BREAKUP MAKEUP PART II-REJUVANATE

Bonjour Beauties! Our Breakup Makeup topic for this edition is Rejuvenate. The art of rejuvenation is really quite apropos to my life currently. Here's why, the Grand Dame of fashion on lower King Street, Saks Fifth Avenue, that has served as one of my bases for the past several years, is closing in July. As you might imagine this news has caused a great deal of self reflection and a desire to rejuvenate myself and to extend this renewal effort to all those affected. I cannot fully express how much I'll miss my regular downtown divas (who will hopefully continue visit me at Gwynns of Mt. Pleasant!) and my fantastic co-workers. But in this time of lay offs and downsizing I know that we are not the only ones going through these types of transitions. So this Breakup Makeup segment will also apply to how to rejuvenate after breaking up (moving on) with elements of our lives that are about more than personal relationships.

When you're feeling crummy the last thing you want is to walk around looking like a sad sack that illicit whispers of " that poor miserable thing" as you pass by. The first step in lighting our load is to look the part. We have to rejuvenate and thus ILLUMINATE!

STEP ONE: Make this step a morning ritual. Stretch, meditate or go for your morning run. Then meet yourself in the mirror with an vocally confident "Hello Beautiful"-and say it like you mean it!! After your morning greeting, I've got a small recommendation for you that could possibly change your beauty regime forever. Its what I like to refer to as one of the 'essentials'. In order to properly rejuvenate we have to clean off all the toxins that the environment and life seems to fling our way. Cleanse with Trish McEvoy's Even Skin Glycolic Wash. If you want to positively beam like the sun and have people wondering how you've gotten a gulp from the fountain of youth- this wash is your tonic! This is the product that you'll be buying in bulk to give as Christmas gifts my friends-take my word for it.

STEP TWO: "Out damned spot-out I say!" exclaimed Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth; and that's what we're saying to all that stands in the way of our rejuvenation. Whether that be sad memories of a relationship lost, the stress that accompanies a new beginning, or those nagging voices of doubt that linger in the back of your subconscious- OUT I say!! At the end of your day light some scented candles in your powder room, (Archipelago Botanicals has some gorgeous scents-one of which is dubbed 'Charleston'!) prep your warm luxuriating bath and get out your Trish McEvoy's N° 9 Blackberry & Vanilla Musk Body Polish Sugar Scrub. You'll smell absolutely heavenly after using this sugar and sea salt scrub and your skin will feel like cashmere. I truly believe in bringing the spa to you when you can't go to the spa. So leap into that bath and scrub those cares away my loves!

STEP THREE: One way to rejuvenate is to create. I LOVE helping my clients create a new vision of themselves. I LOVE the feeling that comes with introducing a new product or new technique that my friends and clients learn to treasure. My job is to be an artist; and my canvas is a wide selection of every gorgeous client that comes my way. I want to literally arm you with the tools that help me help others create new beauty on a daily basis. Luckily, Trish has put these tools together in one easy breezy package called the Essential Brush Collection. Listen to all this kit includes: Deluxe Blending, Deluxe Tapered Blending, Deluxe Eye Contour, Deluxe Eye Definition Duo, Deluxe Even Skin Correct & Blend Duo and Deluxe Lip. So toss out ALL those old brushes that's harboring all that old bacteria and come see me for your first set of dynamic brushes that will create your masterpiece.

Webster's dictionary defines Rejuvenation as an act: "to make young or youthful again, give new vigor, to restore to an original or new state". Loss of meaningful relationships can feel like a loss of vigor. But a loss will not break us my darlings. We'll strengthen ourselves with a great bottle of wine with our closest friends,a relaxing hour massage at our favorite spa and of course helping others any way we can. I know you find a renewal too! 

XOXO~

Andrew

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Gwynn's of Mt. Pleasant- 916 Houston Northcutt Blvd Mt Pleasant, SC

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