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Urban Decay’s Naked Skin Foundation Provides Weightless & Long-Lasting Coverage (Makeup Review)

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Don’t forget about my Facebook Giveaway that is going on RIGHT NOW! I’m giving away a wide range of products — from makeup, to skincare, to jewelry — and it all adds up to well over $100 worth! Don’t miss out. 🙂

About Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation

Retail Price: $39

It feels like wearing nothing, yet Urban Decay Naked Skin Liquid Makeup
transforms your complexion. Skin looks natural, illuminated and bright
with a luminous demi-matte finish: like the beautiful skin you were born
with. Light-diffusing spheres provide a visible reduction in the
appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, blurring imperfections to make
you look professionally retouched. It’s the ultimate in ultra
definition.

Naked Skin Liquid Makeup provides truly buildable
coverage with a weightless feel and a luminous finish. And it’s loaded
with nourishing ingredients, including: Matrixyl 3000 (a powerful
anti-wrinkle peptide), protective and brightening Litchiderm,
antioxidant green tea and sodium hyaluronate for optimal skin hydration
and nutrient absorption. The sleek, hygienic pump provides more control,
with less waste of product. Oil- and paraben-free. Naked Skin Liquid
Makeup comes in a range of meticulously calibrated shades. (And Urban
Decay’s precise shade numbering system makes it easy to find your
perfect match.)

My Review:

First Impressions & Packaging…
I was originally recommended this product by a beauty-lover friend who, similarly to myself, deals with dry skin and hyperpigmentation. Her face always look flawless and natural when she was wearing this makeup, so that’s what convinced me to purchase my first high-end foundation.

The packaging is beautiful. I love that it’s in a clear, plastic bottle so that I can see when I am running low. And one pump of this stuff is the perfect amount to cover my face in a light layer. The foundation itself is very liquidy and blends really well.

Product & Application…
I use a brush and a stippling motion to help press the foundation into my skin. It can be easy to see streaks in this foundation, because it’s so liquidy, but pressing the foundation into my skin (instead of swiping it) really helps to eliminate that issue.

As I mentioned, I have dry skin and have been battling with acne for a while now. My biggest demands for my foundations are that they cover my old acne spots and don’t dry out my skin. This foundation really delivers in both areas!

This does have a slight fragrance to it. I can’t put a finger on what it smells like (I seriously sat there sniffing my foundation for 5 minutes before giving up), but I don’t find it unpleasant at all. And I never notice any smell throughout the day while wearing it, so it fades very quickly after application.

Major Likes & Dislikes…
As I mentioned, this foundation is very liquidy — and the thing I like about that is that it gives you a very light application (that still provides coverage) and is very buildable. So I can customize it to my face’s needs that day.

Some days, if I have a particularly dry spot, this foundation can look cakey and flake in that area if you build it up too much. But I’ve found if you just use a very light application over that spot, it won’t cake up and won’t be as noticeable. The price is also pretty expensive…but compared to other foundations at Sephora, it isn’t that bad. And with how well my skin looks with this foundation….I think it’s worth it.

Final Thoughts…
I love this Urban Decay Naked Skin foundation! I’ve already used up my original bottle and purchased a replacement immediately. Another aspect I love about this foundation is that Urban Decay offers it in a WIDE variety of shades. So no matter what your skintone and color….I am pretty sure you can find your match. This is definitely the best foundation I have ever tried so far!

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When it comes to foundation, which do you prefer — high-end or drugstore? I find that I’m willing to pay more for high-end to ensure exact color match, long-lasting finish, and
something that won’t irritate or clog my pores. 🙂 I know you can find
them in drugstores…but it’s easier (for me) at Sephora. 🙂

I purchased the products mentioned above with my own personal money. I
was not compensated in any way for posting this review. I only
recommend products that I have used personally and believe will be
beneficial for my readers.

