You Have a Choice to Make

You have a choice to make in this world, actually lots of choices to make. Isn't God so good that He gives us our own free will?

Who do you serve? Is it God? Is it man/yourself? Is it your job/career? Is it your husband/wife? God is so good to give us the free will to choose for ourselves who we serve in this lifetime.

I choose God and do my best to serve Him in all I do. That can get a bit difficult when worldly influences are smacking you in the face. It is even more difficult when those influences infect your family.

When things are difficult and the world is crashing in you have a choice to make. Do you choose to go with the Truth, which is the Bible, or do you choose to go with your husband, your job, or even yourself?

The choices you make today can affect your life and the lives of others. You may not notice right away how that choice is affecting others, but it could be either good or bad.

God created each and every one of us beautiful and unique in our own way. He breathed us into being and loves each and every one of us. We have God's love because He is love. He created us in His image(Genesis 1:27), so we also are love.

Read 1 Corinthians chapter 13 as it is written, then read it a second time and every place you see the word love, replace it with God. Then read it a third time, replacing the word love with your own name.

I heard this yesterday in church, and have never thought of reading it like that. And it is truth, is that not great?

Wow, isn't that beautiful?! You have a choice to make, choose love!

My name is Tricia Graft and I hope you've enjoyed this article. I'm a Christian, natural skin care consultant, music lover and blogger. I love to share information on how to live healthy, save money, and take excellent care of your skin.

Have a blest day!

Ingredients To Avoid for Safe Skin Care

Do you know if the skin care you are using is truly safe? Have you looked at any ingredient listing for skin care products?

Yikes, the majority of those ingredient lists are confusing even for the smartest persons out there. Most of you probably avoid even looking at the ingredient list of skin care products because it is so confusing.

I have found a site that promotes safe skin care. Check out this article on EWG's site to help you know how to read that confusing skin care ingredient list.

Here are a couple ingredients I know to avoid off the top of my head:

• Mineral oil - sits on the surface of your skin and clogs pores
• Petrolateum - is derived from petroleum (gas) , can you say ewww
• Propolyene Gycol - 'industrial anti-freeze' and the major ingredient in brake and hydraulic fluid. Even bigger ewww!

Isn't it amazing what goes into some of the products you apply to your skin? Did you know that your body will absorb 5 pounds of chemicals from skin care and make-up per year. Whew, never thought of it like that.

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, who is an osteopathic physician: "putting chemicals on your skin is far worse that ingesting them, because when you eat something the enzymes in your saliva and stomach help break it down and flush it out of your body.

When you put these chemicals on your skin, however, it is absorbed straight into your blood stream without filtering of any kind, so there is no protection against the toxin. The 5 pounds of toxic chemicals per year you may be absorbing from toiletries and beauty products are going directly to your delicate organs."

It is extremely important to know what is in your skin care products, check out this article about L'Bri's ingredients. It is very curious that there are no real government guidelines or certifications for skin care, so it is best to research and discover what does make for truly safe skin care.

The safe cosmetics database can help to make your research easier, you can even research individual ingredients to find how safe they may or may not be for you.

Would you like to try a truly safe skin care, with proven results? Try free samples of L'Bri today, you will be happy you did.

Have an exceptional Weekend!!

Piano Keyboard Lessons at 45!!

In a previous post I mentioned I am living one of my dreams by taking piano keyboard lessons, and I am going to post on my progress every so often. It is kinda funny that I went right back to the being nervous around the teacher thing.

I've been at the piano keyboard lessons for approximately 1 month thus far, and Chris, my teacher stated it helps that I have played instruments in my past and have a working knowledge of the piano. He said playing an instrument is like riding a bicycle.

Yeah right, I'm not so sure I could even get my mouth right to play a tenor saxaphone again (that was my instrument through high school).

I am very critical of myself, and don't feel I am doing well yet at the piano keyboard lessons, but Chris said I'm doing ok. I am having to learn how to read music all over again. See what happens when your almost 45, memories don't come back so easy.

I would never have thought I would be nervous around Chris, who is also a friend, but when I am at my lessons I get all discombobulated (my own word, I know, not proper english). It is almost bringing back memories from when I was a student in high school.

When I practice here at home, I think I am doing ok, then when it is lesson time I flub. I am learning to play simple songs like Jesus Loves Me, and God is so Good. Doing the melodies only I can do ok, but then add the harmony and hmm, well, my left hand does not want to be doing something different than my right hand it seems.

I am learning 'fingercizes' to build up the strength in my fingers, and to get my left hand to cooperate. Getting my left hand to work it getting easier as I do these 'fingercizes', and I am not looking at the piano keyboard as much.

