My Favorite Skin Care line! :-)

Hope everyone is doing great! I thought this week I would chat with you all about my

favorite brand of skin care and color cosmetics.  If you don't already know, I sell Mary Kay, and use these wonderful products on a daily basis...and I love the way they make my face feel!  I never thought much about being a sales person but it can really be a blessing, even if it's disguised at times.  :-)  That’s another blog posting in itself though.
So...I wanted to share some of my favorite MK products and when/how I use them.  First, I want to dedicate this blog post to skincare, next time I will talk about the makeup part....so stay tuned to this series.  :-)
Did you know that every time you go to sleep with your makeup on your skin ages 9-17 days overnight!  Wow…crazy, right?  Well, with these couple of steps and around 3 minutes each day and night we can help this aging skin we have. Yay! 

First, I would like to introduce the Time Wise Ultimate Miracle set, which cleanses, exfoliates, tones, moisturizes and protects your skin.

I wash my face with the time wise 3-1 cleanser, this takes care of 3 of the steps (cleanses, exfoliates, freshens/tone).  Dermatologists say we need to be doing this day and night from the age of 16!  When washing our face use your last 3 fingers because your 1st 2 fingers are the strongest and can cause pulling and tugging.  Always go in an upward and outward motion.  Remember, up is young and down is old.  And, wash our faces 2 times per day, no more!
Next, I use the Time wise Microdermabrasion and replenishing serum (twice a week— Wednesdays & Weekends). This is one of my favorites, because it’s going to shrink our pores  and help with dry patches, wrinkles, blackheads, whiteheads, scarring on our faces as well as on the body, and stretch marks. Now the replenish serum is the “layer of luxury,” this is after the microderm scrub and it floods a NEW layer of healthy skin with vitamins, nutrients from it’s tri-tea complex(red, green & white teas) and most importantly anti-oxidants which are HUGE to help keep our skin healthy, even fighting off free radicals which could drastically alter the overall complexion of our skin! Plus, LOVE how it feels!  
Next is the Time wise Replenish Vitamin C Serum.  Did you know that by the age of 15 the collagen in our bodies start breaking down?  What naturally happens is that with age our elastin fibers start breaking down, causing unwanted drooping and fine lines in our faces, ugghhh…   What this does is it allows the production of collagen back in, as well as tightening, firming and lifting our skin to produce a more healthy GORGEOUS GLOW!

Then I use the Time wise day solution (and at night, the night solution), also known as “fountain of youth/miracle eraser, or Spanx in a bottle.” During the day we are going to protect our skin, and at night we are going to renew it!  Plus, the day solution has a SPF 35.  It has calming peptides that relax expression lines, contains antioxidants that neutralize free radicals, light diffusers to soften the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and it’s gluten free (not oily or sticky & great for those allergic to sunscreen.)  The Night Solution repairs your skin while you sleep by counteracting daytime damage with botanicals & peptides.  Will help restore, stimulate collagen, & restore the elasticity & firmness, helps fine lines and wrinkles fade away. The pump burst beads in the bottle, giving you a fresh dose of these vitamins daily.  (Vitamins A,C&E)
**great for acne, cuts, scrapes, mosquito/bug bites, burns, shingles…etc.
Then the Firming eye cream, which firms, tones, brightens and moisturizes around the delicate eye area.  Ending with the Time wise Moisturizer with SPF, have to love that, right? This will give you 10 hours of hydration, restoring the moisture in our skin.  It’s oil free, and there’s a special humectant blend which will draw moisture from the air, plus powerful antioxidants,  Essentially it will form a protective barrier to keep the good things in and the bad things out!

After these steps I add the final skin care step, Time wise Foundation (Matte wear).  I love the finish of the foundation and a little goes a long ways. 

The foundation not only matches with your skin tone but your undertone as well.  It work amazing with the foundation primer to last through out the day.  I also love using it with our foundation brush! 

Then I add color, eyes, cheeks, lips, but that’s in another post. 

I hope you enjoyed a look into some of my favorite skin care items.  Comment if you have any questions.  I do love to hear from my readers.  Oh, and check out my website as well.  Leave me a comment or send me a message if you are interested in knowing more about the Mary Kay products or career as well.

www.marykay.com/tgregor

Blessings,

Making dinner fun! (Meatloaf Cupcakes)

So what up, readers?  How have you all been recently?  I would love to stay connected with each and every one of you on a regular basis.  I love being able to share my heart with people through this blog, whether it's from a devotion or novel that I read recently or just something that I have been think about lately.   Also, I love being able to share a recent recipe I  tried or a craft that I made.
This past week I was able to get together with family over Easter Weekend.  So we were talking about different recipes to make and we came across the Meatloaf Cupcakes from Pinterest.  This dinner is a fairly easy meal to make and your family should love them.  I love that it's a way to, well...not make "meatloaf"  look not so much like, you know..."meatloaf." lol.  :-)  More kid appeasing also. :-)

Meatloaf Cupcakes

Ingredients
Meatloaf1 teaspoon olive oil1 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup ketchup, divided
1 1/2 pounds ground beef, extra lean (raw)
1 cup bread crumbs
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 large eggs
Cooking spray
Mashed Potatoes 4 cups cubed peeled Yukon gold potato (about 2 pounds)1/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
1/4 cup low-fat sour cream
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Garnish3 tablespoons chopped chives4 pieces of bacon cooked and them chopped

PreparationPreheat oven to 350°.
Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion, chopped carrot, dried oregano, and minced garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Cool.
Combine onion mixture, 1/2 cup ketchup, and the remaining ingredients except cooking spray in a large bowl.
Spoon the meat mixture into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Top each with 2 teaspoons ketchup. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a thermometer registers 160°. Let stand for 5 minutes.
While the meatloaf is cooking, make the mashed potatoes. Place potato in a saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes or until tender. Drain. Put potatoes into a ricer for best results. Return potato to pan. Add milk and remaining ingredients; stir with a spoon to desired consistency. If they are not creamy enough for you, add up to 1/4 cup more milk - although they need to be stiff enough to pipe on top.
Put the potatoes into a pastry bag with a wide star tip and pipe the mashed potatoes on top of the meatloaf. Sprinkle with bacon crumbles and chopped chives.
***If you've tried these please let me know what you think about them.  Thanks.  Talk to you soon.
Enjoy!!!