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Pin for the Wednesday: Eye Shadow

Happy Wednesday friends!  I’ve decided this week to combine Pinterest with something I love and can actually do – makeup! So a couple of weeks ago I pinned an eye makeup look that I thought I could replicate and I went for it.  Here’s the original pin:

I re-created it using my own makeup that I already have – I use Mary Kay.  For the brown I used one of my favorite colors, Chocolate Kiss on my eyelid, and for the orange-y shade, another I love called Amber Blaze, in the crease of my eye.  I also lined my bottom lashline with both colors, Amber Blaze below Chocolate Kiss.  I don’t have any liquid eyeliner, so I just used regular black eyeliner. I couldn’t quite get that cat-eyed look, but I still liked the results. Here’s how it turned out:

What do you think? I think I’ll keep cruising Pinterest for ideas for my #doyourmakeup looks that I post every day on Instagram. I’d love to have you join me over there!

But for now, I hope you join me over here! If you’ve been pinning and blogging about it, leave your link below! We wanna see what you’ve been whipping up!

Here are just a few rules:

1) In your post, please link to your original source – the pin you got the idea from.

2) Make sure and link back to our original Pin For the Wednesdays Post here at Mommin’ It Up! (please!)

3) In the Mr. Linky below, leave a direct link to your Pin FTWednesdays post, not to your main website.

4) Totally optional – grab our cute #PinFTW button! The code box is over there in our sidebar.

 

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DodgeBathe, yet another sport I suck at

One of the things I’m dying to do one day when all my dreams come true? Is take an uninterrupted shower. Every day when I shower I have Jonah-Jo nearby, toddling around the bathroom and the upstairs hallway.  This little guy has a really good time playing in the hall with all his toys…when he’s not playing his very favorite game, which is of course…

Throw My Toys at Mommy When She’s in the Shower!

So every day, I hurriedly wash and shampoo while constantly on the lookout for Jonah to pull back the curtain and lob a block, puzzle piece, or car at me.  Which he does with great accuracy, I might add.

My latest constant bathing companion?  Is this guy:

Meet Scout.  He’s the LeapFrog dog who sings your name!  And lots of cute songs.  He lights up, and teaches you your ABCs, and he is really Jonah’s best buddy and favorite toy in the entire world.  Plus, he likes to see me n-a-k-e-d!

I guess I should be flattered that Jonah wants to share his #1 pal with me multiple times every time I’m in the shower.  Buuuut, it’s kind of inconvenient.  And, I’m pretty sure it’s bad for his battery pack to get wet, so I always grab him up and fling him into the hallway as quickly as I can, while giving Jonah the “no throw” lecture, and you know, WASHING MY HAIR, but Scout returns to my soapy cell no matter what.  The only solution is to expel him as quickly as possible, wash reaaallly fast, and duck and dodge as other debris flies my way while my little guy claps and giggles.

Sigh.  This game of Dodge Bathe has been going on each day for a couple weeks now, and I’m getting a little weary of it.  Do you know how hard it is to shave your legs and protect your face from flying wooden puzzle pieces at the same time?  I’m going to slash myself in the face someday soon, I know it. It’s only a matter of time!  And you all know how I LOVE my face…

Help!

 

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Spark & Hustle Recap with Intel Small Business Advantage

My friend Rachel speaking at Spark & Hustle. She was amazing!

Last week I had the privilege of attending Tory Johnson’s Spark & Hustle conference for women in small business.  It was a great experience!  I learned so much to apply in a practical way to the business side of this blog (and let me tell you it was SUCH a relief that everything was TRULY practical and applicable! You don’t always get that.), I got to hear from some inspiring women in small business, and I got to spend time with my friends Rachel and Luanne, awesome small business owners themselves!

The lovely Rachel of BacknGroovemom
My BFF Luanne of Lulee's Lollies fame!

My attendance at Spark & Hustle was sponsored by one of my favorite companies to work with, Intel.  They also sent me to the conference with a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge quipped with Intel’s Small Business Advantage tools.  These tools are awesome for those in small business who don’t really have a tech guy at the ready.  When I have tech trouble, my tech guy (aka my husband) is usually at work when I need him and not close by!

 The SBA tools allow your computer to take care of a lot of maintenance issues virtually by itself!  Here are some of my favorite features:

  • Software Monitor – Did you know there are viruses out there that can come in and turn off your anti-virus software?  Eek!  Neither did I!  The software monitor feature lets you know when your anti-virus software has been turned off or compromised so you can take action right away.
  • Data backup & restore- this feature allows you to schedule backups of your data (veeeery important, I have learned! The hard way!) and maintenance to run in the off-business hours so this important step gets done AND doesn’t interfere with your work day.
  • USB Blocker – I LOVE this feature.  It allows you to choose which type of USB devices you’ll allow to be plugged into your computer.  So let’s say you don’t want anyone but yourself to be able to plug in a mass storage device – you can allow that only after the user enters a password.  Meanwhile, other devices like cameras or printers can be plugged in by any user.  A great way to keep your files protected from anyone who might want to remove them.

I’ve loved using Intel’s Small Business Advantage tools and I know they’ll be keeping me and my data in business safely and securely!   Thanks to Intel for sending me to Spark & Hustle and supporting women in small business!

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