So I don't hate my lips but I wish they would be fuller. I think wearing lipsticks and lip glosses on fuller lips is so much more fun!! So I started to Google and search YouTube for some options. There were some videos that I checked out that showed women getting lip injections. At first I thought no way I don't want to deal with that but I did want to hear what they had to say. I looked at all these different women and I just felt like A I don't want to pay that much money and B what if I didn't like what it looked like... I would have to deal with that for the next 6 months and I don't want to deal with that.
The next option was this gadget that looked like a penis pump. It has the price of $60 and so that was a big turn off. It uses the concept of suction to pull blood flow to your lips and plump them up. I wasn't opposed to the idea but I didn't like how the gadget looked and didn't like the price. I don't know where I would keep this contraption. On my vanity it would look strange. When I checked out the website they even have jewels and things on them but I just wasn't sold.
Then....wait for it....wait for it!
FULLIPS came up in my search!!
I know I know it looks a little strange but the results are incredible. So you put this on your lips and just such lightly and watch your lips swell to perfection!!
Now if you want to do some research Google Fullips and go to their website and check out how to videos and the website will actually help you choose what size is right for your lips. I choose the medium Oval and it fits perfectly!!
Here is the most extreme that I got my lips!
Check out my Youtube video where I demonstrate how I use it and you can see a before and after of my lips!!
So of course with the new year I am always looking for ways to stay organized and stay on top of things. I love my Erin Condren planner I really do think it's great. The only downfall for me was that I could not fit everything in the spaces and started using post it's and then it just got so cluttered and unorganized.
What did I do next? Went to YouTube of course!!
Anytime I need to find anything YouTube seems to be the answer to my prayers. I found this entire Filofax community. Yes, I have heard of Filofax before but this is like on a whole new level. Give it a try , go ahead type it into your YouTube search and it will just have your attention for hours. I just love stationary and Filofax is just a dream come true!! I love how I can customize it!! I love decorating it too don't get me wrong but I can place a home in my Filofax for things I needed to keep organized!! I am a nurse, a teacher, a tutor, a blogger, a Stella & Dot stylist, and a YouTuber and of course most important of all a Mom and a Wife!! I have a section for each of these in my Filofax. So far it has truly helped me keep on top of everything. I feel lost without my Filofax. Anything and everything that I could possibly think of or need I write it down.
Now for the Erin Condren Planner like I stated earlier I still love it and I use it for my Project Life. I leave it open in my office and quickly jot down things that happen for the day so when I go back and look at it doing my Project life is a breeze!!
I have the Metropol Personal Size in the red color. To be honest I choose it because it was only $35 on Amazon and I really thought the personal size would work really well because I could carry it around and place it in my purse. I am already shopping for the one that I love because I wanted to make sure I love Filofax and YUP I LOVE IT!!!
I just love decorating the pages for the month. I have been seriously stalking every store for their stickers!! I just love it!! Not only am I organized but I love using it!! It's such a pleasure to be organized in something pretty!
It's not bulky. It fits in my hand perfectly and to be honest I carry it everywhere!! Even in my house I carry it upstairs, downstairs and it even ends up on my dresser at night!!
This is totally Pinterest inspired because Pinterest has a great amount of pictures and ideas for Filofax lovers. Having little inspirational quotes and motivators is very helpful!!
Overall I'm just in love. I have been following #planneraddict on Instagram and just have been really enjoying using this. As I break into it more and find more great uses for it I will continue to post about it!!
For a more in depth look check out my review/setup on YouTube!!
I am currently redoing my laundry room. The reason why I am doing that is because we have a pretty deep basement and I don't like going down there so I wanted to make a few changes to make it a little cozier down there and then I would be more likely to do laundry.
So I am making just a few simple changes and I will of course have a post and video on that when it's all completed.
One of the little DIY projects that I worked on is making a little clothes pin holder. We have a laundry line down there and I usually hang pants and sheets and things like that and didn't have a great place to keep the clothes pins.
So here is what I came up with and I''m pretty happy with it!!
Have you ever heard of this book? I never have and then this came up as a book choice in my book club. I will preface that my book club is made up of suburban moms in their late 20's to early 40's. So my initial thought I'm not going to lie was that this was going to be a lame-ass book about raising your kids. Now I'm a mom and I can appreciate self help books but not for a book club , I was a little upset but then I sat down to read it and I was surprisingly intrigued.
I will start with what I found positive in the book and what I could relate with. My parents are immigrants from Poland, so I felt that in some situations of this book I could relate. I tell you that my parents are immigrants because I think that this population of people came to the United States and things were not easy for them. The had to work really really hard just to make it and wanted to give their children (my generation) the best life they could give them. So I felt that Amy touched on this alot in her book. She struggles with raising your children the 'Chinese' way or the 'Western' way. She critiques the Western way of raising children is very lax and without forcing children to do anything and this is why we have unmotivated kids.
