Loving my Clarisonic!

I have been hearing about Clarisonic face brushes for forever.   However, I never wanted to pay that much money for one.  They can range between $99 and $250 depending on the model and what comes with it.  Well, after seeing them over and over on QVC and in stores I decided to break down and get one. 

I got the Clarisonic Mia in a really pretty lavender color.  The Mia is an affordable model.  I bought mine from Sephora for $125.  It came with the Mia, one sensitive skin brush head, a charger, and a sample of Clarisonic's face wash.  What's great about the Clarisonic is that you can use it in the shower and use whatever face wash you would like.  I use Philosophy's Purity (which I LOVE!!) and I also use Cetaphil when I don't have any make up to take off. 

As soon as it arrived I plugged it up and let it charge over night.  Let me tell you I couldn't wait to use it the next morning.   After the first use my skin was super soft and after a while I could tell that my skin looked clearer.  Now I still get break outs but my skin as a whole looks great!
The only maintenance that your need to do the Mia is charge it and also change the brush heads every 3 months.  There are a few brush heads to choose from...Sensitive, Normal, Acne, Deep Pore, and Delicate.  Since, my Mia came with sensitive brush head I decided to get Deep Pore and Normal skin brush heads.  The Deep Pore is on it right now and I love it too!!  I thought that it would be rougher on my skin but it doesn't bother my skin at all!! It still feels soft on my skin! 

I have truly fallen in LOVE with my Clarisonic Mia.  It was well worth the price.  Now I wish I would have gotten one sooner. 

**This review is my personal experience and your experiences may be different.  I am in no way affiliated with Clarisonic or Sephora and I was NOT asked or compensated for this review!!***

A New Adventure...ZUMBA®

Well, it has been a while since I posted last but I have some very exciting news!! I am officially a LICENSED ZUMBA® INSTRUCTOR!!! YAY!!!  I am sooo excited! 

Last weekend I went to the Basic 1 training.  It was from 8am to 5:30pm!! Yes, that's right all day!  My ZES, Zumba® Education Specialist, was Loretta Bates! Can I just say how AMAZING she is?!! Not only is she beautiful, can dance, and a great teacher but she is truly a role model for Zumba®.  She pushes you but making you have fun at the same time! At the end of the day I walked away with so much...technique, some new friends, my license, and my whole body was sore!! But it was worth it! Here are a couple of pics that we took at the end of the training!

Since getting licensed, I have been working daily on choreography and at the point I have all the dances for my class almost down pat.  I'm a little nervous that I will mess up but I just need to jump on in! 

Now for the mini problem...I know what time my classes will be but finding a "for sure" place is a little bit harder.  Hopefully, I will get everything worked out by tomorrow and I will be able to start on Wednesday! 

Wish me luck!! 

PS.  If you would like any information on getting your Zumba® License just visit www.zumba.com
For my classes and information visit... http://shannonknott.zumba.com or www.facebook.com/shannonknottfitness

Books, Books, Books!!

So, I have to say that growing up reading was not my favorite thing to do.  I would read for school or at least try to read for school but I found it sooooo boring!  When I got to college I started reading the Harry Potter books and really enjoyed them.  However, it wasn't until the Twilight books (I read all four books in 4 1/2 days, crazy I know!) that I started reading, reading, reading. Since, the Twilight series I have read I don't know how many books!!  Don't laugh but most of the are paranormal love stories! Being a wife, a mother, and a teacher my life can get very stressful.  So even though these books are meant for teens, I find them to be a great escape from my reality and they are easy reads!! 
 I was buying a new book the other day and thought to myself "Growing up you would never be in the book isle, now look at you have become book crazy!"  I have a book shelf for books that haven't been read yet and a shelf for books that I finished.  I guess I could sell my books after I read them but they are my trophies!  I absolutely love when I get to add a book to my bookshelf of finished books!  Over the Christmas break I finished two books (over 300 pages or more) and I just started another one today!  Who knows I may able to finish this book and start a new one before we go back to school on Monday. 

Do any other moms out there find that reading is an escape for them?  If you do, let me know what books you have really enjoyed by sending me a comment!



Here are some of the series and books I have read...

• Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
• Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
• Mortal Instraments series by Cassandra Clare
• Vampire Kisses series books 1-8 by Ellen Schreiber
• All of the Balefire series by Cate Tiernan
• Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
• The Vampire Diaries series books 1-5 by LJ Smith
• 50 Shades of Grey series by EL James
• The Crossfire series books 1-2 by Sylvia Day
• Sweep series by Cate Tiernan
• The House of Night series by PC and Kristin Cast
•  Wicked series by Nancy Holder
• True Blood Series books 1-5 by Charlaine Harris
• and more!!

Dec. 28th, 2013- Here are some more books that I have read.

• The Divergent Series books 1-3 by Veronica Roth
• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton (I am currently reading the 2nd book Wings of the Wicked)
• Wake by Amanda Hocking