Oscars… almost showtime!

Soon the celebrities will walk the red carpet and get to their seats in anticipation of who will WIN and a movie 🎥 star and more celebration. I love to watch this show and I get to see all the behind the scenes beauty from the show.

What I know for sure is celebrities clamor for glamor and definitely want to look younger,hydrated,tightened and have softer plumper pillowy lips!

While they do eat junk food the prep journey to the red carpet is a beauty detox and fasting one. They do everything in their power to look thinner, sexier and glowing.

I like to celebrate 🎉 the Oscars with a few friends or ALONE . My husband prefers to watch other shows from year to year. But I make this day a delicious evening of food, drink and fun. So, today I prepped away.

But I also like to combine this with a beauty filled night of self-care and pampering. Prosecco or champagne cocktails or a delightful cocktail are a part of the evening. Popcorn added is always a good idea. Bathed in warm butter and a few chocolate shavings on top is heaven. Popcorn, champagne and beauty! What a great way to spend the evening.

I pull out an array of skin living products. I line them up in a beautiful basket and use every thing! It’s been a long action packed month with beauty shows, events and being on TV. I NEED a bit of Love Me❤️ Time!

Oscar worthy beauty can be:

Take a bath or shower first.

An easy to use & no mess sheet mask for your face, under eyes, feet,hands,decolette or even hair. You may not look like a sex kitten in your night gown doing this but your skin will love you.

Follow up with a luxe face and an aromatic body lotion.

By the way, I do put in a pretty nightgown and even have a pair of sexy feather slippers. If you feel like add a crown to the mix if you think you’re a 👑 queen.

Have a great evening of celebrities, fashion and beauty. Can’t wait to see the looks, glitz and glam!

Summertime Refresher!

I love fruits and veggies! Over the years I not only served up some delicious treats for my family. I started to serve my clients fresh juice potions for their skin and health. So today I am sharing one of those recipes with you!

My Cantaloupe 🍈 Crush!

All you need for this drink recipe is:

4 cups of chilled fresh cantaloupe

1 cup of cool 🍋 Lemon juice

1 tbsp. Local 🍯 honey

1 tiny piece of peeled ginger or grated ginger

I serve the juice in pretty glasses or in mini shot glasses.

😎If you want to make it a little tropical 🌴 or you’re entertaining at home. Add 1/4 cup of good rum.

Place cubes and cantaloupe, lemon juice,honey and ginger in a blender.

Blend until frothy and fabulous!

I recommend serving not saving!

Enjoy!!! 😎

Wine 🍷 Anyone?

I wanted to share a glass of wine with my husband while in quarantine and decided to take it a bit further. So, being the skin care professional and makeup artist I am I had to make something with a beauty and self care twist.

D.I.Y. Wine Mask for TWO

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1 bottle of red wine which is filled with antioxidants.

2 tablespoons of red wine

2 tablespoons of plain yogurt (I prefer Greek yogurt) exfoliates gently

Mix both of these in a glass bowl.

Wash your face like you normally do.

Apply to a clean face while you sip some of your fav’ red wine 🍷. You’ll feel sublime!

Leave this pretty mask on at least 15 minutes.

Rinse well with lukewarm water 💦 and washcloth.

Apply a sheer coat of your moisturizer and a dash of eye gel or eye cream.

*Enjoy this unisex face mask and while it dries… Sip a glass of great 👍 for your heart and relaxing glass of red 🍷 wine! It is like a day at the spa.

(Recommended for adults only)

 

 

Brunch Boards Are Basically Breakfast Charcuterie & My Mouth Is Watering — StyleCaster

Caring IS sharing…and I simply had to share this post since I LOVE to entertain my clients as well as my family and friends.This bloggers post is giving me all the yummy feels. I have done Bloody Mary Shots & Quiche,Cocktails,Cosmetics and Cupcakes events I am inspired to host my next event with foodie inspiration with one of these boards with an a la Noreen twist. Enjoy the view!

Hi, I didn’t have brunch today and I desperately wanted to, so after spending half my morning scrolling through brunch-related hashtags on Instagram, I’m here to bring some brunch board ideas to your attention. What’s a brunch board, you ask? It’s more or less a platter of heaven—aka, a charcuterie-board-like spread of breakfast foods. Seriously, what…

via Brunch Boards Are Basically Breakfast Charcuterie & My Mouth Is Watering — StyleCaster

Celebrate the beauty of Chinese New Year!

