I finished my classes this week. The all natural holistic training. Yeap, I am sort of a tree hugger. Did you all know that about me?

Well, that being said, I love being as natural as possible. I also buy what can be recycled. It’s a way of life. A lot of women don’t understand that they can do the same in their beauty routines!

Let’s go green girls!

Streamlining your beauty routine will save you time and money and can also reduce impacton the environment. Keeping the “3 R’s” in mind as a basic principle, here are a few tipson greening your beauty regimen.

Firstly, ask yourself if you truly need all the products you currently use. Simply buying less to reduce your consumption is an important first step. Look in your makeup drawer. If you are like me and my mom, there is just way to much in there. More tips:

- Curl your eyelashes and skip the mascara. To get maximum curl, warm the eyelash curler a bitby blasting it with a hairdryer for just a second.

- Keep your eyebrows groomed. It makes your eyes pop without makeup. I never did this until a few years ago. It really does make a difference.

- Buy bar style shampoo to avoid plastic containers. The best is handmade soap, from an all natural soapmaker

- Keep your skin healthy from the inside with a diet high in healthy natural oils, and usenatural moisturizers that won’t clog pores, so you can skip the allover foundation. Mostwomen only need a little around their nose and under their eyes anyway. Another key here is also to drink lots of water. It really will make your skin look so much healthier.

- Use coconut oil as a moisturizer for your dryest spots like lips, heels and elbows.

- Don’t overwash your skin and hair. Daily usage of soap on your body leads to dry skin,and most hair care experts say daily washing is unnecessary and counterproductive to an attractive style anyway.

- Reject the current trend of disposable facial cleansing products. A clean washcloth witha little cleanser on it is more effective, provides gentle exfoliation and can be used overand over. Microfiber cloths are especially nice for cleansing the face.

- Instead of cotton balls and foam makeup applicators, use a natural sea sponge to applymakeup or facial toner.

- Try making your own skin care products with simple ingredients like salt, sugar, oatmealand olive oil. There are many wonderful books with recipes, or search online for them. Making your own means no packaging to dispose of.

- Buy the beauty products you do use in recycled containers such glass and be sure to recycle them after use. Remember not just your beauty products but all products. Look for those recycle codes on the containers.

- Support companies with eco friendly business practices.

- Remember to use your reusable shopping bag!

- Try mineral makeups. They are great for your skin and many of them are all natural. Another perk is they last a lot longer than their liquid, chemical counterparts.

With a little thinking, you can shave minutes off your beauty routine and do a favor for the
earth too.

My daughter wants to learn to play piano. She has been bugging me for awhile.

Piano lessons & piano chords offers a free newsletter for chords and progressions. Says there is 101 lessons that come out every 5 days. This is just what the little girl wants. We don’t have a piano, but we do have a keyboard. I used to play many many moons ago, so this could be just what I was looking for.

You know to see if she is really interested? Before shelling out big bucks. Their site also has DVD piano lessons for adults. I think she could handle that. We are going to try the newsletter first though. See how that works out.

I really like the try it before you can buy it theroy. I know that this is an excellent way to get customers. Think about it if you are offering something on the internet. Offer a free product, if your product is worth it you have just won yourself a customer!

Off to try out this Piano lessons & piano chords newsletter. I will let you know how she does. I am glad the keyboard has a head phone jack. I remember the comments brothers and Dad made while I was learning LOL.