BIZ for the Holidays and Getting Ready for Christmas

**This is a sponsored post** Hey everyone! I'm excited to be back and share with you some ideas for Holiday prep. It's been a whirlwind the last few months, especially with work and my photography business.  So anywho, I haven't even put up my tree yet :( While I was cleaning out some things from my garage, I noticed I had some very pretty white tablecloths that had yellowed over time. I wanted to use them to set my holiday table.  I almost threw them out until I remembered I could use BIZ to whiten them. I brought them inside and filled my washing machine with hot water.  I poured in about half a cup of BIZ Stainfighter and threw in the table cloths. I let them soak for about 30 minutes then ran them through a regular cycle.  They came out so white and clean!  I'm so happy I remembered I had BIZ and didn't throw them out.  BIZ is the stain fighting, whitening solution for all your laundry needs.  You can find more ideas on how t

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BIZ IS THE STAIN FIGHTER-LAUNDRY TIPS

This is a sponsored post As you may already know, I am a photographer on my off days.  I do a lot of family photography and this often involves small children, which many times requires me to kneel down on gravel, grass, etc. Needless to say my jeans take quite a beating. (Thank goodness for the torn jeans craze right?) To get those tough stains out, I just put a little bit of Biz stain fighter on the grass stain, rub it in a bit, and let it soak for about 5-10 minutes. I then run it through the wash with Biz as the detergent and voila!  The stain is gone! I recently had to do this with a favorite t shirt I splattered with spaghetti sauce. AGH! I hadn't realized it until I got home and I thought for sure the shirt was ruined.  Nope, I did the same thing, dab, rub, sit and wash it as usual. T shirt is as good as new. Now you know that those greasy stains are harder to get out. With Biz stain fighter detergent it's as easy as 1-2-3. I highly recom

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Entry Bench Transformation with Milk Paint

Hello friends: It's been awhile :) I've been so busy with life and work. Well you know how that goes. I have been meaning to share with y'all this really cute project I finished, way back in the Spring. Yikes. I wanted to put a cute little bench of some sort right outside our front door of the apartment. It's not the brightest spot but I thought I could liven it up a bit with something.  I got this little bench on one of the Facebook garage sales.  Then the good folks from The Real Milk Paint Company graciously offered me a couple of samples! Yay! I knew I wanted a fun color so I picked the gorgeous Beach Glass.  It's a pretty blue that would add a nice punch of color to my drab entry.  Milk paint is a really good paint to use for those projects where you want a nice distressed look or you can do several coats to make it look more "polished". The choice is yours. Plus because it's milk paint it doesn't have that awful paint smell or

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Casual Style Ideas

Casual Style. Stylish Working Mom Hello friends. I am back to share some fun outfits I've put together using current items I have in my closet along with some new items I've purchased at some of my favorite stores. The idea is to dress stylish whilst saving money. All of my outfits are for any age and appropriate for work and play :) If you'd like to see my look of the day feel free to follow me on instagram here: Simple.Beautiful.Life I'm going to be holding a giveaway soon to my favorite store JCPenney :) So please follow this blog and my instagram account to enter. I'll be announcing the details in the next few days. Have a great week!                      skirt from TJMaxx    Yellow Ruffled Tank from Target  Nude pumps from Payless Shoes                       Denim Blouse from JCPenney, Chevron Necklace and Tan skirt from Kohls. Boots from Target.                       One of my fave tops-the Elsie coral printed blouse

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Over 40 and Fashionable!

You know what they say.... 40 is the new 30 ! Am I right? Well grandmas are the new hot mamas!!  I have started posting my daily outfits, or #ootd on Instagram. I am a firm believer that we can look great without spending a lot of $$$.  Join me on Instagram  with my handle simple.beautiful.life or click on this link simple.beautiful.life    Follow me there and  don't miss out on some upcoming giveaways to my favorite stores like: Target, Kohls and JCPenney :) My outfits are age appropriate and are great to wear to work. I feature outfits that you can build on with just a few basic pieces and then add accessories to change it up! Here are some examples: Get all the details of where to buy these items on my IG feed. I'm even trying out a new skin care regimen using Olay Pro products. These are products I buy myself. So the results are real results. I'm on day 20 of using them and I can already see a difference in

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