10 Steps to an Easy, Neutral Eyeshadow Look using the Classic Canyon Palette (Tutorial)

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This is my first time doing an eye tutorial for you all. I hope you will be patient with me as I learn the ropes to creating a good step-by-step tutorial. With that said, let’s dive right in and have fun! 🙂

This is the eyeshadow look I ALWAYS go for if I don’t know what to do. It’s easy to do, looks great, and you just need one palette — the Physicians Formula’s Matte Collection Quad in Classic Canyon. I’ve written a review of this palette, which you can read HERE.

I will reference the picture with the numbers above so you know what colors I use. 🙂

Easy ‘Classic Canyon‘ Eyeshadow Tutorial
(I forgot to take a picture of this step (starting out strong, I know… :-P), but make sure you apply eye primer before beginning. I used the LORAC Behind the Scenes Eye Primer. 🙂

And then you…

Step 1: Define Crease

Dusting my brush into Color 3, I use this shade to begin darkening my crease. You don’t need it really dark — we will work on it over time — you just want to give some dimension to your eyelids.

Step 2: Dust Lid

Now that my crease is darkened, I like to take Color 2 lightly over my entire eyelid. Since this color is so close to my own natural skintone, I just use this as a base for my lid color (that I apply later on). If you are not this shade, select another shade that works for you. 🙂

Step 3: Darken Outer Corner

Now I take Color 4 and use a pencil brush to concentrate this in the outer corner of my eyelid. I kind of form a “V”, if you can see that.

I, personally, like to bring my darker shade about halfway into my crease (as you see in this picture). If this is not flattering for your eye shape, then just darken the outer corner.

Step 4: Apply Lid Color

Now is when I apply my lid color. I use the Color 1 on my lid. It looks really white, I know. But don’t worry, I will eventually blend it all together 🙂 For now, just place it on the center of your eyelid and sweep it toward the inner corner of your eye.

Step 5: Blend!

Take your blending brush and dip it in either Color 3 or Color 4 (depending on how dark you want to go in your outer crease.) and use it to blend all the colors together. In this look I alternated the two colors. I used Color 3 to blend all the colors together and then topped it off with a little Color 4 to intensify the outer corner.


Step 6: Darken Lower Lid

Since I think it looks a little uneven when you don’t do your lower lash line, I like to take a bit of Color 4 on a pencil brush and darken it up just slightly.

Step 7: Apply Eyeliner

If you’ve seen some of my eye looks on Instagram, than you know I personally enjoy doing a cat eye, no matter what the occasion. But, for this tutorial, I decided to just keep it simple and not wing it out. Here I am using L’Oreal’s Infallible The Super Slim Liquid Eyeliner. 🙂

Step 8: Highlight Under Your Brows

Taking Color 1, apply this lightly right below your eyebrows as a highlight. The color is coming off very white in this picture, but in real life, it’s a very soft, natural looking color that blends well into my skin color. 

Step 9: Apply Mascara

This step is pretty self-explanatory…just apply your favorite mascara. Here I am using CK One Color Mascara. 🙂

Step 10: Line Waterlines

I like to take a black eyeliner (I recommend this one) and line my upper and lower waterlines. But if you don’t like tackling that upper waterline (It’s a struggle for me, too!) than just line your lower waterline. It really pulls the look together, in my opinion.

Final Results! 

I totally forgot to take final pictures after I finished doing the step-by-step pictures, so I went back on another day, redid the look, and took pictures. Of course, I didn’t remember to take them of the same eye. (…sigh…)

Oh well, I will get better at this! But at least now you can see that the results are always almost exactly the same both times. 🙂

If you give this a try, I’d love it if you tagged me and used the hashtag #LadyKaty92 on all my social medias!

If you have any requests for future tutorials using certain eyeshadow palettes, leave them below! I usually stick to neutral brown looks, but I do enjoy trying a colorful look now and then, too. Love you guys!


Question for My Readers: What is your favorite part of your makeup routine? For me, it’s definitely doing my eyes! If I were to get more specific, if would be winged liner. 🙂

It Cosmetics ‘Your Most Radiant You!’ to be Featured on QVC October 14th!

