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Hi My Loves!!!

Today is a very exciting day because I finally changed my hair color and I LOVE IT! I am so happy I decided to change it up a bit. I hope you guys like it as much as I do. I'm going to give you a breakdown of what I did in this post with before and after pictures.

You can see below my hair was pretty much one solid color of really bleached blonde. While I love blonde, I had just gotten a little bored with it and it was beginning to look a little un dimensional (is that a word) and washed out on me. I have just been getting highlights for so long now that it was just time for a change.

Before:

After:

I am so happy with how my hair turned out. My delightful friend did it for me and she just used weaved lowlights all underneath (no blonde in the back at all) and then highlights (just the roots) and lowlights on the sides, crown and top. 

For the lowlights we used Paul Mitchell 1/2 7WB & 1/2 6G with 20 Volume. The blonde was something she already had, I think it's the Salon Care Prism Lites Lightener from Sally's and she used 30 volume on my roots only. We left the foils in for 30 minutes.

(Photo Source: Sally's)

(Photo Source: Google)

(Photo Source: Google)

(Photo Source: Google)

Sometimes you just need a change. If you have been feeling like you are bored with your hair and need to change it up a bit, then just do it! Don't be nervous... it will make you feel so much better :) It was really what I needed to make me love my hair again.

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#WhatsNewWednesday: Piggy Paint GIVEAWAY!

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Today I have a fun #WhatsNewWednesday featuring Piggy Paint. If you have never heard of Piggy Paint before it's a nail polish designed for kids. These polishes are Non Toxic, Odorless & Kid Friendly.... they are basically Natural as Mud :) I was super excited to try these out when I was asked if I wanted to review them. I haven't painted Lily's nails up until I got these so this was Lily's first time with nail polish. A very snazzy time for Lily, she had so much fun getting her nails painted. We've tried them a few times now and the first time we went with two shades of pink. The second time around she wanted pink & purple on her toes and red on her nails. It was such a fun thing for me to do, sitting with my baby girl painting her nails. It's something every Mom can't wait to do with their daughter and to know that the polish I'm using is so friendly to my little one makes it even better. Phoenix also had fun naming all of the colors and picking out his favorite ones. He ended up wanting his nails painted too, so he chose some manly colors (blue and green)... he loved them!

If you are looking for the longest lasting toddler manicure, this isn't it... but the polish comes in very pretty colors and dries super fast and the kids love it. What I also like is that because it does chip off so quickly (who knew you would like that haha) you don't have to worry about having to use yucky polish removers to get their nail polish off. It just disappears within a few days. The colors really only need one coat as well as they are quite opaque so it's nice that you don't have to spend too much time. 

I got all of the colors pictured below. They come in this super cute little box and what I like is that it's simple colors, so it's easy for the kids to recognize the colors. They are all super shimmery except for the orange and light pink. My favorite's are the dark green, blue and hot pink. Such beautiful colors! If you did want to use these on your nails I would definitely suggest using a base coat and top coat as they don't dry shiny and chip quickly.

Here's all the colors on my fingers. How beautiful is that dark green? It's like the Wizard of Oz.

Please excuse the messy paint job, I'm tired haha!

Here's the one that broke ;( Of course it's mine and Lily's favorite color) but isn't that just how the cookie crumbles lol!

The lovely ladies at Piggy Paint have a prize for one lucky winner. One person will win a Glitter Girls Set (seen below). They were also kind enough to give me a coupon code for my readers. If you head on over to www.piggypaint.com and use the code piggypaint20 you will get 20% off until March 31st. These can also be found at Walmart.

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Pin the "Pin it to Win it" picture above by hovering your mouse over the picture, once you see the pin it button in the top left hand corner, click on it and share it on your pinterest :) 

Comment below answering this question: 

What's your favorite thing to do with your daughter or son and if you don't have kids... what's your "me" time?

Please leave your email address in the comment, so that I have a way to contact you directly through my samschuerman@gmail.com account. If you get an email that is not from that address, DO NOT REPLY (check spelling on the name)

This contest will end on Sat, March 15th at 11pm MST. Winner will be contacted privately ;)

Good Luck!

Thanks for reading!

I participated in a campaign for Piggy Paint and received a product sample to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for participating.

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