BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

What's a Pinch Me? I belong to a group that reviews samples of products for free and once you create a profile you can begin to receive notice for products. The products can be of food,beauty,health,or lifestyle related. I'll provide my referral link at the end of the article if you'd like to sign up. Everything is free except your time. I recently received a DIY Compressed mask from the Pinch Me group, and frankly I wasn't sure what they were. I decided to share this article after doing research since I was also asked by another person if I had heard of them. Simply put a DIY Compressed mask is an individually wrapped cellulose "paper" facial mask. This mask when soaked in your favorite "facial recipe" expands. One will then very slowly peel it apart and apply it to your face for skin treatment. These facial compressed masks can be purchased individually wrapped in bags of 50 or 100 for relatively cheap; I've seen them for $3.00 up to

Photo Credit: forreadingaddicts.co.uk PERFECTION Love is not perfect. Ever. We are not perfect as a people either. But we see ourselves much differently than others see us. Sometimes the very act of seeking perfection can be the downfall of self-acceptance too. In fact, many psychology and medical science sites, as well as studies, reveal that how we view ourselves is NOT how others view us.  Whether we know it or not we all disguise ourselves in many ways; sometimes in highly complex ways. Even when people approach us and tell us we look great today, we may thank them and smile, but still, dismiss the compliment because we are carrying guilt inside for having overeaten at the party or maybe we have missed a month at the gym for example. We internalize, we make the unconscious decision that we must not look that good. HEALTHY STATE OF MIND It is true that our self-image can even make a huge difference in the way we feel and act. Those on a journey of self-a

Credit:saintpaulaudabon.org Spring approaches and the nests appear everywhere! Every year at my house we get a very endearing duck couple and they meander around our back lot and decide each year to sneak beneath the underhang of the fireplace. Mrs. Robin does return every year and roost amid our gigantic Colorado Blue Spruce tree. Generally, birds such as Robins, Doves, Sparrow, Cardinal, and Ducks (Mallards) will return each spring to lay their eggs. But don't be mad about this, while ducks will meander way to go and seek other ponds of life once they have roosted, the others will tweet good morning songs for you until the fall or when it gets too cold. Your home has lovingly been chosen by these birds because you offer them a safe habitat. They feel there is enough food, water, and safety here, that they are happy living among your family while raising their own. Please do not rip down their nests, they artfully gathered many little things like sticks and leaves and s

How do you Hygge with tea? Hygge is a Danish lifestyle that is currently on trend this year. This lifestyle emphasizes coziness and all things that make you feel good and comfortable.  The custom revolves around the Danish nationality and its ideas of finding comfort where one resides or works. It is said that the Hygge lifestyle came to be because they experience cold, dark and long wintery climate days. They created and celebrate Hygge to boost their spirits and those around them. Hygge is a practice of finding simple yet beloved domestic choices or daily living rituals into something special and comforting. This idea lowers the stress levels and they claim it changes their dispositions. Hygge, it can be said is a connection to simple moments and a slower -paced lifestyle. Hygge asks one to find these everyday moments and attach more meaning to them or make each moment a very special one. It asks each person to take the goodness in their lives and revel in them. It asks to emb

As seen on beauty is a beast blog instagram today: awesome gift! Sole Food Therapy Foot Kit.  Awesome comes complete with foot scrub  foot brush, pumice stone, foot balm lotion, and arch exerciser. Feeling of relief and softness. Filled with botanicals great scent and immediate difference.*Pumice can be used on hands too! New year new me!

As a tea editor and beauty and lifestyle editor, adding in healthy foods is like taking a miracle medication!  Being proactive with your health should be easy, so let's start today by adding in some Matcha Tea! Here's an easy recipe for a Matcha Tea Smoothie: Ingredients: 1cup Hot Water 1tsp. Matcha Approx. 1/2 Cup of Vanilla Creamer or Almond Milk Directions: Put the matcha into blender or bowl if whisking (This recipe can be whisked or blended in a blender to mix) Add to it the hot water, then blend. When combined then add to it the creamer. Drink and enjoy the benefits of the Matcha. The start of a new year includes good foods. Matcha tea can be purchased in the powder form, but do be careful, as in some places it can be rather expensive. Matcha tea can be also acquired by opening matcha tea bags and measuring into the smoothie. *Please see www.bellaonline.com/about/tea  for questions regarding tea by Tea Editor Mary Caliendo

Winter is here and snow is on the ground, bring in some floral design into your home to brighten up your day. Designing tablescapes or centerpieces in a "bowl" or "dish garden" are fun and easy to make with even things that are on-hand at home. Photo credit: Chikako C.

Girls and women are constantly, on a daily basis, being bombarded with stereotypes regarding their body images. They are unrealistic and unattainable and are usually driven by a male enhanced environment. In 2010, the Dove Brand of the Unilever company had a vision, they wanted to widen out the definition of what is real beauty. The Dove Brand then went on and created a movement that swept the United States called The Dove Movement for Self Esteem. If you haven't as of yet visited, please do go to the website and see the great amount of information and the advances made since their inception. It is wonderful to share with our daughters and our sons to raise strong girls and beautiful sons of vision. www.m.dove.us

Words are beautiful and soothing.... It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it. ~Claudette Colbert Whenever you need some beautiful inspiration or want to share some quotes: go to Wisdom Quotes. The web-sites offers quotes on most any subject from A-Y! Joy, kindness, and hope are all a beautiful thing. You can find them at: http://www.wisdomquotes.com Have a beautiful day!

By Mary Caliendo Have you ever heard the saying "Everyone is beautiful in their own way?" Yes, I'm sure you have, so why is it that if we have all heard it a million times that we don't trust the saying? Most likely the reason we don't practice what we preach is because many times each day we are all reminded that it is a beautiful thing to be beautiful. The beautiful people get more things, they get better jobs,they find better partners (or find partners at all), and quite simply the people that are "better looking" just have a better time in life in general. It is time for that to change! "Everyone is beautiful in their own way" and we need to pass this very important bit of information to our little children and especially to the little girls coming up. I was impacted greatly when I went to visist a large manufacturer of beauty and beauty-related products. This manufacturer is proud to say their industry, the industry of beauty stinks! And

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