Don't Know Jack About Kimberly/Libby's Pink Vanity

My fellow Central Florida Beauty Blogger, Ali, of nifty_ba blog, tagged me on a get-to-know-you questionnaire.  I'm game!!

 
The Rules
1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves on their blog.
2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you plus eleven questions for the people you have tagged to answer.
3. Choose eleven people and link them in your tag.
4. Email the person to let them know that they’ve been tagged.
5. No tag backs.
6. You legitimately have to tag.

11 Things About Me
1. I went to the same school, same building from Kindergarten to 11th grade. My senior year, we moved. So I was a new kid just that one time.
2. The job I currently do is the one I have stayed with the longest; this is my 5th year. Before that, it was just a bit over 2 years.
3. I started running last April. Since then, I have run in 3 5K races.
4. I'm totally addicted to The Walking Dead.
5. The tooth fairy only gave us a quarter when we lost a tooth. That was a lot back then.
6. I hate math and am horrible at it. But I love reading stats.
7. I have always loved classical music.
8. I got a ride in a hot air balloon once.
9. My home office also doubles as my fitness room. I have a set of dumbbells from 3# all the way up to 35#. Yes, I do use the 35# dumbbells.
10. When I win the lottery, I am going to go to Fiji first, where I will plan my life. I picked Fiji because I saw Anthony Robbins (motivational speaker) do an interview from his home there.
11. I am one of those people that has been to an Anthony Robbins seminar.

My 11 Questions for You
1. What was your Outfit of the Day?
I wore a pink tee with a swirly white, magenta, and black design on the front. It is brand new and it is made from the 'wicking' material that is suppose to keep me dry. It did OK. I wore black jeans and Adidas running shoes. Matching socks, of course. 
2. What was the last thing you broke?
The back door window in my car. The mechanism that makes it go up and down broke. :(
3. Do you have a custom ringtone on your cell phone?
I sure do! I have the piggy that says 'weeeeeeeeweeeweeeee' from the Geico commercial. 
4. Are you named after anyone?
Nope. Mom said she just liked the name.
5. What was the last thing you were complimented about?
I got complimented on my eye shadow.
6. What has been the farthest you’ve travelled?
I'm thinking this means away from home. Well, since I have had lots of different homes, that's hard. I have been to all states but 13. From California to Montana, Texas to Minnesota. New York and Connecticut all the states back down into the South. 
7. What does your umbrella look like?
The last working one I had was a magenta one that folded up into a very small piece.
8. Do you have a favorite guilty pleasure meal, treat, or restaurant?
Turtle cheesecake.
9. What is your most prized makeup possession?
A lip gloss from Two-Faced. It is totally iridescent-madness. 
10. What is your most prized possession (non-makeup related)?
A family portrait. Since Mom and Dad are divorced, I'll never get an upgrade of that.
11. Does Zoya have a nail polish with your name on it?
They have come close. They have Kimmer, Kimmi, Kym. 

Now, my questions for my lovelies!!!!

1. What was your last nail polish purchase?
2. Do you have a gotta-see TV show? If not, what was the last one you had?
3. Do you kiss on the first date?
4. What can't you resist?
5. Do you carry any photos of yourself? And it can be with someone else.
6. What is your favorite season?
7. Who do you call the most?
8. Books, magazines or Internet for reading pleasure?
9. Have you ever seen a falling star? Did you make a wish, for real?
10. What color are your dishes?
11. Name your 5 favorite eye shadow colors.

1. Addicted to OPI
2. A Polish Problem
3. Vintage Makeup
4. Kitschy Suburbia
5. Candy Coated Tips
6. Ice Queen's Parlour
7. Just Peachy
8. Gotham Polish
9. Makeup Withdrawal
10. Sirena Sparklestar
11. Frazzle and Aniploish

Have some fun!!! :D

I Have Wisdom-See Stars, Not Scars; Part 2

The photos I showed a couple of days ago, I took at the vanity. What looks normal in the mirror, actually translates into a yellow cast as the camera tries to compensate. Thus, all that light that is too warm.

So, I took some photos at the sunny window and close up to show you the facts. Rainer Lara commented on Part 1 that she has a scar and a red spot next to it that really bother her. That comment struck a very strong chord with me.

