Spring into it! Exfoliate ya bod today!

If you want your skin to look healthy and radiant, exfoliate regularly. By removing the top layer of dead epidermis cells, you will make your skin appear smoother and less wrinkled. Here are a few steps to help you achieve, healthy looking, clear skin.

Things You’ll Need:
Bath Towels
Body Liquid Cleansers
Body Lotion
Exfoliating Products
Oil-free Moisturizers

Step1 - Brush dry skin before getting into the shower. You can use either a loofah, exfoliating gloves or a body exfoliating brush. Start at the soles of the feet and work your way up.

Step2 - Get into the bath or shower and wet your entire body.

Step3 - Apply exfoliating cleanser to your loofah or exfoliating brush or gloves.

Step4 - Scrub your body with it, using gentle, circular motions.

Step5 - Opt for grainy types of cleansers to clean the skin, rather than soap.
Choose exfoliating cleansers that contain ingredients such as oatmeal, ground almonds or even sea salt. The grainy texture exfoliates the skin.

Step6 - Make your own exfoliating cleanser, if you prefer. Mix sea salt, olive oil and lemon juice together, or mix ground almonds and powdered milk. The combinations are endless.

Step7 - Use a washcloth for mild exfoliation.

Step8 - Rub rough spots, such as heels, with a pumice stone or stick.

Step9 - Apply lotion containing alpha or beta hydroxy acids after you exfoliate. This will continue the exfoliating process because the acids further abrade and remove dead skin cells.

Step10 - Be sure to use body moisturizers at least once every day. Regular exfoliating is extremely drying to the skin and will do more harm than good unless the skin is rehydrated liberally with lotions.

A really great body exfoliator that I have been using daily is Yummy Skin Smoothie Scrub. This stuff is amazing and the best part... it's PARABEN FREE! There is also a Ultra Hydrating Body Lotion... this stuff is the BOMB! I am totally in love with this line. From the inital sniff, you will be hooked! The scents are light, yet lingering and the moisturizing is second to none. Trust me... you won't be disappointed in this line.

To find out more about Yummy Skin.. click here!

Spring Blossom!

What could be sweeter than this Spring Blossom dress...
well, perhaps FREE shipping from C&C California!

Happy St. Patty's Day... celebrate with sales!

C&C California... free shipping! Free shipping on all C&C California orders! Offer valid 3.18.08-3.21.08

Beauty.com ... Free Jenni Kayne Gift Bag with $75 Purchase at Beauty.com

National Jean Company ... Products on Sale at National Jean Company!

Smart Bargins.com ... Free Shipping on Shoe Orders of $75 or More! - Ends 4-1

YOOX.com ... YOOX.COM's Spring Guide to Bags - Moschino, Liberty of London, Fendi and more

HerRoom.com ... Coupons and Special Offers at HerRoom.com

Deals & Steals for the week...

What better way to start off the week than some deals and steals for everyone... enjoy!!

Lisa Kline ~ 20% OFF all regular priced items. Enter code INSTYLE08. Offer ends 03/31/08.

C&C California ~ Shop sale items up to 75% off at C&C California

Drugstore.com ~ Get up to 20% off Tom's of Maine natural personal hygiene! Offer expires Friday, March 07, 2008

YOOX.com ~ Last Call Sales! Up to an Extra 75% off on YOOX.COM

Smartbargins.com ~ Free Shipping on Shoe Orders of $75 or More! - Ends 3-4

gaiam.com ~ Free Shipping on purchases $40 or more. Use coupon AFJD. Expires 3.31.08.

I've been MIA...

Sorry gang, I have been MIA for a bit here. Busy busy with family stuff, you know how it goes. My apologies to you all!
I did see the Blue Man Group on Friday night, wowzers! They were really great! I didn't really know what to expect with this show, so I was pleasantly surprised. They put on a great gig, with the band, and the drums, the lighting, their interactiveness etc. It was really a lot of fun!
Yesterday I had a minor accident :( My new car is not so new anymore. boo! I will call the insurance tomorrow to report this mis-hap. Sucks huge. Oh well, no one was hurt and a car can be fixed. No a huge deal.
Anywhooo.... just wanted to give you a shout out. Apologize for my absence and tell you what has been snappin here!

Eckhart Tolle ~ A New Earth

I am totally stoked. I have 4 copies of The New Earth en route to me. One for moi, one for my BFF, one for my Mom and one for my massage therapist.
I can't wait to dive into this book. I can feel the enlightenment from here.
How exciting! I have even signed up for the Oprah/Eckhart classroom on oprah.com, how cool is that??
Come join me! We can have discussions...

Trying to develop a Webstore

Who knew it would be so difficult to open a webstore on Amazon.com.
I have been working on this for about a week now. Getting more and more frustrated all the time. It looks so simple... who knew it would be such a pain in the ass.
Ugh.
I downloaded this little program to upload my inventory to the site. There must have been 20 items in the program. It uploaded 3.
The webstore looks wonky and I don't know how to fix it. There are widgets for this and widgets for that. Store widgets, page widgets, this, that and the other thing.
I have no patience for this. I thought it would be so easy... blah. Wrong.
It can't be rocket science.
Do I just have pregnancy brain?