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Wednesday, March 18, join us for a playdate at Rivertown Crossings play area at 9:30 a.m.
Our next meeting is March 27. We will be having a Dad’s Panel featuring 3 BRAVE husbands/fathers who will be heere to answer questions for us and share the male perspective on parenting. The Adventure talbe is scheduled to provide breakfast and the Hope table is cleaning up.
Today we enjoyed a presentation by Amanda Deppe of the Leslie Studio on ways to spruce up our wardrobe & make up. Here are Amanda’s notes from the presentation:
Remember you’ve probably already picked colors that suite you, Look in your home, your garden and your wardrobe chances are you’ve already started your color pallette.
For more ways to hone in on your coloring- look at the colors that make up your eyes, lips, hair and skin. There isn’t just one shade of brown or blue in your eyes for example.
Remember we all have different levels of contrast-
A gal with dark hair, dark eyes and fair skin has what’s called high contrast. This means she can wear colors that have high contrast whether it be in her wardrobe or makeup.
A gal with high contrasting color will love to have her eye’s lined, brows filled in with a dark brown, pink or coral pink blusher and a neutral lip shade. In the summer her contrast might shift to a softer brow color and a softer eye liner shade.
We can use the winter to our advantage if we echo the look of stark bark and white snow.
MAKE-UP
Apply a moisturizer (you might find you use a thicker moisturizer in the winter months then the summer time) either with or without spf in it. Create a balance for your skin to sun protection.
For a three minute makeup application-
1. Apply Concealer, this should be in all of our bags of tricks! Be gentle as you apply, tender skin under the eye.
2. Apply foundation (remember there are different formulas for different levels of coverage) to blend skin tones. Apply your foundation over the concealer to help blend under your eye. If you don’t know how to match your foundation up use the color of your neck or the back of your wrist as a guide.
3. Apply blusher in your neutral tone, give yourself a touch of flush look
4. Mascara
5. Lip gloss
For a five minute makeup application-
In addition to the above, focus some more attention to the eyes
1. Fill in your eye brows. Think of your brows as a frame to your eyes. You’ll be amazed how much your eyes stand out! If you have time, have your brows shaped- plucked, waxed… have a clear and natural shape to your brow
2. Line the top of your eye, I would suggest you try a color other than black. You want to wear the makeup not the other way around.
3. add a neutral eye shadow color to give yourself a polished look.
For Special Occasions-
You can either place more emphasis on your eyes with more than just a neutral shad on the lids, complimented by a neutral lip
or you can find a deeper shade of lip color for you lips and keep the eyes neutral.
If you have time, don’t be afraid to play with these looks.
WARDROBING
Instead of putting on jeans and t-shirt spice up your look with…
-add a blazer, make sure it fits you well.
-make the t-shirt a color that pops or with a pattern. If you use an all over pattern you can hide some of your flaws.
-Use accessories, a scarf, necklace, bracelet, earrings… skies the limit. Mix and match.
-Create some other go to pants, get a brown, kaki, navy, black, kaki green color- they’re mix right in with what you already have.
-When looking at shoes, there are tons of flats out there! You’d be surprised how a leopard print or metallic color can be a neutral or add just that pop your looking for in an outfit!
Think of your closet as a place where tops and bottoms can be mixed and matched, play around with your items.
If you notice there are some things you are missing- those are the things you should look for on your next shopping trip!
Don’t forget clothes can be altered.
Shapewear might be something you have on hand for that special dress, or pants. No one has to know you’re wearing it!
Come and visit us at The Leslie Studio, we’re at 3535 Lake Eastbrook Blvd. 616.942.9322 Give yourself an hour to have a complimentary makeup application and learn more about your personal colors. Don’t forget to mention you’re from this MOPS group for your discount. We’re also on line
www.thelesliestudio.com
If you want some help on your wardrobe, give me a call. I’ll gladly walk thru your closet with you, even go shopping with you. 616.669.5607
Remember, learning about your colors and what suites you can make your day to day easier and simpler. Take a deep breath and learn.
