BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

I'm having an awesome time using this book! I'm filling in my dream paint colors, as this spring we will be painting these four areas in our house. The Sherwin-Williams sales girl was helpful to me as I picked colors and arranged them in my DIY planner book. KariAnne Wood's book is filled with tips, tricks and even has two pockets for all your design notes, pictures, pencils and anything else you can think of!  Suddenly you're a #designrockstar !!! KariAnne Wood's book The DIY Home Planner  Practical Tips & Inspiring Ideas to DECORATE IT YOURSELF  is on pre-order right now!   Please go to: Go.HarvestHousePublishers.com TheDIYHomePlanner.com   

While matcha and green tea are fabulous to drink, did you know that many beauty products will include this ingredient? The beauty industry has been actually touting the “tea” in their products, in fact, using it as a selling point. Matcha powder has the highest concentration of naturally occurring antioxidants, followed by green tea. Matcha powder is the pulverization of the whole leaf of tea; no oxidation takes place in the harvesting. Green tea uses the leaf but is left to dry in the sun in the first level of oxidation. Matcha powder is very stark green, while green tea is more “kelly green” in color. Both teas do contain very helpful naturally occurring chemicals called polyphenols and they contain catechins and the catechins are filled with EGCG. These chemicals will fight and trap free radicals, inflammation and combat redness. All of these good chemicals actually help with anti-aging and even aid in the reversal of sun damage. When applied to the skin, the tea begins a

I meant to file this in early February, but I had forgotten about it so here is a quick project.  Gather sticks from fallen winter branches,  arrange like flowers ( here I gather large enough hand fulls that it fit pretty snuggly in the vase.  I like using sticks in the winter,  they add some depth and color.  If you have dogwood in your yard they are fabulous for color. Sometimes leaves are still attached!  I simply arranged,  then wrapped a colorful tasseled rope around and that was it! My lit niche measures 4 feet by 3 feet,  so most everything has to be somewhat large for this area.

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