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glossa · 7 years

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Day 2 and 3 (of 21 days of beauty)

My day 2 and day 3 go together. Because people say to me all the time "I have problem skin" whether the problem is wrinkles, breakouts or sun damage. EVERYONE thinks that their skin is the "worst" so here are two things that are going to help with your skin from the inside out.

1. Drink more water!

I know people say this often but it is SO true!!! I love this explanation..."The fact is that skin is an organ, and just like any other part of the body. your skin is made up of cells. And skin cells, like any other cell in the body, are made up of water. Without water, the organs will certainly not function properly or at their best. If your skin is not getting the sufficient amount of water, the lack of hydration will present itself by turning your skin dry, tight and flaky. Dry skin has less resilience and is more prone to wrinkling" - University of Wisconsin

So how much water? At LEAST two liters.

2. DRINK TEA!

So often, skin gets out of wack because the PH in the skin is off causing the skin to be "too dry" or "too oily" or even "too red" in tone. A great way OTHER than topical skincare is to bring the body's PH back. To do this ingesting products that increase alkaline in the body also changes the PH balance. There are foods and topical things will do this as well but who doesn't love a good cup of tea! NOT all teas are Created equal here...there are only a few that promote PH balance. My two favorite are:

Peppermint Tea: very alkaline, very tasty and very, very good for digestion. It’s refreshing, natural and caffeine free and has been widely recommended for IBS, flatulence, bad breath, nausea and heartburn.

Ginger Tea: one of my personal favourites, this zingy bad-boy is also good for digestion and nausea – but is also great for circulation, colds, flu, stress and headaches.

There you have it! Day 2 drink more water and day 3 drink more tea!!!

Xoxo

L

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glossa · 7 years

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21 Days of Beauty

Hi friends!

As most of you know, I live a "double life" haha not really, but I am working toward my Masters in Ministries and am very involved with my church. We do an annual 21 day Fast in January to Jumpstart our new year. I fully believe on the power of mind, body and spirit. I can use the BEST makeup products in the world but if you are not taking care of your emotions, your spirit and your mental health...your "body" won't be at its full potential either.

Through the next 21 days I am going to be blogging on my Preach2melyndseymarie Blog on Tumblr about more spiritual topics and tips on doing a spiritual/physical fast. However, on here I am going to leave a daily nugget on things you can do even of your not fasting to quickly improve the way your appearance looks and body feels. Someday I will write a book about this but for now, enjoy for free! Haha!

Sooooooo today is the FIRST day. I feel yucky today, I have an AWFUL cold. I just took a hot shower and one of my pleasures in the shower is exfoliation. I typically make my own using refined white sugar, sea salt, and coconut oil. Today I added a few drops of peppermint oil to my batch to exfoliate my chest and face and wowza did it clear up my congestion AND my skin feels amazing! Definately give making your own scrubs a try!! Through the next few weeks, I'll add some more scrub recipes!

Here's to looking and feeling amazing the next 21 days!!

❤❤❤

Lyndsey

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glossa · 8 years

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Winter Sunless Tanning

Tired of winter paleness? Just do a little self tanning to make you have the summer glow in December. Here are some helpful tips!

1. Exfoliate - be sure to do this frequently to keep the dry skin at bay. Using a few tablespoons of baking soda in your normal scrub helps bring the PH balance back to your skin.

2. Moisturize between tanning sessions to keep the tan looking fresh longer.

3. Shower before applying tanner and wait to shower after for at least 8 hours. Gives the DHA time to develop on the skin.

4. Shave as little as you can get away with.

5. Go very lightly on the hands and feet. They absorb color easier than other parts of the body.

6. Be open to putting tanner on certain points of the body that need it instead of doing an all over application.

7. My favorite at home tanner is Banana Boat Deep Lotion from walmart for $7...they only sell it in summer in my area of KY so stock up! I've used this one for years!!!

8. Have a professional do it if you can. It is worth the money to have it look amazing. I like 2 different girls thay apply it to you directly...not a machine.

1. Joni Beth with Belle Solie 2. Carrie at her nail studio in Ludlow, Ky. If you contact us I can give you their contact info...both are awesome..

9. If you are doing it by a machine, I would go to a Mistic Tan "My Mist" I use Medium in the winter with a Single Mocha Kissed Bronzer so it looks more natural in colder climates. I do dark when I am going on vacation.

10. Skip the face, you can use concealer and bronzer instead of your regular foundation. Keeps the face looking more even.

