How to Use Dry Shampoo

Dry Shampoo is my best friend!  I have dry hair so I like to go 2-3 days in between washing my hair.  Because my nightly routine consists of applying many beauty oils, night creams, etc I wake up in the morning with a very oily hair-line.  So me and dry shampoo have a regular date every morning!

Here is my oily hair-line in the morning. 

Applying dry shampoo is very simple.  Hold the can 6-12 inches away from the head and spray a steady stream onto dry hair.

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My Life is Turned Upside Down

My husband came home today with news that his company is shutting it’s doors next week.  What does that mean for our family?  I don’t know!

My husband’s company is a family business started by his Grandfather over 60 years ago. Currently owned and run by his father and his 2 uncles (3 brothers).  My hubby has been working at the company since he was 15.  He started working summers in the packing and shipping department.  He moved his way through every department of the company because the plan was he would own the company one day.  He has been working full time at the company for over 8 years.  So this is not just a job loss.  It is a devastating loss of a family legacy.  A legacy that he had hoped his whole life of carrying on one day.
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I Could Never Be a 1 Mascara Kind-of-Girl

I have always been a natural eyelashes kind of girl.  I love my mascaras!  I think it’s impossible for 1 mascara to do everything I want it to.  I want my eyelashes fuller, longer, thicker – how can that all be in one tube?  The answer, it can’t.  That is why on any given day I’m wearing at least 3 different mascaras.  Here are the ones I am currently loving:

Mascara Collection

Hello baby Smashbox mascara!  That was a sample in a palette I purchased and I love it!!  I need to get the bigger one.  I apply a minimum of 3 different mascaras, 1-3 coats of each mascara I’m putting on.  Making sure to coat the front and back of the eyelashes.  And here is the final result.

Natural Lashes

I have never had any flakes on my face from any of these mascaras.  I love them all!  Here is what they are, listed from left to right.  Click to purchase.
Maybelline Illegal Length, Smashbox Full Exposure, Loreal Voluminous, MAC Haute & Naughty, Loreal Extra Volume #680, Tarte Lights Camera Lashes

Freeze Clean Your Jeans

I think by now most of us know we are not supposed to wash and dry our nice denim.  Why?  All denim has some amount of spandex in it, the washing and drying process will shrink up the spandex.  Then when you wear your denim it will stretch out.  So you will feel the need to shrink them again, stretch, shrink, stretch, shrink… 6 months later your jeans are not the same.  If you are in a desperate situation, you can wash your jeans inside out on cold and hang dry.  But the perfect way to clean your denim is to freeze clean.  Especially with any kind of waxed denim or leather pants.  If you put those in the washing machine they will be destroyed!

How to freeze clean your jeans:  

Spot clean stains and let jeans dry completely.

spot treat your jeans

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