Did you lose this!?!

Are you having a blue Christmas?

Have you lost your happiness and hope?

"you can't change your problems but you can change your attitudes about them!"

Maybe your Christmas is feeling not as great as everyone thinks or as happy as you wish:

• maybe your heart is hurting
• you're in an abusive relationship
• you are having money struggles
• no work
• family problems
• sadness
• depression
• dealing with mean people at school or work

I get thousands of emails from hearts that are hurting..and I care so much about each hurting person...I know what it feels like...and I hope this encourages you!

My life is filled with things that make me feel like I want to cry some days...we never know how what hurts are going on inside people's hearts and lives.
You never know how one extra smile, or a cheery "Have a Merry Christmas!!!" could add a little brightness to someone's day.

No matter what your hurt is, or how hopeless you feel...you can change how you feel about it...

Joy isn't just something on Christmas cards, it can be in your heart!
How to brighten the spirit of your heart:
EXPECT great things...stop saying things like:

• oh, nothing ever great happens to me
• nothing is going to work out
• my life is miserable...

STOP THAT..you will feel what you think
Are you thinking good things? Bad things? Sad things? Anything hopeful at all?
Faith is what you need for things your hoping for. If you never expect anything good, you're never going to receive anything good.
Live everyday with anticipation of it being a great day. Don't let that sad, stinking thinking rule your thoughts...say no matter what is going on around me, who is saying what to me, or trying to hurt me...I won't let them win the battle over the happiness in my heart!

Here's an example from something I just had to change my thinking about:

I was getting very sad and depressed, because I have been so busy with Glaminars that I haven't been looking for a new house to rent and my time was running out to find one...
after spending days driving up and down every street, finding out places had been rented just minutes our hours before I called, I just felt like crying. I had found one house I really liked, that was so cute..I called and they had just rented it! I felt hopeless and told my mom, "what am I going to do, I'm not gonna find a place to live!"...
My mom said, "You need to give all your cares to God, you need to put your hope in him that he is going to find you a place, and have faith that he is going to take care of you. Stop worrying and give it to God, and ask for him to find you a place."
You know what?!?

That night I prayed, and I asked God to find me a place, and that I would stop worrying and rest in the peace that He has and always will guide my life and take care of me...

This was such an answer to my prayer...

THE VERY NEXT DAY...

I found a house that was soooooo much better than the one I was so sad about being rented!


This is how life is..we try so hard on our own, we get frustrated and sad, we lose hope, and soon we are saying things like:

• I'll never have a nice house
• I'll never lose weight
• I'll never have the life I want
• I'll never become...this or that
• no one even knows what's going on in my heart or mind
• no one cares...I'm all alone
• nothing is going right for me
• my life is so far from perfect
• I should just end my life.....

NO! You should just end the way you've been thinking about things!
Decide today, that no matter what or who feels like it's making your life and heart sad...that you will not be ruined, hurt or destroyed by whatever it is!
You will start with your thoughts...expect change- even if you see none!
Expect hope - even if you have no signs pointing in any direction!
Expect happiness no matter what- even if all your problems seem to big!

Today I am dealing with things that scare me, things that are frustrating, things that are causing my heart to feel so hurt, things that could make me break down and want to cry and not get out of bed...
But I am deciding..these problems WILL NOT BREAK my spirit...I will be happy, I will smile at everyone I see, I will live with the hope for miracles being on their way!

I WILL NOT SAY I'm STRESSED or OVERHWHELMED, DEPRESSED or SAD....but I WILL SAY:
I won't give up, give in, or lose hope...I I REFUSE TO BE DISCOURAGED!

Don't worry you don't have to be religious to hear this...it's just something that encouraged me so much...and I hope it encourages you too!

"Those who wait for the Lord, who expect, look for, and hope in Him, will renew their strength"

(if you want to read more, that was from Isaiah 40:31)

Lift your hearts and hopes up to heaven...and may blessings and peace fall like snow from heaven down on you today..making everything beautiful and sparkling!

huge love and happiness...from your friend who's choosing hope and happiness no matter what else goes super wrong in my day!...kandee

Make-Up Brushes for Christmas!!!

Oh ! Oh ! Oh!

 I am so excited to tell you all about this!

CROWN BRUSH is an amazing make-up brush company...they make pro brushes..and not just in my opinion, but tons of other pro make-up artists I know!

They've been a little pro secret for years...but now you can get them too!

CHECK OUT THIS REDONKULOUS DEAL that CROWN is giving to all my Subscribers!!!!

