Monthly Archives: May 2016

FAMILY, Mom Life, My Family

7 Pregnancies, 5 Losses, 2 Miracles, ALL Worth It

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Mother’s Day weekend always reminds me of how worth it these last 9 years 7 pregnancies 5 losses and 2 Miracles were. I’m so grateful for my boys. It was a rough ride getting them here but I can’t imagine my life without them. If you haven’t heard my pregnancy journey story you can watch the video here.

Sitting around watching them play this evening put such a big smile on my face

   
 
  
  
It’s definitely rough at times but I can’t imagine life without them. They both brought me home goodies today that were beyond sweet

   
 
I’m going to attempt a little Mother’s Day photoshoot tomorrow and hope to share those with you all next week. Until then I wish you beauties a very happy Mother’s Day weekend

XOXO

~TJ

BEAUTY

Marshmallows and Wings

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Happy Friday Luvs,

Today’s post is about yesterday’s glam look. It was actually pretty simple but really beautiful. At least I loved it…lol. The highlights were a wing liner using Wet n Wild MegaLiner and my new ColourPop Cosmetics Ultra Satin Lippie in the color Marshmallow. If you missed my ColorPop Swatch video you can see it here. Here are some pics.

XOXO

~TJ

   
    
   

NATURAL HAIR

My Color Damage & Restoration Story

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Good morning luvs,
Today’s post is all about color damage. Over the past 12 months I have experimented A LOT with color. I’ve had a lot of fun with my hair color and have enjoyed the looks I’ve attained immensely. I always knew going in to coloring my hair that getting color damage was a possibility. I made the sound decision to do it anyway. I chose to share this story with you all for several reasons

  1.  I love you guys
  2. I want to be transparent 
  3. I want to inform you all
  4. I want to be able to share my restoration story as it continues to unfold

Since I posted the video on my YouTube channel las night, there have already been some strongly opinionated comments made, which I know is inevitable. I just want to make sure that it is clear that coloring my hair was my choice. The same as going natural and getting and undercut were my choices. I stand behind my choices completely and was prepared to face the consequences of coloring my hair from the moment I did it. And most importantly, I AM NOT traumatized by this experience. I’ve been natural for 5 years and consider this as another part of my hair journey.  

Here are some photo highlights.

First color treatment. Hair still thick and healthy

  
When I first brought in the gender blonde. Still thick & healthy

  
My hair finally at the color I was trying to achieve

  
A comparison from a style after just the first color treatment vs when it started to thin out after the last color treatment. Same style, totally different look.

  

My stretched hair comparison

  
My color damage at its worse

 
I have now cut all of the damaged ends and am continuing to help restore my hair. More to come on exactly what I’m doing to do that.
   

I hope that you all find this helpful. To see my full color damage and restoration story and how I cut my hair click here.

XOXO

~TJ

NATURAL HAIR, STRAIGHTENED NATURAL HAIR, UNDERCUT

Basic Single Flat Twist, Kinda

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Hey luvs!

Yesterday I had a major come to Jesus with myself about my hair. Major deets on that tomorrow, but as a result I ended up doing a blowout and single flat iron pass on my hair. 

Creative styling on straight hair is a ton of fun for me. I have lots of tips on things you can do to make straight hair just as fun as super textured hair that you an check out here.

For today, I decided on a simple single flat twist with a whole lot of dimension thanks to my bomb hair color. The color really makes this basic style not so basic. Here is the final look.

  
   
    
 
XOXO

~TJ

 

 

BEAUTY

ColourPop Lip Swatches

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Good morning luvs!

I recently got some new lippies from ColourPop Cosmetics. I absolutely adore their lip products. This round I decided on a few more of their Ultra Matte Lippies (I already have 4) and some of the newer Ultra Satin Lippies. Let me just tell you, the did not disappoint!

Check out these vibrant gorgeous colors

   
    
    
   
Want all the deets on these beautiful colors? Watch my swatch video here.

XOXO

~TJ

BEAUTY

Sunrise

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Hey luvs!

I had the pleasure of trying out a new lippie from an up and coming brand. Kerry Kosmetics has some beautiful lip colors that are super vibrant and glide on perfectly. 

I tried out the color Surise. It’s a stunning orange shade, great for the spring and summer seasons. After coming off of a long weekend spent with just me and by boys this gorgeous lipstick is helping me get my life today!

   
 

There are a total of  20 colors in this Luscious Lipstick line. To check them all out click here.

 

XOXO

~TJ