EOS Ultra Moisterizing Shave Cream

taken from the Internet

The weather is warming up and it's time to shed some articles of clothing, with that being said the skin has to be popping ( in the words of Tamara Braxton). That means all those unsightly hairs that have been hidden under jeans, tights, and trousers need to be taken care of ASAP.

While shopping in one of my favorite stores (target) I ran across eos shave cream. I started not to purchase it because of the hefty price of $ 3.49 ( don't hold me to that). I'd  much rather have picked up a can of shaving cream for a dollar as long as it did the job, I did not really care. Their were two reasons that I decided to purchase the product.

1. I have the eos lip balm and it's amazing
2. The front of the bottle says that you can shave wet of dry, which it perfect for those quick touch ups.

So I decided to get the pomegranate raspberry and I went home and tried it on my legs. I must say that it lives up to the claims on the back of the bottle, which are:

This non-foaming cream boosts skin's moisture level and keeps it smooth long after you're done shaving. It's so moisturizing, you can shave wet of dry. And eos provides a closer shave, even helping to prevent those little razor bumps.

Who knows? You might even look forward to shaving....oh ladies I really look forward to shaving.

I lathered the lotion on my legs and went to work. I shaved without water and it was effortless, quick and not messy at all.

So for all of you ladies who need that quick and effortless shave, eos is for you! I will be that I keep this stocked in the bathroom cabinet.


If you have tried it, let me know what you think.




Shameka

Passion and the Pursuit of Self

Opera's Life Class is scheduled on my calendar every Monday night at 8. During the two hours I reflect, learn,  and become reinspired to keep going on my journey to have the greatest life I can, and to move and motivate you to do the same.

The last show was all about how passion drives purpose. It got me thinking about my true authentic self and how she lies with in my passion. I am very passionate about the development of self and through my own need to be better gives others the permission to be better.  As Marianne Williamson says "when we shine we give other the right to shine". So with this thought in mind I have realized I can only be who I was meant to be only when I am centering my life around the thing or things that I am passionate about.

What are your thoughts on this?

Shameka

Monday Inspirtation: Killing Self Doubt!

For you were not given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and self-discipline

2 Timothy 1:7

It's hard! I don't know? I don't know how. I'm unsure. I may be wrong. What am I doing? These are all the phrases that roll through my brain when I am doubting myself. From my experience doubt has kept me from being bold, and having that spirit of power. It has kept me in my comfort zone, robbed me of the opportunity to stretch my wings and fly. As I sit on the edge of a major transition in my life, one that I know can make me or break me all the times that I have doubted myself scroll across the screen in my brain. It is in this specific moment in time where self doubt can cause me to stay in an unhealthy place. Self doubt told me that I was not good enough, that I did not know what I was doing, no one would listen to me, and ultimately I did not matter. Those thoughts killed my confidence and made me want to hide behind a rock many days. As I work on being Bold! I'm ready to KILL Doubt!

Here's the Plan:

1. Recognize: It's hard to kill something if you don't have it in your sights. I'm going to be checking for that little bugger and squashing it as soon as the thought enters into my head.

2. Forget what others think: One big trigger for doubt for me is what others will think of me. I want to be perfect, sweet, nice and charming, and I want others to think of me that way, so before I do anything I always think of what others will think. This hinders me from speaking my mind often for fear of being wrong. So now I say, who cares! The only way that you can learn the right answer some times is to give the wrong one.

3. Actions speak louder than words: Doubt keeps me from doing loads of things. I usually remain in a cycle of should I or should I not. Well no more of that. It's time to step out on faith. I'm ready to see where faith leads me.

Something tells me that pushing doubt out of the way could lead me right to my dreams!!!!!

Leave a comment and let me know what you think about this post.

I hope you enjoy,

Shameka

I don't want to be skinny, just healthy!

taken from the internet

I weigh XXX, yep it has gotten that bad. Before I go on let me clarify that I have never been one of the people who can say they weighed in the double digits in their teenage years, or in the lower hundreds. I have always been a curvy girl. When I was toddler my mom had to buy me husky pants from the boy section because my butt and thighs were just that juicy. As I got older I struggled with being the biggest girl in my class, not being able to fit the clothes in the girls section, and finally having a body that men twice my age lusted after which garnered unwanted attention from men. From these experiences that affected me all different ways I learned some very conflicting lessons that affects me in my adulthood.

1. I would never be as good as the other girls.
2. I can't look like the other girls
3. Men are only interested in one thing when it comes to men.



These three things I learned turned into a complex that has allowed me to accept my current weight at XXX. My weight has turned into an excuse not to really go after what I want, because I don't measure up. Because I have told myself this for years each time I start a new weight loss program I unconsciously sabotage myself. Although I want to lose the weight badly I am scared of the girl who is locked inside of me waiting to have her chance in this world. I desperately want to to fit in a size XX. I want to be able to shop in boutiques, and look cute in just about anything, but most of all I want to be healthy. If I don't lose anything I want to know that I have made the choices that will prepare my body to help me reach my dreams. To help others you must help yourself first. How can I encourage you to be you best and have everything you want if I am not doing the same. I dare not be a hypocrite.

