Raise your hand if you're down for a play-with-makeup for the fun of it kind of night! The Sinful Colors x Vanessa Hudgens collection is just right for that. I received this box complimentary from Influenster to test out. You normally don't see me wearing bright colors, especially on my face, but this was too good to pass up! I call it "mermaid style" because of the beautiful blue and purple shades.The box came filled with goodies - including a duo creme eyeshadow, bold brow (which can also be used as eyeshadow if you're like me and not bold enough to actually use it on your brows), gel eyeliner, color mascara, and a highlighter stick. My favorite item is probably the highlighter, because I just love highlighters in general and this one is so pretty! These products are perfect for beach days, mermaid style or summer photo shoots, and even dress-up Halloween looks. Who says you can't add a little color every once in a while?
This collection is available at any makeup or drugstore that carries Sinful Colors brand!
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hit the reset button
What's your reset button? You know, when you're all sorts of in your head, thinking too much, not feeling like yourself, and just run down. What is it that gives you that fresh start again?
The past few weeks - maybe months, I lost track - have been just that. I withdrew myself from most everyone, not feeling up to being with people all that much. Things just felt off. I was tired, irritable, even quieter than usual - not really myself.
This past Friday night I took some time out to be alone and work on photos for this blog post. Sure people wanted me to be here and there, but I desperately needed to have a few hours of quiet time. Within those hours of going back & forth using a self timer to get these makeup snaps, with slow music playing in the background, I felt almost 10 times better. The slow pace aided in reflection and letting go of the busy life that I had been trying to lead.
The next morning I set my alarm earlier - and placed it on the other side of the room so that I would actually get up. Waking up, rather than going through the motions of snoozing through my devotionals, I just talked to God. Spending time with Him, speaking instead of just doing the daily quits, does so much in preparing your heart for the day ahead, creating a stable foundation for what you are looking toward. Then I replied to friends, actually happier and wanting to interact with people, with my interaction with God leading the example. After making sure I was awake and preparing coffee/food, then I sat down with the Bible and a devotional, actually aware enough to recognize and understand what I was reading.
You see, sometimes it's necessary to hit the restart button on life. We get into this routine that just takes the life right out of ya, leaving us exhausted, not up to much of anything. I believe it's a form of depression that comes about, when you get to the point of not feeling like yourself, just dragging through the days. And it doesn't even have to be caused by anything. The monotony of every day can send you straight into it.
And the only way out is to hit restart. Slow it down, focus on the important things, not the daily chores. Talk to God, and not just "will you do this or that" but really just speak to Him like He's a friend sitting right there in the room with ya. Soon enough you'll really feel Him there. Take a break, it's okay to not always be on top of things 100% of the time. Find that time that makes you feel most like yourself and put everything else aside to get back to who you are, ready to take on your life from a fresh perspective.
To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24
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