A little about me (20 things you may not know about me)

Wow, its been a long time since I've blogged. I just thought I would share a little about myself. So I came up with 20 things that most people probably don't know about me.
 1. Sometimes I like having a cold. I sorta like the feeling of a sore throat and a stuffy nose, I love the smell of mentholatum and sucking on cough drops all day.  I know, I know, I'm weird. I
2. I love cloudy, rainy, windy, stormy, blustery days. :)
3. I love old movies. Growing up that's pretty much all we watched. They are some of the best movies. :)
4. I am a hopeless romantic. I love chic flicks and romantic novels. And yes, I often cry when I watch or read them.
5. I am OCD. (or is it CDO...that way its in alphabetical order...) When I was younger, I used to have to take an even amount of steps with each foot when I walked. At least I'm not that bad anymore....most of the time.
6. I read license plates numbers in my head when walking or driving past cars. I don't know how it even got started.
7. I am a super Harry Potter nerd. I had a Harry Potter party last week. My sister and I spent months planning it, and if you are wondering if we spent hours making wands for everyone...the answer is yes! :)
8. I am totally a girly girl. I love makeup, hair stuff, anything pink, glitter etc. 
9. I was a lot more fearless as a child. I put my hand down the toilet to retrieve a tape that had been flushed down. I also pick a dead mouse cause my Aunt Tawnia told me to.
10. I've always wanted a pair of really nice cowboy boots...some day I'll get a pair.
11. I have at least 30 pairs of shoes. Can you say shoe fedish...
12.  I think guys look hot with a little scruff.
13. I always choose "tails" when flipping a coin. I don't think "heads" is lucky
14. I don't like PB&J sandwiches. I don't think they go well together. I like Honey and PB
15. I love the kids TV show Arthur
16. I love kickboxing. I have a 7 foot punching bag
17. Someday I want to design an animal print room in my house.
18. I had more teeth pull at the dentist as a kid than at home.
19. As a little girl I want to be a cheerleader or an ice skater when I grew up. Hahahaha :)
20. Sometimes when I am riding a car I get a weird urge to jump out. (don't worry, I wouldn't ever really do it.)

Girls Camp! :)

Last week I had the opportunity to go to girls camp as a leader. It was so much fun. I was over the second years, and let me just say I got the best group of girls there. :) Our camp theme was "Fear Not to Do Good" We used the fear factor logo on our T-shirts, but  instead of the words "Fear Factor" we put "Fear Not" and then below it, "to do good." We played some fear factor games (not gross ones though). We went on a very beautiful hike...and let me tell you, I hate hiking, so for me to say that, is a big deal. :) We went swimming, and made crafts. I braided a lot of hair, which is good practice for me. The last night we had a devotional. The goal was to help the girls become closer to the Savior and understand His life better. It was a very spiritual experience. I won't give away what we did cause I want to do the same thing for my family when I get home. :) It was the second time that I had experienced it myself, but it was just as special the second time.

This is a picture I took while on the hike. We stopped at this little chapel. I love how the sun is shining just perfectly!

We mad these necklaces out of dominos. They are super cute :) I made one for me and one for Bekka

Here are my 2nd years! :)

This is what the T-shirts look like. I think they turned out awesome :) 

 

I made a bracelet for all of my 2nd years. Since the theme is "Fear Not" We decided to put TLC on the braclets for "To Love Christ" (Fear Not To Love Christ)

Makeup!

 Here are some more looks that I created. I hope you enjoy them!

With this one I used silver, pink, and dark purple

For this one I used gold,teal, and then teal mixed with charcoal

                                    Yay! finally someone else for a change..... :)

For Rachel's makeup I used gold, a pearly neon green, then a dark green mixed with charcoal

I love this one. She has a very nice natural shape to her eyes.

I think she looks pretty cute. It really makes her blue eyes stand out. :)

More Makeup! :)

So I think the title "Makeup Moments" sounds a little lame. Does anyone else have a better idea? Anyway, I have a few more makeup looks, if you wanna take a look ;)

This is one that I did with purple,silver, and a pearlish gold sand color

I put the pearl color on the inside section of my lid, the the lighter purple on the middle section of my lid, and for the outer section of my lid I used purple mixed with a charcoal black to make it darker. Then I put a gold sand color over the pearl color. I lined my eyes with a black liner. If you look closely you can see a slight cat eye.

