Hey Peeps! :D 

Finally, I’m back with a new blog post. I had a lot of set-backs with posting this month with my flight back after the Holidays was cancelled not once but twice. It was good to spend the extra time with my family so I didn’t mind too much but it did set things back a bit with my videos, and then I got sick right after I got home. It took me quite a while to feel better and to feel  healthy enough to record a new video so that it wouldn’t just be me coughing and sneezing and sniffling and just sounding awful… Eww! 

Now that I am feeling much better I do have a new video for you all. You may or may not notice that my voice in the video still doesn’t sound quite normal… or maybe it’s just me who can tell. Anyway, this is my very first ‘First Impressions’ video. I got a few products while I was away that I wanted to tell you guys about so let’s get to it. 

First I will show you a few pics and a quick intro to each product and then the video is just at the bottom of this post. :) So these are the products featured in my video:

Okay, so first up in the video will be this AWESOME pink, LIMITED EDITION COLOR Clarisonic Mia 2. I had been thinking about buying one after having seen many great reviews. It is a bigger purchase for me and I had to do a lot of thinking about it, but in the end I figure that if it helps with my skin (I have developed problem skin over the past 5 years or so) then it is worth the investment.

How I Spent the Holidays - Part 1

Hi Everyone!!! Happy New Year! 

I hope you all had an amazing Holiday and got to spend tons of time with family and friends! That’s really the best part, isn’t it? :) 

Now that the Holidays are over I’m getting back into the swing of things here at The Creative Glow. After this coming week things should get back to normal with my usual posts and my usual schedule! For now, though, I’ve gotten this post together for you guys to share some of the fun I had over the Holidays! :)  

Oh, and I want to remind you guys that there is still 4 DAYS LEFT to enter my GiveAway! If you haven’t entered and want to just follow this link to the Entry Page: ENTER TO WIN! Just want to remind you to make sure to follow the directions. You can earn up to 5 entries by completing certain tasks which are explained on the widget included on the Entry Page. Make sure to complete a task before clicking “Enter”, “I’m a Fan!”, “I Follow on Twitter!”, or “I Commented!” because entries ARE moderated. Ones that are received without having done so will be thrown out…I mean, because, obviously, I’m not just giving stuff away to people who don’t even like The Creative Glow. It’s for all of you amazing likers and lovers of my blog and videos! J Also, you’ll have to make sure to have your YouTube privacy settings set so that your subscriptions aren’t kept private because if I can’t see you’ve subscribed to my channel, then I don’t know you’ve actually done so. I AM trying to find out a better way to do this so that my fans can have their subscriptions private and still enter my giveaways while also allowing me to be certain that they have subscribed, but I’m not there yet, and it could be because Rafflecopter is that there yet. 

Christmas Shortbread Cookie Recipe

Hi Everyone!! ;)

I am soooo excited. I'm about to fly home to spend Christmas with my family and there really isn't anything better than that! Also, I've got 2 great things for you in this post; my shortbread cookie recipe from the cookies I made last week and my Holiday GiveAway.... finally! But let's start with the cookies! Here is how mine turned out

And they were delicious too! MMMmmmm! My favourite cookie! My boyfriend and I made this together while we sipper hot chocolate...no, Marshmallow Swirl Hot Chocolate!!

Okay, so if you guys liked the look of these and you'd like to try them yourself (you really should, they are too good) then here is the recipe and remember: these should be eaten in 3 days otherwise they start to lose their amazing melt-in-your-mouth-ness and they have A LOT of butter. This means 2 things. The first we already know; they are DElicious. The second you can easily guess; they aren't the friendly to our hips...but it's Christmas, Enjoy!

Art Series - Post #3

Hey Everyone!

Time for another Art Series post! :) This week, since Christmas is right on our heels, I'm showing you all a small selection (11 below) of the handmade Christmas cards I have created. These have all been hand drawn and painted by me. Even the text. And my preferred media when making my cards is watercolor so that's what all these are done in. Someday I hope to have my own line of cards...perhaps a good place to start would be Etsy, but that part is just a thought at this point.

I've also done cards for many other occasions; Birthday Cards for friends, Anniversary Cards, Wedding Cards, Baby Shower Cards, Moving Away Cards, etc.. I'll show you guys some of those in a future post sometime. Some of the images I have are older and pulled off my very old MacBook so somehow some of the files got ruined. You can still see the important parts, though. Enjoy! :) 

Pretty Holiday Makeup Tutorial - For All You Beauties!

Hayyyyy all!

How are you doing with your Holiday preparations? I’m a little behind, at least I feel I am, but hopefully I can get caught up this weekend. I did have time to make some delicious Shortbread Cookies (my favourite) and they turned out great! It wasn’t my usual recipe but I’m so glad I tried it!! Next week I will be sharing that recipe with you so if you like cookies, make sure you’re keeping an eye out for that post because you won’t want to miss these babies! Mmmmmyummmm! 

Sooooo this week I’ve done a Holiday Makeup Tutorial for all you beauties out there. Maybe you have a Holiday party coming up or you just want to look extra special over Christmas or maybe you’re looking for a great look for New Year’s Eve. This look will be perfect for any of those and could also be worn for any other special occasion. Take a look!

So, that's pretty scarey...baring the pretty-much-no-makeup face to the world, but I've done it bravely....for you guys! ;) I guess I did it in my Zombie Makeup Tutorial too, but this time there's the photo, just staring back at me...ya.