Chris has told me it does get easier with practice, so I am off to practice the piano keyboard lesson I had last night.

Have a wonderful day!

My name is Tricia Graft and I hope you've enjoyed this article. I am a skin care consultant for L'Bri Pure n' Natural, a lover of music, and blogger. I love to share information on how to live healthy, work from home, save money, and take excellent care of your skin.

Join L'Bri and Start Living Your Dream

You are right on the edge of deciding to become a L'Bri skin care consultant and you want to start living your dream. Your dreams can come true with dedication and committment to your new business.

You have questions such as how do I start? What is my first step? When do I start making any money? What do I do next?

There are most likely even more questions running around in your head so Here's a little(BIG) reminder from previous posts:

When you become a skin care consultant with L'Bri you are in business FOR yourself, but never BY yourself!

Taking the first step to living your dream is easy. All you need to do is sign up to become a L'Bri skin care consultant and order your kit.

After signing up to become a L'Bri skin care consultant you will want to tell your friends, family, neighbors and everyone you know about your new business. You will want to tell them why you decided on L'Bri.

Check out these articles for some of the steps you will want to take to start living your dream.

You can start making money almost immediately. How soon you start making money actually depends on how committed you are to living your dream. Check out this article to see some income possibilities.

Being L'Bri Pure n' Natural is a young (11 yr) company, the possibilities are endless. You could be the first L'Bri skin care consultant in your area giving you unlimited growth potential.

Are you ready to become a L'Bri skin care consultant and start living your dream but have some more questions? Please don't hesitate for a second to contact me, I'm here to help.

Have an Awesome Day!

Get Moisturized With L'Bri for a Naturally Beautiful You

Did you know when your skin is moisturized it reveals an even more naturally beautiful you? There are those of you with a certain skin type who don't believe their skin needs to be moisturized. (you know who I'm talking to here)

Here is a story of two prunes, to show you how L'Bri aloe based moisturizers will work on your skin.

This first prune was kept in a container of mineral oil, which is one of the most widely found ingredients in over-the-counter moisturizers. Notice how heavy it looks and wrinkled too.

This is what will happen to your skin over time when using products that are heavy on oils or waxes. The mineral oil suffocated and weighed down the skin of this poor little prune.

Moisturized skin helps to fight off the aging process.

Now take a look at this second prune: this prune was kept in a container of L'Bri's aloe vera barbadensis. Do you see a big difference?

This second prune looks light and plump, almost like a plum again. Do you want your skin to look like the first or the second prune? Using L'Bri moisturizers will create the same effect on your complexion for an even more naturally beautiful you.

For moisturized skin, you want a product that is hydrophilic, which simply means water-loving. To keep your skin young and healthy you want to replace the moisture the environments robs your skin of daily.

What is the true form of moisture? That's right, it is WATER and NOT oil. The majority of moisturizers on the market are a blend of water and oil, which doesn't help for moisturized skin.

Oil will just sit on the surface of your skin and suffocate it like the poor little prune. Oil is only capable of lubricating the surface of your skin.

Each time you apply L'Bri moisturizers to your skin, you are giving your skin a drink of precious moisture. L'Bri contains humectants, which are capable of carrying water into and underneath the first layer of your skin.

It is pretty amazing that L'Bri moisurizers are capable of carrying five times their weight in moisture to your skin. This will prevent your skin from dehydrating and becoming shriveled up like this poor little prune.

Replenishing the water back into your skin on a daily basis will keep your skin moisturized, healthy, young looking and even more naturally beautiful.

Have a Sunny Day!

L'Bri Skin Care Samples for a Naturally Beautiful You

Are you ready for an even more naturally beautiful you? (I say even more because I believe everyone is beautiful) Are you having issues with your skin and can't seem to find a product that truly works? L'Bri has free samples for you to try before you buy.

I can tell you from experience, I had the dry, flakey, itchy and red skin problem and I had completely given up finding something to help. L'Bri Pure n' Natural's aloe based skin care was an awesome find for me. It works!

You have an option with L'Bri to try it before you actually buy the product. Trying L'Bri's free samples (7-10 day mini skin care set) will help you to know you've got the correct set for your skin type, and it will let you see how well L'Bri works for a more naturally beautiful you!

It is exciting to see the reaction of others when skin issues dissappear after they start using L'Bri Pure n' Natural products. Sharing L'Bri Pure n' Natural with others is extremely fun!

One of my client's husbands was telling me the other day: "my wife has always been naturally beautiful, but the L'Bri products are making her even more naturally beautiful, her skin actually glows!"

