PSA: new domain, same great(ish) blog!

Attention attention! I have officially discovered my holy grail blogging app/host: Weebly.com.

 I was browsing around looking at reviews, discovered a new blog and really liked the layout so I downloaded the hosts app and love it. My new domain is:

www.shannonsswatches.weebly.com

I will be posting there MUCH more often because it's a thousand (approximately) times easier to edit/format/publish from my phone through them. Thank you all for your cooperation and I hope you'll continue to read my blog on Weebly!:)

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New Mommy Life Update!:)

Hello again!

I sincerely apologize for my absence ever since August 19th, but as a lot of you have probably figured out by now, I was induced on the 21st and had our little girl on the 22nd. Safe to say my life has been very busy with doctors appointments, recovery, and adjusting to parenthood! It's been a much easier transition than I was expecting and for that I am so grateful. Recovery has also been generally pretty easy and I'm endlessly thankful for that as well. Our little girls' name is Mckenzie Cathryn Shea (she has two middle names, I will not be sharing her last name here), she weighed 8lbs 9oz and was 20 & 3/4 inches long. Which is much smaller than everyone was expecting, especially because the ultrasound we had the day before induction said she was going to be 9lbs 11oz (and she could be as much as 22oz bigger than that!) so I was very pleased.

I will post my birth story if anyone would be interested in reading it, it's quite long but pretty interesting so comment below if you would want me to post that!

We are thrilled to report that Mckenzie is doing wonderfully at home, she's gained 1lb 1oz since birth and we will find out how much longer she's gotten at her 1 month appointment in about two weeks. She will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and I'm so happy to see her growing and her little personality blossoming, but also kind of sad because I know she's still really little but I don't want her to grow up too fast!:( I'm feeling great emotionally, which is a huge relief, I was very worried about being effected by post partum depression. Snuggles with the baby and hubby always help when I start to feel all over-emotional and teary-for-no-reason.:)

Here are a few pictures (I tried to restrain myself!!) of Mckenzie from the past 3 weeks;

Right after birth, I was on lots of pain meds and was obviously crying

Her going home outfit!

Five days old and was smiling already!

The weekly pregnancy photos have transitioned into weekly baby pictures!

She is SO happy almost all the time, she wakes up smiling constantly and always wants to just hangout, look around, and smile at everything/one she comes across!

She has big feet too!

She's so sassy, one of my favorites!:)

I hope you all enjoyed my life update, and again I apologize for the longer-than-anticipated absence, thank you all for being patient with me!:)

EOTD & pregnancy update!

Good day, lovelies!

Today I went to the doctor for my 39 week appointment, and after not going for a whopping week and a half it felt like such a hassle with my intense laziness in full-swing. My doctor went ahead and did a membrane sweep without warning me and can I just say, ouch. I was sitting there getting checked as usual and all of sudden it was very not-usual. Afterward I found out my cervix is soft (albeit thick, boooo) and I'm 1cm dilated. She is still measuring quite large and so I got rescheduled for my ultrasound tomorrow at 1 which is a huge pain in the you-know-what because a nurse scheduled it incorrectly the first time. Besides that relatively small inconvenience we also went ahead and scheduled me to be induced on Thursday evening! We are so so so excited, I'm a bit nervous because they plan to use Cytotec on me, which using for an induction is off-label use and quite controversial but after some research it shouldn't be any more dangerous for baby or I compared to Cervadyl. We can't wait and you can bet I'll be posting 18,000,000 (roughly) pictures of the baby once she's here and I have time to make a post! 

Moving on though, today I broke out my UD Naked (original) Palette, that I really don't use as much as I should. I forgot how much I enjoy it! In the end I ended up with a darkened (but not too smokey or muddled) eye look. Check it out:

Products used:

Face- Covergrl 3-in-1 foundation, Benefit High Beam, Benefit Posie Tint, Maybelline Instant Age Rewind dark circle eraser (in Neutralizer)

Eyes/brows- Wet N' Wild Ultimate Brow Kit (in 963, Ash brown), Elf Eyeliner primer, Lorac PRO Paltte (in shades Nauve, Taupe, Sable, Espresso, and Cream), Urban Decay Original Naked Palette (in shades Dark Horse, Side Car, and Virgin), L'oreal Infallible The Super Slim liquid eyeliner, and Kat Von D Sin-full Lash Mascara

Thank you all so much for stopping by & reading, I will keep my twitter (@sassysuburbia) updated as much as I can. Have a wonderful day!!:)

37 week pregnancy update!

Happy 37 weeks of pregnancy to me! 

Throughout the pregnancy I have had my worst discomfort from weeks 32-35 the past two weeks really haven't been too bad. Although, that in no way lessens how much I want this baby girl to be born already!

I've gained just about 30 lbs so far and really hoping that at this coming doctors appointment (tomorrow) that I've only gained 1lb or less this past week. It's hard to accept the fact that I'm supposed to gain this amount of weight, having had previous body/self-image/weight/eating issues. I know that weight gain is sanonamous with pregnancy, but it's just so odd seeing the number on the scale and knowing I shouldn't be panicked by it. If you know what I mean?

Anyways, I've been doing a lot better with not panicking over the number on the scale. I feel pretty good, I know I could go into labor any moment now which is exciting (in a nauseating kind of way), nerve wracking, and kind of puts my mind at ease knowing she'll be here soon.:)

My worst symptoms thus far are:

Feet being quite swollen, random nausea that hits without warning and is very intense, heartburn, overall soreness, recently I've been having random sharp cramps, and being exhausted all the time!

