Beauty

PHYTO winner!

Thank goodness for random.org!  If it was up to me, I could NEVER have picked a winner!  Congrats Sonia!! Please email your info to shanna@myfavoriteeverything.com. You will LOVE the PHYTO products. Just this morning I looked down at my flat brush and was in awe that it wasn’t filled to the brim with my hair!

my hair is in love with an old favorite

Where to begin with this particular goodness…hmmmm.

Simply put, PHYTO hair products have saved my life.

Yes, I know that sounds dramatic, but in all honesty, with 3 pregnancies in 3 years, this is the FIRST TIME I have not lost half a head of hair!!!  You would think just HAVING 3 kids, 2 years old and younger, would make me lose ALL of my hair.  Somehow, these 3 miracle bottles have given me a whole new outlook on product

friday favorites...and they are fabulous!

I have 3 newly found websites, that I am IN LOVE with!!!

So Happy Friday Favorites to you all…..here goes…

Hair Thursday“.  LOVE this site!  From beauty tricks, quick hair fixes, to the most darling little boy’s haircut (though super stiff competition with my nephews’) you absolutely must check out this site.  Most especially this post, 4.9 – Preschoolers Need Style Too!

(Photo: Hair Thursday)

And if you like this undeniably handsome little guy’s haircut, then you definitely need…

Battle of the Belly Bulge

So instead of posting a meal plan today, I wanted to let you all know what plan of attack I plan on taking to fight my 3 years of baby lbs.  I saw this segment one morning on the Today Show and it looked interesting to me for a few reasons:

  1. It gave me a cookbook with photos and recipes to choose from.
  2. There were meals that I could make for everyone in my family.
  3. The diet targets BELLY FAT, HELLO! 

the need for getting back to basics

Last week was a meet your maker week for me.  I had hit a wall and needed to regroup. I love my family, my husband, my Littles.  But I was struggling to make it all work for us and for me.  My sweet husband and suggested I take some time off, maybe get a massage.  The problem with this is that I would still come back to the problem.  My closets would still be a mess, my extra baby weight would still be there, and…

wordless wednesday ~ you can do anything...

I’m not sure I can really call this a Wordless Wednesday, how about WORDY Wednesday….I mean I didn’t EXACTLY take this photograph (does scanning into one’s computer count???) But I just had to share it!  This was inside of the recent Spanx package I opened…is this not HYSTERICAL!  Can you imagine doing ANY of those things in Spanx???  Not thinking I’m jumping from a burning building anytime soon, but I do love the message that we can do anything!

So shhhhhh, don’t tell anyone, but these are the BEST KEPT

my favorite thursday!

Today is a little different than normal.  We may have a few extra friends stopping by to say “Hello” at My Favorite Everything because today is…My SITS Featured Blogger Day!

For those that have no idea what that means, SITS is a ridiculously, crazy supportive group that introduces you to other fabulously fun blogs, and today is the day for My Favorite Everything’s introduction!  Talk about a Favorite Day!  Thank you Heather & Tiffany!

I’m going to keep this short & simple I hope (if you know me,…

friend favorite ~ carly zipp ~ 5 favorite things

I have not met Carly Zipp – but after reading her post, I WANT TO!  She comes to us today from a mutual friend that always steers me in great favorite directions!  Carly is definitely a new favorite friend for me!  I would also love to be 27 again and having fun in NYC!  A little about today’s friend favorite:

“I’m 27 and live in NYC. My professional history includes MTV, VH1, CMT, In Style, Real Simple, Essence, Health, MyRecipes.com, and Time Inc. Corporate. Oh, I was also a radio

friend favorite ~ tiny oranges ~ fabric foundation

Jen comes to us today from Tiny Oranges!  This is a favorite local OC blog of mine.  Jen is as busy as they come, yet always up for sharing a tip or trick. For more great tips check out her earlier post on a great non-granny panty if you missed it. She is a Favorite OC Blogger Friend and I most definitely encourage you to check out Tiny Oranges!!

