The moisturizer giveaway is done. And The winner has been randomly selected. So, the winner of the DayTime Moisturizer is . . .
Thanks to everyone who participated. Stay tuned for this month’s giveaway to be announced, well, sometime in April. Hehe. We just want to keep you on your toes.
I bet you were wondering when we would have another giveaway. Right now is the answer. Although today is the last day of March, this will still be considered a March giveaway. To follow up from last month’s cleanser giveaway, Glamour Connection is giving one lucky winner a SeneDerm by SeneGence DayTime Moisturizer.
Here is what it’s all about :
“SeneDerm® DayTime Moisturizer
* Normal to Dry
* Normal to Oily
The Normal to Oily Moisturizers contain jojoba oil, squalene and unique botanicals that reduce oil production and fight off harmful UV rays. The Normal to Dry formula contains higher levels of SenePlex® to encourage cellular growth while the antioxidants and botanicals act as a rich treatment to deeply hydrate and moisturize. The benefits are bountiful: SeneDerm® with SenePlex® Moisturizers deliver to the skin moisture, hydration and anti-aging advantages. Vitamin E protects cells from oxidation while botanicals containing natural filtering ingredients make your skin healthy and radiant throughout your busy day. The SeneDerm® DayTime Moisturizer comes in a beautiful 1.66 oz tube.”
So here is what you need to do to be entered to win it. We like to relate internal beauty to external beauty because they go hand in hand, so just leave a comment on this post telling us one way you give love to yourself. You have until Sunday April 4 10:00 p.m. MST. So comment away and you will be on your way to winning a wonderful product.
In last month’s post Face Shape we introduced the different types of face shape and how to figure out which you had. As I was browsing through Self magazine April edition in a feature about tips for your hair, included was some hair accessories and how to wear them. How perfect that they broke it down by face shape. Unfortunately I couldn’t find an online version of the feature but here it is broken down.
For a Long Face – styling goal: to create width in your face. Suggested accessory: a skinny headband. (wear it in the center of your head)
For a Heart shaped face – styling goal: to balance out a more prominent chin. Suggested accessory: a feminine floral bobby pin or barrette. (wear it just above and behind your ear)
For an Oval face – styling goal: Lucky, this shape goes with any style. Suggested accessory: a festive comb or clip. (wear it with your hair pulled back and as if it’s coming our of your hair)
For a round face – styling goal: create the illusion of length by adding more volume to your crown. Suggested accessory: a wide, teeth-free headband (wear it by sliding headband from your hairline to the center of your head; hair can be up or down)
So, go out and have some fun with hair accessories. The best part is, this accessory can be pretty cheap so it’s an easy way to update your look as well. Check out the full scoop in this month’s Self Magazine on page 51.
Love language number 2 is
Giving Quality time to ourselves is maybe the most difficult task we have. With so many responsibilities to our families, jobs, homes, and all the other engagements we take upon ourselves, there is not much time left for us. It is so important to take the time out needed to spend with yourself and doing something just for you. This could even mean spending time with someone you love, even someone that is not your spouse. Girlfriends are so important in our lives – even if there is just one that really makes us feel good about ourself. Quality is different than just being together. When we spend quality time we are engaged in conversation without letting distractions in. A good way for this to happen is to actually leave your house. Take your chosen friend and go to a favorite lunch or coffee spot. Even sitting at a park in nature can be calming and produce a deeper conversation where you are truly able to let go. Dr. Chapman would call this togetherness with quality conversation, but in the book he is relating it to you giving your spouse or significant other that love. I’m suggesting that you do this for you especially if this is how you feel love.
