How I Prep my Skin for Makeup

Hello, Beautiful!

I am so happy that this bad weather is finally behind us and I can wear my tube tops again! I am a big tube top fan, I pick them up whenever I see them. With the summer fast approaching and watching the Coachella events on T.V and social media I have to admit, I got the fever! 

The looks that some celebrities wore to this event inspired me to create a Bohemian endless summer look. But before any product touched my face I knew I had to prepare my face to get that true endless summer look. 

How I prep My Skin For Makeup

I have combination skin and I mean combination, I have oily or shiny moments in the T zone, then absolute desert dryness on the sides, especially under my eyes, it is something I am struggling with. My eyes get severely dry and it shows up with fine lines and wrinkles.

Something similar to this! haha.

Looking at me naturally you can see them, but when I apply makeup or concealer for my dark circles anything and everything finds their way into the cracks of my eyes, so I have learned a few tricks to help.

I learned that it is not the concealers job to fight my fine lines and wrinkles, its mine!
I have to hydrate that area. No matter what I plan on applying in that area it going to enhance those lines they are to deep to cover. So hydration is key here.

I apply 2 oils and 1 eye cream and so far its helping, no not a miracle, but its better than nothing.

As far as the rest of my face I do apply my serums, anything I can to keep my skin hydrated especially before makeup, thats when the truth comes out! Your makeup will move on oily areas and completely flake away on dry areas.

I put together this video showing you how I prep my face for makeup.

Here are some pictures of the Bohemian Endless Summer Look I created after I prepped my face. I will have a tutorial on the hair and makeup for this look up soon. 

Click here to see if it's ready  My YouTube Channel.

I cannot wait for summer! So excited. Thanks for stopping by Xoxo

QOTD:

Are Bohemians Hippies?

Beauty News Network - SkinCare

Hello, my lovelies!

Another episode of Beauty News Network went up and I am super excited about this one. This episode talks about skin care, with summer right around the corner how can we not talk about skin care!

I featured three amazing women in this video, Kallie from But, first Coffee, Laure Lee from her youtube channel and Veronica Gorgeous, I think I miss spelled her name twice in the video, so sorry, it was late and I was blinded by old age hehe :)

This video contains information about Acne, Blemishes, Exfoliation, Moisturizers and a segment on DIY recipes that can even harm are worsen your skin as well as DIY recipes that help and heal your precious skin. This is a video I put a lot of research into and hope you enjoy it!

Beauty News Network - SkinCare

I hope you like this weeks episode which includes a QOTD that I would love your feedback on!

How to get rid of background noise in your videos

If you make or watch YouTube videos, then you know how annoying it can be when background noises interfere with the quality of your video. I am going to show you how to remove the noise from your videos using a free software called Audacity,
which can be downloaded on their website http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. 

How to get rid of background noise in your videos

Here is a video showing how to remove noise from your videos in just a few clicks.

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How to Make a YouTube Banner.

YouTube channel banners are important even if you don't run a channel, but have a Youtube account. It lets people know you are a real person and it adds some personality to your channel. It you run a channel or planning on running a channel one day a banner is very important. Now sure you can put any image up there, but a personalized banner lets people know you mean business and helps with branding. Now, the tutorial.

First you are going to need some kind of image software. Picmonkey.com is great for this if you dont have one, I am using Pain jasc paint shop pro, its old, but it works and I create all my images with this software.

You will need to create 3 images for this tutorial in various sizes. 

How to Make a YouTube Banner.

1. Create a Image. 

 Sized at 2560 width by 1440 height. This will be the back ground for your image So use any color you like.

This is your first layer and should look like this.

2. Create a second Image.

Sized at 2560 width by 423 height. Give this image a different color to separate and add definition, you don't need to do this but it will help you see the different layers.

So after you have layer the two images you should have something that looks like this.

3. Create your banner! 

This is where you can get creative and design to you hearts content :)

This image should be sized at 1564 width by 423 height. 

So you should have something similar to this, but a lot nicer hehe :)

If you use picmonkey.com You will have to layer the images using the overlays function. It is easier in a image editing program, but if you don't have one this is the best option for free. Also I do not recommend using MS paint for this as it can stretch out fonts and make them look weird.

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When Swaps Go Bad

Hello, Beautiful!

Well, I changed the look of my blog again, I think I am addicted. Let me know what you think :)

I was on a social network earlier and I saw something that really upset me. Even though it had nothing to do with me, it upset me. Someone on the interwebs was complaining that they got stuck with a lot of products from the swap and they had to return the items because the other person either ditched or didn't want to swap anymore. I have been hearing a lot of negative stories about swaps. 

For those of you who don't know what a swap is. A swap is where to beauty junkies agree to spend a certain amount of money on items they want the other to try, then send off packages and either film or blog about the items received. Now, I have seen some pretty awesome swaps and I would love to do one soon I hope :) But, this is just so sad to hear and I wanted to share some tips I will follow, when I swap.