Here is Tiny Oranges latest Beauty Favorite

“When my newborn was…

friend favorite ~ jane monreal ~ budget friendly beauty aids

Jane Monreal, who has worked more than 15 years in TV and radio broadcasting in the Los Angeles market, was most recently the traffic and features reporter for KABC-TV’s Eyewitness News in the morning. After joining KABC in 2004, she took on roles as segment producer and writer, anchored its inaugural live webcast of the Academy Awards Arrivals Show in 2007, and served as the station’s “Resident Dance Expert” for the hit ABC show, “Dancing with the Stars.”  Previously, she was the lead afternoon traffic reporter for KFWB News 980, where she…

favorite finds friday

These weeks keep flying by, HOW does that happen?!?!?  I must say, I LOVED my week off from cooking!!  Such a treat!  I can honestly say I have never done that before, but will definitely again.  It was obviously a little pricier than cooking every meal, but if you balance it between some lower priced places, it’s not too bad.  And fun for older kids too, you could have everyone pick a place for a night.

(And YES,  I Have posted

rodeo drive nails

Continuing the topic of New Year, New You….

I’m feeling good, are you? Would love to hear how your goals are going!

I’ve managed to get walks with the girls in, some good park time, and a shower each day.  Albeit, the shower is at the end of the day and I go to bed with wet hair and throw it back the next morning.  BUT my hair and I are clean,  I’ve gotten exercise, and I’ve played outside with the girls, so for ALL OF THAT, I feel like I’ve…

book club babes

Multitasking

Honestly, I have the BEST Book Club group of friends ever!
I so wish you could meet them as they are a FAVORITE group of girls!

They can multi-task like nobody’s business!!
And are amazing examples of what moms and friends should be.
(I can only hope that Addie & Hay will know friends as fabulous.)

Last night was our Holiday Book Club Party which is the one book club each year that EVERYONE makes it…

a delicious smooch of enjoyment

Beauty Shopping Bag

So I was desperate yesterday…

Background…

With #3 on the way, my SUV would no longer work for us as the second row had bucket seats and we couldn’t expect Addie to crawl into the third row and buckle herself up when she is not even 2 years old yet. Plus it didn’t leave a lot of room for gear, which you kind of have a lot of with  3 children, 2 and under…Soooo, my beloved SUV was on the market and we ordered the next step.…

where is mommy's brain...

Addie Glasses

Well, I have definitely been a little behind the game this week!
I kind of feel like Addie in this photo!

I WAS feeling pretty good about all the fun posts this week!  So many wonderful FAVORITES!
But then as I sat down to work on today’s post, it occurred to me that I never posted a menu, shopping list or December “to do” list last Friday!!!

HELLO – brain where have you gone and WHEN will you be back!!

sexy, smoky party eyes!

Holiday 33

With all the holiday parties upon us, it’s time to put on our “A Game” and look like the hot mamas (sisters, grandma’s, ladies!!) that we are!  I enlisted the help of FABULOUS Misha from Holiday Salon to help us all out.  She is my favorite Orange County make-up go-to girl and knows all the best tricks to make your assets work for you! You will look even more amazing once she has worked her magic!  Misha helped me with my “hot smoky eyes” for Halloween that…

unexpected expenses...but great gift ideas!

Doesn’t it always work, that you have to open your wallet for unexpected expenses at the WORST time ever??!!  This month we’ve each had traffic tickets (the dumb ones that you think, SERIOUSLY!?!?), medical bills for an emergency room visit for Addie (that turned out well, thank goodness!), and this weekend….replacing my makeup bag…

Now any girl reading this KNOWS that replacing your makeup bag is painful!  I don’t even want to add the cost up…the designer bag itself (which was a gift), the amazing brushes (that were a gift), and the priceless collection…

my week in an nutshell

First the basics:

YES!  Next weeks’s menu and shopping list are posted and ready to enjoy (at least I hope you enjoy them! Would love to hear any comments back on what you think, what you would like to see more of, what’s not working for you, what might be helpful, etc…)

We have 2 fabulous winners of the iTunes gift cards from Wednesday’s Post!

Hayden & Addie helped pick them both…it was a very formal drawing!

bootcamp for your backside

This is not what I was planning on posting today, but when I received the email with the 30% off for 3 days, I decided it was only fair to share with you all (I have no affiliation with this company at all – I just love the products and wanted to pass  along a promotion)…so I moved this entry up on the post list.

Now I definitely need to start off by saying that I’m not making any claims to the fact that air brushed perfection can be reached…

last minute halloween thoughts

A few last minute Halloween things to think about….

Holiday Halloween

FIRST – have you ever thought about doing something, but are totally “spooked” at what it might cost that you rule it out before you try?  I’m usually pleasantly surprised when I actually ASK what it might cost.   That being said – how about having someone else do you’re eye makeup and  fake lashes for Halloween? (Feel like a celebrity for minute without the billion…