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Hi ya Gorgeous!
Well, Mother's day is here and it's time to plan a shelter in home celebration. There are some easing of stay at home orders and you may possibly on Sunday be able to go out to a restaurant to celebrate?
Just in case here are a few ideas to help you create a fun memory making event at home.
Is Mom a wine drinker? This stemless glass is great - even if she's not a cocktail sipper, this glass is a fun way to commemorate the strange days and celebrate at the same time. Available on Amazon!
Candles are always a great gift! Your Mom can use these to have the house smell less like "shelter in place" and more like an at home spa! Order on Amazon today to have delivery in time for Mother's day!
Some Moms it seems have everything - so why not a gift card so she can order what she wants? The best thing about this option is that it can be totally digital and if your Mom is far away, you can email a digital gift card and she can receive in email and use at her convenience.
Good luck shopping for Mom and may you have a wonderful celebration!
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Hi ya Gorgeous!
Happy Wednesday! Before I get started on the wine review, a very deep and heartfelt thank you to the men who fought in the battle of Normandy on this day, freedom is not free! Thank you veterans!
I am home for a few days before launching out again - and this wine and photo is from the recent trip to Burbank. Before I got started to work, after a long but easy drive from Arizona to Burbank, I went for a 6 mile uphill hike to the Hollywood sign.
Oh such a good time! As nerdy as it sounds, I was so overcome by the beauty, the flora, fauna, foliage, animals and people I met a long the trail. I hiked 2 of 3 legs of the Hollyridge trail and oh if only I had more time I would have completed the Mt. Ada and Bronson caves trails too!
Now for the video, this wine, Guenoc was a delightful find to kick off a short Shabbat and rest my aching self from the hike. I really need to work on my fitness more!
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Hi ya Gorgeous!
Happy Monday!
I think I've said it before, but just in case, I love Mondays! I get so much accomplished!
Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 13 - which is also my birthday! Every couple of years as the calendar cycles, my birthday and Mother's Day fall on the same day. I get double the celebration!
I must say that as a proud mother of a son, I find my most favorite Mother's Day gifts are the ones he makes for me. He is an excellent technical artist and draws the most intricate ships, tanks, planes and aircraft carriers. I love receiving his artwork!
Though some wine, chocolate and perfume is good too with the help of Grandma and Grandpa who take him shopping for me.
So, while those are some of my favorite gifts - I have some great choices for you to get on Amazon Prime with free shipping that if you order in the next day or two, there is still plenty of time to receive it and wrap it for the person who was a Mom to you.
A great Spring'y / Summery handbag! This is a Zac Posen bag - though anything light colored would make for a great Mom handbag!
Hi ya Gorgeous!
Oh girl - these days - these days though! It's been cray cray around here! I'm just trying to get these Passover Brunch plans and Easter baskets made yet life has been coming at me pretty fast. Too fast!
Girl, I don't even have time to drink a glass of wine! Now that's serious!
Ok, but what I do have is just a few minutes to get ready in the morning and the Arizona sun is already back - and it's hot.
I'm using my samples from Jane Iredale, thank you Jane - and this BB creme is just about everything a busy mom needs for the final run to the end of school and then the beginning of summer vacation.
Now, it's full coverage meaning a great natural barrier for sun protection, it's reef safe, and made with a natural mineral that adjusts to your skin tone - for real! I was so surprised! It needs a few minutes to adjust on the skin. Meaning, apply this first or be sure you leave time in your morning beauty routine to apply and give it several minutes, like 5, to adjust on your face.
It's $48 of healthy skin care based beauty in a BB creme that can wear for hours - ask me how I know - and it's safe for use on psoriasis skin or those with a natural red tone/pigment to the skin - it does not turn red - it adjusts to your melanin level.
* SPF 25 - shades: BB1, BB3, BB5, BB6, BB7 and BB8
SPF 17 - shades: BB9, BB11 and BB12
Next, I also got a sample of the D2O Hydration Spray and I love it! I'm gonna have to get another one of these after my sample runs out! In general, I swear by having spray atomizers of mineral water or toner waters close by because a light spritz to your face at any time of the day - is a perfect way to give a blast of hydration to skin, set makeup, refresh makeup and give you a fast fresh look.
This Jane Iredale D2O hydration spray is EcoCertified safe for the reefs and environment. It has price ranges from $30-$67. It's available on the Jane Iredale website and at Nordstroms.
A facial spritz based on Ylang Ylang that helps to hydrate and plump skin cells, and contains ingredients to calm and protect the skin.
Sets minerals for a long lasting, smooth finish.
A must for post-laser.
Use to wet brushes and turn powder eye shadows into eyeliner.
I say this is a staple for your spring and summer beauty bags- and for those going to Coachella - you will want this in your beauty routine!
Remember: you are beautiful!
