my secret loves

Thank you to everyone who shared there AWESOME motherly advise and prayers!!!! you guys are amazing! so as i keep learning is that we all hide the fact that we are not all perfect! We all think the other family's have there stuff all put together....in which I'm finding out its not true! So why don't we share our struggles more often?

this blog post came about after my brain spider webbed to our favorite secrets that most women are to embarrassed to share but want to cuz we love these secrets.......so i decided to share some of my favorite things with you.

1.) Veet its like nair i use it on my bikini area because when i shave i get really bad red bumps that don't go away and really bad ingrown hairs from shaving.....it works amazing and it only takes 3 min to let it sit on your skin and then wipe it off and it feels so much smoother then shaving!!

2.) drip dry from opi if you are a always on the go and don't have time to paint your nails this is awesome because it helps your polish dry really fast!!! (unless your polish is old it wont work.....old polish takes forever to dry ...how do you know if your polish is old if it is thicker then the polish was when you first bought it)

3.) fast forward dry shampoo by AG or push powder by surface if you have fine hair and you need a little boost in your hair (looking a little greecey) or you just didn't have time to wash your hair....i love the fast forward for the degreaser factor and the volume and smell and push powder the same (if you have really dark hair and not highlights use just a little because you can see the powder if you use too much)

4.) facial trimmer i don't like to wax my chin or lip or those little fuzzys......you can find one at walmart or target where they keep the clippers for men it is really skinny and small so you can take it any where.....but you do have to use it every other day :) but if you wax, wax last 2 weeks.....it does advertise brows too....PLEASE do not use them on your brows!!!

5.) baby shampoo....in stead of spending lots of money for make up remover for your make up brushes when baby shampoo is gental enough and cleans just as well (i only recommend all natural one because a lot of shampoos have plastics in them and will coat your brushes... try burts bees. (if you don't clean your brushes ...you should it is really bad on your skin and can cause break outs!!!!)

how do you do it?

I'm having a ruff time being a wife, mother,teacher, housekeeper, salon owner, cook, animal caretaker, gardener, 3 acre caretaker, and taking care of myself!!!!

HOW DO YOU DO IT???!?!?!?!?!?

I'm not going to lie I'm overwhelmed!!!! i need help! I kinda had a melt down (PMS) the other night and told Jon that I'm sorry I'm not like _(friends name)________, and he did an awesome job of saying i didn't marry ________ i married you! Even though that was the right and perfect thing to say it didn't make me feel better!

It has gotten a lot better recently now that Titus will sleep longer then 15 min and i found that i try and not to do everything in those few 30 min naps....i found that if i just pick 2 things that i want done in the whole day not just in the time of the nap because i get really upset with myself and Titus.....

do you guys have any tips to help me? or do you feel this way sometimes? I hope I'm not the only one! How do you find time to clean, exercise, cook (i hate cooking...good thing Jon likes too), or get ready for the day (or work) but still spend time with your kids....i feel like there aren't enough hours in the day!!!!!!

please share! cuz God willing we want to have more kids soon but if i can't get control right now how can i do it with 2 children?............How did i work in a daycare for 7 years and handle 20 some kids at a time?

can you share your schedules or how you and your husbands share duty's? JUST SHARE!

Family photots

family photos by lucky soda photography!

the pictures show everything no words needed :)

salon products (push powder)

Since i have my own salon now :) I am proud to announce that I have a new product line now!!!

Called Surface it is all certified organic botanical, sulfate free, Gluten free, paraben free, vegan products!

surface's website

my goal with this new line is to let you know about it, info, ingredients and testers opinions(you guys....if you come and get your hair cut remind me to give you samples and i would love your input on the products even if you don't like it, cuz there is already some stuff that i like better then the others),

this product is the first product that got me interested in Surface

Push styling powder

*amazing root lift

*volume and texture

*use as dry shampoo

*thickens hair

ingredients

aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, sillica silylate, zeolite, glycine soja (soy bean) oil, modified corn starch, sodium benzoate, citric acid

wow factor

maximize condition, color lock, shine and speeds drying time

directions

gently shake powder onto roots (not scalp) and style as desired. mix with desired wet styling products for added texture and hold.

it is not a thermal product (meaning since it doesn't go to the ends of your hair) you will still need a other products to give you protection with heat :) i have other products i would recommend with this (but on another blog post)

Tester opinion

Ruth Ann's thoughts

Christina's thoughts (owner of Grace Family Salon)

I love how this works....it is a powder is like an instant backcombing w/ out back combing :) or if your like me and still back comb with the push powder it gives you maximum volume :) if you don't like stuff in your hair that you feel then you wouldn't like this...there is texture in your hair with the push powder. but if you backcomb your hair this is what you can use so you don't cause breakage :) don't use to much because you only need a little!

Cost

$30 i know this is a lot but remember 2 things

*this product is used in small amounts *you pay for what you get :)

titus 4 months

side note i wrote this 3 weeks ago!!!! apparently its not like it use to be when i could sit down in one sitting and be done with a couple blogs and now it takes me weeks!!!! sorry!!!

Titus is doing so much right now...it was like he just decided one day to stop just laying there :)

*he rolls from back to tummy all the time....he doesn't want to be on his back any more but the funny thing is he doesn't want to be on his tummy that much either :)

*smiles at everyone....he is defiantly is like his father and loves to be social :)

*he can grab his toys, hair, necklaces you name it he grabs it

*he laughs hard core (its the cutest thing ever!!!)

*he loves to be outside....to calm him down we take him outside if its nice out

*he was sleeping about 6 hours....but he is either growing or teething (lets pray not!!!) but he has been waking up around 1am and 5am

*at his 4 month wellness check he was 27" and almost 18Lb he wears 6-9 month clothes mostly 9 months:)

*he HATES being hot (this summer is going to be interesting i hope he loves our pool!!

*he babbles all the time and squeals and laughs....i love it!!!!

*he loves books

*he loves to sit up and lean against you.....but sometimes that darn huge head is just to heavy and he falls forward :) and he trys to eat his feet

*he hums while trying to go to sleep or he's trying to keep himself awake :) we have to hold him really tight to get him to sleep (most of the time)

*he loves to put his grandparents, friends and cousins in his mouth :)