#SUMMERVIBES

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I had a very interesting week! I went to a fun event that some bloggers were speaking at, and I got to see some people who are so motivated to succeed, happy, and relentless in their pursuit of growing their businesses!
I had some takeaways from the experience. I realized that I do not have a specific audience in mind for my blog. I blog for me. It is something I do that keeps me on a path of intentional living. However, shouldn’t I have an audience as well? Who would she be if I were to describe her? I worked for a company one time, which decided to pinpoint their typical customer. For that company…their customer ended up being someone similar to Eva Longoria, but she had 1.5 kids and an SUV. If I had to do a mental sketch of my audience, who would that be?

1. She’d be my friend.
This is complicated because my friends age in range from 20 to 65. They do not look like me, or do anything that I do. What we have in common is perspective and relative
sanity.

2. She’d love animals.
People who do not love animals are typically self centered and they suck as people in general. So my followers must love animals.

3. She would have a measure of depth.
I find myself shying away from my totally ignorant friends because they have no meaningful perspective on, well…anything. It sounds mean but some people are just
not functioning at more than average capacity for comprehension and because of that they think I’m crazy and I think they are a waste of my time. If someone says things like,
“Oh, I do not discuss politics,” or “There are many different pathways to God”… then I have learned to shut up and run. Both of these statements are usually code for…”I am an idiot who doesn’t want to exert energy with intellectual thought process.”

4. She would enjoy fashion yet isn’t mesmerized by it.
While she enjoys the occasional handbag or accessory, she doesn’t charge her credit cards up to the max to get the newest acquisitions.
My girlfriend have common sense about these things. Balance and good decisions are everything. Nobody wants to end up homeless with Chanel bags in the trunk of their car. This reminds me of a day a few years back. I was parking and stepping into the bank, and the girl in front of me had on $200 jeans, but the hood of her car was tied down with a
rope that went around the front bumper. Priorities?

5. She does or does not have kids.
It doesn’t matter, because she is still her own person with or without. She maximizes her personal time and has dreams.

6. She loves makeup and anything beauty products even if she’s too scared to use them!
Again, everyone is not the same.

7. She is busy.
We can literally not speak for 6 months, but then when we do, it’s like only a day had passed since we last saw each other. She is busy and knows that I am as well and that’s
ok because she is well adjusted and doesn’t take it personal.

8. She could stand to lose an average of 10 pounds.
She is not perfect but it’s ok…we stand together in our imperfection.

9. She cooks.
And actually, if she doesn’t ever cook, I let her know that she’s an idiot.

So as you can see, I do not come out with a shiny Eva Longoria audience as my previous employer did. My person is the everyday, higher than common, driven, sensible, fun person. She is a mixed bag but a degree of substance is the theme. A lot of my friends are guys, actually. We discuss politics, religion, #Qanon, the Deep State, finances, their women, guns, health, food and the future. They do follow politics because, well… our futures depend on what is going on. All of those fun things that most women do not care to discuss. Those are the things I love.

As far as this blog goes, I am not here to appeal to the universe. I think I am here to prove to myself that i will stick with something that encircles everything that I am and if people like it then that’s great. I get bored easily so in the past I have a tendency to move on to the next project. This blog is something that I continue despite myself. I am not only posting outfits that I get a commission on your click and I am not copying anyone else’s style. The only thing that I am selling is eyelashes but you pretty much have to click on the Bosscat Beauty link to get exposed to those.

I learned a lot more by listening to people speak at the Glam Guide Event, but I do think the point that was brought up about Who Are You Speaking To was quite valid and a point to continue to consider.

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get naked and pretty with MAPLE HOLISTICS

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Let me tell you about love. About the moon and stars above.  It’s what we’ve all been dreamin of, let me tell you about love….and so the song goes.

I sing this all the time, in joking around with friends because I feel that in order for there to be love in the air…it needs to smell as if there is love in the air!  The Lavender Hybrid Bath Soak is an amazing start to this process of infusing love and peace and tranquility into the air. Bath time is the best time to recharge, relax and reassess.  Can I also mention…to get yourself ready for your love nest! Sometimes it sort of sucks to get yourself all clean and sweet smelling to go to bed, just to have a man drool and lick and possibly bust a sweat all over you, but such is life. There are worse problems to have…such as having no one to drool, lick and sweat all over you, so suck it up.

