Secret Miracle Worker

++ GLAMGLOW Super-Mud Clearing Treatment++

For all you with not so perfect skin, like me, you needed this yesterday. 

Actually, last week. 

A couple weeks ago I took a trip to my local Sephora to buy a face mask hoping it would be the last step in my weekly process to getting pretty clear skin (aka as clear as my skin will get).

I was looking for something cheap-ish, but the skin artist who helped me told me I had to try a sample of this mask before I said no to the $69 price tag.

I took it home and used it that night after I washed my face with my Clearisonic and Origins face wash. 

It is a charcoal mask, and comes on looking like mud.. as it dries it made my skin feel a little tight and got a light grey color. 

The coolest, most official, but also a little gross, part of this mask is that while it's drying you can see these little holes opening up in the mask, which is just the product clearing out pores and absorbing oil. 

It was easy to take off, unlike some masks, and left my skin feeling refreshed.

Instantly, I saw no results, so I was not planning on purchasing. 

THEN, the miracle happened....

I woke up in the morning and ALL of my acne had gone away or decreased significantly. 

I felt like a babies butt, and didn't have to wear any time of make-up all day.

I didn't want to give in right away, and I was told by the skin artist to only use this 1x a week or as a spot treatment, so I knew I had to wait until the next week to make my final decision.

And the next week, the same thing happened again.

Even though $69 is a pretty penny for a girl like me, a little goes a long way and trust me, it is worth it. 

Food Do's

Since coming home from college for the summer I have been obsessed with all things food.
TBH, obsessed is a bit of an understatement..
But I mean seriously, who can blame me after nine months of the same d-hall food over and over.
All year I pinned hundreds thousands of beautiful looking food with recipes I was dying to try.
I have done a few of them, but usually I end up making my meals from random ingredients left around my house.
Here are a few of the noteworthy ones (and some meals out I just had to share pictures of).

++ The Best Kale Salad ++ 

DRESSING -->

1. Poor Honey Dijon dressing into a bowl (choose the amount based on how much dressing you need for the salad, since this is the primary ingredient)

2. Poor a smaller, but still significant amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the same bowl

3. Followed by the same amount, (or less, if you don't like the taste) of Red Wine Vinegar

4. Top of with some lemon juice

5. Mix until all liquids are blended together

SALAD -->

1. Take fresh kale and poor the amount you want into a bowl (I choose organic)

2. Take goat cheese and toss it into the bowl based on how much you desire

3. Cut up half a cucumber and cut the individual pieces into four, and throw those in

4. Choose a type of meat, I've done turkey, chicken, shrimp, and salmon

5. Poor the dressing and toss it all with a fork 

VOILA !! 

 ++ The Breakfast Club ++

(My mouth waters just looking at it)

1. Throw two eggs in the frying pan and cook them until the ends are a golden brown

2. Toast two pieces of whole wheat bread

3. Cut up an avocado ... Slice up 1/2 of it, and mash up the other half for different textures and place each half one piece of bread

4. Cut the sunny side up eggs in half and put one on each of the bread pieces

5. Add sea salt, pepper, and chile powder for flavor

6. Add fruit for a small side and here is the most fabulous breakfast.. it keeps you very full too! 

++ Suja Juices for Snacks ++

I, personally, could never survive a juice cleanse because my food is my other half.. but these Suja Juices are the most perfect snacks for a day spent running around. 

++ Ahi Carpaccio ++

Unfortunately, this is not my own work, but I know they have a decent amount of Cheesecake Factory's around the world and I just needed to share this with everyone. It is, legit, to die for. For a few days after my taste buds say a big "F YOU" to all other foods. It's just that good. 

Thursday Thoughts

The past few weeks I've been totally MIA, but first I was dealing with finals, then it was packing up my whole life into my little Jetta and unpacking it into room at home. It is way more challenging than you may think. 

Next on the list was to get my summer foundation.. one of my fav things to do to let my skin know it's finally summer. 

                                       SUMMER              SPRING//FALL           WINTER

Call me crazy, but I am a firm believer in switching foundations with the seasons. 

Why? I'll tell ya. 

Living towards the east coast, we experience some serious seasons. 

In the winter my skin may not see that beautiful sun for five months, meaning I have absolutely zero color to my skin and it gets that dull-ruddy look.. so not hot. So for winter I opt for the YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat foundation and it seriously is to die for. It provides amaze amounts of coverage which is really helpful for me since I wasn't one of those lucky people born with flawless skin. It is a thick foundation, which is why I keep it to the winter season.. I wouldn't want to walk around with my make-up falling down my face all summer. 

Since the spring and fall are generally the same where I'm from, I use the same foundations. Armani Silk Foundation is great for every type of skin, seeing as it was recommended to me by my Grandma. It truly feels like silk on my skin, so much that I continuously ask my boyfriend to feel my face when I'm wearing it, all while providing perfect coverage and being much lighter than the YSL. 

The foundation I just purchased for summer is the La Mer. It's the most pricey of the three but I don't think my skin could survive the summer without it. It is so extremely light I don't ever have to worry about sweating it off. The coverage isn't as intense as the YSL or Armani, but with some tinted moisturizer it does a hell of a job for the summer months. 

Although this is a pricey system I have going on here, it is so worth it, and my skin thanks me every season!