OMG! A #BaubleBar #Giveaway!

That's right, my friends! I am hosting a giveaway for a $50 BaubleBar gift card! 

(Don't you love my OMG tray?)

Here are my picks from BaubleBar:

1. Ice Facet Drop Earrings, 2. Sky Gold Bracelet, 3. Triple Ice Chain Necklace, 4. Skull Bracelet, 

5. Lemon Snow Collar Necklace

Want to enter to win the BaubleBar $50 gift card giveaway? All you have to do is be a follower of my blog. To become a follower of this blog, simply click "join this site" on the right, underneath "followers". You can get an additional entry by tweeting a link to this blog post. Comment for each entry, following and tweeting. Entries will be accepted until June 29, 2013. The winner will be announced that day! 

Fun 4TH of July Fashion!

Summer is here and the 4Th of July will be here before we know it! Here are some fun pieces that are sure to amp up your patriotic style! 

1. Retro Lips Phone Case, 2. Oversized Rolo Chain Necklace, 3. Metallic Striped Scarf, 4. Patriotic Open-Front Shawl, 5. Star-Spangeld Tote, 6. Starstruck Shorts, 7. Metallic Sandals, 8. Striped Peplum Top, 9. Flag Shorts, 10. Dot Handbag

Eye Allergy Relief + The Best Under Eye Concealer

My seasonal allergies are worse than I ever remember them being. Even my husband has developed bad seasonal eye allergies this year. 

The high pollen count and other allergens have left me reaching for these miracle workers:

The Meds: 

1. Zyrtec, the oral antihistamine that consistently works for me. 

2. Naphcon-A Eye Allergy Relief Drops, these pack their own antihistamine punch to calm itchy, red, watery eyes. 

3. Similasan Dry Eye Relief Drops restore moisture back to my dry allergy eyes.

The Makeup: 

4. Laura Mercier Secret Concealer is the only product that I have found to effectively cover the dark circles that I get from eye allergies without settling into fine lines and wrinkles. 

5. Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Brush is an absolute must for me. This brush applies the concealer perfectly and keeps my fingers away from my eyes. 

Let me give you eye allergy sufferers a few tips:

1. If you have never had allergy testing done, do it. Why be miserable if you could possibly get some relief?

2. Wash your hands A LOT to avoid polluting your face with possible allergens.

3. Avoid the things that you are allergic to as much as possible. For me, this means that I choose to stay inside on days when the pollen is bad or if there is a lot of dust. 

4. Don't scratch your eyes. I repeat, DO NOT SCRATCH YOUR EYES. 

5. Should you choose to ignore #4, DO NOT GOOGLE EYE SCRATCHES when you are suffering with a jacked up eye. Not only will you need the eye meds listed above, you will also need Xanax or your mother; or both.

Last Saturday morning I was sitting on my back deck drinking a cup of coffee. Within seconds my eyes started to water and itch, as they always do when an eye allergy attack hits. Unfortunately I made the mistake of rubbing my right eye. Somehow I managed to cut a tear into my eye and it hurt. 

*Not just a little hurt, I'm talking about crying like a baby while jumping up and down and fanning my eye, kind of hurt.*

After spazzing out, I chose to google my ailment. This was a bad choice. I convinced myself that my eye was infected, that I would wake up with a dead eyeball, and that I should just hurry up and order a glass eye before the kids noticed that their mother only had one eye.

The next morning I woke up to find that my scratched allergy eye was healing and already looked SO much better. Good thing I didn't order up that new glass eye from Amazon! 

Turquoise + Gold

This shade of blue makes me happy, more than happy, it makes me feel relaxed. DVF in this dreamy shade of azure = fashion zen, in my world.

Dress: DVF Parlian, Heels: Ted Baker, Handbag: Louis Vuitton, Bracelets: Lori's and J. Crew

How fabulous are these pieces? You can never go wrong with turquoise and gold. And if this combo ever IS wrong, I don't want to be right.

1. Headphones, 2. Dress, 3. Earrings, 4. Set of Bracelets, 5. Tory Burch clutch, 6. Layered Necklace

Wild Weekend: Manicures and New AMAZE Workout Pants

This girl sure knows how to throw down a weekend in style! *Insert sarcasm*

Plenty o' bubbly with friends Friday night, Faith had a gymnastics competition on Saturday, then we hosted Houston's friends that night, Sunday brought a rockin' workout, a trip to visit my nemesis (Costco), followed my a self given mani and pedi sesh.

Get this, I actually was able to convince Jerry to go to the gym with me! He is even proclaiming that he will be going with me at 5:00 am tomorrow!

I tried out my new GapFit gFast running capris and I am happy to say that they rocked my world. They held my junk in place, but what really impressed me was how well they wicked away the sweat. No stank on my jank after that workout. My tip to you is this, buy a size down. If you typically are a medium, buy a small, etc. I bought these in an XS.

GapGit Motion V-neck Tee, GapFit gFast capris, Saucony Running Shoes

Gap is having a great sale right now if you want to try out the GapFit line.

Gap Sale

Self manicures are not something that I excel at. I have been using an LED light and giving myself gel polish manis. They never look perfect, just good enough to justify not paying someone to do them. My nails have been pretty beat up from the gel polish process so I am giving them a break and using traditional polish. 

Essie is my absolute favorite nail polish brand. LOVE. Their colors are always so fresh and fun. I chose  Essie's new color, "The Girls are Out". This sparkly pink polish  is bringing me some happy happy joy joy! 

This color is just happy! 

*Feel free to judge my horrid painting skills, I am in agreement that I am a horrible manicurist.*

Work Wear Style + My New Favorite Mascara

Waking early to get my son to jazz band before I go to work, makes snapping outfit photos a bit of a challenge. Shameless selfies in dim lighting are the best I can do. I am doing *jazz hands* in between pics, while laughing with Houston over our crazy frizzy hair. Jer and the girls may have been shushing us because it was 5:45am. Whoops.

The temps this morning were almost freezing and I randomly threw on this striped blazer and it just worked. Navy was popping in my peplum skirt, my tee, and my blazer. Somehow, IRL, this look worked and I received so many compliments. 

When you work in a female driven industry, with female coworkers, you dress for each other, dress for the patients; they need entertainment and we like to encourage each other to be our best while having fun. Everyone needs a bit of entertainment, right? 

OOTD details: Blazer, Tee, Necklace, Nude patent bow pumps, Alexander Wang Emile bag, Bracelet.

The tripod will be here soon and the heinous iPhone selfies will be over soon, promise you that my friends.

Over the holiday weekend I told you that I found a super inexpensive mascara that is BLOWING MY MIND. No clumpage, no black smut under my eyes, just long and voluminous lashes; on the CHEAP.

My eyes look so crazy in this pic! CuuuuraZee eyeBallZ. This pic is completely unedited because my wild eyes are hysterical and worth a laugh, too funny to edit. I was wanting to show you all how awesome this mascara is, but look at my wYLD eyes! hahahahaha!

TWINS!

I tried this mascara before and it was poo. Thankfully, they reformulated this product because it was horrible before. Maybelline Rocket Volume is just that, ROCKET VOLUME. Get it girls. 

Great Gifts to Give: Wedding Edition

Wedding Season is here! While most people register for gifts, it is also nice to surprise the couple with a little something extra. These gifts are also great choices to give as housewarming gifts.

1. Monogram Home Set 2. Mr. & Mrs. Pillow 3. Square Decanter 4. Ikat Dinnerware 5. Bamboo Salad Server Set 6. Highball Glasses