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The Glow of Me-Time
Gratitude, Grow & Glow Series : Week 3 Tomorrow morning I get one of those rare alone moments — quiet house, warm coffee, the dogs and just me. Being a wife, homeowner, a small business owner, and yes mama (even thought they have flown the nest) can be a little time consuming and attention grabbing.…
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Tiny Joys, Big Glow
Week 2 of the Gratitude, Grow & Glow Series It’s amazing how the smallest moments can completely change our day — and sometimes, our skin.When we slow down enough to notice them, we create space for gratitude, calm, and a quiet kind of glow that no product can fake. This season, I’m reminding myself that…
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gratitude, grow and glow 1
The holiday season is officially upon us. The time of year when our calendars are full, our routines almost non-existent, and self-care is a long forgotten theory. The truth is, this is the time of year we need to be making time for ourselves. Just for our sanity. Sometimes , it’s the littlest things, that…
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The Scary Truth Week 3
You know that fancy bottle of skin cream sitting in the pretty glass case looking so shiny and new? Well stop and think before you grab it. How long has it actually been sitting there? (que scary music) Most drugstore and department store brands are formulated to last for years. Now this sounds nice and…
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Scary Truth Week 1
The Scary Truth About Your Skin (and Self-Care) in the ’Ber Months ✨👻 The ’Ber months are here — that cozy, pumpkin-spiced stretch from October through December when our calendars fill up, our sleep gets shorter, and our self-care routines… well, let’s be honest, they start to ghost us. 👻 Between the extra coffee, late-night…
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Scary Truth Week 4
Honesty time, the words clean, natural and non-toxic get thrown around like candy out of a Halloween Piñata! We hear them all day long on the radio, tv commercials , read them in skincare ads, even our cleaning products. But here’s the thing, in the U.S., “clean beauty” isn’t a regulated term. This means companies…
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Realistic Habits
Because We’re Making Burnout Last Season’s Issue. Let’s be honest—”new month, new me” sounds great… until the inbox explodes, the laundry multiplies, and your to-do list laughs in your face by 10:00 AM. That’s why this week in our Glow Goals After 40 series, we’re focusing on realistic habits — the kind that actually fit into your busy lifestyle and…
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Glow Goals part 2
Because a glowing face starts with a calm nervous system. Let’s talk about a glow-blocker that doesn’t get nearly enough airtime in skincare convos: cortisol. This stress hormone isn’t just making you feel frazzled — it’s messing with your skin and your waistline. During perimenopause and menopause, our hormones are already doing the cha-cha. Add in chronically high cortisol and…
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Glow Goals After 40
Let’s call it what it is—midlife skin hits different. Thanks to shifting hormones, slower cell turnover, and life just… we can’t always get away with skipping SPF or falling asleep in our makeup anymore (not that we’re admitting we ever did that 😅). But here’s the good news: glowing skin is still totally possible, and…
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A September Skin Reset
🌿 The Season of Shift Your skin isn’t a static surface — it’s a living, breathing part of you that changes with the seasons, stress, hormones, and more. That’s why it deserves more than a one-size-fits-all routine. It needs a reset that actually meets you where you are. Whether you’re battling dryness, breakouts, dullness, or…