Goodebox #2

When I decided to get the limited edition Goodeboxes being released for the A Night for Green Beauty event this year, there were a few brands I really wanted to own!  The second Goodebox had one of them.  I tried May Lindstrom Blue Cocoon a few months ago and really liked it, so I was happy to see it was going to be in box #2.  It really does just melt into your skin and a little goes a long way (which is good, because it's not cheap)!  I think it will be even nicer in the colder months when my skin gets really dry.  I also was eager to try the Alima Pure mascara in this box since I've been on the hunt for a natural mascara.  I'm currently using Pacifica's Stellar Gaze and I like it well enough (I've never had a mascara I couldn't live without, natural or otherwise), but it's very wet and sometimes ends up on my glasses if I don't let it dry long enough.  The Alima Pure is definitely a dry mascara.  I've only worn it once so far, but I can see myself wearing it everyday once my Pacifica runs out. 
Awhile ago, I got a travel kit of some of the One Love Organics products and Skin Savior was in it.  I use this mostly in the winter for dry patches on my face and also on dry lips.  It's really a very versatile product and lasts a long time!  I still have a good bit of the travel tub so now with this full size tub, I'll be using it for years!

sorry for the dark photo!

 

 

Inside the box:

 

Sheswai nail polish

May Lindstrom Blue Cocoon

Josh Rosebrook hairspray

Gressa Skin Rejuvenating Mist

Zoe Organics Cream

One Love Organics Skin Savior

Alima Pure mascara

 

 

I've been using the Gressa mist and the Blue Cocoon a bit, but still not as a routine.  I haven't tried the Zoe Organics cream (again I feel like 3 of the products in this box serve similar purposes and don't want to use them all at once), the Sheswai nail polish (I'm currently wearing a color I really like and I'm not ready to change it) or the Josh Rosebrook hairspray.  I don't really use hairspray ever, so I'm not totally sure how much use I'll get out of this, but I heard it smells great and if I ever get around to buying a curling wand, I'll be sure to try it!

I may not have used all the products yet, but even if I only used the May Lindstrom Blue Cocoon it would be worth it!  That product alone is $160 and this box was only $110 and you get 6 other full size products.  Such a good deal!  This box sold out in 15 minutes, so I am lucky to have gotten one!  I just ordered box #3 and I'll write about that once it comes.  I'm excited to get my hands on A Night for Green Beauty presenter La Bella Figura's Modern Radiance Concentrate!  I'm hoping it really helps my old acne scars.  Most of these products are things I couldn't afford normally (or really feel comfortable splurging on) so these Goodeboxes are definitely a way to try some luxurious products at a discount.  And I haven't mentioned that the proceeds are going to the Baby2Baby charity, a great cause to support!



My hair

I change my hair style and color pretty often.  I started with two face framing highlights at like 15 and have been going ever since!  Whenever I feel the need for a change, I change my hair.  If I don't like the color I can just dye it again and if I cut it, it'll grow back.  Currently, I'm growing out this cut:

Ginnifer Goodwin

I cut it at the end of July and it's growing like a weed.  I think I'm going to wait until next week and then get it cut into an angled bob.  And dye it red (it's currently blonde).  I'd LOVE to do something like the pic below, but my stylist will charge me a fortune for all those colors.  So, I might go for just red or maybe I'll do it myself, it wouldn't be the first time!

From here.

On a side note, I want to start noting things I'm grateful for every time I post in hopes that if I make a conscious effort it'll eventually be part of all my days.  Sometimes life gets in the way of the way you want to be and it's easy to forget.  Today I'm grateful for my body.  It has it's faults, but it has gotten me this far.  I have Cerebral Palsy, but it could be so much worse.  I can still walk, and ride a (stationary) bike, and lift weights like anyone else.  Essentially, I can do all the same things as someone without a disability, I just limp a little while walking.  In fact, I 'd say that my disability is the least of my problems! :)

I need a new look

My hair is getting long, too long.  (Almost to my elbows)  And the color could use some help as well.  My hair stylist is a fortune, so I usually make an excuse not to go, but I think it's time to suck it up.  Because I know she does a great job.  I plan to keep as close my natural color (dirty blonde) as I can to cut down on the upkeep.  Here are a few cut options:

I've had boy short hair before and my only qualms about doing it again is the growing it out later.  It's not a good look growing out hair that short.  But I don't know.  What does everyone think?  (Does anyone read this blog?  Ha.)

New Hair

 I used to change my hair pretty often, either the cut or the color, but in the last few years I was growing it out for my wedding and trying to keep as close to my natural color as possible, so I just let it grow and kept it close to dirty blonde.  Here are a couple photos from my wedding to show my hair color.

It actually kinda looks strawberry blonde sometimes.  Anyway, I've been itching to change it up and I was thinking what about red?  I've had red hair before, in fact, I've had pretty much every color hair and I think I can pull it off again.  I was thinking something like Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's hair.  Something like this.

                                                     

I have a hair appointment Tuesday after work.  I'm going to bring a photo for Myra and see what she thinks.  My husband has said he likes the blonde, but I know he really doesn't care.  And I'll eventually go back to blonde, he's got the rest of our lives to see me change my hair.