Tip Tuesday #5

March 22, 2016February 8, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGoodLeave a comment

Here is another tip for Tip Tuesdays…

Has your mascara ever dried out before it has run out or expired? These are two ways that you can you can easily revive it!

First add 2-3 drops of saline solution eye drops into the tube, recover, and roll it between your hands. Magically your mascara will be usable again.

Don’t have any saline solution eye drops? Put your tightly closed dried up mascara tube into a mug of hot water for 3-5 minutes. Check your mascara, most likely it will be nice and smooth again, if not reheat your water and let it sit another 3-5 minutes!

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No Gym No Problem

No Gym? No Problem! #11

March 21, 2016January 8, 2017 LauraJoli LookingJoliGoodVideo2 Comments

Do you remember Jessica Smith (and Peanut) from a few weeks ago? This is one of my all time absolute favorite exercises routines from her. If you want a great ab workout without having to do a million crunches, this is just the workout for you! It takes less than 30 minutes! No excuses, just do it!

How does the Jessica Smith TV website describe this workout routine?

“What It Is: This cardio kickboxing abs routine is the best way to mix up your abs routine and give unwanted belly fat a one-two punch (don’t forget to pair it with a healthy diet for best results)!

Why You Need It: Let’s face it, crunches aren’t the most effective and those plank challenges are super boring (and they can really cause poor form). This multi-tasking routine saves you time and maximizes your calorie burn by combining your cardio and core work into a single workout (plus, it’s kind of fun too!).”

Don’t forget to keep good form and warm up and stretch before and after your workout!

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Love and Life

My Greatest Contribution to the Universe

March 20, 2016March 20, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood6 Comments

The other day I was driving home after picking my kids up from school. Out of no where my son asked, “Mom, how do you like being a parent?” I told him “I absolutely love it, it is the BEST and hardest thing I have ever done.” Ever since that conversation I have been thinking about it a lot.

Every day my first and most important responsibility is being a wife and mother. Sometimes in the rush of daily life I forget that my children are not a distraction from my daily work, but that they are the most important work that I will ever do.

I have learned more from having kids than any other thing I have ever done in my life. While being a parent is the absolute best, yet hardest, thing I have ever done, it is also the most important. I have learned that there are more important things in life than getting my own way. I have learned that doing something for someone else makes you feel so much better about yourself. I have learned that time flies by, and that they will only need me to do everything for them and be little for such a short amount of time.

Sometimes they are CrAzY! Sometimes they wake up way waaaaaay too early. Sometimes when I just want to get things done they get super silly and laugh really loud at every thing! (Wow, isn’t it crazy how their laughing and being silly and happy can be an issue for me?! What is my problem?!) Sometimes they say “Mommy?! Mommy?! Mommy?! Mommy?!” over and over again even when I am standing right next to them asking “What?” Despite all that, they are a gift, a gift that I could never live without!

When I get upset or stressed out, I can always find peace in the fact that I have my family. They love me even at my worst, and they think that I am awesome, even when I am a hot mess. So, on those days when things are not going as planned, and my house is a crazy mess, and I don’t have anything planned for dinner, and feel like I am failing as a mother; I need to stop and remind myself that I have a wonderful husband, and that no one can be the mother my kids need like I can.

My greatest contribution to the universe is my children. | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — I am so thankful to God everyday for the children He has blessed me with!

Make up · Review · Weekly Product Highlight

Wet N Wild Au Naturel Nude Awakening Palette

March 19, 2016April 27, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood8 Comments

~Weekly Product Highlight~Wet N Wild Au Naturel 754A Nude Awakening Palette~

I don’t go to Walmart very often, but I made an exception to get this Wet N Wild Au Naturel 754A Nude Awakening Palette. It is absolutely gorgeous! I am completely in love! Trust me, you need this in your life! One thing that I love about Wet N Wild is that they are a Cruelty Free brand! I really appreciate that they do not test on animals!

Wet N Wild Au Naturel 754A Nude Awakening Palette | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — There are 5 shades there, I am just so pale that two of them don’t show up that well, haha!

The shadows are beautiful shades, they are buttery and smooth and have a great pigment. As far as I know this is exclusively sold at Walmart and Walmart.com. I paid less than $6 for this palette at the Walmart near me.

Au Naturel 754A Nude Awakening Palette | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — This swatch doesn’t do justice to the small sparkles in the two darkest shadows.

Here is what the Walmart.com site has to say about this product…

“Get a little risque and go au naturel! Wet n Wild Au Naturel Eye Shadow features a palette of ten rose-hued shades that’s anything but ordinary. You’ve got every rose gold shade that tickles your fancy, from mattes to shimmers to satins to sparkles. Includes a jet-milled base, silicone technology, and pearl density for uber-pigmented, silky-smooth, and long-lasting wear.

Wet n Wild Au Naturel Eye Shadow:

Ten rose-hued shades that are anything but ordinary
Get a little risque and go au naturel

Ingredients: Talc, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Ethyl Macadmiate, Dimethicone, Magnesium Myristate, Polybutene, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Phenoxyenthanol, Lauroyl Lysine, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, O-Cymen-5-Ol, Tocopherol, Methicone, [+/- (May Contain: Mica, Iron Oxides/Ci 77491, Ci 77499, Titanium Dioxide/Ci 77891, Red 40 Lake/Ci 16035, Ultramarines/Ci 77007, Black 2/Ci 77266, Manganese Violet/Ci 77742, Carmine/Ci 75470]. (1015).”

