Want my purse!!! You can have it!!!

A few things to know about me:
I love leopard print....I love it's timeless-wildness!
And I love cool purses....you may change your shirt everyday...but your purse-handbag....is right there by your side, day after day.....

The awesome girls at baghaus.com, let me pick out any purse I wanted....and then they said we could offer one as a give away!!!! So we can share the purse love!!!! And we can be twinsies with our matching "Kandee" purse!
You can check out this purse here to:
KANDEE's LEOPARd PURSE

And as in all of life...there are some rules....
so here are the rules (yes, youtube or someone big and bossy has some guidelines...ha ha ha)

HOW TO ENTER & RULES:

#1 you must be a SUBSCRIBER on youtube to my channel:
www.youtube.com/kandeejohnson

#2 you must enter in the comments below the PURSE video (down below), on YOUTUBE...:
I WANT KANDEE or I WANT KANDEE's PURSE

#3 you must be 18 years old - if you're not, you can have your parent enter for ya!

#4 you must click here on the link below, or on the link in the sidebar on the video under )more info)....and sign up there for baghaus to ship to the winner....
sign up here: www.baghaus.com/kandeejohnson

#5 and then wait to see who will be getting this awesome purse just like mine!!!!

CONTEST ENDS FEBRUARY 13th....right before VALENTINE'S day....so someone will have a new something to love! hee hee hee

and here is the link to get the really cool BLINGITZ things I showed in my purse video...
I love these:
easymodesty.com

I am so excited to get to give away something!!!! YAY!!!!!! I love giving gifts, so this feel sort of like that! Who doesn't love presents!!!!

huge love everyone.....kandee

A Fan-tastic day....

Me and Cosmo... playing dress-up....he "created" this outfit for me....it was so fun!
Anastacsia....said I was her "favorite" and that she had come in store the day before asking about me...she forgot her vest and came back to get it...and I was in the store! Her and her mom were so beautiful....and her little brothers and sister were all so nice! huge love to you all!!! I was great to meet you guys!
me with her beautiful mama!!!

It was so fun to get to try on all the fun clothes in SPeed..that's the store I did that "shopping" on melrose video in....and Cosmo is hilarious....and an outfit designing genius! Go there and ask for COSMO! I love him...he's so funny and creative!!!

It was such a fun day...to get to meet people that watch me on youtube and actually get to hug them and say hi in person....please, if you ever see me anywhere.....come up and say hi- I will give you a huge hug and and even bigger smile!!! It is so wonderful for my heart to get to connect with a live person in front of me!

Thank you everyone for sharing your love with me......I want to send some extra love through the computer today!!! huge love, kandee

and here's the melrose video to watch again...if you missed it the first time....it's pretty fun!

happiest of days to you...no matter what is going on!!!

THE FUNNIEST THING I JUST NOTICED IS:
I have the same earrings and leggings on in the first video (months ago)...as I did when I went there again the other day! ha ha ha ha...(shows how much I love em'....ha ha ha)

Saturday....

today was a good day....i didn't really think about any of the stressful things in my life...all day long...
I had nice day...I laughed....I saw the sunset...I felt like my heart was floating...my mind and my heart felt like they got to go on the most amazing vacation....
I had yummy food and I saw pretty things....I got to window shop...
and it was good...I felt adored and it was so good to feel like this...
I know this week I have a lot to do...some of it is far from fun.....
but maybe in those moments, I will reach into my memory bank....and think about these moments and it will make my heart smimetimes walking down the street...
i will type more later...but I have to go.....huge love, kandee

I'm getting married....

(this is me with the "bridal" look)(and this is much blonder, and fair-er friend, on her wedding day, with the same make-up I did for her)

just kidding....
but if you are.....here is a super-asked-for look....wedding-bridal make-up...this is the day that most every girl has dreamed about her whole life. Even if you're not getting married, this is a great, beautiful look...and I show you tricks and tips to make your make-up last all day and possibly all night too!
On this day you will be like a celebrity...probably the most photographed day of your entire life...so you should look like a star too!

This is the most, most, most requested look I get when brides ask for make-up (and I've done countless bride's make-up)
this is how it usually goes:
kandee: so what look do you want?
bride: a clean, fresh, dewy, smokey eye!

All those sound like they'd be hard to put together...but I'll show you how to do it...and everyone looks stunning with this look. Also, how I show you to apply it, brides have told me that they have woken up the next day and still looked just as good as when I put it on them.

I hope this helps make you feel extra glamorous and will make your groom's jaw drop when you walk down the aisle!

Remember:
*make sure not to get any facial treatments 2 weeks prior to your big day (facials bring all the dirt down in the pores to the surface and cause "breakouts")
*make sure you get all your facial waxing done at least a week prior to wedding day
*make sure you don't drink any alcohol the morning of the wedding (it will cause redness in the face which no concealer will hide)
*up your water intake to half your weight in ounces, every day, for clearer, non-puffy face
*make sure you relax and enjoy every moment...it will be over sooner than you think....and remember, things will go wrong...so just expect something to go wrong...and you won't get too upset. (every wedding I have done make-up for, something has gone wrong...and not one of them has ever started on time! ha ha ha)

I hope this helps you look and feel absolutely gorgeous, and I am honored to get to share this with you to be a part of such a special day for you!!!
huge love, kandee

little kandee....

