guest post; organic makeup helps cancer sufferers.

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Recently I was contacted by Jackie Clark (her blog's <a href="http://www.mesothelioma.com/blog/" target="_blank">here</a>!) who works for <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.mesothelioma.com/" target="_blank">Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance</a>, raising awareness a<span style="font-family: inherit;">bout</span></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"> a rare type of cancer that occurs in the thin layer of cells lining the body's internal organs.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"> Her m</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;">otto is every woman should feel beautiful no matter what situation they are in, her exact words being '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;">I would like to share with your audience the reality of cancer and how women can say <b>'YES I have cancer'</b>, but I am no less <b>beautiful</b> than I was before my diagnosis.'</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; line-height: 17px;"> Her message was so strong I jumped at the chance of her guest posting on Beautylishious, so I hope you find her article informative and interesting... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>There are many instances in a woman’s life where she is tempted to go organic. The local farmers market is full of organic fruits and vegetables and local supermarkets are increasing their supply of organic produce and other products for the public. Organic items, as a whole, are much better for women than products and foods that are not created organically. Buying organic is a nationwide epidemic that is a good one to have. Aside from food, there are several different products on the market that are created organically, including makeup, which is always a feel good tool for women. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>Women that are facing a rare form of cancer, such as <a href="http://www.mesothelioma.com/mesothelioma/" target="_blank">mesothelioma cancer</a> are likely in need of a feel good tool, which is where organic makeup comes in handy. The thought of going through cancer treatments is one that is intimidating and scary to many women; it is also something that can quickly remove a woman’s sense of confidence and power, leaving her feeling exposed and out of control. Something that is of crucial importance for women that are suffering from cancer is that they feel good about themselves. Feeling good is a way to improve the quality of their life, which is something they must do to improve their mood and increase their positive reaction to their cancer <a href="http://www.mesothelioma.com/treatment/" target="_blank">treatments</a>. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>One way that never fails to make a woman feel more confident and beautiful is to put on makeup and make an effort to be the fabulous woman she was before she was diagnosed with cancer. <a href="http://www.afterglowcosmetics.com/" target="_blank">Organic makeup</a> is something that can make women feel even better about themselves because it is better for their skin, better for the environment and it is all around healthier and safer. Not only will wearing organic makeup make them look and feel more gorgeous, beautiful and confident, it will make them feel better as a person because they are doing something good for the environment by going organic. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>Additionally, another benefit of organic makeup is that it is good for a woman’s skin. Using organic makeup means not using harsh chemicals and additives on a woman’s skin, which means her skin will be healthier, more natural and more gorgeous as a result of the makeup she chooses to wear. There is no downfall to switching makeup brands and going organic.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i>There is nothing that makes a woman feel more powerful and strong than the way she looks. While it is no secret that cancer can make a woman feel badly, she doesn’t have to look bad. She can regain her confidence and her strong persona by using organic makeup to make herself feel better. Feeling better is a great way to beat cancer.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B6tA9aoNwxTOWs3GyIEO9a6LzQiJdfu_ZfT2U3Blr_EA5kw1JowX1taOH3nLR_x-GqjYGEoerqT3AB5clXiQxROIcIGQyCYO_wOAOSta1Z0tVAL7PkxhLrX9E_IcVsP4kFpMcT_naaZd/s1600/110928-191232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B6tA9aoNwxTOWs3GyIEO9a6LzQiJdfu_ZfT2U3Blr_EA5kw1JowX1taOH3nLR_x-GqjYGEoerqT3AB5clXiQxROIcIGQyCYO_wOAOSta1Z0tVAL7PkxhLrX9E_IcVsP4kFpMcT_naaZd/s640/110928-191232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please excuse the totally unrelated picture, let my massive teddy make you feel better... because </span>what's<span style="font-family: inherit;"> a blog post without a picture!?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDfWspqbLzzU9QHk37HrZiMDkhapGK7KAX-1ooT27QG2ufXl1eEaRcsE5raQjzJPvosptaFSJuL_eCZvcQGZ3iQS9xuVEcmU7htEbMYTA_oaXQTPpmIxDuoo6kf_x6LlN6oNtgvzoB2v1/s1600/sig+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDfWspqbLzzU9QHk37HrZiMDkhapGK7KAX-1ooT27QG2ufXl1eEaRcsE5raQjzJPvosptaFSJuL_eCZvcQGZ3iQS9xuVEcmU7htEbMYTA_oaXQTPpmIxDuoo6kf_x6LlN6oNtgvzoB2v1/s1600/sig+3.png" /></a></i></span></div>

guest post; organic makeup helps cancer sufferers.

