Products I’m Loving This Month

Selfie Approved Skin Care Products

  Everything about my body changed when I turned 30. The fat cells became more resistant, I had a lot more aches and pains, and I realized that my hair was beginning to turn gray in other areas than just my head.  One thing that also changed was my skin. As I got older I realized that I really needed to take better care of my skin if I wanted to fit into that stereotype that “Black Don’t Crack” and of course, be able to achieve a good selfie without using the blurring tool. I’ve noticed as of late when…

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Correct and Conceal with Make Up for Ever Step 1 Skin Equalizer

I have a skin disorder. Growing up I was told it was a birthmark but, let’s just face it, Birthmarks don’t spread. I have a Mongolian spot that just won’t go away. Instead of lamenting over what can’t be changed I’ve decided to just deal with it and seek out products that will help me conceal the discoloration on days I decided to wear makeup. The  Step 1 Skin Equalizer is recently released product from Make Up For Ever that has changed the way I correct and conceal. I used to us a heavy concealer but now with the Step…

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Tips to Help you Live Brighter Plus Get $75 from Direct Energy

As children, through song we were taught to let our little light shine, Rihanna told us to shine bright like a diamond and now Direct Energy wants us to live brighter. In my opinion, the common theme here is living your fullest life. There are many ways you can choose to Live Brighter. You can go green, eat healthier, volunteer, redecorate a room, or even just pledge to smile more. I’ve chosen to live my life to the fullest and Live Brighter by doing these two simple things. 1. Worry less. There are only so many situations in our full control. If…

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Can Earnest Really Save You from Student Loan Despair?

Last week I shared with you all the Ugly Truth about Student Loan Forgiveness programs and basically ended by just telling you to pay your student loans. I hated ended the post that way since I’m more of an optimist and like to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Since I was doing tons of research on student loan repayment programs Facebook felt the need to populate the ads in my feed with various bank-based student loan repayment programs. As usual I ignored the onslaught of privacy invading ads until one in particular from a company called…

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Broke on Purpose July 2015 Wrap Up

I am so excited about the month of August because it’s my birthday month! Unfortunately, my birthday falls on a Monday (how dreadful), but at least it being my birthday will be a silver lining.  With it being the end of the month of course you know I’m going to give you the deets on how well we did with our budget and paying off debt.  One of the biggest things that we did was pay off EVERY SINGLE ONE of our CREDIT CARDS! (ques Gospel Choir). This something I most definitely shouted from the rooftops. It feels absolutely amazing…

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