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I’ve shared a few QVC‘s Today’s Special Value with you in the past — once featuring It Cosmetic‘s CC Your Way to Beautiful Skin and then another time featuring their IT’s All About You collection. Today I have yet another wonderful collection by It Cosmetic’s that will be featured on QVC’s Today’s Special Value TOMORROW, October 14th, starting at midnight!

If you’re not familiar with how QVC works, each day they decided on one item to feature as a “Today’s Special Value”. These items are offered at an exceptionally low price beginning midnight (ET) until 11:59 PM (PT) that day.

About It Cosmetics

Developed with leading plastic surgeons and dermatologists, IT Cosmetics® creates clinically-proven, innovative problem-solving makeup and skin care products that harness cutting-edge, anti-aging technologies and high-performance skin-loving ingredients to provide you with serious beauty solutions that help you look and feel your most beautiful!

Co-founder and CEO Jamie Kern Lima, who suffers from rosacea, sparse brows, hyperpigmentation and problematic skin, works hand-in-hand with plastic surgeons and dermatologists to create innovative, high-performance products with a laser focus on solving women’s beauty problems. Prior to launching IT Cosmetics, Jamie Kern Lima was an award-winning TV news anchor. She also graduated Valedictorian from Washington State University and received her MBA from Columbia Business School. IT Cosmetics is sold in ULTA Beauty Stores nationwide, and is a top color cosmetics brand on both QVC and The Shopping Channel Canada.

For more information, please visit www.itcosmetics.com  – IT’S truly your beauty, but better™!

Your Most Radiant You! 5-Piece Collection

The five-piece collection includes Celebration Foundation Illumination and the brand new CC+ Radiance Ombré Blush to help you achieve your most luminous skin. Be one of the first to experience the worldwide launch ofHello Lashes Extensions  that will give your lashes a reason to wink! It comes paired with the No-Tug Gel Eyeliner to give your eyes the attention they deserve.

Help transform your complexion and eyes with makeup that looks and feels like your skin but better for your most radiant you!

This was the first time I was able to receive the collection before the collection went live on QVC, so I’m really excited to share with you my own pictures and initial first impressions of the products! Let’s take a look!

The collection comes safely packaged in this box, complete with an informational booklet on each product and a few samples of other It Cosmetic products.

 

Celebration Foundation® Illumination Full Coverage Anti-Aging Foundation

This foundation provides full coverage and illumination to your skin. Infused with peptides, hydrolyzed collagen, antioxidants and skin-loving ingredients to nourish your skin and to help skin appear younger-looking, Celebration Foundation Illumination will never crease or crack and is also infused with Drops of Light Technology®.

My First Impressions: I own another It Cosmetics powder foundation that I really love, so I am pretty confident that I will love this one as well. It’s so buttery soft and swatched very pigmented and creamy on my finger. The brush that it comes with seems a little useless, but I am sure I’ll find some other use for it in my makeup routine. 🙂

New! Hello Lashes® Extensions 24HR Mascara

This brand new mascara helps you achieve the look of false lashes. This five-in-one, clinically proven 24-hour wear mascara features the blackest black melted nylon fibers infused into our volumizing and lash-loving Hello Lashes Mascara to help you achieve long, thick and dramatic lashes in one quick coat application! Infused with lash-enhancing and conditioning ingredients, including vitamin B5, peptides, collagen, proteins and green tea.

My First Impressions: I haven’t tried this on my lashes yet, so it’s really hard to give you a first impression. But I can tell you that the wand looks very promising — I like that the end of the wand is feathered out, instead of just cut blunt. This means I’ll be able to get the inside corner of my lashes really well, which is something I like to do. The formula appears to be very black and very wet, so definitely promising.

New! CC+® Radiance Ombré Blush

It Cosmetic’s brand new blush is the perfect balance of color and luminosity, blending from matte to pearlized radiance – it’s a blush and highlighter in one compact. Formulated to minimize the appearance of pores and fine lines, this anti-aging, color correcting formula in the perfect pink shade of Je Ne Sais Quoi® is beautiful on all skin tones.

