My Beauty is Back

College Girl made it back from her trip to Nashville last night. I am so happy to have her back home. It was a long 5 days for me but flew by for her.  But in came the luggage and the unpacking began.  She learned well how to roll her clothes to take up the least amount of room.  And she had her make up in a separate bag too.  It has taken 20 yrs for her to get into the makeup thing.

You see my College Girl never did like the beauty thing.  No ribbons, lace, lipstick and such.  We did not get to roll the hair, have tea parties or do a spa day.  Instead I had a very smart young lady who wanted to learn and share that with others.  Hey, I can't complain about that.  But finally while she is now in college we get to bond with our beauty habits.  Even though the book Bonding over Beauty was meant to help a mom and her tween bond and learn, I am finding use for it now.  We both have learned how to use different hair styling tools.  I mean things have changed since I was a teen.  Back then a blow dryer and hot rollers were the limit.  Now there are irons to make hair straight, curly or kinky.  Gosh where to begin.  Also I finally found out the secrets to plucking my brows and not crying through the whole thing.  I still prefer wax but oh no, not for College Girl.

Erika Katz, the author of Bonding Over Beauty, A Mother-Daughter Guide to Self-Esteem, Confidence and Trust, is a former child model and actress.  She appeared in over 100 commercials, print ads, films and  interned in the beauty department at Seventeen magazine.  Erika focuses on encouraging and strengthening the mother-daughter relationship through simple, fun, and intimate activities such as teaching your ‘tween basic beauty rituals like painting her nails or making an organic face scrub from scratch.  I wish to thank Erika for sending me this pretty lil pink book to review.  Of course she did not pay me as that is just not the way things are done.

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This last weekend I attended a play that College Girl was in. Of course I was wanting to look good. You know that is when I was broke out. Yeah, in my 40's and still have acne. I needed some great full coverage make up. Well I use Mary Kay so I was not worried. Well not until I realized I did not have any foundation left. Nope. None at all! Well my neighbor had given me some foundation of another brand for Christmas. And it looked like it would be a great coverage. And it was. Until my eyes started watering and would not stop. Dang it! Another makeup that either makes my eyes water or breaks me out. That is why I started wearing Mary Kay in the first place. It is the only make up that consistently gives me good coverage (not caked on look either) and I do not have an adverse reaction to it.

Well I am glad to say that I am friends with Jana from Life with the Leonards. And she is now a consultant for Mary Kay! Yipee. And she is going to hook me up with some more foundation. Thanks so much Jana. But she is also your hook up too. Yeppers! We have conspired on how to help out all you ladies just as well. So thanks first to Jana and her great ideas.

So here is what we are doing and how it works. First of we are having a Mary Kay Giveaway. Yippeee! We all love giveaways. And she is offering the Fragrance Free Satin Hands Pampering Set. If you have never used Satin Hands then oh my goodness....are you in for a surprise. I loved it from the first time I ever tried it. This kit has become my go to gift for all my girls gifts from Sweet 16 to Graduations. What a wonderful thing to share with the Bride to be too! You can enter for the Mary Kay Giveaway by leaving a comment and telling us either your favorite Mary Kay product or what your make up woes are that you would like fixed. Extra entries will be by:
following Jana at Life with the Leonards,
Tweeting about this Giveaway...daily entries available. Just leave a comment with the URL in it.
And an additional 5 entries for those who purchase from Jana.

Now about the purchasing...you can also get an extra 10% discount if you email Jana at JanaLeonard@Marykay.com with your order. By doing that and leaving her a way to contact you by phone or email then she can give you the 10% off of your order. Do not order through the Mary Kay site as she can not give the 10% off there. (Mention Crazed Mind in your email.)

Now we will be offering the 10% off and the giveaway for the next two weeks. I will be picking a winner on May 2nd. That way you can use your gift or order as a Mothers Day present if you wish. We are so excited to be able to offer this to you and hope it makes your day too! Now enter the giveaway, tweet about it and get your extra 5 entries by making an order.