Frond’s Neighborhood

Holiday decorations, FOTD for the week

Hoozey
3 hours ago
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So I got my holiday decorations up- save the live tree that we put up closer to Christmas. Thought I'd share with you.

This is our living room fireplace decorations. I made the stockings years ago.

This is our entertainment center that is to the side of our couch- it houses the cable box, and other components since the house came with the flat screen TV you see above the fireplace and prewired such that all the other things plug in at this wall. The Steeler football is DH's gift from parents- Yes, he's already opened.

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This is a book case opposite of the fireplace that I also decorated. The rest of the house isn't decorated much- like the den won't be fully decorated until the tree goes up. Outside I keep it pretty simple- two small lighted trees at the entrance with red bows on top. Red bows tied to outside lights. Lighted wreath on the door. I also have these large puffy bows that I put on the ends of the brick stair "railing" Now if only I could keep the dogs from peeing on the trees. GRRR

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Here's two FOTD that I did this week. Once again I am shopping my stash and trying not to reuse eye shadows until I've gone through them all. I was kind of hating the photos because I was definitely in "mouth breather mode" due to my cold. Mouth breathing makes people look like they've lost IQ points in my opinion.

Foundation change to Dayna this week. Applied with MMBB Grape spray and red cleansing sponge. Couldn't cover the raw nose/flakey skin under it. :-( Mascara is Loreal Extra Volume with collagen topped with Maybelline Full N Soft WP.

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Dec. 7-

Pinch Me blush

Eyes- Rose Gold all over lid. Copperhead in crease. Green??? as liner over Milan Gelle Drops. Limeade as bottom liner.

Lips- Hush, NSFW, and Fondue lip tars over clear gloss.

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Dec. 8-

Bronzed Goddess glow

Pretty In Peach Blush

Eyes- Lovey Dovey inner 1/2, Smokin' outer 1/2. Vanilla Cream as inner corner and brow highlight. In Color Fabuliner in black.

Lips- NSFW and Petty Beige lip tars over clear gloss.

Holiday part 2...and some more fun!

The ghost of Rod Serling has been behaving himself, and things are running smoothly again. Thank you all for your support. You are all kind, wonderful, helpful, smart, and very funny women. You make going to work every day a lot of fun, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. In a time of corporate anonymity you all seem to remember that there are people behind the emails, and the products, and you treat us so kindly. It's time for a little more customer appreciation!

For the past 2 weeks we've been including little blue tickets in your orders- they're raffle tickets! We drew numbers based on the number of orders we had- one in 20 was a winner!

These are the winning numbers:
320436
320470
320442
320389
320361
320529
320467
320711
320708
320732
320570
320663
320672
320630
320596
320723
320704

If you have any of those numbers on your ticket send an email to sncontests@gmail.com to claim your prize!

That contest is over...if you don't have any of those numbers you can toss your ticket. For the next two weeks we'll be doing random refunds! At the end of each shipping day we'll use the random number generator at random.org to pick some order numbers. If your number is chosen we'll send you a Paypal refund for the amount of your order! That's it...just order, and you're already entered in the contest. Your odds of winning are 1 in 30.

And- by popular demand we've started a little club so you can get the GWP items without ordering. It's called the mystery adventure club, and for $39.95 ($42.95 international) you'll get a total of 12 products (most likely eye shadows, but you never know- and probably some other surprises)- split up into three shipments.

Thank you again for everything!!!

FOTD-

Hoozey
4 days ago
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Hey all- sorry I haven't posted FOTD in a while. I haven't been wearing makeup much or haven't had chance to do photos- so quite a lack of them.

Been busy with Christmas ramp up and fighting a cold. Started getting sore throat last week and it has progressed to nasal and chest congestion. My poor nose is raw. I took weekend off on working out but am forcing myself to do squats today- writing this in between sets-- think treadmill might be pushing it--- seeing I can't breathe so great. LOL Did decorate the house (except tree which we put up about a week before) and need to do cards and baking yet. Only have 3 things to pick up and waiting for some deliveries- then wrap those few items and I am done with gift part of Christmas.

I also need to make the dogs some cedar filled beds. It's turned colder here and Sully has dumped a flower pot and trying to burrow into this bit of dirt on the deck because there are no cedar beds to snuggle into when they are out during the day. I buy inexpensive fabric and make a pillowcase- fill with cedar chips (love how they smell like little hamsters LOL) and then sew end shut. I will make them some very large ones for outside and smaller ones for their cages. Have to go buy a big bag of cedar chips for this.