My First Impressions: I love the idea of a pearly highlighter and matte blush in one compact. I admit I’m a little skeptical of how this will work over a longer period of time — not sure if the two will become mixed together. But I plan to be careful and take advantage of this matte blush. I love matte blushes!

No-Tug® Waterproof Gel Eyeliner 

This gel liner is clinically proven to remain waterproof for up to 12 hours without tugging the delicate eyelids. Highly pigmented and anti-aging in both
its application and its ingredients, this eyeliner is formulated with skin-loving hydrolyzed collagen, silk, rose and antioxidants.

My First Impressions: I like the color that they give you in this collection — it’s a brown/black. So I can use it for those days that I don’t want a deep, dark black, but I do want something with more pigmentation then a brown. I swatched it on my arm, and it hasn’t budget a bit. I’ve rubbed it multiple times, to see if it will smear or fad, and it’s held up really well.

Heavenly Luxe® Double Airbrush Foundation Brush

This brush features dual fiber brush hairs that flawlessly work to blend foundation onto your skin and help blur away imperfections. You don’t need to be an expert – IT does the work for you!

My First Impressions: It Cosmetics brushes always feel and look extremely high quality. The price tag on these brushes are pretty high, though, so the fact that they always include a brush in their collections is really nice.

This brush is super soft and, because it has different length bristles, it almost feels feather-light when you brush it over your skin. I can totally see how this would give you an ‘airbrushed’ appearance. Not sure if you would be able to get a full-coverage application, but I think it will be perfect for those every-day makeup looks. 🙂

Details on It Cosmetic’s  QVC Feature

Your Most Radiant You! Five-Piece Collection goes beyond beauty. This Today’s Special Value® is scheduled to debut on QVC®

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at midnight (ET)~   PIN IT  ~ 

I received one or more of the products mentioned above from It Cosmetics in the hopes that I would mention them on my blog. Regardless, this does not guarantee a review or feature on my blog. I only share information that I think will be useful for my readers and I only recommend products I have personally used.

 

My Ideal Palette Tag! (Created by Carah Amelie)

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I’m so sorry for my absent on Wednesday. My day was really busy on Tuesday and I got so mixed up on my days I didn’t realize a post was due until Wednesday afternoon.

For today, though, I have a fun tag to share with you all. I tag everyone to do it — I enjoyed it!

Oh, also, a giveaway on my Facebook page just went live. If you want to win some sweet makeup products, go check it out!

This tag is pretty easy — all you have to do is create your own, ideal palette from the shadows you love. Make sure to follow these simple rules.

RULES:
2 Highlight Colors
2 Lid Colors
2 Crease Colors
2 Outer Corner Shadows
2 Bonus Shadows
Palette Packaging
So let’s jump right into discovering what eyeshadows would make up my ideal palette. 🙂

My Ideal Palette Tag!
2 Highlight Colors
My favorite eyeshadow to use as a highlighter is, without a doubt, the cream shade from Physicians Formula’s Eyeshadow Quad in Classic Canyon.

I use it on a daily basis, it works out perfectly for my skintone. My second choice for a highlight shade is from the Lorac Pro palette and is the shade called Cream.

It’s a bit lighter, but I just dab my brush into it really lightly and it works well to highlight under my brows or my inner corner.

2 Lid Colors
If I want to do a colorful eye look and I’m not sure what to do, I always grab for the Wet n Wild trio Walking on Eggshell‘s lid shade.

It’s the prettiest pigmented pink color that has a really nice shimmer to it once applied on the lid. The next shade would be one called Schitzo from the Balm’s Nude Tude palette.

It’s a beautiful shimmery brown shade that I love to use on my lid when I want a smokey look.
 
2 Crease Colors
Crease colors have to be my favorite, so this was definitely the hardest two to pick in this tag. 🙂 My top favorite, though, is definitely from Physician Formula’s Matte Collection Quad in Classic Canyon.