This client had first tried a mini skin care set for her skin type and was absolutely sold after the very first use! She told me her skin felt different immediately.

Aloe Vera is the secret (not really a secret) for all L'Bri skin care. You can try before you buy and know for certain an even more naturally beautiful you is in progress. Check out this article about aloe vera.

Once you try L'Bri, you won't want to use anything else on your skin. For a more naturally beautiful you, click here, then click on free samples to get started today.

Have a fabulous day!

Aloe Based Skin Care for a Naturally Beautiful You

For a naturally beautiful you, knowing what is in the skin care you use is of utmost importance. Do you know what the ingredients are in your skin care?

Before using L'Bri Pure n' Natural, as you know from previous posts, I never looked at the ingredients in the skin care I was using. No wonder I looked so awful! I did a bit of research on the products I was using, and oh my: icky, icky!

For a naturally beautiful you, know what the ingredients in your skin care are. Here's the ingredient list for another popular product I have used in the past:

Mineral Oil, Water, Beeswax, Ceresin, Sodium Borate, Fragrance, Carbomer.

Notice that the first ingredient is mineral oil, which means that is at least 50% of what is in the bottle/jar. Do you know what mineral oil can do to your skin? Mineral oil can:

• attract dirt
• cause blackheads and zits,
• speed up the aging process by accelerating free radical damage

Wow, and that is just the first ingredient. Who wants that for their skin? For a naturally beautiful you try samples of L'Bri Pure n' Natural aloe based skin care.

Now notice the second ingredient: water. Of course water is not harmful, it is just a cheap filler that alot of companies use. For the majority of skin care out there, water is the FIRST ingredient. Water does NOT do anything to help your skin.

L'Bri Pure n' Natural uses aloe barbadensis miller as the first ingredient in all of their skin care. Aloe is used because of it's unique healing and rejuvenating properties. It is the best skin care for any skin type!

Back to our ingredient list, notice that the third ingredient is beeswax? Mmmm, beeswax sounds like a good natural ingredient, but truly it is NOT. For a naturally beautiful you, you don't want to appy anything with any type of wax on your face. Here's what waxes can do:

• clog your pores which creates blackheads and whiteheads
• smothers your skin which will lead to enlarged pores

Moving on, I have not found anything detrimental about the next two ingredients, or the last one for that matter. But fragrance, the sixth ingredient, in skin care is an issue for many of you with sensitive skin. Synthetic fragrances can cause allergic reaction in many with sensitive skin.

The ingredient list I used in this article came from an actual product I have in my house (should have pitched it a long, long time age). Consider this, there are only 7 ingredients in this product, 3 of those ingredients can cause a rucus for your skin, 1 ingredient does nothing to help your skin.

Whew, four out of seven ingredients. That doesn't sound like good odds, does it?

Take a look at the good stuff L'Bri uses in their skin care products. The best thing about it is they are natural ingredients that actually do the job for a naturally beautiful you.

Try free samples (7-10 day supply) of L'Bri skin care, and start seeing a more naturally beautiful you.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Market Your Skin Care Business Online

So you have decided you want to own your own skin care business, but aren't too sure about traditional direct sales. You know, home shows/parties and the like.

Home shows are still an excellent way to run your new skin care business, but if that is not for you, there is another way.

You can work exclusively online and market your L'Bri business thru a blog such as this one you are reading now.

There are a few consultants with L'Bri who exclusively market the product online. Leah Day, a supervisor with L'Bri, has created an awesome internet training guide, which is available to anyone who desires to market their business online.

This online training guide is called The Dayline, and Leah teaches you step by step how to go about marketing your product online. You can even start marketing your skin care business online before you are 'official'.

Prior to becoming a consultant, you can start your blog or website, just like getting a physical store ready for business. Doing this, you will be ready for the traffic you will receive from your site.

The Dayline teaches you how to set up your site, how to drive traffic to your site, and all the basics you will need to market your skin care business online. And it is very easy to do! (if I can do this anyone can)

Many direct sales companies do not allow their consultants to market their product on the internet. Sure they have websites, but I was told from one such consultant: "the website they gave me is only for reorders."

L'Bri Pure n' Natural has stepped up to this age of technology by allowing their consultants to market L'Bri products online.

Are you ready to start your skin care business before you are 'official'? Check out this article on the Dayline, and catch a sneak peak at The Dayline.

When you do decide to join the Dayline, be sure to let Leah know Tricia Graft referred you to her Dayline. Contact me with any questions you have about owning your own skin care business.

Have a fabulous day!

Are You Living Your Dreams?

