**CRAPPY PRODUCT**

This has to be the crappiest mascara I have ever used!

Mom's got a Brand New Bag (or BOX I should say)

So I signed up for Influenster and finally got my first box from them the other day. It's called the Vow Vox Box.

Full Face Ipsy Look on Louise! Hot Summer Look!

Here's a full look using just products I have gotten from Ipsy on my daughter "Louise"! I used her because she is definitely a "Summer Girl"!!! I hope you like it and that it helps you try a new look out!

Ipsy June 2014: Pretty in Paradise

This month I think Ipsy was in a hurry to get the bags out to us! I have had this bag for about a week and feel guilty about holding out on you but there was a small issue with one of the products in the bag and I was awaiting an email from the product company before I shared with you guys. So here is this month's goodies! I will soon be doing a full Ipsy products look using only the things they have sent to me!

Chocolate (secretly hidden zucchini) Cake

Yes you read that title correct, this cake has zucchini in it! But please relax you can't taste it and neither will the picky eaters! You don't even have to tell them its there! My children, luckily, love all the veggies I serve them! They will eat zucchini on pizza, in soups, and many times we either season and grill it or batter and deep fry it. But I am helping a friend get her family to include more vegetables in their diet without the fight. She said her husband is asking for chocolate cake for a cookout and she wanted to know if I had anyway of making that healthy! Believe it or not you can!

The Other Side of Madness: Mom's Dirty Secret

I think it's time I let something go in my life that has been a lifelong struggle. This is different than my usual post and may offend some people. I know for my family this is a subject that we tried to hide and don't really talk about. But for me growing up it was an everyday thing. My dad, my brother, and myself were at many times alone in our fight to deal with my mother's mental health issues. This is an account of my own personal experience with her and what it was like to grow up the child of a woman with untreated mental illness.