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Friendly Beauty

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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.

Strike Gold

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Isn’t it great when something pops into your head and you feel like you have struck gold? A quick review of a couple of the previous posts did that for me, the woman trying to be a voice for Glamour Connection. As Leta has written the two posts I speak of, this all makes sense. Simplify – the reoccurring theme that I’m speaking of – we hear it a lot these days but how often is it really absorbed In contrast, as I research topics I am finding more and more high fashion or trendy pieces out there and have thought “We (Glamour Connection) are just not like this. We have an uncomplicated eye for beauty.” And then, ah-ha. We are different. At Glamour Connection we are really interested in timeless, classic beauty. Yes, we want to stay current with what is trendy out there, but it will always be put back together classically. Simplify, simplicity, simple. Beauty can be simple and Glamour Connection is about making it such. We want every woman to feel beautiful and just by enhancing what you already have we are keeping it simple.

When Leta does each makeover she isn’t trying to make the woman feel like she needs a whole new look to be beautiful. That just wouldn’t be practical. Same idea for a wardrobe consultation – you will not need to go buy a completely new wardrobe to freshen up or even update your look. She finds the best pieces that are already in your closet and customizes what is best for your particular body type. What works for your body type will not work for every body type. In addition, the things that are already in your closet speak volumes about what style you are seeking. Women know what is comfortable for them and Leta just gives information for a beauty routine and style that is practical and shows the individual woman how to make the most of what she already has.

Classic Beauty – 2010 Golden Globe Awards Edition

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After any award show every celebrity television program, website and magazine gives its own perspective on best and worsts. For Glamour Connection, an emphasis on the good keeps a positive outlook on beauty. Here are a few of the highlights.

Drew Barrymore

A complete beauty, Drew Berrymore’s makeup is flawlessly simple, yet very glamourous. With the pop of a pink, berry colored lipstick, she is stunning.

Emily Blunt

Emily Blunt looks amazingly happy with new fiance John Krasinski. She brought out the pink in her dress by actually wearing lavender eyeshadow. Shading her lips slightly darker really brings her look together.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman is such a classic beauty. Although her makeup is very basic, staying within the mostly nude shades, she highlights her eyes with dark eyeliner without overdoing it – necessitating a darker lip color.

Beauty's Ancestors

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By Leta Greene

Science says that when we were Neanderthals, we females selected one from the sweaty, grungy males, to share our cozy cave, by who brought home the most meat.  Cavemen picked the slightly less hairy, softer-sex version and  liked  wider hips for birthing little ones to fill the cave. They, and men through the ages, have liked  fat lips.  Lips! Wait! What? Why?

Fuller lips are a sign of youth. So today, a whole school of thought says, “Fuller lips equate sexy, and thinner lips are a sign of intelligence.”  I agree completely. As we age, we loose some of our lip’s natural collagen. Not only do our lips get smaller, but our pigment line also recedes.  So, at 36,  I am almost in the middle, a little sexy but also more intelligent. In my youth, I had a flatter tummy, I spent much more time on my hair and I wondered how what I was wearing would appeal to my friends or a boy? Now I see myself in a much kinder light,even though the perfection of youth is fading.

As the years pass, I feel that I am more beautiful. Additionally, I think my husband, when looking at the total package of who I am now,  would agree, I am more attractive and beautiful, despite my physical weaknesses. My lips may be a little thinner and as I draw on my lips, I don’t worry about how my outfit will be received but rather, I think about my son. As I send him off to school,  I hope he will do his best and be well received.

As I put on my makeup, I cover scars and I am aware of others that are not seen. All of them represent an experience –alife lesson. Although I am not perfect, I wouldn’t take away the things that age me, that have given me wisdom. The ideal beauty of our predecessors has altered and changed as well as what was thought to be stylish. I may not be the ideal, and that is good!

Yet, I can be my best. The scar on my face, from the bike accident of my youth, I get to cover up. The lips are  a combination of colors  to accentuate the shape. And concealer, after some necessary tears, is a good thing to have. We can bring out our best, minimize our imperfections and embrace the adventure of living. For all I do with makeup,  it is my job. But the biggest effort at the start of the day is not on my appearance, but rather on my heart and soul so as to be able to embrace those with whom I share my life.

Welcome to 2010 Glamour

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Glamour in 2010 will mean something different to each individual woman. For Glamour Connection it means exactly what the headline quote says. “Spend enough time on yourself in the morning to forget about yourself the rest of the day.” Now, we are all faced with many responsibilities and why not face them head on looking fabulous. Feeling good about yourself at the start of each day gives motivation a heads up that you are ready for action, ready to tackle the new project, mother with enthusiasm and welcome you husband home still looking like you just got ready. Time doesn’t have to mean an hour, or even half an hour. When you have the right tools, know-how and frame of mind (attitude without the negative connotations,) getting your outward self ready for the day will be as simple as saying “I am beautiful.”