Quality activities is another way we feel love through quality time. Finding an activity that you love doing just for you and creating the time to do it and you will be loving on yourself. Anything you have interest in is also game here. Although, starting new hobby or activity can be frustrating, so maybe for the first little bit of giving yourself love through quality time you should just stick with something you know you love. Is it running, scrapbooking, photography, yoga. . . You know more than anyone what you love to do. Allowing yourself the time to do it, without feeling guilty, fills your love bank for yourself. If it has been a while since you’ve spent quality time with yourself, it might be helpful to start with a list of activities you think you would enjoy. When you’ve set the time up, just try one until you find the one you most enjoy and give it some focus. Maybe in the process you will feel more than love, you will gain a better sense of accomplishment. Give yourself time and those you love will benefit as well.
I’ve decided to post a weekly blog about a book I’ve recently finished since it has a list attached to it that is easily broken up – the information contained in it is also useful. It is called “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman. As the title states, there are five primary languages and each of us feels love more by one of them. When we communicate to others in the way that he/she hears or feels loved most we can be more effective at showing how much we love him/her. I highly recommend reading the book as it can be applied to not only our marital or committed relationships but is also useful for every relationship we care about, like the ones with our friends and the one would should care most about but is usually the most neglected – ourselves. We need to nurture and care for ourselves in order to take care of those we love. The posts here will not go into detail of what each love language contains in its entirety, but it will be more about how it relates to beauty and how we can give more love to ourselves.
So, the first on the list is
If you are reading this and have already had a makeover with Leta you will be quite familiar with what it means. Sending yourself positive thoughts, saying positive things to yourself and even writing the positive words down will eventually help you feel more love for yourself. Words of affirmation can be as simple as pointing our that you really like the shoes you are wearing today. Yeah, maybe they are your favorites an you wear them a lot, but sometimes when we haven’t been nice to ourselves in a long time starting with something so simple can be a break through to more powerful affirmations. Dr. Chapman would call these verbal compliments.
Another way to express words of affirmation is through encouraging words. Especially useful when building up confidence to do something new or something that may be challenging or frightening to us. For example, say you’ve always had the desire to learn to play the piano but were never given the opportunity to take lessons growing up. Encouraging yourself to venture out and try this new possible hidden talent can build your confidence to actually do it and hopefully build your love for yourself in the process as well. “Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often courage.”
Kind words are spoken by us to those we love, but not often enough to ourselves. By speaking kindly to ourselves we are demonstrating that we care about ourselves. In turn, we can give more loving care to others.
Finally, humble words are a demonstration of affirming words. “Love make requests, not demands,” Dr. Chapman states in the first line of this section in the book. As women we are often so demanding on ourselves it can wear us down and start to feed the negativity residing within. However, by letting go of some of the demands we put on ourselves and just request that we do the best we can, again we are giving ourselves love.
If you are anything like me, it seems to be the same box of clothes coming out of storage at the change of each season. Since we are talking beauty here on the Glamour Connection blog, clothing goes along with it. So I decided to browse the various fashion sites spring trend reports, found i liked Glamour magazine’s break down of “Wearable Trends” because really, who wants trends that are either impractical or just plain obnoxious. So I took my favorite looks/trends from the Glamour slide show and wanted to give a few examples of what could be. Spring often brings florals, pastels and whit – these ideas for spring have a bit of that, but red and gray are also featured. (I am really loving gray lately.) The thing with clothing is that every woman should really wear what is most comfortable for them. Now, I’m not saying your should wear your lounge clothes everyday because that’s what is comfortable for you. If that is your particular favorite, maybe it’s best for you to stick with cotton fabrics and no fuss outfits. It’s also great that spring is still cool enough that throwing on a great jacket over whatever shirt you happen to be wearing can appear to be a put together look – given you are wearing your nicest pair of jeans or slacks. So here 7 of the 15 spring trends:
“Painterly Prints”
A wrap-dress from Target. The wrap-dress does good things for most women. It seems this new spin on florals, where it appears to be a painting not just a loud pattern, can give you the feeling of being a walking piece of art.
“Polka Dots”
Polka dots really seem like a good idea. Executing this good idea is another thing. Trying to browse and find a good example for this trend was a challenge. Accessories, luggage and children’s clothing was mostly what was found. So here is a great belt that can accent another trend (which I actually chose to leave out) – the monotone look.
