Anxiety

For as long as I've known I've had anxiety whether I knew that it was anxiety or not I had it. I finally realized what it was my summer before sophomore year when I was at sleep away camp and had to have my mom come get me at 10 at night because I just simply could not stand being away from home. I would just sit and cry and it could be for no reason at all I had this feeling in my stomach as well That just would not go away. I have had a lot of things happen to me as a kid but I think my anxiety really started to get worse after loosing my aunt that summer. 

For me I had social anxiety at first. I didn't make friends easily I would avoided lunch in highschool and would keep to myself. This got a little better after I went on some medicine I could tell that I was more willing to talk to people and I wasn't having mood swings like I was before.In  my senior year I made more friends and wasn't that awkward kid sitting in the back of the room .  A lot had changed my senior year and all though my social anxiety had started to die down my other anxiety started to come out. I had stopped taking my pills towards the end and stopped seeing a counsler. There's times where I can be fine and dandy and then there can be months where I have anxiety attacks like every other day. 

Recently I have learned to rely on God for everything and that I have to rely on him for my anxiety too. God is your rock and your strength we need to use his strength to help us get through our situations. I used to worry about what would happen in the furture, I would sit up at night and obsess over certain things. It says in Matthew 6:34 "therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself each day has enough trouble of its own" this helps me in the fact that I just need to be in the now and let God take care of everything else. 

I was in a bible study this past week and at one point we were talkin about how in the midst of our trials and fears we need to have perfect peace. That we need to be calm when somethin doesn't go are way knowing that God will take care of it and he has a plan for our lives. 

This will be a ongoing subject I think that making awareness of anxiety is good it lets people know that they are not the only one going through this. In no ways have I fully overcome my anxiety but God is truly helping me and teaching me to cope with it and to Learn what sets me into a frenzy. I encourage you this week to pray whenever you feel anxious and to learn to trust in him. 

Including God: In work

Recently i have been thinking about a couple different things in my faith life. i have been trying hard to make sure that i put God first and include him in absolutely everything.

Lets start with bringing God into your work life. Now i feel that some work places you are not aloud to talk about God or simply people just don't want to hear it. luckily i have personally been blessed with being able to say what i believe in freely. I am also blessed with having a couple women in the salon who are strong int here faith and i feel this can help you a lot in work ! now one of the first things they tell you in cosmetology school is what to talk about and what to NOT talk about. Politics, religion and something i else that i cant seem to remember.

To me this is just a little difficult. I'm making God be every part of my life so he should be part of my work life right ? Yes ! but as i sit here writing im being reminded that you don't have to just talk to your client about your faith you can show them in your actions. the way you talk or the way you act. The last thing about bringing God into your work life is that when you are having a tough day or it is the worst day at work stop and ask God what he can do to use you in your work force. I have recently done this when frustrated and Have just been told to let it go .( cue the frozen singing ) 

I think that Faith is not Just going to church every Sunday i think that its a relationship with God. He knows you on a personal level so we need to try and know him on a personal level as well ! I challenge you to come along with me and try to know God more and more. Know who he is and what he has done and what he will do. I challenge you all to just open your bible for a bit and just read about him and talk to him! 

I  want to end this post with my favorite verse of all time which is from exodus 14:14 and it is " The lord will fight for you ; You need only be still" 

Product Review : Maybeline Matte foundation

Hello everyone so today i am going to be telling you about this new foundation that i have tried out ! so lately i have been wanting to try out a new foundation, i was in a rut i had tried one got bored went back to my old one and was still bored. so i decided to jump into it and try out the new maybelline fit me matte and pore less and i have to say i love it !

This foundation glides on very easily and gives you a nice smooth finished look.It tends to dry really fast which for thoose in a rush in your mornings can be a good thing. overall i believe that this is a good product. its not to heavy for summer and will give you a matte finished look They have many different shades to choose from and you will always be able to find your shade! Another awesome thing is that they have more products in the Fit me line. They have another foundation,a powder,stick foundation and much more ! 

I would have to say the only thing that i did not like about this product is if you have any dry spots on your face the foundation will stick to it . To make sure this doesn't really effect your foundation moisturize and prime your face before you put on this foundation . Another thing i don't like is that you have to pur the foundation out onto a sponge or your hand, I wish that there was a pump to this. 

