What age should you start using eye creams?

Hey beauties!

I have been running into this question for quite sometime. Since I have started my new job where I do a lot of skin type consultations and such, I keep wondering when the right time is to start using eye cream?

If you didn't know, I am 21 years old. Is your 20's the right time to start? Should you do it earlier or later? What I have come to the conclusion of, when looking at articles, and in my job, is that it depends on your skin type.

If you have dry skin, you want to start earlier. Dry skin wrinkles much easier and faster than those with oily skin. I have EXTREMELY dry skin, so I have a few eye cream samples that I've been dabbling in.

Why do we use eye creams you may ask? -- The skin around the eye is extremely thin compared to the rest of your face. This area is prone to wrinkles quicker than the rest of your face. Crows feet and dark under eye circles are problems that occur in many people at various ages. Eye creams generally combat under-eye circles, puffiness, and fill in line.  I think the thing that people don't fully understand, is that they are using them too late in life.

Using an eye cream is a great preventative method however, I realize that it is extremely annoying to have an extra step in your routine. I would say, start when you're in your twenties! It is good for your skin!! I have only been using an eye cream for about a week, but I can already tell that my concealer looks much smoother.

Let me know if you use one or not! Is it all just hype or is it really worth it?

XO-Stacey

Hair Fail.

Beauties,

It's been awhile since I have blogged. I got a new job along with my serving job so I am super busy but I'm pretty much loving life and having a fun time. But I come with you today with a hair fail...

Now, I wanted my hair to be back to its natural hair color. 1. This will never happen for a red head. It's practically impossible to get back to your exact shade. 2. This went horribly wrong.

I did it myself because I've done it before, and loved it. This time went awfully wrong. I think that a. I picked the wrong color by one shade. (I picked Light red blonde) b. I left it on too long. and c. my developer was possibly too high.

Now I want you to know, I've done this before and it worked out fine. Too bad I couldn't remember the color I used last time... because this time failed. I used 20 developer last time, and that's what I got this time. I left it on for 30 minutes which was 15 minutes less than the time stated.

So here are my pictures.. in case you like this color, then you'll know what you need. It's not a bad color, but I don't think it suits me. I've seen other people with this hair color and it looks awesome... but I look silly.

Everything was from sally's.

The color mixed

Looking Worried

Looking upset and bright

The final hair.

So this is the final fail... the top part in the last picture looks lighter than the bottom but it's not. I think it was just the lighting outside. I don't hate I guess, but I'm not in love with it either. I've had my hair this color before like 5 years ago and loved it when I was in my angsty teenage phase.. But I'm not in the phase anymore and I'm a grown up, so this is weird...

Do you like it? Can you pull this color off? Tell me how you pull it off while I wait for it to fade.

XO-Stacey

DIY Dollar Store Fall Wreath

Today I have a bit of a different post. I was really interested in making a fall wreath and kind of changing up the decor in my living room a bit to make it more fall appropriate since it's already September.

I'm not exactly ready for fall to be here, but it is so I needed to have a Crafty Monday. Now, I made two of these, a really small one which I'll just show you a picture of my mantle and a large one to hang on my door. Unfortunately, the house I am currently living in, I can't put the wreath up on the door because the actual door and the glass door in front of it are too close together... So i just put it in my living room.

Let me start off by saying I spent a total of $11 on the large wreath and $4 on the small one. HOWEVER... the large one can be less expensive and I'll talk about that in just a second.


So here is what you'll need:

18-inche wreath -- I had to get this at JoAnn's because my Dollar Store was all out. (Mine was $5 for the wreath, so if you can find yours at the Dollar Store then you'll be saving more money!)
Leaves -- I purchased 5 packs of leaves to ensure it was very full, however I did see that for $2 at Joann's you could purchase a pack of 30 when mine only came in a pack of 10. (if you didn't catch that, that means more savings) 
Flowers -- This step is optional. I added some fake flowers to add a little extra something to my wreath, but it looked just as good without out them.
Hot Glue Gun -- If you don't have one of these, you can get a really cheap one from Joann's for around $3.

1.  I separated my leaves out, and placed them in a very plain pattern all the way around wreath. A great thing about these leaves though, is that they have wire in them so I attached them by the wire instead of hot-gluing.

2.  Next I started to fill in the inner rim on the wreath so that I could hide most of the wood part. (It's okay if you don't want to do this, it's just personal preference.

3. Then, I added fullness around the outside rim. I filled in any holes that looked a bit sparse. My leaves were looking a bit straight and flat, so I scrunched them up to make them look more leaf-like.

4. Lastly, I cut the flowers off the stems and hot glued them in any sparse areas. This step is optional, but I really like how it looks. I also, sprinkled it with some gold glitter because nothing says fall like gold glitter! This is my Final Result.

This is my fire place after I made the smaller wreath on the far left behind the orange candle. On that one I bought 3 or so fake flower clusters, cut them off, and hot glued them in a circle around the small wreath. I think this was a 9-inch wreath. I really like how this one turned out too.

I hope you liked my Decor DIY. I'm thinking I might do some more of these, especially when my boyfriend and I move into our new house in about a month. We are going to do a bunch of renovating before we move in, so I'd love to show my DIY renovations too.

If you make a wreath like that, send me a picture! Any questions? Comment below. I'm sure I can help!

XO-Stacey