BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

DaVinci Pasta is offering sweepstakes for a trip to Italy!   Enter here!!          #endlesspastabilities http://www.worldfiner.com/davinci and click endless pastabilites sweepstakes Great pasta great prizes! Sweepstakes ends October 24,2017 *this post may be compensated

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...

UPDATE:  This was a successful giveaway, and one happy follower has received this book!   Thank you to all who entered and I'll have another soon!!  Be watching out!! (update 11/5/17) Giveaway Announcement! Giveaway Announcement! Giveaway Announcement! Starts Tomorrow!  9/26/17!!!!  Be sure to go to https://www.literarymerry.wordpress.com to get into the giveaway!!! I'll be hosting a contest for 1 signed book from author KariAnne Wood called So Close To Amazing!! Please go check out my book review at my WordPress site and the contest will be held there too! I'll send another reminder, there will be no cost to the contestants and all shipping is on me! It's a great debut novel, that contains DIY fun for your home as well! www.literarymerry.wordpress.com The contest will be held at my WordPress site.

photo credit: johnnyseeds.com As you may know, I love Sunflowers and of course life. This post today is to remind you that when you dream and you have hope and when you have hope you might just have it all! Don't ever give up on your dreams or tangible goals.  Dreaming when asleep is a succession of images and emotions along with ideas that occur involuntarily and having Hope is an optimistic state of mind based on an expectation of positivity. You can have both hopes and dreams if you have that optimistic attitude; they will naturally "manifest" toward you. Even if you think you may never reach those goals or dreams, you may be closer to achieving them than you know, because sometimes the goals /dreams show up slightly different than we dream them.  We may have to recognize the parts of the goals and work hard to achieve the "dream" part.  Unfortunately, sometimes the dreams only come after much hard work. But having great opt...

Is this you?  Can you relate?  Does your family roll their eyes the minute you see an old piece of furniture and you say... Can I paint that?  Or make shelves out of it?  Or can I make a bench or a closet organizer out of it?  If you're me, your (my)family is a bit wary of you (me) wanting to go to junk sales or antique markets. But those places are heavenly!  I think my superpower is being able to see something beautiful in an old piece, that might just be loved but cast away. I also think that in some small way, we might be helping our world by recycling and upcycling one piece of furniture at a time! You are a visionary remember that! Photo Credit: Pinterest

Quick Review: My first impressions were that the 22 oz.  Body wash seemed to be a lot for the money!  It's also quite heavy!  () It was really a pretty purple,  my favorite  color, it was soft and flowing,  the lather was good and it washed off easily without any residue. I really enjoyed the scent,  I used Orchid  & Black Currant and smelled it long after my shower! @influenster #influenster #olay #olayatwalmart #contest #blogpost #instagram

Sometimes you can't beat them, so you join them! I just joined Sephora subscription box for August.   I have box #197.  As beauty insider already it seemed like it was inevitable that I'd join in as well. I'm not disappointed, being that this is my first one. I'll be doing reviews on the products in the nearest of future. As you can see from my photo, the contents of the box were nice. The box contained: Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo,  Kopari coconut oil (coconut mini melt), Too Faced Mascara Melt Off, Kat Von D lock-it concealer creme' (in medium 19 cool), Micro Mini Beauty Blender, both Kat Von D Saint & Sinner Perfume samples, very cute Make-up Geek beauty bag, plus a 50 point  Play card worth 50 Beauty Insider points  (expires on September 30, 2017). And finally, also accompanied by the Innovators guide to the products, its contents and how to use them. I'll be doing my reviews shortly!