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Never say Never

Posted by on 6:22 am

I am about to do something I never thought I’d do.

And I’m not sure exactly why.

You see, there’s a crazy movement going on this week started by Lands’ End and the Curvy Girl Guide – a movement about being comfortable with your body – a movement inspired by the many, many choices of swim suits for every body type that Lands’ End offers.  Swimsuit Confidence!

There’s a whole bunch of crazy ladies from the Curvy Girl Guide going to NYC to strut their fine Lands’ End Swimsuit-clad bodies on national television to show their Swimsuit Confidence.   I am not THAT crazy, but I was crazy enough to say yes when Lands’ End asked me to join the movement. They told me to pick out a swimsuit I could be confident in, then they sent it to me – but the catch – I had to post my picture in it!

Seriously, I am still not sure why I said yes.  I am still 10 pounds overweight and have ginormous nursing bewbs (which I am NOT fond of), and pretty much hate to see pictures of myself right now.

But I am what I am.  And, this swimsuit DOES really help me feel better about what I am right now.  I love it!  AND I have a daughter that needs to know that what she is on the inside is more important than how she looks on the outside.  So, I decided she and I would show our Lands’ End swimsuit confidence together. (And, as it turns out, our  broken front porch step. Oops. We’ll get right on that as soon as it stops raining constantly.)

So, here we are. Sophie and I in our swimsuit confidence.  I was so busy trying to get her to look at the camera that I forgot to suck in!  So that’s the real deal, baby!

There’s a lot going on this week to celebrate Swimsuit Confidence!  Here’s how you can get involved:

Get the Twibbon – Click here and display the “I have swimsuit confidence!” Twibbon on your Twitter profile photo. Send a tweet to @LandsEndPR proclaiming “I have swimsuit confidence!” #landsend for a chance to be entered to win a $500 Lands’ End gift card – winner announced May 27.

Participate in a Week of Tweets – Mark your calendar each day May 23 – 27, 2011 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CST so you can join in the series of National Swimsuit Confidence Week events on Twitter. Follow @LandsEndPR and tweet at #landsend. We will be announcing exclusive swimwear promotions, giving away great prizes and inspiring women to embrace their swimsuit beauty.

Thanks to Lands’ End and the Curvy Girl Guide for this great idea (and for the swim suit)!  I may be crazy, but I’ve conquered a big fear today!

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It’s a good thing my vanity needed a boost

Posted by on 1:46 pm

Well if you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know that I am just a smidge on the vain side.  And if you’ve been reading recently you know I’ve been struggling to get back to my vain old self since I had baby #3.   But I’ve finally over the past two months or so been getting back to putting on my makeup and trying to look purty before I leave the house every day, even if it is just to take Sophie to preschool.

So it was with great glee that I said “YES!” when Mary Kay asked me to review their new limited edition Weekender Collection.

It’s a great collection of lip and eye pencils that double as liner and color!  There’s some great nail colors in there, too.

I *love* all the colors.  My eyes are poppin’ these days in the Classic Navy and Turquoise Waters colors.  But my favorite, favorite FAVORITE thing that I can no longer live without and am going to have to order in mass quantity since it’s limited edition, is the eye pencil in “Whitewash”.  It is the PERFECT sparkly white highlighter color for my browbone and the inside corner of my eyes.  Can you see it?  I just used a neutral mineral eye color, Hazelnut, with the Whitewash in this photo.

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I want to marry it.  Seriously, y’all call up your Mary Kay consultant and get you some Whitewash pencil!

That’s the Weekender Collection lip pencil in Pink Sand on my lips.  Isn’t it pretty?  It’s a great daytime netural!  There are matching nail colors for it and the other lip color, Coral Stone. Love!  I have Coral Stone polish on my toes now.

Having tried them all, I can highly, highly recommend all these products in the Weekender Collection!  You can get them from your MK Consultant while supplies last, so hurry! If you don’t have a consultant, use mine, she’s wonderful and she ships for free even if you don’t live near me.

Thanks Mary Kay! I love this collection!

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Mary Kay gave me some sweet new makeup to try, and I did, and then I told you about it.  Pretty straightforward, eh?

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Ah, Narcissism. Thou art genetic.

Posted by on 8:30 am

Perhaps you may remember from reading this blog previously (because I KNOW you’ve committed every post to memory) that I am a *smidge* vain.  Although I will say, my vanity takes a HUGE dive when I’m pregnant (I think I wore makeup like three times all summer.  Really, foundation just seems pointless when you’re puking 24/7).  But anyhoo.  Normally I am rather vain. I likes my makeup and my pretty clothes and I like to look cute!

And apparently, I have passed this tendency toward vanity down to my daughter.  Who, of course, is alarmingly adorable. But REALLY.  Emily has made fun of me for looking at myself in any available mirror before, and recently this has become a little problem for me – when Sophie does it!  Which she does at EVERY available opportunity.  Today for instance, she watched her reflection in the oven as she danced in the kitchen, in the dining room window (turning around backwards in her chair) as she ate lunch, and in the bathtub FAUCET for Pete’s sake while taking a bath!  She was really enjoying making eyes at her funny reflection in that faucet!

But all these were just minor, no big deal really.  The big narcissism problem came last Wednesday at her speech therapy appointment. Sophie l-o-v-e-s speech and her therapist, and is usually good as gold for the entire 30 minutes.  BUT.  There is a two-way mirror in the room so parents can watch the kiddos without being seen.  And this week, instead of being cooperative, Sophie made EVERY effort to STARE at herself in the mirror the whole time!  She did everything her therapist asked her to do…while watching herself do it, and making a funny face if possible. Which made her focus and accuracy come down just a few levels on the scale.  Arrgh! My blood pressure was rising on the other side of that mirror!

Sophie. This therapy costs GOOD MONEY.  Don’t make me go in there and tar paper over that mirror!

I’ll be interested to see how she does this week!  I think I am just going to go ahead and ask her therapist to turn Sophie’s chair around so her back is to the mirror.

Because after all, Sophie is the fairest.  And she just finds her reflection irresistible!

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