I was in a head-on collision when I was 20. It was really bad and the EMTs thought I was dead when they got to the crash. I was driving and smashed my head and face into the steering wheel then into the windshield and ended up crammed under the dashboard on the passenger's side of my car. I won't list all the injuries but, I do want to point out that this left a lot of scars on my face. I had 4-1/2 hours of reconstructive surgery at my right eye bone and, my upper jaw was wired to my skull, and then, to my lower jaw as I broke my upper jaw bone clear across.

Almost 30 years since, I still have scars, physically and emotionally. Neither have completely gone away. But let me point out the scars because I now know, you won't notice them unless I point them out. At the top of my forehead, in the middle, there is a scar that looks like a backwards 'C'. I slammed my forehead so hard in the crash that, I broke my cranium and my brain bumped forward inside my skull. This isn't a good thing. I was quickly stitched up before x-rays were taken so it was only after the fact the break and internal bump were discovered. It was a crappy stitch up job too ,and I had glass coming out of the wound for 4 months afterwards. My doctor said that maybe they were just wanting to stitch me up to stop the bleeding and didn't wash it out very good. You Think??!

Oh, then right in the middle of my forehead, I have 2 chicken pox scars. OK, now you know why I wear bangs. Oh, and I have to give extra sunscreen to that scar otherwise, I end up with a large, red backwards 'C'.

Next...

 I broke the upper and lower bones around my right eye. I have wires in there that hold the bones in place. I have a scar right along my eye brow and that deep wrinkle under my eye...that's a scar. It used to be right up under my lashes. LOL.

I love the surgeon that did my surgery. I think only I can tell there is a difference.

OK, last bit...

Besides breaking my upper jaw bone, I lost front teeth and my bottom lip was  torn away from my mouth. There is a small scar right above the right tip of the arch of my lip. That was cut clean through from my tooth behind it. I was stitched up on the inside of my lower lip, but I am now thankful they didn't realize that the cut was clear though on the top; they might have put a stitch there and I would have ended up with a more obvious scar.

There are tons of 'cat scratches' on my right cheek from all the glass cuts. I have to look hard to see them now. There are two, small puncture wounds on the top of each cheekbone where the surgeon inserted wires to hold my jaw in place to heal. I had my lower jaw wired to the top to hold it in place, so my mouth was wired shut. I sucked shakes through the hole where my teeth used to be.

One last, big scar is on my right knee cap. I almost severed it off but got a huge stitch-job for that one. I also broke my neck, bruised my liver and broke my left hip (of which they never realized. I had it finally replaced 4 years ago this next Saturday).

My point is this, for a LOT of these years since then, I have been very self-conscience about my scars. I have spent, and wasted, so much time worrying and regretting them. Then finally, after feeling the need to tell anyone who would look close at my face what had happened, I started listening. I heard over and over, 'Oh, I didn't notice.' Never once did anyone ask about the scars before I mentioned them or ask me how they got there. Never.

Please don't wait to find your own beauty. Focus on what is good, beautiful, pretty about your face (and your body). This is why I can post, confidently, my own, bare face; scars and whatever because, hey, I really do have good skin!! I no longer care if someone thinks I'm bragging. It doesn't matter to me. I have found something I love about myself and I'm owning it.

Own your beauty too.

I Spy Wet 'n Wild and Sinful Colors at Walgreens 3/19

My sarcastic words of wisdom will have to wait. My USB ports aren't working on my computer. They worked yesterday, though. I'm sure there is some karma in that but I haven't figured it out yet.

Did you enter for my birthday giveaway? If not, you'll get left out. Go here and enter, K?

Luckily, I spied some stuff on Monday at Walgreens to share with you. Hee heee!

Any time you find a combo set of Wet 'n Wild, it usually has pieces that were sold separately before. A company will do this because they have overstock and packaging it this way allows them to, hopefully, still make a profit. However, I do not think I have seen those eye shadows before. Maybe someone will post a comment and let me know. I know I don't have the shadow set in the Flora Collection.

And, if you are looking for more Wet 'n Wild deals, I have this for you...

I didn't look over this display very hard. Looking quickly, I didn't see anything new, to me. But the price is very good if you are looking to add to your Wet 'n Wild stash.

This display is called a 'sidekick' display. It's hung on the side of an endcap, or the shelves at the end of an aisle. Walgreens does this a lot. And when Wet 'n Wild has these, they usually are in a cardboard shadow box, just like the one you see here. What store associates like about them is that they come pre-loaded. That means all the pieces are already in place. They just pull this display out of the shipper box and hang it up. When the display sells down, they just take down the box and throw it away.

