Product review: Glamglow YouthMud

In my life, I have never been into beauty products. Up until I was 16, I didn't even care what I looked like. And even then, all I did was change my hair. I never did makeup or a skincare routine. It wasn't until I was in college that I got interested in it, but not enough to actually research it. I just wore mascara and eyeliner and went on my way.

Now at 23, I finally am starting to care. And I spend a lot of time on Pinterest looking up makeup boards and watching YouTube videos of makeup tutorials (I will link some favs at the end). Unfortunately I am not rich enough to buy the good stuff. I live by ELF right now, lol.

Coincidentally, my best friend is going through the same thing, but has more money to play. So recently she went to the Sephora section in JCPenney and got this good deal on some sample size products. For around $30, she got a pretty makeup bag and got to fill it with 5 sample products. She had been hearing good things about Glamglow and got a few of their samples. Lucky me, she gave me one to try.

Glamglow is a skincare product out of Hollywood, California. The one I have tried is the YouthMud Tingle Exfoliant. It is a mask that goes on your face to exfoliate and tighten your skin to give it a younger, softer look. It is made with volcanic rock, green tea leaves, and French sea clay. So the directions say to put a light layer on clean skin and keep it on for ten minutes. The tingle is intense and many people say it hurts, but that was not my experience.

So I tried this stuff last night.

I did my nightly routine and just skipped the moisturizer. Then I put a layer on with my finger. I have watched videos where people use makeup brushes to put it on for a more even application. Whichever you choose is fine. Some places started drying quickly and would tingle almost immediate. It was intense but nice. I liked it. When it completely dries, your face is nice and stiff, you can feel the tightening. And there are peices of green tea leaves in the mud so watch out for that.

Once the ten minutes is up and after your kids try to pull it off (Ray kept trying to touch it and my niece told me my face was dirty and tried to wipe it off), you use warm water and a circular motion to scrub it off so that is exfoliates.

My reaction to it: The mask was nice and I felt it working almost instantly but the exfoliation was painful to my skin. Once it was washed off, my face felt raw. I put moisturizer on right after to soothe my skin. Which I would have done anyways because my face was also dry dry dry. But once I did that, my face felt soft and new. And for hours after, that tightening feeling stayed.

The next day, I forgot I even did the mask. My face was back to normal, and I saw no difference in my skin. Of course that was one use and you are supposed to do it twice a week. So after a second use, it may be different. I know people live by this stuff. I hope I see results before my sample runs out because right now. I wouldn't say it is worth the $65 for the full size.

Overall rating: 3/5 Stars

Links:
http://www.glamglowmud.com/youth-mud.html#.UtWD0mIo4uw

Favorite Makeup Channels:
Melissa Raymond http://m.youtube.com/user/Melmphs
Emily Noel http://m.youtube.com/user/emilynoel83

How to Feed My Son

It seems like an easy thing, feeding your offspring. From breastfeeding to formula to baby food to solids, the concept is simple. But when you have a 5 month old that won't drink more than 2 oz at a time or an 8 month old who gags on pureed baby food, eating is a harder task. If I knew how to feed my picky eater then my life would be much easier. Instead I spend lots of time looking up recipes that he may try and looking up tips. Getting tests done on his stomach and throat. We also spend an hour every Thursday with a therapist to talk about why he doesn't eat much. So a how to would be wonderful.

Instead, this is about how I feed my son.

Here he is, at 14 months old and 16 (almost 17) pounds. He is my clingy, whiny, non-sleeping, loving, cuddly, beautiful man cub and this momma bear could not love him more. But it's such a struggle to get him to eat a normal meal. He picks at his food and throws it on the floor or takes it out of his mouth. I understand that toddlers are tricky, but even with the foods he likes, he eats the bare minimum.

This week I have been working on structured meals and our homework from the therapist is to work on him eating meats. Meats are his hardest foods to eat. He just spits them out or gags on them. So I have been working on new recipes using meats we haven't tried. For example on Saturday we had Middle Eastern Turkey Burgers and sweet potato fries.

To me and my sister, they were delicious. But Ray was not convinced. He ate two bites of the bun (he loves bread), one bite of the burger, and two fries. And his bites as small little slivers. And then he was done. Nothing makes me want to cry more than to watch my son struggle to do an everyday necessity.

This is my struggle and my life.

This is the recipe for the turkey burger: http://weelicious.com/2012/03/05/middle-eastern-chicken-burgers/

Welcome!

Hello, my name is Ashley. I am a 23 year old first time mom. I stay at home with my little munchkin who is 13 months old and a little terrorist, but I love him so much.

For the most part this blog will be my own musings. I will write about my son, who has many eating issues and is in occupational therapy for it. So I work on recipes that will help him eat. I also have gotten into makeup and skincare, so I will be talking about that and reviewing new products that I try. I am a woman, a mom, and a girlfriend. This blog will be a illustration of how I try to be it all.