Happy Tanning!

Xo

L

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glossa · 8 years

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Displaying your priorities

sometimes as women we feel completely overwhelms with everything we have to do. So even basic things end up feeling like a huge burden. One thing someone had me do years ago was this activity to clearly identify what is and what is NOT important in my life. I encourage all of you all to this exercise and revisit frequently. I am a visual learner so it helps me to see this to put things into perspective.

WHAT you need: Large Mason Jar, 3 pack golf balls, 10 small rocks and 3 cups of sand.

on a piece of paper list your top 3 priorities (mine are Serving God, My family and my career) then beside each "ball" on your list, mark down the top things you need to do for each. Put the golf balls in the JAR and observe how much space they consume. The top things in your life should take up the most space.

Next mark down 10 things you would like to work on in your life. Like mine are 1.Making time for friends 2. Joining Moms groups 3. Teaching a lily about commiunity service 4.fitness 5. Cooking more 6. Dance 7. Reading more 8. Working on my masters 9. Engaging more with "distant" family 10. Meditation practice

With each thing fill your jar with these 10 things, on your paper write the ways you are going to work it into your jar. For example 1. Making time for friends (I put on my calender to reach out by phone or email to a friend and invite them to make plans or simply catch up) 2. Moms groups are important to me to be with women that relate to mommy struggles so I scheduled one every week on Tuesday and the other is more flexible but commited to attending 2 events a month. 5. Cooking more - got on pintrest, printed out recipes I want to try and post a "menu" in my kitchen to commit to making why I say I am going to. If I don't end up making it and we eat out, I don't sweat it but posting it and having the recipes easier available makes me more accountable.

Finally, slowly pour in the sand. As your pouring think of all the "filler" things you do that aren't really a priority in your life and let it go. If there are things that come upon you that aren't on your lost don't put much effort into it. For example, making your mother in law happy by taking the kids to her church for breakfast with santa. Well, if she doesn't want to come get them or it doesn't fit into your schedule say no. Simply not on your list. Lol sometimes to preserve yourself you have to say no.

Look at your lists and your jar and when you have a solid plan things seem much more put together.

Xo

L

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glossa · 8 years

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Polish those pearly whites!!!

Make your smile as white as the winter snow this Christmas! You can either do it gradually at home with products you already have OR purchase a product that will help speed up the process.

1. Naturally - Make a paste with baking soda and peroxide. Brush on your teeth and let sit for 2 min. Then rinse mouth and brush normally. This is safe enough to do daily.

2. TWILIGHT Teeth works!!! The mouth guard allows teeth to dry without saliva washing away the paint on gel. Then the UV light attaches to the mouth guard speeding up the process. I think I paid $30ish for mine. I love it!! Worth it!!

Happy Whitening!

Xo

Lndsey

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glossa · 8 years

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DIY Manicure

Don't have the time or the $ to go to the salon every other day this holiday season? Do it at home!!

Step 1 - Soak your hands in a bowl of warm water to soften the cuticals. Adding a little olive oil helps moisturize when you swish it around.

Step 2 - Exfoliate with white sugar and a drop of hand soap and rinse. Moisturize with a hand lotion or hand cream for best feeling hands. (Kheils Men's Hand Cream is my fav and only $12!)

Step 3 - Push back cuticals with a manicure "orange stick" but if you don't have one, use a popsicle stick. Use a cuticle remover like the Sally Hanson paint on kind if your cuticles are bad lol

Step 4 - Paint! At the holiday times I thing it's hard to maintain a color or French because of chipping. So my suggestion if this is your problem too, do a pretty Glitter polish! It stays on longer and if it chips you can't even tell!! Top coat, clear is really important for making the Polish last as well.

If you DO have time to pamper yourself, call Carrie to do your nails in Ludlow, KY (3 miles outside of Downtown Cincinnsti) her rates are SUPER affordable, she runs her own business so she can accomodate you at any time AND she does an awesome job!! Her number is, 859-750-0447....tell her Lyndsey sent ya!

Xo,

L

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glossa · 8 years

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Winter Bride Discount

Is your wedding in DECEMBER, January or February? If so, here is a great opportunity for you!! 50% off the Bride and $10 off for Bridesmaids!!! So here is how it would break down:

$50 deposit - is now $25, $60 trial run. Is now $30, $60 day of wedding makeup is now $30. So $25+$30+30= $85!!!!!!! (Normally $170 total) 😍😍😍

Bridesmaids are $10 off so they go for $50 full face and $30 eyes. Cheeks and lips with the discount! This is a STEAL!!!