“Military Coat”
Love this look. It seems like it comes in and out of “fashion” quite often. So maybe you already have a military style jacket in your closet. Spring is the prefect time to clean those closets out anyway. However, if you are shopping, look for one of these jackets.
“Head to Toe Gray”
Gray is wonderful because it is so flexible like black, but gives you more variety with the various shades available. it’s also very easy to find lots of cuts and fabrics in this set for spring color.
“The Scarlet Jacket”
Personally, I find red a hard color to wear on a regular basis. I have just never felt it was for me. But I can definitely get behind wearing a red jacket. You won’t be overlooked in one of these. (note – the jacket on the left is currently out of stock at zappos.com, But I liked it too much to leave out.)
“Tie-Dye”
Tie-dye has seen it’s glory days as splashes of brightly colored hues adorning a basic cotton t-shirt. Those days are gone but the pattern is staying. This style too has come and gone a few times, but how it’s being used now is fantastic. The option for the accessory will be great if you are a little timid about such a loud pattern.
Award season is usually hit or miss for me. You know, not really set about watching a full two hours of the “beautiful people” of the world sitting together in all their beautiful beauty. However, I did watch the entire oscars and found it quite entertaining. Although I missed the opening number by Neil Patrick Harris (I watched it here today), the rest of the show was beautiful. I loved the sparkling arch across the stage that would change color with the mood. The dance about the middle of the show displaying the nominees for best original score was a awesome to watch. Of course I was focusing on the women in the audience, as, although the do look handsome, men in tuxedos look all very much the same.
Reoccurring themes for the gowns were, ruffles, sparkles, one shoulder draping and fitted. Looking around this morning for pictures of actresses most put together, I gathered these photos at instyle.com. So here are my pics for classic beauty at the 2010 oscars:
Julianne Moore looks very classic in a fitted sparkly gown – love the lip color and accent emerald ring.
Kristen Stewart often seems insecure, but at this event she looked happy, secure and knowing she looked elegant. Only thoughts – maybe a little more jewelry.
Maggie Gyllenhaal seems to have a secret to being happy – she always seems to be. Patterns are often difficult to pull off but she completely did. I love the watercolor feel of her dress and the makeup just rocks with it.
Vera Farmiga had a complete look. The dress took a minute to grow on me but it did and the way she pulled it together with her hairstyle and makeup was perfect. I think it suits her.
Sitting around a table of beautiful women, celebrating a friends milestone thirtieth birthday, I thought “how amazing to have this many wonderful women in my life.” Our girlfriends add so much to our individual beauty – give us security, compliments, and support. Many are there for us in times of insecurity, when we just can’t find the positive reinforcement needed to move past the negative thoughts. Even better, sharing moments of joy and happiness, making them even sweeter. Sharing in each others joy builds our own joy immensely.
Treating ourselves to nights filled with girlfriends adds perspective to the daily trials we each go through. Although each woman has a different trial at any given moment, listening and sharing with each others trials may lighten our load considerably. Creating a balance between responsibility and leisure, gives us a break and reboots, often much needed, positivity. Filling up on these positive moments is so energizing anything afterwards seems possible. On the same point, letting go of the negativity that can be brought to these evenings is freeing. Handling everyday life gets easier each time we just live in the moment with our beautiful girlfriends.
Here are four celebrities, each in her forties.
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Have some fun with it. Which celebrity, not considered here, is your idea of classic beauty
And the winner os February’s Cleanser giveaway is . . .
(winner was randomly selected)
Stacey said: “I’m not getting any younger!”
None of us are, in years, but we can appear younger just by using this product.
Thanks to all of you who participated. Have you caught on that these are going to happen every month? We want you to participate on this blog and figure we’ll get you to even if we have to bribe you. Any thoughts on the topics presented here are truly appreciated. Stay tuned for the giveaway announcement for March.
