Skincare: Avon Solutions Plus Total Radiance eye gel

Avon's Total Radiance: Solutions Plus Eye Gel

I want to try my hand at some beauty blogging, so I am going to start posting some of my favorite items from my "collection".Just to let you know a little about my skin type; I am VERY OILY/Acne Prone and have some odd sensitivities that I have developed as I have gotten older. One of my big down falls that causes some nasty cystic breakouts for me is benzoyl peroxide. So I am always on the look out for things that will work with my mood swinging skin. 

My mother has recently started selling Avon and if you walk into my bathroom you can tell someone is hustling this stuff. LOL 

This blog is about this wonderful eye gel that is sold by Avon. It is called Total Radiance: Solutions Plus Eye Gel. I must say it has been a challenge for me to find an eye cream that would work with my overly sensitive eyes (I have terrible allergies), everything seems to want to run down into my eye and cause my eyes severe burning. This eye gel has been my savior. The box states: "This soothing eye gel refreshes and revives the eye area. Minimizes the appearance of undereye bags and helps brighten dark circles." I suffer from puffy eyes due to my allergies, before using this cream I would wake up some mornings barely able to open my eyes. I keep this product in my fridge so that it helps to de-puff faster and well it just feels good. I would say that this gel has helped tremendously with solving my problems of puffy eyes. As for the dark circles... I do have faint undereye circles caused from the respiratory problems(asthma)I have and the eye gel has helped with brightening around my eye area. I also like how the gel has a tightening effect and how quickly my skin absorbs it. My dehydration lines are diminished and my eyes appear more youthful thanks to the use of this eye gel. I got this when it was on sale for 2 for $11.99, and I must note a little bit of this product goes a loooong way. The eye gel is regularly priced at $12.50.

 So if you're interested in having an eye gel that is great for sensitive eyes I recommend that you run on over to my mother's Avon page: http://paulawynn.avonrepresentative.com/

and ORDER some TODAY!

P.S. The ingredient list is as follows:

WATER/EAU
HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA (WITCH HAZEL) EXTRACT
GLYCERIN
ALUMINUM STARCH OCTENYLSUCCINATE
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
DIPEPTIDE-2
PALMITOYL TETRAPEPTIDE-3 
HESPERIDIN METHYL CHALCONE
BUPLEURUM FALCATUM EXTRACT
EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT
MALVA SYLVESTRIS (MALLOW) EXTRACT
LUPINUS LUTEUS SEED EXTRACT
TRITICUM VULGARE (WHEAT) GERM EXTRACT
PRUNUS AMYGDALUS DULCIS (SWEET ALMOND) FRUIT EXTRACT
LINUM USITATISSIMUM (LINSEED) SEED EXTRACT
ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER EXTRACT
CENTAUREA CYANUS FLOWER EXTRACT
CITRUS AURANTIUM AMARA (BITTER ORANGE) FRUIT EXTRACT
PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT
SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS EXTRACT
HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED OIL
SODIUM HYALURONATE
ALLANTOIN
PANTHENOL
SQUALANE
CAFFEINE
RETINYL PALMITATE
ASCORBYL PALMITATE
BETA-CAROTENE
TOCOPHEROL
LECITHIN
GLYCERYL POLYMETHACRYLATE
BUTYLENE GLYCOL
ETHYLENE/ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER
PEG-8
POLYSORBATE 60
STEARETH-20
SODIUM CARBOMER
HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER
DISODIUM EDTA
TETRASODIUM EDTA
BENZYL ALCOHOL
METHYLPARABEN
MICA
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
RED 40
YELLOW 

*Note the peptides that are listed!!! :) 


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So I'm Sort of a Foodie too.

Burrito de lengua de vaca

I love good food, even if it means waking up at 8:00 a.m. to scurry off to the J&J Flea Market in Jackson County, Georgia. I love authentic food of any kind and here you can get the best authentic Mexican food in North Georgia. As you can see the burritos are MUCHO GRANDE size! I am only able to eat one half at a time. The burritos contain the freshest produce, much fresher than you would ever get at a "fine" Taco Bell establishment. The burritos contain things like pinto beans, corn, lettuce, and any meat of your choice all piled into a homemade tortilla. What's even more amazing is you get this delicacy for $5.00, I prefer the burrito de lengua de vaca which is translated into beef tongue in english. Hey now! I know what you are thinking... GROSS! right? Well beef tongue is considered a delicacy and tastes a lot like roast beef and no you don't get those little taste buds that are on a tongue (even I would sort of freak out at the sight of this). I will have more of my favorite foods to come, just thought I would start you all off with something interesting.

