I can't believe it!

Guess who's 30?

And flirty!

More about my big day of surprises, and my birthday trip to Sephora later! :)

Video Tutorials

I miss them. :( I had fun making them cause i'm all about makeuppyhaircosmo stuff, and I'm all about video editing. So it's like, win/win - 2 of my loves in one. But with my little man being bigger, napping less and wanting to play more, it just fell by the ol' wayside.
Plus, there are a LOT of tutorials out there and I'm by no means a pro at make up application, hair styling, etc. Most of my vids are just MY way of doing this or that, not the expert way.

I had a smokey eye tut that i recorded a long time ago and in the middle of editing, my computer freaked out and i lost everything. Even the captured footage. But i found the tape a few days ago, and am gonna get that bad gal uploaded once and for all! Then i'm gonna try to get some others recorded in the not-too-distant future.

So i need some ideas. Whaddya want me to demonstrate? What silliness shall i subject you to? What have you been wanting to see? Comment here or email me at carastarr28@gmail.com and give me some ideas!

I got a fix!

Welp, remember that ULTA gift card insanity? I STILL have the dang thing because it wouldn't work online, and I don't have an ULTA here. Today i got an email saying that from now until Sunday, (8/2) ULTA is giving away a Deluxe Sample Bag - (in addition to their usual 3 free samples with any purchase) - when you spend $25.

I lurve samples.
i lurve beauty products.
i lurve free stuff.

So i went browsing to see if anything jumped out at me...
And then i saw it - Bare Minerals Hydrating Mineral Veil! HUH?? How did i miss this? You know how using too much mineral veil can make your face feel tight and dry? Well this is meant to solve that problem! And since my skin is naturally on the dryer side, this sounds perfect. I ordered the kit which includes an antibacterial-treated Hydrate & Brighten Brush.

The only thing holding up the purchase was the gift card issue. I have refused to buy anything from ULTA until i could use the rewards i EARNED. So, like so many times before, i plugged in the numbers and VOILA! IT WORKED! YAY! I don't have to boycott anymore!!!! And i've got awesome goodies on the way!

BTW - If you decide to place an order to get the rad gift bag, be sure to try using the $3.50 off $10.00 coupon. The code is 22959. (Some products are excluded from this promotion, like Bare Minerals, dang it.) And if you spend $50 or more, you'll qualify for free shipping. :)

I'm having a craving.

I don't really need anything. And in this economy, shame on me for buying things i don't need. But i am having a MASSIVE craving to buy a cosmetic. Lipgloss. Eye Shadow. Anything.
I can't get to the mall for a few days, but i DO have to run to Blockbuster tonight, and there IS a CVS in the same strip. Maybe i'll find something there to hold me over.

Tyler made the paper!

Our local newspaper asked for submissions for a piece they were doing titled: "Kids Say the Darndest Things". So i sent in the tampon/dynamite story from last year and they loved it so much they made it the feature and changed the title to "The Dynamite Things Kids Say" with a big pic of a tampon dispenser! LOLOL!!! I was lol-ing about it all over again when i saw it in the paper this morning!

Foundations and Frames

No, not make-up foundation. :)

I got a call last Wednesday (The 8th) that our foundation had been poured a few days before and was curing, and that the lumber package was to arrive that Thursday or Friday. Art said if the lumber arrived that week, they would start framing. Shane and I wanted to go get pics of the foundation to go with our pics of the empty weed-riddled lot, the staked out frame, the footings, etc.

Shane had such a busy week that Thursday was his only day off. We thought it far-fetched that the framing would actually begin that week and decided to use our one day off to get a few errands done and take some time for R&R. Sunday, i was on my way out to a birthday party and passed thru the town where our house is going up. I thought i'd go by and get a peek at the foundation. Imagine my surprise when i come around the corner and see this:


BUSY BEE'S EH??? I was so excited!! I jumped out in my WHITE SHORTS and FLIP FLOPS and ran around looking at my new "house"! I didn't come prepared and had no markers to go write our names inside the walls, but we'll go back this week to do that. We also planned to put together a time-capsule to put inside of a wall before the sheetrock goes up. At this rate, we'd better get that peanut butter jar full of 2009 coins and the boys' drawings together QUICK!

In the meantime, the bank is calling about the house we've been renting. It was foreclosed on last month and they want us out ASAP, of course. So i'm trying to hold them off and while i'm totally shocked our house is coming along so quickly, i consider it a HUGE blessing cause we're going to be cutting it VERY close.

What is WRONG with me?????????

I am losing it. Cannnot make up my mind over this hair debacle.

So i tried something different with my hair last night. I think it's actually kind of cute. Not that i'd want a "messy" look everyday, but now i don't know WHAT to ask for at my re-cut tomorrow.

What do you think? (Excuse my no make-up. I took a late shower and wasn't about to put on my face to go to bed a few hours later...)