Holidays and Work!!

Just wanted to wish each and everyone a very safe and Happy New Year!!

Seasons Greetings!!

Hiiii!

This year has flown by, I don't know about you, but I have overindulged wayyy too much already!!  What's a person to do?? Christmas parties, "going away" parties....way too many friends that bake delicious cookies and cakes...I am only human and I will enjoy my life!! haha

It's kind of early to start, but today I started to detox....not a big deal really, but I'm going to start eating clean (www.thegraciouspantry.com/what-is-clean-eating/) lots of water, green tea, cranberry tea  Cranberry Tea Benefits dandelion tea Facts: Dandelion Tea Benefits and a detox plan I got from Whole Foods called "Flush and be Fit", it's a 14 day plan...so wish me luck, and I will keep you posted!!  

As for the parties...what a blast!!  Good times and great memories!  Here are a few pics to share :)

My son Eddie and Me

My mom Rosie and Me

Family!

Siegfried (from Siegfried and Roy)

Unfortunately, my daughter Marissa (Rissrose2) and my grandbabies, were not able to go due to being ill, but we were missing them!  :)   

My son Eddie, my niece Kara, the guy with the headband and cape, and Me !!

playing on the Computer!

Guest Speaker here!!! Yours truly Rissrose, I'm setting up my mom with a twitter account and have decided to post this picture that we have taken with photobooth!

CHEESE!!!!!!!!

XO Rissrose

Hi Guys!!!  A quickie blog......Just getting ready to go to a Christmas Party, but wanted to share with you some things from an article I read today :)


7 Steps to Younger Looking Skin


must know rules

1. Suds up at night
2. Be UV-ovsessed
3. Manage stress
4. Use a retinoid
5. Update your routine
6. Eat omega-3s
7. Exercise regularly

Just some food for thought....we can talk about these rules in more detail next post.

But, I gotta get ready for this party now!!

Sexy is a state of mind....as is getting "OLD"

Inspiration

  I'm still a little nervous.....so I went on to RissRose2 vlog and read all the comments to get inspiration.  I was so flattered by all of the sweet and very kind comments! Then, I realized....it was my daughter that inspired me.  

  It's funny, really....all of your childrens' lives you're in control, and the teacher....then you wake up and realize that your children have turned into adults and they have a thing or two to teach you.  It's humbling, but it also makes you proud as a parent.  I wonder what those two grand babies of mine will be teaching me!!  To me, like my own children, they will always be my babies.....I am truly blessed!!! 

First Blog

Hi!This my first post on my blog and this is so silly....I'm nervous, I feel like I should have some training wheels on or something! Ok, breathe in....here we go :)

Usually, I don't go to bed this late...but,no matter what, I do this every night before I go to bed and that is take off my make up. Plain and simple...it keeps your skin healthy. When we talk about aging gracefully, we gotta do this. When I was younger I just used Cetaphil cleanser and Cetaphil cream, (it used to be so simple!)But now I incorporate a retinoid and a skin lightener. The retinoid I use is prescribed by my dermatologist, it's called Adapalene cream 0.1% the skin lightener is from my derm as well, it has Hydroquinone 8% in it. I'll talk about that more in another blog... There are several good retinoids OTC, so don't think you have to go to the derm!! The reason I use the skin lightener is because as we age, our skin changes (obviously) and so on this part of my journey, I got hyper pigmentation (lucky me). Now, I gotta warn you...when using these products you really need to use a sunscreen at least a 35, actually, even if you don't use these products, USE SUNSCREEN!!!

Well, fell asleep in between the start and finish....gonna get a little cardio in before I start my day!!

Let me know what your thoughts are, what products you use....let's figure some of this out together!! I'm excited...