Heavenly Surprise in the Mail...

I shop a lot online and through friends who own an at-home business so we keep the mail man, UPS man and Fed Ex man pretty busy. Each time I get a Mary Kay box for my own business, it's like Christmas. I also get this cute little box below each month called BirchBox. I found it from a recommendation from The Small Things Blog as she is a professional hairdresser and I love beauty products too. The concept is really cool. You pay $10 each month to get samples (they are pretty large samples) of beauty products and then you get "points" to redeem for a discount on the full-size products.

While I don't buy the skin care or makep products (and not that they are bad but I'm a MK girl through and through), I do adore the body and hair products. This month was the best yet!

In the box, I received a favorite of mine because of my MK business, the Beauty Blender brush cleaner. This is THE best brush cleaner you will ever use. I clean my brushes a lot, obviously, and it keeps them looking great.

There was also a couple of self-tanning towlettes that I am excited to try as I'm really laying low from the sun as much as I can; a leave-in detanlger and defrizzer from Number 4 which I desperately need in the summer; and a lip and cheek stain from theBalm. There was also a cute plastic bag they recommended using for your airport security bag, which I'll need for our trip to Florida. All in all, a great sampling this month!

New Year, New Do

I have the most fabulous hair stylist in the world (wouldn't it be great if she could be my stylist like a celeb has every day!) She's such a down-to-earth, Christian gal and really knows what's up with products and styles.

I went in for ritual color and cut (every two months to the date to be exact) last night. We talked wedding styles, new style for now, color for wedding, etc. I really, really, REALLY want to get back to my short hair because my hair is by far the worst looking when it's long, no layers and uncolored. I feel I can do nothing with and give up after spending 30 minutes just blow drying it.

So we opted for a piecy, layered look with lots of blonde. I'm still trying to decide if I have a mullet sometimes, but then I think she would never do that to me! Hee hee, either way I feel like a new gal and have a pretty slammin' new do for 2011!

Oh, we did have a great New Year's Eve party at our house with close friends. Didn't do anything too exciting. Maybe someday we'll do something really fun! However, 2011 is going to be another great year...if anything, I'm getting MARRIED this year! That's huge!

Cheers to a new year!

New Do with Bangs!