MY FAVES // HAIR
It's FRIIIDAAAAY...yay! Last night I had a wild night of watching The Mindy Project and washing my hair. Love me them wild nights. So speaking of hair, I have a few hair faves for you! I'm not the most knowledgeable in this department but here are a few of my favourite products...
1. Kevin Murphy Round Brush- A couple years ago I won this amazing gift basket from Lab Salon with a bajillion Kevin Murphy products. This brush was included in it. I usually try to blow out my hair after I wash it, so this brush MAKES IT HAPPEN.
2. Kevin Murphy Body Builder- I use this mousse before every blow out. It helps give my hair some nice volume AND I've had it for over a year and it hasn't run out yet!!
3. Moroccanoil- I've used this puppy for years. When I was a damaged bleached blonde it did wonders. Now that my hair is au natural and a lot healthier, I only use it on the ends.
4. Bando hair clips- I don't own these (BECAUSE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS $45!!!!!) but if I lived in the states, I so would.
5. Batiste Dry Shampoo- Ah, dry shampoo. I should do a whole post just on this magical product. I try to only wash my hair once a week. So most days between washes, I spray this miracle worker on and voila, grease is gone and my hair is fresh! I've tried MANY dry shampoos and this is the greatest one I've found (I even like it better than the Kevin Murphy one!!)
So there are my fave hair products. I'd love to hear yours because I ain't no expert in this area so I need all the help I can get!
Happy Friday!!!
xo,
s.s.♥.
CARAMEL POPCORN
As you probably know by now, I have a ridiculous sweet tooth. I like cookies and chocolate and cupcakes. It's a good thing I like running and salads too I guess.
My sweet tooth comes calling often, sometimes I ignore the cravings and other times (most of the times) I just head to the kitchen and bake something beautiful. And this caramel popcorn my friends, is something beautiful.
Crunchy. Perfect amount of salty-sweet. Just dang delicious.
Popcorn is popped. Caramel is made.
Now there is a trick to making caramel. The trick is DON'T BURN IT...which I did the first time. Oh, and another trick is, don't put your finger in and burn that...which James did. :p
Popcorn is stirred into the sweet, sweet caramel then baked in the oven to perfection.
After cooled, place it in a pretty bowl and devour it.
mmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm
| CARAMEL POPCORN |
Ingredients needed:
1/2 cup of salted butter
1 cup of light brown sugar
1/4 cup of light corn syrup
1 tsp of salt
1/4 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
10 cups of popped pocorn
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and then lightly grease parchment paper with butter.
2. Place butter in a big pot over medium-high heat. Once melted, add brown sugar and corn syrup. Stir together and then let sit until it reaches a boil. (Watch the mixture very carefully as it can burn very quickly!!!) Once boiling, reduce heat to low and let sit for five minutes.
3. Stir then continue to cook another five minutes while continuing to stir every 30 seconds until the mixture is a deep golden colour.
4. Turn off heat then whisk in salt, baking soda and vanilla extract.
5. Stir in popcorn and toss until it's covered evenly in caramel.
6. Spread the coated popcorn on the baking sheet and bake in oven for 15 minutes. Toss the popcorn on the baking sheet every five minutes or so.
7. Remove the popcorn from the oven then place on a surface covered in parchment paper. Once cooled, break up big chunks and place in bowl and then devour. :)
Recipe slightly adapted from Gimme Some Oven
Happy Wednesday!
xo,
s.s.♥.
MARCH FAVOURITES
Today is the last day of March....HOW INSANE IS THAT? It's been a very full month (I'm slowly starting to realize that all my months are very full, ha).
Work has been full as we all worked hard and waited for God's will to be done in choosing our next senior pastor. But as of yesterday afternoon a 95% vote decided that Andy & Lisa Moore will be our LEAD PASTORS (insert praise hands emoticon 5x). I am thrilled. I've had the privilege of working for Andy for the past 7 years (!!!!) and I so look forward to serving with Andy & Lisa as my leaders for a looong time!
I did something crazy this month and purchased my ticket to Alt Summit.
Last Saturday night we celebrated my incredible mum's birthday and tonight we're celebrating my father in law's! Hoooray!