With an immigrants kind of mindset things are not always sugar coated for kids and kids need to work really hard to get some praise if any. At first it seems very harsh that Amy forces her children to practice hours and hours of piano and violin to be the best and she actually doesn't say great job she critiques them. I thought wow what a jerk I would be standing up and clapping if my daughter did that. But then I thought back to how my parents were. Really they weren't all that different. My mom never not once had a clue if I had homework that needed to be completed or if there was a project due at school it was just expected. If I brought home anything less then an A well then I was an embarrassment. I guess that was the driving force, I didn't want my parents to be embarrassed so I strived to do well. At one point in the story she buys a dog and tries to make it the best dog and tries to train it but quickly realizes that this is not something that can be done. She and her husband are very well educated individuals with several degrees and teach at an Ivy League school. The vacations that they take are not your typical Disney Land or Wally World type trips. Instead they travel to foreign countries in Europe and still then the children are forced to practice violin and piano for hours. I thought this was insane! No vacation what so ever! I kept putting myself in her kids positions and I think I would have rebelled with piercings and tattoos and would have run away from home.
Towards the end of the book she begins to wrap things up and states that her daughters were grateful for this kind of upbringing. Very strict, very structured childhood. I think they didn't know any different. I always have felt your a kid once in your life and it never comes back so why not enjoy it! I don't think kids should run a muck but I think being creative and playing is the most valuable thing in the world. You have your entire adult life to work at things why not enjoy being a kid!
The biggest negative I could find about this book is that it felt very repetitive. She kept jamming piano and violin down her kids throats! She was repetitive with her reasoning like she was justifying for herself what she was doing. She mentions her husband a few times but I can't believe that he had allowed a lot of this to happen. There are some moments in the book that I thought what that's really intense!
Overall I say read it if this sparked your interest but if you never pick this up you didn't miss out on anything!!
I'm always on the hunt for pens. I can scour Pinterest and Flickr for peoples pictures of pens. I just love pens. I love fountain pens especially. I just think they are so beautiful and I love filling them with ink! I just love all stationery. So anyway back to the point of this blog. I wanted to mention some pens that I found on Amazon.
These are Pilot pens and they are called Frixion point Erasable Gel Pens! Yes and the clear tip on the end of the pen erases your ink! It erases it amazingly. It's like using a pencil. I love this because I don't have to worry about it being permanent in my filofax!!
It is extra fine,0.5mm, this size is excellent because I have a personal filofax and it forces me to write more appropriately for the size of the filofax. I love all the colors (6), just love them!! I think I just love the fact that they erase so well!
The pens write very smoothly. I have written in Moleskine with them as well and they write beautifully in them as well.
Now I have raved about these pens especially since on amazon I found them for $7, but of course there is one bad thing. I did find that I can not write for a long time with them. It may be that they are just so fine that the ink flow can not keep up, but if you try to journal with them they start to run a little dry. For jotting quick notes in my filofax it works perfectly so I mainly only use them for this purpose!
Overall, wonderful pens if you are looking for something to use in your filofax!!
Do you have a favorite pen that I have to check out? PLEASE let me know!!
On my mission this New Year I was looking for the perfect planner. I have an Erin Condren planner which I absolutely love and I did a review on this planner because I really do love it but I wanted something that I could customize even more. Where did I turn to....well Pinterest, Youtube and blogs of course. I spent hours and days looking for one and I finally found it........a Filofax!!
Yes the filofax, how I drooled over this planner on Pinterest. All the beautiful inserts and washi tape and stickers, oh I just could not get enough. I watched endless hours on how people organized their planners and all the printables I was able to find I just knew this planner was something I had to have.
Well all that research and I finally placed my order but in the middle of searching for this perfect planner I also stumbled upon a community that uses Midori Travelers notebooks. I was immediately intrigued because I love notebooks. All kinds and I love small ones, large ones, fancy ones etc. I have plenty of Moleskines and I pretty much use them for everything!!
Well the Midori was awesome because I could have multiple little notebooks all in one carrier with a beautiful piece of leather and some great elastics. It looks so beautiful and when I watched reviews I also became obsessed with this little notebook. I almost pressed the order button but then refrained because of the price. Yes it's a beautiful piece of leather and yes I use notebooks all the time but I could not justify the price....$65.00!! My husband would kill me. Now this isn't to say that I will never purchase one but I set out to find something that acted like a Midori but wasn't so expensive. Where else would I turn but Etsy.
Oh how I adore Etsy. My prayers were answered and I found this great kit that acted like a Midori and I could even dye the leather!!!
A wonderful Etsy seller and this kit was only $14.95 plus shipping which I think was $2. It came so fast!! I ordered some leather dye off of Amazon in an oxblood color because I just think it's so beautiful and I began my little project. First I dyed the leather which is super super easy to do and not as messy as I thought.
Oh I just get giddy with this thing. By the way the size on this is the passport which is smaller but it comes with a Cahier Moleskine notebook and I have tons of these so it was the perfect size for me!!
Putting the elastic together is so easy and then I just used rubber bands to hold the notebooks together!
Oh it's just so beautiful and I love it so much! I want to get more and dye them all different colors!! Great kit to get if you are interested in getting a Midori but don't want to pay the price!
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! I about died when I saw the teasers for this collection. I was just beyond ecstatic to place my order. I obsessively scoured the site and counted down the days until I could place my order with Stella & Dot!
It's finally here!!!
I am just so in love with pretty much everything in this collection! The gorgeous scarf was a definite for me and also the beautiful getaway tote that is a great size for travel and even moms on the go.
Don't even get me started on the beautiful jewelry that was released its just full of colors and mixed metals. I love it and I think you should check it out too!!
