Random

I am the queen of random...or at least the princess. So I probably should not post about products that are not even available right now but I could not resist. I was so tired tonight after taking #1 to ballet that I decided to take a bath. And for the first time in weeks....I did the enzyme peel. Love it. OK so that's still available...but what I'm getting to...I then decided my hands were really dry and needed some pampering. Usually I just slather on hand cream but tonight decided to go all out. I used the Shea Butter hand care set from Christmas. I need the exfoliating scrub, the wash, the hand cream and the cuticle pen. OH my hands feel sooooo good! Now if I can just stop from constantly sniffing them, or worse. They just smell so yummy!! I can't use some of these products and then follow up with the FC5 hand cream. It just won't work. It's all or nothing because the scent is not compatible with anything else. But I do love it!!! I love the FC5 hand cream to and that's great for everyday. But when I really need some hand pampering, these products are the ultimate. They'd better offer them next holiday season!!

Eager Anticipation

Ok, so this is probably sick and twisted. I decided a while back that I would do the detox body cleanse every 3 months. Cleanse #3 is coming up in just a few weeks and I am actually LOOKING FORWARD to it!! After doing the cleanse twice, I know how good I feel afterwards. And my on my second effort, I was able to give up carbonated bevs, which also makes me feel so much better.

So what prompts this? Tonight I had girls' night out with some friends and we went to Mi Cocina....haha. A few enchilada's and I feel ready for the cleanse!!

Seriously though...I actually am looking forward to it. The second time was not as hard because I took better care in between. That cleanse has been the spring board for a healthier lifestyle, so it's awesome. I honestly have more energy, better habits, and I did lose some weight to boot! All in all, so much positive comes out (haha....no pun intended) that I can actually get excited about it! I think so much is in my head...I believe I am doing something healthier, so it prompts me to be healthier.

A Nice Surprise

I have long lamented that our company did not have bubble bath. I love to soak in the luxuriousness of soft, foamy bubbles. My younger daughter takes after me and loves them as well...and I often accommodate her with "mommy's spa bath". The other night I found myself woefully out of bubble bath, so I decided to run some of the FC5 body wash under the faucet. To my wonderful and joyous surprise, it foamed it extremely well!! So this morning I decided to try it for myself. Not only does it work as a great bubble bath, but the bubble remain for a fairly long time, which is important in my book since I will soak until every last finger is akin to a raisin!!

So cute!

Ok, I have to admit it. I love that my girls love my Arbonne stuff. We have fun pulling out the makeup from time to time...they both love the sparkle powder from the holiday glam line. But the best was last night when my younger daughter was taking a bath in my tub, which she loves to do. She calls it her "spa bath". She's 4. I asked her which wash she wanted and she picked out the FC5 body wash. She said, "Mommy, it just smells soooo good!" And then she sat there in the tub taking huge whiffs of her arms and saying, "Aahhhh". Really it was quite cute. I must say, it has the same effect on me. I find the scent quite addictive and when I use the hand cream I keep sniffing my hands. It's probably weird looking but who cares. Anyway, I love that I can share this with my family and because we all use and love the products, it truly is a family business!

Back to Normal

Yea - I am feeling so much better! I've been using my detox products for almost 3 days and my skin is much improved. Just 2 days of the heavily chlorinated water park without any of my regular stuff to combat it really did a number. I ended up taking several baths with the massage oil which really helped. And it is sooooo good to be back on the fiber booster! My body thanks me for it :-) Lastly, just one soak in the sea soak and my sore muscles felt so much better - no need for the muscle massage gel. Of course, I've still got some deep tissue bruises (yes the one on my tushie makes it interesting sitting down!) but I would not trade that for anything for all the memories we had on our little "trip"!

Pitiful

What a crazy week it's been! First a trip to Houston crammed with museum and zoo and visits with Gran...and then a weekend at Great Wolf Lodge! We are POOPED! Boy did we ever have fun there! However, I am dearly paying the price for my weekend and it's going to take an arsenal of Arbonne products to get me back on track...haha. First up, my skin. That has seriously got to be the most heavily chlorinated water I have ever set foot in. My skin is nasty - I mean dry and scaly and weird-feeling nasty! I'll browse through my products and see what I think is the best but I'm thinking the detox spa line.

Second on tap, ridiculously sore muscles. It's things like this that make me feel so pathetic. In order for my daughter to ride the water slides, I had to schlep a two-person inner tube up the huge towers of stairs over and over again. At 5'2" it is a bit of a feat for me. We've got muscle massage gel. Maybe a sea soak too. I've got bruises and scrapes and all kinds of badges I now proudly wear to remind me of the fun we had!

Last - my diet. Hahaha...you go to a place like this and healthy eating is a bit of a challenge. We are more lax with the girls about fries and sweets (normally I keep a tight reign on that). I'm not on track to do the detox body cleanse until April but I'm rethinking that. Actually, I think the herbal colon cleanse will suffice for that and I've got to get back on my fiber booster....it was a bit tough to add that to anything given that we were never in the room, and unfortunately I did not have the means to carry that around on my bathing-suited person! We are going out with a bang with pizza and red wine tonight and then tomorrow it's back to reality. Seriously, I don't think I gained any weight despite the horrible eating...if you've ever been there and ever succumbed to the pleas of your child to do Magiquest, you'll know what I mean. Up and down the stairs...over and over again...all over that huge hotel. It's times like this that I am grateful Arbonne is one-stop shopping for our family! I even got the fiber booster back in the girls' milk tonight!

Sneaky me

Well, it's just been one of those weeks....we have had alot going on. My older daughter has been on Spring Break so we headed to Houston for 5 days and I took a much-needed break from school. We came home yesterday and of course, with hubby in control, I came home to a quite-empty refrigerator. All I had this morning for my girls to drink was milk that was just about expired. Now I normally put fiber booster into their juice in the AM and had never even considered the milk they drink for dinner. Anyway, we had to have milk this morning and I figured I'd put the fiber booster in that instead....duh. It's a white mix...in white milk....so much more inconspicuous than in the juice. Duh again. Even though they literally can't taste it, every now and then they complain if I don't mix it in well enough because they can see a tiny, microscopic speck of mix floating in their juice. Putting it in milk was sheer genius even if it was on accident. I love it when I can sneak in healthy with my girls. Maybe someday they will drink detox tea with me! Yeah right...I can keep dreamin on that one!

Success for Stress...

....bumps that is. Stress bumps. Now some call them zits or pimples. I like to call them stress bumps. Sometimes I wear them like a badge of honor. I had posted before that there has been added stress this past week...just a little more than the usual daily when you live life with busy kids who are just as imperfect as you are! So naturally I ended up with a few stress bumps. I hate them. I've been covering them up with our concealer. I have to say, the "cooling effect" was quite lovely....haha. Anyway, last night I was fed up. I did the new cell scrub to get through some layers...it must have done the trick. Everything is nearly gone this morning. I so wish I had brought some of my spa products on my trip to just relax but packed rather hastily. I do what I can. I don't ever take the time as a mom anyway. I'm just glad that my stress bumps are now almost gone. The concealer won't have to work so hard....haha.