Quick Tip

Just a quick tip!
I discovered today that I love Peter Thomas Roth's Gentle Complexion Pads. My skin feels amazing. It's good for normal/oily skin to help fight breakouts, minimize pores, reduce black heads, etc. Oh, and to get more for my money I cut the pads in half and only used one half. I suggest them if you have these issues.

True Beauty

What is True Beauty?

I think that our reality of what true beauty is has been distorted and we have searched high and low in fashion magazines and aspire to look like what we see on TV. I sit here, fresh faced thinking about whether or not I think I am pretty without makeup. It's sad that I almost can't except what I see in the mirror without foundation, eyeshadow, concealer, lip gloss, cheek color, etc. Don't get me wrong, I love makeup this isn't about not wearing it. This is about me accepting that the true beauty lies underneath and the makeup on top is only enhancing what I see.

Here are several tips to loving fresh faces:
1. Look in the mirror at your so-called "flaws" and remember how you got them. Mine is a scar above my eyebrow. Funny story, hit in the head with a bowling ball in high school! It was a huge accident, but it's so funny now! Now my eyebrows will never be even, but I have a great story.
2. Take care of what you have. Nuture your body and skin with only healthy foods and lots of water. I believe that when we value what we have we really try to keep it healthy.
3. Use sunscreen and a daily skincare regimen. Skin cancer is serious and in severe cases of melanoma can spread quickly and be fatal if not caught in time.
4. Accept that aging gracefully is truly amazing. Laugh lines didn't get there without a lot of happy times! Who wants to forget those.
5. God gave us one beautiful face different from those around use. That makes us special and accepting it is even more beautiful.

Peaces!

My Website

I have set up my makeup business website! Check it out and recommend to your friends!

http://ashleysmakeupartistry.webs.com

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1.1.11

So, it's the new year again! This means a lot of resolutions broken by next week or the following! I have decided this year is resolution free I am just going to take the days as they come and live my life day by day. I feel like resolutions only make us feel like if we don't accomplish them we are failures and that's not a feeling I want. Instead of a resolution maybe I will sign up for a class or let more natural light in or maybe just vow to smile at everyone (even if I don't like you!). Maybe I will make up my own daily mantras and read them and live them everyday to the best of my ability.

1. I am a good person.
2. Smiling makes me and others happy.
3. I love my face and body because that's what God gave me.
4. Now just take care of what God gave you!
5. My kids are the funniest people on the planet!
6. We are not perfect and there is no such thing.
7. Those people that try to bring you down are not people you need to be associated with.
8. But pray for them anyway :)

My New Year's Mantras... they are subject to change too :)

Products I am loving right now!

I have discovered some new products that I am in love with!

Halo Powder by Smashbox Cosmetics: This is a hydrating powder! It helps soften fine lines and even treats the skin with 48 minerals and 11 amino acids. I love setting my foundation with it or buffing it on as a light weight foundation.

Shea Moisture Organic African Black Soap Shea Butter Wash: This is a product for people who have any kind of skin issues like acne, eczema, oily skin, etc. It is loaded with vitamin E and aloe to sooth the skin. It smells amazing!! There is a body lotion as well that is wonderful. They have many different products I highly recommend.

So, I am on this journey to find cosmetics that aren't full of all kinds of junk. I just want to put makeup and body stuff on knowing that I am not absorbing a ton of crap with it. I will update you all on all the goodies I find along the way. I will be doing the same with my food.

Holiday Makeup

Coming soon! My Holiday makeup look! Look for it soon.

Bronzer

Why should everyone use bronzer? Well, it warms up the skin, contours the face so we look slimmer, and makes us look like we just got back from a trip to the beach! Some tips when using a bronzer:

1. Choose a color that is 1 to 3 times darker than your natural shade

if you are fair try one that is more neutral not so orange/red in tone

2. Do not put bronzer all over your face! When using. imagine you are drawing a 3 on the outside of the face. Start at the temples, then bring down underneath cheekbones, then under jaw line. This is where you are contouring. Blend down onto decollete as well for a nice even color so there is no lines. Everything should blend together.

3. Do bronzer before your cheek color. Cheek color should start at the apple of the cheek and blend back into the bronzer.

4. Brushes are key! Use a brush specifically for bronzer. They are shaped to place it just the way it should go.

Products I love:

Laura Mercier Warm Bronze Mineral Powder

Lorac Tantilizer

Trish McEvoy any of her bronzers!

Nars Duo with Orgasm cheek color and bronzer

Trish McEvoy Bronzer Brush