Quay Sunglasses, Johnny Was Black Velvet bag, scarf, tunic, Michael Kors watch, David Yurman ring. alex and Ani bracelets
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SIX SHOTS for AUGUST 2017
LIFE.
There was not a lot of pro shots taken this past month! I was busy opening a new business (which you will see below) but one thing can get crossed off of my bucket list…
I absolutely love hummingbirds, and I’ve always wanted to be able to capture their beauty on camera. After Hurricane Harvey, my yard had a lot of hummingbirds going crazy around my feeder. Since it’s always been a dream of mine to successfully photograph one i decided to try – which is extremely hard unless you have a super expensive camera. This shot is not perfect, but it’s the best I could do after 3 hours of trying so I am very proud! After being trapped inside the house for 5 days… it was nice to see life picking up again.
We sustained no loss, but many did. My community is focused on rebuilding itself after the history making flooding the hurricane brought. The flooding reminded me of the birds nest I found in one of my pots about six months ago. I was watering my plant, unaware that a new nest with eggs was there. I was mortified that I may have ruined the eggs. With people, we have nests as well. We get super attached to our things and stay in our nest when we shouldn’t, just to protect our things. We think our nests are invincible to mother nature.
Prayers to those who lost loved ones in the hurricane, because this was the greatest loss of all. Hopefully, with each of these attacks by nature, we learn more and more and loss of life continues to become less.
An impressive amount of people came to help those who were trapped, which shows us even more what the mindset is of the general population – and it’s nothing like the main stream media has spent months trying to convince us that it is. If any good can come, maybe it is that we can’t let the news tell us what we think anymore.
BLANCA BEING BLANCA.
This is just a fun shot of Blanca getting in touch with her inner dog. There’s a lot of talk in my work circle lately about getting in touch with your core, all knowing self. This magazine reminded me of that. Self help should begin with yourself before trying to help others. Blanca has been getting worse and worse as she grows comfortable with us! And we are terrible parents because we laugh when she’s being bad. The other night, my husband was lifting her out of the bed, where she was lying next to me. We let then hang out in the bed during the news, but put them in their beds once lights are out. She gave a funny growl because she wanted to stay there with me! The nerve! She would never bite, but she does ‘talk” when she feels like it!
#bosscatdays
This is a shot from my new lash line! The pair of strip lashes is called #bosscatdays because they are glam lashes, yet subtle and wispy enough for day time!
#bosscatnights
Again, love this shot of my #bosscatnights lashes! Both styles of lash are found in the Glam Edition Lash Box shown below! I can’t wait to do a giveaway of lash boxes and see other people wearing them, but for now, there is only me! These are just cell phone pictures but as the official launch comes as of October 1st, there will be better pictures!
GLAM EDITION LASH BOX
This is a quick shot I took while filming videos for the new Bosscat Beauty lash box. It’s a four pack of lashes that is available for world wide shipping! I spend many days and nights working on the box logo, company logo, lash designs, box designs, etc! I am very proud of how everything has turned out! IF you want more information, please check out www.bosscatbeauty.com
I do hope to have more products available over the next year. Everything is animal free, period. I do not believe that people are willing to put mink fur on their lashes, but I want to try and put a small dent in the amount of mink suffering there is the world – all in the name of luxury lashes. My lashes are silk, long lasting and animals won’t have to live in cages just to provide fur for your lashes!
SUMMER
This is so funny. It’s my life though. I try to carve out 30 minutes or an hour a day, to hang outside with the girls. Somehow, they decided it was cool to float with me, so they run and jump on the floats on their own now! I have a very small circle, I suppose. This is my time to sit and breathe. When they are on a flat, I don’t have to constantly get on them for chasing birds and squirrels because they can’t run away! We literally sit quietly, watch birds and relax. Sometimes I have a cup of coffee so I can stay awake until bedtime!
BLACK SUMMER 2017
Black is for summer. Especially pool side because its so forgiving! Typically, when I get home from work, I throw on a swim suit – typically the black “Granny” suit you see above. I then go outside to water my flowers and plants, let the girls float on their floats – sometime I do it with them, and together we suck what daylight, peace and joy is left out of the day!