(I am smiling away on the far left....then my neighbor Mark, and my lil sis Tiffany..the other dark haired little lady)

some days...i wish I could go back and be 6 or 7 again...no worries except what to play...that smiley little girl is still me....we are all that same little person...with usually the same likes, the same dreams....I still like all the same stuff...photography, drawing, decorating things, dressing up, smiling, making up movies in my head...dancing and twirling....
and then
some days
...and I had one yesterday...I was walking to my car....and so many things had happened that day.....tears started fuzzing up my eyeballs....
I talked to my mama....tears started fuzzing up my eyes again.....
I talked to my sister.....tears...

I was hit with some "less-than-lovely" news yesterday...(read yesterday's blog to see why I can't talk about it yet...even though I would rather be an open book..and share all my life happenings)...
and I am not going to say "things can't get any worse"...because right when you do that.....OH something will happen!...ha ha ha

then I realized...everything is all how you look at it....and I said, "you know, this isn't so bad....I've been through a whole lot worse"...this is all do-able....I can handle all of this....
God wouldn't give me more than I can handle...and God must think I'm pretty strong...ha ha ha
I know all this is going to make be tougher....I probably won't get my feelings hurt like I used to, when someone would say something mean, like in high school.....now I get mean comments about me all the time...ha ha ha ha


If today seems hard or sad....know you're not alone...
The sun is shining brightly this morning....I have a smile in my heart....despite any "unpleasant" things I have to deal with....
And we wil be life-warriors....nothing is going to break us...no one is going to break us....we are strong....we will resist others evil words and actions....
we will go after our dreams with a passion....we will spread love and be a light in a dark and unhappy world...
and we will be a source of love and encouragement to others....
I know you all have already been this for me!!!

This was typed with love and a smile....and I hope it brightens your day...
you're more beautiful than you know
more talented than you think
and more loved than you can imagine....
your friend, kandee

Love Letters....

how not to have a bad day....

1. don't answer the phone to get some really not-so-good-news (which I wish I could share with all of you that I care for...but unfortunately, there are a few unkind people who only look at my blog and facebook, so that they can make little comments about me and post them everywhere)

2. don't get even more bad news on the phone.....

3. don't wake up after getting 4 hours of sleep because you were up working on the computer

....I did all of those things.....

I felt numb as I drove in my car......I grabbed my mail key and went into the post office....
as I opened the door...."love letters" started spilling all over the place!
My heart...in that instant felt so loved and uplifted....as my eyes looked at all the carefully written addresses on the envelopes.....
I carefully took all my "precious parcels"......and walked to my car...where I spent over an hour, looking at each envelope, and appreciating each letter that someone hand wrote....(or even typed)...they are all so wonderful.....from the handmade cards, to little goodies inside...to the precious words of love, hope, and encouragement...to getting a peek into your heart and lives from your stories!
I spent over an hour sitting in the parking lot in my car, opening each letter...and I could feel my "love tank" filling up....and the numbness started to melt away!

There aren't enough words in the world to tell you what each of those letters mean to me! I will save and cherish each one!
THANK YOU!!!!! I want to THANK EVERYONE that mailed me a "love letter"......(I liked the one with the 2 pennies in it too!) Thank you so much for taking the time out of your lives to share a gift with me.....that touched my heart, on a day that I could use it so much!!! Each word was like a ray of sunshine warming my heart! I love all my letters!!!! And all of you that wrote them! You guys are truly amazing!!!

I hope today that we all can spread more love to a hurting world.....whether it's a letter, a gift, a kind word, or maybe just a hug.....and we can throw love out into the world like a BOOMERANG...and it will come back to us, too!

huge love to all my precious, sweet, and very caring friends....huge hugs and love, kandee

here;'s a video I made last night....that I just wanted to share with all of you...from my heart!

Falling in Love.....

i know....sometimes, if you are not with someone to whom you can plan giving lovey things to...the thought of walking inside every store right now....filled with hearts bigger than you head, more red and pink than an entire Victoria's Secret store....and more cupid's than you see for the rest of the year...makes you want to say "BAAAAA Heart-bug!"......and run right past all that heart crap....

BUT.....if you are in "like" or love with someone....then your mind dances wildly with all the sweet things you can do....make "love" coupons......bake something yummy....the little lovey things you'll write in the cards you buy....notes to be left in pockets or on bathroom mirrors...

and somewhere in between these two....is....
LOVE give yourself a Valentine's....love on yourself.....the best way to take care of our love garden...is to water your own garden....tell yourself how beautiful you are today....get yourself a little treat...maybe a new magazine....or some small little inexpensive goodie...a yummy scented lotion or perfume...a new song off of itunes to dance to...a little craft project for your creative heart....

If you fall in love with yourself (and I mean this is the most non-stuck-up kind of way)...your confidence will soar....and you will know the special and amazing person that you are....and you will be 20,000 times more attractive to everyone around you!

I have a friend who is not happy with her weight....but she doesn't let it effect her....she acts like she is the most attractive thing in the room! ANd you know what!?! Her confidence rubs off on everyone.....and guys just flock to her! I love it!

Today's mission:
tell yourself....I am loved, I am beautiful...everyone likes when I'm around, I'm fun...I'm interesting, and Kandee thinks I'm amazing!!!!!!

buy yourself a little something fun (even if it costs a $1)

You are great....and you deserve to know how amazing you are! I love ya lots....hugs through the computer...kandee