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Finally the last stop on the tour was the hand creams and lip care. This is my all time favorite section. I was able to try some hand creams. The one that will be bought this fall is the SOS Repair & Care because once it gets colder my hands get dry and chapped and this will help them. The other creams in the line are the Q10, Express hydration, Pure & Natural and the Smooth Replenishing.

Personally for me I prefer the lip balms in the jars over the sticks & tubes. I know the jars are messy but they are so hydrating and long lasting. I never really have to reapply like I do when its in the stick/tube.

As you can see Nivea has a great selection of sticks that offer hydration, color & shine, instant repair & relieft and SPF. The tubes over you color & shine and the jars offer you long lasting and moisture.

I want to thank Nivea for making this one of the stops on the tour. I loved getting to see the brands, what is new and meeting the awesome staff that was there.

A huge thank you to Adam for showing me around and talking about the products and to Antonia for her recommendations and to talking me into doing that video.

As I was leaving Antonia gave me this little goodie bag. Antonia I can’t wait to try the items out.

About the book:

 

After decades of hiding, the evil Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty is back with a vengeance.

Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spellended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother! Against the will of their grandmother, the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it”s ever faced.

I was lucky enough last year at BEA to hear Chris Colfer speak at the Children’s Author Breakfast and to meet him afterwards. He spoke about his first book The Land of Stories and listening to him speak I knew this was something I wanted to read. It was a book he was working on since he was 10 years old.

I was lucky enough to get a beautiful advanced readers copy of that book and it was read fairly quickly at the time. I loved it and for the first time I think ever I actually went out and bought a finished copy of the book.

So today I am really happy to let you know that book 2 in the series is being released today. I plan on going to get my copy right after Michael is done his swimming lesson this morning.

Did you read the first one? What did you think? Will you pick up the second one?

Have you ever wondered how you got hooked on a book, movie, a make up product anything else you obsess about?

That was the exact same thing I have been wondering, when and how did my obsession with eos lipbalms grow into what it is today?

I am completely obsessed with the eos lipbalms and I am always on the hunt for new ones to add to my collection.

I currently own 10 and I am pretty sure its the entire eos collection that I own.

The eos lipbalms are really hard to store so I came up with this neat idea. I found this cute flower shaped bowl at Winners one day and put all my eos lipbalms in this and it sits on my night table.

I think its very spring like and I really like how it gives my night table a pop of color. Since having it out and visible I have been using them much more on a daily bases.

You are probably sitting there thinking that I did this post yesterday and you would be correct I did do this kind of a post yesterday but if you know me I tend to over pack and I think that is due to the fact that I have no idea what we are going to do when we reach our destination.

I know that my brother in law has planned some things for us to do but I have no idea  what they are as he hasn’t sent me an email yet so its a total surprise so I want to be prepared. Expect the unexpected is what my motto is.

So yes I am bringing another make up bag with a few more items and I will show you that as well as the other items I am bringing with me.

 This make up bag will be in my suitcase and its actually a make shift one because I am using the Strand pencil case I bought this year. Inside that is a razor, tooth brush, tweezers, more hair pins, a scrunchie, two make up brushes, a Marcel BB cream to powder, and I thought it was time to use my Naked basic palette and Lorac Femme Fatale palette other wise they would probably just sit there unused. Also bringing three lip products one is a sheer linen lipstick by L’oreal (I believe) a Kate Moss lipstick (not sure of the shade but its got a bit of color) and lastly my Fresh lip balm just in case.

 I am also bringing hand wipes (as a mother you are always walking around wiping hands, mouths etc so I love traveling with these little pouches, a small pack of quite tips, small pack of Quo make up pads and finally some make up remover wipes. I know I probably could have bought this over there but I need to use up what I have before buying new.

 Some of the jewelry I am bringing is this cute little braclet/hair tie in silver and gold (not pictured cause I am currently wearing it) and two owl necklaces that I got from Old Navy. What I love about these are they have a long chain. They are just too darn cute and I was lucky enough to get a deal on them and it was buy one full price get the second for a $1.

This is the liquids I am bringing with me.

 Dove deodorant (this isn’t my normal one but I have to say I really like this), a small sample size of the apple shower gel (love the smell of this), suncreen as I said there is a heat wave going on and I don’t want sunburn people around me, toothpaste that I am excited to try and voltaren in case my knee acts up on vacation and I need some relief

 The other part of my make up is La Roche Posay for skin intolerance cleanser and moisturizer (not much left in these and I want to make sure I have it on hand in case something goes wrong and I have a reaction), the Marcel BB cleanser and BB cream (love these and bonus no reaction to them), a hand lotion, Olay concealer just in case of a break out and I need to cover up, a bath and body works perfume (love the smell and it can work in case the bathroom smells) the naked balm, mascara sample that I want to use up, a essence concealer which  will go in my purse in case I need a quick touch up and finally a Pore concealer just because I want to finish this up.

I tried to cut back on  my hair care stuff and I am actually down to a shampoo and conditioner (love the clear stuff and in the next few weeks I will have a review on it because a friend gave me the full size of each on to try and review, when I was in the US I discovered a line of hair care products from L’oreal that are for curls and I need that the liquid is a detangler, the other is a cream that I use when I put my hair up and the last one is by L’oreal too from that same line for the curls.

I really like the L’oreal stuff and wish it would appear on our shelves soon.

So this is what I am packing in my suitcase. I know its alot right?

 We have an almost 5 hour layover here. This is a city that I wish we could have at least spent the night in as its one of my must see cities. Perhaps one day we will return and visit. On the upside I have been told there is alot of shopping that can be done in this airport 🙂

Then after that lay over we are flying here:

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