Spa Party: Hideous Holiday Outfit Spa Party!

We had a fabulous time last weekend at my friend Wendy's Hideous Holiday Outfit Spa Party. We all got dolled up with those fabulous Christmas Sweaters and fun holiday hats and accessories. All the ladies had facials and were quite silly with holiday cheer.

Joy and I all ready with our hideous holiday outfits.

The fabulous hostess, Wendy and me.

 Facial Station

 We offered 2 facials that night: Anti-Aging or Hydrating

The Anti-Aging facial included the following steps:

1. ageLOC Cleanser and Toner
2. Polishing Peel
3. Galvanic Spa
4. Future Serum
5. TruFace Essence Pearl
6. ageLOC Night Moisturizer
7. Eye Cream







The Hydrating Facial included the following steps:

1. ageLOC Cleanser and Toner
2. Exfoliant Scrub
3. Hydrating Mask
4. Future Serum
5. TruFace Essence Pearl
6. ageLOC Night Moisturizer
7. Eye Cream

 Wonderful fun ladies together on a chilly night

How To Repair Cracked Heels and Soothe Dry Feet

I don't know about you, but the summer sandal craze really makes me want to keep my feet sandal ready. I came up with a great (and pampering) way to get those pretty feet. We do this technique at our Spa Parties, so please let me know if you would like to have a spa party for a pampering night with your friends.  

How To Repair Cracked Heels and Soothe Dry Feet

What You Will Need:

 Epsom Salts, Polishing Bar, Foot Pumice Foot Stone or Foot File, & Sole Solutions

This may be done anytime of day or before bed.

            1.      Place ½ cup to 1 cup Epsom salts in tub of water, as warm as you like. (The ones I sent you are   infused with lemongrass oil that isn’t necessary just smell nice).  The Epsom salts are made of magnesium sulfate, which will help soften and heal the skin of your feet.

            2.      Soak feet at least 10 minutes but may soak as long as you wish.

3.  One foot at a time, rub all over with polishing bar.  The polishing bar polishes your skin while you cleanse. Containing Glacial Marine Mud and sisku’pas (ground bark)—used by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest to smooth the skin—this soap-free, allover deep cleanser effectively cleanses while helping slough off dead skin cells for a smooth, clean feeling.  The Glacial Marine Mud contains more than 50 skin beneficial minerals and trace elements for deep skin conditioning.

4.  Before rinsing polishing bar off of foot, use pumice foot stone or foot file with as much pressure as is comfortable.

5. Rinse foot, place back in tub with Epsom salts.  Repeat with other foot.

6.  Soak feet for 5 more minutes in Epsom salts.

7.  Rinse and dry feet completely.

8.  On each foot, using about the size of a quarter, rub Sole Solution, concentrating on driest spots, which is usually the heels.  May apply more to heels if cracked.

9.  Put on a pair of socks for at least 30 minutes or if before bed wait until Sole Solution has dried, 5 minutes before sliding feet between the sheets to protect your sheets.

*If this procedure was done during the day, wash feet before bed with Polishing Bar and then apply Sole Solution as in #9.

I had to show a few pictures from the 4th of July celebrations we had with family and friends yesterday. 

yummy festive desserts (at least the berries are full of antioxidants! ;))

 Joy's very appropriate and cute toes for the party!

Soften and Purify your Skin By Getting Muddy!

Whether we are young or old, male or female, nothing improves your skin texture quicker than a good mud mask.  Since my sister and I were teenagers, we have coveted a good mud mask for clear, smooth skin!  We both feel the same way today.  Over the years I have searched high and low for the mud mask that delivers all it promises.  However, with so many products on the market, which one do you choose?  I believe I have finally found “the one” to give me tighter, smoother, beautiful skin.  Don’t just take it from me, at my spa party last month the mud mask was a huge hit!

The key ingredients in this mask are:

Glacial marine mud obtained from a remote glacial estuary in the Pacific Northwest to absorb impurities from the skin – dirt, excess oil – and remove dead cells.  This mud also attracts water to hydrate the skin.

Algae extract to keep skin moisturized while providing protection against harmful irritants

Deposits more than 50 skin beneficial minerals and trace elements to nurture the skin such as:

Copper to improve skin strength

Zinc is an essential mineral for healthy skin, especially acne suffers because it controls oil production.

Magnesium to promote cell energy for faster cell turnover for more youthful appearing skin

Silver to help skin fight off harmful bacteria

For more information or to buy this epoch mud mask please email me at ajulie@me.com

My Preferred Customer Pricing - $17.75 (a $5 savings from the website price!) 

The coolest part of using this mud mask is that a portion of every purchase of this product NuSkin donates $0.25 to the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation, a skin disorder that primarily affects children, causing the development of blisters or open sores on as much as 75% of the body.  To date, more than $1,299,050 has been given to the foundation.

Help find a cure for this disease and enjoy clearer, smoother, tighter softer younger looking skin when you purchase this fabulous mud mask. PS: Don't forget your sunscreen this summer. :)

FREE PRODUCTS: By hosting your own Spa Party! (in the Sacramento, CA area)

Health Tip: Getting Rid of Pool Hair

 Found this tip on Pinterest! Click here to see the pin.

"Swimming in a chlorinated pool can have a noticeable, and often unpleasing, effect on your hair coloring if you have light-colored hair. But you can usually return your hair to its former shade by dissolving six to eight Aspirins in a glass of warm water. Rub the solution thoroughly into your hair, and let it set for 10-15 minutes."

How to Make the Perfect Summer Banner

We bought quilting squares - 5 for $5.59 (on sale) each square makes 2 double sided triangles for 10 triangles per bundle.

Make a Triangle pattern out of a manilla folder - ours is 8 1/4 inches across and 10.5 inches long from tip to the center of the top.

Trace the pattern using a marker and cut it out using a fabric scissor. We enjoyed using a zig zag scissor. (This works MUCH quicker with the help of an assistant)

The fabric comes a little wrinkled so we starched and ironed the triangles which worked really well.

If you can see, we marked the middle of our Piping cord (which we recommend using) and started in the middle of our cord. In order to not have the fabric pieces shifting on the line, to use fabric glue to glue the piping cord along the crease.

Then glue along the sides of the triangle and fold over the top triangle to the bottom half.

Here is how it turned out for our PJ/Spa Party! Click here to see our entire Spa Party facebook album on my page!

Here is the Finished product for our party! Click here to see the recap of our spa party!

Gotta Love a Spa Night!

 On Friday, Joy and I threw our 1st Spa/PJ Party! It was so much fun to invite some friends over for a teenage style spa night with food, facials, food soaks, and a cocktail (or two). Required: FUN and PJ pants!

 Joy and I made this great summer banner (how to blog coming this week) from Pinterest! We love it and I will keep it up all summer! We had fun foods like high heeled shoe sugar cookies, chocolate fondue, white bean dip, spa water, and a fun cocktail (another thing we found on Pinterest).

 Who doesn't like relaxing their feet in warm water with Epson salt! After the soak we have amazing products to really keep your feet soft.

 Joy and I with facials on! So fun for us to have everyone over! To see more fun photos, check out our Facebook album!

 Jill and Wendy were so silly and fun! Who says adults can't have fun like teenagers? These ladies took our PJ theme to the end, rollers, PJ "outfits", and the occasional split personality ;)

Thank you for those of you that joined us for the party! It was such a fun night to share with these amazing ladies!