Wow! I’m so honored to be the recipient of this award – and from such an inspiring source, too.
Tamara from Brunette & Pink is such a gorgeous lady – classic and elegant – with wicked skills with a makeup brush. Having survived a bout of thyroid cancer (!), she blogs about makeup, style and life in an upbeat, inspiring way. I love her “Footwear Fridays” and her “Makeup 101” posts. Great reading and necessary fashion food!
The award requires me to list 7 details about myself – well, here they are:
1. I had this major, MAJOR crush on Lou Diamond Phillips when I was a kid. (Young Guns II was my favorite.movie.ever for like 5 years in a row.) I even sent him a fan letter and got an autographed photo back that said “God Bless Lou Diamond Phillips.” I was never sure if he was writing “God Bless” to me specifically or if it was an attempt at reverence for the actor himself.
2. While we’re on the subject of autographed photos…When I was 9, I was horrified to find out that such a beautiful thing as the rainforest was being destroyed at an acre per minute [it’s actually now an acre and a half per second, apparently) in the name of “progress.” I was so incensed I wrote a letter on my best scalloped-edge stationery to Pres. George Bush (the senior, who was Pres. at the time), that he needed to do all he could to save such an important and necessary part of the environment. I received an autographed 9 x 11″ photo of the Pres., sitting in the Oval Office looking important, in reply.
3. I graduated high school in 3 years instead of 4 by condensing my junior and senior year into one and taking double the courseload in order to get the credits to graduate. Majorly bad move.
4. I get horribly chapped lips during the winter. Nothing helps them – not even the infamous Kiehl’s. I’ve tried just about anything, and now just slather on Neosporin covered with a layer of Chapstick when I sleep. If anyone has any recommendations for a super-healing lip cream, I’m all ears!
5. I pierced my bellybutton myself when I was 16. It came out, though.
6. I love snorkeling for shells in Hawaii and when my family and I go, we always go to the same secluded off-the-radar bay to find the best shells on the whole island. I haven’t found anything extremely rare though!
7. I don’t drink alcohol. At all. I hate the stuff, the taste, the burn in the mouth. Blech. I tried to force myself to drink 4 oz of red wine a day for the health benefits like a year or so ago – on the second day I was already gagging and so gave it up. I can stand rum raisin ice cream though, but that’s it!
The seven other Beautiful Bloggers I am passing this on to?
Chie at Vivat Veritas
Aya at Triangle Y Triangle
The Owl’s Closet
(I know you’ve already received one of these already…but I thought you deserved another!;-)
Melissa from RetroLove
Please list 7 little-known facts about yourselves on your blogs…and pass it on to seven other Beautiful Bloggers!
Thank you Tamara! You are the sweetest ever!
xoxox
Carly
I suffer with badly chapped lips too, although piling on the Vaseline usually works, this winter it didn't so my mum made me try her elizabeth arden 8 hour cream at it really did make a huge difference. You should try that!
I get awful chapped lips too…and chapped skin around my face, if I'm not careful! My quick solution from my dad is a combination of baby oil and Vaseline….rub baby oil into your lips first, then cover with a layer of Vaseline to seal it in before bed. For really bad days, I keep a tiny bottle of clinique “all about lips” in my makeup pouch. It's a bit weird at first to put lotion on your lips, but if you ever get chapped skin from cold wind it does wonders!
Also, something my whole family does to prevent dry skin in the winter is to make sure there's enough oil in our diet. We keep a good loaf of sourdough or other artisan bread and a good bottle of extra virgin olive oil, and try to make sure we each get some as a snack every day. It's helped with other skin problems besides chapped lips, too.
Congrats on the award, you deserve it!
Aw! You're beautiful inside and out! I have the same problem with my chapped lips. What works best for me is neosporin at night, whatever facial moisturizer have at the time in the morning (sometimes I just carry it with me and use it throughout the day) and chap stick. Aquafina, the bottled water company, had the most hydrating lip balm I've ever tried, although I had to re-apply a lot. I think they stopped making it since I haven't been able to find it lately.
Ooh thank you daisymay!
I may just try to grab myself a free sample at the makeup counter before committing! I've heard some good things about this cream before – but not for putting on the lips!
Thank you for your comment!
xoxox
Carly
thank you for the award!
you are such a smart girl to have graduated school in 3 years!! im impressed:)
xoxo
I have a major addiction to vaseline, so if i go without it for a few days, my lips are pretty bad!
thanks for the nomination!
xx
thanks so much for the award, carly:) congrats on urs! well deserved! i enjoyed reading ur random facts. i feel like i know u more now:D wow, two autographed pics and one of them from the president! too cool;) i didn't get a chance to go snorkeling when i was in hawaii, but ur trip sounds amazing! yup, i agree…malasadas are “da bomb” lol:D ive tried the original cream puffs from beard papas. they're so good!
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Awwww, you are too kind. Thank you so much for this award – I'm honoured and flattered.
And gah, I have the same dry skin affliction with my hands! Avon Intensive Therapy has done wonders, but I'm not sure they make a lip balm…
[Your blog rocks, btw!]
Carly, thank you soooo much! Sorry I'm just now commenting, I'm a little behind on my blog reading.I love reading your posts and your personal factoids were great!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!
I was going to recomend vaseline for the chapped lips, but i see someone already has haha. i'll usually just glop it on at night before i go to bed and then all the nasty dead skin comes off in the morning. then i try to keep the moisturized the rest of the day. Is it weird we're talking about this? haha! XD
I enjoyed the rest of your facts you mentioned! :)oh yeah, and alcohol? I'm the exact same way!! haha Glad I'm not the only one, I always get made fun of lol
congrats on the blog award. 😀 that bit about Lou Diamond Phillips was very funny. 🙂
re: chapped lips, you could try straight shea butter (if you haven't already). I've found it helpful for very dry skin. It tends to be a bit water resistant so it lasts longer on the skin than regular lotion, which may also be true for use on the lips. The best part: it's super cheap and all natural. 🙂
Avoid anything with eucalyptus, peppermint, menthol, etc. as those can dry out your lips more.