I suggest that you run to your local cvs or rite aid and try this product out !it is amazing and will become a stapel in your everyday makeup. Whats your favorite foundation for summer ? Also what is your favorite maybelline product to use ? 

I'm back !

Hey everyone so I just wanted to let everyone know I am back and ready to kick of this blog ! I have a lot of fun things that I'm planning on doing here and can't wait to share them with you all ! So stay tuned and I will talk to you all next time ! 

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Valentine's Day recipes

Hey guys. So today I'm coming to you with A recipe for Valentine's Day. This is something to make for yourself or if you have kids or anybody really. It is a chocolate covered pretzels and apples and I made a couple oranges as well. So let's get started and I'll let you know how I made them. 

There's just a picture of me enjoying my pretzels! 

So the ingredients used were 

💟apples 

💟chocolate chips 

💟pretzels 

💟little Valentine's Day sprinkles.

💟a microwave safe bowl 

💟a knife to cut your apples 

💟a measuring cup  

So I started by coring the apples and turning them into little slices just like this

After that I took my measuring cup and I got about 1 cup of chocolate chips and put it into my microwavable bowl.

So I wasn't quite sure how to use my microwave to melt the chocolate but ended up figuring it out. I put it on for about I want to say 2 to 3 minutes and that ended up melting pretty well. I think it all depends on your microwave mine had a Melt  section and in that section it had chocolate so that's what I used as a guide. 

What your going to do after your chocolate is melted is take your apples and dip in the chocolate I did both sides and then put it on a piece of parchment paper and put your sprinkles on the apple . 

So you're pretty much going to do the same thing for the pretzels. I didn't take a picture of me doing the pretzels cause it's pretty simple and the same as the apples. Theese are the pretzels that I did use. we have some gluten-free people in my house so I decided to use gluten-free pretzels. 

So when you're done dipping all your items that you wanted to dip in chocolate you pretty much just put them on the parchment paper and stick it in the freezer. I did mine overnight but you can do less I would say do at least up to four hours.and this is what they look like after.

So this is another thing that I found on Pinterest it's just kind of a heart-shaped PB and J sandwich that you can make your kids and it's really simple.you need a heart shaped cookie cutter and what you're going to do is just put it in the bread so that one slice has a heart shaped on it.then you're going to take the PB and jelly and put it on your slice that doesn't have a shape on it. Then put the heart shaped piece on top of that and you're all set.This may be a little bit confusing but I don't know how else to explain it but here's a picture of the whole process that I did.

So I hope you guys enjoyed this post and let me know if you want to see any other recipes.

what are you doing for Valentine's Day ? what treats are you making ? let me know in the comments below! 

Maybelline nudes palette review & swatches

Hey guys how are you doing on this lovely day ! Today I'm going to let you know my thoughts on the maybelline nudes palette ! I bought this right before Christmas and was super excited because I got it on sale for $6.00 ! 

                   Sells for about $12.99

So this palette has a pretty good variety of nude colors to use I feel you can make so many different looks with this palette. Actully maybelline gives you a guide on different looks you can make on the back of the palette. 

It tells you the looks you can make with two colors , three colors and 4 colors ! It starts off with more simple colors and goes into the darker nudes that you can make more of a smokey eye with. So broke up my swatches into quads to make it a little more smple so let's get started. 

The nudes : 

The number one color that stands out to me would be number 3 to me it's a good crease color and can be used as a transition color as well. The other one would have to be number 1 and that could make a beautiful brown one color. 

The warm shades: 

This quad is my favorite and my go to day to day eyeshadow look. I love number 7 which is a gold shimmery

Color and is just gorgeous ! Overall I think that I love all of these colors and don't really have a complaint about any of the ones in this quad. 

Cool shades quad: 

I don't normally use this quad of the palette but it's actully not that bad  just not a cool shade type of person. I think that my favorite one would have to be number 11 it's another perfect brow bone or inner corner color. 

Final verdict:

I think over all it's a decent palette it's not a over the top best thing In the work but if your new to makeup or don't use makeup that much I would say it's a good palette. I think that it could be a little more pigmented I did have to search the colors around 2-3 times so I wish it had a little more pigmentation. I like that they give you different looks to use so if you are new you know what you can do with the different eyeshadows. I think that if I had to buy it again I would in all its not that bad of a pallets but I wouldn't say it's as nice as something like the naked palette. 

Have you tried the nudes palette? What did you think of it? Leave a Comment below letting me know! Also let me know what other reviews you want to see.