So I am still "shopping my stash" trying not to reuse eye colors (except highlighter colors if I am wearing that.) All photos using Dayna Dark (may need to go to Dayna- it's crazy how fast color changes) and MMBB grape mist. Brows are Just Browsing Brown. Mascara Loreal Extra Volume (non-WP) with collagen with Maybelline Full N Soft WP over it.

Dec. 1-- you'll see some blemishes-- my face went really crazy because I waxed my mustache before Thanksgiving (plus probably stress too)

Mauving On Up Blush

Eyes- Rustic all over lid. Purple Haze in outer V. Better than Black as liner.

Lips- Melange and Petty Beige lip tars over clear gloss

Dec. 2-- taken with flash-- I hate how it gets so dark so early now. :-(

Loca Mocha Blush

Violet Vesper Glow

Eyes- Sea Mist (inner 1/2) Winey crease, Sterling Violet outer "liner" In Color Fabuliner in Black

Lips- Pageant and Petty Beige lip tars over clear gloss

Dec. 4 (not feeling so great this day)

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Pinch Me Blush

Eyes- Lav It Up inner 1/2, Chocolate Diamonds in crease. Vanilla Cream as highlight, Venerable Vert over Milan Gelle Drops as liner.

Lips- Fondue, Anime and Feathered lip tars over clear gloss.

Two more sets of 10 at 85 pounds left on my squats-- time to finish those up.

YLBB news

Fur
7 days ago
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New balm: Tuxedo Mocha! This one has coffee butter added... yum.
Also selected balms are on sale right now. Go here to see them.
I also have a "you choose flavor" listing if you want to choose your favorite flavor.
Or if you want a good deal, you get 6 balms for one low price. Perfect for stocking stuffer or just to keep them for yourself.

Last but not least, you get a gift with purchase with every order. :D

Cyber Monday

Hoozey
Nov 30, 2009
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I don't do Black Friday. I did it once when my kids were rather young to get inexpensive bikes for the older two at Walmart but it was so crazy that I never was tempted again. As usual we were at my in laws and thus Black Friday holds even less appeal since I wouldn't be shopping my home turf. I did partake in Cyber Monday on a small scale.

The only true Cyber Monday purchases were at Zazzle-- I got some T-shirts for DD and friends for Christmas. There's a 10% off code and free shipping today- so I saved about $20 on my order. I got one shirt with "Buddy the Elf. What's your favorite color?" for DD's track friend. She's a huge fan of the movie Elf. For DD and another of her friends I got "Paper Street Soap Factory" t-shirts-- both are fans of Fight Club. I also bought DD another Fight Club themed shirt that has a photo of Ghandi and "I'd fight Ghandi" underneath. I think DD will like. I really wanted to get a "Project Mayhem" shirt with the burning smily face on back but just can't see paying $30 for a T-shirt.

I also ordered from ihealthtree-- I ordered 2 types of Nature's Gate mineral sunblock SPF 20- one is like what LT uses and other is sports version without any scent. They were $6.99 for 4 oz- it's very hard to find SPF with zinc oxide and titanium dioxide these days and I find that I don't do well with the more chemically based SPF (at least on my face.) I also ordered 8 bars of Grandpa's Thylox Acne Treatment soap. Even though DD no longer uses this on her face, she found it excellent to control her "back-ne" plus my middle son does find this works to prevent blemishes for him. I also bought several different shampoos- ones that are botanical bases- trying to find a cheaper alternative to Wen for myself and DD.

Last I ordered Melazepam cream that is 20% azeleic acid which is supposed to help with melasma- so I am going to try that for lightening. I did see a product that was hydroquinone, kojic acid and azeleic acid but it's like $58-- this cream is $12- worth a try since it may also help with acne- so DD could possibly use also. I'll let you know how that goes.

As far as Christmas shopping goes- I have DD, DH and parents done (except for some wine for my mom and bottle of bourbon for her BF.) I need to get new skateboards for the boys, another guitar hero game w/ guitar, a skateboard ramp, the Simpsons version of Scene It and some band shirts. Then I am D-O-N-E. I gave youngest son an early gift of a new portable DVD player because old one would not play certain sections of DVD's. I also gave them Season 1 & 2 of "My Name Is Earl" to watch on our drive to the in-laws... heard LOL several times from all of them.

