Cosmetics and Chemicals!!

Hello!!  How is your weekend so far?  My MIL just left this morning.  We had a great and busy week!!  We probably won't see her again until after the baby comes so it was great to have her here this week.  We moved our guest room into the basement and it looks great so far.  I still need to take pics and hopefully I can show you later this week.  

This morning, I took the kids to gymnastics and I hit up the gym.  Today,  I did some incline walking, squats, push-ups and inner and outer thigh!  That was enough for me and now I feel like jello, lol!  It's a good/bad feeling and I will probably be feeling it for a day or two, haha!  

If you emailed me this week, I will respond today since I wasn't emailing this week.  Today is my catch-up day! I have 3 pages of emails to respond to!  Thanks so much for your patience!!

Since I took the week off of blogging, I have one last guest post to share.  I think you will really like it!!

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Hi everyone!  I’m Krysta, back from Steen Health Solutions.  Thanks Bonnie for having me back to guest post again!

The more I delve into living a healthier lifestyle, the more I learn about my environment and products I am using. This is good...and bad. On one hand, I am learning a TON, but some days I am left feeling like it isn't safe to get out of bed in the morning!

Anywho, the more I learn about chemicals in cosmetics (and this doesn't just include makeup, but shampoo and deodorant too!), the more I wonder when enough will be enough!

The stuff some companies are putting in their products is downright AWFUL and TOXIC people.

This graphic pretty much speaks for itself, but I find it rather interesting that the European government bans over 1000 chemicals that our government does not, nor does the FDA regulate cosmetic chemicals. Say what?

Infographic courtesy of CosmetologySchool.Org

Thanks again Bonnie for having me back!  

You can follow me on Facebook here or on my blog!  Have an awesome day!

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Thanks so much Krysta!!  

What a great post!!

What kind of make-up do you use?  Is it natural?  How do you like it?

Have a great weekend!

How I Organize my Make Up

Like I said before, I have been an organizing machine lately!  I am just finishing up some things that have been bothering me before we start school. 

Last night, I was up until 2:30 A.M. organizing my email.  I get so many emails daily that sometimes I get behind.  If you emailed me and you did not get an answer back, please email me again.  A lot of personal emails go to my junk file.  Anyway, I went through YEARS of emails.  Yes, years!  But now I only have one page.  I am so happy and feel like I lost a couple of pounds of stress from doing it.  Do you ever get behind on your emails?  How many pages do you need to go through?

So continuing on my organizing streak, today my daughter and I went through and organized all my make-up.  Grace likes to help me organize but I think she loves to help with make-up.  She already is talking about wearing some make-up on Halloween this year because she is going as Cinderella, lol!

We started by taking everything out and washing each item and placing them into piles.  We had a “keep” and “garbage” pile.  I threw out any old make-up and colors that I didn’t like anymore.

Then I went and found some old Tupperwares that I saved for organizing things.

I used a Longaberger basket with a lid that I spray painted black to store my make-up in.  I keep the basket on my bathroom counter.  I don’t use my drawers for make-up because I want them on my counter and away from kid’s reach. 

This is how it turned out.

I grouped all my lip stuff together in a container.

  

In the back corner container I put foundation, mascara, and eye pencils.

Here are my eye shadows and blush.  Did I mention that I LOVE make-up?!?!

  

Here are my pressed powders and bronzers.

 

Here is my favorite tool-my eye lash curler!!!

 

Look at that!  I love it!!!!

 

I actually have another bin of make-up that are more “wintery” so I will switch to those when my tan starts to fade.  But I don’t think that will happen soon because we are going to Florida shortly for our 7th Wedding Anniversary!!!  I am so excited!

 

We also washed my make-up brushes.  If you wear make-up and are not using brushes to apply them, get some now!  It makes a huge difference!  Please invest in a good quality set.  I bought these 7 years ago and they are still in great shape.  I think that these were $50 to give you an idea but totally worth it.

Makeup brushes can become coated not only with makeup residue, but also with your face’s oils and dead skin and that causes a great place for bacteria and that will decrease the life of your brush too. Plus, that can also cause skin problems and possible infection. It is recommended that you clean your makeup brushes after each use and that you give them a thorough cleaning at least once a week.  Do I do that? No, I wish I did.  I do it once in a while, but after I do, my make-up always goes on smoother and you can see the true color of the make-up because there’s no build up from other shades.

How to Wash your Make-Up Brushes

Run the brush under warm water

Massage in cleaner (use a mild cleaner like Basic H or a baby shampoo so you don’t damage the brushes)

Rinse out

Gently pat dry with a towel

Air Dry

I hope that you liked this and found it helpful.

How do you organize your make-up?

Do you wash your brushes regularly?

Oh, before I forget, all of my make-up is a natural, non-toxic line called Minerelles from Shaklee.  But sorry, they are starting to discontinue them. If you hurry, you might be able to get some so you can get the worlds BEST make-up EVER!  And aren’t they so pretty too?

Also, please check out my latest giveaway on Beth’s blog, over at The Stories of A to Z, for a chance to win!

I am linking this to these parties.

I hope that you have a great day!

Bonnie :)

Do you want to know what vitamins I put on my skin everyday?

Then check out my favorite skin care line called Enfuselle!