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In your home or in your business you can celebrate the Lunar New Year too. It starts now and is a 15 day celebration. As I mentioned before I am an all American girl who just happens to be Polish and Chinese. What fun! I eat Polish  kielbasa sausage and devour juicy dumplings too! I love celebrating Chinese New Year in NYC’s Chinatown. Have you ever been? The lion dance and all the other rituals and food are wonderful. The sweet treats are fabulous too.

You can bring a piece of the Asian pie so to speak by bringing in some Asian lanterns. Red is a powerful color and brings in good luck. Gold symbolizies money and and of course jade is good health and good luck. Decorate your business with any of these hues and bring in some exotic decor too.

We serve hot tea and have customized fortune cookies with our own messages inside. Or you can buy them by the box at Asian grocery stores.

Do a promotion with any Asian inspired or ingredients skin care and or body or fragrance.It is nice to have an ethnic twist. Give your clients a discount to get them to explore and shop. Your clients will notice and your cash register will ring more too.

I recently learned that not all Asians celebrate the lunar new year. In China it is not only a national holiday for days… Chinese New year is celebrated for 15 glorious days. Vietnamese have their own kind fun and festivals. S Koreans have a 3 day celebration. Lastly the Japanese revere January 1st as a very special day.

So bring it… in your business this year. You still have time to join in on the festive fun.

Gong Hei Fat Choy is Cantonese for Happy New Year…it translates into “Wishing you great happiness and prosperity.”

 

 

 

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Have I got a deal for you!

I am so in LOVE with my mini fridge from Cooluli that I had to write the company and ask if I could share a discount code JUST FOR YOU to use on their website. I will share this discount code savings for your purchase at the end of my blog but FIRST let me tell you why YOU NEED it in your life and what it is good for!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE mine and it is so adorable and handy. I  like to take it with me on the road as it can be used hooked up in your car. Or connect via USB on your computer. It is the coolest thing ever! And SO LIGHT and the size is just right for me too! It is taking social media into a whirlwind! Beauty addicts and LOVERS adore it and more!

Here is what the company based in Brooklyn NY has to say about the mini fridge units they sell.

Food/Drinks/Snacks

  • Cooluli is great for keeping food and drinks warm or cool, whether at home, at work, on the road, and everywhere in between. From soup to sandwiches,energy drinks to coffee,tea Cooluli’s got you covered.fridge Blog PRO_4717.JPG

Skincare

  • Ideal for vitamin C serum, jade rollers, eye creams, sheet masks,toners and more! The cooling sensation you get from storing your skincare in a Cooluli is nothing shortof amazing! Why keep your rose water mist next to your mustard—and far from your vanity?
  • Cooluli is your answer to efficient and adorable skin care organization.Great for all skincare, especially organic and natural skincare, and beauty items containing active ingredients, such as vitamin C and retinol. Keeping your beauty faves cool can prolong shelf-life, plus the cooling sensation soothes and refreshes. The Cooluli chillout is perfect for eye creams designed to de-puff or for treatments that care for dry, irritated skin. Keeping your skincare routine chilled definitely revs up your beauty game!
  • TowelsHeat and open up those pores before treating your clients or your skin. The warmth is both soothing and effective!
  • Great for keeping towels warm during a relaxing manicure,pedicure and more.

Medicine
 Perfect to keep insulin and other temperature-regulated medications, such as
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You will love it. Makes a perfect gift too!

Sunday is a funday

Always find time to take care of yourself! As a beauty professional,spa or salon owner you must TAKE TIME for nurturing yourself too. We can only give so much. All work and no play makes you look tired and feel it too.

Take a walk.

Visit your happy place.

Treat yourself to a cozy warm epsom salt bath with your fave’ essential oils.

Eat something you love.

Buy yourself a bouquet of flowers.

Listen to music.

Explore another spa and enjoy a service elsewhere.

I didn’t always feel this way I had to LEARN how to give myself me time and self care time too.

Take it from me it is an art…and so good for your body,mind and spirit too.

 

 

 

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