I actually bought one of those huge pink swan floats and the dogs get excited when I get a towel and drag it to the pool. Its very undignified but its relaxing and it has become our thing. Of course we take pictures for proof of our fun together, but it’s so eccentric in appearance to be sunbathing on a swan float with dogs, wine and catching up on the day’s infowars.com Youtube videos…
The black Johnny Was Kimono is a summer staple for me. I wore it to work over a sheer, black mini dress, then threw it on while outside over the black swim suit. As to the mini dress… it’s just a few inches above the knee. I have about 1 1/2 more years before my knees will sag to the point of needing to be concealed forever, unless I get a knee-tuck.) Its versatile, light weight and has great colored embroidery. I try to not totally fry my transparent skin in the sun, so its a perfect cover until the sun goes down!
My husband came out, and we decided to shoot a mini blog post in 5 minutes and I literally still had on the large Kate Spade earrings because I had simply not removed them yet! They are super light and I think they are fun!
It is getting super difficult to take blog photos lately. I am trying to make it about the items and not about me because I am not that interesting or lovely. There are a lot of posts on decor or other things that do not require I be in photos and that makes me happy.
Initially, when I started the site, I had decided that there would be no future run for a senate seat so I could post whatever I like and it wouldn’t matter in the end. However, I am beginning to feel over qualified for a seat somewhere after seeing the insane ramblings of people such as Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters and Sheila Jackson Lee. And where is the part in which they pack up and go home? Maxine Waters is 78. She’s been accused of ethics violations in the past, which basically all stem around using her position for personal gain. Yet, she continues to throw out baseless claims and shout “impeachment” about Trump. I do not think she knows what impeachment actually is, based on her interviews about the subject. At a certain point, these people need to be shown the door. A cognitive understanding assessment needs to be given to people past a certain age, period. For her to question his mental health, s insane when she exhibits less mental capacity than he does by far.
Interestingly enough, a bill is to be introduced by Rep Ted Lieu to subject the president to mental health evaluations. I wonder if they realize this should be across the board? A lot of people wouldn’t have positions anymore, and that would be a great thing.
Enjoy your summer and try to suck a little joy out of every day!
-SDS
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Blanca and Johnny
PRADA RED
Prada Saffiano Vernice Tote, Kendra Scott Necklace, Badgely Mischka earrings, Urban Decay Gwen Stafani lip color in Wonderland
Prada Sunglasses, Prada Venice Bag, Tiffany & Co bracelet
I look like I take myself so seriously. Â I really don’t. Â I have to explain how this post came about and you will see the humor.
I was going to Paris this month. Â I decided it would be a perfect time to get pictures done with my husband, in front of the Eiffel Tower. Â After researching, it became evident that I would need a red dress for the supposed photo opportunity, so I set out to have my own dress created. The dress is a wee bit different from my original design idea but I learned a lot! Â Grace Abbott was the seamstress I worked with to create the gown. Â I think next time, I will try to have an ultimate black dress made. That dress that makes anyone look good. One can dream.
I wasn’t counting on extreme wind and cold on the day we took time to actually do the photo session.  It was so cold and windy that you literally could barely hold your eyes open and when you did, freezing cold tears would fall out of them.  A see-thru red lace dress flapping in the wind was not going to work. Fortunately, I brought a back up. It was a 20 year old black dress that I keep around and let clients use for photo sessions.  But that’s another story and I’ll post the photos from that later….here we have the dress that I didn’t wear in Paris.  Instead, I wore her to our anniversary dinner here in Houston.
I wanted to share it on the blog, so here we are!  I am not sure what my new obsession is with red…I’ve always been a pink person.  I guess I’ve decided that red is a classic, fun, forever color pop. I recently invested in red shoes…which is hard to do!  It’s very hard to find a red shoe that is acceptable.  Red sneaker wedges, red stiletto nails, 5 million tubes of red lip stick and of course…this red Prada bag which I will use until I’m dead to justify the cost! I was lucky enough to purchase her in Paris as a souvenir. At least this is what I tell myself to help rationalize.
The red Gianni Bini heels are adorable! Â The name is Valentina, and I’m really hoping to wear them here and there, they are super comfortable.
All of my home revamps are finally finished so a lot of my spare time will be used for MUA jobs on the side of my Day Job working for Johnny Was, but I will still make time for my blog!  Why? I have worked in fashion and makeup for years. I still do freelance work here and there.  I love photography. Art. I have opinions. Strong ones from what I’m told.  Blogging is a creative outlet so that I don’t feel compressed by having to blend in with society and grind. My blog is a platform for what I am doing in life and what I aspire to do more of.
-SDS
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