Beauty Find and Bag Want

Over the past year thanks to my good friend Zoe, I've started to take more of an interest in beauty products- in fact I'm a Beauty Insider at Sephora. I like to get all the samples to try new products! Don't get me wrong, I've always loved make-up, clothes and accessories but there were a quite a few years here that I just stuck with my standard routine and same looks. Lately, I've felt like I wear the same things to work all the time - khakis and a black fleece mostly. Although you have to keep in mind my work place isn't a high powered office, but I wanted to start stepping it up.

Last year for my birthday Zoe sent me a Philosophy skin care trial set. I instantly became hooked, my two favorite products have been Purity Made Simple and The Present.



I use both of these daily - The Present is a clear make-up that perfects your skin. I don't use any foundation during the summer, just this product. It hides the imperfections - yes there are a few!


Purity Made Simple has helped gotten rid of any small blemishes I had that seemed like there were never going to go away. While both products are more costly than drug store cleansers - they last forever. A little goes a long way!

The Maine Mall just opened a Sephora and I had a free gift offer they sent me for my birthday. Last weekend I finally had the opportunity to check the store out. I was more than a little overwhelmed - mostly by the seventeen year old girls working there covered in make-up that looked like they were from the early 1980's. However, I enjoyed walking around and looking at everything and ended up with this lip color. I've used it for a week and love it! The color is perfect for me and it's a soft pencil so I have more precision. It's also smooth like a lipstick and lasts a long time. So if you are looking for a new lip color I recommend the Buxom Big & Healthy Lip Stick. The color I bought is Brooklyn.



And finally, I'm not a photographer but I would love to have this bag found over on Kelly Moore's website. The pic is really small so I recommend checking out her website!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend! Stay safe and remember how we came to be a country. I replicated this quote that was on Heather Drive - I love it.



"Throughout our history, it's been our cities that have helped tell the American story.
It was Boston that rose up against an Empire,
and Philadelphia where liberty first rung out;
it was St. Louis that opened a gateway west,
and Houston that launched us to the stars;
it was the Motor City that built the middle class;
Miami that built a bridge to the Americas;
and New York that showed the world one clear September morning
that America stands together in times of trial.
That's the proud tradition our cities uphold.
That's the story our cities have helped write."

-Barack Obama
June 21, 2008
Miami, FL

Rangeley 2010

We just returned from our annual Poulin family Rangeley trip. There is something about getting back from vacation and having a three day weekend!

Let me start by saying if you haven't been to Rangeley, Maine - you should go. Seriously, we enjoy it so much and you are pretty much guaranteed to see a moose (sort of)! Although as it turns out the moose made their own vacation plans and went here and here.

Enjoy the photos!

This is our cabin which we stay in - we've been lucky to have the same one the past few years - just a short walk down to the dock and waterfront.



Chris fishing on the dock - it was definitely breezy - but so pretty.





Shalimar treated everyone to their Christmas present early this year - a boat ride on the Oquossoc Lady and dinner at The Loon Lodge Inn and Restaurant! It was such a wonderful night on the water.

Mom and Dad Poulin



Chris and myself



Shalimar and Scott



The Oquossoc Lady formally used to be known as the Shady Lady - Kevin the owner was convinced to change it by his family (bad luck in the boating world). Kevin was also a P-3 pilot stationed in Brunswick - it really is a small world here in Maine. We could all see my brother-in-law Keith doing something similar when he get's out of the military.



A loon family - it's somewhat rare to be able to get close enough to see the baby loons.



There was also a night of Guitar Hero at the Cabin - some were naturals...others were not.





Chris and I took a 'moose-looking' drive our last night in Rangeley.

This was our first moose we saw.




This was our second (we were stopped in the truck).



Sunset over the mountains.



A view from our way home...we hit a lot of rain shortly after this picture was taken.