Niki Chennell: 2013

Monday, February 18, 2013

My story and I gotta get my booty on track!

I need to get my ass up off the couch, stop drinking soda, beer, and eating bunch of junk food. Sorry this isn't a post about makeup but I need to write down how I'm feeling so I stick with it.

From 14 years old to about 20 I hated my body and had an eating disorder. I lost a bunch of weight but I wasn't healthy. I wouldn't eat for days and days, I was always tried and always had a head ache.

Fast forward to almost 5 years ago, I met my hubby and his family, they were always so sweet and amazing. His mother is an EXCELLENT cook. I started to eat more in a day then I used to in a week. Yes I gained weight but I felt healthier.

When I got preggers with son I was 150 and at my 9 month mark before he was born I was about 185. I was really really big. Luckily after I had him I went back down to my 150 pretty quickly but it wasn't where I wanted to be.

9 months ago I had my daughter and the whole pregnancy I was determined to lose all the weight and more. I had her and dropped to 150 really quickly. I was breast feeding, eating healthy, and exercising. The lowest I got to was 125. I was happy. It still where I wanted to be but it was a good start.

The holidays came around and I stopped working out and started to drink soda again and I gained about 6lbs. I was hating it but I wasn't doing anything to stop it. I weighed my self a couple days ago and I was 136lbs.

So yesterday I woke up and I started to really hate myself. I was getting sad because some of my clothes were getting tight. I'm not comfortable in my own skin and that made it worse. I need to make a change I need to start liking the mirror.

Today I went for a 30 min walk, I ate pretty healthy, and I did some lunges and wieghts. I want to get myself back on track to that body that I really really wanted and know I can have. I hope you guys didn't mind my long post about myself. Sorry!!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Viva Glam Nicki 2

I am loving lavender right now! I think it is going to be the color of the Spring season. What do you think?

Here are some swatches of Nicki and Nicki 2

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Sugarpill Cosmetics

Here are some swatches of the Sugarpill Palette I got from IMATS.

I hope you guys enjoy!

Dupe Alert!

So I went on a search for some dupes this weekend. I succeeded once and a fail the second time.

This first one is a fail. I was trying to dupe MAC Cozy Up and couldn't find anything exact. That color is limited and is such a beautiful color and to me the perfect nude. I even tried mixing Honeylove with Ravishing but it didn't work.

Ok this one is a success. I was actually trying to match MAC Currant but I ended up matching MAC Vino to NYX Deep Purple. I think it is perfect. I over swatched MAC Vino so it looks a little darker.

Hope you guys enjoyed!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

My IMATS experience!

Hey everyone. So I finally got to go to IMATS this year and I was so over whelmed by all the people and the lines. Hopefully by the next one I can attend the PRO event. Here are just a few photos of the awesome people I met and the stuff I got.

Ok first off this is my makeup for IMATS. I did a true smokey eye with brown colors.

Eye Kandy Cosmetics. I follow these awesome ladies on Instagram and wanted to meet them and decided to purchase some glitter. Missy and Victoria were so helpful!