I read that Sinful Colors had a collection of lip glosses out. And, I am glad to have spotted it...

I was dashing into Walgreens to look for the Sinful Colors collection called 'Girls in Pearls'. I found them and just did a quick run-through looking for other new stuff. That's why I didn't get close-ups of these. As far as for me, I bet I can match up everyone of these beauties to something identical in my gloss drawer at home. Let me say that these are sexy glosses and I encourage you to check them out.

And lately, I have been spying more and more chameleons. Look at her, she is wearing neutral makeup...at the moment. Ha!

I'm 50 Today And I Have Wisdom; Part 1

Today is my birthday and I am 50 years old. I, finally, feel old enough to grant myself the wisdom I already had to begin with. The beginning of all this wisdom started when I realized that others, who had been around longer than I have, had some serious truth in the wisdom they shared. I paid attention, whether it was someone I personally knew, read in a magazine, saw on television or read in a book. I filed away all these little bits of knowledge from them.

So by paying attention to what I saw, heard and even felt, I claimed my personal wisdom. Now, I can't tell you I was able to act upon it every time; I didn't. But I can say, I knew better. There's no blaming someone else.

Here's one thing that I take responsibility for: my face. It has been my responsibility to take care of it. And around 13, my aunt (bless her heart) taught me how to take care of my skin. So, for 37 years, this is what I get for my efforts; this is a photo of my face. No surgeries, no makeup, just plain me...

I don't know what 50 years old feels like because I haven't been 50 but less than a day. But it doesn't feel any different than when I went to bed last night at 49 years of age.

Here's the next phase: I only have on Milani's 'Eye Tech Supreme' liquid eye liner in blackest black. No other make up...

What I see is a woman that still has a flush in her cheeks, that are still full and show off high cheek bones. She still has a rosy color to her lips. And next, I have on all my makeup...

Funny, but when I put these photos up, I can't really tell much difference between no makeup and then full makeup. Once I style my hair and put on the new top I got just for today, I'm ready...

Do I look 50? You bet! This is EXACTLY what 50 years old looks like. This isn't your grandma's decade.
Word!

Sinful Colors Puts In A Little Secret With Pandora

Tomorrow starts another decade for me. Whoop-de-do. But, the good news is that you and four others can win some nifty prizes. Jump over here and enter.

Gosh, I haven't even swatched all of Sinful Color's Cast Away collection and they have a new one out. I went hunting today but didn't find it. However, if you want to see what I'm talking about, check out Polish Fixation's blog.

And there is a new China Glaze duochrome collection coming out soon too! Eeps! I need to get through my Hunger Games collection!

Quick, take a look at this fab one from Sinful Colors...

Aptly named 'Pandora'. That is exactly what I opened up when I decided to become a beauty blogger. However, at the bottom of my Pandora box was a group of friends I never would have met if it hadn't been for blogging. Thank you!!!

If you don't know the story of Pandora, you should read it. It is one of my favorites from Greek mythology. And if you ever hear someone make the statement, 'You've opened Pandora's Box', then you'll learn what that means. (Not to mention that Pandora.com is one of the top best reasons for the Internet and radio.)

This shade is amazing...

I'll say it is a softened, pastel orange. I don't have a top coat on over the 3 coats of 'Pandora' so it isn't super shiny on its own. But I totally OWN this color. It doesn't make me have lobster fingers at all (accentuating the red tones in my skin). And I think I know the secret...

 

'Pandora' isn't a creme. If you look super close, you will see shimmers of magenta in it. In the last photo, with totally blown-out lighting, I almost fake the look of a magenta shimmer in the reflections. 'Pandora' is very, very sneaky.

And, I like this shade soooo much. Why are all these new shades so incredibly gorgeous that I want to wear them for a long time!?? Do you think you'll like this one too?

It's so sweet and kind when people ask me how Kayla is doing. She is doing splendidly. She loves her new home and family. As much as she wants to play with Libby and Sebastian, they are still not quite sure about it. However, they do play chase back and forth down the hall. And knowing that Kayla is finally able to run and sit in the sun and be loved every day and any moment she wants it, shows me just a little bit of good in the world that I made for her. I must say that Kayla loves her Mommy. And I am totally in love with her too.