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Style of the Month Club

Are you feeling adventurous? Or maybe you just want to get some lovely Color Street in your mail every month without having to do anything more than sign up? Excellent. I have just the thing – my new Style of the Month Club!

Each month, I’ll feature a different Color Street style with the styles being seasonally appropriate as far as possible. May’s set included Early Blooms, and June’s set will be a style from the Patriotic Collection. (And FREE SHIPPING.)

How does it work? Anyone who signs up between the 1st and the 15th of the month can expect their SotM set to ship on the 20th of that month. Anyone who signs up between the 15th and the last day of the month can expect their initial box to ship by the 5th of the following month. The month in which you sign up is the box you’ll get, though.

Wow. I’m making this sound way more complicated than it is, I swear. Basically, if you signed up June 7th, your box featuring the Patriotic collection would be shipped June 20th. If you signed up June 17th, your box would be shipped July 5th.

Your subscription will be renewed monthly on the 15th of every month with boxes shipped on the 25th. 🙂

If this seems like something you’d be into, you can sign up by clicking below. There’s no commitment, and you can cancel anytime, of course!

Sign up via PayPal!

Please note: There won’t be returns on Style of the Month products. If your products arrive damaged or defective, we can work out a replacement, though.


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6 Apps to Help You Conquer the World (or at least your day)

This week is all about apps or software to help us get shit DONE. From upping my direct sales game to helping me center myself, these are the apps I’m digging most and, more importantly, the ones I think you’ll find wicked helpful, too. They’re not sorted in any particular order, by the way. (In other words, don’t ask me to pick a favorite because I love them all. 😂)

  1. Perspective App – I wanted a quick little journaling app to help me be more aware of when I’m doing things that help me feel like I’m living my best life v. things I’m doing because I think I should or because they’re a bad habit or whatever. This definitely fit the bill. There are prompts for times you might be stuck, and it really does help you track your moods, habits, etc. Plus, it’s free**!
  2. 365 Gratitude app – as you probably know, I run a daily gratitude group on FB. I try to remember to post there daily, but I fall down sometimes. So I was SUPER HAPPY when my friend, Amber Rodham Keating, suggested this app. (P.S. Buy her husband’s movie. It’s a favorite thing this week, but since it’s not an app, it didn’t make the list.)
  3. FIITFU – Y’all, I love my direct sales business. I REALLY love my customers, but my brain is addled with the ADHD, so follow up is a real struggle for me. Enter FIITFU (Fortune Is In The Follow Up). Now I’m not gonna lie and say this thing is perfect because hoo boy, it’s not. But is it the best thing going for direct sellers? Absolutely YES. Has it improved my follow up game by leaps and bounds? FUCK. YES. Plus, you can do a month-long free trial, so what do you have to lose?
  4. Trello – I don’t even know how to start to explain the glory of Trello. It’s kind of like if Pinterest and Evernote had a baby. Except better. Man, just go check it out!
  5. Text Expander – I don’t know how I lived without this, tbh. If you have a Mac or iPhone, you already know about creating text shortcuts for commonly used phrases, and this is like that, except ON STEROIDS. (And it works on all apps on my Mac, unlike the native text expansion which Google Chrome refuses to recognize.) The autocorrect feature is also an upgrade from Mac’s native app. If you’re a direct seller doing Facebook parties, you can create each of your party posts in this app and only have to do a few keystrokes to have your posts entered. So long 3rd party posting services which might or might not work this week!
  6. ThinkUp – this app has been a favorite for a while now. You create your own affirmations in YOUR VOICE (which is important because your subconscious will listen to you more than some random voice). They say it best – “bring yourself to the next level.”

So, do you use any of these apps? What’s on your list of favorites?

**All these apps are free or free to try.


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Your Nails Want to Be in the Never Nude Society

So, quick(ish) tip – do not get your nails wet without protection. Your nails are made up of layers of keratin; it’s not just one solid mass of NAIL MATERIAL. (That’s why nails peel sometimes – the layers separate and that top layer gets detached/damaged/whatever.)

