This woman is my everything. I am whatever I am today half because of her and half because of her husband of 50 years. ... Isn't that awesome? My mom. No one like her. And I'm sure there is no one like your mom, right? We don't understand a mother's love until we become a mother. The job that entails being a mother is the most wonderful job, the most stressful job, the most challenging job, the most emotional job, the most rewarding … [Read more...]
Lip Plumper: Sublime Lips Cheeky Physique
Big juicy fuller plumper lips. Isn't that something so many women desire? I know I do! Fortunately, I don't have super thin or tiny lips, so I have a good start on my own. And the thought of injecting them with anything that could totally change how I look is something I'm not interested in. If I make any changes, I want them to be as natural looking as possible, and pain free, too! {wink!} I recently got the chance to try out the Sublime … [Read more...]
Brows On Fleek
For those of you bushy browed babes, this post is for you. And even if your brows aren't big ole monsters but still want to keep them set, listen up. My genes have blessed me with some caterpillar eyebrows... and my girl, too. It's so bad that my bangs, if they hang on my eyes, literally RUFFLE my brows. Seriously! Keepin it real, y'all. But I hear this all the time, "Your brows on fleek!" "Who does your brows?" "Are they all yours?" … [Read more...]
Beauty Basics: Makeup From The Drugstore
I am a beauty junkie and I love all things beauty related. From hair products and hair styles, to nails, to lips, to makeup, to our even products for our body. And anything to turn back the hands of time, right? I was thinking about the reason why I don't do too many beauty posts here is because I'm a creature of habit. I share what I'm using and love what I use and pretty much stick to it. When it comes to the bigger things, that is. Nails … [Read more...]
Fabulous Hair Part 2: The Products
Last week I talked about a simple trick to giving my hair some incredible volume and beachy waves with one simple thing. You can read more about it HERE. This week I celebrate another year gone by, and just a few years ago, I noticed something significant. My hair was beginning to thin a bit at the top. I was BESIDE myself! HAIR THINNING??? SHUT UP! That can't happen! I'm too young, I feel too young, I can't begin to age like that YET? … [Read more...]
The Secret To Fabulous Hair: I Woke Up Like This
There are two things I seriously get comments all the time. One, my eyebrows. Two, my hair. And two things I obsess over (well there are a couple more, but when it comes to my personal care and grooming) are my hair and skin. If we have a good hair day and a good skin day, nothing else matters, right? So today we're talking hair. I thought I'd share some of my routine and regimen and some of my secrets on having these locks look like … [Read more...]
Back To Market and Making a Dream Come True
A brief introduction to the new faces visiting to The OP Life. You know me as the blogger who loves fun cocktails, effortless understated style with both luxe and a bargain combined, gold and mirror, who always is trying to make the healthiest smartest choices as possible (not always as successful!), and who believes we need to live authentically. In case you didn't know, my daughter has a business of her own, and I also happen to be her … [Read more...]
The OP Life Simple Holiday Gift Guide
Holidays aren't only about the gifts. But the gifts do make it kinda fun, I must say. Don't you agree? So I've come up with a little formula to make holiday gift shopping simple. After all, if it's stressful, it's not going to be fun. So here's my simple formula for finding gifts. It's not rocket science, but it's finding those things in the sweet spot, in the center where the two circles overlap. So, with that being … [Read more...]
50 Shades of Lips and Boys
The Boys Are Back In Town. The Tom Ford Lips and Boys Limited Edition is out and it's so cute, so creamy and yummy, so fabulous. Last year Tom Ford came out with a set of 50 miniatures, each named after 50 men he respected. This season, he's done it again. Each of these are named after 50 men he admires and he finds inspiring. Tom Ford lipsticks are one of my FAVORITE lipsticks PERIOD. They are beautifully pigmented, creamy, not drying, … [Read more...]
Because Everybody Needs This… Beauty Review
One of the things that hits us this time of year is dry skin. We all get dry bodies, dry faces, dry lips, I get dried knuckles to the point that they crack and bleed because of my crazy double-jointed fingers! Ya, that bad. So I have to tell you about a product that EVERYONE needs... yes... young and old, women and men. It's this. Who here doesn't use some sort of lip balm? Can I see a show of hands here? This is Honestly … [Read more...]