March was a fun month on ssheart. I kept up with my regular posting and readership has grown! I want to thank you all who read this. Your support and encouragement honestly mean so much to me :) That being said here are YOUR favourite posts from March...!
| MARCH FAVOURITES |
1. WARDROBE // 3 came out as the most viewed post this month! These ones are my faves to make because I get to take pictures with my handsome hubby. We're shooting our next one on my lunch break tomorrow, so get ready for another one soon!
2. DIY PARTY CROWNS was your second choice. This was an incredibly simple DIY but creates an incredible outcome! My friends and I so enjoyed wearing these while we celebrated our friend, Cristina's birthday.
3. ONE WORD TIFFANY / DANAE / MICAELA were your third choice. This is where my beautiful friends shared their beautiful hearts and explained the words that God has given them for 2014. I love seeing other people take the stage and share what's on their hearts!!
4. EYEBROW TUTORIAL was your fourth fave. I thoroughly enjoyed making this post and plan on making another beauty tutorial in the near future!!
5. THAI PEANUT CHICKEN RICE BOWLS were your fifth favourite. This is an incredibly easy AND delicious dinner that I make at least 3x per month. If you're searching for a new weeknight dinner, search no more and go make this. You'll love it. I guarantee!
Again, thank you for reading this space!! I'd love to know what are your favourite types of posts. I'm building my April blog calendar today, so any input you have would be greatly appreciated!!!
xo,
s.s.♥.
I HEART CLOTHES GARAGE SALE // 2
My shopaholic friends and I are having another clothing sale this Saturday!!! Come one, come all and score deals on nice threads! We got loads of spring/summer things so be pumped. Seriously, stuff will be as low as $3. Just crazy.
THIS SATURDAY (March 29th) 2538 Fernwood Rd from 1-5pm! (CASH ONLY!)
And hey remember how I was hunting for that scalloped bowl from target? Well I found it, but it looks like Coco has claimed it as her bed....
Ok enough crazy cat photos. Hope you have a wonderful day and hope to see you tomorrow at our garage sale!
It's (almost) the freaking weekend...rejoice!
xo,
s.s.♥.
ONE WORD 2014 // MICAELA
I've had the pleasure of knowing Micaela for a number of years. She's pretty much the most enthusiastic/encouraging person I know. She was one of my city youth girls but (sadly for us but happy for the mainland) moved to Surrey with her family. Her heart for the Lord and his church is so incredible and I truly believe she's a world changer! Take it away Micaela….!
Hey, I’m Micaela, one of Laura’s past yet present youth girls (but I’ll get to that later). It was over two years ago when I first heard about the one word idea from Laura on her blog and it changed my thinking about new years resolutions. Since then, I've seen incredible things happen in her life every year she's done it and when the new year came, I decided to join in.
My one word came to me while reading her 2013 one word recap, more specifically, when she encouraged others to join. The month before, my one word kept popping up in my life and while reading her blog post, it came back. That word was STILL. A couple seconds later, a verse popped up into my head as well.
“Be still, and know that I am God!
I will be honored by every nation.
I will be honored throughout the world.”
Psalms 46:10 NLT
This past September I moved over to the mainland with my family and it has been a huge change for me. From an island kid’s perspective, I learned very quickly that everything over here is go go go and I’ve gotten overwhelmed multiple times by all that and attempting to get through it myself. It’s hard to be still when you’re doing everything in your strength alone and can barely catch your breath, but this year I'm focusing on that.
During the past few months, God has already done a bunch of things with my one word, including- letting go of the pain from something in my past that has been impacting my life for over 5 and a half years. He’s shown me the true meaning behind STILL and how it applies to my life. 2014 has been a crazy adventure and I can’t wait to see what God will do with my one word throughout the rest of this year.
Also, huge thank you to Laura for letting my story be included with all the other amazing one word stories and for constantly sticking by my side during this whole process. I’m so honored to have the chance to call you my leader and friend.
Thank you so much for sharing your one word with us Micaela, I love ya so much and miss you but I know Surrey is lucky to have you, xo!!
Check out the other one word entries ---> Amy | Nadia | Sarah | Tiffany | Danae | Laura
How amazing have these one words been? I know I've said it before but I'm going to say it again, it's so incredible to see God uniquely speaking to his daughters. He sure loves us and knows just what we need. :)
xoxo,
s.s.♥.
P.S. If you would like to submit a post about your one word for 2014, email me at laura@ssheart.com