It doesn’t have a name, but it’s the shade right underneath my crease color. It’s just a few shades darker than my lid, looks natural, and blends like a dream. 🙂 The other shade would be from the Lorac Pro palette called Taupe.

This shade is pretty similar to my first crease color, but this one has more warmth in it, whereas the Physicians Formula one is a cooler tone. I love them both!

2 Outer Corner Shadows
My choice for the two corner colors are both from the Lorac Pro palette (I know, I love that palette!). First one is the color Black.

I have several shades of black, but this is the one I always reach for. It is so pigmented, I love it! The next shade is their Espresso.

This is the shade I reach for if I don’t want to use black in my crease. It’s really dark, but not as dark as black. And it works great for those natural days 🙂

2 Bonus Shadows
I’m so glad that Carah decided to put this option in this tag. 🙂 the first one I picked right away was from Wet n Wild’s Comfort Zone palette, the green lid shade. Green really compliments my eye color, so of course I had to include it in my ideal palette.

The great thing about the two Wet n Wild palettes I’ve mentioned are that they are incredibly soft and pigmented. It only takes a little bit to get a beautiful color on your eyelid. With this green shade it works best with a white base, as it really brings out the color. The next shade would be from Lorac’s Unzipped palette in the shade Unbridled. 

If I am doing an evening look with a pink eyelid, then I usually like to use this liberally in the outer V section and maybe just a touch of the black to give me a really pretty eye look for the evening.

Palette Packaging
I like streamline packaging, so out of all the palettes I own, Lorac’s Pro palette is definitely my favorite. 🙂

It’s really thin and has a nice size mirror inside, too. I also like how it feels. True, it can look a bit dirty, but I just wipe it down every now and then, I don’t mind it. 🙂

My Complete Palette

So here’s all the colors that would be in my Ideal Palette, if I was able to make one, that is. 🙂 Here’s what the swatches look like on my arm.

Whoever would like to do this tag is welcome to, so don’t feel like you can’t. But I am specifically  tagging the following people. If you don’t know them…go check them out! They’re awesome bloggers/vloggers. 🙂

Elle — ElleSees
Stephanie — The Fantasia

I’ve never tagged a Youtuber before, but I love watching Dani’s videos and would LOVE to see what kind of palette she would put together. 🙂

Question for My Readers: What are your top favorite shadows? What brands are they from? If you don’t have a blog to do this tag on — leave all your answers in the comments below! And if you do post this tag, leave your links below so I can check them out! 

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Ecco Bella Offers Lipglosses that are Good for You (Makeup Review)

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Good afternoon, lovelies! Time for another makeup review. If you haven’t get, make sure you enter my giveaway for the children’s illustrated book I have going on. There will be TWO winners! 🙂

I received the products below for review purposes.

Ecco Bella FlowerColor Good For You Glosses

Retail Price: $17.95
Smooth talk. Give yourself some fabulous lip with a pure, shiny rich texture that’s never greasy or heavy.
Our FlowerColor Good For You Gloss has a
unique applicator tube that features the same built-in mirror as our
best-selling mascaras, so there’s never a time when you can’t apply. 
Naturally-preserved. Gluten and FD & C dye-free. Power and Peace are
vegan.
Size: 0.13 oz.


My Review:

First Impression & Packaging:
I received all four lip glosses in this line and while I don’t have a very extensive collection of glosses, I have been wanting to try out new brands. 🙂 The first thing I noticed when I first swatched them on my arm was that the glosses are very pigmented, for a lip gloss.

They aren’t sticky when you apply them, which I was thankful for. Ones that are sticky drive me crazy. The packaging is good. It’s made of a plastic material, with a pretty handy mirror on the back. At first it seems too tiny to be much help, but it’s actually really nice for reapplying on the go.

Product & Application:
As I said, when I first swatched these they seemed really pigmented. And they are, for the most part, but I did discover that different colors have different pigmentation. Which I thought was interesting.