So, are YOU living your dreams? I was asked this the other day, and I can honestly say YES, absolutely I am living my dreams.

Some of my dreams have yet to be fulfilled, and with time they will. When I was younger, or even just one year ago, my answer to that question would have definitely been a resounding NO.

Before I started working with L'Bri Pure n' Natural, I didn't give much thought to living my dream. I truly didn't have the time or the money to even think to dream. That was a big mistake on my part: living your dream can push you forward to having that dream and more.

Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to learn to play the keyboard. I am now living that dream! I started taking lessons approximately one month ago. Whew, I can tell you getting my left hand to do something different than my right hand on the keyboard is just a bit interesting.

I am so excited to be able to take these lessons and learn something I never thought would be possible. Time and money were issues and I had tried teaching myself: that just wasn't working at all.

Of course, I am nowhere near being proficient with only one month's worth of lessons, but I have no doubt I will eventually be able to play, and maybe even lead worship at church. I can play Jesus Loves Me, and a couple other songs (melodies only thus far). We are now getting into learning harmony, interesting and fun for me.

Another dream of mine was to become more involved with my church. I am now living that dream too. I can schedule my L'Bri business around my life and do what I want to do. I sure couldn't do that working for someone else.

I've dreamed of going on a vacation with my family for a long time, money and time were issues. This year (next month, in fact) we are living my dream and going on a family vacation. That is possible because of my L'Bri business. This will be the first family vacation I can remember actually going somewhere.

These are just a few small dreams of mine that are being fulfilled. There are BIG DREAMS of mine that are in the process of being fulfilled, thanks first to God, for putting L'Bri Pure n' Natural in my 'path'. Second to L'Bri Pure n' Natural: products that work and a company who cares.

With committment, time, caring and sharing, you could be living your dreams too.

Have a superb day!

Benefits of a L'Bri Skin Care Business

A L'Bri Pure n' Natural skin care business is an awesome opportunity for you. There is no 'ceiling' or 'cap' on what you can earn. The only limits are those you put on yourself.

One of the best things about a L'Bri skin care business, is the product actually works. How many of you have struggled to find a skin care system that actually does what it claims? I had given up finding something prior to finding L'Bri.

How many people do you know who don't cleanse their face? That's right, the majority of us do; here's the thing, when you find something that truly works, you tell others, then they tell others, and on and on. Benefit = Free advertising

Owning a skin care business is great for you because when a product works, your customers will reorder time and time again. And it is pretty cool to know you are helping others in the process of doing business. Benefit = recurring income

A skin care business is also recession proof. In this day and time in our country that is a major benefit. Skin care or personal care are second only to food in growth. Now that is amazing. Did you know that even during the great depression personal care items did not fail?

Benefit = business is booming

A L'Bri skin care business is also great because you get to share! Do you like helping others? The testimonials you will receive bring joy to your heart. Benefit = joy and happiness

Being L'Bri is a young company (11 years young) you have unlimited potential to spread the word, increase your team of consultants and be THE FIRST in your area! (that last one is a pride thing I know) Benefit= Wealth!

These are just some of the benefits of owning a L'Bri skin care business, there are many more (too many to list).

When you start your own skin care business with L'Bri Pure n' Natural, you are in business for yourself, but NEVER by yourself. I, and many others are here to help!

So what are you waiting for? Become a L'Bri consultant today and get yourself on the path to success! Have questions? Contact me and I'll be sure to answer.

Have a fabulous Day!

L'Bri Pure n' Natural - Skin Care Business How to's

Check out these articles for the 'nitty gritty' about how to get started with a L'Bri Pure n' Natural skin care business.

BECOME A L'BRI CONSULTANT TODAY - tells you the steps you need to take to become a L'Bri consultant and get your skin care business started.

Create your L'Bri Pure n' Natural Prospect List - The people you know are the first people you will want to tell about your new skin care business. These people will help you to get your business 'running'.

Create your "I Story" - This is your story and testimonial about why you decided to start your own skin care business with L'Bri Pure n' Natural. This will help you to make a connection with customers and people you come in contact with.

Create your L'Bri 30 Second Commercial - Knowing what to say in a short time period will help you to promote your skin care business when you are meeting new people.

Your L'Bri Grand Opening - This is a big day for your new L'Bri skin care business. Your grand opening will 'get the ball rolling', so to speak.

Educating through In Home Parties or Shows - Educate, Inform and Inspire your guests.

Building Your L'Bri Skin Care Business - Awesome sampling program, home parties and even online marketing.

Liquid Nutritional Supplement from L'Bri Pure n' Natural

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Have a healthy day!

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