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Getting Rid Of Toxins In the Home

Getting Rid Of Toxins In the Home

"Everything causes cancer." "I'm good, I ate all of this when I was a kid and I survived." "I'd rather do what I want and be happy than worry about being healthy all the time." "Organic? That's totally a gimmick." These are phrases I've heard for many years, and for...

What Are You Wearing Under That?

What Are You Wearing Under That?

PRIMER Let's talk about it. Primer is essentially just that, something to prime the face. To get it ready for the makeup you'll be putting on top of it. Back in the day before primers became a huge thing, we primed with other mediums. Scott Barnes still sticks to...

Cranberry Holiday Smokey Eye

Cranberry Holiday Smokey Eye

GUYS!!!!! I love this makeup look. I love it sooooo much that when I wear it, I may overuse it to the tune of a whole WEEK! Ha ha ha ha. Of course, washing it off at night and reapplying ;). It's very easy to follow and these colors can be found in so many palettes...

Family Pictures 2018

Family Pictures 2018

I get down right GIDDY when I think about family pictures. The creativity that can go into it just gets to me every time. The makeup, the costumes, the location, the poses...I LOVE IT!!!!! This year we actually had our original plans backfire and this was our fall...

My Top 2 Things For Moms To Teach Their Kids

My Top 2 Things For Moms To Teach Their Kids

this amazing top can be found at My Cents Of Style (one of my favorite shops) In your younger years did you ever think you knew the exact mother that you would be? Like, maybe you saw kids in the grocery store or hiding in the middle of the racks of clothes in the...

Faith & Trust & Pixie Dust

Faith & Trust & Pixie Dust

It all started with an idea two years ago. An idea that if I was truly going to transform my home into a haunted manor, then the manor needed a story and a family that used to live there. Indeed, there needed to be a large gothic looking family picture. We rented our...

Welcome To Sophie’s Nursery

Welcome To Sophie’s Nursery

When starting any project do you have a place that you go for inspiration? A store that you love the most? A theme that you just can't get out of your head? As many of you know, I recently did a little bit of an overhaul on my house. Painted almost every wall and am...

Night in the Life With Owlet

Night in the Life With Owlet

Many of you know, if you've been following me for a while, that we have been trying for a long time to get pregnant. We didn't have any problems with the boys and so we figured once we wanted another one...no big deal. How wrong we were! We tried for just over 5 years...