I awoke this morning to two amazing texts messages, one from my BFF and the other from a friend saying “Morning Chuck”. I’m Chuck. It’s my newest alter ego and the back story is long, complicated but mostly hilarious. The fact of the matter is I awoke this morning euphoric. I sat poolside last night [...]
Feb 10, 2013
5 Valentines Day Kid Crafts
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We are just days away from Valentines Day. Which means the kids are bringing home permission slips for the class parties and wanting to have cards to take to school. So how about we save money and do some crafts ourselves?! Here is a list of 5 Valentines Day Kid Crafts to solve this problem!! [...]
Feb 1, 2013
Polish Your Nails for Valentine’s Day
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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and that means we are going to start seeing red, hearts, chocolate and a lot of flowers. Whether you celebrate the day or not – it’s sometimes fun to just do something for yourself, so why not polish and primp those nails!? So here are 5 great nail [...]
Feb 1, 2013
Top 10 Love Songs for Valentine’s Day
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Ah yes, the dreaded love and swooning songs that play over and over again through your speakers when you are in song. Love Songs. Valentine’s Day. Okay, maybe they aren’t all that bad. And maybe you love Valentine’s Day. Or maybe you need that pick me up to remind yourself of love! Whatever it is, here are [...]
Jan 30, 2013
Alamo Rent A Car #GetToKnowAlamo
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So it’s almost February, here in the state of Arizona that means that it’s almost Spring, Spring Break and WARMER weather. Hallelujah! There is nothing else this lady loves than some sun and spring break! OK I don’t exactly look forward to the kids terrorizing me for two solid weeks with their “boredom” but nonetheless [...]
Dec 19, 2012
How To Begin Saving Money As A Family In Arizona
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Are you looking for ways to begin saving money as family while living in Arizona? Well let me help you. It doesn’t matter if you have a large or small family. And I am not an expert, I am just a mother of 4, leading a family of 6. I just graduated from school and [...]
Dec 19, 2012
Hunger Games Hair
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Are you looking for information all about Hunger Games hair? Well I’m not going to give you an tutorials, because let’s be honest – that would take forever. Instead I get to share a little story with you. I haven’t updated much about my experiences in beauty school as it’s been quite a trek – [...]
Oct 8, 2012
Halloween Kid Crafts
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It’s almost Halloween. Again. it’s exciting right? Either way, tomorrow (Tuesday) I also have to do a public speaking presentation at school and our topic is how to. No I’m not doing a how to on Halloween Kid Crafts, but I thought the email I got about them was fitting and timely. So I thought [...]
Sep 23, 2012
Short Hair Updo
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Part of the requirements for our portfolio for school is updo’s. 2 of them. On my schedule and in general you aren’t see a huge wave of clients coming in for updo’s and the like unless it’s homecoming or prom season. We are only allowed to do updo’s on our mannequins for our portfolio because [...]
Sep 22, 2012
Creative And Fun Red Hair
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This client came to me only wanting her color retouched and a trim. The cut was much more trickier than the color. The formula I used for this spicy red hair is (Joico): 7RC + 8G + INC + 7FOR + 20 Volume Developer. I did a retouch from base to mid-strand but made sure [...]