*GIVEAWAY* $35 Gift Code from CSN!

It's time for another...GIVEAWAY! I hope you all are as excited as I am! Many of you have read what I have said about CSN stores. I did my Christmas shopping on CSN stores, bought things for Jaliyah and even my new stepper machine! You can get so many things at any of their 200+ stores from a pair of shoes to an Eames lounge chair!

Now it's your turn to do some online shopping at www.csnstores.com with a $35 gift code! If you win, I will contact you with your own personal $35 gift code to use on any of their sites! Excited yet?!

Rules..
- Must be a follower!
- The giveaway will end February 21st, 2011
- For each way you chose to enter, leave a new comment. For example, if you enter by "liking" Baybee Luv on Facebook and following us on Twitter, you would leave 2 separate comments
- Your e-mail should be in each comment you leave
- Winners will be chosen via random.org and will have 48 hours to contact me back

Win it:
1 Entry - Must be a follower :)
1 Entry - "like" Baybee Luv on Facebook
1 Entry - Follow Baybee Luv on Twitter
1 Entry (per vote) - Vote for Baybee Luv; links are on the sidebar! You can vote once per day so leave a comment for each day you vote :)

*LEAVE ONE COMMENT FOR EACH WAY YOU ENTER! PLZ PUT YOUR E-MAIL IN EACH COMMENT SO I CAN GET A HOLD OF YOU IF YOU WIN*

Sexy Mama Saturday's

Personally, I think the most important part of my make-up routine are my eyes. Making the eyes pop and defined makes you look more awake. But with my limited schedule in the morning, I do not have time to search for all the colors and spend 10 minutes doing my eyeshadow. I have found that NYX cosmetics offers the best solution and have become my preferred makeup brand. NYX sells trio eye shadow's. They sell over 10 different color combination's, some are grouped to be used together, and some are not.

This palette is the Aloha/Mink Brown/Deep Bronze palette from NYX. This trio gives a great natural eye. Using Aloha over the lid, Mink Brown in the crease and the Deep Bronze in the outer 'V' of your eyelid. The colors are in order by which goes on first to which goes on last - this helps save time. And yes folks, I did that in about 4 minutes.


These two trio palette's are also good options. I use the pink palette on a regular basis, it gives a natural look with a little color. Again, each of these trio's are in order from lid color to outer 'V' color.

NYX trio's can be found at Ulta for $7.99 or online at www.nyxcosmetics.com or www.cherryculture.com

Online Family Organizer

We got about a foot of snow last night into today, so it's a snow day from work for me! I'll be spending it cuddled up with Jaliyah. Poor thing is sick, she has a nasty cough and this morning has a fever of 99. Going to make sure she gets extra fluids today and got some saline drops for her. Anyone else have a snow day?

Anyways, I wanted to tell you all about the new Fly Lady organizer - you can even get the application for your phone! It has a family calender, you canmake shopping lists,to-do lists, and more! You can color-coordinate by family member AND send alerts to other family members cell phones. How freaking cool! Check it out - Fly Lady/Cozi Organizer

Sexy Mama Saturday's

BACK TO BASICS
In order to make sure a quick make-up routine makes us feel more confident, we have to make sure we are taking care of our face. Depending on the type of skin you have depends on what products work for you, everyone is different and not every product will work for every person.

I have dry skin and I use a Cetaphil cleanser.

This product is good for normal to dry skin because it is creamy and does not have a ton of chemicals that only dry the skin out further. With the lack of chemicals and perfumes it is also good for sensitive skin. Best of all - it can be found at any local drug store and is affordable at around $10 depending on where you go.

For oily skin, gel cleansers work best because they absorb excess oils.

Neutrogena's cleanser for oily skin is a great option, at just $5. Another good option is the Clinique Wash-Away Cleanser..

This can be a little drying so do not use this unless you have oily skin. It is a little more expensive, $19, and can only be found at a Clinique stand in your local department store.

Exfoliating and moisturizing are the next key steps to keeping your skin radiant. Exfoliation should be done at least once a week. This step will remove all dead skin cells and traces of dirt/old makeup from your skin and help deep cleanse. I use St. Ives Apricot Scrub - it works great and I use it every couple days.


