National Women's Health Week

Today is the last day of National Women's Health Week. Have you had your check ups?

Protect Yourself With SPF

This month is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. 1 in 5 people in the U.S. will develop skin cancer which works out to be roughly 3,000,000 cases yearly and 10,000 deaths. 10,000 deaths that could be prevented with a little bit of Banana Boat. The Skin Cancer Foundation's goal this month is to get 10,000 people to sign a letter to the Surgeon General to get the FDA to put stricter regulations on tanning beds. The letter states:

"The research cited by the IARC includes studies showing that first exposure to tanning beds in youth increases melanoma risk by 75 percent. In addition, people who use tanning beds are 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma and 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma. An estimated 700,000 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, the second most common form of skin cancer, are diagnosed each year,resulting in approximately 2,500 deaths. Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, are rarely fatal, but can be highly disfiguring."

Skin Cancer is the most common but also the most dismissed. Don't let it be pushed under the rug anymore. I have signed the petition. Will you?
http://www.skincancer.org/Advocacy/

Coalition Against Battered Women: Domestic Abuse

It's not pretty but it never is. These 61 seconds is one of the most important minutes of your life ladies.

Going Green

Day 15- What's in your make-up bag

One anagram... E.L.F. Best stuff ever. Love, Love, Love their eyeshadow and their cosmetic brushes.

E.L.F. Wet Gloss and Mascara

E.L.F. Eyeliner

The Colossal Volume Express Mascara

E.L.F Lip gloss and Lipstick.

C.O. Biglow Lip gloss

Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse Foundation and blush.

Bare Minerals Bahama Mineral Bronzer.

Eyelash Curler.

That is just my everyday make up purse, don't get me started on my collection.

I Love You Mummy

Day 14- A picture of your family

This is my family. I am missing my daddy, 2 brothers and a sister in this picture. But they are eternally mine. Miss you guys. Till we meet again.

Tiki

This is Tiki. She belongs to my second family, The Cottams. It would mean a lot if you could keep an eye out for her. Her family misses her very much and hopes that you can help her to find her way back home.

The Civility Experiment

Day 13- A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then

This is me. The me that is here today is different than the me from a year ago. Last year was rough as is this year. I'd like to say that I have grown up and matured at least a little bit. I was very vain last year. My hair was long. My hair was auburn. I tanned... Well I tanned as much as I could. I had the fake nails. I caked my face in make up everyday. This year I am me. Take me as I am or watch me as I go.