So I have decided to finally do a series on my blog about Personal Development and how everyone (men, women, boys, girls) can enhance their lives to become the person that they want to become. I will also do a video for each post that I do on this topic, and I hope to do this series over a 2 week period and I hope that you all will be able to take something from my series and use it in your everyday life. Please feel free to leave any comments, concerns or questions below any of my posts and share to your friends and followers as well.
Thanks guys and girls, Post #1 coming up in a few hours……
Happy Monday everyone, I hope that everyone had a safe weekend. I am actually really excited today because today’s blog post is going to be the first of many posts for my First Ever Blog Series entitled “30 Days to a Healthier You.”I was really searching for a way to bring something new and different for you guys to be able to actually incorporate into your life whether or not you are into beauty, and fashion or not. Each day for the next month I will show you 30 Simple Ways that you can manage the stress in your life in this busy world and improve your overall health.
Now some of you may be thinking what in the world can I possibly do in 30 days to make my life healthier and stress free, well let me start by saying that you can do a whole lot…!!! The spa company that I work with has done tons of research on stress management, and here are just a few facts for you to keep in mind before we go into our first of 30 simple ways that you can improve your lifestyle:
1. Stress is an unavoidable part of our every day lives, and unfortunately with the ever-increasing demands that come with managing our families, personal lives and careers, we end up ‘stressed out’ and oftentimes have difficulties coping with our responsibilities.
2. The Human Body is designed to experience stress and react to it. Stress that continues without relief, however, can lead to distress – a negative stress reaction. Managing this negative stress is vital to the health and well-being of all individuals.
3. It is estimated that 80-90% of all diseases today are stress related. Stress has been associated with ulcers, obesity, loss of appetite, migraines and tension headaches, difficulty sleeping, mental disorders and an increased use of cigarettes, alcohol and drugs.
4. Stress has also been linked to some of the leading causes of death, including cancer, heart disease, lung ailments, suicide, accidents and cirrhosis of the liver due to alcoholism.
So you see effectively managing your negative stress can and will save your life and bring you to live a healthier and more enjoyable life.
Now that we soaked up some facts about what makes our life so unhealthy let’s go into our FIRST STEP for day one of our healthy living.
STEP #1 – Start Out Earlier: This may sound like a simple thing that has nothing to do with makin your life healthier, however I beg to differ. Think about it, if you woke up 10 minutes earlier than you usually do, leave for work or school 10 minutes earlier and arrived at your meetings or appointments 10-15 minutes earlier wouldn’t it be a lot more relaxing and empowering…?? No rushing and forgetting things like your notes, books, keys, or socks…lol ( seriously that happened to me once ). No more honking the crap out of your car to get the poor old lady to make the light so that you won’t be late
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It really is that simple 10 minutes can literally save you, help you keep your sanity and bring some confidence and relief back into your life.
Preparing things the night before is a great way to maximize this step because if you do all of your ironing, lunch making, packing your work bag/school bag, and even showering if you’re the type that just likes 1 shower, these all help you to make the morning time less hectic, more relaxing, fresh and wonderful.
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Try this step out and leave me a comment or any thoughts on how and if it helped you out in any way….. and let me know if you all prefer a morning post or an evening post, I really want you to be able to have time to soak in all of the steps so Tune in tomorrow for STEP #2 of my Series…..
Hey girls and guys, how was everyone’s weekend…Well I hope that it was great and I am so excited to do a Makeup theme today. I am going to start a makeup post each week hopefully every Monday.
Spring is such a beautiful time of year, and when it comes to makeup, it’s all about pretty,light colors. I just love the look above it just gives such feminine touch, its soft yet the look is very sexy and subtle. The two toned lip color is just amazing, it just screams spring. So Here’s all the info you need to get the Two-Toned Look: (All products used are Mark Products and can be found here
FACE : Using the powder brush, gently dust bronze pro all over the face. (Model is wearing shade pro glow. Using the blush + bronzer brush, buff just blushing in shade foxy over the apples of the cheeks.
