Guys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses? No way!!

I've been wearing glasses off and on since I was in my early 20's. Off and on has slowly become more "on" than off. I was always near-sighted, but usually wore my glasses  just for seeing distance and night driving. Well nowwww, as I've gotten a wee bit older, I can no longer see up close either! Because I wasn't thrilled with the concept of bi-focals, I decided to keep my prescription glasses as they were for distance, and pick up some reading glasses.

"Some", as in more than one....

Reading glasses can be a fun way to update a look (and read the fine print in newspapers...). I found some really cute ones on a site called Peepers and even ordered a pair for my boyfriend, who has also been fighting his aging eyes (must be why he still sees me as young and beautiful!). He loves them and looks sooo handsome in them. He thinks glasses are incredibly hot and give the impression of a smart, savvy and sexy woman.


I think a lot of men find glasses sexy. Well maybe not these..

But look at these cuties!

Reading glasses can be found both online and in various drugstores and department stores for between $10 and $20. I think it is a great, inexpensive way to add to your own sense of style. I mean, everyone's doing it...

So if your favorite books and magazines are giving you blurry vision and a headache, maybe some low-level readers would be a way to not only see better, but look sophisticated and fashion-forward.

All eyes on you. Go for it!

 

 

 

 

 

Put a Wreath on it!

I decided this Christmas I needed a new wreath for our front door. I have an old one that I got a zillion years ago, and figured it was time to usher in a new one. Unfortunately the ones I liked were all VERY expensive. So I decided I could make my own wreath for less-so much less, in fact, I made two!!!

For the first one, I took an old grapevine wreath I had sitting around (you can buy them for about $6 at Michaels craft store) that I'd spray painted gold. I'm not much into gold anymore, so I re-painted it in silver...

Once it was dry, I used my trusty glue gun (I'm a horrible seamstress but can do pretty much anything with a glue gun!) and glued on some glittery beaded garland and small decorative ornaments (purchased at Michaels for less than $10 altogether-everything is on sale there of course). This is how it turned out...

 

 

 

It didn't even take that much time. I decided to put this one inside the house, since its been below zero outside around here lately and I wasn't sure how well the beads and such would hold up. Since it was a pretty quick craft project, I decided to make ANOTHER wreath!

For this one, I took a plain green wreath (Michaels $3.99) and decided to make use of all the kids ornaments that they've made over the years. We used to have a "kids tree" but don't have space for it anymore, and my kids are getting older now, so they don't clamor to have "their" ornaments on the tree. All of these ornaments, made with loving little hands, are important to me and I wanted to show them off again. So I glued them onto the wreath, with some plain white ornaments as accents:

I was really happy with the results, I think it turned out very fun and festive, and looks beautiful on my front door! Such an easy way to recycle ornaments that don't make their way to the tree anymore, and to preserve something very precious to me.

I'd forgotten how much I enjoy doing crafty stuff, and got so much enjoyment out of making these! Don't be afraid to break out that glue gun and make one for your door too!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays Sephora Style!

With Christmas looming and stocking stuffers needing to be stuffed, I decided to check out Sephora and see what might be on sale. Here's all the goodies I found:

I spent a little over $50 (I always do, because anything over 50 is free shipping!) and got a very nice assortment, some of which were FREE.

What I ordered:

Sephora Collection Harmony lip gloss
Ultra Vinyl lip pencil (already using this and I absolutely LOVE it)
Sephora by OPI blasted nail polish
Stila Style in Seoul Travel Palette (another one I'm using now, the best colors and pigment ever!)
Benefit "They're Real" mascara (I used 100 of my Sephora points to get this and it is awesome)
Too Faced Glamour to Go Spun Sugar Edition
Sephora by OPI makeup pouch, which was chock full of samples of perfumes, makeup and cologne
Three other perfume samples (I love to keep these on hand for travel) that were my free samples with purchase.

My order came in less than a week, which means there is still time for YOU to place an order with them too. Remember to always take a look at their free sample section, because you get three free with every order. Also look at their promo page, because there are always free samples available by using a promo code at check out!

I'm filling up the stockings on my fireplace Sephora-style, and I think all my little elves will be very happy!!

Here's a toast with some yummy spiked eggnog! Happy Sephora Holiday!