To My Gulf of Mexico Readers…

PLEASE STAY SAFE!!!! Many Weather sources are forecasting Hurricane Gustav to become the first major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico since Wilma in 2005. This is a truly terrifying storm and will bring a lot of destruction along with it. Gas prices have already been raised because of the storm.

So take care of your personal business and stay safe during this time. Possessions are replacable. Even the rare MAC products that you know you have stashed away. None of these things mean anything if you lose your life or a close one’s life because of Gustav.

Take care, and I hope to see you on the site and the forums soon

Bye Bye Fay!!!

Tropical Storm Fay has FINALLY made its way though Florida now, which means I no longer have to sit here waiting to see what this storm the size of Florida is going to do. We were extremely lucky with the storm. We barely lost power, only for a few hours today and randomly last night. I think part of that is because I live a couple of houses down from the Fire and Police Station, so we are on the same grid.

Damage wise, we had some flooding in our yard and driveway, but the roads weren’t flooded, just some standing water. We also had some things blown around in the back yard, but nothing major was damaged or destroyed. We did have some branches break, but that was pretty insignificant. I live a couple a blocks away from the Beach, but they city officials did not even put up a voluntary evacuation for us.

If you follow hurricanes / tropical storms you will see that Fay was an extremely odd T.S. It’s very rare for a storm to hit North Florida, and Fay sat on the coast for about three days before finally coming onto land and crossing the state. Here is the interesting thing, Fay did not lose strength or gain strength while sitting in the ocean practically stationary.

So in a nutshell, this was one of those weeks for me, and most of the people in the state of Florida. I was really lucky when it came to damages, but many people weren’t. I believe seven people died during the storm in the Jacksonville area, and probably more in other parts of the state. I’m just glad that this storm is over and hopefully it won’t take too long for the city to dry out and for the power and cable to be restored to the entire state.

Tropical Storm / Hurricane Fay & Alice Cosmetics

Hey gals and guys, I won’t be posting much for the next couple of days because I just so happen to live in Jacksonville FL, and well take a look:

So if  I’m not posting, then you will know why. If you are not familiar with looking at one of these maps, the solid red symbol means hurricane and the one with that is not solid is a tropical storm. So as you can see, I will be getting some hurricane wind and rain the next couple of days. So sit tight for a couple of days.

Anyway the lovely lady Patti from Alice Cosmetics was kind enough to send me a few samples for me to try out. When she asked me to do this, I felt really honored to be chosen for this. I feel that you have ” really made it” as a beauty blogger when makeup companies seek out your opinion on different products, so be prepared for reviews for Alice Cosmetics in the near future.

I swear you guys, I will have to break out a piece of paper and a pen and literally write down everything I want to post on and stick to it!!! Maybe I’ll start writing reviews during the hurricane. You can never go wrong with a pen and paper.

Especially if you are listening to Bat out of Hell I, II, and III