Become Yourself

Who you are, teaches Sri Sathya Sai Baba, is made up of three persons.

"There is the one you think you are, the one others think you are, and the one you really are.  Work towards making all three the same,’" he urges.  "Then there will be peace and bliss."                         

-Stephanie Dowrick,  Forgiveness & Other Acts of Love

Colorful Contrast

Winter is rather gray. It's as if the color palette has been drained to a monochromatic world of blah. So brighten up the world with some colorful and bold makeup. The contrast will make you stand out in the crowd, and might just lift your mood.

Beauty refreshed

Refresh is the theme for January, so while you are organizing your closet, how about renewing your beauty products as well? Throw out old lotions, makeup, and oils. Have a good product that isn't right for your skin or hair? Trade with a friend. Or experiment with making your own products. There are many natural and inexpensive ingredients you can use to replace chemical-laden products from the store.  Raw honey makes a wonderful moisturizing mask, and sea salt is a healing and effective exfoliant.

Check out this "eco-friendly retail directory" for natural and organic beauty products http://www.happyhippie.com/directory/beauty.htm

Five minutes with your skin

We have so many things grabbing our attention, we often neglect to take care of our skin- especially when the weather is cool and we hardly ever see our legs! Take five full minutes, and moisturize with total focus on yourself. Massage your limbs while thinking loving thoughts about your body. This is all about taking care of You!

Have a partner?
If they're watching you indulge in your skin, they just might want to help with those hard to reach places. ;)

At Home Spa Day

We're spending a little more time at home these winter days and nights. A perfect excuse for luxuriating in comfort and beauty. Turn on some relaxing music, light some fragrant candles, and pamper yourself as if you are at the spa. Take a nice long soak in the tub, and then massage your body with warm oil. Wrap up in a big comfy robe and work on a pedicure, or meditate in a refreshing peppermint face mask.

Follow this link for instructions on making your own easy and natural mint face mask.
 http://www.natural-homeremedies-for-life.com/mint-face-pack.html

New Leaf ~ Beauty Affirmation for the New Year

I perceive and reflect the beauty in everything.

Celebrate Beautiful You

Its holiday time and many people are dressing up in fabulous clothes for parties.  

Do you wish you could dress up in a beautiful gown or flashy jacket and top hat.  

why not??  go for it.   CELEBRATE yourself with fun clothes for special occasions. 

Warm & Cozy Beauty Ritual

Turn your ordinary bath into a relaxing beauty ritual. Indulge your beautiful self with some attention and care.  

Bath salts recipe

Turn a plain old soak into a real retreat with bath salts you make yourself. Start with about 4 cups of sea salt or kosher salt. Mix in several drops of an aromatic bath oil (available at bath and beauty stores) and, if you wish, dried fragrant plants, such as lavender or eucalyptus. Pour into a jar for yourself or to give as a gift. Use a few spoonfuls of salts per bath; to keep herbs from floating, spoon the mixture into a spice sachet (available at gourmet grocery stores).

Read more at Marthastewart.com: Homemade Bath Salts - Martha Stewart Crafts 

Beautiful Dreamer

"Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beautiful dreamer, what do you dream?

Beautiful Gratitude

We are sometimes very hard on ourselves. We want to be flawless in every way. Even with some imperfections, you are quite marvelous. There is something about YOU that is uniquely beautiful! Can you feel gratitude for the beauty you possess? You're growing even more beautiful now. Feel it?

Abundant Beauty

Everywhere I look  I see beautiful things in the world around me.   I have created a beautiful life.   yes, there are things in my life that drive me a little crazy.  there are ugly things in my life that make me feel "ugg"....  but I accept those parts of my life  & shift my attention to the things in life that are beautiful right now.     I can find at least ten beautiful things around me right now.    Sometimes, when I am especially down, I have to look a little closer, or search a little more to find the beauty.   I can ask my spirit to help me.   ---  "please show me the beauty!"    i say.  
ahhh... there it is.
and there.

oh and that is beautiful too.
that leaf, that shadow, that steaming cup of coffee, the music playing in the car, the way this shift feels, the way my eyebrows arch when i talk, the people riding by on their bikes.....

so much beauty around me.
I have a rich, abundant  BEAUTIFUL Life!

Being Beautiful ~ Beautiful Being

"I am a beautiful being, in my own unique way"

I dance with life

I dance with life.   I move with ease.  I am vibrant and experience the very best of the world around me.   I am grateful.   I am beautiful.    I am love.

You are Soul Pretty

Deepak Chopra "The Wonder of You"

via youtube.com

The Key to your Destiny

 Only you and God have the key to your destiny.
Don't let anyone else's opinion throw you off course. 

~ Marianne Williamson

I Feel Great

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Beautiful You ---- Let your Light Shine !

You're a lamp; God is the electricity. You're a faucet; God is the
water. You're a human; God is the divine within you. ALLOW the flow.
~Marianne Williamson

((((love it))))))

 

I am Worthy AS IS

Beautiful You, 

without changing a single thing...

without being one tiny bit "better"...

just as you are today...

right this minute....

you are Worthy AS IS! 

real power

Real. Genuine. Power comes from within .... and can never be diminished. 

Beautiful !

You are Beautiful!

for this ONE moment.
notice

notice your beautiful body
your beautiful being

let any messages you have ever heard
that were contray to acknowledging your beauty
melt away
and disolve
from your memory

soak up the knowing
that you are
BEAUTIFUL

to be celebrated
to be adored
to be recognized
in this moment
by you

YOU are BEAUTIFUL!

Supermodels Who Aren’t Superthin: Meet the Women Who Proudly Bared it All

 

This link was passed around facebook today.

**Real Life** Supermodels celebrating their beauty.   I love it!

http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/2009/10/supermodels-who-arent-superthin#slide=1

Introducing the seven models behind Glamour's beautiful bodies spread - there’s not a size 0, 2 or 4 in the bunch. Get inspired by their positive body images and learn to love your own curves that much more.

This group portrait was made possible by extreme body confidence.  

Photo: Matthias Vriens-McGrath

I am powerful

via youtube.com

Go where there is LOVE

beautiful you,
you deserve the very best life.
you deserve love.

GO where there is LOVE!