Happy New Year! Welcome 2023!!

Hi ya Gorgeous!

Hello 2023! 

Maybe this year, consider not making new year resolutions - and perhaps look for new year trends that you would like to see in your life. Plan by quarters and seasons and schedule accountability meetings with your self once a month. 

We are in a new era. New season. Do something new!
 

 

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Hello 2022 ! Nice to meet you!

Hi ya Gorgeous! Hello 2022! 

Well the decade has been unique so far to say the least. I'm looking forward to challenging myself to grow and learn more than ever. 

I think adapt and overcome should be a tattoo for me. I have started the year in loss though I think it pushes me ever more to achieve and leave a legacy for my family. 

 2022 - what are you looking forward to?

 

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2021 - Here We Go!

 Hi ya Gorgeous,

The year is not even a week old and already, we are having some tumultuous times! Today, I just have a short bit of encouragement for you. 

I wanted to tell you that these are Nehemiah like days. You will need to be building your business and caring for your family with one hand, while also helping the community and defending with the other hand.  That is my paraphrase of Nehemiah's story in the Bible.

Going forward into this year I highly, highly suspect we will still experience a lot of bumps along the way.  I also highly doubt that life will return to anything pre-covid 'like' we knew it. 

So what do you do?  You pull yourself up by the bootstraps or sneaker shoe laces and move forward. You may not know what it will look like but the sooner you get to designing what it is you would like to to appear as, the better.

You, are the CEO and in charge of your life and you need to work for your goals. Yes, it may be hell in a hand basket around you, though you will have prepared your family, business, and friends to be ready for anything. All while, looking gorgeous!

Here's to you! Cheers!

 

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2020 - Here I Come! First Video Blog Post of the Year and Decade!

 Hi ya Gorgeous!

Ok, here it is. The first video for 2020 and January and the era. I'm excited. Special shout out to the beautiful and amazing Kandee Johnson for her first video of the year that encouraged me to post a video too.

 Whoa has this year, 2020, January, been a bumpy ride or what? Wow. I can, and can't believe how much is happening worldwide when it comes to the tea and it spillin'!
No drama for this gal. I'm looking forward to accomplishing goals, breaking sales charts, exceeding speed limits in time lines and over all, takin' names and kickin' butt in a good way!

So the video is a nice fireside chit chat to kick off this year - ahem - this, leap year, and get on to gettin' on!







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Tell me in the comments what you are looking forward to in 2020.



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2020 Fragrance - Chic by Caroline Herrera

Hi ya Gorgeous!

Oh - I've picked my new fragrance for the new season, and it's Chic by Caroline Herrera.
It's light, spicy, citrusy and on me it dries down to a soft powdery spice scent.

Yes, I still have my favorites; Chanel No. 5 and Joy by Jean Patou.

What have you selected as a go to scent for 2020? If you want to try this scent, please use this link to purchase on Amazon.
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New Front Door For The New Year

The new year and new decade have just begun and you can easily, affordably start this new season with an upgraded front door to bring modern style and color to your home.

There are so many choices in doors such as wood, or metal, or rod iron inlay. Then you can pick a color or texture and if you want a single or double door!

Plus you can choose the type of door knob or handle you want on your new door.

If ever there was a way to quickly upgrade your home appearance and freshen the look, it's with a new door.

Ann Arbor you can get started now with the license, bonded, insured professionals at A2HomePros. They serve the greater Ann Arbor Michigan area.

Contact now with a phone call to (734) 548-9910 or visit them on the web at:

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Who Is Building Their Wedding Business in 2020? This Domain Auction Could Be For YOU!

HI ya Gorgeous!
There are so many significant timing events happening right now I love the experience of ushering in a new era!  It's like Y2K all over without the fear mongering.

Which brings me to today's blog topic - I am selling my bridal makeup business and that means the website domains go too!

I am working with GoDaddy.com to  auction  http://www.idotimestwo.com  and http://diybridalmakeup.com . 

If you are in the wedding industry and are looking for a way to expand your market reach like having a website that caters to couples who are renewing vows or marrying for a second time, then this domain idotimestwo.com is what your 2020 needs!

Are you a makeup artist who wants to carve a niche in bridal makeup?
Then the http://diybridalmakeup.com is a great fit for selling bridal makeup bundles alongside your application fee.

 Stay tuned to the blog and Twitter feed @Cherelynn to stay on top of the selling!

Good luck and may your wedding business be the best it's ever been! 

REsolve Tuesday - Push!

