Charity Miles with TeamRWB! #MoveForVeterans!

Today marks the first day of the 60 day #MoveForVeterans challenge, with #CharityMiles, hosted by TeamRWB.

For each mile logged #BenGay will donate & each step brings us closer to reaching our donation goal of $65,000!

Get Moving: Walk or Run and they donate 25 cents per mile! Earn rewards & prizes for different levels reached!

Mission: virtually transfer #OldGlory across the country once a day, every day for the 60 days of the #OldGloryCoasttoCoastRelay!

It's time to come together as one big team and #RunWithGlory!!Join in for free, get your body movin' & help support #TeamRWB in #EnrichingVeteransLives!

We need at least 3,800 people to log in at minimum 1 mile per day, pop over to
download the app right meow!

#Veterans #TeamRedWhiteandBlue #America #neverforget #remember911 #usa

Xoxo, LadyPeters♡

UPDATE/EDIT: More pics from our daily challenge:

Letters Part 1

Dear every-inanimate-object-currently-occupying-space-in-my-living-quarters,

You seriously need to get up and hop neatly into the nearest cardboard moving box,
you know,
at your earliest conveinece...
No rush or anything,
it's not like we're moving in a few days or anything............
Seriously, I'm tired of picking each of you up and putting you delicately in neatly packed box, only to remove you shortly after, but in our new space, in our new home...

If you don't wish to be left behind, I highly suggest you get-to-steppin' and choose one of the several available boxes to make your temporary residence, until we arrive at the new place.
You all just sit there, smugly, taunting me, increasing the sinking realization that moving day is loomingly creeping closer, and almost upon us...
aaand I have to box you up, only to unbox your butts shortly after, but in our new surroundings.

This whole moving process is stressful enough...apparently 2nd most stressful to mourning death...
There is so much heavy anxiety ominously weighin down on this whole idea and actual process of moving house, I can barely stand it... everything has changed... it's incredibly daunting to have to even think about how soon we will be living in a strange new building, with new unknown people around us, unknown personalities, in a whole new neighborhood, with unknown sounds, smells, and God knows what else we will have to adjust to...

It's terrifying, and is going to send us to the poorhouse.

I didn't choose the Pleb Life, 
the Pleb life chose me.

Frankly, you're all pissing me off, objects-that-I-apparently-deemed-necessary-at-one-point-or-another-but-now-seem-materialistically-obnoxious-and-makes-me-question-how-many-of-you-are-truly-a-necessity-and-which-of-you-will-be-excommunicated-from-our-new-home.

Yup, you heard me.

Some of you simply will not be making the cut.

Some of you will successfully transition with us into our completely gutted & renovated home, ensuring that we are the first humans to live in the new space, but need I remind y'alls it will be with just some of you, but not all of you.
Some of you will be sold, or simply donated and given to a new home.

Don't take our interpretation of your sudden uselessness to us, we have been brainwashed into believing we "need" all of you and more of your kind is : more stuffz=moar happinessez.
'MURICA!

So yeah, objects... Ship up, or ship out.

Get yourselves packed up in your favorite empty box, awaiting to be filled with your useful selves, or GTFO, because I am sick & tired of having to pick you up again & again and transport you.

Get it together, in a neat and orderly fashion, or cease to exist in our company any further, you bunch of freeloaders....
Jeesh.

....aaaand it's 4:15am & I'm writing to inanimate objects.
Yeah.
Moving sucks.

TTFN TTYL H.A.G.S LYL OMGWTFBBQ MAI ROFLCOPTER GOES SOI SOI SOI
xoxo,
Your mom.

{omg this insomnia is making me delirious}

A Message to the Depressed

Beautifully said...😥brought heartbreaking tears to my eyes 💔

"A Message To the Depressed" please watch.

{{Depression is frightening, but you're never alone.}}

"If I could go back and have one more conversation with him before he did it, this is what I would say:

 'I'm not a miracle worker and I can't promise you much...

what I can do is 

I can wait right here with you, 

until you're ready. 

We can talk all day or I can just sit here and be silent...

We can do whatever you want as long as you know

that when we leave this room

and we re-enter the world,

we're going to do it together,

and I'm not going anywhere.