Recently I was contacted by Jackie Clark (her blog's here !) who works for  Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance , raising awareness a bout  a r...

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the tiny skulls.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3-uJsDzjT7qZ6G1l_VuYgxzz7wtMQkCztc-R215LwJtm3_NnHVfUvOvg-B2TqvLxBPRcZ6sijWDIA7YlgpkfmggcvR7FBOg4WBKN3iPFTWhjheOhJpnZ7xR09KleHHH5PxsIqYOQfSfX/s1600/1330445131847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3-uJsDzjT7qZ6G1l_VuYgxzz7wtMQkCztc-R215LwJtm3_NnHVfUvOvg-B2TqvLxBPRcZ6sijWDIA7YlgpkfmggcvR7FBOg4WBKN3iPFTWhjheOhJpnZ7xR09KleHHH5PxsIqYOQfSfX/s640/1330445131847.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBISfMBMPvTwdExanPiHIVeBOc145GaMf2xy-h3YI0kfGLn09jDOaL01XoEI4OT7XySjuQXEOOMsQtU1XK6rl_8q3ojGC00CA7yWdg37ca9r4aygqgVD5God49mrNP78XX0vhPF0_SbKc/s1600/20120228_162530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBISfMBMPvTwdExanPiHIVeBOc145GaMf2xy-h3YI0kfGLn09jDOaL01XoEI4OT7XySjuQXEOOMsQtU1XK6rl_8q3ojGC00CA7yWdg37ca9r4aygqgVD5God49mrNP78XX0vhPF0_SbKc/s640/20120228_162530.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">I bought these beautiful gold and silver bracelets a couple of weeks ago from <b>Etsy</b>, a recent website discovery of mine- it sells stunning handmade and vintage items at low prices.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">These dainty little bracelets were actually</span><span style="color: #666666;"> bought after I fell completely in love with </span><a href="http://iwonaludygadesign.hostasaurus.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ILDesign&Product_Code=SBT1280D&Category_Code=BRACELETS" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #999999;">this</span></i></a><span style="color: #666666;"> bracelet by</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Iwona Ludyga, which has been making the rounds on tumblr lately, but with the £200 price tag, I was on hunt for something a little more inexpensive.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">After a major google search, desperately trying to find a dupable piece, I discovered the above bracelets for just £9.71 each </span><i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/91415865/tiny-skull-bracelet-choose-your-color" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999;">here</span></a><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></i><span style="color: #666666;">and promptly fell in love, enough even to order both colours of the bracelet to share with my sister. They arrived in about a week (from Korea!) in a beautiful hand made box and the seller even threw in a free pair of pearl earrings- perfect!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">I am completely obsessed with the dainty, subtle skulls and I have literally not removed the silver version from my arm since receiving them! I will definitely be ordering a whole lot more from Etsy in the near future! </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifkAogdTYlhCEVfRHWeVly646Cd6pLILBRDHDhSBqQHlfECxxhWXzbWlqovqqGdDJGYom14UBuU7qo77zl-o4suTg72MU0-TGTodmUWZry2bGq5K2pfL8JNxpk5nAGWBvOD4uuWBgQgHC/s1600/sig+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifkAogdTYlhCEVfRHWeVly646Cd6pLILBRDHDhSBqQHlfECxxhWXzbWlqovqqGdDJGYom14UBuU7qo77zl-o4suTg72MU0-TGTodmUWZry2bGq5K2pfL8JNxpk5nAGWBvOD4uuWBgQgHC/s1600/sig+3.png" /></a></div>

the tiny skulls.

I bought these beautiful gold and silver bracelets a couple of weeks ago from Etsy , a recent website discovery of mine- it sells stunning h...

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le parfum.

