Cartoon lips - teaser for full face comic book look for Halloween

EASY HALLOWEEN COMIC BOOK LIPS

I had so much creating this fun and easy look. I will be sharing the tutorial soon for what this look will be helping to create. 

Step 1. I find it easiest to start off with clean and dry lips. I use my rodan + fields lip micro-dermabrasion. It scrubs off all the dead skin cells and leaves my lips feeling so smooth. 

Step 2. I apply one layer of stiff uppper lip stain. This is the color "skittish" from Younique. I really love how bright and pretty this color is. 

Step 3. I line the outside of my lips with the precision point eyeliner is the shade "perfect". 

Step 4. I also lined the inside of my lips as well. 

Step 5. I drug out the inner liner a little in random spots. 

Step 6. I added some "highlights" with my precision eyeliner in "pristine". 

Step 7. Layered it with "loyal" lip gloss and voila! Super easy and super cute. 

So all of the products I used can be found at www.lindseyriley.com. I had fun creating this look and please feel free to share yours with me if you recreate it! 

Back to School: One year of changes

Look how adorable my sweet babies were for their first day of Kindergarten. They were so excited for school to start. They've been each other's best friend since birth and all the together-ness (is that even a word?) was driving them a little crazy. We opted to have them in separate classes and it helped them become their own person so much! KT had aspirations to be a teacher and KP's goals were to be a chef or a "cooker" as she called it. 

We went through so many changes in one year, I switched career paths, their dad was promoted in his job as well. We bought our first house,  KT had her 2nd cranio related surgery, we traded in a car, the girls went tubing for the first time,  we gained two little fur babies, started my own business and so so much more that I couldn't even begin to put into words. 

Our new home, isn't it so cute!?

Enjoying a little time at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. 

KT getting ready to go back to surgery. 

KT spending the night in the PICU after surgery. She never ceases to amaze me. 

ANNNNNNNNNNND here is my "babies" on their first day of 1st Grade. They will be 40 and I'm sure I will still call them my "babies". They grow up so fast! 

Halloween on a budget

So this year we had Halloween on a budget. The girls loved their costumes and I've spent under $10. I bought KP's last year on clearance for a few dollars. So this year it was still brand new in the package and she didn't know different. KT ended up wearing a bride dressup outfit we had at home and I painted her face. So this year all I spent was money on the face paint!

A little fun in the water

So since KT was crabby and enjoyed a nap, me and KP enjoyed some fun in the sprinkler.

There's nothing better than summertime and water. 

4th Birthday Party - Under the big tent.

I love being able to do themes for birthday parties.

This year I chose to do a Circus theme since the girls loved the circus so much this year. 

I had a lot easier time finding things than I thought I would. Hobby Lobby is where I found most of my supplies and the sunday paper always has coupons for there in it so I had friends save some for me.

 Every year I make a posterboard for everyone to sign.

The girls had a blast. Pin the nose on the clown was a big hit. We got a few guests, including myself to wear the clown noses. I made the cupcakes myself and saved money. Decorations were easy since we stuck to the primary colors. We served hot dogs as the main dish, with some pasta salad, beans, chips and dip/salsa and of course can't forget the circus peanuts. 

Belated 4th of July recap

 KT being red, white and sweet.

 KP and her daddy doing sparklers.

 KT hiding her eyes...then her mouth from all the smoke.

4th Birthday Celebration

Yesterday my twin tornadoes turned 4 yesterday and it was absolutley bittersweet.

I remember the day I had them like it just happened. It was so exciting, a little more scary and definetly an experience I won't forget. Even though I didn't have a c-section I had to deliver in the operating room. I think the scariest part was seeing how many people were in there. I had a team of nurses and each baby had a team of nurses just waiting on them. Only my mom was allowed in the OR with me and I'm so thankful she was there for me. KP was born first and was rushed off to the team waiting for her. KT was born 20 minutes later which only seemed like a few minutes to me. Once again,KT was rushed over to the other side of the room and KP was already on her way to the NICU. The reality of what was happening was still hitting me.
The NICU doctor that was in the OR ordered the nurses to let me see KT. I only held her for a few seconds before they informed me they needed to get her down to the NICU quickly. My mom realized something wasn't right then with the way KT was breathing.

I was sent to recovery and to wait until the girls were stabilized. In the mean time my blood pressure was sky high and I was not allowed to do anything especially get out of bed, not that the epidural would have let me anyways haha. By the time anyone was able to see them 6 hours had already passed. I had to sign permission for my mom and sister to go to the NICU first. The first time I ever seen KP was through the view finder on a camera. I was absolutely devastated to see such a tiny little thing all hooked up to wires. It broke my heart to think something could be wrong with them even though I thought I had prepared myself for this. There is no way to prepare yourself for a baby(babies) in the NICU. I finally got to see them in person that evening and touch them. It amazed and shocked me that those two beautiful babies were a part of me. KT had other medical problems but continues to show us all true strength. Both girls were supposed to stay in the NICU for 6 weeks, KP came home in 2 weeks and KT camed home in 4 weeks.

The girls once struggled to survive and now I struggle to keep up with them ;). It makes me so happy to see them progress daily and watch all the things they learn each day. 

People ask me all the time how I do it with twins. I just shrug and say "you just do it." I don't think I could have made it this far without all the support of my family and friends. Now that they are older I am kinda glad I had twins first. They always have a best friend to entertain them...and yes fight with too! I think if I ever have another I will be shocked with how easier it will seem to only feed one.

The past 4 years have been a long journey but one that was definetly worth it. The girls have shown me true strength, unconditional love and have always been my rock and motivation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY LOVES.

XOXO MOM :)