Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Jaimeearl Offers Amazing Healthy Skin Challenge For Earth Day.

I have been a fan of Jaimeearl's products for years! In addition to her beauty products being 100% organic, they are refreshing, clean and GREAT for you!! This is a fantastic opportunity to TREAT your skin and discover the benefits of healthy goodness. Enjoy~ :-)
Raychelle

Jaimeearl understands that less really is more when you use the right amount of exactly the right thing. No artificial or toxic ingredients… all wholesome organic and natural elements…responsibly sourced & recyclable materials… these have consistently proven to be the best foundation for a healthy body. To celebrate Earth Day 2010 (4.22.2010), Jaimeearl invites you to put your best skin forward. The “Jaimeearl Healthy Skin Challenge” is a 22-day call-to-action for you to experience the awe-inspiring difference that natural and organic solutions can have on your skin.

http://www.jaimeearl.com/?PHPSESSID=a1412b7c1a8b076c4b873a2b915e6d75

**Kit includes

CLEANSE
Use daily. Massage small amount onto face. Rinse, gently pat dry.

TONE
Use before hydrating face. Lightly mist face. Use one mist for each side of face.

NOURISH
Use daily after cleansing and toning. A tiny dot is all you need.

TREAT
Dot eye zone fingertip.

Cost $30
(valued at $85)

We will choose 3 random customers on May 15th to receive full size kits. Please refer to our blog or facebook page for details and entry instructions.


Jaimeearl's Mission
There's nothing better than believing in what you do, and that what you do can actually help other people, too. Our goal is to enable everyone to enjoy taking good care of themselves, wherever they may be - whether that means providing a wholesome product they can trust to help their skin heal, or developing a skincare regimen that is easy, effective and safe to use everyday, or creating a lavish treat that makes them feel pampered and special, every time they use it.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Finding Innovation Inspiration from SelfGrowth.com

Finding Innovation Inspiration - By Darcy Eikenberg

Let's pause for a moment to celebrate three unique innovators who died this year: Curtis Allina, Art Clokey, and Walter Morrison.

What--you haven't heard of them? I bet you know their creations well: Pez, Gumby, and Frisbee.
I dare you not to grin when saying those three words! Pez, Gumby, and Frisbee collectively represent fun, silliness, play, and many more happy emotions we want in our lives today.

When each of these gentlemen's obituaries appeared within a month of each other, it made me pause. What lessons did their innovations teach? As I strive to be more creative and innovative, what inspiration can I take from their journeys?

After exploring their lives and legacies further, here are the top three things I discovered:

1. Great Innovation Can Happen Even if Life's Hard You'd think that if you were a master of something as creative, as inventive, as FUN as any of these three playthings, that you probably lived a charmed life. But that was far from the truth:
• Clokey was sent to live in a children's home when his mom's new husband rejected him after his natural father died in a car accident.
• Allina's family perished in concentration camps in the 40s, leaving him as the sole survivor.
• Morrison, a WWII pilot, was shot down and spent 48 days as a prisoner of war in Stalag 13.
Those setbacks didn't get in their way--in fact, they may have led to even greater creativity and innovation. For example, Morrison's aeronautic skills helped him refine his original flying disc. The abandoned Clokey was eventually adopted by a well-known composer who introduced him to an artistic life that certainly led him to pick up a handful of clay.

2. Accept Whatever ComesGumby's 1956 debut on "The Howdy Doody Show" led the stop-motion character to his own short-lived series and ongoing syndication. But his popularity faded in the 70's, and creator Clokey struggled financially, according to published accounts.
Then a young comedian named Eddie Murphy played a foul-talking Gumby on Saturday Night Live in the 80's. Many expected Clokey--the man who created TV's religious-toned "Davey and Goliath" and who once planned to become an Episcopal priest--to be shocked and ashamed at how his creation was mangled.
But according to interviews, he loved it, although he was happy it was on late at night when children were sleeping (remember, this was the pre-TiVo era.) By accepting someone else's interpretation and going with the affectionate outpouring, the edgy performance rejuvenated Gumby, and put the green guy in the hands of a whole new generation.

3. You Don't Have to Create to be CreativePez was originally a Viennese mint, marketed to adults as an alternative to smoking. In fact, the stemmed dispenser was designed to look like a cigarette lighter. When the idea emerged to repackage the candy for children, company exec Allina had to persuade the conservative, European home office that the change would make sense.
Pez historian (now there's a job!) David Welch told The New York Times that no one really knows exactly whose idea it was to put heads on Pez dispensers. However, Welch shared, "The idea came from the United States. And for the idea to have come out of the United States and made it to Austria where it could be approved, Allina was the only guy who could have made that happen."

So whether Allina actually envisioned a Santa head on a stack of peppermints, we'll never know. But he was the one to enable the creative move, to actually make it happen, and in the end, is credited with making the now multi-million dollar industry come to life. Not a bad legacy.
Speaking of legacy, it is worth noting one other thing these three men had in common. They all lived long lives: Pez's Allina passed away at 87. Gumby animator Clokey died at 88; and Morrison, Frisbee's father, died at 90. They left behind not only their respective innovations, but also buckets of inspiration for the creative spirit in all of us.

Where do you find your innovation inspiration--at work, outdoors, or at home in your garage? From music, TV, or a stroll through the mall? Who inspires you most--people you know well, or people you've only known from afar?

For more info:
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/finding_innovation_inspiration

Friday, March 12, 2010

Cake Everyday!


Welcome to the Cake Everyday Blog!
The Cake Everyday Coaching Circle evolved from the post below..can you believe it? There will be so much more to share but I felt like this would be a great place to start. :-) Enjoy~

RML


Today I felt like celebrating. It's not my birthday, or the birthday of anyone that I know, I just wanted to celebrate. I thought, "why not?" I have so much to be thankful for and my blessings are more than I can count. I am living my life by design and I continue to accomplish both my personal and professional goals. Doesn't that sound like something to celebrate?
So I have decided to celebrate SOMETHING at least once a day, everyday. Cake everyday for me!!! In theory of course but that's what works for me since cake is one of my favorite things.
The way I see it everyday that I open my eyes, stretch my limbs and thank the creator for one more day, I can celebrate. That's my cake! Exciting right??
Anything after that, like being able to work in a field that I enjoy, with people that I actually like is my icing. And the people that enhance my life: my family and friends that love me, they are my sprinkles. The cherry is me because all of these things help me to feel whole and brings me full circle.
This is not to say that everyday is happy, happy, joy, joy. Life happens and it can sometimes catch us off guard. Ending relationships, saying good bye to loved ones or losing dear friends is never easy. Falling short of our personal objectives and goals can be disheartening. If we don't allow ourselves to become attached to the pain and suffering we will realize these things are circumstances that will pass AND we still have our cake and ourselves! Trust and believe that fresh icing and new sprinkles will come! And when you feel whole and complete again, you can pop that cherry right back on top and marvel at the celebration of YOU…just because.
RML