05/25/23 #NateAmorConcert #MeowWolf #HesSoAmazing #SuchABeatifulMan #GreatConcert #GreatStory #Music #Singing #BeautifulInYourOwnSkin #LoveMyFriends #AlwaysAGoodTime #BlessedAndThankful #ForYourPage #ForYou #FYP

So I wanted to do a shout out for one of my favourite businesses in town.. @luminosalove 🥰🥰🥰 Besides makeup and tanning Luminosa is SO MUCH MORE and when you support small local business, like even just buying your makeup from there your making such a difference! Luminosa also has afterpay and many other makeup stores in Toowoomba do not have in store afterpay! My favourite makeup at the moment is the Kryolan range and I made a little trip for the translucent powder which was nearly sold out but more is back now yay! You can shop online too! I challenge all of my makeup obsessed toowoomba friends to give Luminosa a shot, support small and buy your next product from there. Here is a list of the brands they stock. xx Bella Bronze Elementwo James Cosmetics Kryolan Luminosa Love (their own brand!) Makeup Weapons Modelock Lashes Nails inc Parian Spirit Pick by Petra Poni Cosmetics Salt by Hendrix Shanghai Suzy Slip Vani-T Velvet Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . #makeup #luminosa #luminosalove #luminosalovers #kryolanmakeup #kryolanofficial #kryolanstockist #makeupstockist #supportsmallbusiness #makeuplife #makeupoftheday #makeupaddicts #wakeupandmakeup #makeupinspiration #makeuponpoint #makeuponfleek #nobeautyshinesbrighter #feelflawless #beautifulinyourownskin #expertmakeupartist #organicspraytan https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbee7gnbHm/?igshid=2vo8z1zwyy7q

I don't do body shots often but someone told me yesterday that I don't need to lose weight. And I appreciated their analysis. I think there is a misconception about working out and being healthy. Not everyone is working out to lose weight. Many stay fit to maintain their weight, gain weight and to tone. I want to tone and tighten spots that used to be rock solid. That doesn't mean I have to lose a drastic amount of weight. It just means I need to be consistent. And consistency is hard for me. So I took these shots to remind myself that I'm BEAUTIFUL just the way I am. I love my body. I love everything about it. And I'm very happy with it. I also have other goals and aspirations for this body of mine before I become a mother. So excuse me if I want to be even more FIT. I want to decrease my headaches. I want to have more energy. I want to sleep soundly in bed feeling accomplished from my workout. I want to challenge myself. And I'm the only person who can create those rules. So excuse me while I appreciate the canvas God created and I continue to mold. 👌🏽✊🏽. #beautifulinyourownskin #athletic #dogmom #inmythirties #lookinggood (at Faithful Fitness)

#selfempowHER #selfempowerment #selflove #selfcare #staywoke #womensbeauty #media #embraceyourbody #embraceyourflaws #youarebeautiful #womensupportingwomen #beautifulinyourownskin #realwomen #loveyourself #loveyourskin #loveyourbody #loveyourhair #womenempowerment #girlpower #feminist #standtogether #instagram 

Wine day

Experienced my first ever wine tour with girls i guess i would call friends. The type of friends you only really spend time with whilst drinking and partying. One thing I noticed was how I felt about myself on that day. I felt good. I had my hair done. Make up on point. Golden tan. While i felt great and confident it was a little sad to realise that i was happy being a tad fake. My skin isn't naturally that tan. Nore are my eyebrows that fabulous without being filled in. Which made me think....isn't it sad that we make ourselves feel shit about our natural bodies and feel fabulous when we aren't even our entire honest selves. Calls for a huge social change.

If you’ve got the time, take a look at this important video about feeling comfortable in your own skin. Amy Schumer is absolutely fantastic.

..and then I realized that the skin I was so scared to show was the most beautiful and soft...

05/25/23 #NateAmorConcert #MeowWolf #HesSoAmazing #SuchABeatifulMan #GreatConcert #GreatStory #Music #Singing #BeautifulInYourOwnSkin #LoveMyFriends #AlwaysAGoodTime #BlessedAndThankful #ForYourPage #ForYou #FYP

05/25/23 #NateAmorConcert #MeowWolf #HesSoAmazing #SuchABeatifulMan #GreatConcert #GreatStory #Music #Singing #BeautifulInYourOwnSkin #LoveMyFriends #AlwaysAGoodTime #BlessedAndThankful #ForYourPage #ForYou #FYP @Lori Garcia

Lord if I Find favor in Your sight Lord please Hear my hearts cry ✨✨ I'm desperately waiting To be where You are I'll cross the hottest desert I'll travel near or far ✨✨ For Your glory I will do anything Just to see You To behold You as my King 🤴🏾 #saaaang #beautifulinyourownskin #beltingitout #faithfullyfitkrys (at Faithful Fitness)

One of the things I hear most often is "as soon as I lose 10 lbs" or "I could never do that" or even, "thats way out of my comfort zone".  I did my first boudoir shoot about 2 years ago, it was a gift for my husband.  I had been approached by a friend about 3 years prior to that who’d asked me if I wanted to go with her to get a boudoir shoot done since it would be less expensive if there were two of us (shooting individually of course).  My first question was “whats that?” Once she explained, my next question was “why?” with a really perplexed look on my face.  I didn’t understand it then.  I didn’t even allow myself to understand it.  I knocked it hard.  So what made me try it two years ago? I could say, I just wanted something different, I could say I just wanted to try it.  But the truth is, I just wanted to feel sexy in my own skin.  Sometimes we get stuck in the every day shuffle.  Get up, go to work, chauffeur the kids to and from practices, make dinner, go to bed, then wake up and do it all over again. We do this day in and day out, taking little time for ourselves, wishing we had time to go the gym, wishing we weren't so worn out all the time. Then after several years of this we wake up one morning, look in the mirror and say to ourselves “what the hell happened?” That happened to me. We all love our families and our kids and would walk the earth for them.  But what about ourselves?  It doesn’t matter how beautiful people think and say you are, it doesn’t even come close to mattering unless you actually believe it. So I decided to make a change, to pay more attention to “me” (without taking attention from my family).  It started with boudoir shoot.  Of course, like everyone else, I felt a little chunkier than I wanted to be, I was extremely nervous, to the point of almost having the shakes..lol and I had no clue what to expect.  I thought I’d come out of it with some pretty cute and or sexy photos (maybe) that I could gift to my husband and admire for years to come and then check it off of my bucket list.  I had no idea...  Something about taking your clothes off for the purpose of someone to actually look at you and snap photos from angles you’ve never seen yourself from before is frightening and freeing all at once. (I know some of you are cringing inside right now) After the 2nd glass of wine it was downright liberating and empowering. At the time I was doing this mostly for my husband and a little bit for me and I thought to myself, even if I just get a couple good ones (1or 2) to give to him, I will be happy.  When I left, I didn’t care if any of them turned out..I was on cloud 9!  I couldn’t explain it.  I felt that if I could step in front of a camera naked or with little clothing on, then I could take on the world (crazy I know).  But there was something about having nothing to hide.  I was what I was, imperfections and all and it felt great to not be burdened by insecurity.  I don’t care what size you are, how tall or short you are, we all deserve to feel like this, even if it’s only once.  If you don’t like your size, change it. Exercise, eat right, find time for you.  It may take some time and it’s certainly easier said than done but if we never step out of our comfort zones, we never grow and we never see what we could be.  

Beautiful Blue! #infinityboudoir #infinitelybeautiful #beautifulinyourownskin