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This post is a guest blog review of the Belli skincare system that is a great fit for any lady who is pregnant, about to be pregnant, nursing or has a baby shower to go to and needs a gift idea!
Please say hello and welcome Michelle Ullman, who is expecting a beautiful and healthy baby in a matter of weeks! Congratluations to her! Special thanks to Michelle for testing the products and doing a review.
Now for some details about the Belli Brand and products! You can get your own at Amazon and on the Belli website!
Teratology Screening - A higher prenatal safety standard
For decades, medical science has known that small amounts of skin
care ingredients are absorbed into the bloodstream. This natural process
explains why so many medications are now prescribed as topical creams
or patches. The total absorption of a topical ingredient depends on
various factors such as surface area covered, duration of exposure,
frequency of reapplication, skin thickness, temperature/humidity levels,
etc. During pregnancy, most absorbed chemicals will pass directly into
the fetal circulation where they can potentially affect the baby's
development.
The average woman puts over 200 ingredients on her skin each day as
part of her cleansing and beauty routine, and it is difficult to know
which may be harmful to the fetus or at what dose. Due to ethical
concerns, few prospective studies of non-medicinal chemicals are done on
pregnant women. Instead, researchers look at animal studies and
retrospective human studies for indirect clues about their prenatal
safety. As a result, there is now a large body of "teratology" (birth
defect) research with uncertain implications for pregnant women and
their growing babies.
The FDA states that a cosmetic manufacturer must ensure the safety of
their own products but they do not offer any specific guidelines. Many
skin care companies simply assume that their products are not absorbed
and therefore neglect to examine the teratology studies. At Belli, we
believe that pregnancy deserves a higher safety standard-one that
carefully monitors the published medical literature and errs on the side
of caution. We call that standard teratology screening.
Simply stated, teratology screening guards against questionable ingredients during pregnancy.
The teratology screening process begins with a comprehensive search
of the published medical literature to see if an ingredient has ever
been linked to a birth defect, miscarriage, or other harmful effect
during pregnancy. Searches are repeated on an ongoing basis to capture
all the latest information. A list of the databases and reference books
used includes:
MEDLINE is the premiere biomedical database produced by the National
Library of Medicine and contains over 16 million articles from 5000
international biomedical journals, from 1950 to the present.
TOXLINE is a comprehensive database produced by the U.S. National
Library of Medicine and contains more than two million records that
cover adverse drug reactions, carcinogenesis, drug evaluation,
mutagenesis, pollution, pesticides, herbicides, radiation,
teratogenesis, and all other aspects of toxicology from pre-1950 to the
present.
DART (Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology) is a bibliographic
database on the National Library of Medicine's Toxicology Data Network,
which covers teratology and other aspects of developmental and
reproductive toxicology and contains over 100,000 published references.
TERIS (Teratogen Information System) is a database of chemical agent
summaries based on a thorough review of published clinical and
experimental literature. Each summary includes a risk assessment derived
by consensus of an Advisory Board comprising nationally-recognized
authorities in clinical teratology.
LACTMED, part of the National Library of Medicine's Toxicology Data
Network (TOXNET), is a database of drugs and other chemicals to which
breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the
levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the
possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.
REPROTOX is an information system developed by the Reproductive
Toxicology Center which contains summaries on the effects of
medications, chemicals, infections, and physical agents on pregnancy,
reproduction, and development. Catalog of Teratogenic Agents- Eleventh
Edition (Shepard, 2004) is a comprehensive reference work that presents
information on teratogenic agents, emphasizing human data and covering
pharmaceuticals, chemicals, environmental pollutants, food additives,
household products, and viruses. Also included are overviews of recent
literature on clinical and experimental teratology, including important
Japanese literature not easily available to English-language
researchers.
Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and
Neonatal Risks- Eighth Edition (Briggs et al., 2008) provides practical,
reliable information on more than 1,000 drugs that may be used by
pregnant and lactating women. The recommendations help readers interpret
animal and human pregnancy data to assess potential human risk when
there are human data or the human data are limited or not available.
Chemically Induced Birth Defects- Third Edition (Schardein, 2000)
addresses over 4100 drugs and chemicals in current use that cause
malformations and congenital anomalies in the human fetus--
comprehensively reviewing experimental studies in animals and clinical
data on human development, primarily in the organogenesis period.
Once the search process is complete, we then have to decide which
screening criteria to use. For example, what if 3 studies show a harmful
effect during pregnancy but 5 show no evidence of harm? What if some of
the studies were done on humans and others on animals? High versus low
doses? Topical versus oral absorption?
Remember: you are beautiful!
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I went and had a mammogram this week and wanted to share a bit about the experience for those of you who have not gone and done it.
Here is the MOM: Mobile On-Site Mamography. Sure, tis a bit silly to think the boob smasher comes rolling up into town and you go inside for a pinch and a poke. But that's life, isn't it?
