Sunday, November 25, 2012

First Test

My first challenge will be to get my face glowing. Now that I'm living at the beach, I want to be sure I don't get "leather" face. I love nice tanned skin, but I don't like what the sun does to your skin.

So I have been scouring the web looking at ways to enhance & improve my daily beauty routine. I will start a 4 step processes:

1. Cleansing my face. I am dry in the winter and oily in the summer and sometimes both. As I hate to spend tons of $$$ on things that may not work I am keeping my purchase to items I can find locally. So starting Monday, I will use Purpose for my daily face wash. It is good for all face types and gets high marks for taking off makeup and dirt. In my research, I read that I should only wash my face at night (something I don't do right now - yeah, I know). This means I have to change my whole routine. I like a shower in the morning, it wakes me up gets me going, but I am changing that habit and start taking them at night. So in the morning all I need to do is splash my face with lukewarm water and apply my makeup as normal.

2. Weekly I will exfoliate. Researching different things I can across one of my favorite products - Epsom Salt. Which is really not a salt at all. I love this stuff! It is a staple in my bath. Reading up on this miracle product I found you can use it as a body/facial scrub.

3. Moisturizer is something most people with oily skin don't think to do but I love it. I especially like to use it before I put on my make up, so this will be a change when I don't use it in the morning. I found a great product that combines moisturizer and a sunblock in one, Eucerine. This will keep my face from burning and keep me from that leather face I am trying to avoid.

4. Drink more h2o. I don't drink enough of it and every single thing I have read about glowing/healthy skin says you have to hydrate.

Tomorrow starts the challenge and I can't wait to see the results!









Saturday, November 24, 2012

Lost Lipstick

For some strange reason I keep losing lipstick. I buy a pretty color wear for a couple of weeks and then it is gone. It's not in my purse, the car, or my office desk. This is a strange phenomenon. Why lipstick?

So today I bought two new lip glosses. I have resorted to buying inexpensive brands.  With that said I really like the brand Rimmel. The products stay on and they update the product line often.  Great for a girl that keeps losing her stuff.

Stay Glossy in My Rose, a light pink that gives just a touch of color
Stay Glossy in All Night Long, a plum color with straight up shine

Let's see how long I can keep up with these two.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Introducing 365 Days of Health & Beauty

Welcome to 365 Days of Health & Beauty. I am dedicating a year to this subject in order to find out the best tips and see if they work.

My ultimate goal is to improve myself and live a healthier lifestyle, (one does this as they get closer to 40).

Today I went to The Black Dog Running Company to get fitted for running shoes, http://www.blackdogrunning.com/ The owner was great took his time and made recommendations on what shoe I needed.  I started the couch 2 5k program a few months ago and have completed two 5ks in the last two months. I am now hooked. My running goals are to get my running time down to 29 minutes and then work on running my first 10k.

Last week I ran my second 5k and actually came in 3 in my age group! It was great and a real motivator to keep going.

I am looking forward to writing this blog and improving my health and life.