This weekend: Party Time

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This weekend I went to two birthday parties, my cousin Caz-lynn and my friend Gabby, here are pics from Caz-lynn’s big day – Will load some of Gabby’s once she does 😉
Caz-lynn wanted to go glam for her 21st and I think she succeeded, happy birthday cuz 🙂

(my pictures look a little blurry, but click on it and you can see—something up with my blogger account)

Face Friday: Blended Eyes

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How to apply & blend eye shadow.

 

Hi Ladies, this where you can have so much fun. Experimenting with colour! Be fearless the possibilities are endless. Shall we?

 

Step1

Prep the eye area for eye shadow with concealer or an eyelid primer to even out dark circles forget your eye cream or gel before the concealer.

 

Step2

Apply a neutral nude or flesh tone colour eye shadow over entire lid of the eye. You can apply a bit under the bottom lashes for an open eye look.

 

Step3

Take your lightest shade in your pallet & apply halfway horizontally & up till your eye crease; starting at the outer corner of your eye.

 

Steps

Take any other medium shade in your pallet & apply it in the middle of your lower lid next to the lighter shade. Don’t worry if the 2 shadows overlap it will make blending much easier later.

 

Last step

Apply your darker shade in your pallet also lower lid but next to the middle shadow.

 

Now for Blending!

You need 2 brushes for this.1 to blend the 1st 2 shades & the 2nd 1 or even a earbud to blend the middle & last shade. Blending doesn’t necessarily mean to totally mix the colours together but to just soften the lines & make it neat.

 

Blend the darker colour on the outer corner slightly into the eye crease dragging it halfway across. Blend the same dark shade on the bottom lashes.

 

Now blend the lighter colour from the inner corner of your eye,dragging the brush up just under your bro.You can add more highlighter under the brow to give it more definition for a wide eye look.Blend the same shade till under the bottom lashes connecting it with the dark shade that you also blended on the bottom lashes on from the outer corner.

 

Complete your look with some mascara,a neutral blusher & nude lipstick or gloss to give it a smouldering day look.

LASTLY…

Ladies start with your neutral nude shades if you are not that confident with blending & if you get that confidence by practicing my methods,y ou’ll be able to conquer any colour pallet! So practice, practice, practice Ladies. Have an awesome weekend.T ill next week mwah! 

To Logan on what should have been his birthday

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Today should have been Logan’s second birthday, instead it marks a two year journey I didn’t think in my wildest dreams I would have to take…

I’m feeling a little tender today and am wearing both my “Logan-Too beautiful for earth” necklace and my “I love my baby-Logan” bracelet in an effort to keep him close (don’t wear it all that often anymore) I really hope the day slips by pretty uneventfully, I just want to go home so I can lay a rose or a little toy car on his grave as acknowledgement of the day.

…to everyone reading this give your living babies an extra hug today, I know I will…

Aidan is 11 Months old

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I honestly full out can not believe Aidan will be a year old next month…I’m full swing into preparing for his first birthday – Barn Yard Theme- but even as I phone suppliers I find myself thinking that something is very wrong here, there is no way our little baby is full steam on his way to “toddlerdom”

But yes time flies and we just need to hold on and enjoy the ride

 


APPEARANCE:  don’t know his exact measurements but he is certainly taller, skinnier and has even more hair

PERSONALITY:  He is certainly coming into his own, he mimics you and will give you a kiss and a cuddle but will also make his displeasure with things known! He loves “showing off” but also does very well just playing on his own, he can be naughty, defying me when I reprimand him but he also listens to NO! (even if he will sulk) he is just becoming such a sweet little thing, chatting away and playing like such a “big kid”

 

HE CAN NOW: stand unassisted, but no sign of walking, he sings and dances A LOT and can kiss you on the cheek on request, he can also show your where his mouth and tummy is and clap hands on request, he also blows kisses and “helps” me pack up toys (more hindrance than help but he loves it)

LOVES: the outdoors and exploring. Also can’t get enough of books and can play with blocks for ages.  â€“ Same as before

DISLIKES: EATING!!!! I don’t understand how this kid can go on so little fuel

MOM:  Wishes there was something like an eating coach

Hooray for Uitenhage Market

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The weekend was pretty uneventful, paying bills, food shopping, you know all the fine print of adulthood…

On Sunday however we were in for a treat as it was time for the monthly Uitenhage Market, it was only the second market and already you can see the potential for great success…It reminds me of the Art in the Park’s they used to have on the last Sunday of every month at Willow Dam in Uitenhage. I remember my parents and Gran used to take us, bring a picnic blanket and eats ( my gran was not big on market food) we each got a little spending money (mine was usually spent on candy floss) then we would walk around and play in the park….So it is so great to see Uitenhage getting behind a project that is likely to end up as great memories, especially for the kids.

Another great thing about the market is what is on offer, goodbye mass produced trinkets (you know the kind you find at every market and festival) and hello handmade jewelry and food and fresh produce, you can get everything from feather hair extensions to artisan cheese. They also have a line up of entertainment and activities, it’s all pretty cool and Aidan really loved the petting zoo, NOT a fan of turkeys though . . .

(Have a good week all)
I’m definitely going back next month and who knows I might even have a stall there one of these days 

March into March

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March scares me! Your birthday month is supposed to be joyous, but mine scares me! This month (Thursday to be exact) should be when we celebrate Logan’s birthday but instead we commemorate 2 years since his death the next day…March is also a year since my Godmother died without getting to meet Aidan, in fact I was in hospital with him during her funeral…now this March another aunt whom I’m extremely close to is due for an operation and as we pray for her health and reminisce on those lost I find myself scared and cautious, I don’t want it, no the whole idea makes me want to opt out…I get a lump in my throat and a sudden bout of “hay fever” just thing about it…so wake me up in april b4 aidan’s birthday(still lots to do) but after all these trigger dates which await me like a movie where you know the ending is sad but can’t help but watch anyway and cry, AGAIN…..
But then again I can’t think or live like that, for the first time in years my birthday is looming and I’m not sick, we haven’t lost anyone and I have something to look forward 2…yeah this March – I pray – will be the turning point….NO FEAR JUST FAITH! ….
Love you always Logan and Aunty Eunice :'(
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