15 PRO Make-Up Brushes for $29.99 (that's only $2 a BRUSH!!!!)
They normally sell for $43.99...but for all you it's $29.99
YOU MUST ENTER THE CODE: KANDEE
when you go to check out for the discount!
AND
everyone that buy a brush set with the KANDEE code will be entered in to win a $1,000.00 shopping spree at www.crownbrush.com!!!! The winner will be announced on January 4th!!!

THESE ARE THE 3 SETS YOU GET TO PICK FROM:

#1. The PINK Clutch SET: 15 brushes with matte black handles, shiny black ferrules (the metal part), and sable hair and taklon lip and angled brushe! CLICK HERE TO GET THE PINK SET

#2. The Bronze Clutch set: matte handles and bronze-black ferrules:

CLICK HERE TO GET BRONZE SET

#3. BLACK & RED Clutch Set: glossy red handles, shiny black ferrules:

CLICK HERE TO GET BLACK & RED SET

All you need to do is click on one of the links above and at check-out enter code: KANDEE

FREE SHIPPING FOR US CUSTOMERS...ADDITIONAL SHIPPING  charges to all WORLDWIDE orders, including CANADA and MEXICO


DISCOUNT ENDS: DECEMBER 31st, 2010

You will love these brushes...they are my favorite! And a big thanks to Crown for offering this to all my subscribers, this was so nice of them!

so here's a fun thing to add to your Christmas list!!!!

yay make-up brushes.....your kandee

Road Trip to San Francisco with my mom!

What: a road trip
Where: you'll see
Who: me and my mom (who goes by the name of Shannon...to everyone beside me and my sister, who call her many variations of mom: mommsie, mommerina, mommer...)
I thought you would enjoy our funny "short" video, abot our roadtrip....the beauty school "nurses" we saw....and me eating beef jerky! ha ha ha

DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE SUPREME NECKLACE CONTEST- it ends FRIDAY!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

get ready to hop in the car and hit the highway me and my mommer....


beef jerky...kandee

if you're bored...check out my personal-daily--pregnant-mom-blog (ha ha)... www.kandeeland.com

A Supreme Contest!

Get ready for some Christmas Contest!!!
This one is to be looking like the Supreme Queen of the Scene...with your very own Supreme necklace like mine!

THIS IS MY VERY FIRST CONTEST ON MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNEL!!!! LET'S KICK IT OFF RIGHT! HEE HEE

Pinky Loco...who made these has offered some supreme-ness to give away!!!!
Yay! If don't win and still want to buy one, click here:
PINKY LOCO

HERE'S THE OFFICIAL RULES:

1. You must be a subscriber to my channel on youtube: thekandeejohnsonshow

2.You must be a follower on this blog (so I can contact you if you post here too!)

3. You can ONLY POST BELOW THIS CONTEST POST and below the VIDEO on YOUTUBE!

4. You must comment a different reason why you like my blog or youtube (each one must be different so youtube won't mark comments as SPAM)

5. You must reply back within 24 hours after the winner is announced or a new  will be chosen.

ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE, ON HERE AND ON YOUTUBE...for more chances to win.

CONTEST WILL END THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17th at midnight (PST)...and winner will be announced Saturday, December 18th on this blog.

Get commenting and here's the video:

HAVE FUN....Kandee (get ready for more fun giveaways too!!!)

A "HOLIDAY" special!

(I love the look on my sister's face right here! ha ha ha)
This is a "special" treat for you-hoo!!! hee hee hee
I like to call it, "Kandee sings (or at least tries) Christmas songs with her special sister-guest, Tiffany!)

We attempt to sing:

Frosty the Snowman (FAIL)

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (yeah we got this one!)

and a special Tiffany impersonates, me, Kandee...at the end! ha ha ha you be the judge!
Hope you enjoy this "audio" gift of song...ha ha ha from me and my sister Tiffany Myers (she was a Johnson up until she got married to my favorite brother-in-law, Mr. Myers)
Merry almost Christmas...!!!!! yay! I love Christmas!!!!!!


huge love and lots of Christmas songs...your kandee

Cute Hair Tutorial (super fast too)

Here's a super fast, cute and fun hair tutorial!

(this was the hair I did for my FALL Make-Up video!)

this is a "cute" and messy version of the side pony tail...
quickly add some messy curls, so you have some pretty, "sexy" tendrils" of hair...and a low pony tail that look so cute.

TEASING HAIR TIPS 101:
(an essential part to this "messy" cute style)
SIDE NOTE: teasing will not harm your hair if you do it properly...

