11 Minute Mommy Hair and Makeup - Mini Interruptions Included

Let's talk about getting ready in the morning with a baby around. Long gone are the days of spending an hour on myself each morning primping, doing my hair and makeup. With a baby crawling around (soon to be walking) getting into things, needing up, wanting down, getting him ready and out the door so we can take Aaron to work... mornings can be hectic. (Understatement of the year, hah!)

Since Dean has been born I have worked on a routine to get myself ready quickly and as stress free as possible. Here is a little video of how I get my hair and makeup done in the morning with baby around. I hope you like it!



I need to work on the lighting and I was very nervous recording this video.
First off I stick Dean in a little jumpy thing with toys so he's contained and busy while I'm getting ready. He doesn't always like it in there but it works long enough for me to get done. Of course the day I filmed this video he was an angel and hardly interrupted me at all- yay!

My curling iron is pretty hot, which allows me to curl all my hair fast. So on mornings I blow-dry and curl my hair I put a heat protection product on it so keep it from becoming too damaged. Starting from the left front and working towards the back I curl my hair in ringlets. Then I work the right from front to back. This typically takes me about 6 minutes. I don't touch my hair once I'm done, I'll come back to it after I do my makeup and it has time to cool down.

Next I prime my face, put on concealer, foundation, bronzer, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, and lip balm. This takes me about 5 minutes. Very last, I ruffle the roots of my hair pretty vigorously- just the roots though. This loosens up the curls for a more natural look. Hairspray and done!

Products used:
Maybelline FitMe Foundation Stick
Maybelline FitMe Matte & Poreless Foundation
Maybelline FitMe Powder
Physician Formula Powder Palette Mineral Glow Pearls
Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tatoo Eye Shadow
Rimmel ScandalEyes Jumbo Eyeliner
L'Oreal Miss Manga Mascara

Even with little interruptions from Dean and a call from Aaron I can get this done in about 11-13 minutes. Not only am I ready but I feel good about myself. Confident. Maybe it's just me, but I'm way more productive when I'm feeling confident. Like some bad-ass mommy super hero. It is just me? Haha ok, that's alright in my book.

Do you have any tips or tricks that work for you? Do you do anything special with your little ones to help you get ready in the morning?

This post was originally written four months ago (when Dean was 12 months old) and, while I don't keep him inside the little jumpy-thingy, I still keep this routine

My Summer Makeup Routine

I did it. I recorded a video for the blog. Actually I recorded TWO but I'll save the second one for another day. This video is about my current daily makeup routine. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while now since I'm really really liking the products I'm using. Please enjoy the cheesiness of this video, I'm out of practice!


The products I use are:
■ Covergirl + Olay Tone Rehab CC Cream
■ Maybelline Fit Me! Foundation Stick
■ Maybelline Fit Me! Pressed Powder
■ Physicians Formula Mineral Glow Pearls
Dean spent part of his afternoon in the bouncer watching take after take after take... he was a good sport. He just sat there and watched me stand in front of his changing table with boxes and books stacked up on it so I could record the videos. I'm sure it was quiet a sight to see, ha! There's no illusions here about me being one of those Youtube gals who's all put together making videos. Nope! I'm a gal who's desk is blocked by the co-sleeper so I have to record videos on the changing table with my ipod stacked on top of lots of things

I hope this week is treating you well! So far so good for us. We've been able to take some time away from the store so we can focus on things at home. I have a big project planned for the blog this week and next. It was inspired by something in a Japanese fashion magazine and involves clothes. Once I get the pictures taken (hopefully tonight, fingers crossed) I'll be able to share more about it. Until then~ ♥

We've Been Trotting For A Year!

I have news! Big hews! KnittedFot Trot and been up for a year! I missed the one year anniversary last month... oops! Well let's make up for that shall we?! How about we do it with a giveaway!

Grand prize: A knitting kit to make your own Ellie Beanie! This includes knitting needles, two skeins of Vanna White yarn, cute scissors and measuring tape I picked up in Tokyo, a vintage crochet hook, and a holder for all this cute stuff!

Two runner's up will get: knitting needles, measuring tape, and cute scissors from Tokyo.

The excitement is so much~ I vlogged! I'm so awkward... xD


To win, enter one or all of the following ways:

Way #1: Follow KnittedFox Trot with Google Friend Connect and leave a comment saying you did that. If you already follow KFT, leave a comment saying so.

Way #2: Follow me on Twitter and let me know here saying you did that.

Way #3: Retweet my giveaway tweet and let me know here.

If you do all three of these that's three entries for you to win! No pressure to do them all, but props if you do. d^____________^b All entries will be put into a hat and drawn by either Aaron or Rinoa (although it will probably be Aaron) on Sept 8th.

Thank you to all my readers for the last year of laughs, hugs, emails, packages, notes, and fun! ♥♥♥♥♥

Fashion Friday

One thing I haven't thought about when writing or reading blogs is "growing out" of something. Like a blog feature or craft. Have you ever thought about it?

It kinda makes you stop and think, huh?

The concept of this growth, for whatever reason, is just something that never crossed my mind. That is, until I watched a video from Elycia and Chantilly about The Rules of Blogging. These inspirational ladies are absolutely lovely and hearing how Chantilly had grown out of doing outfit posts made me realize that I had done that exact thing.

I started Fashion Fridays as a challenge for myself because I felt like I didn't have lot of cute things to wear, even though I did. Over the last few months, I haven't felt a need to challenge myself because I feel good in my clothes now. Challenge successful, I think. Yay!

It became a bit of a habit to come to work in the morning and immediately snap pictures of my outfits before I opened the store. Even though I don't feel a huge desire to do outfit posts every day like I used to, I've taken a few pictures here and there.

This isn't going to be my last FF post, but I definitely won't be doing them as frequently as I used to.

Probably.

I'm kinda at that point where I feel like I don't have many summer clothes, but I think I might just need to do laundry...

Is there a part of your blog that you grew out of? Did you replace it with something you grew into? I'd love to hear your thoughts on growing in your blog.

Things I'm Loving ~ Sunshine

Would it surprise you if I told you that I live in Washington State and in a desert? Yeah the Evergreen State state isn't all covered in trees. In fact, this is what my area looks like:

via Wikipedia
Beautiful isn't it?

It's a high elevation desert so we have extreme winters and summers. This summer is no exception. Blue skies, 100*+, and low humidity weather has been the norm for the last few weeks.

I just love the sunshine we get here (even though it gets face melting hot)! Since the hot weather came to town I switched up my makeup routine for the summer. Who likes their makeup sliding down their face?! Not me! So I made a video this morning about the lighter makeup I use. Check it out:



Do you change up your routine in the summer? Do you have one particular cosmetic you just can't survive summer without?