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">I have never really been a 'perfume' type of girl. I'm not a big fan of many of the popular scents on the market and quite frankly the thought of paying £30+ on a glorified bottle of scented water terrifies me. Its no secret that today's perfume market is a consumerism playground of overpriced, celebrity endorsed bottles at extortionate prices, but sometimes it is seriously hard to resist those brightly coloured bottles and enticing advertisements however much your mind knows they are complete rip offs!</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">I actually only own 3 full sized perfumes (the other is Britney Spears Fantasy from my tween obsession with her!), and a fair few mini/tester sizes which I seem to accumulate over time from work or as Christmas presents. Here are my 3 favourite scents...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrf6g8ETdrtVlbyRr8yV8EMl-9so6OUX-qRRF3dh0t52USF1KaCNSrjdtlF0841I-DIzag13ysosSLQMMgcMptJawM-CDvP_mN1Gdt2wjyKk1H7IJwmCdshnNpXeIcTQjsoMlzkbj2tZT/s1600/DSC01981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrf6g8ETdrtVlbyRr8yV8EMl-9so6OUX-qRRF3dh0t52USF1KaCNSrjdtlF0841I-DIzag13ysosSLQMMgcMptJawM-CDvP_mN1Gdt2wjyKk1H7IJwmCdshnNpXeIcTQjsoMlzkbj2tZT/s640/DSC01981.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkVXiyUQQY_dAsrtmGw_FxDD8Sy7BKakdfbGb9bLO3kDNTLn9xOOo_FdNbr6xjFrfGKTzvW_ix2498sUVY2S7i09KX71dDmG6f4YP6dWGihuWQddRbYS20xvYnPTtuXh28IauxbT_0pAK/s1600/20120102_134059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkVXiyUQQY_dAsrtmGw_FxDD8Sy7BKakdfbGb9bLO3kDNTLn9xOOo_FdNbr6xjFrfGKTzvW_ix2498sUVY2S7i09KX71dDmG6f4YP6dWGihuWQddRbYS20xvYnPTtuXh28IauxbT_0pAK/s640/20120102_134059.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><i>Joop! Thrill, Paco Robanne Lady Million, Ghost Deep Night</i></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>Joop! Thrill</b> was actually given to me at work as a Christmas present, and with its gaudy pink packaging and sweet scent it was an instant hit! I wont attempt to identify the heart or base notes in these fragrances for fear of completely embarrassing myself with my lack of perfume knowledge, but I do know this is a lovely, strong floral scent, which is also reasonably cheap <i>(£15 for 50ml)</i> so is most definitely a favourite with me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">The small moon shaped bottle in the picture is in fact a small 10ml version of<b> Ghost Deep Night</b> which was previously my all time favourite perfume! Its a strong, night time scent which I have millions of sample sizes of from Boots Christmas gift sets!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">Out of the three, <b>Paco Robanne Lady Million</b> is an outright favourite for me but at £30 for 30ml it is also the least cost efficient for my bank balance, so this is saved only for the most special of occasions. The smell however is to die for, strong and luxurious but still light enough to wear during the day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">After a little googling I have discovered all my favourite scents are actually floral scents- apparently I'm a floral sort of girl!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;">An honourable mention also goes to my <b>Boots Natural Collection Vanilla Spray</b> which is the perfect light, soft scent to wear on days when I just cannot justify wasting a £2 squirt of perfume but want to smell sweet. And for only £3 in Boots this is a lovely everyday scent!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>What's your all time favourite perfume?!</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWYC-urVkX008oHFu3JWKwwi-ps7YJvFCMta5YYGpPi7l7R9cChzJZzK8PCQDjQpOkFOq_yjoYI-SC8Mq7BmKoy7fMzaCkUR-QjSqkDa_9PPLV8deau0vH-o7Z1ofCqK51nISEmcNJQYH/s1600/sig+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWYC-urVkX008oHFu3JWKwwi-ps7YJvFCMta5YYGpPi7l7R9cChzJZzK8PCQDjQpOkFOq_yjoYI-SC8Mq7BmKoy7fMzaCkUR-QjSqkDa_9PPLV8deau0vH-o7Z1ofCqK51nISEmcNJQYH/s1600/sig+3.png" /></a></div>

le parfum.

I have never really been a 'perfume' type of girl. I'm not a big fan of many of the popular scents on the market and quite frank...

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