Have you tried this palette yet? What did you think? I think for an inexpensive brand, Wet N Wild has really stepped it up lately!

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Nice Eyebrows

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood4 Comments

I recently saw this and it made me laugh, so I wanted to share it with all of you too! Hope you are having a great day so far!

No Gym No Problem

No Gym? No Problem! #10

March 15, 2016January 8, 2017 LauraJoli LookingJoliGoodLeave a comment

Since yesterday was Pi day I posted a recipe instead of a workout, but don’t think that I forgot about it for this week! We all will need this core workout to work off all the pie we ate celebrating pi day yesterday, haha!

This workout only take 15 minutes! Keep good form, no excuses, just do it!

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Delicious Recipes

Celebate Pie Day with NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Pie

March 14, 2016January 31, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood2 Comments

Happy Pie Day! To celebrate, here is the recipe of one of my very favorite pies

NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Pie

Top it with some vanilla ice cream and you might just think that you have died and gone to Heaven!

Prep:15 mins Cooking: 55 mins Cooling:15 mins Yields:8

Ingredients

Happy Pie Day! To celebrate, here is the recipe of one of my very favorite pies NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Pie| lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — photo credit to http://www.verybestbaking.com

1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell *
2 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup (6 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup chopped nuts
Sweetened whipped cream or ice cream (optional)
Directions

PREHEAT oven to 325° F.

BEAT eggs in large mixer bowl on high speed until foamy. Beat in flour, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Beat in butter. Stir in morsels and nuts. Spoon into pie shell.

BAKE for 55 to 60 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between edge and center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.

* If using frozen pie shell, use deep-dish style, thawed completely. Bake on baking sheet; increase baking time slightly.

https://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/28218/nestle-toll-house-chocolate-chip-pie/

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Make up · Tips and Tricks

Bronzer 101

March 9, 2016March 7, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood9 Comments

Let’s face it, about this time of year, if you live in the North East like I do you are probably a bit Vitamin D deficient! While I can’t help you with that, I can give you a few tips on how to look like you have just returned from a stay at the beach.

Adding life to your face can be as simple as using bronzer!

While using bronzer to add color is a simple step, proper application isn’t always as simple. Keep in mind that the goal is to add color, but not to give the appearance of an all over tan. Bronzer should be applied where the sun would naturally hit the face, the forehead, the cheeks, and the nose.

Bronzer is applied after your foundation and concealer have been put on. Choose a bronzer that works with you skin tone. To apply find the apple of the cheek by smiling and lightly dust your cheeks with the bronzer. Then using a wide brush blend up and blend down. You can put blush on top of it and even a little bit of shimmer and highlight on top as well.

Bronzing vs Contour | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — Don’t confuse bronzing your face with contouring. These are two different techniques.

While bronzer is probably the quickest way to add some color and life to your face, a little bronzer can go a long way, remember that you can always add more, so start off lightly and build it up as needed.

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Hello Bronzer! | lookingjoligood.wordpress.com — This is not the effect you are wanting to achieve with bronzer! (This is not my photo, I just googled bronzer overload and this was one of the first pictures that came up. )

Make up · Tips and Tricks

Tip Tuesday #4

March 8, 2016February 8, 2016 LauraJoli LookingJoliGood6 Comments

Here is another tip for Tip Tuesdays…

Lining the inner rim of the eye is beautiful but it is a bit high maintenance. Unfortunately, you will always have to touch it up as needed throughout the day, but there are a few ways to extend the wear time of the eye liner when lining the water line or tight lining. First of all, always use a waterproof liner in the waterline. (My all time favorite is Scandaleyes waterproof kohl liner by Rimmel.) Secondly, before applying the liner, use a q-tip cotton swab to dry off the area you are about to line. Q-tips are perfect for using throughout the day as well to clean up the buildup that often collects in the tear ducts. (I hate when that happens!) Thirdly, if you tend to have very watery eyes, you may want skip lining the waterline all together, but if not, apply the liner to your waterline with your head tilted back with your mouth closed while breathing deeply through your nose. This helps those tears to go into the sinuses and not out onto the eyes and down the cheeks.

Let me know if you try out this tip and if it works for you!

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No Gym No Problem

No Gym? No Problem! #9

March 7, 2016January 8, 2017 LauraJoli LookingJoliGoodLeave a comment

If you have been around Looking Joli Good for any amount of time, you know that I love Jillian Michaels! I’m pretty sure we are best friends, she just doesn’t know about it. 😉

Do you think you are ready to tackle one of her work outs? I have faith in you, you can do it! This is Level 1 of her 30 Day Shred. (There are 3 levels total, each a bit harder than the previous level.) Even though this is one of her older workouts, it is still a really good one and I love it! Ready? No excuses, just do it!

https://youtu.be/1Pc-NizMgg8

Don’t forget to keep good form and do the warm up before and stretch out with Jillian after the exercises, you’ll need it!

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Month: March 2016

Tip Tuesday #5

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No Gym? No Problem! #11

My Greatest Contribution to the Universe

Wet N Wild Au Naturel Nude Awakening Palette

~Weekly Product Highlight~Wet N Wild Au Naturel 754A Nude Awakening Palette~

Nice Eyebrows

No Gym? No Problem! #10

Celebate Pie Day with NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip Pie

Bronzer 101

Tip Tuesday #4

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No Gym? No Problem! #9

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