Beauty
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Walmart’s Empowering Women Together Program
Walmart Gives Back: Recently, a Walmart moved into our neighborhood and that center where it is located is just popping now! I checked it out and was happy to see a healthy lunch box alternative to the packaged lunch boxes my daughter begs me to buy when we are at the grocery store. Not sure what her fascination is with these lunch boxes – oh yes, I do – must be the Oreo cookie that is inside! But when I came across a healthy version of the lunchbox at Walmart it was a big relief and now I don’t feel so bad buying a couple as a treat for my…
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Fashion :: Get Your Shapewear On
I had no idea what a difference putting shapewear under my clothes would make. The story of Sara Blakely the creator of Spanx is awesome (To read more about her story: https://www.spanx.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=11119558). In an effort to look better in white pants while getting ready to go to a party she cut the feet off her her pantyhose. That is how the hugely successful brand was created. Genius! I bought my first pair of spanx- a boy short style a few years ago .Why why why did I wait so long? I put them on with a maxi skirt that was a little more fitted around the hips and thighs.…
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Teach Your Children About Philanthropy With Style
As warmer, sunny days approach and spring fashions hit stores, we exchange camel-colored cardigans and knee-high boots for colorful tanks and strappy sandals. During a visit at the mall for a quick errand, we push the stroller, hold onto the hand of our little one and admire the bright and bold looks that adorn storefronts. While shopping for Shindigz birthday decorations online for a one-year birthday party, our mouse eventually clicks on fashion blogs to see the latest spring trends and opens Pinterest to pin summery style inspirations. For busy fashionista moms who are eager to update their closet with cute spring items, new sun glassess are an essential accessory. Sunglasses…
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Spotlight On Sara Paloma Pottery
Over ten years ago I was walking along the side streets in Laguna Beach, California and came across a store that had the most amazing pottery in their window. I immediately went in and just had to have these two pieces that are still sitting in my living room bay window. Luckily, the name of the artist was written into the bottom of the vases so I contacted her to see about an interview for dandelion moms. Her pieces are so simple yet so beautiful in this simplicity. The clean lines are gorgeous and look amazing with a single stem flower of your choice coming out of the…
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Gardening Styles :: The Japanese Garden
The cascade long ago ceased to roar, But we continue to hear The murmur of its name. The Simplicity and Beauty of The Japanese Garden: A diverse environment harkening to bygone years, the Japanese garden provides a tranquil landscape to garden wanderers. Pristine in keeping through extreme pruning techniques, it offers the avid gardener a challenge in form and design. A 1,000 year old evolutionary process, the garden features numerous styles from the strolling gardens of recreation to the dry stone Zen gardens used for religious purposes. In its earliest forms, the Japanese garden was featured as a sacred place and commonly marked by pebbles. During the 6th century and…
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What’s Hot in Southern California: The Flower Fields
The Flower Fields in Carlsbad: Have you ever dreamed of running through a field of flowers? Now through early May, you just might be able to at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. For over sixty years, Mother Nature has transformed the rolling hills of North San Diego County into one of the most beautiful displays of natural color and beauty anywhere in the world. The nearly fifty acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers that make up The Flower Fields® at Carlsbad Ranch, in Carlsbad, California, are in bloom for approximately six to eight weeks each year – from early March through early May – literally bringing the famous fields back…