It doesn't matter what we're doing,

but throughout the duration of you feeling this way,

I'm going to be right here until you feel better..

and when you're ready,

You & I will re-enter the world together, 

Ok?

Just before you do anything, you let me know.' "

http://9gag.tv/p/aVEJPl/a-message-to-the-depressed-please-watch-it-sky-williams-robin-williams

So much truth :'( 

Heartbroken over Robin Williams, and his surviving family :( 

Depression does not discriminate... 

Rest in peace, you were a great man.

It's like a drug. And I'm having withdrawls...I♥the feeling of being free & the passionate adrenaline racing thru me as we curve skillfully thru the twisties together.. #moto #withdrawls

I kenz haz my [motor] bike? I kenz haz A Bike?? :'(
I'm dying over here with anticipation...

But kidding aside, seriously I want to cry right now :( last [motorcycle riding] season seems like forever ago...
I can't wait to get back out on the road soaring with only 2 wheels underneath me...
yeah, I ride passenger with my male bff, people think that's lame or "not a reall rider" whatever, I do NOT care, everyone had to start somewhere and that totally fine with me for right now, I love riding together, it's something we both are passionate about and can go places together... or not go anywhere in particular at all... it's literally all about experiencing the journey, not just arriving at the destination....
I love it... and now I'm just freaking out...I wish I could ride all day everyday, but I can't... my reality is that it is beyond feasible... I can't get my own bike yet, or full gear, for a multitude of heart crushingly the-real-world-is-effed-up reasons...
so I'm riding 2up, and I get so much unexplainable joy from riding with him...but I will be at the mercy of only whenever he feels slightly in the mood to actually take me with. :'( :( :(

I absolutely love the feeling of being free, and feeling the adrenaline passionately racing through me as we curve skillfully through the twisties together....

it's like a drug,
and I'm having withdrawls.
I am losing my mind,.and he'll never understand. I need some road-therapy like never before. I've tried to be honest and explain it....
It's giving me insane anxiety not to be out riding...
I have serious passion for it...and I just want to be out there...NOW!

I wish I could make him understand, I wish...for so much...I can'even sleep because of it...
And here I lie at almost 4:30a... :'(

#ridiculousinsomnia #idkwhattodo #someday #maybe #hopefully #hellneverunderstand #heartbreaking #ineedtoride #girlsridetoo #ineedthis #kawsaki #ninja #throwback #nostalgic #iwishicouldmakehimunderstand #ridetherapy #clearsthemind #girlswhoride #oldpic #backintheday #iwasblonde #dowant #pleaseunderstand #itssickening #passion #drive #imfreakingout

You can find me on your TV again :) Now on ABC's new show "Mind Games" starring Christian Slater & Steve Zahn!

My first scene EVER captured on film for national television! 

Recently aired on ABC's new show #MindGames! Episode 102, approx 26min in :) if you actually watch this scene, you can see my newbie self acting as we watched a guy go crashing through a tower of champagne glasses! Authentic reactions because he ACTUALLY crashed through the table... it was messy & intense! 

We filmed this back in like the first week of September last year! You can watch this episode and the next few and see my face acting for the first few times ever captured on film... 

The next scene I shot for this show had a few of us girls stuck in the ladies room with Christian Slater as a trolley full of set equipment was strolling by, lol "so this is how it's going to go down, ladies" he turns to us and says jokingly...
 The few of us blushed and giggled and had a brief fan-girl moment :-P 

I got my TV ready hairstyle look for this scene by doing what I basically do like every night! Psst... I even have my hair twisty up right now as I lie in bed, so my hair is all ready tomorrow in just a few seconds! Click here for the tutorial on my YouTube channel : YouTube.com/LadyPetersa !

Quick Easy Hairstyle: No Heat Curls! *HD*

If you try this or any of my other hairstyle looks,  don't forget to instagram/tweet me your photos using the hashtag #LadyPetersHair I would love to see 'em!
:)
If the video doesn't show above, click HERE to be taken to it on YouTube. :)

(Note:I don't do any talking or voice-overs in this one *deaf-friendly, my friends!* so if you are listening to it, and personally don't like the music, just mute it, listen to your own jams instead of thumbsing it down just because you didn't like the music. Thank you.)

