Undercover Construction…
Since we all know that a bit of light hearted goss never goes astray, I just thought I’d give you the heads up regarding a bit of the big changes going on behind the scenes with Beauty Marked!. The Beauty Marked! Team has been working hard to bring you a new and improved and uber tjuzed up Beauty Marked! Site. The Get Even More Gorgeous With Beauty Marked! Blog and the Beauty Marked! Online Beauty Magazine will be merged and loads of crazy cool features will be added. Fingers crossed this bigger than Ben-Hur project should be finished by April 08.
Without giving too much away there will be additional extras like online beauty seminars to further enhance the ongoing beauty and grooming seminars that Beauty Marked! leads around the country. There will be greater search-ability of the Site for more effective use of the wealth of information contained across the Site and subscriber only areas just for starters. Thank heavens much of the drilling, sawing, and hammering will go on offline, so not too much should be disrupted with the existing Beauty Marked! resources, which is great, well…until we go live that is. Wish us luck that the work continues to go smoothly and that there won’t be any big breaks in your Beauty Marked! reading pleasure. It’s all so very exciting! Gosh, you have no idea how hard it is to not let this great big beautiful cat out of the bag. So, until then, my lovelies, keep shinning brightly and know it won’t be too long before all is radiantly revealed. *doing the silly-crazy-little-kid-excited dance*
Words To Live By.
I adore inspirational beauty quotations, this we know, but few move me as tremendously as the Marianne Williamson quotation posted yesterday. Not only do I adore this visionary quotation, but feel it more like a personal and professional credo. If ever there were words to live by, these would be they…absolutely!
It’s True…A Cloud Cannot Put Out The Sun.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” -Marianne Williamson
Mail Call!
Dear BM!,
Rumor has it you are a huge cream blush fan. Do you have any tips on how to apply it? I am not 100% sure as to the best way and knew you’d have a tip or two to help me out. Thanks in advance.
I do love a touch of cream blush, that’s for sure…nearly, but not quite, as much as receiving emails from my cherished readers. I did a post sometime in early 2007 that extolled the virtues of cream blush and it gave a tip or three that you may find useful. Here’s an encore posting for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!
So It’s A Date Then?
Hey Gorgeous Ones. Here are just a few on counter M.A.C. Collection release dates for you to pencil in your diary:
- Fafi March 03, 2008
- Strobe March 03, 2008
- Beauty Powder Blush March 03, 2008
- Heatherette April 14, 2008
- Viva Glam VI May 19, 2008
- Naughty Nauticals May 19, 2008
- Dazzleglass May 19, 2008
- Summer Trend Bags June 16th, 2008
I’ve had a bit of a sneaky peek and several swipes of utterly drool-worthy bits of M.A.C. magic and I tell you…these collections are absolutely worth counting the sleeps left for. Just to keep you going, Beauty Marked! will be posting M.A.C. Collection pics and reviews, not to mention mind blowing beauty shots from the Milan/Paris 08 and the New York/London 08 S/S shows over the next little while, so be sure to visit us regularly. We’ll look forward to seeing your beautiful self then.
*Image courtesy of M.A.C. for Heatherette S/S 08
Under A Bushel.
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” -Confucius
Slim Down With Gratitude.
Why not? If we’ve learned anything about diets, it’s that they rarely continue to produce results in any long lasting way, shape or form. Well, that certainly rings true for diets used alone and without any major attitudinal adjustments to one’s self-perception. Even then, it’s more than likely that it is our meaningful shift in how we relate to food and our belief in ourselves that is the greater cause for the changes to our body image than any diet would be in itself. Beauty Marked! is willing to bank that if we had a good look at all that we have to be grateful for in our lives, with our beautiful bodies and commit to working towards self-acceptance and love, our weight would automatically settle to a healthy, ideal, and optimally functioning level for as long as we desired. No kidding. Judging from the demonstrated effectiveness of positively affirming only what we truly desire and showing gratitude for our beautiful selves and the blessings that abundantly abound, at every opportunity, our bodies wouldn’t choose to hang on to, hoard or operate as if scarcity were its default setting.
In other words, showing gratitude will both positively and successfully reset our body’s default position from scarcity as its modus operandi, to retraining itself to innately and effectively utilize the abundance of quality food available, employ our positively affirmed thoughts, use anything else that it needs for optimal functioning and release the rest. Out would go the excess stored fat, below par functioning cells, impurities, and toxins. Eventually, our bodies will no longer instinctively stockpile excess on our hips, thighs, tummy or wherever, for a rainy day, so to speak, because it would learn, know and trust that there will always be more superlative goodness, on a great many levels, to come. Luckily, our bodies are quick studies and will soon realize that it can be “at ease” and not cling onto everything that heads its way, but get on with being as it was original designed: Its own uniquely magnificent, whole, complete and perfect self. All that will be left for you to do is just graciously enjoy it for a long time to come!
Affirmation for Optimal Body Weight: I am grateful for the many blessings that I have and am secure in knowing that there is always an abundance of goodness that will fully support and empower me to have a healthy and joyous life.