Next on the list is Christmas baking-- trying not to start too early since I am still doing workouts and trying to lose weight- I am admittedly powerless against Christmas goodies so the longer I wait to start the better. Anyone else doing Cyber Monday stuff?

QotD: Deck the Halls

A lot of people start decorating for the holidays before the Thanksgiving leftovers have been eaten... What about you? When are you going to start putting up your holiday decorations this year?
We actually bought our tree and also decorated it. I love this time of the year and my kids get really excited decorating and looking at the lights!

QotD: NFL Check-in

It's Week 12 of the NFL season. How's your team faring?
Of course being from San Diego, I'm rooting for the SD Chargers! They wooped Kansas City 43-14!!!

QotD: NFL Check-in

It's Week 12 of the NFL season. How's your team faring?
Of course being from San Diego, I'm rooting for the SD Chargers! They wooped Kansas City 43-14!!!

Goodie bag

Fur
Nov 22, 2009
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Good Morning. Happy Sunday. :) I hope your weekend is going great. :) Yesterday instead of going to agility class, I attended an Excel class. haha. I can be nerdy. Well, this is actually for work. It touches a few different subjects: pivot table (oh joy!), formulas and some other fun stuff. It's actually fun... sort of. I enjoyed it and didn't fall asleep... that would be hard when you are sitting in the front row and have to do exercises and such. But anyway, it went great.

Ok, now on to the main point. I am cleaning and organizing and have been collecting little jars and tubes and baggies of good stuff and am planning to give them away... am thinking around Christmas. Maybe before or after... I am not sure yet. I will post an "goodie bag sign up post" later so that you can enter the drawing. Some of them might be gently used (eg: mmu sample or colored lip gloss etc). Some will be full size, some sample size. I have a bag sitting next to me and with goodies in there already. I will post in greater detail of what's going to be in there. But right now, I will give you a list of companies that will go into the bag:

YLBB (sorry, can't help it. lol)
Lure Beauty
Aromaleigh

I have a few more goodies in mind... but will post in my future post. Right now it's the collecting stage. All the goodie will go out in ONE box/bag.

Rules/key points for now (subject to change):

Free to you
US only, as the box will be heavy and oversea shipping is expensive... please understand
If you have won something from me before, either via Vox (jenfer) or via YLBB, please refrain from participating and give others a chance
You will have to make a post of some sort in my "goodie bag sign up post" to qualify.

Well, I think that's all I can think of right now. Stay tune for more. Thanks for reading.

THIS IS NOT THE "sign up" POST. REPLYING TO THIS POST WILL NOT GET YOU INTO THE DRAWING.

Stick a Fork in Me....and a new milestone!

Silk Naturals
Nov 22, 2009
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I'm done!!! With the Holiday collection. I love love love what I do- it's about as much fun as a job gets- but this collection was an uphill battle every single day. The latest snafu was the site just totally decided to behave itself in any sort of civilzed or predictable way- at about 2:00 this morning. I'm not adding anything else to the site for at least the next couple of weeks. There's a backlog of IOU's and even a couple of things that haven't made it to the site for no particular reason- but I'm stopping here. For now. I don't want to jinx it, or mess anything else up- it's not my week, and I'm packing it in. This is kind of an abbreviated Holiday collection. They almost always are- ideas flow fast, but time moves faster, and there comes a point where you just have to put it on the site, and take it from there.

I have a biiiig list of IOU products and colors- and I'm not ignoring you- I love your requests and the fresh challenges you bring to me every day. It's just sometimes with some things I'd rather take a little bit of extra time to get things right. You deserve that.

With that- we have passed a new milestone- Silk Naturals is 3 years old today! Back then we weren't even Silk Naturals- we weren't even a "we"- it was me, making Perfecting Powder on my kitchen table, and then selling it on eBay- adding Date Bait doubled the line....it was our big Holiday release that year. Today we just added our 1000th product to the site!

This totally calls for a celebration! We'll be tucking little gifty Thank You's into each package through the holiday season. Fun, neat, little interesting things- just as a way to say Thank you for all of your support, wisdom, and encouragement. It means a lot to us.

On behalf of Susan, Jamie, and Jen- THANK YOU for everything!

Just a quick note...we will be closed Thursday and Friday to celebrate Thanksgiving. We'll ship on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week- and then we'll be back to our regular schedule of shipping every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The new GWP started shipping on Friday- I'm thinking we'll have a new GWP after shipping on Wednesday so we start Monday's shipping with a new color. That seems to make the most sense right now.