Turn an ordinary bath into a therapeutic spa with Lavender Hybrid Bath Salts. Made with the purest ingredients of the highest quality, this premium bath salt package combines pure Dead Sea salt with Maple Holistics unique Lavender Hybrid Formula to deliver a pleasant aromatic experience to be enjoyed by all.

I also was fortunate enough to be able to try their Vitamin C Serum!  I’m all about any anti aging benefits, and Vitamin C Facial Serum is an anti-aging premium which takes the traditional concept of topically applying Vitamin C and provides a boost of therapeutic ingredients to maximize effectiveness and sustainability. The superior anti-aging benefits of the serum can help correct the fallacies of aging skin to result in a toned, youthful and healthy face.  Can I add that the price is nothing close to what you’d typically pay for a serum?  I’ve used it for two weeks and I’m loving it so far! I’ve been pretty ill for over 2 weeks, so I’m not exactly glowing these days, so any little extra things I can do to replenish and help my skin…has to be a plus!

They have amazing Shampoos as well, and we’d like to do a Giveaway!  Please leave any comments below, and follow Maple Holistics and Luxor on Instagram, for a chance to win in the Giveaways!

Check out Maple Holistics on their site to learn more!

-SDS

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You Keep Asking How to Maintain White Blonde….

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Every single day, I am asked by strangers how I keep my hair white blonde without it being dry, brittle and orange tinted.  I’ve done product reviews for hair products that really help, but the ones I’m listing here are my main loves.

First of all, people want to know who it is that does my hair…well, it’s me.  I use a 40 volume developer which to me, is key.  The main thing with being blonde, is to NOT overlap!  No one cares more about me burning off my hair, than ME…so I choose to be mad at myself for free than mad at the hairdresser and paying her $200 to burn off my hair. Or be orange. Or yellow. I also do it every 4 weeks so I don’t have all day to sit in a salon.

On the rare occasion I may take it off too soon…then I use a 10 or 20 volume to hit the roots again the next time I wash it for a few minutes, to correct the yellow.

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I always use the “Purple Shampoo” that you all know about, but here’s the difference…if I really want a snow white color, I will put the Shimmer Lights Shampoo for Blonde & Silver on my hair while it is still dry.  Slowly, I will work it in, lather it up with small amounts of water and let it sit all lathered up for about 5 minutes on my head before rinsing.  Most people tell me that the purple shampoo does not work for them, but I really noticed the biggest difference once I started putting it on dry hair.  Also, come on ladies…if your hair dresser gave you orange highlights, nothing is going to make it blonde.  Just sayin.

Before blow drying, I use Biosilk Silk Therapy as a heat protector/smoother.  I’ve used this for a zillion years and keep going back to it. I feel that it keeps my hair from drying out and breaking off!

I’ve considered filming a video of the self bleaching process, but it’s very important that people know that it’s very hard to color your entire head blonde all at once.  I would advise going into chunkier and chunkier pieces first, until most of the head is blonde before attempting to go all the way.

Of course, once it is all the way blonde, you could, in theory, then start coloring it on your own, because there is only the root retouch to do.  The self root retouch is what I’m considering filming. It’s not hard at all and I love myself when there’s still $200 in my wallet after my hair is freshly done!

-SDS

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50 SHADES of PINK

50 SHADES OF PINK

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     Pink is fabulous, sexy, friendly, girly, feminine and soft.  There is no better color to scream, “I am a girly girl, hear me roar,” than pink.

     While I am guilty of unconsciously ending up with pieces of pink that match perfectly, I’ve found it’s a better and more modern approach to blend and mismatch your pinks.

 Pink is my focus color for the season so I will attempt to branch out and mix up the hues a bit for a less dated look.

     Flash back to the pink focused blogs below!


-SDS

-May 6, 2014

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