EYES : Using the all overeye shadow brush, sweepi-mark in shade minx over the lids. Using theangled contour eye shadow brush, blend the shade into the creases. Run no place to run in shade foxy brown along the upper lash lines. Brush two coats of lash act in shade blackest black onto lashes.
LIPS : Run glossworks in shade tempest along the lip line. Next, starting at the tempest-shaded outline, blend glossworks in shade tropica over the lips to create a luscious, two-toned effect
What are your favorite makeup lip colors for spring…???
“Make it happen may” has been all over Youtube and Twitter, however some of you might not know exactly what it is. I came across the hash tag on Twitter and decided to check it out. I was very inspired after finding a link to Nikki Phillippi’ s channel explaining what it was. For those of you who don’t know who she is, she is one of YouTube’s best and biggest Beauty Gurus. Her videos are very uplifting, inspiring, fun, and girly. Nikki does videos on makeup, skincare, style, fashion, and living a healthy lifestyle.
In a nutshell she is just a really genuine person and she came up with a theme for the month of May to “Make it Happen” , meaning what ever goals or aspirations you have this is the month to push and achieve them. No excuses, no pity party, just hardwork and moving forward with purpose. She suggested that we write down our goals on paper, so that we have a visual of it, which will keep you focused if you can see it each day.
A lot of people have joined in with her theme to make it happen and I hope that you will too. Just use the hash tag #makeithappenmay in your tweet, and share with everyone what you would like to make happen this month… If you would like to check out Nikki’s YouTube channel you can go to http://www.youtube.com/nikkiphillippi .
*** Remember anything is possible with hard work, and persistence. ….!!!!!
Happy Tuesday everyone, I am so happy to be able to do a post for you guys today. I plan on doing a series of posts on skin care issues that affect a lot of men and women. So today I decided to address “Rosacea”, what it is and how you can prevent flare ups.
Rosacea is a chronic (long-term) disease that affects the skin and sometimes the eyes. The disorder is characterized by redness, pimples, and, in advanced stages, thickened skin. Rosacea usually affects the face; other parts of the upper body are only rarely involved. Approximately 14 million people in the United States have rosacea. It most often affects adults between the ages of 30 and 60. Rosacea is more common in women (particularly during menopause) than men. Although rosacea can develop in people of any skin color, it tends to occur most frequently and is most apparent in people with fair skin. Doctors do not know the exact cause of rosacea but believe that some people may inherit a tendency to develop the disorder. People who blush frequently may be more likely to develop rosacea. Some researchers believe that rosacea is a disorder where blood vessels dilate too easily, resulting in flushing and redness.
Factors that cause rosacea to flare up in one person may have no effect on another person. Although the following factors have not been well-researched, some people claim that one or more of them have aggravated their rosacea: heat (including hot baths), strenuous exercise, sunlight, wind, very cold temperatures, hot or spicy foods and drinks, alcohol consumption, menopause, emotional stress, and long-term use of topical steroids on the face. Patients affected by pustules may assume that they are caused by bacteria, but researchers have not established a link between rosacea and bacteria or other organisms on the skin, in the hair follicles, or elsewhere in the body.
Although there is no cure for rosacea, it can be treated and controlled. A dermatologist (a medical doctor who specializes in diseases of the skin) usually treats rosacea. The goals of treatment are to control the condition and improve the appearance of the patient’s skin. It may take several weeks or months of treatment before a person notices an improvement of the skin.
Some doctors will prescribe a topical antibiotic, such as metronidazole, which is applied directly to the affected skin. For people with more severe cases, doctors often prescribe an oral (taken by mouth) antibiotic. Tetracycline, minocycline, erythromycin, and doxycycline are the most common antibiotics used to treat rosacea. The papules and pustules symptomatic of rosacea may respond quickly to treatment, but the redness and flushing are less likely to improve.