When Swaps Go Bad

Agree on a budget and stick to it.

Just because you go $50 over budget dont mean they will, so dont expect it.

Know your swappers style.

Send each other wish lists, tag each other on social media with the things the both of you like.

Chat often to check on progress, 

but keep items purchased to yourself.

If you feel the swapper isn't shopping then ask what's up on there end, maybe its money problems,

if so suggest the swap be put on hold for a while.

Swap with people you know.

Swap with someone you are familiar with, someone who hangs in your same or distant circles.

Someone who isn't going to want to screw you over.

Final Thoughts.

Beauty bloggers, gurus, junkies, addicts. Whatever you want to call us, this is how we support, play and get to know one another as a community. Anyone who is willing to hurt or harm their own reputation for a few products is a very low standing individual. 

We cant hurt each other or we will never stand. There I said it.

QOTD:

Would you swap with someone you didn't know?

Zelo Hair Care Brazilian Keratin Smoothing System

Hello, my beauties!

I was sent a box of the Zelo Hair Care Brazilian Keratin Smoothing system to try.

I have to admit, I looked online to see what other say about it and they say good things, however my hair is getting thinner by the second and I am currently taking supplements to thicken them up, but Jamie on the other hand was in desperate need of a treatment. So I applied it to her hair, to see the wow results I knew we would get! Lets get into this review :)

I received this box which contains a shampoo and the keratin treatment with an additional spray pump.

unfortunately both spray pumps did not work and would not  dispense any product. 

There was a large instruction pamphlet that I did just browse through because, Zelo has a video on YouTube guiding you through all the steps! How cool is that :)

I have to admit, this process reminds me of the days when I used to purchase a box of those perm your hair at home sets and we just used to not add curlers, just brush straight. LOL the things I used to do haha!

Here is a picture of Jamie's hair before the treatment. As you can see it has some friz and a lot of wave. Her hair is very thick and hard to manage. She basically runs a flat iron through it, but to be honest the wave still comes through.

We started with Jamie washing her hair with the shampoo provided, being sure not to rub the shampoo in her scalp. She said it felt very clean haha!

We towel dried her hair and I split it into 3 sections as suggested, which truthfully I don't see why we need the step but I followed anyway. I tried to spray the product on her hair but as I said the spray nozzles did not work. So I opened the bottle, pour some onto my hands, while wearing the provided gloves and applied it to sections of her hair. FLASHBACK! I felt like I was doing my own hair back in the day, a very similar process. Apply, comb straight and repeat until head is covered.

It was a nice butter colored formula and felt very rich and thick and smelt very natural. We let it set for the suggested 45 mins. I sent her back into the shower to rinse off the keratin and shampoo she originally washed with.

Jamie claimed her hair felt soft, very different than her natural hair. The final step is to flat iron the hair to seal in the treatment, which back in the day we did with a iron! haha, she did enjoy the stories of my beauty adventures :)

She was upstairs flat ironing her hair as I waited for the reveal and I heard her voice calling from upstairs, MOM! I need you! So I ran as fast as I could thinking I screwed up her hair, I pushed the bathroom door open to see the damage and all I saw was the mink, dark, rich brown shiny hair! It was amazing! All that yelling was that her hand got tired and she wanted me to finish her up, haha!

Jamies hair has never been better and who ever has seen her has complimented her hair!

This treatment lasts up to 30 washes Zelo recommends that you flat iron after every wash to maintain the treatment. This product retails for $35.00

I love the way her hair looks after this treatment and will continue to use it and recommend it.

Very easy to apply and use even a 15 year old could do it.

Thanks you Zelo Hair Care for this lovely product and the memories I shared with my Daughter!

I included a small video that we planned to make for this review, but life and someone named Alan had other plans. Enjoy :)

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How to Host your blog Images on Blogger

Hi, there!

Today I wanted to talk to you about image hosting. Image hosting is something every blogger should be aware of. There are a few places to host your images online, like putlocker or photobucket, but they can increase load time and create lag on your blog, as well as completely fall off the face of the earth and your images are never seen from again! I like this method for hosting my navigation menu or my social media bar.

The safest and fastest way to keep your blog images are on the blog hosted site, in this case Blogger.

Host Your Images on Blogger.

Now, the first thing we are going to do is start a dummy post. This is a post that only you will see ever!

So, go into your blogger account and start a new post.

1. Insert your image by clicking the insert image button. 

2. Choose  a file from your computer.

3. Add it to the page.

I am sorry I am going through things you already know, but maybe someone else doesn't!

4. Click on the HTML button in the upper left corner.
You  should see code like this.

This is the html code of the picture you uploaded to blogger. This code is the code to the picture hosted on blogger.

So now you can put this picture in your sidebar, as your header, it can even be used as a grabber button. which will require a url.

This method will save on load time and save you from risk of the photo hosting site going down.

If I have confused you, I am truly sorry. Leave me a message down below and I will try to help :)