Book with Lyndsey [email protected]

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glossa · 8 years

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25 Days if "Inside Out" - Day 3 -Laugh

I love to laugh. It makes me feel good. Even when I'm upset or stressed and I want to cry, laughing until I cry is a great positive emotional response. This time of year we are all stressed. If it's not about money, it's about time, if it's not about time it's about family issues, it goes on....whatever your situation. Take some time to laugh. I hope these will help. I always Crack up at these autocorrects. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the silliness, it's like Mad Libs for grown ups. These are a few I liked. Hope you enjoy and laugh today.

Xo,

Lyndsey

Ps don't forget to check out our IG for part 2 of today's tips....dark lipstick shades that rock. @glossagirl

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glossa · 8 years

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Reflections from the road....

With my time schedule all thrown off, awake thinking about this weekend. Sometimes things may not be financially profitable but every experience opens a new door, brings new opportunities and helps you grow...but ONLY if you reflect and learn. So as I gather my thoughts, I am sharing them!

1. Preplanning saves you in the long run....I didn't plan this trip very well. I booked my flight and hotel only a month away from the trip, booked a rental car whole ON the trip, and didn't make reservations early enough for places we wanted to go eat and experience.

2. If you aren't satisfied with something speak up!....the moment they gave me my room which was "unsatisfactory" to put it nicely, I should have spoke up about my displeasure. So what if it would have waved the water a little bit, I work hard for my money and I should get what I pay for and no less.

3. We took cabs sometimes on our trip but because of the inconvenience and cost we walked a lot. Lesson learned: Bring some comfy shoes because life is more interesting when you walk the walk, take the long road and stop to look around you. Comfy SHOES!!!!

4. Stand up for your worth....I realize that sometimes you have to comprise on the price of your service in order to secure business when the competition is stiff, you do what you can. However, you shouldn't sacrifice your value. I worked soooooo hard this weekend to end up not feeling compensated fairly or valued and that's an icky feeling. People won't recognize your value until you recognize it first.

5. Confirm, confirm and Re confirm. Even though you may feel annoying business is business....like stated above your time is valuable and unless people literally put their money where their mouth is, things can go 50 directions and you end up confused. So as annoying as it is. Get it in writing, CONTRACT it and make penalties for amendments. It will result in a lot less confusion in the end.

6. Be YOU! You can't be afraid to be you. Even if it's not popular. Even if it doesn't fit. I spoke up a lot this weekend about my faith and instead of being criticized i actually made a lot of connections with other Christian women. It was nice to openly talk about our beliefs and see there are others that share common values.

7. Be HONEST...it may be akward at first, but if you don't feel like things are fair then you need to be honest about your feelings. People might not agree but they can't tell you your feelings are wrong. They are YOUR feelings.

8. Feeling beautiful and confident is based out of your own thinking. Let's be honest, I have enjoyed a summer of icecream and margaritas and not training. I've prob gained 15lb total and was really worried about it for the past month. I trained pretty hard for a month and saw some results but still wasn't up to my norm and felt really off. After the first night of being around all the beautiful people in vegas I decided that it didn't matter my size, it mattered how I felt about myself and once I decided that I felt good, that's all that mattered.

9. If you ask for the Lord's guidance on things or situations he gives you the answers even if the answer isn't in a package you thought it would be. When you rely on your faith it all works out.

10. It REALLY does pay off to be nice and patient to everyone. You never know who needed the smile or how it may benifit you in the end (not that that's a reason to be nice) but it does sometimes pay off. That's how we got our amazing Jeep Wrangler for the weekend by being super nice to the car guy who was having a bad day.

11. Make clients prepay when you are traveling across the country. You have commited to being there for then so they need to commit to you. Basic concept I know.

12. It's very freeing not to wear a bra. I've never not done this before, and in wore a dress on the last night you couldn't tell I didn't have one on. Now I know what the liberalism movement was about with burning the bras. It was so much less restrictive and nice to not worry about pulling it up all night haha.

13. I don't tank the people around me enough for helping me through life in work (Elle and melissa) and at home with Lily.

14. I was reminded that Lily us my everything. I love that little girl so much. It was nice to have mommy time but I need her daily like we need water to survive. Love, love, love.

Welp, those are my lessons learned. Hope they have been something you can learn from as well!!! Have a wonderful day!!!

Xo

L

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glossa · 9 years