In my quest to be able to use a concealer, and not have it fall into and emphasize my fine lines, I not only have to look at concealers, but also setting powders, so that the concealer stays put. I purchased the Dermablend Loose Setting Powder, and love it so much I use it all over my face now. I have the “original”, which is just a white powdery substance. It also comes in “warm saffron” and “cool beige”. I can’t help you pick a color, but I can tell you that if you get the original, it doesn’t make your face white, it just sets your foundation, and seals it so it stays put.

Dermablend has long been one of the best makeup lines to use if you really needed to cover something, like a tattoo, or birthmark, or severe skin problems. I had never tried the brand at all. A recent trip to Ulta, with an overenthusiastic sales clerk, made me give it a try, and I am certainly glad I did.  This setting powder just offers a nice finish to your foundation and concealer, without caking at all. Love it!

If you like stripes, or need a gift for someone who loves stripes, have I got a website for you! Fivestripes.com is an online shopping website that is a one stop shop for anything with stripes!

Candles in every shape and stripe color.

Cute totes.

Pillows, throws, and rugs oh my!

Adore these striped straws! So cute with my sweet tea this summer!

Towels, of course!

And all things tableware.

Oh my goodness! I am in stripe heaven! Check out this great site and let me know what you think!

Time to get outside and do some cleaning! I have paid professionals to pressure wash my house, driveway, and sidewalks before and now I can do it myself! I purchased the AR Blue Clean 1,900 PSI Electric Pressure Washer with Hose Reel a month ago and cannot tell you how much I love it! It’s $154, and it paid for itself in one use because in the past I have paid a professional service over $200 to do the same thing! I love this little sucker! It got all the black off my sidewalks, all the dirt off my patio and patio furniture, cleaned my windows, and even got rid of a few mildew spots that I have around a certain area of my brick.

My husband and I were actually fighting over who could use it! And you would think it would use a lot of water but it really uses very little water. At the end I thought I would be soaking wet but was dry as could be. It is very lightweight and comes on wheels so it is easy to maneuver around as long as you are close to an outlet and have a long hose!

I really wish I had stopped to take my own pictures, but I found this one online that someone submitted to Walmart, and even though my sidewalks weren’t quite this black, they did get all the gunk off of them!

So simple to use, and I love that it comes with several settings, so you can really REALLY clean the sidewalks with the highest power setting, but still clean your windows without worrying about breaking them! Okay, I wasn’t really worried. But it is a powerful little sucker, and the next day, even though very easy to use, my arms were very sore, which meant I got in a good workout!

It’s currently at my son’s house because he is about to put his house on the market, and wanted to get his outside as spotless as mine! I bet his house sells in no time. I hope he remembers to give  me my pressure washer back!

I purchased mine through QVC, but you can find them at amazon.com, or at Sears or Walmart if you want to go look at one in person. This would make a GREAT Father’s Day gift!

One of my favorite organizational apps is BugMe Stickies. The app looks like a bulletin board, and you can add stickies to the bulletin board. It also comes with an alarm so it will send you a reminder at the date and time you need it. Some people need really complex reminder apps. Not me. I’m old school. I like stuff that looks like a note, walks like a note, and talks like a note!

You can type out your reminders or hand write them on each sticky. I sprang for the package of additional sticky notes because I wanted the really cute sticky notes. There are specific sticky notes that have a telephone watermark, or a bill pay, birthday, and the days of the week. I started counting carbs so I have laid out stickies on my board for each day of the week on my iPad to keep track of my carbs.

From the developer:

Get the ultimate quick note app FREE – replace those paper sticky notes with handwritten or text notes on your iPhone and iPad. Pin them to a virtual cork board within the app and set alarms and alerts, or “Stick” your note on your launcher screen for that extra visual reminder!

Main features:

MAKE QUICK NOTES – write in digital ink with your finger, or type with the inbuilt keyboard
ALARMS & REMINDERS – set alarms and due times on your notes
SAVE TO LAUNCH SCREEN – see your saved notes as icons on your launcher!
SEND YOUR NOTES TO FRIENDS – send notes to friends via Twitter or email
WALLPAPER – set your notes as lock screen wallpaper so it’s the first thing you see when you power on!
CONTACT PHOTOS – use BugMe! notes as contact photos to add extra info to your address book
MAKE LISTS – use your notes as lists. Save them as lock screen wallpaper for a quick at-a-glance list.
ORGANIZE – drag and drop your notes to rearrange them on the virtual cork board.

BugMe! Stickies is a FREE ad-supported app with a limit of 3 sticky notes. Buy any of our in-app Paper Packs to get unlimited sticky notes and lose the ads!

What is your favorite reminder app or organizational app? I love comments!