Things you can do to help prevent rosacea flare-ups:
Since the sun is linked to rosacea flare-ups, sunscreen protection of 15 or higher is very important.
When choosing a chemical sunscreen, chose Avobenzone (Parsol 1789), a less irritating chemical sunscreen.
Avoid using irritating products that might contain alpha hydroxy acids, beta hydroxy acids, retinol, harsh physical exfoliants (Microdermabrasion), or SD alcohol.
When choosing a repair product, you may find that clients are able to tolerate poly hydroxy acids as they are more gentle to the skin.
Secret Agent mint Color Primer (from Beauticontrol) will help to neutralize redness in the skin Secret Agent Mint Color Primer. Click on the picture to find out more about this product and its benefits.
Secret Agent Mint Color Primer
Skinlogics Sensitive Protective Services calming Fluid from Beauticontrol – Helps to soothe irritated and sensitive skin. Click on the picture to find out more about its use and benefits.
So I decided to color my hair in a nice red. I went to CVS and spent like an hour trying to decide on which shade of red to buy. Finally I picked this strawberry red. It is a really bright red but I love how it looks.
I’m glad that I get to do an OOTD today as well because I haven’t done that in a long while. I wore some really
dark blue boot cut jeans, from Joyceleslies
a black sweater, from Jembro
a white fitted jacket with a nice broidered embellisment on the edges, from Pay Half
Happy Wednesday girls and guys, How is your morning going so far…?? Well I am very excited to finally post my very first DIY. I absolutely love glitter and sparkly accessories so I decided to do my very own Glitter Hair Clips. I purchashed a pack of black hair pins to do the project which is really very simple and I hope that some of you will try it. I had a lot of fun doing it.
1. The things you will need to complete this DIY are: a set or sets of plain hair clips, glitter nail polish clean area to dry hair clips. I purchased my hair clips from a cute discount store in Staten Island, and the nail polishes I used were, blue glitter from Art Decor, Pink glitter from Nyx, and the light multi glitter from LA nail polish.
2. After you have put your items togther for your little project you will want to place your store bought hair clips on a clean surface. ( I took a set of black hair clips pre made with very light glitter on it, I tried to get plain black clips but this is all that was available.
3. Next I placed them ontop of a clean area, and aplied my first glitter nail polish color.
4. Apply a light coat on top of each hair clip, make sure that as you are applying your nail polish you are blowing ontiop of it and use your fingers to separate them so that they do not get stuck together.
5. I applied a second coat after they have dried. 6. Next I move on to my other nail polish color, and use the same method of blowing onto the clips as I apply the polish. 7. Lastly I place the Finish Hair clips on a clean area to dry off.
There you go, now you have your very own “Glitter Hair Clips” I hope that you guys like this DIY and let me know what other DIY you may want me to do…..
Happy Wednesday everyone, how is everyone’s week going so far?? Well i hope that it going great. Today I wanted to do a post on a Makeup Challenge on DulceCandy87 Channel.
DulceCandy is definitely a well known beauty guru on youtube she is very sweet and has been around for a few years. Her channel is all about makeup tutorials, styling tips, fashion, DIY’s etc. and I really like her videos. You can check out her channel here http://www.youtube.com/user/DulceCandy87 .
Anyway basically DulceCandy challenged everyone to do their complete makeup routine within5 minutes. Now this includes putting on concealer, foundation, face powder, blush, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick/gloss, maybe eye shadow. Now the thing is that at the end your makeup should look good, not all over the place, so this is really a cool challenge which I am going to make a video response to and post on my Youtube channel …
Have you guys ever done a complete makeup routine in 5 minutes?? Let me know if you did..!!!
I think that it is definitely beneficial to be able to in the event that you’re pressed for time or running late on any given day….
Hey everyone…..how are you all doing today? I am doing pretty good. I decided that it was time for me to do a product review for this makeup kit I purchased through amazon.com from Shany Cosmetics.