One more view of this look

For this look I used the same pearl and gold sand color for the inside of my lid. For the middle area I used a light green color and the for the outer areaI used a darker green mixed with charcoal to darken it even more. I of course used black eyeliner and did a cat eye.

Same look. On all of these posted I used  the same technique on the rest of my makeup as I did on my first look.

I really need to find more models so I'm not all you see, sorry, its a little repetitive! :/

This one is my favorite so far that I've posted on my blog. :)

With this look I used the same pearl and gold sand colors (I know, I know, I really like those 2 ok! :) ) for the inside of my lid. For the middle area I used a light blue and for the outside area I used dark blue mixed with charcoal (yes, I like to do that too! )

When you are doing makeup, one of the most imortant things to master is blending! It is really important that your colors flow. You want each color to fade into the next.

Yes, there are a lot of this one, but like I said, its my favorite one! :)

Ok, last one! Which look is your favorite? Do you have any suggestions of looks you would like to see? Thanks for viewing  my blog and please please leave a comment! :)

Makeup Moments

So I have a new idea! I hope y'all think its a good one. I know there aren't very many people who actually read my blog and of those few, only one or two of them actually comment. So to make this work, I need your feedback. As many of you know, I LOVE makeup! Its just one of those things that make me happy. :) So I thought why not post about things that I love and makes me happy? My idea is to post pictures of the makeup that I do and YOU can post your comments or questions..or even your requests. I'm not sure how much interest this will have so I'll just start out by posting pictures of looks that I've done, and if y'all are interested in knowing what exact colors I used and how I did it then I will go more into detail. My goal is to share with others my talents and to improve my skills...and to get the word out there that I do makeup! :) I realize that there are others out there with more training and more advanced skills than me, but I'm doing my best. :) I hope you enjoy my first look that I created....
                                             
                                 I should have gotten a close up on my eyes...sorry I'm not a photographer and my
                                 camera isn't the best quality. :)

                        For this look I used White (for the highlight of course). I used gold for the inner corner,
                        and hot pink for the middle area and purple for the outer area and a little black mixed                         with purple for the crease. I used black eyeshadow as eyeliner for top inside of my eye  lid
                        and waterline. (applied before the shadow) Then, after applying shadow I used Black liquid
                         liner on top.
                        On my cheekbones I used a light pink. In the hollow of
                        (just below my cheekbones I used a bronzer. I also used the bronzer in my
                        T-area (across my forehead and down the center of my nose and chin.) Remember, you
                        only need a little bronzer.

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                                    This last picture was taken about 6 hours later. It still looks pretty good. Although its 
                                     not really a close up, sorry.

                       I hope you all enjoyed this first look. Please give me your feedback! I would love to answer
                       answer questions or read your comments! Do be afraid to give me advice! :)

                

Feeling a deeper love from our Heavenly Father

This past Saturday I said goodbye for 18 months to my best friend Bekka Baum. She is leaving to serve a mission in San Fernando, California. We are super close, we haven't spent a full day apart in over a year. I knew it would be a hard adjustment. Being that I am the only one of my siblings to have gone on a mission, I've never really experienced someone close to me leaving on a mission. I also do not do well with change. I fear the unknown and the unfamiliar. As it got closer to her leaving I tried to prepare myself mentally, I thought for the most part I was ready. I really was excited for her. I knew it would to be a great experience and that she would learn so much more than she could imagine and touch so many lives. As early Saturday morning came and the time left got shorter and shorter I started to panic. I wanted to beg her to stay. I knew, knowing the blessings that come from serving a mission, I couldn't ask her to do that. I had to learn to be strong. How could I deny her the same testimony building experiences that I had had when I served a mission? So we said our goodbyes and she boarded her plane as tears welled up in my eyes. The rest of the day was like torture. I felt so alone. I felt as if I had a hole in my heart. I was very emotional. It was hardest at night when I was in my room alone. I cried myself to sleep. Then next seem easier as I went to church and felt the spirit. On the way to church we listened to a song that talked about letting Christ take away our burdens, that we don't have to carry them alone. Of course I knew this already, but it seemed to really apply to me at that point. Later that day I called an talked to my Mom and she told me it was ok to cry and that it was going to be ok. This helped but I still felt empty inside That night as I laid on my bed. I really broke down. I cried really hard. I didn't know what to do. I felt so alone. Eventually I couldn't take it anymore, and I remembered that song I heard in the car earlier. I got down on my knees and said a prayer, begging Heavenly Father to take it away from me. I couldn't do it anymore, I couldn't do it alone. I finished praying and turn on some music that its always very comforting to me (music I listen to on my mission) I laid there and listened to the words and felt the comfort of the Holy Ghost soothe me to sleep. The next day I felt so much better. I still miss Bekka and I know there will still be hard days ahead but I know now more than ever that Heavenly Father loves me so much! I know He watches over His children and takes care of them, especially His girls...maybe cause we're a little more drama filled. Maybe to some of you this may seem a little silly to have such a hard time with this. But it was a very real struggle for me. I feel so much more comforted now and at peace. I hope that all of you know how much Heavenly Father loves you, and if you don't I challenge you to find out. The Atonement is so real, and can touch all aspects of our lives.

