I love getting my hair done and feeling how soft and luscious the salon products feel. However, I don’t love when they tell me how much all those products cost to bring them home with me. Instead of using up all these products (I still have them to use once a week), I pick up drugstore hair products to use between my salon products. This way I can save some money AND still have the beautiful hair I want. If you’ve found yourself in my shoes, wanting beautiful hair but not looking to spend a fortune, I have found some of the best drugstore hair products to swap out. These…

We recently purchased a Nest thermostat for our home, because we had Christmas money to burn and our current thermostat was SUPER out-dated– I’m not even sure that we were setting our temps correctly, it was that level of old. I know that there are other brands of eco-friendly, high-tech thermostats but this is the one that I have experience with so I knew that it’d be a safe purchase. My post contains affiliate links. Clicking on one may result in a commission for me at no cost to you! There are 3 things that we like about our Nest thermostat. If you’re on the fence on whether you should…

I need a guide to makeup brushes, like I need a car manual. Most of my friends are OBSESSED with buying and putting on makeup, where I’m over here just trying to look presentable during the day. Seeing Instagram posts filled with makeup palettes and gobs of brushes confuses me, mostly because I don’t know how you’d find time to wear all of these different kinds of makeup– I also thought MOTD had something to do with moms for the longest time LOL! 😀 Luckily, my makeup friends have been very helpful in making sure I have enough makeup to look decent. They were even kind enough to get me…

Our golden retriever has turned into a murderer. He’s a 70 pound puppy that LOVES to rip apart his dog toys in search of squeakers and stuffing. So my house gets littered with remnants of all the adorable plush toys we’ve bought him Now we’ve decided to let him wander around with the surviving carcasses, because buying new dog toys gets expensive! He has 10 toys, however, that have been the best dog toys against our destructive chewer. If you’re looking for durable dog toys (that aren’t all ugly), these are the one that have worked great for us. This post contains affiliate links. Clicking on one may result in…

I had a few days off recently, so I thought I’d try to make a DIY face mask. I always see a bunch on Pinterest and think to myself “Well, those look easy to make. Plus they say it works, so it must be good”. Except when I made my own DIY face mask, it was NOT good. I have acne prone skin, and I kept seeing a pin for baking soda masks that work wonders. So while I was bored at home, I decided to dig out the ingredients to make my own DIY face mask. But here’s what they don’t tell you. How to Fail a DIY Face Mask like…

It’s Spring cleaning time in our house right now. Even though we keep a relatively clean home all year long, there are certain things that only get cleaned once or twice a year that I put on our Spring cleaning list. If it’s that time of year in your household, you may have created a Spring cleaning list, too. Common things we put on the list are washing the bedding, cleaning the shelves of the fridge, dusting the ceiling fans, etc. However, there are some important things that need to be cleaned, but may have been forgotten. Here are ten items you may have left off your Spring cleaning list…

There was another homeowner lesson this weekend in our household. We had a leaking toilet (Or so we thought). However, when we tried to replace the wax ring, we quickly discovered that our toilet tank was cracked. Which is how we decided to shop for a toilet on a Sunday. I have never been a toilet shopper before, and I didn’t realize the amount of undertaking that would take place. You can’t just walk into a store and pick up a toilet (Trust me, I tried). There are SO MANY different kinds and they’re not at eye-level for you to get a good look at them. How are you supposed…

The weather is warmer and everything has started to melt here, which is GREAT! Except we have a dog that needs to be let out and tracks his muddy paws in the house. We have a rule right now that we go out to go potty and come right back, so the level of mud doesn’t extend to his whole body. (Ain’t nobody got time for baths every day!) The Best Way to Clean Muddy Paws: Instead of getting rid of the dog–because naturally, we love him–we had to figure out a way to clean his muddy paws during the spring. Towels won’t work by themselves. We used to use…

With February almost behind us, it’s FINALLY time to start thinking about warmer weather. And fingers crossed you’ve already taken down your Christmas decorations. If you haven’t, maybe these fun spring flower arrangements will have you thinking Easter and convince yourself to stow the others. I went to the Dollar Tree over the weekend to find inspiration for my Spring and Easter decor. And $10 later, I came up with these Spring flower arrangements. There’s a gap between our cupboards where I have strung garland and I want to use the flower arrangements for a pop of color when we have people over later for Easter. Here’s how I created…