Labor Day travel? Nature's Gate herbal blend hand cream in rose for the road!

6 Workouts for a Tighter Booty

Turns out you can turn that junk in your trunk into the toned, tight butt of your dreams without taking drastic measures

This is a TotalBeauty.com workouts for women article Did you know that your butt is actually the largest muscle in your body? It only makes sense to exercise it as much, if not more, than the other muscles you pay attention to. With these moves, you can get a tighter, more toned butt in no time. See workouts

Hey there Gorgeous!
Here I am on the set of the new web series for Makeup University. I am not travelling this holiday weekend as I continue to work on the episodes for the upcoming production dates.
But-what I do have in my purse that is so sumptuous and luxurious feeling is the new Nature's Gate herbal blend hand cream in rose.

It's paraben free, and 3 oz-so TSA approved for those of you who are jetting away on an airplane, pocket ready for train riders, will fit in the glove compartment on a boat, in the side pocket of a back pack for the hikers or in a purse of a web series producer like me!



Here are a few favorite reasons to try Nature's Gate products:
1. paraben free
2. cruelty free
3. phthalates free
4. synthetic fragrance fee
5. animal derived ingredients and animal testing free = VEGAN approved!
(I"m not a vegan and in fact I'm having an In'n'Out burger right now...)
Finally-the Nature's Gate products are high quality and easy to access for affordable prices-so head on down to the Walmarts and get you some for this Labor Day weekend pool party! Your skin will thank you!
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Back to School with Nature's Gate Acai duo!

Hello Gorgeous and congratulations on completing the first week of the Fall semester here in Arizona!
Now, for your dorm room or your house-try this duo of Acai Velvet moisture body wash and body lotion to keep your skin soft and supple during class time and study hours.
These 2 large sizes are less than $20! They are full of 7 exclusive moisture boosters along with shea butter, apricot kernel oil and vitamin E.
Nature's Gate is a leader in natural products and have formulations that are cruelty free and healthy as well as being Earth loving with recycling and sustainability being at the core of the company. All Nature's Gate products are paraben, phthalate, synthetic fragrance, sulfate, EDTA, animal derived ingredient free!

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Nature's Gate sunless tanner

Anti-Aging Tips for Your Body

Get advice from the pros who know on how to keep those wrinkles at bay

This is a TotalBeauty.com body article This total body guide to anti-aging will teach you how to keep things firm and fabulous. Read guide

Okay, wait til you see the before and afte pics on this product! I love that it doesn't smell chemically like other brands, and it does give a nice brown hue to the skin instead of a orangey one.
I encourage you to familiarize yourself with a self tanner, find a brand you like and maybe even try this one. Do you know why? Because skin cancer is on the rise in young twentysomethings and it's not from over exposure at the beach or in my town at the Salt River tubing party; it's from the proliferation of indoor tanning beds.
Here is a patch of bare skin ready to be "self tanned".

So do yourself and your skin a favor, try some Nature's Gate ( get it at Sprouts!) sunless tanner.

This is a second coat of the Nature's Gate sunless tanner being applied to a patch of pale and bare skin.

Here's a quickie how to apply sunless tanner and not look funky:
1. Exfoliate the area, or your whole body! I recommend using the scrubby gloves that are like a dollar at Walmart. Apply a scrub to the scrubby gloves, this can be something lovely like Quick Tan sunless tanning prep scrub or the St. Ives apricot scrub which I find to be too harsh for my face but great for my knees, elbows and heels.

2. Apply a paraben free lotion to the bendy parts of you: meaning toe knuckles, elbows, knees, ankles so that the lotion fills in the wee skin folds.

3. Apply and rub in the self tanner and stand in a big X until it's dry. This could be a minute, could be five. The point is, the more you move while the product still feels tacky to your touch the more chance you have of streaking.

Buy a spray kind for your back or have some help. :) Enjoy it friends!
p.s. Thank you so much to all the kind comments about your Dads for the Tim McGraw fragrance set giveaway. I know 5 people are going to be smellin' real good real soon!

Here's two coats and one hour of applying and letting dry then reapplying the sunless tanner from Nature's Gate:

Ah, now we have it. After one hour, and two applications I have a wee patch of tanned skin in the shape of a heart somewhere on my body.

Remember your skin when it comes to the sun!

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Father's Day recap of goodies to get!

Grooming Goodies for Dad

Find a Father's Day gift in this roundup of the best shaving creams, colognes and such

This is a TotalBeauty.com men's skin care products article Put together a Dad's Day care package from this list of best male skin care products. See products

No. 9: Redken for Men Go Clean Daily Care Shampoo for Normal Hair, $12

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.3

"The smell is intoxicating for the women around me …"

No. 8: The Body Shop for Men Maca Root Deodorant Stick, $6

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.4

"This deodorant did control the odor all day …"

No. 7: Gillette Mach 3 Power, $9.99

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.5

"My husband uses it on his face and it always turns out silky and smooth …"

Want to see what other products made the list? Click here!

Hi!
Happy Friday! I've got an action packed weekend and I feel like I'm a member of the A-Team.
So the Nature's Gate sunless tanner showed up and I'm working on a test.
Today's beauty bubble has great Father's Day gift ideas and I personally am a big fan of Everyman Jack which you can get at Walgreens and I like Jack Black too! Which you can get at Sephora. So the Jacks have it!
Enjoy giving honor to the head of the household, to the person who filled the father role in your life and always remember to give some love to our Abba God, the Father in Heaven. He is just so awesome and loves you like crazy!

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Nature's Gate Faceblock SPF 25 & it's my birthday!!!

Guide to Softer Skin and Silkier Hair

Get skin and hair tips galore on how to be your most touchable self

This is a TotalBeauty.com skin care article After following these tips, he'll want to put his hands all over your body and run his fingers through your hair. Get tips

Happy Birthday to me and all the other amazing people born on May 13th! Woot! In case you couldn't tell, I love love love celebrating my birthday. So much in fact that I celebrate starting April 30th and continue through June 1st.

Today, Orpah has the cast from Twilight on, and believe it or not, I haven't seen nor heard nor read one bit about that. But, the photos I've seen have really interesting makeup. Here's a blurb from the Oprah upcoming show:

"They are the hottest stars on the planet—Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Dakota Fanning!"

Now, to continue in my sunscreen quest to find what's good, great and worthy of a purchase I offer up the new Nature's Gate Faceblock in spf 25. I liked it. Light, not greasy, absorbs well, and it is paraben, phtalates, mineral oil, petrolatum and animal derived ingredients free!

If you don't know the Nature's Gate product line, they as a company are intentional about being earth friendly and support ongoing efforst to preserve the earth's natural resources and develop sustainable sources of clean water.

So, yes, I like the product and an even bigger yes, I like what the company is about.
Go get some at your local Sprouts, Wild Oates, on online at www.natures-gate.com

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