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Shake your booty boys and girls for the beauty in the world

Check out this beautiful song by Macy Gray which I heard on the finale of Ugly Betty. I hope it uplifts you today! Hey baby, when I’m looking at you now, I know its fact, is true; there’s love, there’s hope for love, there is beauty in the world. The music video for this song [...]

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Posted in Music, Uplifting Media | Tagged American Beauty, beauty, Beauty in the World, funny, lyrics, Macy Gray, music, Ugly Betty, video | Leave a response

Two tips for Tightening Loose Skin

Awhile ago I wrote about part of my weight loss journey. I promised to write another article about tightening the loose skin that sometimes comes with weight loss. In the comments to that article, Kristy writes: So did you ever do an article about tightening loose skin? Thanks for writing, Kristy! My loose skin has [...]

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Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged beauty, dry brush, girdle, health, loose skin, massage, oil, shower, weight loss | 1 Response

Its A Beautiful World

Its a Beautiful World by Tim Myers Lyrics The children outside all are laughing under perfect skies The shapes and patterns in this season make me feel alive I wanna shout it from the roof top and tell the world That, “I was blind but now I see what’s right in front of me!” It’s [...]

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Posted in Music | Tagged beauty, cheery songs, Its a Beautiful World, lyrics, music, Tim Myers, uplifting, video | 1 Response

13 Ways to be a Nia Valentine Girl or Guy!

I’m trying to make a nice Valentine’s Day for my single self. I think I will use some of these suggestions from this email from Nia head quarters. 13 Ways to be a Nia Valentine Girl or Guy! Take a Nia Class and focus on turning your spirit on Get a manicure/pedicure with a friend [...]

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Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged beauty, chocolate, NIA, pleasure, Valentine's Day, Wishes for you | Leave a response

Happy Peaceful (Naked) Holidays!

By the Righteous Mothers This music video was brought to you by (naked) Dove Related posts Thursday Sermon: for your (my) mid-week sermon needs (0) Shake your booty boys and girls for the beauty in the world (0) Its A Beautiful World (1)

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Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged beauty, commercial, Dove, music, peace, political activism, Righteous Mothers, video | Leave a response

Skin Wrinkling: Can Food Make a Difference?

oohhh exciting stuff. Check out excerpts from this article about food and wrinkles by all these people: Martalena br Purba, BSc, MCN, Antigone Kouris-Blazos, PhD, Naiyana Wattanapenpaiboon, PhD, Widjaja Lukito, MD, PhD, Elizabet M Rothenberg, PhD, Bertil C. Steen, MD, PhD and Mark L. Wahlqvist, MD, FACN (If you don’t want to read all of [...]

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Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged beauty, food, health, hypoglycemia, skin, tea, wrinkles | 5 Responses

Reminder

Reminder

Oh yeah! There are lots of kinds of beauty. I can be beautiful right now, as I am. My stomach is already beautiful. That shape that I’m admiring in the mirror IS alright. I needed to be reminded of that. This picture of Crystal Renn is from Curvy Style. MORE REMINDERS at Judgment of Paris [...]

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Posted in Essays Epiphanies and Reviews | Tagged beauty, body image, Crystal Renn, fat acceptance | Leave a response

Make your Hair Story a Happy One

Women, please do not let anyone commoditize your beauty. Our beauty is being reduced and repackaged and sold back to us in a lesser form. What? Is the only way to protest not to care about how beautiful your beautiful self looks? No, do not bother with them enough to protest, flow like the river [...]

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Film recommendation: Moolaadé

An uplifting story about female genital mutilation, who would believe it? I really don’t like to watch depressing movies, even for a good cause. But Ebert promised that it was uplifting. But here, read his words that convinced even me: “Moolaade” is the kind of film that can only be made by a director whose [...]

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Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged Africa, beauty, courageous, female genital mutilation, love, movies, politics, quotes, reviews, Roger Ebert, uplifting | Leave a response

Me without Tivo

Me without Tivo means me watching wayyy too much T.V, but that is a post about functionality and human performance for another time. Me watching wayy too much T.V. means my brain getting affected by the not too subliminal messages they are sending my way. I felt myself wanting to look a certain way tonight- [...]

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