Schick Hydro Silk Razor Review

I received this product in the mail for free. If you would like to receive products to review you should really check out sites like Bzzagent or Influenster.

So far I am loving this razor, I received it in the mail today, and I used it when I showered tonight. I found that the 5 blades give you a smooth close shave and the moisturizing strips did not irritate my sensitive skin. I used it along with my normal shave cream, Skintimate for sensitive skin. Per the package the moisturizing strips are water activated and moisturize our skin for 2 hours after using this razor!

Along in this package I received multiple $5 off coupons, if you would like me to mail you one, shoot me an email at mbowlin1119@gmail.com and I will gladly drop one in the mail for you!

I will come back and ad more as I continue to use this razor, but as a first impression, I am thinking this may beat my Venus razor... Only time will tell!

The start...

I thought about using this blog as an outlet for myself, and for the greater good of those around me and for the few that happen to stumble upon this I decided not to. but then I thought about it more, and I decided that I will just use it as I please. The chances of getting a huge following are slim and I need a place to hash out my feelings. I have always wanted to have a journal, a diary if you must but my lack of beautiful handwriting has always been an issue. For some reason I have it planted in my head that someone will one day find said journal/diary and see how bad of penmanship I have.

So here I am, about to put it all out there. I am in a very odd mood as I sit here at work. I should be happy. over joyed even. My cousin, who was raised as more of a brother, just became a father. He is 10 days exactly past his 21st birthday. I am happy for him. I just can't help but feel jealous. I feel as people who are not ready to be parents always are. I feel like people who want children so badly never get the chance to be parents. I am not saying he is going to be a bad parents, I am saying that he could have been in a better situation in life. I not only have feelings like this toward his situation, but to anyone's.

People abandon their children, abuse them, disregard them, yet there are countless people who would do anything in the world to have a child. Is it normal to feel this way? To want something so badly, even though you have been told countless times that it will never happen.

I don't feel human when I think about it. What kind of woman cannot make a life. Isn't that one of the best things about being a woman? To be able to create a life, to grow and human.

My husband tells me there is always adoption, and I am totally for it. I don't know, I just don't understand. I have always been one of those people that if I wanted something bad enough, I worked hard and got it. If I wanted to buy something, I saved, if I wanted a raise, I busted my ass at work and earned it. To have something dangled in your face like this is like something saying "haha, no matter what, you can't have me!!"

Parents please remember to cherish every moment with your child, stay home when they cry for you not to go, play when they ask you to, talk to them when they cry. For every tantrum or fight you get into and wish you never had them, remember there are people who sell their soul to be able to be a part of a child's life. I want so badly to scream "Why me?", but I know deep down buried in the bottom of my heart that everything happens for a reason. It's hard to look at things from that perspective at times.

I don't want anyone to think I hate my cousin, I do not and never will. I simply hope he knows how precious his son is, and will take the time to be the best dad he can.

Benjamin David Brown

3lbs 2oz, 17in long  01/30/2013   12:48 am

Book Review: My Teenage Dream Ended By : Farrah Abraham

Part of me wanted to like this book. Being a self proclaimed reality TV junkie I wanted go give Ms. Abraham a chance to explain her actions towards her parents. The only thing I have to say about this is I hope it helped her with the grieving process of her ex boyfriend, Sophia's father. The way she explained Derek was less than appealing, and very condescending. I hope Farrah is smart enough to never let her child read this material.

This book in a whole lacks editing, grammar and correct spelling. Being from the south I am use to slang, mispronunciation, and bad grammar, but little lady, you wrote a book, use spell check. Part of me wonders who published this book, if I wasn't so lazy and bluntly do not care I would look it up.

At first you feel like you may find out what happened to Farrah, why she was so sad, why she acted like she did even before Derek's death. But no, what you get is a word by word, day by day, hour by hour recount of the tattered "romance" she and Derek shared. She explained in very rash detail of their first sexual encounter, how she felt stuck on him, and other situations I would not have dreamed of being in at her age. It is no wonder that she got pregnant. Although, I do have to give it to her about trying to "grow up" in the situation she put herself in, but her explanation leaves you truly lacking at of any of the information you were hoping to find.

I could go on and on about how bad this book was, but I am no author and like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I would not recommend this book to anyone under 18. It is vile, graphic, and unnerving.  I wanted to like this book, I really did. I just couldn't. If you feel you need to read this, it is a quick read. I finished it in one day and was able to return it to Amazon. ( love my kindle) All in all I feel bad for Sophia, I feel bad for Farrah and the household she grew up in, I hate that she lost someone she "loved" and that Sophia will never meet her father, but I feel Ms Abaraham did this in the wrong way... may she should have waited to grow up some more before writing this....

Face Of The... 12 hour shift

For work I try not to go too overboard with makeup. I work twelve hour shifts and I want my skin to be able to breathe, but I also do not want to scare people. I also get to work an hour early, and to not be rushed while at home, I bring my makeup with me, to apply it before my shift starts. My husband and I work for the same company and his shift starts an hour before mine and ends and hour earlier. It's all about saving money and the Earth, so we ride together :)

I didn't include my full brush collection that I bring along, or the makeup bag I bring it in. (post to come soon)

I will also be posting an entry on my skincare routine, and what I do when I wake up routine.

Products Shown:

-Too Faced Natural Eye Palette

Which can be purchased here

-Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle

-Maybeline The Rocket Mascara

-Covergirl Clump Crusher Mascara

-NYC Bronzer in Sunny

all products can be purchased at drugstores

-MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

EcoTools Bamboo"6" Piece Eye Brush Set

(the 6 includes a small carrying pouch)

which can be purchased at most drugstores or here