Woes of Hormonal Acne

AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!

I dont know about you, but I have been majorly suffering from adult hormonal acne around my chin, and cheeks. It has lasted for about a year now, and it is driving me BONKERS!

I am going to be HOPEFULLY posting weekly about my progress and products I have been using to zap this ongoing problem of hormone acne.

This last year I have made some MAJOR lifestyle changes:
-I quit my full-time job and have moved from Palm Springs, CA (the clear, hot, desert) to Los Angeles, CA (crazy, polluted, populated city.)
-I moved into a studio apartment with my new boyfriend
-Looked frantically for work
-Acting training 3 times a week
-Actively seeked talent agent representation

So on top of my hormones being off balance, climate/enviornment changes,  I think it is safe to say that STRESS has been a major factor to my break outs as well.

Over this last year, I have gone to a dermotologist, who prescribed me some sort of antibiotic, that didnt do CRAP.

So I have been seeking other ways and products to help get my face back to normal.

Please stick around and travel through my Break-out journey to beautiful healthy skin!

Making Sweet Music

Hello my lovely bloggers!
I wanted to share something very special with you! I have moved to Los Angeles, and have been on one hell of an amazing journey!

My boyfriend and I just made a music group called Birdie Black, and we plan on making sweet sweet music together for people to enjoy!

So far we have a single out called "Tore Me Up", it is such a fun and funky song. Sounds very 60s Go-Go and easy to dance and party to.

You can have a listen at www.cdbaby.com/cd/birdieblack

Or below too
 

I hope you enjoy it!

Please follow our twitter and Facebook for more updates and new songs that we release!
 
Birdie Black Twitter
Birdie Black Facebook

Love you ALL!

Megzie

Which Indiana Jones do you love?

My favorite Indiana Jones film of ALL TIME is 

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade!

Now, to be honest I have always had a thing for Harrison Ford. I know, I know, He is old enough to be my Dad.. better yet my GRANDFATHER but I have always found him so dreamy!

A little embarrassing fact, I  would always wear a fedora as a child and jump from my sisters twin bed to mine as if I were apart of the action right next to Indy himself. Talk to the TV as if I had lines, and just play as Indiana Jones HOT FEMALE SIDEKICK (C'mon I was 6 or 7, I was in no way HOT, or fit to be his partner in crime)

As I have grown older and as I continue to watch this movie, Sean Connery looks good to me too! Sheesh Is something wrong with me? Meh.. IDK.

But I have always loved the back story to this movie. Venice, Nazi Germany, The HOLY GRAIL! Everything just WORKS here.

If I had to list my favorite Indiana Jones movies in the order of preference, it would be as is:

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

&

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

What are your favorites and why?

Having sweet dreams of Harrison Ford

XOXO 

Megs

Lets Get Back To Business People!

Okay what the heck am I doing? I spend way too much time on the internet to NOT blog on a daily basis! How is the most easy thing to do, the hardest to stay persistent on!? Does anyone else have this problem?

Anywho, I am here to let you know that I am alive and well, working my little tush off for the man! John and I have finally saved up enough money to go on a VACATION! Yes a VACATION! We wanted to go to Europe, but that would cost us at least 6 grand, and I cant afford that on my minimum wage job lemme tell ya! So we have agreed on going to MAUI,HAWAII!

*Insert Beach Boys Song Here*

Yep Hawaii is where we will be in June. Lounging on the tropical beaches, sipping mai tais, listening to the waves crash on the beach! It'll be heaven! I am so excited to be getting out of the desert that I live in, to a tropical paradise!

I am so glad you are all still here reading my blog and I promise that I will be more proactive when it comes to updating it. Im setting up a reminder on my phone as we speak. I want to update at least 2x a week.. maybe more!

In the mean time I have some vacation planning to do! Ill keep you updated with that exciting adventure!

Love,
Megs

Groupon - Coupon?!?

What the what?!

I have been lurking on this site for the past two days and I am addicted! This site has so many deals that you can purchase and print out. You could even just download the APP on your smart phone and start using coupons immediately! My boyfriends sister got me hooked, so I thought that I would share my savings knowledge with you!! Check it out www.Groupon.com!!

XOXO
Megs

DON'T SHAVE BIKINI LINE! GRUESOME STORY! BEWARE!

This is a rather embarrassing story but one that should be shared with all women out there. 

Some of you ladies probably shave around your bikini area. Hey, I did too. But I just wanted to share that really bad things can happen from this. For the past week I have been in and out of Urgent Care and the E.R. due to an ingrown hair that became irritated and ultimately infected.  

Now, I have gotten ingrown hairs in that area before and they never became a problem. But this week has been the most nightmarish week of my entire life!  

To make a story short and less disgusting, the ingrown hair started from a small little speck, to the size of a Half Dollar. It ended up turning into a boil which made it impossible to sit, stand, sleep, or walk without screaming out in pain. The abscess was full of blood and puss. (See, I told you it is disgusting). I had to go to urgent care because I couldn't take the pain any more. They made two small incisions, told me to take antibiotics because it will be draining.

The next morning I awoke in a fever. The area became even more painful than the time before the urgent care visit. I had to call the urgent care in tears because of all the pain I was in. I ended up going back and they told me that the incisions they made had already closed up. They tried touching the infected area but just one little touch had me screaming out in bloody murder.  The urgent care doctor said that there was nothing they could do for me since I was in that amount of pain. So he transfered my paperwork to the hospital.

Once arriving to the hospital, I was shaking with chills and sweats. I was super dehydrated and just in so much pain it was unbearable. Once I was seen in the room, the doctor came in and had to numb the infected area. The pain was unbelievable! I was screaming so loud that three nurses had to come in, close the door, and hold my hand. I was crying the hardest I ever cried before. More and More numbing shots stuck me and I felt like I was going to pass out from all the pain. He cut a larger incision and and to clear all the icky stuff from the wound. 

Once it was all over, I vowed to never shave my bikini line again. It is not worth the pain of an ingrown hair. Never again do I want to feel that pain.  The nurse gave me a strong pain killer shot, which ended up getting me extremely sick to my stomach, so I was vomiting the whole way home. So one thing after another.  The antibiotics make me too nauseous to function, and make me extremely sensitive to sunlight. Which really sucks since I live in the Southern California Desert. 

The lesson learned here will to for now on use cream hair removers, waxing, or save up to get my hair removed by laser. I have a scar that will always remind me of the pain. It was a very invasive procedure and it will take me awhile to forget about that day in the Emergency Room. 

I wanted to share this with others so that they don't have to go through what I did. It is not fun and I don't wish that pain on anybody.

Feeling much better now,

Megs

AND THE WINNERS ARE..

I have gotten wonderful feedback from my iViscents giveaway video! I even won video of the week from iViscents themselves! I was so honored to hear that they chose me to be their winner!!

Thank you so much to all who entered! 

Without further delay, the 3 winners of the iViscents Birthday Cake Soap giveaway are....:

BLACK CRYSTALS

BARBIE GIRL

and 

VCSINGERCHICK

Congratulations ladies!!

Please send me an email with your shipping information and I will be sending these soaps out ASAP!

I am so excited! Thank you so much EVERYONE!!