I was looking to purchase an eyeshadow palette that had a wide variety of colors but was also compact, that’s when I stumbled upon this cute makeup kit from Shany Cosmetics. The cost was $39.99, not a bad price for this product considering you get 168 highly pigmented eyeshadow colors
Product Features:
98 shimmer eye shadows
70 pastel shimmer eye shadows or gloss eye shadows
Compact folding case with purse straps, gift set style
Designed in USA and manufactured in a factory which makes high-end cosmetics
I must say that I am very happy with my purchase, the variety of colors is really awesome, plus it comes with blushes as well as well as cute little application brushes and sponges. The shimmer colors are really beautiful making it easy to go from a day look into a night look very easily. I would definitely recommend this purchase to anyone who loves shimmer eyeshadow and variety in colors.
The only thing bad I have to say about the product is that it was not bubble wrapped properly so when I received it the case was broken on one side…:(
Apart from that I am pleased with the product itself……..Hope this can be helpful to you all if you are looking for this type of makeup.
Hi everyone, so a few months ago I purchased two makeup cases online because I really needed a case for my makeup storage. First I purchased a small Cosmetics Makeup case at amazon.com, then a week later I purchased a much larger Cosmetics Makeup Train Case/Organiser from amazon.com.
When I received both cases I was so excited, but at the same time a little disappointed with a few aspects of the cases. First the smaller case was dented on the top right corner, and the inside dividers for the shelf like compartments were basically just felt covered cardboard that didn’t really stay in place. Next the larger case that I bought was very beautiful but also the inside compartments were also felt covered cardboard which didn’t stay in place either. Over all however I must say that the cases are great, they hold all of my cosmetics but I would have liked deeper compartments and keys/locks that actually worked. They are durable and for the past few months I’m loving them.
I had spent hours online trying to figure out which type of case to purchase, as well as which brand to choose. In my search and after I received my cases I realized that what I learnt may be useful to someone else who might be looking to purchase a makeup case.
Here are my guidelines to purchasing a good makeup case:
1. Figure out the purpose of getting a makeup case, is it going to be just for you to store your makeup? is for traveling? are you a makeup artist needing one to take around with you often? Figuring out the reason why you need it will determine what type you get, what price you go with and the all round quality of your makeup case.
2. After you figure out your reason for purchasing a makeup case, you should definitely set a budget for your purchase. Knowing how much you have to spend will narrow down your search a bit. Please remember that just because you have a budget doesn’t mean that you have to get something of less quality.
3. Ok so now that you have a budget set you should definitely look for a makeup case that :
*** Is made out of sturdy material ( they usually have them in aluminum or nylon )
***Has reinforced steel corners for more protection and sturdiness for your case
***Has 360 Degree rolling wheel system, multi-directional spinner wheels for easy mobility ( If you are getting a large makeup train case
***I would definitely suggest getting one that isn’t lined on the inside, this way it will be a lot easier to clean if your makeup spills or falls out
***Definitely check the dimensions of the case you are purchasing to see if it will be large enough to hold your items ( they usually list all dimensions of the overall case as well as the dimensions of the small compartments inside the case)
4. It’s also a good idea to get a larger case that has 2 or 3 detachable compartments for it, this way you don’t have to buy a large and a small one, you can just get a large case and if you need to take only a small amount of makeup to travel you can detach the top and use either the top or the bottom piece of the makeup case.
5. I would definitely check out the reviews other customers wrote about the product. Sometimes you might think that you are choosing a great product because it looks good in the picture but past customer ratings and reviews are always helpful when making your final decision.
6. Last I would suggest comparing prices on at least 2 or 3 different websites, this way you know that you are getting a good deal on the price.
Hopefully this little guide can help you if you plan on purchasing a makeup case. So tell me what kind of makeup cases do you guys have or would like to get????
BeautyByDesy 