The brightest color in this set, Passion, is the most pigmented. Very beautiful, as you’ll see in my lip swatches later on. Peace and Pleasure are pretty light, but then the color itself isn’t a bright color to begin with.

The lip gloss that I was the least impressed about was the color Power. It’s the darkest color out of the whole lot, but when applied it’s very sheer. It’s still a nice lipgloss, just don’t expect it to look like a liquid lipstick like Passion does.

Major Likes & Dislikes:
I liked the consistency of the glosses. It was really thin and not sticky at all. The glosses had a slight scent to it, but in no way a bad smell. Just slightly floral. I loved all the colors except for Power. That one just was really watery/thin compared to the pigmentation of the other glosses. If you like sheer lipglosses, Power would be the one to check into. But for me, Pleasure was my favorite, followed closely by Peace and Passion.

Not a lot of product gets onto the wand when you pull it out, so I typically had to redip at least once or twice when applying it to my lips. Not a big negative fact, but just something that I noticed when using these. My biggest dislike would have to be the price — for me personally, $17 just seems a lot of money for this product. But if you are looking for a product that’s vegan, than maybe the price is worth it.

Final Thoughts:
They’re really nice lipglosses. I like that this brand is more Eco-friendly with their products. All of the gloss colors are nice, basic shades that I every woman has/wants in her collection, so there’s a color for everyone in this line.

Definitely check this brand if you are searching for makeup lines that are cruelty free — and as I mentioned, Ecco Bella even has two vegan options in this line. I will enjoy using these glosses in the future. I’ll especially appreciate the built-in mirrors when I’m applying on the go. 🙂

Question for My Readers: How do you like your lipglosses? Sheer or pigmented? Sticky or creamy? I definitely like mine creamy and pigmented, like a liquid lipstick, I guess you’d say. 🙂

I received one or more of the products mentioned above from Ecco Bella in the hopes that I would mention them on my blog. Regardless, this does not guarantee a review or feature on my blog. I only share information that I think will be useful for my readers and I only recommend products I have personally used.

ELF’s Lip Exfoliator gives a Different (Skincare Review)

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Another week has begun! I hope your Monday has started off well. Lets dive right into today’s review, shall we? 🙂

I purchased the products below with my personal funds.

E.L.F. Studio Lip Exfoliator

Retail Price: $3

Gently exfoliate lips to remove dry, chapped skin with our Lip
Exfoliator! A sweet sugar and smoothing sensation, infused with Vitamin
E, Shea Butter, Avocado, Grape and Jojoba Oils to nourish and protect.
This Lip Exfoliator treats and smoothes lips for a conditioned and
revitalized feel. 
To Use: Apply to clean, damp lips and
massage in a circular motion to exfoliate. Use a moistened cotton pad
with water to gently wipe away scrub. Follow with a lip balm or gloss to
condition. 



My Review:

First Impressions & Packaging:
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this lip exfoliator that’s in a lipstick tube, but my lips have been incredibly dry and chappy since moving to California, so I was desperate to find something to give me kissable lips. I first heard about this product from Beauty Broadcast, and after hearing her glowing review of it, I decided to dive in.

I really like the packaging of ELF’s Lip Exfoliator. It’s very sturdy and well made and the packaging that the bullet of exfoliator is in is made of some sort of metal. I love the sleek look of it!

Product & Application:
The grains in this lipstick are pretty coarse, but because they are compressed into a lipstick bullet shape, it actually isn’t that coarse when you use it on your lips. It took me a few minutes (when I first started using it) before I started feeling the coarse grains against my lips.

I’ve been using it for about a month now, and am really enjoying the results. Before using this my lips constantly felt dry and chapped. But since adding this as part as my nightly skincare routine — following up with a good lip moisturizer afterwards — my lips have really started to look healthy and moisturized.

Major Likes & Dislikes:
I liked that, because the exfoliating grains were encased with moisturizing oils, that this product was a very gentle exfoliator. For the most part it feels very smooth on your lips, except for a few grains that protrude from the bullet and give your lips the exfoliation they need.

