Crystal Cattle Beauty Swap

It is finally time for another Crystal Cattle Beauty Swap. Crystal has been hosting these beauty swaps for two years now, and I have participated in all but the first one. Crystal co-hosted this swap with Myla from The Purple Front Door. These swaps are always a lot fun and are a great way to connect with other women from all over the world. I have sent and received beauty packages from several states across the nation including Michigan, Montana, Iowa, South Dakota, Arizona, and also Canada. Through the swapping I have discovered so many fun beauty items, and many I have recommended to others through the swap.

For this swap I was paired up with someone who lives not that far from me. If you were to follow the St. Croix River that my town is located on, about 2 1/2 hours south, you would meet up with the mighty Mississippi and find yourself in Mamie's hometown. Mamie is a busy mom to two little girls, and a wife to her husband of 9 years. She works for the Mayo Clinic, and has small farm where she raises laying hens, sheep and gardens for the farmers markets. Mamie also blogs at Blessings Abound and Rochester Mn Moms Blog, and advocates for agriculture through AgStar's Women In Ag program.

Mamie Sent me some really fun items:

A Jamberry starter kit along with two additional nail sheets, MAYBELLINE Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser, Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer, Lavanilla Body Butter, Fablash 3D Fiber Mascara Set, a notebook from Thirty-one and a pen from Jamberry, and these are great to toss in my purse.

I have not had the opportunity to try many of these products yet, but the body butter is great for my dry hands. I have tried the Instant Pore Eraser and I love it. It makes my skin feel baby soft, but doesn't add any un-needed greasiness. I am holding off on the Mascara because I recently opened a new tube. I am also really excited to try the Jamberry nail wraps, but am holding off for a trip that I have planned to Washington D.C. next month with CommonGround.

This was a really fun swap, and it was great to connect with another aggie blogger from the area.

To check out what other people received for their swaps check out Crystal Cattle's blog or The Purple Front Door.

Crystal Cattle Birthday Beauty Swap

It's about time for another #CCBeautySwap. Crystal hosted this latest beauty swap in celebration of her birthday, what a great way to celebrate by including so many other amazing women! This time I was paired with Juli, a rancher from Montana. We sure had a lot in common and shared in our passions of agriculture, horses and quilting! You can follow along with Juli and her ranch life on Instagram @myfarmranchlife.

Juli sent me a huge assortment of beauty products including: Garneir Under-eye Dark Circle Correction, Physician's Formula Mineral Wear Bronzer, Frizz Ease Syrum, Clean&Clear Morning Burst Face Wash, Maybelline Rocket Volume Masara, Flip Flop scrub for summer time (I love it!!), lots of Lipsmackers for my girls, of which they always love!, and some can coozies, and post cards from where she lives in Montana, and a notepad that says: "I just don't have time for the NERVOUS BREAKDOWN that I deserve!" Thank you Juli- I love it all!

I apologize for the terrible picture, as you can see we had just returned from the grocery store, and the girls were excited to see what was it the package on our front porch!

It is always so fun to connect with new Women in Ag from all over, and always so much fun to participate in Crystal's Beauty Swaps. Thank you Crystal for hosting, and Happy Birthday!!