HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE // BEAUTY
- Glam Glow (loved using this mask!!!)
- Two Faced Liner (this liner is makes getting the perfect cat eye easy as pie!)
- Buxom Gloss (I bought this gloss in the Sephora sale and absolutely love it...it's the perfect pink!)
- Smashbox Eye Palette (I don't own this palette but I would like to. Would you look at those amazing colours!!)
- Honest Company Lip Balm (I got this at Alt and I use it every night before I go to bed...the smell is also incredible!)
- Essie Nail Polish (I'm digging Essie's new winter line...especially this cream polish!!)
- Flowerbomb (only my most favourite scent EVER!!!)
Today's holiday gift guide is all about the beauty lover! I gathered my favourite products to help you find a beautiful gift for the beauty lover. Each one of these products would make a girl VERY HAPPY!
Hope you have a great weekend!
xo,
s.s.♥.
WORDS OF LIFE
So as you know, I had a super fun time being at Spark last weekend. On Saturday I had the privilege of doing the girls hub. Speaking to young girls is probably one of my favourite things to do!! A couple weeks back I was all set on speaking about dreams, how when you live your dreams, you find yourself living fully alive. But early last week I felt a tug in my heart to go in a different direction...I felt led to speak on body image and the power of speaking words of life over ourselves and others.
I shared last August about my struggle with self loathing/body image and I'm sooooooo excited to tell you that Jesus has set me COMPLETELY free of it all....for reals...completely free. I walked with that stuff since I was 11 years old...ELEVEN YEARS OLD....aka 17 years!!! I thought that it would be something I would struggle with my whole life and I was okay with that. But praise God, for he desires us to walk and live in FREEDOM.
A huge part of seeing victory in this area was me continually speaking words of life over myself instead of shaming myself with negativity.
Words kill, words give life;
they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.
-Proverbs 18:21 MSG
There is power in our words, and I really tried to drill it in that speaking words of life (God's truth) over ourselves has massive benefits to our well being!!
At the end of my talk to the girls, I had them visualize themselves in front of a mirror and be honest in what they see. I then had them visualize God push away the mirror, put his hands on their shoulders, look into their eyes and start speaking his truth over them. I then showed the video below (thank you Shawna for directing me to this incredible video!!!)
AMEN AMEN AMEN!
Let's be people who speak words of life over ourselves and others!
xo,
s.s.♥.
NOVEMBER CALENDAR + SUPER EXCITING HOUSE UPDATE
Well hello there! Sorry things around S.S.Heart have been a little quiet...life has been CRAY! Awesome...but very full! I spoke at Spark last weekend...so much fun. It was so awesome to see pre-teens excited about Jesus. On Saturday I spoke to the girls about body image (read more about my journey here), which was so much fun and I'll share more tomorrow about that!
And in other news...we put in an offer on a house and IT WAS ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!! James is currently watching youtube videos on refinishing floors and I'm pinning like crazy. Now we just pray and wait for the subjects to be removed...this real estate game is a crazy one! I'll be back soon with more news!
I made a November calendar to get this space organized and thought I would share it with you...xo
Download your November calendar here!
Snowflake graphics from - We Lived Happily Ever After
Stay gold,
s.s.♥.
P.S. Here's the first post about us starting to house hunt
SQUIRRELLY MINDS PAPER SHOP
I'm all about stationary. Like ALL ABOUT IT. One can never have too many blank greeting cards.
An ideal lunch break for me includes a long browse in Chapters, Violette's or the Papery's stationary section. So when I heard the brilliant Tan from Squirrelly Minds was launching a paper shop with her hand painted gems, I got a bit excited...ok very excited!!
The gems are hand painted and printed on thick card stock. Right now you can get them in greeting card format or a 2015 calendar. But prints are coming soon!
The gems are stunning. I love the vivid colours and the depths! I want them all!
And right now there's a sale on them too! Head over to this post from Squirrelly Minds to grab that promo code.
I need that calendar in my life. It's definitely going on my Christmas list! Congratulations Tan on the launch of Squirrelly Minds Paper Shop...I see big things in store for you!!
Hope you all have a fantastic Wednesday. Things around here have been cray-cray!! House hunting and sermon prepping have been on my week's radar. We're learning SO much about this realty game!! We looked at a house this weekend but it wasn't meant to be so we're off to look at a couple more houses next week. I'm speaking at Spark this weekend and I'm getting SO pumped.
Stay gold,
s.s.♥.