October 2008: Is Effort A Myth?
January 2008: If You Want Happiness
If you want happiness for an hour …take a nap. If you want happiness for a day …go fishing. If you want happiness for a month …get married. If you want h[...]
November 2007: Observations On Beauty
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. ~Ivan Panin Beauty lies in the specific looks of a pe[...]
March 2007: How to Stay Young
1. Try everything twice. On Madam’s tombstone (of Whelan and Madam) she said she wanted this epitaph: Tried everything twice…loved it both times! 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (k[...]
February 2007: Let It Go!
By T. D. Jakes There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don’t want you to try to talk another pe[...]
January 2008: Basic Skin Care: Facial Masks Are Not The Same
Excerpt from Beauty 101 By Ralph Ann Forrest Finding The Right Mask For Your Skin Type Specialty products such as facial masks are great to use! There are basically three types of masks: Hydrating, Exfo[...]
January 2008: Responding To The Challenge
By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor In our November 2007 issue, we told you about our Fashion 411’s writer, Lanee Smith and her fundraising event, Responding To The Challenge. [...]
November 2007: Concentrate On Compassion
By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor Everywhere you go these days you see it. The supermarket check stands tout the latest celebrity couples as the paragons of parenthood, marriage, and charitable souls. But next we[...]
June 2007: Perfecting The Art Of Slowing Down
By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor I had the great opportunity to travel to Sweden earlier this month. It’s a long way from my home in California to the tiny village of Stugun, just hours from the Arctic Circle, w[...]
May 2007: Beauty Culture Editor Coordinates Spring Fling Fashion Show!
By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor April 21, 2007 was a great day for me. I was able, for the first time, to see my vision of an all ages fashion show take place in my hometown! With the help of some[...]
Archive, Beauty Within
October 2008: Is Effort A Myth?
By Seth Godin Used with permission People really want to believe effort is a myth, at least if we consider what we consume in the media: politicians and beauty queens who get by on a smile and a wink lottery winners who turn a lifetime of lousy jobs into one big payday sports stars who are born with skills [...]
January 2008: If You Want Happiness
If you want happiness for an hour …take a nap. If you want happiness for a day …go fishing. If you want happiness for a month …get married. If you want happiness for a year …inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime …help others. ~Chinese Proverb If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you [...]