Downsize & Organize

Posted by Luanne | Posted in Check this out!, Cosmetics, Uncategorized, WFMW | Posted on 03-07-2008

 It is from the episode titled “Five Ways to Make Your Life Easier” on the Tyra Banks Show

The clip features Makeup Artist Luis Casco. It takes about 3 minutes to download clip.

DOWNSIZE & ORGANIZE CLIP

Enjoy!!

For more information about the compact or to purchase go to www.marykay.com/lstorer

 

Oriental Sesame Chicken Strips

Posted by Luanne | Posted in Food, WFMW | Posted on 02-07-2008

Today on WFMW, the theme is to share our best recipes with 5 ingredients or less.

 

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ORIENTAL SESAME

CHICKEN STRIPS (serves 4)             X3                                      X6

1/2 cup honey                               1 and 1/2 cups                  3cups               

1/4 cup orange juice                      3/4 cup                             1 and 1/2 cups

2 T. soy sauce                                 6 T.                                   3/4 cup

1 envelope Good Seasons                3                                          6

   Oriental Sesame Dressing Mix

4 boneless, skinless chicken          12                                        24

   breat cut lengthwise into 3/4 inch strips

Mix honey, juice, soy sauce, and dressing mix in large bowl until well blended. Pour marinade over chicken. Thread skewers through each chicken strip. Broil 4 inches from heat or grill over medium coals 8-10 minutes or until cooked through, turning frequently.

If freezing larger quantities: Place chicken strips in freezer bag. Pour marinade over chicken. Remove as much air as possible, freeze flat. On serving day; thaw, thread, and cook using instructions above.

My family loves these. You can cut into strips or leave as whole chicken breast if your in a hurry.  This is a great meal for freezing. I make them in large quantities and freeze them for later. The measurements for 3 meals and 6 meals are included above.

Enjoy!

What’s your family’s favorite 5 ingredient recipe?

For more great recipes go to www.rocksinmydryer.net

Kisses!!

 

That Glow

Posted by Luanne | Posted in Check this out!, Cosmetics, Tuesday's Tips & Trends | Posted on 01-07-2008

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What do these three ladies have in common? Nope…it’s not blonde hair or anything bad that came to mind (Cameron Diaz is not so bad) Anyway, it’s HIGHLIGHTER!

One of the #1 trends of 2008-2009 is having a beautiful, healthy, natural glow using bronzers and highlighters.

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With new Mary Kay ® Mineral Bronzing Powders and Mary Kay® Mineral Highlighting Powders, customers have more options than ever before for defining facial features, adding a warm glow or highlighting and illuminating! This radiant pair offers complete freedom to mix and match any shade combination to customize the perfect look for any skin tone.

Featuring our new vitamin A-, C- and E-enriched formula, each bronzing and highlighting unit actually includes two shades that can be swirled together with a Compact Powder Brush or the Powder Brush from the Mary Kay

 

® Brush Collection for the most natural effect (tap off excess product after swirling). Each unit is either all matte or all shimmer and includes a recommended skin tone, so you can help customers easily select what’s right for them. Plus, each bronzer and highlighter doubles as cheek and eye color. Two units fit side by side in the new Mary Kay® Compact.

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 Mary Kay® Mineral Highlighting Powders

 

 

Highlighting powders illuminate lighter skin tones for a

more radiant look.

 

 

Apply:

  • Under the eyes (great to use after work to brighten eyes after a long day)
  • At the sides of the nose
  • Along smile lines
  • Below the lower lip at the crease of the chin
  • On the chin if you have a heartshaped face to help make the chin look wider and balance the face

     

Mary Kay® Mineral Highlighting Powder

Application Tips

Apply either shade to the area of the face you want to highlight: tops of cheekbones, down the center of the nose, above the center of the upper lip (this defines the lip and gives lips a pouty look without lip liner).

Use 

 

Pink Porcelain only on areas you want to brighten, listed below. (You would not  want to use Pink Stardust because the shimmer is too intense for these small areas.) Note that Pink Porcelain can be used in thesame way as the MK Signature® Facial Highlighting Pen to instantly brighten and lift these shadowy areas of the face.

 

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® Mineral Bronzing Powder

Application Tips

 

  • When used on ivory and beige skin tones, bronzers provide a sun-kissed effect. Apply where the sun hits you: forehead, cheeks, nose, shoulders and décolleté (to even out skin tone).
  • When used on bronze skin tones, bronzers add warmth to the complexion and can even out skin tone.

     

 

 

 

 

 

To Tell or Not to Tell, That is the Question

Posted by Luanne | Posted in Blah, Manic Monday | Posted on 30-06-2008

This weekend was a little crazy. Isn’t it funny how we think that when school is over, things will slow down a bit…wrong…we want so badly to enjoy summer that we book ourselves for twenty-million activities? In the end we just exhaust ourselves. Even vacationing is hard work anymore. Babble, babble, that is not even what I wanted to talk about. Anyway, this weekend was difficult in more ways than just a packed schedule. It was hard on my heart and heavy on my soul.

I found out something about a friends child that could not be ignored. I had to, for the sake of the child and the parents find out the truth of the matter and let the child’s parents in on it. It is hard enough to love a friend, love their child, and find out the child is in trouble, but to have to break the parent’s heart….well, it sucks. There is no other way to say it. Nobody likes to be bearer of bad news, or stir up trouble, or be the snitch. The truth is, the easiest thing is usually not the better thing. It was also hard because I want the child to trust me enough to come to me when he/she is in trouble. I don’t want to be the person who tells, I want to be the person who they know will walk beside them and help them on their way. I thought about it and prayed about it and in this instance; I knew I had to tell the parents.

As a parent, I want to know. I want to know if my children are in trouble or need help. Believe it or not, there are parents who don’t want to know. Ignorance is bliss, even at the expense of the child. There are parents who don’t want to punish or deal with a child’s issues just because they don’t want to be the “bad guy.” It is more important that their child likes them than it is for them to correctly love their child which includes being unliked sometimes. Take the risk…don’t make parenting about you. Know that being a parent is a God given gift of serious responsibility. It is not to be taken lightly or used for selfish appeasement of our own insecurities. Love your children enough and your friends enough to tell them the truth and not waver from it. Accountability is hard to take sometimes, but it sure is a safe place to be.

Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer (if your name is Debbie…sorry), but I just wanted to share and see what you guys have to say about it all.

 

Eye Makeup Remover

Posted by Luanne | Posted in Check this out!, Cosmetics, Freaky Friday | Posted on 27-06-2008

 

Mary Kay® Eye Makeup RemoverGently removes eye makeup, including waterproof mascara, without tugging or pulling the delicate skin in the eye area. Formula does not leave skin feeling dry. Once you use this you’ll never use another eye makeup remover. It is the best.

From this link only, 25% off !

 Kisses