Hi Dolls!
I basically do this super simple hairstyle everyday (Yup, it's true, literally did this last night/this morning)!  I get asked all the time how I create this look, so I thought I'd film it to teach you how easy it is to have a wavy curl using no damaging heat at all!  You can change the tightness of the wave depending on how tight you make your twist. 

For even tighter waves, you could do a set of two twists, one on each side of your head...
... so you'd have "two tails" and then the next morning, you could have even tighter "kinkier" kinks for curly waves!  
Like these 2 pictures:

I am always searching for new ways to "prep" my hair the night before so the next morning I can spend as little time, energy or heated tools on my hair as possible to keep my mane as healthy as it can be, and cut my get-ready-in-the-morning time down as much as possible!  Who couldn't use more free time?!

HAIR PRODUCTS USED:
-I just used a product with some hold, after my morning shower, I used the Aveda : "be curly™" Line, including the style-prep™ & be curly™ curl enhancer,
 (EDIT: I no longer use ingredients with harsh sulfates or silicones, I opt for the much better  SHEA MOISTURE brand and their extensive line of hair care products.  Available at drugstores, Targets, etc...)
but anything you put in wet hair after your shower with some goood hold will do, then later that night before bed, wet it, twist it like in the video, and then hairspray it with your favorite hairspray :)

I haven't seen anyone else do this, I kinda just came up with it when I was sick of french braiding with 3 strands, I was tired off that "too tight kinky" look, so I was like..."duuuhh Ashley.... try a twist with just 2 strands!"

And voilà! Thats how I created this look! 

Hope you enjoy the video!
If you try this or any of my other hairstyle looks, instagram/tweet me your photos using the hashtag #LadyPetersHair
:)

Hope you enjoy the video!

Thanks for stopping by!

Don't forget to "like" if you enjoyed this video
& click subscribe for more videos! :)

XOXO,
Lady Peters

Edit: I am still using this technique, years later, and have become a hair model (with ever-changing rainbow locks! Youtube video on how I got my first epic rainbow: here) who invests a lot of time and energy into the study of Trichology, hair care and using the best ingredients for only the healthiest hair! Below are some more updated pictures, all with curly hair from different tightness variations of this technique! I still do it almost every single night before bed! 

Other places you can find & follow me:
Twitter: @LadyPetersa
Instagram: @LadyPeters
YouTube:youtube.com/LadyPetersa
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/LadyPetersa/
Tumblr: http://ladypeters.tumblr.com/

Oh and one last thing...I was not asked or paid to boast about any of these products, it's just what I like...my opinion...

No copyright infringement intended.

*New Hair* OMG I am Passionately in Love With My Red - Blonde Ombre

I did it!!!

I have been wanting this with a fiery passion lately, and I absolutely DID IT!
I was sifting through hundreds of bright red photos on Google image search, and on Pinterest, and even created myself a new board JUST for this new look, you can find that here (click that... go ahead.. get some inspiration...)

So without further delay, here are some photos of my new look! What do you think?!

(sidebar: I will posted a YouTube tutorial on my channel for how I got the easy no-heat waves in my "before" picture.. I seriously do it like everyday!)

 AHHHH! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, GUYS!

Many thanks to Marie (click the link to see her fan page) from the Aveda I went to! I am absolutely, totally in looove with my new look, I freaking LOVE this new Bright Red Blonde Ombre look, and we didn't have to lift or tone the blonde I already had at all, just had to deposit the bright red color, so it wasn't as horribly damaging as I thought it could possibly be!  I am huge on keepin my hair exposed to minimal damage.. ie I rarely.. RARELY blow dry or use any heat products on my hair.. I only wash it ever 4-7 days so my natural oils keep my hair healthy, healthy healthy! Because I am growing my hair out EVEN LONGER!  It has taken me about 2.5 years (OMG) to get back to the length I had before my wedding, because after the wedding I did the infamous "Wife Chop" and donated 11"+ for Locks of Love!  Crazy!  My hair grows roughly about 1/2" a month, which I think is roughly normal?  But with getting trims too, it's still taken me awhile... but by keeping the heat and damage to a minimum before, helped me get all that length back, and shiny!

