Standing in awe of the abundance of love that surrounds me.
Embracing my journey with joy and anticipation.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Avocado: Health & Beauty Benefits
I decided to step out from the usual and explore some different ingredients to spice up my salad. There is one ingredient that to my surprise, has satisfied my taste buds more than the rest. I've eaten it in the past but wasn't crazy about it however this week it has become my beloved, enzyme rich food of the week. Can you guess what it is? That's right!, The Avocado, also known as the "alligator pear" -YUMMO! I'm loving it chopped up in my salad. You should fall in love with it too (if you haven't already) because avocados have a trifecta factor! Yep, you win threefold because it's great for your hair, skin and nutritionally it's the bomb! (Hey this blog IS about focusing on Beauty from the inside out isn't it?!) =)
#1- Avocados Have Amazing Health Benefits
The creamy rich avocado is considered the world's healthiest fruit, because of its nutrient contents. It is loaded with vitamin K, dietary fiber, folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and copper. Avocado is also a good source of potassium, (60% more potassium than bananas) a mineral that helps regulate blood pressure. Adequate intake of potassium can help guard against circulatory diseases, like high blood pressure, heart disease, or stroke. Not only does the avocado have a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids including oleic acid that may help lower cholesterol, but it is also a very concentrated dietary source of the carotenoid lutein plus significant quantities of vitamin E.
Click Here for Recipe: Avocado & Black Bean Salad
#2 -Avocados Promote Healthy Skin!
Avocados contain a large doses of essential B vitamins, including niacin (vitamin B3) which has been proven to improve the appearance of skin. Its vitamin-rich pulp along with its essential oils make it a must for glowing skin.
Try This: Avocado Facial Mask
Mash the meat of a ripe avocado into a creamy texture. Apply it thoroughly on face and leave for approximately 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.
Also, the inside of the avocado peel can be used as a fabulous humectant & oil-rich moisturizer. Rub it on your face or hands. Avocado oil easily absorbs into deep tissue with its wonderful emollient properties, it is ideal for dry skin. It may relieve dryness and itching of psoriasis, eczema and other skin ailments.
#3- Avocados for your Hair
Your hair will feel soft, manageable and shiny! --I was pleasantly surprised.
Try This: Avocado Hair Conditioner
In a small bowl, mash and combine:
1 avocado (1/2 for shorter hair)
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
Apply to hair and allow for about 30 minutes then shampoo & condition as usual. Amazingly silky, shiny, soft hair!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Inspiration by Seuss
I love this book. There are some pretty cool life lessons in here! Enjoy!
Oh! The Places You'll Go!
by the one and only Dr. Seuss
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down a not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too.
Oh! The Places You'll Go!
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on. You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And if you go in, should you turn left or right.or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused that you'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place.for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting.
No! That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you'll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't. Because, sometimes, they won't.
I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ? percent guaranteed.)
Kid, you'll move mountains!
So.be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So.get on your way!
Oh! The Places You'll Go!
by the one and only Dr. Seuss
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down a not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too.
Oh! The Places You'll Go!
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on. You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And if you go in, should you turn left or right.or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused that you'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place.for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting.
No! That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you'll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't. Because, sometimes, they won't.
I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ? percent guaranteed.)
Kid, you'll move mountains!
So.be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So.get on your way!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Skin Care 101
1. Always check the ingredients to see if it the product contains things that you might be allergic to. Also check if it contains high concentration chemicals that can harm your skin.
2. Limit or avoid breakouts by doing test spots with product. Apply product to your earlobes or your jawline to see how your skin is going to react .
3. Try to avoid skin care products or make-up that contain fragrance. Generally I have found fragrance, while it smells good tends to cause irritations.
4. Skin Care Products don't last forever! Keep track of expiration dates on your products. If your product has an expiration date be careful not to use them beyond that date.
5. Cleanliness is next to Godliness! Okay maybe that's over the top but I did get your attention. :) Cleanliness is an important aspect of good make up and skin care etiquette. This can apply to several aspects of good skin care:
- Don't go to sleep with a dirty face or face full of make up
- Clean your brushes regularly, don't reuse sponges over and over again
- Sharpen your eye-liners regularly
6. Try not to apply foundation that makes you look 5 shades lighter or darker. There should not be a line across your chin! If you have difficulty finding a foundation shade that's right for you Motives Cosmetics has a fantastic custom blend foundation. (it really IS fantastic!)
7. Use eye make up remover for stubborn eye make up that won't come off. Avoid pulling and tugging on your eyes when applying or removing makeup. The skin around your eye area is very delicate.
8. If you have a skin disorder or acne, you should try to avoid heavy or chemical based make up. Consult your dermatologist if you are not sure about the make up products that you can use while you have acne or other skin disorder. Never try to squeeze pimples/ acne. Remember that make up and skin care should not conflict each other.
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