As I get older the more I see the repercussions of an unhealthy lifestyle. It is heart breaking when those excuses add up and you realize  that you can't change the heart disease, or diabetes that you have made the choice to have. So as I write this post I am making the choice to lead a healthy life style. I will no longer focus on the 10 pounds I need to loose but to adopt a healthy routine that I can follow that result in the healthiest life. I refuse to wake up one day with no choice. I choose healthy.

Here is my plan:

Eat breakfast, I never constantly eat breakfast. I always make an excuse that I don't have the time. Breakfast is very important in having a healthy lifestyle. It gives your body the energy to make it through the first part of the day. It also wakes up metabolism, and keeps it burning throughout the day.

Fall in love with H20, I have never been a water drinker. Sometimes I will make water my last option when I am thirsty. Now water will be the first choice. I am going to have to work myself up to eight glass a day.

Get moving, now I just go to work and come home. Once I'm home I flop down in my bed with the remote in my hand. What a bad habit. My energy level is down,while my stress level is extremely high which is even more of a reason to get moving.

After I get these three things under my belt I plan to add to the list so stay tuned. I will be also regularly updating you on my health journey and hope that you will join me no matter if you are over weight or not.

Tell me what you do to stay healthy?

Shameka

Do you know what you deserve?

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.

Marianne Williamson 

 

As you make your way to that place that you crave to be you may encounter opportunities that seem to good to be true, or just may seem out of your league. What do you do in those instances? Do you shrink back and let someone else have it because they may seem a little bit more qualified than you? Do you tell yourself that you can't do it for fear of failure?Well if you do than you have a little work to do before you can even utter the word Bold.

What is your worth? What do you deserve? If you can not answer these questions than there is not way you can ask for what you want. You may not even know what you want. Knowing your self worth , makes you important, It shows that you love yourself no matter what others have to say, or think. Loving yourself is the basis for being Bold. That's the only way you will be able to stand up for yourself.

Instead of shrinking to fit into the box the expectations of other put you in , stand up tall and give it all you have. Practice being worthy by letting your light shine. Refuse to be mediocre. Stand out!

Just something to think about.

Shameka


P.S. I am still looking for feedback. Let me know what you think about SheMogul. I want to make it a better reading, and relating experience for you. What do you want to see, or what could I add?

Why Be Bold?

Freedom Lies In Being Bold

Robert Frost

In Feburary I left behind excuses, and learned to face opposition head on, so why not know be bold? Before you can be bold, you have to know what it Adventourous, brave, couragous,sponatenous,

Here are five reasons you should be bold:

1. It makes your life exciting. You don't have to go over board, but you can do something you have never done. Some people find themselves being bold in certain areas of their lives such as with fashion while rather conservative in others. Step outside of your comfort zone, one step at a time.

2. You get what you what want. Instead of taking the back seat, take the front.

3. Strive to be a bit different.Being bold is all about pushing the status quo. People dont get noticed for being like everyone else. Be uniquely you.

4. Express who you really are. Indulge in the things that you really love, just because you love them.

5. Create the life that you want. Don't watch life pass you by! Live it, why not be bold.

Let me know how you like to be bold. One of my favorite way is to wear a bright bright lip color just because I like the color.

Invite a friend to read and follow SheMogul!

Shameka

Saying Goodbye to Excuses!

Since I discovered my first Seventeen Magazine 13 years ago I was hooked. I loved the pops of color on the pages, and the opportunity to read about the different lives of girls around the world. Laying on my bed for that hour reading and re-reading the articles took me from my ordinary life as an average high school girl to taking a peek at the world beyond my small southern city. I also learned, I learned things that mom did not have time to teach me. How to do my hair, what perfume smelt great, or how to put on make up. My mom, bless her heart was a single parent working 12 hour shifts. I only saw her on her way in from work or on her way out to go to work. Seventeen was my teacher. As I got older I started to gravitate to Essence and Elle, Glamour and InStyle. You can find the many copies scattered throughout my apartment as well as Success, Black Enterprise, and Entrepreneur. As I matured my taste in reading matured, but what never changed is the desire to create my own magazine filled with inspiration, power, and guidance to young women.



As the real world came swarming in, I could no longer dream about magazines, editing, fashion, creating inspiring articles, or taking over the world one reader at a time. I had to be practical. Find a job that would support me, hence the medical field. I spent years doing what others wanted from me, I did not have the courage to even understand that I had a dream or calling;it was just something I thought about from time to time. As I set off to achieve a level of success I was burdened with heaviness of being the first in my family to graduate from college so I had to " make it," what ever that means. On my journey to" making it" I have stumbled, picked myself up, stumbled again, and now remain frustrated because I am plagued with the desire to create and inspire, I need to write.

Every post I write on SheMogul is a chip away at every excuse I made because of fear, or lack of self confidence. The more readers I gain the more momentum I gain. Soon SheMogul will not be just a blog that is glanced at from time to time. SheMogul as Candice says will be a movement, a brand.

As you set forth on your journey to living out your purpose there are three very key elements that you must keep at the forefront of your mind:
1. You can only live your life for yourself, living for others is the best recipe for unhappiness.
2. Fear is an evil nasty thing that can keep your from your purpose in life.
3. Excuses are what we use to waste time. Really what is an excuse, but just a way to justify why something did not get done. Remember that if there is a WILL the is a WAY!

This week I challenge you to say goodbye to excuses and just do it! Leave a comment and let me know what you think of SheMogul.....



Shameka