Sometimes, though, it can feel so smooth I feel like it’s doing absolutely nothing to exfoliate my lips. When this happens, I usually just rub it around on my lips a little longer until I start to feel the grains protruding from the product.

Final Thoughts:
All in all, I find this a very useful product in my skincare routine. I have heard some people say it dries out, but so far I haven’t seen that. And even if it did dry out in another month or two….at $3, this product is extremely affordable and easily repurchased.

If you are like me — wanting a lip exfoliator but not sure what to look for, I’d say start with this. It’s inexpensive and does it’s job well enough. And I had some pretty rough lips when I first started using this, trust me! Now, while I still will get dry lips if I don’t moisturize them several times a day, this product from ELF helps to keep those dry, dead skin cells off of my lips. Something I am very thankful for. I would definitely recommend you give this product a try!

Question for My Readers: What do you use to keep your lips exfoliated and soft? I’d love to hear! 🙂

I purchased the products mentioned above with my own personal money. I was not compensated in any way for posting this review. I only recommend products that I have used personally and believe will be beneficial for my readers.

Join this Kickstarter Campaign to Publish a Heartwarming Children’s Book (Giveaway)

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Ever thought of supporting someone on Kickstarter?

I know you love me mommy and daddy by franicia white

Friends of mine, Tim and Franicia White, are in the process of publishing an illustrated children’s book. She has already written the book and paid for the illustrations. But even with these two big hurdles in publishing a book behind them, there are still a lot of expenses ahead of them. So they are starting up their own Kickstarter Campaign. 🙂

I will let you explore their page to get all the details — and make sure you do check it out as they put together an impressive, professional trailer — but here’s a little bit about their family-friendly children’s book. 🙂

“We’re inviting you to back our efforts in printing I Know You Love Me Mommy and Daddy in hardcover. We plan to release it in digital formats too including but not limited to Kindle, iBook, and ebook.”
“You
will be the first to receive hard copies of this wonderful children’s
book which is beautifully illustrated by Debra Hostetler. So, before the
books are sold to the public, backers will not only have access to the
physical book with a special Kickstarter sticker but also extra
sneak-peek information.”

Endorsements
I just saw on Franicia’s blog that Michelle Duggar wrote an endorsement for this upcoming book. How cool is that? Here’s what she said…

I Know You Love Me Mommy & Daddy is a delightful
children’s book that reinforces God’s unconditional love that parents
are to share with their children.
-Michelle Duggar
(2 Cor. 12:9)
Mother of (TLC’s) 19 Kids & Counting

How Can You Help?
The beauty of Kickstarter
is that they have it split up in several different incentive packages for you to help this family out in their journey toward publication.
🙂 From $5 — where you are kept informed of the White’s progress, to $25 — where you get a Kickstarter exclusive book, to even $200 — where you get a plethora of different gifts as well as a 60 piece, 10×14 puzzle made from images that inspired this book’s artwork. Pretty cool, right? 🙂

Illustrations from children's book, I know you love me mommy and daddy by franicia white

If you have children and have been wanting to find good, wholesome books, I would highly recommend you checkout the Whites’ Kickstarter Page and see how you can help bring this book to life.

Or, if you don’t have kids but know someone who does, send them to this post so they can check it out for their children.

White’s Kickstarter Giveaway
Last of all, before I wrap up this post…yep, I have a giveaway to share with you all! Franicia White very lovingly offered to give one of my readers an ebook copy of I know You Love Me, Mommy and Daddy and another one of my readers their very own hardcover of this book. 😀  For more information and rules about this post, check the ‘terms and conditions’ at the bottom of the Rafflecopter form.

This giveaway will run until the end of the Kickstarter campaign, on October 15th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Question for My Readers: Did you watch the Whites’ video trailer? What did you think about it? I really enjoyed it, such a beautiful family!

I
was not compensated in any way for writing this post. I only share information that I have used personally and believe will be beneficial for
my readers.