Hi ya Gorgeous!
Happy Tuesday to ya! We are in such a wonderful and precarious time.  It's a changing of the time, season and era as we close out 2019/5779 and begin 2020/5780.

It's this shifting of the era and entering a new decade that needs to keep you on your toes and pushing forward towards what you are working on goal wise for your life.




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This positive encouraging video is to help you, and me, PUSH past and through into what the new era has in store for all of us.

It's an Issachar time for all of us, so let's be mindful of how we use our time in the next few weeks and month!

Please share this video with someone who can use a positive boost!

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My Two Cents - The New Year 2019

Hi ya Gorgeous!
Happy Monday! Oh, how I love a Monday. So fresh and so clean! The week begins with such high hopes and anticipation - there is literal electricity in the air with all of the opportunity! So before you get mired down in the muck of responsibility and reactions to situations, may I share my two cents?

If you need permission to do your dreams as an everyday lifestyle instead of a someday hope, consider this message

PERMISSION GRANTED

Now like Jocko Willink says, go get some!  


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New Year New You | Time to Cleanse and Work On Your Health

Hi ya Gorgeous!
And...one day...left in 2018.

Holy smokes.  This year though.
I'm glad it's done.
It was in no way shape or form as harsh as 2017 though I'm still glad to be entering into the new season of 2019.

It's a side ways celebration for me because I ring in the new year on the Hebraic calendar, so technically for me, 5779 is 5 months in and now the Gregorian calendar is about to start.

No matter. I'm ready to celebrate no matter what! Speaking of celebrations - I've already begun my "new year new you" with some daily juicing to help rehydrate at a cellular level, add more fiber and boost my immune system as I prepare for a very busy season ahead to which I say, bring it on!




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Monday Meet'n'Greet with Obagi, Perricone MD & MyChelle

Hi ya Gorgeous!

Happy Monday! I think I say it every week, I love Monday! I get a week's worth of work, writing, creating done in a Monday! Then, the rest of the week is about fleshing out the details of what I designed and planned on a Monday. Love it.

So, it's September. Arizona had 2 cool days and now we are right back over the 100 degree mark. Touche' Mother Nature.  It is also the amazing harvest season and new year celebration for Rosh Hashanah. Basically, my family started gettin' the shindiggery goin' on and now we shall keep it up for the next 2 weeks!

In fact, we just went to our first wine grape stomp in honor of this new era, new season, new year and new month being a time of new wine. Amen!

Now, today in the blog world - I have what I call a "meet'n'greet" of products. I recently had a laser facial and I wanted to upgrade my skincare. So I got some Obagi. Then Influenster sent Perricone MD and I had ordered more MyChelle too!

 Overall, I really like all the product lines. I love my tingly Obagi serum yet the Perricone MD is a silky hydrating layer of comfort. Then the weird thing that happened with the order from Amazon of MyChelle. I order that line a lot off of Amazon and have never had a problem til now!

All is revealed in the video.  Enjoy it. Share it. Going forward - may your new year be fruitful and blessed!



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Yom Kippur and Dr. Murad

13 Women Share Their Most Beautiful Moments

See these photos from real women on their most special occasions (and get the tissues ready)

This is a TotalBeauty.com eye makeup article Relive 13 women's most beautiful moments as they share the stories behind their favorite photos. Weddings, births, graduations, it's all here -- and you've got to see it. Get ready for some serious heart-warming stuff. Take a look

Hello Gorgeous! May your Yom Kippur be filled with repentance and joy for moving into the best new year of your life! Now enjoy this enlightening article from Dr. Murad...

What’s Really Stressing You Out and Tips from Dr. Murad To

Manage Stress

 

Stress can damage your health at the cellular level, Howard Murad, M.D., FAAD, has determined through clinical research and found that managing stress is a critical part of an Inclusive approach to optimizing health as it promotes and protects cellular integrity.  In his book The Water Secret: The Cellular Breakthrough to Look and Feel 10 Years Younger (Wiley, September 2010), Dr. Murad explains how Emotional Self-Care is key to mental and physical well-being.  Take a look at several factors that can stress you out and some tips on how to manage the stress!

 

What is Stress?

Stress is typically felt by most people who experience it by irritability, heart racing, and their face feels hot, headaches or upset stomach, an impending feeling of doom and even the smallest factors can irritate most.  Studies show that when subjected to constant stress, humans can develop certain life-threatening afflictions, including heart attacks and strokes.

 

What is Cultural Stress?

