FLASH tats!

Hello,

I'm assuming many of you are not in the best mood since it's another dreadful Monday.  The first day of the week after a nice and WAY too short weekend.  I'm positive many of you are already counting down the days until Friday.  We all live for the weekend. Am I right? I was contemplating what to write about and I decided what better way to start out a Monday with something a little cheerful!  FLASH TATS!!  You may have heard of them and if you haven't than you will soon.  These tattoos are so in right now! With celebrities like Beyonce wearing these trendy little tats, who could deny that they are not trending?  When I went down to Houston this weekend, my Aunt was raving about flash tattoos.  She had ordered a million sheets of them for her and her kids to play with.  I noticed that her 4,7, and 10 year old daughters were wearing them and I was insanely jealous of these young fashinistas!  My cousins demanded that I put some flash tattoos on myself and I was quick to accept the offer.  They were quite simple to put on to my surprise.  All you do is place the tattoo on your skin and hold a wet towel over it for a few seconds and BOOM you have a flash tat!!  I went a little tattoo crazy and gave myself more than I probably should have.  I couldn't help myself...they are just so fabu.  I gave myself a Hawaiian flower on my back along with a gold feather (the feathers are my fav) and I also gave myself two flower bracelets (which are un pictured).   You have to admit that these are too cute.  They are not sold in many stores however, so the best place to purchase these cute little tats is online.  Here is a link to the website for those interested.  http://www.flashtat.com
To brighten up your Monday, go order yourself some flash tattoos!  Treat yourself!

xoxoxox

Grace

College=stress and Stress=acne and Acne=more stress

I was sitting in class two weeks ago listening to my teacher blabber on and on about the exams coming up and how they were worth 50 percent of our final grade since we do not have homework and my stress level went from one to ten in about twenty seconds.  As the day went on and I stressed about my homework, maintaining the friends I had made, the new dance we had learned in practice, etc, a huge knot began to form on my forehead.  It hurt like crazy.  I quickly called my mom and told her that I had a tumor.  "Mom!  I need you to take me to the hospital ASAP!! I have a tumor in my forehead!!"  I screeched while I paced back and forth in my dorm room.  She laughed and told me it was just a stress pimple.  I did not quite buy it but I wasn't about to drive myself to the hospital because how embarrassing would that be if they told me I just had a pimple instead of a tumor.....awkward.  The tumor/pimple finally went away after about a week and I was stoked.  Except, shortly after another one began to form on my chin.  A huge painful pimple, and this time I knew it was a...dun dun dun...stress pimple.  I knew that I could not let this be a reacurring thing because I need to keep my skin as perfect as possible for the dance team.  I quickly hopped into action to find out how to keep my stress level low and my skin clear.  I have tried many products growing up and this one is by far my favorite!  After using this my skin has cleared up and I have noticed a huge difference!  But do not make the mistake of only relying on a product to keep your skin clean.  Eating healthy is also very important when pursuing healthy and fresh looking skin.  In college, there are tempting foods everywhere but make sure that you are still eating your fruits and veggies.  I don't want to sound like a mom, but it is important and even though your mom is not here to force you to get your veggies down...I suggest you do for your skins sake.  Healthy fats like almonds, almond butter, and pb are great for your hair and skin just for a little inside tip ;)  Some ways that I lower my stress level are by writing down the negative things in my life/ things stressing me out on a sheet of paper and throw it in the trash.  It's a good way to motivate you to completely distance yourself from anyone or anything negative in your life.  Also, GET A CALENDAR!  I have my daily planner and I have no idea what I would do without it.  It is my life saver.  It makes the day less stressful if you have it all written down and right in front of you.  Lastly, my final tip for lowering your stress is to take some time and spend it with God.  Journal your thoughts and prayers and spend some time healing in His presence.  I hope that this helped you in some way!  Here is a link to the face wash if you are interested!  It is $23 which isn't bad for how big the container is and how long it lasts. :-)

http://www.sephora.com/purity-made-simple-P7109

xoxoxox

Grace Victoria

Life of a College Dancer

Today I arrived back home around 3pm.  I am a North Texas Dancer at UNT and our team traveled down to Houston for the UNT vs. RICE game.  The bus was leaving at 3 am on Saturday morning...and I was not about that life...so I convinced my mom to take me down a day early so I could leave at a decent hour and spend some quality time with my cousins and aunt that live down in Houston.  Friday morning I ditched all of my classes...YOU CAN DO THAT IN COLLEGE...it's awesome!  I drove home and my mom and I ate gluten free mac and cheese and than drove to Houston.  It was a fun five hour ride because my mom and I chatted about life the entire time.  When we got to Houston we ate dinner and hung out with my three little cousins, Eva, Ellie, and Mila.  They are beyond precious!!  My Aunt Dee came down also with her two year old son, Mason, who is such a little toot!  He was running around giving everyone eskimo kisses and it totally melted my heart.  I stayed up pretty late telling my cousins stories because they start chanting right as I walked through the door, "Tell us funny stories!! Tell us funny stories!!"  They chant this every time I see them because apparently they think I have some funny stories to share.  Saturday morning the game started at 11 am but we had to be there at 9 am.  The bus the other girls took broke down twice and wasn't very comfortable so I heard.  I showed up to the game well rested and energetic, and they hadn't gotten any sleep.  I wish we could have all came down early and got a hotel! That would have been fun and it's what the football players do so why shouldn't we? Sadly, we were not able to dance on the sidelines or at half time during the game.  Away games are strict and never give us a place to break it down on the field! LOL!  So we sat in the stands and cheered on our team.  It was quite heartbreaking to be in the stands honestly.  I never quite realized how much I love to be down there on the field dancing and cheering.  It made me appreciate my opportunity to be on this team and dance for UNT even more than usual.  I felt very blessed to say the least.  UNT lost the game to Rice which was a huge disappointment.  Although,  I am still a hardcore mean green fan and always will be!  After the game, I got dressed up and went to my cousins chili fundraiser for her small Christian school.  It was hilarious because I was a celebrity among the 5th graders because of a video I had done last year for LifeChurchTV that the teacher showed to the class last week.  The series is called "Erased" and my cousin said she saw me and jumped out of her desk and shouted, "Thats my cousin!! That's my cousin!" Here is the link to the episode that focuses on me if you are interested in watching! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuPO48dzi0  It is such a cute school and I really enjoyed the fundraiser but my grandma, mom and I decided to ditch and make an early get away so that we could get massages...hehehe!  We enjoyed some fabu massages that were much needed.  After a fabulous Saturday, we headed home today and now I am enjoying a lazy Sunday with my family.  Who is ready for another crazy week?  I am!  Have a fabu sunday!
xoxoxox

Grace