I've been feeling her shifting around a lot, and now that space is so right in my belly it kind of feels gross. My mother-in-law would describe it as "feeling like a belly full of snakes" which is spot. on. However, it's still so nice and comforting feeling her moving knowing she's doing well in there, especially since we haven't seen her since I've been 22 weeks! 

Send labor dust my way, we are so excited.:) thanks for reading stay tuned for more updates!

Manly Baby Shower?!

Haha, okay maybe not. Let's be real, a baby shower can only be so manly in the first place, and having a little girl only makes that harder! However, Logan's coworkers are quite excited for us and so wonderfully decided to surprise him with a mini baby shower at work last night. Safe to say I was not expecting what he came home with this morning. I thought maybe 4-5 people would be orcastrating this event because (A) he works night shift and one would think less people work night shift than day shift because well, who wants to pull all nighters constantly and (B) I simply thought not many people worked with him on his wing. But no, he showed up at the door this morning with about 1 1/2 dozen bags! 

We spent the morning unwrapping, looking at all the adorable outfits, soaking up all the excitment of this baby coming soon, and being extremely grateful for such generous people. It was a blast and I can't describe how dang cute these outfits were (there's only so many times I can say "that's SO cute!" Before it becomes simply inadequate) along with countless diapers, wipes, and other bath/miscellaneous goodies.

Here's a few of our favorite things we received (there were like 5 outfits I'm in love with that I didn't take pictures of for some mystery reason, thanks pregnancy brain):

What an adorable thing to have on a bib!

This beautiful frame that I wanted but didn't know where to find, how fun is that going to be to fill up with pictures of baby rolls and toothless smiles!:)

A little romper, I have a thing for soft-gray combinations in baby girls' clothing. So precious!

And this little outfit, love the "peasant" top as my mother-in-law calls them. Those little polka-spots along with little cute owls and bubble-cap-sleeves, killll me!

Safe to say we're set for bath things for a while. (Hello, swollen toes)

And a huge bag filled with diapers and wipes strategically stacked to fit perfectly in this adorable polka-spot bag. That doesn't include the 100-count box of size ones we got also! Phew!

We are feeling so incredibly blessed to have people willing to be so generous and help so much when we really haven't known them for long at all. We couldn't be happier with everything we received and all of this only makes our little girls arrival even higher-anticipated! I hope you all enjoyed a glimps into our excitment and adorable-clothes-stash, have a super wonderful day and thanks for reading!:)

EOTD and my Lazy Tuesday

Today we went to Dairy Queen, ran some errands, I FaceTimed my mom, and watched The Fault in our Stars. It was a really fun day! I've felt kind of off all day and the baby wasn't moving a whole lot so I kind of took it easy. Thankfully we got her to move around a healthy amount to make sure she's okay and so now we're all feeling much less worried.

Today I used my Lorac PRO Palette (original) for a basic, easy, but pretty and soft eye look with a bold hot pink lip! Logan is convinced my lips look red, what do you think?

 

Please be kind and ignore my atrocious under-eye bags, I've been positively pooped lately. As you can see I did my eyebrows today, which I will be doing a tutorial on soon, even though I really don't do anything special.

Products used: Lorac PRO palette (Nude, Lt. Pink, Mauve, & Taupe), Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Branded, Elf eyelid primer, Maybelline Pumped Up! mascara, Covergirl 3-in-1 foundation, Rimmel ScandelEYES gel eyeliner in Black, and Milani eyebrow pencil.

Hope you all have had a wonderful beginning to your week and enjoyed your Tuesday! Please comment and tell me what types of posts you'd like to see me do (tutorials, basic looks, reviews, etc.) I'm open to all the options!

First post & easy everyday eye look!

:)Welcome all, I'm Shannon and this is my makeup blog. I've been passionate about makeup since I can remember and have tried a few times to start a makeup blog unsuccessfully but I'm committed to make it work this time! I hope you all will bear with me and come along for the ride:)

Alright! Now, on to this easy every day eye looks featuring an eyeliner that I just picked up the other day that I will certainly be reviewing soon and the Lorac PRO palette (original).

I've started off by priming my eyelid with Elf Eyelid Primer, and putting the Cream color from the Lorac PRO palette all over my lid to make blending and whatnot easier (and to correct any discoloration).

Next I'm going to take the Mauve color with a fluffy shader brush and softly define my crease, just to add a hint of definition. 

And really blend that all into your crease, (but don't bring it above the crease!) making sure it's really subtle and soft.

Next I'm going to take the shade Sable with a fluffy shader brush and concentrate blending that on the outer "V" area of my lid.

Ugh, my eyelids are so vein-y!:( sorry about that. Anywho, now I'm going to take Nude on a flat brush and put that on the middle/inner part of my lid and White on the brow bone. This will really brighten the eye area and make you look much more awake. Along with pulling the whole look together and making it look more polished.

Not as noticable in a photo as it is looking in the mirror but hey, I tried my best to capture it. Now I'm going to line my eyes with my Rimmel London gel waterproof eyeliner in Brown (002).

You don't have to flick out a wing like I did, but I have a weird eye shape and I just prefer it personally! Now to just add mascara and conceal and you're done.:)

Here's the finished look;

(Natural lighting)

(Yellow-lightbulb lighting)

Thanks for bearing with me, guys! I really hope you liked the post and will come back to see what's more to come. Thank for reading, have a great lazy Sunday!