Makeup adventure

Oh the makeup experience yesterday was drama. I called Sephora Friday to see if I needed an apt to get the new HD line applied and they told me that I didn't. Well, they did and required a $50 gift card purchase. This is the very short version as there was a lot of back and forth between several employees to determine how they were going to handle my make up test application. I ended up telling them "at this point I don't want you guys to waste your time as I would never buy a product from this store based on the service I've received so far". The ladies response " ok, have a nice day" and walks off.   REALLY?

Andi tells me about this makeup she bought from Estee Lauder that had great coverage for her Caribbean cruise. We head over to Belk to see if I can get an application.  The lady that I talked to was VERY nice and told me that they had an Estee Lauder makeup expert in and that she could do my whole face.  She explained the different products and determined that the Double Wear Light would look best in pictures and would be long lasting.  They made me feel like I was the only one there and did a great job on my makeup as well as giving me advice on application.  It was a WONDERFUL experience!!! 

I ended up getting a really bad migraine, so we were not able to get pictures in the right sunlight.  I drove home, took my drugs.  When I woke up and looked at myself in the mirror, the makeup still looked great.  I watched a tear jerker and the makeup still looked great!  I've definitely found my makeup for the wedding.

What to do w/ my hair???

What am I going to do with the hair?  Well, I thought about wearing it down and wavy, but on the beach in June wearing a wedding dress.....it's gonna be HOT!  I have to wear it up. Only problem is, what if it's windy?  What if it's humid?  What if....?  Well, I've picked out 9 styles that I really like and have an apt w/ my stylist on the 28th of this month to talk about it.  As you saw in another post I've purchased a hair flower that will be here w/ in a week.  These pictures were found in books at a salon, online with Google, the Knot and Wedding Bee.  It's really hard to decide, I keep going back and forth, so I'm glad we are doing the trial run.

Right now my top three are as follows:
1.  Top row, third picture
2.  Second row, first picture
3.  Top row, first picture

Beautification

Along w/ Diet and weightloss I need to make sure I don't forget hair and skin. I came across a gift card from Carmen Carmen Spa while going through some old paperwork last week. It said I had $25 remaining. So I figured I'd use it toward a facial. I looked online and they have a 6 pack of 30 min facials for $300. When I called they told me I also had another $32 dollars left from another gift card. Score for the computerized system they have to track clients! So, I'm getting six 30 min facials for $250. Rock on!!!

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I'm totally excited about that!

Hair: Last night I had more layers cut and put a whole bunch of blonde highlights in. I have one more appointment at the end of May for a trim, color and testing out several different hair styles. I can't believe that there's only