Product of the Year

It's new, it's cheap, and it really works!!!

... i know i sound like some infomercial, but this is a product i swear by. It has, in fact, changed my life.

It all started about a week ago when my friend Angie asked me if i had darkened my hair. I guess she saw a picture that had my hair appearing darker than it is. Well it wasn't long until another friend asked me the same question... and another! I thought it was a bit ridiculous seeing as i still had a head of dirty blonde hair. Well then, I was hanging out in dance class with Kourt and we got on the subject. We were goofing around and put her gorgeous long rich dark brown hair on top of mine, looked in the mirror, and decided it might just look cute!

Long story short... the blonde is gone!

Here are some pics:

Before...

After!!

And so the change was made! It was fun, but i was really worried about adopting darker hair when i have such ghostly white skin...

I expressed this fear to best friend talli who had an interesting suggestion- two words: fake tan. Now she didn't come right out and say that, but it was essentially what she was alluding to when she picked the product out for me that would best accomplish this.

I was skeptical at first because this stuff wasn't even legit fake tan... it goes on clear. I mean if i'm going to use a product to tan myself, i at least expect it to show me results! well tal- knowing my impatient nature, told me to just wait and keep using it. So i bought it and used it a few times yesterday. I even put it on right after i washed my face to get ready for bed. This made me nervous because i could only hope it wouldn't make me break out...

Well folks i am here to tell you this is the greatest product to hit the market this year!

Orange tan is tacky, but this stuff "gradually creates natural looking color". I kid you not! instead of having a pale face with my new darker hair, i have a natural glow. And not only does it Look good, but it feels like conditioner for my face. I rarely rave about products... but this one- wow! i want to get the body lotion now. Did i mention it is spf 20?

If you haven't tried this face lotion you are missing out- this coming from someone that rarely buys the fluffy products and has super sensitive skin with a loathing for fake tacky tans!

oh and fyi- SEVEN DOLLARS PEOPLE!!!!

xoxo mis jer bree

Spaghetti Squash

So today I discovered how incredibly delicious spaghetti squash is. It reminds me of a little bit of heaven. It all started when my amazing roommate Sarah asked me if I would like to try some spaghetti squash....the sound of it was so strange!! But I thought to myself, what the heck, I'll have some. From here on out my life was changed.
The most important part of spaghetti squash is making sure it's cooked thoroughly with plenty of butter on top. Once you have it all the way cooked, you add a bit of salt and pepper and sit down to savor each bite. Don't be surprised if you think fairies are dancing on your tongue!!! Earth to spaghetti squash!!! Now go try some :)

My color My code

Dr. Hartman is the author of the Color Code Personality Test. I'm not a personality psychologist... but i do believe within such studies some truth can be found.

If you are not familiar with the personality profiles, there are four colors: red, white, blue and yellow. Reds: the power wielders. Whites: the peacekeepers. Blues: the do-gooders. Yellows: the fun lovers.

So which category do i fall into???
If this isn't obvious to you... we need to hang out more.

YeLLoW!!!!!!!

I encourage each of you to go find out what color you are.
http://www.colorcode.com/
Knowing your color helps to give you a personality type to identify with and exemplify. From a psychology point of view... i both love and hate that. But we won't go into that right now.

*side note- i was talking to someone the other day who said something about not wanting to be around me b/c i would analyze them all the time... try being Me! My every thought gets scrutinized and picked apart or analyzed by myself... haha

Back to my color... i am a yellow thru and thru. I mean, it's a nice color... but what does it mean?

"Yellows are motivated by Fun. Without their natural talents of enthusiasm and optimism, the world would be a boring place for all. They are here to have a great time. Yellows have an innate ability to be happy. They believe it is okay to play, and people who don’t understand this have limited minds. Yellows love to enjoy life. They have a mental attitude that allows them to appreciate what they have rather than be miserable over what they don’t . They spend much of their time charming everyone in an entertaining way.

Yellow Strengths: Yellows tend to spend their time around people. They love to be with others. In like manner, people like to take care of and be around Yellows. People feel better about themselves when with Yellows because of their positive energy. They are optimistic and really believe the best is yet to come. Yellows are enthusiastic. They quickly respond to anything that appears fun or a new adventure. However, they are contented with more playful adventure, not the challenging adventure of the Reds. They prefer activities without too much risk or potential for pain. Instead, they prefer activities that involve many people having a good time together. They are persuasive, so don’t be surprised if Yellows haul you off to do something unexpected. You don’t even have to be someone special to them. They may have just met you an hour ago, but now you are invited to their house for dinner that night. They have difficulty sitting through a boring lecture without becoming the entertainer. Their spontaneous nature is always looking for something new to do."

And that, my friends, is a great description of my color coded personality. (Naturally, i am much more complex than 2 paragraphs... but its a descent start ;)

xoxo miss jer bree

Pics from Colorado and Parties

Last weekend, Darbs and I headed to Colorado for a blast of a trip! I was going to write about it here... but instead i'll just show you in pictures and you can ask me about the trip later ;)

The weekend before Halloween, there were many a parties calling our names. And so we answered the call and it looked a little something like this...

xoxo miss jer bree

:)