Our First Christmas

Hey everyone! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas! It was so nice to have a few days off work and just relax with the family.

Was it just me or did this Christmas feel different? 

Here in Utah we didn't get any snow until Christmas day so I think that played a big part in it.

Or maybe it was because up until the last second I was running around like a mad woman trying to get everything ready and making sure everything was perfect.

Other then it not feeling like Christmas AT ALL, Zack and I had an amazing first Christmas together.

It was weird not being with my family opening presents and knowing what all the presents under the tree were.

But I did have a good time spoiling my lovely husband and watching him open all his presents that he had no idea about. (:

To start off our Christmas week I woke up in the middle of the night so sick, so Monday I spent the morning in the doctor’s office. Perfect way to start off the break if you ask me. And bonus the medicine they put me on doesn’t allow me to eat/drink anything dairy. Please help me think of things I can eat because I am running out of ideas.

Christmas Eve, we spent the night with my family (tradition) doing a turkey dinner and exchanging gifts. 

Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year.

 I enjoy it more than Christmas. I love all the excitement of the kids waiting for Santa, and all the traditions that come along with it. My nieces and nephew make Christmas so special for me. The magic that’s in their eyes makes the craziness all worth it.

 

Christmas day was seriously so crazy I felt like I couldn't just relax for a minute. We started off by waking up and opening all of our presents.

The best part of Christmas morning was watching how excited Harlee was with all her presents. She couldn’t decide what she wanted to play with first. She seriously just laid on her new bed with all her toys wagging her tail.

I am pretty sure that was the best day of her life.

Next was watching Zacky open all his presents.

And then my turn. 

My husband spoils me (even though I picked everything out) (;

After that we went over to Zack's parents and watched his little brother and sister open their gifts. (Note we woke up at 6:45. I was a walking zombie all day.)

We then went over to my parents’ house to see what my little sisters got.

We then rushed home; made all the food we were assigned, got ready and rushed over to Zack’s grandparents. We had some lunch and opened presents. We had to leave early and rush over to my Grandparents. After that party we went back to Zack's parents to exchange gifts and have dinner. All in all it was a very hectic crazy Christmas, but I enjoyed spending time with family and opening all the amazing gifts I was given.

My goal for next Christmas is to make sure that I make time to get a little Christmas spirit going. I was so busy since like the beginning of November getting all the gifts ready I didn’t really get much time to enjoy all the amazing holiday things I used to. Next year I am bringing the Christmas spirit back! 

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that you all have a Happy New Year! Thanks for stopping by.

Love Always, The Crazy Collards  

Simple Holiday Makeup

Hey everyone! I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! Today I wanted to show you a super simple holiday makeup look. This can be worn day or night and literally takes 10 minutes at the most to do! I'm not sure if you guys enjoy these kinds of posts but they are my favorite to do so I hope you enjoy! (:

Alright, the first thing I do is make sure my face is clean and moisturized! 

The next step really helps speed the process up and helps make everything simple. I am going to start off by using a cream highlight and contour. To achieve this I am using Revlon's Photoready Concealer, I use a shade thats about 2 shades lighter than my foundation. To contour I used NYX HD Concealer, this time I used one 2 shades darker then my foundation. I then used my regular foundation (recently I went back to an oldy but a goody, Revlon Colorstay). I blended everything out using my Real Techniques Sponge. 

Next I quickly threw on some blush, and highlight and did my eyebrows. You can see me doing this in my "Everyday Makeup".

I am in love with this eye look for this winter. It is so simple and can pretty much be worn with ANYTHING! I start out by using my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. (I only do my right eye so you can see the difference)

I start off by using the shade "Tease" and blend that all over my lid and into my crease.

I then spray a flat shader brush with a makeup setting spray and pick up the color "Half Baked". I pack this all over my lid. Spraying your brush helps to intensify the color.

With a more defined crease brush I used the color "Snakebite" and focused that into the outter "V". I then took a blending brush and made sure everything was blended together. I then went in with "Bootycall" and highlighted my brow bone and the inner part of my eye. The eyeshadow is complete! 

The next thing I did was create winged eyeliner. I don't usually go for eyeliner but I felt like it really brings the look together and makes it look a little more glam. 

I topped everything off with some mascara, and the eye look is complete! Simple right?

The final step to bring everything together is the lips. I wanted to do 3 different lip combos so you can have a choice for what you feel most comfortable in. I went with a nude, red, and a dark purple. I personally love me some dark lips but I know its not for everyone.

Here is the nude lip. I used ELF's lip crayon in "In The Nude", topped with Revlon's lipgloss in 

"Peach Petal"

Here is the red lip. I used NYX lip liner in "Auburn" followed by NYX Xtreme Shine lip cream in "Absolute Red".

The third and final look is the dark purple. I used NYX lip liner in "Plum" followed by NYX Simply Vamp Lip Cream in "Bewitching", and topped off with NYX Butter Gloss in "Devil's Food Cake". (As you can tell Courtney loves her some NYX lip products.) 

Those are the completed make up looks! I hope you enjoyed and i'll be sure to do more makeup looks for you guys because they're my favorite! Have a safe weekend!

Love Always,
The Crazy Collards

Cake Smash

Hey everyone! Check out the cake smash I did for my niece Brookelle! Brookelle is such a smart little baby and loves to always be on the move! Her birthday theme is a WinterONEderland. (: I hope you all enjoy!

 

 

Love Always,
The Crazy Collards

Grunge Winter

Hey everyone! I hope you are all having an amazing weekend! Last weekend I was able to do a quick shoot with my lovely sister (of course). I just love styling her! (: Well I thought you'd all enjoy a little peek into what we did! Enjoy!

 

Love Always,

The Crazy Collards