Laser Hair Removal

I would love to get laser hair removal on my upper lip.  I am not the hairest person but I get really paranoid about my upper lip.  Last year I saw all these groupons for laser hair removal and I am really considering doing it this summer if the price is right.  Has anyone tried it or know someone who has tried it?  Do they love it or what?

Appearances

I am aware that my post might sound really vain but lately I have been really concerned about how I look especially my face.  More like my neck and above.  I guess my face is one of those things that I can’t hide with clothing.  Frankly since reaching my 30s my skin just doesn’t have that nice glow, a wrinkle has appeared and when I am tired I look tired.  It might be just me that is concerned with these things but I thought this might be a good time to confess it and get over it.

Of course I have always wanted to look good but I really never spent the time to do my hair or use hair product, wash my face or be concerned with makeup.  I stepped up my game when I started dating Mike but I was pretty low maintenance for the most part.

Honestly I never owned a blow dryer until I started college and got my first expensive hair cut.  I saw the girls in high school with the nice hair but I didn’t know that required time to blow dry it, curl it and hair product.  I didn’t know hair product existed outside of hairspray, gel and mousse.  I was pretty sheltered and never had anyone introduce me to those type of things.  I did own a curling iron though.

I have learned there are a huge array of hair products, brushes, blow dryers and irons out there with different purposes.  It actually takes time and personally a lot of practice to learn a new hairstyle.  Youtube has been a great teaching tool.  1.5 years ago I just learned how to properly blow dry my hair with a round brush.  Before I was just drying it and didn’t realize I could actually style my hair and use the flat iron to do the touch ups.  DUH!!!  Like 2 months ago I just learned how to use a bobby pin properly and that the brand of bobby pin does matter so I purchased a jar of metagrip pins from Sally Beauty Supply.  I also learned how to use my flat iron to curl my hair this past year.

I am growing out my hair and I was getting so bored with my hair down and straight or in a pony or bun.  Then I remembered I pinned all these hairstyles on PINTREST.  Side note – I love pintrest.  Anyway I have been practicing some of them.  And practicing.  I am somewhat embarrassed to admit all of this but I am hoping I am not the only one that thinks about this kind of stuff.

Dropbox

If you don’t have this you have to get it.  I use this program almost on a daily basis.  Here is the official description of dropbox:  Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

My summary of the program:  It replaces a memory stick and eliminates emailing yourself a copy of anything.  You install dropbox onto your mac, pc, tablet or smartphone.  It creates a folder on your local machine and you can save anything and everything there.  If you are plugged into the internet it will automatically upload the file to the server and push it down to any other dropbox folders you have installed on any machine.  If you aren’t plugged in it will wait until you have access to the internet and it always keeps the latest version.  You can also share it with other people so they have access to the same files.

How do I use it:  When I am at work and I know I need to work on a document at home, I put it in my dropbox and when I go home it has downloaded to both my laptop and pc ready for me to make my changes.  Mike and I share a folder for our home business so he can save documents and I can save documents and both of us have access from our computer, the laptop, our iphones or iPad.  If we go anywhere and we don’t have any of our devices we can log onto any computer as long as it has internet and get to our files.  With my family we have a photo folder where we upload pictures and can share jpgs without having to shrink the file size.   Other folders I have is my resume folder so I can work on it anywhere anytime.  I also have a craft folder so if I download or find a pattern I save it there and when I have free time which is usually on a vacation I can work on it on a whim.  No preplanning.

Things to note:  It is free up to 2 GB which is sufficient for most people.  For every person you refer to dropbox you get an addition 250 MB up to a maximum of 8 GB.  Anything larger than that, you have to pay for the service.  You can give someone access to a file or a folder and then take it away.  I can access documents and pdfs on my phone.

What Moms Choose: Stay at Home or Work?

I subscribe to a magazine called Working Mother and I really enjoy reading the articles.  Here is what working mom is about and they have an excellent website that features more than just the magazine. Working Mother Media is a company focused on culture change for working moms, women and diversity in the workplace.  There is an article from November’s issue that I would like to share.

What Moms Choose: Stay at Home or Work?

There isn’t a mom around who hasn’t looked at someone else’s work life choices and questioned her own decisions. “What Moms Choose,” a major new study from the Working Mother Research Institute, sheds light on how moms feel—and the paths they pick—today.

via What Moms Choose: Stay at Home or Work? | workingmother.com.