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Beautycounter Holiday 2017
The Beautycounter 2017 Holiday Sets exceeded my wildest dreams this year! I had the chance to see these up close and personal weeks before they launched, while I was on my Beautycounter trip in California. My eyes were as big as cups when I saw them! It reminded me of an Oprah show taping where she surprised the entire audience with free products. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced. I had been a consultant for just under a year when sets came out last year. They went over the top last year by releasing 2 amazing makeup palettes in addition to several new gloss colors and specially priced…
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Shedding Light On An Important Topic for All Women
October brings leaves falling, festivals, pumpkins and football games but it also brings an important topic to front of everyone’s minds. October is known for being breast cancer awareness month but we often miss the importance of it. Knowledge is power and it’s important to note that a lot of breast cancer diagnoses are linked to exposure to toxic substances. 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. (Source: CDC.gov) that’s scary! I don’t know about you, but it seems like cancer is everywhere these days. I know so many people personally affected and it’s absolutely heartbreaking. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and…
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My Makeup Routine with Three Little’s
dress | shoes | makeup As a mom, I tend to put myself last. Everything that I try to do for myself always falls to the back burner and I end up tapped out and raising my white flag. I rarely get out of yoga pants and a comfy vneck tshirt but when I do decide to leave the house, I am thankful for a quick makeup routine that helps me look a little less like a mombie. When Derrek and I actually had a date (these don’t happen enough and I want to make sure we do this more often) last weekend, I was able to dress up and…
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My “Why”
A few years ago I began my journey into a more natural life, and one of the ways I started this was by changing my makeup routine. I threw away all of my drug store Maybelline, Cover Girl and even my beloved Clinique products. I did so visiting the Environmental Working Group website and flipping out over how toxic the ingredients were that I was applying to my skin daily! The Skin Deep database is a great online resource that lists the chemical ingredients of thousands of products, and highlights a few of the worst on the list. Be aware that even the Environmental Working Group cautions against jumping to conclusions about…
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Revolutionary Safer Hair Care
Many of you don’t know that I suffer from psoriasis. Most of the time I can keep it at bay but there are different environmental factors that trigger it. When I wash my hands with bathroom handsoaps, get a pedicure, after I leave my hair appointments or use a hair product with the ingredient “fragrance.” The term “fragrance” (aka “parfum”) can be used for any number of aromatic chemical concoctions. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, over 5,000 different fragrance chemicals — in countless combinations — are used in products today. While every other specific ingredient used in personal care products must, by law, be listed…
