Bold & Beautiful Is A Lifestyle

Bold & Beautiful Is A Lifestyle! Being confident in who you are knowing that you are a conquer. 

Beauty Review Lorac Cosmetics

I must say that I am in love with Lorac Cosmetics. The first product I bought was the Lorac Pro eyeshadow palette. I ran to Ulta Beauty after I saw makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic setup for Kim Kardashian West photo shoot. I couldn't just buy the Pro without buying Pro 2. So I did what any makeup artist would do I bought them both. These eyeshadow palettes are amazing. Great pigment they go on smoothly and stay on all day. Lorac Behind the scenes eyeshadow  eye primer came with the palettes and is now my favorite  primer. It is crease-resistant and easily glides to help

the eyeshadow last. My recent purchase was Lorac Alter Ego lip gloss in Secret Agent which is a brown plum shade. It is my go to color if I want a nude lip. I also bought the Tantalizer highlighter & matte bronzer duo that I used daily. I give Lorac Cosmetics Styled by Larinda stamp of approval it's bold & beautiful. You can purchase it online at www.loraccosmetics.com or at any Ulta Beauy locations. 

Photo shoot with my iPhone 6 plus

I did a litte photo shoot with my iPhone 6 plus. My oldest son Mikkel was my photographer. I did not use any filters or photo shop apps. I am very pleased with the iPhone 6 plus. What can I say I am a Mac girl. 

Dress: Ross

Shoes: Express

Hair: Angel 

Makeup: Larinda 

Top 3 Makeup looks from the CFDA Awards

My top 3 makeup looks from the CDFA Awards. 

Joan Small

Kelly Osborn

Daphne Groeneveld

CFDA AWARDS

My favorite looks from the CFDA Awards 

Janelle Monae wearing a custom cape dress by designer Tadashi Shoji 

Kelly Osborn wearing Christian Siriano 

Vanessa Hudgens wearing Sachin & Babi Nori

Nina Dobrev wearing Lela Rose 

Dressing like a woman

Which picture does the woman look more feminine A or B?

                  A.                      B

Which picture does the woman look more feminine A or B?

                 A.                         B 

I remember as a little girl my mother would dress me up with cute little dresses. As a young little girl up to my teens going to church there were dress codes that you follow. Rule #1 Women don’t wear pants in the sanctuary. The end. If you did wear pants to choir rehearsal you better bring a skirt to put over them before you enter the sanctuary. You didn’t question it nor did you get mad you did what you were told to do. You respected the House of the Lord. As time change so did people and the rules of what was acceptable to wear into the sanctuary as women. We need to get back to dressing modest and respecting the House of the Lord.

Let’s go to the word the bible.

Deuteronomy 22:5New International Version (NIV)

5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this.

I will admit that I love wearing dresses and skirts I also loved wearing pants. Yes I wore pants and shorts.  God is taking me on a journey reveling things to me slowly.  Please understand that I am not judging anyone because I am not the judge. This is my story and journey.

I am a dominant, strong, and independent woman.  I am also a single mother raising two boys ages fifteen and eleven. In my house I am the head.  In my relationships I was the one in charge making the decisions.  In work I was the leader taking the lead and running the meetings. Even in the classrooms I somehow end up leading the discussions and taking over. Some of my classmates jokes and ask who is the teacher?  As long as I can remember from childhood up until adult hood I have always wore the pants fugitively speaking.

It would be nice a change to not have to wear the pants anymore.  And allow the man to lead and trust him to make the right decisions. This is not to say that I have given my power to a man. I am still the woman that God had created me to be. I am learning to know when and where to apply my strengths.  

Being a woman is no easy task we are expected to be all things to all people. But that don’t’ mean that we have to look, dress, and act the part. We can still show up in the boardroom dress as a woman and still lead the company.

Being bold and beautiful is more than a statement it is a lifestyle.

3 easy steps how to clean out your closet and score more clothes and cash.

3 easy steps how to clean out your closet and score more clothes and cash.

If you are like me your closet is filled with clothes, shoes, and accessories with tags still on them.  You might have been able to fit into them but since all the fun holidays and family gatherings food was always on the table. Get rid of those what was I thinking pieces. Those are the pieces that you thought was either cute or I can do something with this. But you never did anything with them now you don’t think they’re cute anymore. Return all of those pieces back to the stores.

Step #1 – Go through your closet and find pieces that you want to return.

Step #2 – Create a pile of the pieces that you want to return according to the different stores.

Step #3 – Take the items to the stores. If you have the receipt great the money goes back on your card. Depending on the store you might get cash back. Can’t find the receipt don’t panic. As long as the tag are still on them the money can be put on a store gift card.  There may be some disadvantages of returning clothes without the receipt. If the item have been markdown since purchased the store will give you the amount of the markdown.

Now you have cash and or a gift card to go shopping! You can save the money and just use your gift card for new purchases.