Fall Nails On Trend
via I have never been more excited about a season with regards to style coming up ahead of us like I am THIS season. First of all, for all the younger bloggers and instagrammers out there, they won't get it like those of us 40 and over will. I mean I remember wearing the things that are coming back from the 70's and 80's and it's just CRAZY! I don't know what it is about some of these earlier decades that I love, maybe it's a sense of … [Read more...]
Baby Foot
Mom, why are there bags on your feet? ... says my son as he rightfully is checking out my feet while I'm plopped on the sofa watching Batchelor in Paradise. I have to agree, it's not the normal thing to see bags on someone's feet. Well, I thought it was time for another peel on my feet. What's that? Well, let me introduce you to Baby Foot if you haven't heard of it. It's basically a chemical peel for your feet, removing … [Read more...]
Drugstore Deal: Foundation
Two things. First. Today I'm coming out to tell you what I use for makeup. Second. It pays to speak up and speak your mind when you see something you like on someone. I can't tell you how many awesome new amazing things I've purchased, learned about or tried because I spoke up and commented or asked a stranger about something they had. Well, such is the case with makeup when I asked a lady styling my hair about a year and a half ago … [Read more...]
National Lipstick Day
One of my favorite parts of our makeup... Lipstick. Today is National Lipstick Day, and I hear the angels sing! I absolutely LOVE LOVE lipstick. Lipstick, lip liner, lip gloss, all about the lips. For those of you who have followed me, this is absolutely no newsflash to you. You can tell I'm a lip girl. But what is it about wearing lipstick that is so awesome? Well, the way I look at it, it's that final touch to beautifying ourselves. … [Read more...]
Making Your Bling Sparkle: Baublerella
What good is it to have bling but not have it sparkle? That's no fun! If we've got it, it needs to shine! (wink!) And I was absolutely in love with this product and the sweet girl who started this business when I met her in Dallas. - side note- One of the perks of being the momager to Honestly Margo is I get to meet incredible people from all over when we're growing her business and working the different markets. So this is the first of … [Read more...]
Beauty Oil: Sisley Black Rose Oil
When I first think of oil and beauty, I wouldn't have thought the two go together. But after visiting Paris a few years ago and seeing some oils there, my mind began to shift. Fast forward to earlier this year and stumbling across this beautiful little jar of luxe oil, and it's now confirmed. Beauty oils are totally amazing. Especially if you have a good one. Meet Sisley Black Rose Oil. It's a little bit of heaven in a jar. I wish our … [Read more...]
Show Me Your #NakedFace
As an American society, I think we are all so caught up in what we look like on the outside. I won't deny I love to look good. I always have and always will. I mean who doesn't like to look good, because in your mind if you think you look good, you'll FEEL good. And part of that comes with the feeling we get when we dress ourselves and dress our hair and faces. I'm guilty as ever on this. I grew up with a mom who worked in the beauty … [Read more...]
I’m Obsessed: Why We Buy The Same Thing Over And Over
Is it just me but are you always gravitating to the same things, slightly different, but overall very similar? I opened up my medicine cabinet where the things I use most regularly sit, and there were some nail polishes.... I think I'm obsessed. These to be exact... Then I was digging thru my lipstick bin. Yes, I have a lipstick bin. Because it's another thing that I seem to pick up wherever I go. Why? Because I'm obsessed. I have … [Read more...]
Body Wrap Spalon
I love when a name of a business lets you know exactly what you're getting. I recently had the pleasure of spending the day getting pampered at the Body Wrap Spalon in Oklahoma City. Think SPA+SALON=SPALON. If you want to take care of your body and pamper it, nurture it, not only your body but your face as well, this is the place. As the name states, the Body Wrap Spalon specializes in body and skin treatments, but more specifically, … [Read more...]
Balliets and The OP Life Presents…
I'm excited to kick off not only the week but the month of June with sparkle, fabulousness and excitement. I can remember growing up back in the day, not only myself but lots of people driving to Dallas to do major "shopping". Was that you? Well, I'm so happy times have certainly changed, and Oklahoma City has some incredible boutiques that there is no need to ever leave the 405 to get some of the best designers and brands found in the major … [Read more...]
