Big Beauty on a Budget

Let's Get it Started (HA), Let's Get it Started in Here....

OK, OK enough of the Black eye peas, let's get started with this blog! I have been thinking about doing a blog that encompassed my love of makeup and fashion,  the body positive movement, feminism ( yes you can be a feminist and love make-up and  girly crap!), my adventures in clean eating.... ya know, just everything that I love all wrapped up into one place. I know this is a strange combination but there has to be others like me out there...Right?!

I want to share tips and tricks that have helped me:

 1. come to love myself

 2. take care of myself mentally and physically

 3. save some money and still feel like a million bucks! 

   Basically, let me share my trial and errors with you. 

I hope that I can help people, like myself, find their beauty inside and out. This is a place for all body types, there is no judgment here. I hope I can inspire others to see the beauty in themselves. It has taken me many years to get to a point that I feel beautiful (it helps that I have this guy telling me I am every day). I look back at my teenage self and wonder how I didn't see what I do now. 

I am make-up obsessed, I never really did much with makeup because I just didn't know

what to do with it. A few years back I discovered YouTubers like Kandee Johnson and Cora of Vintageortacky, these ladies not only teach you how to apply makeup and achieve the looks you want, they also show you that you are beautiful on the inside also (links below). Since then I have been hooked, however, I hate spending a lot of money on make-up and I don't think you need to all the time. I want to share with you products that I buy that work well and don't break the bank. I don't want my obsession with makeup, make you think that I feel women need to wear makeup because sister, I do not! Women are beautiful with or without make-up do what makes YOU feel good about yourself.

I LOVE clothes!! I am a plus size girl so I will only be able to share my experience with plus size clothing, but I think that many curvy ladies have a hard time finding clothes that fit them. Many times, even brands who cater to plus size women, tend to have models that do not represent a typical plump lady. I want to share my experiences and items that I love! I will be on the look out for sales and styles for ladies who have a little more junk in their trunk ;) I also want to show the world that no matter your size or shape you can wear whatever you want to wear and you can look beautiful doing it!..... And if you want to walk around in you PJ's all day, go for it sister, you can do that too! 

I have been on an adventure in clean eating, I have some health things that I have been working out and have found that cutting out the processed junk has really helped. I want to share recipes that I have found that are yummy and easy. Many times people think that they don't have time to cut down on process foods, or that it is too expensive, but honestly, there are easy, and inexpensive ways to make it a part of your everyday life. I am no expert, not even close, so this is a discovery we can go on together!

Overall I want this to be a sunshiney polka-dotted happy place in a world of negativity and hate. Let's all go out and start building each other up rather than tearing each other down. Let's face it, life is hard as it is, why not work together to make it better and why not put on a fantastic lip color while you're at it?!  ;)

In order for us to start bonding let me share a picture of teen Qualleen: Look how classy I was in my leopard print collared coat ;) Thankfully this was prior to my 90's "pluck your eyebrows to death" phase. 

Check them out! 

Vintageortacky's youtube channel 

https://www.youtube.com/user/vintageortacky

Kandee Johnson's youtube channel. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/kandeejohnson

Follow me on Instagram: qualleen

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/qualleensbigbeautybudget