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Macy's Southeast Intern Summit 2011

"Macy's future CEO's"

Since June 15th I have been interning for Macy's at the Mall of Georgia, located in Buford, Georgia. It has been an amazing adventure and overall new experience. 

On July 19th I left for Miami, Florida at 1:30 in the morning to attend Macy's Southeast Intern Summit. 4 interns, 2 SLDP's and I arrived at the Miami International airport at 9:25 a.m., we were quickly whisked away in a Taxi with a driver that I thought was going to kill us. By the grace of God we arrived at the Marriott hotel that sits on Biscayne Bay at 10:15 where we changed into our professional clothing and left at 11:30 for the Southeast Regional office. 

Upon our arrival we met with the rest of the interns from the Southeast which totaled right at 17. We started our day with introductions from the college relations staff and then went straight into working on a project that we have been working on for the past 2 weeks. We got to meet with one of the Senior Vice President' of Stores that gave some really great information to us on how to prepare ourselves to be successful. She gave us a list of books that have helped with inspiring her within her career. they are as follows:

1. Good to Great, by: Jim Collins

2. The Tipping Point, by: Malcolm Gladwell

3. Working with Emotional Intelligence, by: Daniel Goleman

4. The Gold Standard, by: Jamie K. Spatola

5. Monday Morning Leadership, by: David Cottrell 

I can't wait to start this reading list. I am always open to suggestions on how to be a great leader. One of the best classes I have taken while in college has been a leadership development class. I think you should think of yourself as "wanting to be the person people learn from". 

When we were done with meetings we went bowling as team interaction activity. I am happy to say I am the one that "got the ball rolling", literally. I broke the ice and was the first one that got out there and started bowling and from there everything fell into place. It was a great experience and we all just clicked.

On day two we left the hotel at 8:30 to go volunteer at "Feeding South Florida" for a few hours. Feeding South Florida is a food bank that distributes goods all over the tri-county. It was a rewarding experience and nice to know that I work for a company that is involved in giving back to the community. From there we went back to headquarters, had lunch and departed for our flight back to Atlanta.

This internship has been one of the best experiences I have had while I have been in college. You actually learn the business and everyone wants to see you go far and they are willing to help you get there. I hope my career with Macy's continues on for years to come.

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What I Am Currently Reading....

After 25 years of life I have developed a love of reading. I was pressured a lot by teachers, throughout middle & high school, to read things that I wasn't interested in so I am assuming that is why I dreaded having to read an entire book, no matter the subject. 

Right now I am reading "The Help" by: Kathryn Stockett. I told myself that I would read this book entirely before I went to see the movie. It's an interesting read, the setting takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, the "other south" as us Alabamians like to call it, during the time of Martin Luther King when blacks were "sharecroppers" and the south was still segregated but pushing towards integration. What makes this book interesting is how the author is able to capture the thoughts and conversations of every character in the book, including the wealthy white ladies and their help. Normally when I have read books that were written about the topic of race in the south I would get this biased outlook on just the view of the whites or the view of the oppressed minority. Kathryn Stockett really took this story to the next level by incorporating both views. She goes into what it's like being "the help" and working for the wealthy white family. What has been most intriguing is how these families rely on the help to raise their children and the children grow up to think of them as part of the family however, at some point of their young lives they pick up on the distance that must be kept between them because of their race. So the help goes on to work for the kids and raise their children and the whole cycle continues. 

As for me growing up in the South (Alabama) and being a proud southerner the topic of how white families oppressed minorities is something that I would like to forget but it is a relevant topic that every southerner must face. My mother's family came from France in the early 1900's and lived in a French ghetto right outside of Birmingham. Well, I wouldn't say "ghetto" but it was a predominantly French area and very poor. I listened to my family talk about how coming up as an immigrant in the south was a real struggle so I feel I can connect to this book in a way that the average southerner can not.

I highly suggest this book to be added to your reads. It's an amazing compilation of views about what was going on during this time. 

Until next time...