Moisturizing is the last important step, especially for dry skin. Not only will moisturizing help balance the oils in your skin but it will provide a more even and smooth surface to apply makeup. There are SO many different moisturizers out there for different things and problems so finding the right moisturizer that works perfectly for you is very important. Here are a few that I have found work wonders.

Olay Complete All Day UV Moisturizer works great. It's best of normal-dry/sensitive skin. Not only did it moisturize and soothe my skin but it improved the texture and dryness on my face. This hovers around $11 at any drug store.


St. Ives Collagen Elastin Facial Moisturizer ($5-$6) is great for all skin types. It has an all day moisturizing effect and makes your skin feel healthy and smooth without feeling greasy.

These are the basic steps I follow to help my skin stay healthy and prevent blemishes and pimples. That a lone helps me feel better about myself knowing I have clear healthy looking skin. The best part of all these steps, they fit into your regular routine. Adding 30 seconds to exfoliate twice a week is very little time. Switching up your facial wash will also have surprising effects and improve the look of your skin. If any of you have questions about these products or about a skin type I did not cover, feel free to leave any questions. I'm excited to start this journey to help all of you feel great.

ZuLily Birthday Extravaganza!

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zulily.com will be celebrating its 1st birthday with a premiere Birthday Extravaganza Boutique featuring the best birthday gifts for kids of all ages hand selected by zulily’s team of experts.



zulily.com would love for you guys to join in on the festivities along with their 1.5 million member family. To get you started they are offering an exclusive deal for my readers of $10 off a purchase of $50 or more with code ZFSTBDAY10 (valid from 1/26-1/31).

Get Shopping @ zulily.com!

Sexy Mama Saturday's

I decided to start a new series. Lets call it...sexy mama!! This series will be all about ways/tips/ideas to feel like your own person again. When we become mommy's we tend to forget about ourselves; but also as mommys, we put our babies and families before ourselves - so what about ways to feel like us again that don't take a lot of time? I think it sounds splendid!

I came up with this because before I had Jaliyah I was the top notch girly-girl. I was very into make-up (no I didn't cake it on me, but I enjoyed doing my make-up as a hobby and collecting make up hoping to eventually be a freelance make-up artist), but now I couldn't tell you the last time I wore eyeliner. I also enjoyed curling my hair and now it's usually in pony tails with my bangs pinned back.

I don't want any of you beautiful mommy's to think that because you don't have make up on or toes painted or hair done that you're not beautiful - because we all are! I am just doing this to help myself and all of you find little, convenient ways of boosting our confidence.

SO! In conclusion..I am on a mission! A mission for YOU and ME :)

To get started I will post a new tip/product/etc every Saturday. If you have a request you would like me to cover or show a quick tutorial on, just leave a comment about anything: hair, make-up, nails, skin, etc..

9 Month Update

Jaliyah's actually 9 and a half months but we just had her 9 month well baby check-up today. She is just getting over a little virus, she had a fever for about 5 days but it never got over 100.3 so the DR said to just let it run its course. So that's what I did and now she is all better. Other then that she has not been sick up to this point.

Stats/Accomplishments:

22 lbs and 6 oz
30 inches long
Pull herself up to stand
Walk along the furniture
She has taken one step unsupported :)
She likes to flip through "touch and feel" books and feel all the textures on her own
"ma-ma"
FINALLY crib sleeping

I think she has come a long way since 6 months - she can do so much more now. She has slowed down her weight gain - only 2 lbs since 6 months but has grown 3 inches taller so she is thinning out.

I am thinking about enrolling her and I into this class called "Junior Jam Time". Its an hour or so interactive music class with other infants/toddlers and their parents; I think it sounds fun and will help even further with development. Jaliyah has been saying consonant sounds for a few months now but now they are starting to get a meaning and SHE is understanding the meaning. She knows who da-da is, ma-ma, and she says na-na and I think that it means shes hungry. How exciting! Hope all is well with everyone <3

Sunday Sharing

I wanted to share this short video clip with all of you. Yesterday we spent the entire day at Jaliyah's daddys house. He had his other kids so she got to spend some fun time with her sisters and daddy. It was really nice and relaxing.

Anyways..I was eating a sucker and I thought it was the perfect time to catch her "sucky face" on camera. She does this ANYTIME she licks something or gets something on her tongue/lips. It is too funny. Hope this makes you all smile - Video HERE!(it's a link to my Facebook Fan page - Make sure you 'like' us)