If you are interested in a similar look, and in the Chicago area, I would happily refer you to Marie!  She is super stellar, and if you wander over to her on your own, tell her I sent ya!

Let me know what you think, Dolls :) 

Do you like the blonde ombre before, or this new red blonde ombre ? 

Thanks for stopping by! :)
XOXO Lady Peters

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Instagram: @LadyPeters
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Exciting NEWS! I was on National TV! Start Seeing Me On NBC & ABC shows! *Featuring behind-the-scenes secrets!*

If you watch Chicago Fire, you may have already seen me twice! Once next to Shay (literally RIGHT on her RIGHT, bumping elbows, and we even got to chat in between takes!) in a bar scene, at the end of the episode on season 2 episode 5 "A Power Move". Character Leslie Elizabeth Shay is played by Lauren German (a Paramedic on Ambulance No. 61 at Firehouse 51 on NBC's "Chicago Fire").  She is such a cool, sweet & down to Earth girl in real life, it was so cool to be working with her! *Ahhh inside I was fan-girling real hard, like no body's business*, and you can catch my blonde hair bouncing in the Lesbian bar scene and see my left hand driving a "beer" (it's just filled with tap water, haha behind-the-scenes secrets!) You'll just have to start watching the show to see me! :-P

Here is my look for the lesbian bar scene! Crazy tight security, had to wear ID badges & everything! *yes did my own hair and makeup that morning!* :


A few weeks later, both my husband and I got cast for NBC's Chicago Fire's Black-Tie Formal Gala scene and we even had to have separate wardrobe fittings!  The hubbs was fitted for a very handsome tux (for free, even get paid for this extra wardrobe fitting), and I brought a few gowns down to try, and if they don't like what you bring, they have you wear one of their costume department's dresses.  They ended up choosing what I hoped they would pick, which was a GORGEOUS black chiffon floor length dress with sweetheart neckline that I wore in my friend's wedding!
Here are some photos during my wardrobe fitting at Chicago Fire's wardrobe space (you can see the different options they had for me, but ultimately ended up choosing my favorite!! and even did some FREE Alterations I needed to the dress!!!!) They went back-and-forth on decided between the black dress and my fuschia high-low dress which that dress has already been filmed on BOTH ABC's new drama "Mind Games" premiering March 8, 2014 and also for an engagement party scene for NBC's new show "Chicago PD" premiering January 8, 2014 which is a spin off show from the police department on Chicago Fire (you'll see me in several episodes of BOTH those new shows too!):


Here is me being sneaky during my fitting for my Specialty Role in the Wardrobe Trailer for
 ABC's new drama "Mind Games" premiering March 8, 2014




Here is a behind-the-scenes shot of some new gals I made friends with on 
NBC's new show "Chicago PD" premiering January 8, 2014
More Chicago PD day looks:

For some touch ups, here I was in hair-and-makeup for NBC's Chicago PD:

OK ... Back to being on NBC's "Chicago Fire"...

(Video clip below!)

Here is my end look with the hubbs (hair and makeup all done by myself, even gave some on set a few pointers and tips for how I create this look!  As an ametuer Make Up Artist & Hairstylist I am always creating my own looks on set, and assist with other girls so they can bring out their natural beauty with just a few swipes of product in just the right places!



Mena Suvari Instagrammed this, and you can see us in the background! Haha we then began writing each other back and forth in the comments section, gah Mena is SUCH a cool girl!!! Love her!!


and below here are a few screenshots of us "leaving the gala" and my handsome and ever helpful husband assisting my in putting my outdoor coat on, you can see us right next to "Isabella" and "Peter Mills" played by Mena Suvari and Charlie Barnett (both of whom were super chill and cool people to chat with!!! *insert fan girl moment here*:



Oh my goodness it was a super fun day of shooting!  We were in the coffee stand scene too down by the river and Chicago's Marina Towers, but you can only partially see us, but it was still an amazing experience!  I am having SO much fun, everyone has been so nice, all the production people, the wardrobe people, EVERYONE has been FANTASTIC!  This has been such a great opportunity, and I can't wait to do more! 

