Skin Deep

Last week, this is what a typical day looked for me. Up at 5:30 am, walk with the dog, shower, get ready for work. Once at work, I simultaneously completed a variety of tasks from conference calls while updating our website, to responding to e-mails during lunch, to meeting deadlines and reconstructing our strategy for outgoing communication. It isn’t uncommon to look at my laptop on a given afternoon and find 10 browsers open on 10 different subjects. Sound familiar? In a world where communication is more accessible than ever before and research is at our fingertips we work harder and longer days than ever before. I did a lot last week. But, what I didn’t do is put my…

You’re a star and you know it, but you can’t get your makeup to look as vibrant or last as long as you’d like. These three steps will enhance the staying power of your makeup and illuminate your beautiful face.

Highlight your features. This is a step you cannot skip. Celebrate the curves and contours of your visage. The picture below will show you which areas are naturally highlighted by light: just below your eyes, the bridge of your nose, your T-zone, and the cleft of your chin. Use a small brush or your finger and apply concealer to highlighted areas of your face. When using bronzer you typically would apply makeup to the same areas of your face, but instead…

Vickie Lewis, CEO of Blessed Breast LLC, teaches women how to bless their bodies, their minds, and their souls. “This is my body,” she says “and I am the only one who is going to take care of it. And I am going to take care of it because it’s mine, and I deserve to be taken care of.”

Lewis explains that our mothers and fathers teach us how to care for our bodies. As children, they teach you how to sud soap bubbles, and how to perfect the amount of toothpaste to slick onto our toothbrush. They teach you which bras to pick out, how to cure dry skin blues, and how often to bathe. But they don’t teach you…