A little bit of Tuesday Link Love

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 I know that this is the very definition of forever ago, but how can you not loooove this?! 

Because who isn't obsessed with Beyonce right now? 

watch the video here

and a pictorial here


BABIES ARE HAPPENING EVERYWHERE!
I swear I was aalllll alone throughout my pregnancy not a single blogger,iger, or friend of mine was pregnant and now that I'm all done being a sacred vessel of human life, now everyone decides "oh hey, lets all be cool and grow babies together" jerks. justkiddingiloveyouall. but really, next time wait for me! thanks

Hilarious Mandy over after Harper's Happenings (uhm hello, our daughters have the same name,reason enough to love her)
Elycia from Love Elycia,craft, thrift and cat lovin'
Brytny, with her gorgeous model self
and the always inspiring Danielle from Sometimes Sweet
are all just a baby growin' away. Those lucky gals! They're all amazing and their little babies are super lucky to be born to such lovely, beautiful women and families!

Season over at Colorado Courtship, featured this amazing looking recipe for cream cheese strawberries. Perfect for my constant craving of strawberry cheesecake and perfect for my constant need to get in shape. Genius I tell you.


Morgan aka Mrs.Priss is being a positive force in the world, and making me want to be one too.

Kate features a great overview of some celebrity Oscars hairstyles, and I pretty much agree with all her "winners" and "losers"

Tegan and Sara do it again.

A little bit of Career Talk

href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/4857649/?claim=x9bwwny37bh">Follow my blog with Bloglovin For those who are unaware... I am a Professional Hairstylist and Makeup Artist, that's generally the first thing that people know about me. Not only is it my career choice, but hair and makeup (as shallow and pointless as it may seem to some people) is my passion. I love everything about the business of beauty and I take my career choice incredibly seriously.

My work allows me to meet a whole lot of different types of people, from the clients I work with to the fellow hair/makeup artist I meet and work with occasionally,  I genuinely love getting to know the people that  my craft brings into my life. A lot of my clients and colleagues have turned into friends and I have zero complaints about that. I've had the amazing opportunity to work with a few celebrities and more importantly, am  invited into the lives of Brides to be, to spend a few hours beautifying them for the most important day of their lives. To me, that's pretty cool! I am incredibly lucky to be able to do what I love, and boy, do I love what I do.

Occasionally, I'll post some of my work here, some behind the scenes shots (taken on my phone) and some of the professional images that I get back from the photographer as well.

I am completely open to answer any questions that you may have about hair and makeup, what I do (and don't do), Tips and Tricks, etc.

                         Since taking a few weeks off at the beginning of the year for maternity leave, these are some random snaps of work related stuff since I've gotten back to work, I think I only took like 3 weeks off, since I can bring lil Harper with me to photoshoots (again...SUPER lucky). I just have an absolutely amazing time doing what I do. Don't get me wrong, there are stressful days and a lot of preperation (and paper work bleh) just like any other job, but it's more than worth the little bit of extra stress.

New kit! I bought myself a new MAC Zuca bag! lovelovelove this! My back is thanking me right now

Updo and a little bit of Airbrush makeup on my little sister! 

Maternity and Boudoir photo shoot makeup! Darci Amundson on of the photographers that I work with frequently, I love her, I love her work, I LOVE her clients!

Boudoir makeup for a session with Darci

Prepping for a boudoir shoot.photo taken by Darci Amundson

Before and After at one of last weeks Bridal Trials! Valerie looks gorgeous both with and without hair and makeup done. It was such a pleasure meeting and her family! Can't wait for her wedding day!

More prepping. Photo courtesy of Darci Amundson

SO. MANY.BRUSHES

Some "chola" makeup on one of my clients at MAC

Boudoir & Glamour 

Boudoir session with Darci! 

Fancy new business cards! LOVE these!

Harper Ellison:Month One

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 I'm writing this on what is actually your 44th day of life. For 44 days you have been the center of my whole world, changing the way I think, sleep, eat and even drive.
 Only hours after you were born, you started to raise your head and hold it up for a few seconds then rest it right back on my shoulder. Then you'd try it all over again, raising your head for just a few more seconds each time. The doctors all told me that you were advanced. Well I'm more than proud to say that not only can you hold your own head up for more than just a few seconds, you can sit up with nothing but a hand in front of or behind you. And thats you're preferred position, always sitting up so that you can see everything thats going on, God forbid you miss something! You're very particular about what you want to be doing and get bored pretty quickly if we're just sitting around. You love to be entertained, and to be talked to. And you love to "talk" right back. Your  little coos are almost too precious for me to handle.
 Your little personality is starting to show more of itself and I couldn't be more in love! You're growing so quickly too, just last night I came home from work and your father had you in a onesie...a 9 months onesie and it was only big in the shoulders. I almost cried. Tomorrow we head to the doctor for regular 6 week  checkups for both of us. (update: You, Harper, are above the 95th percentile in Height, Weight and Head Circumference, you weighed in at 12.15 lbs and measured 23 1/2 inches tall, 39 cm head.)


I just love watch you grow and change. You'll be 2 months old before we know. Where did the time go?

I love you I love you I love Harper Ellison, you are the greatest thing I've ever done.

Love, Mama