Beauty comes from within!

I've been wanting to write about this for awhile. I get so many customers who come to me with acne, rashes, bumps, redness, hormonal breakouts, etc and while they are looking for a quick fix, it isn't usually that easy. It takes several sessions with a customer to explain why they may be experiencing such issues. So many things influence our skin: hormones, diet, environment and even our emotions!
To truly tackle problem skin you must first find the problem. I'm only an esthetician, I am not a doctor, so I cannot diagnose a disease or condition, but I am fairly good at figuring out what direction it may be coming from. This, however, may take several months of changing products, supplements or diet to pinpoint.
I read an article today that talked about how we in America are slow to come around to the "beauty from within" way of thinking, meaning, that how our skin looks, comes from more than just makeup!! I've been trying to explain that for years, but most people don't get it. They want ONE cream or ONE makeup product to fix what years of sun damage, or improper eating have resulted in!!! There usually isn't a quick fix for anything, but especially something that stems from INWARD, whether that be the physiological or emotional!
You can literally see it on someone's face when they have had a hard life or are extremely stressed. We don't often think about calming down for the sake of our looks, but it would benefit us to slow down and think about it more often. I saw myself in a mirror yesterday. My skin was sallow,. I had wrinkles between my brows. So, I took a minute to regroup. I realized I was wearing my stress on my face. I reached up and smoothed my angry browns, smiled and finished my trip minus the wrinkles!!!!
Beauty truly does come from within. Sure, some ladies are born with looks, but the rest of us would do well to consider what we have going on inside because we are all blessed with our own attractiveness! We must do what we can to keep it! There are a myriad of products to enhance or slightly correct our issues, but to truly tackle problem skin, it takes time, effort and it's gonna take sacrificing some money usually to get good quality products with active ingredients that will make a difference! Beauty is WORK!!! LOL :)

Explanations on jar sizes

Found this online today while searching for jars and thought, "why haven't I done this yet?"
So, since someone else was kind enough to put it together, I'll use it. I found it here: http://reviews.ebay.com/Sizes-and-Grams-of-Bare-Escentuals-Minerals-Sifter-Jars?ugid=10000000000752010

What are the different sizes?

3 Gram Jars - A little bigger than the size of a nickel. They are a little under 1" across and 1/2" tall. They hold about 1/8 Ounce, 3ml or 1/4 Tablespoon of product.

5 Gram Jars - A little smaller than the size of a quarter. They are about 1" across and 3/4" tall. They hold about 1/4 Ounce, 6ml or 1/2 Tablespoon of product.

10 Gram Jars - A little smaller than a half-dollar piece. They are about 1.25" across and 3/4" tall. They hold about 1/2 Ounce, 12ml or 1 Tablespoon of product.

20 Gram Jars - About the size of a silver dollar. They are 2" across and 3/4" Tall. They hold about 1 Ounce, 24ml or 2 Tablespoons of product.

30 Gram Jars - About the size of a silver dollar. They are 2" across and 1" Tall. They hold about 1.5 Ounces, 36ml or 3 Tablespoons of product.

50 Gram Jars - A little larger than a silver dollar. They are 2.25" across and a tad over 1" Tall. They hold about 2.5 Ounces, 60ml or 5 Tablespoons of product.

You were right

Ok, read the title again dear hubby, cause those words don't escape my lips very often, and not because you aren't ever right, but because it hurts to admit it :)
So, what he was right about is BLOGGING. He tried to tell me about blogging about 4 years ago, but the way he described it, it was for techy people and I envisioned a blank screen with a blinking cursor from the 80's! He said people just write about anything, whatever and people read it. I didn't understand that the blog was so versatile, that there were SITES of these, not just some journal on someone's own elusive webpage. Wish I had understood what he was trying to tell me and wish I had started back then!! Oh well, no better time than the present :) As I've struggled with how to grow my mineral makeup business over the last 7 years, I knew I wanted to market online, but wasn't sure how. Blogging is IN and it WORKS!!!

Where the Magic Happens!

Have you ever wondered where I make this magical makeup??? I don't know why it's never occurred to me to let you all see where I make Lisha Lynn, but I spent all day Sunday cleaning up this room and I'm ready to show it off! And by cleaning, I mean C L E A N. When you make makeup that is ALL made of POWDERS, it's a MESS, hence, the plastic! I didn't get a before, and if I had, not sure I would show it :) I didn't think to get a picture until I had worked for hours cleaning containers, dusting shelves, vacuuming the floor, and washing ingredient containers. I also finally got reorganized! It took awhile to label everything too! I love my little label machine! This shelf has my jars, bottles and skincare on it.

This table holds my ingredients and mixer and is the tabletop where I mix all the fabulous shades of Lisha Lynn! It never stays this clean :(

This is my shelf of finished products......I keep quite an inventory of ready to jar makeup on hand.

This cool rack holds my finished products that are jarred and labeled!

Some shots of the room.

Osmosis skincare

I'm getting ahead of myself by posting this, but I think I will have enough clients/friends needing this info and I want to be able to refer them back to my blog to get this info.....
Osmosis Skincare: Ask Osmosis: Order of Application: The question that we are asked the most often is "In what order do I apply my products?". This is a great question.  Knowing the proper se...

New and Improved!

Nope, not my furniture as seen in yesterday's post! It's makeup. My mom is here helping me get the Lisha Lynn supply restocked and everytime I have to fill my supply, I can't help but play around with the colors. I haven't had any complaints in 6 years of business, so I guess everyone agrees with me, an improvement is an improvement!
I started with Dark Plum eyeshadow and it is basically the same, just brighter and sparklier. More plummy!
Then I did Brown Shimmer Blush, I actually have pics of this one! The old one I was never excited about

(pic of it on the bowl) and today I threw a little of this and a little of that into it, and voila, it was BETTER. So I added some bronze, brown micas with lots of interference (gold, bronze, copper undertones) and then on a whim threw in a baby pink interference color which was amazing! So, the color on the left is the old, the one on the right is the new! The old is yellowish undertone and the new is more cool undertones and has blues and pinks which brighten anyone's complexion!

I'm still working on getting better pics. I can only do so much people!!! Typing this up while Rylan is feeding. Poor baby, his head bobs on my arm as I type. LOL
The wonders of multitasking!