A Bunny for Easter!!! :)

We got a bunny for Easter. :) Its name is Mentos...not my favorite name but that's what Bekka and Andrew wanted to name it. We aren't sure but its gender but it sure is super cute and little. :)

 

Here's a video of the Mentos

 

My week so far, in a nut shell...

- I weighed myself on Monday so I'll let y'all know next Monday how I did for the week.
- Hopefully my car will be getting fixed this week, that would be awesome. :) It pretty frustrating to
  not have a car. There is a guy in the ward that is going to fix it for me. Yay!
- We are working on getting the pool going this week...hopefully (cross your fingers)
- I'm really excited about Easter this weekend! I love the Easter season and yay, Ross is closed on       
  Easter so I won't have to work.  
-I'm not sure if I'm still going to be entering the makeup contest since I'm running out of time and I
   have to use some other their products which I would have to order and I don't know if they will get
   here in time...we'll see. If not I will definitely be on the lookout for another contest to enter. I want to    challenge myself an improve my skills. I'm also looking into Makeup artistry classes that I can take
  when I move back to Utah. 

Weight Loss

So I decided that writing something everyday is a little too much...especially since I don't have the most interesting life. :) Last night I got thinking that I should use my blog as a motivator to loose weight. I've gained back most of the weight that I lost about a year ago. :( I hate being fat. Its degrading, sometimes depressing, and not fun! I figure if I have to account for myself and my diet in public, I will work harder at my goal to loose weight. I know that I can do it. I've done it before, I can do it again. I'll weigh myself every Monday and report my loss or gain....lets hope loss :)
I'm still looking for ideas for the makeup contest and have not received ANY input. Please feel free to share your ideas. :) Thanks!

Makeup Contest

So I'm thinking about entering an online makeup contest. 1st place gets $300, second place gets $200, and 3rd place gets $100. The theme is celebrity makeup. I have to submit a photo of my favorite celebrity look (it can also be from a movie) then recreate the look and send in the picture. The only probably is that I can't find a picture that I want to recreate. If anyone has any ideas from a movie or photos they have seen please please let me know asap. :) The previous contest winner have some pretty elaborate looks, so it can't be super simple. I'll post a link to the website so you can view the previous winners photos. It will definitely be a challenge, but I'm up for it, and hey, its free so why not! :)    http://www.bhcosmetics.com/Contestarchive/#0
  

Never really thought of myelf as someone with a blog...

So I got the crazy idea that I should start a blog. My purpose in creating this blog is to help you, the reader, to get to know me better, and to share my life and personality with you! I'll do my best to post something everyday about my life...we'll see how that goes. :) Anyway I hope you enjoy, and feel free to add your comments.
I got the idea for the title of my blog from two different ideas, one being that I always end my letters with Love Always, Holly, letting the reader know that I, no matter what will always love them...so for those of you who think my reasoning is a little cheesy or mushy or blah blah blah, you can skip all this boring stuff. The second reason being a remind to Love Always, maybe more of a reminder for myself than for you. It is so important that we remember who we are surrounded by 24/7, Heavenly Fathers children. AKA our brothers and sisters. :)