!?

Here’s to what little bit of classy style this world has left.

Deep Down My Sole is Red

Christian Louboutin

Roza, isn't she lovely?

It’s no secret that I have a thing for shoes. Especially Christian Louboutin. At least once in our girlish lifetime we have spotted a pair of shoes, almost died from dry heaving, then once we have miraculously recovered from that we took the vow to scout every store until we find them. Then we spot the dreadful trademark. The red sole which suddenly puts a damper on your love-at-firstsight moment. I’ve only had this feeling about one other pair of shoes that I have ever bought. My Sammie’s. This was when my shoe addiction was rose from the dead. I could remember the day vividly. I went into Nordstrom to do some light browsing. I took a stroll down the shoe department I was secretly looking for Louboutin’s. I should have known they wouldn’t be in Nordstrom! I had been in that department for about 22.3 seconds then I spotted them. Roza by Sam Edelman, in Nude. On an impulse I told the sales lady my size (I hate that you have to go up almost a whole shoe size in Designer Shoes!). Moments later my feet were resting on pillows, so it seemed. Of course every good salesperson knows the look of love, and it was clearly plastered all over my face. Right down to the goofy grin. So I was asked the infamous question “Will that be it for today?” Now I had to do the action I had been dreading. Looking at the price tag. I unwillingly changed back into my everyday-mall-girl Charlotte Ruse flats then I flipped the shoes over and seen the $275 mark. Yikes! To make a very long story short, I didn’t get them. Then nearly 6 months later I found them on clearance and got them for $70! Can we say score? (I actually got the Lorissa ones. In black suede). After I’ve spent nearly three months with these shoes, I’ve worn them a grand total of 4 times. They are just too pretty to wear all the time. I’ve spent most of my evening staring at them on my shelf. (Yes, I have them displayed on my shelf! Some people collect art, I collect shoes! Shoes ARE art!) As much as I love my Sammie’s deep down I wish they were Louboutin’s. I was looking at his site tonight I discovered he has a bridal line of shoes. So naturally my curiosity ate at me, so I began browsing yet again. I ran across two pairs of shoes that would be heavenly to wear to a wedding! Just not for the price. Wouldn’t they be wonderful in a black & white wedding? I can only imagine!

The perfect bridal shoe $3,995

This next pair that I found is a lot less costly. But I would still have a heart attack if I ever spent this much on shoes. Truly a shoppers remorse.

Simplistic but so elegant $945

As much as I love the diamond incrusted shoes, so killer, I love these so much more. I think it’s the ruching around the toe that makes it for me. Enough Louboutin for me tonight! I’m sending myself into a shoe depression, especially after laying eyes on these pink, zebra and spiked ones and the boots! (Which are collector edition!)

$2,295

Coming in at $1,595

This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind to write about when I decided to post in my blog again, but I was able to get out my love of Louboutins out somewhere.

January 26-30

Let’s start with this, I’m officially the worst blogger ever. I’ve been so busy lately that by the time I get a free moment, I’m too exhausted to actually sit down and type up a blog. I’m so behind on my hand-written one as well, I dread even attempting to catch it up. I believe I’m farther behind in that than this. Luckily-ish the media fast as been pushed a month, so we are only fasting meals in Febuary so maybe I can “start fresh” and stay caught up. Maybe not cause Febuary will be just as busy if not busier than January. I don’t think I’ll get a free-relaxing moment until the summer! When all this YOM stuff if done, then I’ll be able to breath and relax. But by the time that happens I’m sure I’ll be so far into another project a relaxing moment won’t been in my future for awhile. But now that I think about it, I’m really not one who just likes to sit around and relax. I like to be doing something. This past Saturday we had our first YOM car wash, and it was eventful to say the least. I had to be up at 6am, so I could be at the location at 7am so we could start by 8am. I was rat-tailed by Steven from 10 feet away! After he snapped it the end of the towel flew off and hit me in the arm! It hurt! We also made Brad hold a sign that said “$5 Car wash and I’ll dance!” However once we started to get business we gave the sign to Hannah and Jonathan so Brad could wash cars. When we wrapped up at 1pm, I went home, had some lunch then slept until 7pm. That was a wonderful nap! I had a pretty chill night after that. Sunday I had to be up at 7am so I could be at practice by 8am. I don’t know if I like this morning services. I do like having the whole day free for sure. But I don’t like getting up early. But I guess over time it will be fine, I’ll get used to it. It’s only the second Sunday at 10. We will see how this all unfolds. However we are all over perky in the morning, which again is strange. We had our first “frisbee” on Sunday, that was grand! However it was very cold! It was supposed to be warmer, however I did love it! I just wish I was dressed better for it. Hopefully this week won’t be so busy because I really need to stay caught up on my sleep, because I have a ton of school and work I have to get done this week. I can’t afford to be sleep deprived. 

January 24-25

It’s heart wrenching! The past couple of days have been bitter. I spent a lot of time talking to Missy. We’ve been talking about different things that have surfaced in the past couple of weeks, and all I can say is you think you know someone! They are going to have to go on the show Baggage in order to find love after this! I’m not going to get into it, but all I am going to say is it breaks my heart. It really does. :/ Luckily tonight was a true uplifter! Bro. Sapp spoke in our girls session tonight, about separation. He really had some insight. It took it in a different direction than I thought he was going to, so that was nice. I learned a lot, even though it was a little weird having a male speaker in an all girls session. After tonights lesson it’s made me more excited for our fast in Febuary. I’m not excited about the one meal a day part, but I’m excited about getting away from the media for a month. I kinda of need that push, and knowing that I am doing this with the whole body of the church really will give me that push to keep going. So I’m completely excited for what is in store for February! I know services are going to be awesome! Breakthroughs are going to happen! Chains are going to be broken! I get excited just thinking about it! Jesus is so awesome!

Janaury 22-23rd

The first month is almost over and I’m already getting lazy! I need to do something spice this up, or else I really will get bored! I’ve decided to double up on this post because….well like I said I’m getting lazy with it already! So yesterday, Sunday, was our FIRST 10am service in SIX YEARS! I couldn’t believe it has been that long! That’s my entire time in the youth department! YIKES, I’m old! I have to say those, for it being so early in the morning I was actually pretty peppy! But this particular Sunday was very long. Cause after we got out of church at 1, we all grabbed lunch quickly then we went to ANOTHER church service. Pastor was preaching at a one year anniversary service. So I was in church from 10am-7pm. That’s a long time! However, I loved it! I was able to get such a release! It was truly wonderful, I was able to be at peace the rest of the evening. Plus I slept really really well! I found out last night that one of my dear friends, and our youth prayer director GOT ENGAGED!!!! I am so incredibly happy for Krystal. She totally deserves it! But now that she is engaged, us girls are truly happy yet depressed at the same time! But that happens when ANYONE gets engaged. But I’m upset that she is leaving us! I’m not sure I can handle not seeing her anymore. Or not getting my weekly bible verse with our reminder for prayer every Monday. Who’s gonna take over?! Whoever it is has HUGE shoes to fill (which is kinda ironic because Krystal is so little. She’s makes you wanna just stuff her in her pocket! Krystal is just the start of my happiness! Lately all of our younger youth seems to be taking huge leaps lately and I’m so incredibly proud of them. Sometimes I feel that they are teaching me more than I am teaching them, with me being older you’d think it’d be the other way around. I’m just so excited to see where they are all going! Jesus is so wonderful! I’m so excited to see the things He is going to be doing down here.