Studies have shown that people who live in “blue zones,” places where people live long, lean lives into their 90’s, all have a common dominator – a low-stress lifestyle.  Some cultural stressors include work, supervisors, children, tardiness, technostress, and constant e-mail.  Dr. Murad discovered throughout his studies of more than 50,000 patients, that using the Water Secret to create healthy, hydrated cells, helps the body fight aging and disease and more importantly, the ruinous effects of Cultural Stress.

 

Health Impacts from Stress

Studies show that stress releases neuropathies directly damage cellular membranes.  It causes our cells and connective tissue to break down, which in turn prevents our heart, lungs, brain, and other organs from functioning at optimal levels – all of which become apparent when you look at the skin.  The best way to keep stress at bay is to learn how to manage it so it affects you less.

 

Tips to Manage Stress and Cultural Stress:

 

1. Get Connected:  Get involved in community events, exercise classes, professional groups or associations, book clubs, potluck dinner nights with your friends, charity events at your children’s schools or volunteer at a nearby nonprofit or take a class at a local community college. 

 

2. Disconnect: There’s an odd duality to being attached to machines that allow us to connect with others around the world in an instant. In a nutshell put down your phones!  Take time at least twice a week to not check your phone or email. It’s a healthy mental break.   

 

3. Start Your Day Off Right:  Deficiencies in B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, magnesium stress out your body and trigger and increase in cortisol levels, not to mention food cravings.  Many people skip breakfast and can easily find themselves lacking these critical nutrients and in turn rely on caffeine to stay alert and productive throughout the day.  Try eating a handful of berries (vitamin C), six to eight ounces of low-fat yogurt (calcium and magnesium), and a slice of whole grain toast with natural peanut butter.  Whole grains are loaded with B vitamins, while peanut butter contains fatty acids that can decrease the production of stress hormones.  Peanut butter will also keep you satisfied longer. 

 

4. Eat “Brain Food”:  About two-thirds of our brains are composed of fat, and the protective sheath around communicating neurons is 70 percent fat.  In essence, we need fat to think and to maintain healthy brain function, as well as normal growth and development. The omega-3 fats in salmon (often called “brain food”) as well as other cold-water fish, walnuts, flaxseeds and olives have numerous proven health benefits, including those that protect your heart.  It is also important to limit your intake of processed foods! 

 

5. Exercise:  Exercising regularly nourishes the skin with oxygen while sweating flushes out toxins. It will also improve digestion and increase one’s metabolism and endocrine function so that the entire body is functioning at an optimal level.

 

According to Dr. Murad, “Healthy skin is a reflection of overall wellness.”  When the body is at optimal health, the skin will follow suit. Through a three-pillar approach, Dr. Murad’s Inclusive Health philosophy focuses on internal, external and emotional elements.  Help regulate stress by following the Inclusive Health philosophy!

 

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TGIF! Now say it with me..."Favor!" Declare it outloud!

Top 12 Products for Oily Skin

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No. 12: Prescriptives Virtual Matte Oil-Control Makeup, $32.50

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.8*

Readers say this foundation "doesn't get shiny after a whole day of wear or a night of partying..."

No. 11: Avon Magix Face Perfector SPF 20, $7.99

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.8*

One reader says: "I use to have to touch up with powder during the day because of shine, now [that I use this] I don't..."

No. 10: Per-fekt Skin Perfection Gel, $57.50

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.8*

Although it's pricey, readers say it's worth it because it "doesn't feel greasy or heavy, doesn't clog pores and makes skin look flawless..."

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TGIF! Remember the movie starring gosh knows who but Donna Summer sang the theme song "Last Chance"? Oh so good!
Well, before you leave work, of log off because the kids are coming home or you are getting ready to leave for the long Labor Day weekend, I wanted to give you one wee shout out of encouragement and that is to say it, confess it, speak it outloud with your mouth...FAVOR!

Remember, as a man thinks so shall he be!
Or, out of the mouth the heart speaks! So put favor in your heart!

There is power in decreeing a thing and whatever you think upon, or speak is what you will get in your life.

Watch your confession! What are you saying about yourself? About your kids? About your boss and your job?

Let's do this short decree together, just press play,watch the video and say it with me.
There are 3 wee things to say and it's so simple you will be able to remember it over the weekend.

I know you will be encouraged and remember to email me or comment on what's going on in and how this is impacting your life!

Also! Remember that I am fasting and praying for a Rosh Hashana breakthrough for you! I am believing for massive New Year change and blessings for you! That you will be catapulted into this New Year 5772 with grace, favor and blessings!
Safe journey to you and your loved ones!


**Stay tuned because on Monday I will start the Hey Dude! giveaway of skincare for men and ....also a new lipgloss and book giveaway from author Brenda Novak!
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