These layers soak up water like a sponge, and that separates them which makes them vulnerable to damage, peeling, etc, right? But if you have a protective coating (BOTH SIDES!), the water can’t get in and separate the layers. (Think of it like painting a fence. You can’t just paint one side to prevent damage.)

So even if you don’t want to have Color Street on 24/7 (which I 100% do NOT understand, but you do you, boo), have SOMETHING on your nails if you’re going to shower, bathe, do dishes*, WHATEVER. A great base coat would be fine, in fact. This is a really fantastic one, if you’re not going to use Color Street. (But I mean, Color Street is base, color, and top coat all in one, so…why wouldn’t you use that? ;))

*If you’re going to have your hands actually IN dishwater v. just rinsing stuff and sticking it in the dishwasher, go ahead and wear gloves. (Yes, seriously. Your nails [AND SKIN!] will thank you, I promise.)


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Friday Favorites: My “Get Yo’ Growth On” Cuticle Oil Recipe

I promised you in my long-awaited cuticle oil post I’d give you the recipe for the cuticle oil I use and love. So, here you go! Enjoy!

Here’s my recipe (along with links so you can make your own if you’re feeling up to that).
Base oil (this can be used by itself just fine, and I add it to every hand lotion I have for extra oomph):
4 oz. Jojoba oil
2 oz. Vit E oil
Mix together. Store in a cool, dark place.

For nail/cuticle oil:
In one-ounce dropper bottles, add…
6 drops Frankincense*
6 drops Myrrh*
7 drops Lavender*.
Fill to top with base oil. Shake well. Use one drop per nail. Or fill your nail brush pen or polish bottle and use that way. Whatever you want; I’m not the boss of you.

I’m not an essential oils expert, so I chose the above with guidance from ACTUAL ESSENTIAL OIL GURUS. (Shout out to Samantha and Cait!) If you have essential oils expertise and wanna mix your own, go nuts! They’re your nails, friend.

I hope you’ll let me know if you try this recipe. I’d love to get feedback! If you have a recipe you love, share it in the comments. I’m open to experimenting!

*I buy my oils here exclusively. The price is reasonable. Their service is fantastic. They have a rewards program. Best part? I don’t have to commit to anything. What’s not to love?


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Five Reasons Cuticle Oil Should Be Your New BFF

So I mention cuticle oil in nearly every post. “Use cuticle oil.” “Cuticle oil should be in your toolkit.” Etc. And yet, I haven’t written a single post about it. “WTF, mate?” you ask.

For me, the problem has been figuring out how to give a few good reasons without also wanting to delve into the science behind these reasons. (Dudes, your nails are frigging FASCINATING. Like the whole human body is weird and amazing and awesome, but nails [and hair, too, really] are kind of the weirdest but best of all the weird, amazing shit about your body. Well, to me anyway.)

But I finally buckled down and got it done. Not saying this will be my final post on this topic, but hopefully this list will convince you to start doing right by your cuticles, sis.

  1. Healthy cuticles mean healthy nails which means strong, flexible nails which means fewer painful breaks. (If you’ve ever had a nail break or tear below the “quick,” you know that pain is no joke.)
  2. It adds moisture to your cuticles so they’re all plump and firm and youthful looking and shit. So you can pretend your hands are still 25 just like your brain. Or is that just me? DON’T JUDGE ME.
  3. Since your cuticles are moisturized, you’re less likely to get hangnails. Which means you’re less likely to pick which means you’re less likely to further damage your cuticles which means you’re keeping them closed for ick-business.
  4. It can help prolong your manicure. SAY WHAT? Yup, it’s true. It keeps the polish more pliable so it’s less prone to chipping. (So basically, your Color Street manicure will be gorgeous for infinity. JK. Well, about the infinity part.)
  5. Your nails will be less brittle and dry because your cuticles are less dry, and this ALSO helps keep your polish from chipping.

By now you probably want to know what cuticle oil you should buy; right? Well, this one. That said, I make my own at home, and I’ll post my recipe for that Friday. 😀

So, are you converted to the cuticle oil life? Let me know in the comments!!


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