The Truth of the Butterflies

Over Halloween I realized that I wanted to try wearing more lip products, I had borrowed some friends in the past and received lip glosses and lipsticks in my Birchbox before. I ordered some Matte Liquid Lipsticks off of colourpop.com  The formulas of the Colourpop lipsticks are luxurious and easy to play with, I always make sure to use a lip scrub before wearing them. They don't flake and do a great job of not fading throughout the night, especially when you're drinking. If you let the lipsticks dry completely, there is very little color transfer onto cups, etc. I find these easiest to apply with a Q-tip around the edges of my lips, I find that I have more control. I think this is a great hack for the darker colors. The Manna lipgloss is basically my natural lip color just glossier, I adore it. It was a little sticky but I didn't really notice it. I wore this with my minimal makeup for the Superbowl and I thought it just brought my entire look together.  ...

Step 1: About an hour before bed.... -Shower or Clean Face with my Clinique Sonic System Purifying Cleansing Brush **About every three nights I will wear a face mask that comes off with hot water -Lotion my face with the Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion -Once that sets in a little I put the Clinique Clinical Clearing Gel all over my problem spots Step 2: Moisturize Body -Use Vaseline Intensive Care Essential Healing Lotion on my arms, legs, chest, stomach Step 3:  Put on some loose pajamas Step 4: Right before bed... -Add Beauty Protector Protect & Oil to my hair -Comb it through my hair -Put Hair into loose braid Step 5: Brush Teeth

milk and honey is by rupi kaur it is a collection of poems that are sorted into four sections: the hurting the loving the breaking the healing The poems are filled with intense emotion, intense imagery, and descriptions that can make your skin crawl. All of her poems are absolutely beautiful. I totally recommend this book of poems BUT I do give this book a trigger warning to anyone who has ever been emotionally or physically abused. There are some very graphic poems in here that might make it difficult to read. But she was truthful and that is what i think is truly beautiful. She is showing other women that they are not alone in whatever they have gone through. all your emotions and thoughts are valid. you're not crazy.

This is just a post to appreciate myself.  Today, I looked in the mirror and I was happy. In this photo I feel beautiful.  I don't feel fat, I don't feel sad, I don't feel fake.  I just feel like me.  It is March 22, 2016 and I feel good. I'm sure the longer I look at the photo the more I'll hate it,  but right now at 6:05 pm, 5 hours after this was taken, I still like it.  My eyebrows might look a little crazy, but I don't hate my smile, I don't hate my eyes, I don't think my nose is too big for my face. I don't feel like a troll.  Love who you are and what you look like.  It can change your entire mood and how you interact with other people.