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Anna Flores – Oxnard

One of my favorite things to do is book an appointment with Anna Flores, an amazingly great massage therapist. She comes with everything you need, even a cd if you want to listen to some atmosphere music (but I must have my classical masterpieces playing on low volume). After an hour swedish massage with Anna, I can’t even see straight so the convenience of her coming out to my house for an appointment is perfect, as I can crawl into bed afterwards and sleep soundly! If you live in the Oxnard area and are looking for an amazing massage experience, send me an email and I will pass your information on to Anna…and enjoy!!

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Aveda Tourmaline Radiance Serum

I saw on the Tyra Banks Show(the skincare show) that you should always give a product at least 6 months to rate it’s effectiveness before you either switch or give up…and I think it has been approximately 7 months now that I have been using Aveda’s face serum…which my skincare specialist swears by – but between me and you, I really don’t see any benefits or difference. I am going to have to do some research on what serums are actually supposed to do anyway, and what exactly I should expect as a result for using them. So stay tuned.

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Sleep…better.

They say that sleep is as important to your skincare regimine as any elixer or fluid…and I found that once you go high thread count, you never go back. I also have found that I absolutely refuse to pay too much, so I will share my riches with you:

The best this month:
Spa Collection Premium 800TC Single-Ply Sheet Set * Any Size $69.98 * A $200 Value * 5 Colors Single Thread Count Sheet Set Liquidation

Royal Hotel Premium 1000TC Single-Ply Sheet Set * Any Size $99.98 * A $500 Value! * 5 Colors Royal Hotel Premium 1000TC Single-Ply Sheet Set Any Size $99.98

and the ones I have for my bedroom:
Royal Hotel Premium 1200TC Single-Ply Sheet Set * Any Size $129.98 * A $550 Value! * 5 Colors Royal Hotel Premium 1200TC Single-Ply Sheet Set Any Size $129.98

Sweet Dreams!

Overstock Has the best deals on high thread count sheet sets with super cheap shipping too!

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Home Spa-ing Fun…First Up: Exfoliation

Greetings All!

For my first official post (yay!) I would like to share a great exfoliation treatment with you that you can do in your very own home. Great for those nights when you’re home alone and need a lil extra pampering, PLUS…it involves sugar and honey (which is always good)! It’s called the Sweet Sensation Exfoliation and is great! A quick and fun way to exfoliate your skin between facials. The ingredients does call for dish soap, which was odd to me…but from experimenting you do need the detergents from the dish soap to mix with the sugar to create natural glycolic acid. Although, I dont think you should douse your face with Palmolive or Dawn dish soap, so I took the liberty of changing it to Dove Dish Soap, this I have tried and came out with good results. Another tip with this exfoliant is for people with couperose, the directions say to roll the honey mask when ready…dont, the rolling may cause more couperose. Instead, apply a warm towel to your face to soften the honey and gently wipe the mask off. Okay, have fun…and let me know how it goes! Happy exfoliating!

SWEET SENSATION EXFOLIATION

MATERIALS: PRODUCTS:

steamer Dove Dish Soap

3 warm towels vegetable oil

facial sponges pure Cane sugar

100% aloe vera gel

pure honey

massage oil (optional)

sunscreen(always super important!)

1. start with a clean pre-cleansed face using steam (for this you may use your own facial cleanser or soap)

2. pat face dry and apply a thin coating of vegetable oil

3. apply cane sugar to face (5 min.) then add Dove dish soap, you will feel the sugar start to melt which will

turn into a paste…creating a natural glycolic acid

4. apply steam for an additional 10 minutes, continuing to work the product…then remove with a warm towel

5. apply massage oil and perform light massage (optional, but if you do…try a light effleurage or lymphatic

drainage), remove massage oil with a warm towel

6. apply honey mask (I suggest a facial mask brush, but your fingers would do too), allow the honey to stay

on until tacky (about 10-15 min.)…when ready, roll off face (those with couperose, remove with warm towel)

7. apply aloe vera gel followed by a moisturizer of your choice and end with a good SPF!

8. let your soul glow!!!!

 

*note: can also be great as a body exfoliant!

-chastity

 

 

 

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Oily Hair – The Real Deal

Ok. I have oily hair. I have had oily hair most of my life, and managed to be annoyed at my every other day mandatory shampoo ritual for most of my life as well, however, I find myself continuing my never ending quest to find the perfect remedy to save myself the hours of unsuccessful hair straightening and bi-weekly $35 bucks for Tasha to whip my hair up. So this month, I am going to simply dish out all of my trial and errors and basically document my journey to see if perhaps in time and experience, I can finally have some peace with my shampoo bottle.

Here are the things that I have tried:

1. Hair Powder – I have tried 2 different brands, and will review them another time – perhaps when I am not so annoyed at spending 2 hours in the bathroom with my hairdryer and ionic wrap brush.

2. Vinegar & water. It stinks, it doesn’t work any better than regular shampoo.

3. Beer. TOTALLY doesn’t work, plus I drank the other 5 so as to not ‘waste’ good product. So extra calories, some drunk dialing and a hangover later, my hair was still greasy the next evening.

4. Tea Tree Oil drops in my shampoo – this kind of works – but it makes your scalp SUPER tingly and smells medicinal. It did however, give me an additional day of not having to shampoo or wear a ponytail.

5. wearing a ponytail or bun. On days when I just simply cannot fathom washing my hair, this seems to be the best solution of all to date.

6. wearing a hat. OMG gross – totally does not work – your hair gets more greasy, flat and actually has a funky smell that is NOT cute and also seeps into your hat. gross.

7. Putting conditioner just on ends of the hair and not the root. – kind of works…but I do this as a regular cleaning routine as to not give my roots any additional oils since it seems to be doing a good job of that on it’s own.

8. Using dishsoap for shampoo. TOTALLY worked – but left my hair ends totally dry and dull looking.

9. Using Sebastian’s Green Apple shampoo for oily hair — worked pretty good – but I can’t seem to find this anywhere in stores?

10. Baby Powder – totally works, but leaves your hair super ashy and gray. not cute.

ok. that is all for now – I’m going to post this recipe and give it a try in 2 days when my hair is in slick mode and I will post a review after that. I know you are sitting on eggs on this one

 

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Treatment for Oily Hair

2 egg yolks

4 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice

4 tsp. grape-seed oil

5 drops cedarwood essential oil

5 drops cyprus essential oil

5 drops peppermint essential oil

Let the yolks reach room temperature, and mix them with the lemon juice.

Use a whisk to stir the grape-seed oil drop by drop into the old mixture until it has a creamy consistency.

Shortly before using, stir in the essential oils. Massage your scalp for 5 minutes with the mixture, distributing it evenly, and leave on for 1 hour.

Shampoo out, using cool water.

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Nuetrogena MicroDermabrasion System

Neutrogena Advanced Solutions MicroDermabrasion System

O.M.G. everyone listen up!!! For my 35th birthday, my mom bought me the entire package of this amazing treatment and it seriously blew my mind how GREAT it works! I followed the instructions to the tee, using it for the full 4 weeks with total ease. After only my 3rd week, my doctor actually thought I had Botox done because he saw an intensive treatment. For less than $40 bucks, you can have fab skin AND don’t have to dig deep in your pockets!

Trust me…it works!

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