ALWAYS use a BOAR BRISTLE BRUSH

my favorite teasing brush is the TEASING U, 100% Boar Bristle Brush from MONROE- it is by far the best teasing brush I've ever used or even seen!
CLICK HERE TO SEE WHERE TO GET YOUR HAND ON ONE: www.monroebrush.com

• Plastic and Nylon brushes or combs will cause breakage and damage to the hair-
• BUT boar bristle brushes actually distribute natural oils in the hair and add shine
• Always PUSH the HAIR TOWARDS the root
• NEVER just "attack" the hair with a comb! ha ha ha

WHEN YOU PUSH ALL THE HAIR TOWARDS THE ROOTS, IT  ADDS VOLUME, NOT DAMAGE, AND IT WILL COME OUT EASILY

~make sure you use hair spray to hold all the teasing in place~

My favorite hair spray is:

SEBASTIAN RE-SHAPER- it is amazing and smell so good (i get compliments all the time on how good my hair smells when I use it!)

It's a professional hair spray (I get mine at the beauty supply because I have my cosmetology license), but CLICK HERE , www.sebastianprofessional.com and then click on where to FIND IT!

FOR CHEAP DRUGSTORE HAIRSPRAY:

I like: L'Oreal Elnett (it's a classic hairspray)

Now let's get ready to watch the hair tutorial!

oh and if you want to see the make-up in this video...here that is too!

hairspray and big hair...your kandee

Kandee and the Make-Up Factory!!!

yes, just like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory....I felt like I won the ticket to go see Willy Wonka! But this was even more fun for me....I got to go to the Ben Nye Make-Up Factory  where they make everything!!!! ahhhhhhh so fun!!! (this was me in the lab with Dana Nye, Ben Nye's son who runs everything...he was a make-up artist for years too...my favorite is that he did Sherman Hemsley's make-up for The Jefferson's!)

 A LITTLE ABOUT BEN NYE: this was Ben Nye, who was a make-up artist that started in the 1930's, working on amazing movies like, The Fly, Gone with the Wind, The Sound of Music, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (with Marilyn Monroe)...and hundreds more from the 30's all the way up to the 80's!

Ben Nye started the Ben Nye Make-Up company for make-up artists in the movie and theatrical industry...famous, notable, and exceptional make-up artist have used Ben Nye for decades now!

me in the lab looking at foundation samples!

oh my wonderland of make-up labs! There were shelves full of beautiful pigments...and ingredients and things I've nver heard of, but it looked like a mad-scientist lab of beauty!!!

Me and Dana putting labels on the concealer containers!

me (no pregnant labor laws were violated! ha ha ha) stirring foundations! so fun!!!!!

Look at me! Learning how to fill concealer containers!

bottle of fake blood..in ZEST MINT flavor!

Filling giant bottle of fake blood! The real stuff makes me queasy, but I can totally handle fake blood!

putting stickers on face powders!

me taking a ping pong (aka table tennis) break with some of the Ben Nye staff! I did pretty well for a minute! ha ha ha

I felt like a kid in a candy store...look at all those beautiful pigments!!!!

me and Pat, talking about all the colors in the new palettes! I love them all! I was saying how much I love the Fashion Rouge Palette!

me and Pat, putting together the "Kandee Palette"...can you believe they even made me labels to put on the palette! I was in make-up heaven!!!!!

 may I introduce the "Kandee Palette"!!!!! Can you tell by my smile, how excited I am!!!!

OH MY LOOK!!! Here's all the colors I picked that I absolutely LOVE!!!
Shell (ER-314), Au Naturelle (ER-318), Cobblestone (ER-315), Smokey Taupe (ER-36), Graphite (ER-98), Twilight Blue (ER-98), Mink Stole (ER-37), Coco Brown (ER-538), Black Brown (ER-595), Brown Berry (ER-78), Eggplant (ER-782), Black (ER-99)...
this is the only palette I've been using for the last 4 weeks, then when I went to BEN NYE, I got to add some of my favs to it!!!!!! These colors and pigments are amazing! No wonder they're what all the make-up artist in movies and tv use!

You can order the individual colors and palette from: www.bennyemakeup.com, or from www.alconeco.com, or www.naimies.com

me mixing lip liners and colors in the Ben Nye Make-Up studio...I can't even describe how fun this was for me!!!

Look!!! I got to mix up my own HOT PINK Lipstick!!!! They named it "Kandee Pink!"...this was such a fun, fun, fun day for me!
A huge thank you to Dana Nye and all the staff at Ben Nye, that welcomed me and made me feel like one of the make-up team members at their amazing company!
I will never forget this day...it was sooooo fun beyond words!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER A BEN NYE CATALOG and have fun looking at everything!

Kandee in the make-up factory!!! yippeeeeee