Too Tan or Not Too Tan?

One thing I love about summer, besides barbecues and boats, is that you can get as tan as you want to and not be judged about it.  But once Labor Day is over and school starts is it acceptable to still be bronzed and beautiful? 8 out of 10 people feel they look better with a tan. Especially people with too dark or too light of a hair color. A tan once in a while so you don't have pale legs or a washed out face with that dark hair is okay but when is enough, enough? 


Some sunlight a day can give our bodies the fuel it needs to make Vitamin D, sounds like a plus. But too much can lead to orange, oompaloompa like skin and possible skin cancer. No bueno. A little kiss of the sun is perfect to those who need it in the winter. Or to those who want to feel better. Meaning no more than once a week, twice if you have somewhere to go. But if you look like you just walked off the beach in the middle of December, something isn't right. Boys don't like fake looking girls. Sure, they like to take them home and use them and lose them but no one wants to "wife up" someone who leaves their make-up on their shirts and sheets, who has fake hair, fake nails, and a fake tan. With that said, everything in moderation people, so let's not OD in the tanning beds.

Flavor of the Week

Well, I should have known it was going to happen. The radio got a hold of Stereo Love and while I loved hearing it on only two stations twice a day, they have now begun to overplay it! It's such a shame when that happens. Don't get me wrong, I love repeat. But when you're sitting in the car and it finally comes on the radio there is something so pleasurable about that. But when you can hear one song on four different stations at a time it's too much.


The flavor of this week is Whip My Hair by Willow Smith. This little girl is amazing. Only nine years old! And she sounds and looks like a little woman. She's the cutest thing and her song is sick. Props to Willow. I love that family. I don't know if it's the way they carry themselves or what but I have always said that the only person I respect as an actor and as a singer (rapper) is Will Smith. I mean really, remember when Jennifer Love Hewitt had a song. Weird. I guess JLo is a good actress and an okay singer but Will Smith is the man.


Enjoy!

Leave the Make-Up at Home

One thing I always wondered was why do some girls insist on wearing make-up to the gym? I have never been one of those girls who NEEDS to put on make-up before I leave the house especially if I'm heading to the gym but there are girls out there who feel like they do. I asked my friend one time why she always has to put on eyeliner before we leave. She said to me, "I never want someone to look at me and think 'Wow, she could be pretty if she tried.' Therefore I wear make-up."  With that being said I understood a little bit. Leaving the house looking like garbage probably isn't the best thing to do all the time, especially for single girls. And also, I am a firm believer that if you look good, you feel good. But make-up to the gym?! It's absurd to me. 


So, the other day after work I went to the gym.. with my make-up on. Needless to say after 45 minutes on the treadmill, countless crunches, and hip adduction later. My makeup looked rather disgusting. From sweating so much my blush was literally running off my face. Thank god for water-proof mascara because I can only imagine where that would have been. Nothing about me was cute. Yes, the gym isn't the most flattering place to begin with but there is something so sexy about hot, sweaty guys (and girls) taking care of themselves. You don't want to be the girl who "could have been cute" if her make-up wasn't running down her face.


With that said, rule of thumb, don't wear makeup to the gym. If you're like me and mascara is your best friend, wear a little but switch to water-proof. However, leave the blush, bronzer, foundation, etc. at home. Chances are, if you're exercising long and hard enough your cheeks will already be pink and beautiful.

So, Be It

I found this SoBe ad-campaign that I love. Another inspiring thing this week.

I want to be bold. I want to be daring. I want to be attractive. I want to be thin.

I want to be accepted. I want to be desired. I want to be famous.

I want to be healthy. I want to be flawless. I want to be happy. 
I want to be beautiful.

I want to be fearless. I want to be feared. I want to be Energized.

I want to be lucky. I want to be powerful. I want to be pumped.
I want to be worldly.

I want to be smart. I want to be rich. I want to be tough. I want to be brave.

I want to be Carrie.

SOBE IT

Okay, so I added the Carrie. Can I live?

Flavor of the Week

Music, along with writing, is another one of my favorite things. Isn't it exciting when your favorite song, especially if it hasn't been played out, comes on the radio? When I'm having a bad day I like to listen to my favorite song (on repeat) and dance. It relieves stress and not to mention is a great form of exercise. Carrie girls love to dance. But alone. We don't booty bump and grind up on anything. All the boys love a Carrie girl so there is no reason to be a freak on the dance floor. If someone challenges you to a dance off, by all means embrace it and make Carrie proud. But leave the junior high school 'I have a boy attached to my butt the whole night' in junior high school.

My flavor of the week, since music is my boyfriend, is Stereo Love by Edward Maya. I haven't been counting but I have probably listened to it thirty times in the last two days. Enjoy!

Today is the Day

Today is the day to: dream of trips to Paris, listen to Simon & Garfunkle, Karen Ann, and Beth Orton, draw comics, celebrate, write letters, drink coffee, believe in more, read books, buy flowers, take a walk, take a compliment, eat fresh fruit, let go, kiss your boyfriend, love your cat, plan on a cupcake, think up new ideas, compliment your mom, rock OUT, stare at clouds, take polaroids, laugh out loud,  make a list, turn off the computer, buy new shoes, shave your legs, talk to muses, feel GREAT, plan a trip, a dream, a way to take over the world, finish something that is still unfinished, believe you can DO IT ALL.

Inspiring, right? Well it inspired me. How many times have you sat there and said 'Okay, I'll do it tomorrow..', 'Tomorrow I'll start my diet..', 'Tomorrow I'll do this..', or 'Tomorrow I'll do that..', tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. Why not today? I have been wanting to blog since the beginning of summer. If you're like me, then you get inside of your head a lot. It can be the best thing or the worst thing because after you're done you have all these thoughts and no where to put them. Write it down.  Writing, to me, is therapeutic. There is something relieving about getting all of your thoughts out of your head and onto paper (or in this case, the computer).

Regardless, I am Carrie and I am a Carrie girl. Want to know what a Carrie girl is? I guess you're going to have to keep reading.. Sorry, I'm not sorry.