Friday's Five

My five favorites this week....

#1 - The Summer Olympics closed out this past weekend and the Closing Ceremony brought me back to high school with the reunion of The Spice Girls. Loved it!

#2 - Another Olympic tribute - this mani featured by Elle & Blair.

#3 - Dancing with the Stars announced their All-Stars lineup. I'm rooting for some of my favorites - Apolo, Gilles, Drew & Melissa.

But tell me...why wasn't The Situation invited back?

#4 - I was featured on my company's corporate website - pretty exciting stuff! You can check out the article here. :)

#5 - Family time in Disney World this weekend...enough said. :)

Enjoy your weekend! xo

Getting Away

This morning my family and I are hitting the road for a weekend getaway to Orlando. We are going to spend some time with my brother and his wife and just have some quality family time! We will be staying at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort....I am really excited to experience some Disney magic all weekend long!

Have a great day!

Handy Dandy: Homemade Hair Mask

Hydrating Avocado Hair Mask:

Ingredients

• 1 ripe avocado (no skin)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon of aloe gel (this is optional, but you should add it if you have it)

Instructions

1. In a medium sized bowl, mash the avocado up like your making guacamole (a ripe avocado and a fork are ideal).
2. Combine the rest of the ingredients into the mashed up avocado and mix until it forms a thick paste.
3. Apply mixture directly from bowl onto dry hair as you would normal conditioner and let is set for 30 minutes and then rinse.

*Hair mask found here.

Latina Beauty Vox-Box by Influenster

My second Vox-Box from Influenster was the Latina Beauty (you can check out my first Vox-Box experience here). Influenster determines when you receive a box and what theme you will receive. This box was geared towards Latina Beauty...although I am not sure I 'get it' in regards to the products received this time....

My Vox-Box included:

VEET Ready to Use Wax Strips, Leg & Body

Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion Sunscreen

Bath & Body Works Shea-Enriched Signature Collection Shower Gel in 'Twilight Woods'

Always Tampax Radiant Collection

Always Radiant Infinity Pads

NYC New York Color Liquid Lipshine in 'Nude York City'

Right off hand, I thought "What about these products says 'Latina'?!"

I still don't see it, but in any case, this Vox-Box included some great products. They are all items that I have used before or have considered using. The only 'iffy' thing is the VEET Wax Strips - I have really sensitive skin, so I am not sure if this would be doable. But maybe I can try it on a small patch of skin first to test the skin irritant factor. I do like the NYC lip gloss - the scent makes me think of a vanilla cupcake. Although my husband thought it smelled like coconuts. The color is a really pretty nude with hints of sparkle.

As for the other products, I think they speak for themselves.

Disclaimer: I received each product complimentary for testing purposes from Influenster. 

Hello Again!

I cannot believe it has been almost three weeks since my last post! My computer has had some serious issues and it took some time to have it checked out. Bottom line is that we probably need to invest in either heavy duty maintenance or just buy a new one altogether. Both of which do not fit into our current budget. So it's temporarily fixed...enough to the point where I can probably keep up with regular posting until something else happens!

Anyways, I thought I would share some of what has happened in that time through my glorious Instagram photos - follow @theprettyfactor

Polka-dot Converse for casual Fridays at work

Mint (Avon's 'Jade') & gold (Julep's 'Oscar')  mani

First lobster roll at Bonefish Grill

Made my first trip to Ulta...and now I know what Tiffany is talking about when it comes to their noisy shopping bags!

I ditched the highlights and went back to a pretty shade of red.

Celebrated the Hubs birthday at Tijuana Flats with tacos

My favorite Disney coffee mug ;)

J. Crew stripes and Kristin Hassan's golden bow

Long overdue mani & pedi sesh with Essie's 'Jumpin Junkanoo'

To see other snapshots of my life, check out Instagram and follow me - @theprettyfactor

I hope this computer doesn't abandon me anytime soon so I can continue to post and stay connected to you all! What have I missed in the past three weeks?