You've Been Invited to the Spartan Race in Chandler Arizona!

Ok, a friend asked me to do the Spartan Race in Chandler Arizona with her in February. Really? Now my first thought was, what is a Spartan Race in Chandler Arizona. So I looked it up, mistake! I think that she's thinking I work out EVERYDAY, not, and am in the best shape of my life, not. It's 8 miles of pure torture. She laughs and says "don't let the music scare you" my thought was that it's not the music it's the Spartan Race in Chandler Arizona that has my head spinning and wondering if this was a joke. I think I'll say yes just to see what SHE SAYS! Personally I'm not sure if I can get up 5 days a week, drive 25 minutes to do 1 hour of cardo for the 8 mile run and another hour of strength training then drive back another 25 minutes, get the kids up for school and really start my day! I want to BUT. I'll have to really give that some thought. Thanks for the invite Traci, I'll let you know about that Spartan Race in Chandler Arizona! 

So what really has been happening is I moved out of town a bit, 15-20 miles out, and there is no gym here. Gave up my gym membership to save money since it was so far. So I walk MAYBE once a week. Terrible, I know. I do NO strength training and I have arms to prove it. I keep saying when I move back into to town I will get back in shape. Everyone has an excuse and even thou mine sounds good it's still an excuse. Truth is I'm no different than the next guy or gal that WANTS to get back in shape but can't seem to get motivated. Maybe this is just what I need. Surely there is a way to make it happen. I'm going to think about this. Even thou the Spartan Race in Chandler Arizona seems tough and no doubt it is, we can do anything we set our minds to. Oops, did I just commit myself here? Either way it has motivated me to move forward and once again stop making excuses. Stay tuned to find out the answer, am I running the race or not. I'm thinking!

Why can't I look like them?

Why JuliaRoberts’ L’Oréal Ads Have Been Banned in the UK

I think it’s great that governments are now getting involved in the misleading beauty advertising. Most ads of beautiful women or sexy men make you feel inadequate just by looking at the pictures. When a product is advertised we instantly think that maybe that product will help us look like the picture, less wrinkles, pimples, aging spots or just simply smoother looking skin. Well here is the secret behind MOST beauty ads.

L’Oréal just learned the hard way. The UK government recently released guidelines limiting the use of misleading ad alterations, and the American Medical Association recommended similar guidelines here in the US. The UK is definitely putting its money where its mouth is, and just banned a series of ads featuring Julia Roberts and Christy Turlington.

The Daily Mail reports that the cosmetics giant, who owns Lancôme and Maybelline, had to ‘fess up about the post-production techniques used in recent ads featuring the 40-something celebs. Julia Roberts’ Lancôme Teint Miracle foundation ad features the actress looking radiant, but the company admitted that post-production techniques were used. The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the ad “didn’t accurately reflect what the product could achieve” and subsequently pulled the ads.

The Christy Turlington ads for Maybelline’s new Eraser foundation sticks were even more false. While a disclaimer in small print on the bottom of the ad states the image is an “illustrated effect,” the company admitted that they used digital re-imaging to “lighten the skin, clean up make-up, reduce dark shadows and shading around the eyes, smooth the lips and darken the eyebrows,” according to the Daily Mail.

If cosmetics companies are going to hire a non-20-year-old to advertise their products, they need to let the lady’s 40 and up be natural like all the rest of us. Otherwise, why bother?

I’m sure we all knew this but can this but can now expect stricter beauty advertising guidelines. Just a fashion addict's findings and thoughts. www.fashiontrends4u.com

When I look in the mirror..

No matter how hard you pretend not to see the truth, the circumstances that shape your life will always be revealed in your reflection. Others may not see it, but you will, and some of what you see will be pleasant and some will not. We all deal with different scenarios and it depends on you as to what you make of it.

Today I see the confidence in my lifted shoulders and head held high, confidence that comes with time, knowing that I have done the best that I can, making my way past the little stumbling blocks in the road of life. Learning to pick myself up when I fall, to dust myself off and move on.

I look in the mirror and I am happy with what I see.I see a woman that has learned life lessons, that has grown from experience, a woman that has continued to live by the morals she was taught as a child. I smile before turning away from the mirror, satisfied with being me.