If you want to watch our few-seconds-of-fame click HERE for the video clip!

Start watching these shows and you'll start to see me on your TV! :)

Oh you'll also see me in the "midseason" of new shows in 2014 on NBC's new drama "Crisis" a sort of a hostage/political thriller drama, here are some behind-the-scenes shots from that TV show!

Keep an eye out for me popping into your living room TV the next several months! Don't forget to tune in and watch NBC's "Chicago Fire", "Chicago PD", "Crisis" and ABC's "Mind Games" !


...and if you want to learn how to do hairstyles and makeup looks so good that the hair & makeup ladies on the set of BIG TV shows ask me "how do you do it?!" go to my youtube channel youtube.com/ladypetersa and watch how it's done! & Don't forget to subscribe for more!


Thanks for stopping by! :)
XOXO Lady Peters

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Instagram: @LadyPeters
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My 3 Minute Easy Natural Everyday Basic Makeup Tutorial! *HD*

http://youtu.be/dXzMg2Fz_JI

3 min Easy Natural Everyday Makeup you can do quick in the mornings before school or work!  Very minimal, natural makeup look, that almost looks as if you are wearing no makeup at all!  This quick and simple look is quite minimal, just enhancing your natural beauty!  If you want the lashes to look even bolder, just layer up the mascara!  If your brows are sparse, or unshapely you can add them quick to the look, If I am not doing much I will just do this, or even skip the liquid foundation, if my skin is looking clear.

Just tailor it to your look and whatever your heart desires! Have fun with it!
Leave me a comment below & let me know how it went for you!

Thanks for watching!
Don't forget to "like" if you enjoyed this video
& click subscribe for more videos!



XOXO,
Lady Peters

Other Places You Can Follow Me :)
Thanks for stopping by! :
Instagram: @LadyPeters
YouTube:youtube.com/LadyPetersa
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/LadyPetersa/
Blog: http://ladypeters.blogspot.com/
Tumblr: http://ladypeters.tumblr.com/

Oh and one last thing...I was not asked or paid to boast about any of these products, it's just what I like...my opinion... and if you happen to want some of Sam Chapman's amaaazzzing RealTechniques brushes... you can find them at :

http://realtechniques.com/ and omg I cannot say enough good things about them.. love the brushes..love those girls...amazing amazing amaaazing!

FAVORITE RealTechniques Brushes I used:

Expert Face Brush: http://realtechniques.com/shop-collection/your-base-flawless/expert-face-brush
Powder Brush (SO fluffy and soft!):http://realtechniques.com/shop-collection/your-base-flawless/powder-brush

Song used: "Sweet Sweet Melody" by Katie Sky
http://youtube.com/katieskymusic
http://labrecs.com/paradise

My Adventures in Chicagoland: Yelp Elite Events!

I am excited to announce that I have been chosen to be an Elite members of the Yelp Chicago Suburbs squad!  Not only have I been inducted into this stellar group, my husband has been as well! Now we both have this amazing opportunity to do this together!

 So what does this mean you ask?  Well so far, we have had the chance to meet great new people who share the same interests, have had the ability to attend different elite events and give them our honest reviews!  We have been having a blast, and the people we've met are so great, it makes me wonder why I had not figured out this secret before?!

Our first ever event was a classy "Mad Men" style soiree at the steakhouse: Eddie Merlot's in Burr Ridge 

Here is the video promo for it, you can see me awkwardly eating on camera @ the 2:40 mark... lol!

http://youtu.be/1k0sT5yWRms?t=2m40s

My ever Handsome Husband sportin' some Yelp Swag:





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Another fun event we went to was "Yelp's Late Night Sushi Social @ RA Sushi" and you can read about our fun party, and my review by clicking here:

Here is the video promo for it, you can see me awkwardly eating edamame on camera @ the 0:49 mark... lol!

http://youtu.be/JgS1Bkhez_s 

Look out for more fun Elite Event Parties, I'll share them with you as they happen!

EDIT: Update: I was just featured on restaurant "J.Alexander's" menu site: 

Thanks for stopping by! :)
XOXO Lady Peters

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