Notes from our Frugal Moms Forum on Febuary 27:
1. Cut & organize coupons from Sunday paper. Use a folder with baseball card dividers. Clean out expired coupons once a month. Expired coupons will usually be accepted up to 2 days after the expiration date. Can save the expired coupons to donate to the military.
2. Keep Smart Source coupon insert from Sunday Paper. Label with date on top. (Websites will alert you of sales for the week and where to find the coupons to go with them.)
3. Utilize the First Church coupon center (located across from the visitor’s center). Take what you need, or donate the coupons that you won’t use from the Sunday paper.
4. Tuesdays are a good day to go to Meijer because they restock late Monday night.
5. www.couponmom.com is comparable to Savings Angel.
6. www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/meijer has Meijer sales ad a week ahead of time.
7. Dollar Tree by World Market has the best selection – Best time to go is at the beginning of the month.
8. www.slickdeals.com (clothing store deals)
9. Craigs List – When selling something keep reposting. Be sure to let buyers know if you will only accept cash & don’t take down your listing until the person has come & picked up the item. (Great place to buy cloth diapers which is a big money saver!)
10. Meijer Pharmacy – Free Prenatal vitamins; They will match transferred prescription coupons from other stores plus give you other benefits.
11. CVS/Walgreens – “Carebucks” – Great way to get free products.
12. www.shoppingnotes.com – submit product urls for things you would like to buy & this site will e-mail you when they go on sale or the price drops.
13. Know your prices when shopping in bulk at Costco/Sam’s Club to assure that it really is a good deal. Buy hamburg and split into 1 pound servings- brown some before freezing for quick meal prep. Coffee beans are much cheaper at Costco than at the grocery store.
14. Try a monthly Meal Exchange with friends. (Check out The Freezer Cooking Manual from 30 Day Gourmet- By: Nanci Slagle or Cooking Among Friends)
15. Children’s Museum – Family Night every Thursday night
16. For the Kidz – Open Gym – $8 for 2 hours or $4 (per child) if you go for the last hour. (Friday 12:30-2:30 or Friday & Saturday 6:30-8:30)
17. Bright Beginnings or Library Story time
18. Amtrak to Chicago – Children under 12 half price – If you drive to MI City it is only $6 per person from there. 1st Monday of every month and every Thursday is free at the Field Museum.
19. Babysitting Co-ops – Trade babysitting with a friend for date nights.
20. “Trade Secret” in the mall – Hair products 20% off 10-11am every Tuesday and the last Tuesday evening of the month.
21. Try not to buy out of “need.” Stock up when things are on sale & you have a coupon.
Today we had a “Frugal Moms Forum” where we shared tips for saving time & money. We are compiling our notes from the meeting and will be posting them here on the blog shortly. Suzanne also shared a mentor moment centered around the importance of sharing control of our finances with our husbands.
Looking for a night out with your hubby? Join us for the “Ultimate Date Night” at First Church on Friday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. Purchase tickets here.
Our next playdate will be Wednesday, March 18 at 9:30 a.m. We will be meeting at the Rivertown Mall play area before the mall actually opens to enjoy some time to chat while our children play.
Our next MOPS meeting is Friday, March 13. MOPS mom Amanda Deppe from The Leslie Studio will be sharing tips to help us spruce up our wardrobe & make-up. The Hope table is scheduled to provide food & the Identity table is asked to stay for a few minutes to help clean up.
Thank you to all our MOPS moms for your generous donations at each meeting. We appreciate your support as it helps us stay on budget and enables us to provide quality speakers, and crafts & snack for your children.
Consign your gently-used children’s, maternity & baby items at the Carousel Consignment Sale on March 27 & 28 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Jenison, and you get 60% (volunteers 70%) of the selling price of your items! Or just go & shop the sale to get some great deals on clothes for your little ones. The proceeds of the sale benefit the MOPS group of Holy Cross Lutheran Church. For information on selling items at the sale, or to find out the hours of the sale, go to www.holycrossmops.org.
