Peace Family,
Below is "The Sting" this week's run down of what you can expect from HoneyCee.blogspot.com. I want to thank you all for riding with me, reading my post, and giving me your feedback. Your feedback is thoroughly appreciated and inspires me to keep sharing. Enjoy the video! and feel free to leave questions, suggestions, or comments below. Cee ya in the next post!
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Good morning, Good morning, Good morning Family!
I feel so blessed to be writing you all today. God favored us and woke us up so lets give thanks and praise! I hope your weekend went well. I thoroughly enjoyed my weekend and wish it could have lasted longer lol (Don't we all say that). I wanted to let you all know that I participated in Step Out! Walk to Fight Diabetes October 2 and it was truly an experience. I am raising money through this organization to spread Diabetes awareness and prevention. This is a cause very near and dear to my heart as Diabetes has affected my maternal family in great numbers. My mother was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 37. To read more about my personal reason for joining this initiative click here. I just really wanted to share with you my video footage from the walk and encourage you to make a donation (no matter how small) to help those afflicted with Diabetes and help prevent others from developing this illness. I wish you all a wonderful and fruitful day. Link to video below:) Cee ya in the next post!!
Link to "Step Out!" Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzky4qTmPFw
What do tea, a book, a towel, and a toilet seat all have in common? A bath! lol Yesterday I found enough time to indulge in one of my favorite past times, a long relaxing bath. I even had the time to try the Oyin Handmade Bath Fizz I received a month or two back at their pod cast taping. It was very moisturizing to my skin. I just wish it would have smelled a little stronger. Inside the packet, the fizz smelled like Burnt Sugar Pomade but in the bath it really had no fragrance. Then again I was burning rosemary incent...:/ Hmm Idk I just wish it would have had more smell lol But the bath was very relaxing. I really enjoyed the tranquility of it. I've been working so hard lately and yesterday was a crazy day. If you want to know how crazy check out my "How You Doing Wednesday" you tube video. But I'm holding it together with God's grace. I've been reading Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi's entire body of work and Half of a Yellow Sun has not failed in comparison to her other novels. This woman is a truly remarkable writer. She exposes us to Africa's post colonial issues in a way that is very informative yet engrossing. She gives you a little sugar with your medicine and writes in a way that really opens your heart and mind to Africa's political climate. My tea was my tea. It is always the same green (sometimes with a little citrus or peach) and hot:) I really enjoyed my Cee time today as I don't really have much down time anymore. I know some people are grossed out at the thought of baths, but i encourage you all to try it. You muscles and skin will thank you later:) As always I wish you all peace and light. Cee ya in the next post!
Peace Family,
I'm back with another "Heartfelt Recipe" that I think you all will love. I chose to do an Oatmeal and Honey Face Mask because I recently did a guest post for Naturally Obsessed that allowed me to discover all the wonderful benefits of honey. It is a natural ant-inflammatory, heals cuts and burns, and can even act as a deep conditioner for hair! After I concluded my research, I just knew that I would to try some of the many recipes I found. Here are the details for this mask:
- Half cup of ground oat meal (you can use a blender. I used the Great Value brand Oatmeal)
- 2 tsp of honey (I used Great Value brand honey)
- 5 table spoons of waters (I used tap water)
Stir this mixture together and your ready to go! This recipe makes enough for three applications. I stored the remainder in the fridge and used it this past Sunday. To cee how I applied the mask check out the video below. I let it stay on my face for about fifteen minutes before rinsing. Afterward, I noticed my face was a lot smoother and so baby soft! My pores were much smaller and the redness of my pimples was greatly reduced (which can be attributed to the oatmeal.) I hope you enjoyed this post. Let me know if you decide to try it. Leave your questions, comments, suggestions below. As always, I wish you all a peaceful and productive week. Cee ya in the next post!
Peace Family,
I wanted to share with you all someone who I think is a gift to her career field and a joy to have met, Miss Ashley Haydel a Maryland based massage therapist who specializes in Swedish and deep tissue massages. I had the pleasure of receiving one of her FANTASTIC massages this past weekend and sitting down for some girl talk turned interview ;). Here is what she had to say:
HoneyCee: Why did you choose to go in to massage therapy?
Ashley Haydel: I was unhappy in my line of work at that time and my coworkers would tell me that I was good with my hands because I always gave massages. One day I fell asleep on the couch with the television on and when I woke up right there was a Medix School advertisement for massage therapy! I said "you know what I'm going to call them."
HoneyCee: What have you learned from your training that stood out to you?
Ashley Haydel: The transference of energy. We do an exercise called "palm to palm" where we measure energy and my energy ball is huge! It's just ridiculous. I could stand across the room from a person and they could still feel me, my energy. It requires a lot of concentration.
HoneyCee: Where would like to cee yourself in the long term? What are you future aspirations or goals for massage therapy?
Ashley Haydel: My best friend, my little sister (who went to school for cosmetology), and I would like to open a tea shop where customers can come for open mike nights and music. I would also like to open a massage studio with my sister where clients can come and escape all their stress. We would like to provide our customers with a peaceful and nurturing atmosphere.
HoneyCee: Toss up: If you could be any where in the world right now where would it be and why?
Ashley Haydel: I would like to go to India and visit a real Buddhist temple. Buddhism is a journey. Buddhist do believe in God and the spiritual connection between self and the creator.
To cee Miss Haydel in action check out the video below and to schedule your own consultation email her at aehaydel@gmail.com . As always, I wish you all peace and light. Cee ya in the next post!!
"Beauty is power; a smile is its sword." ~Charles Reade
Hey Family,
I know that I usually greet you all with a "Song of the Day" but I had to share this quote with you all that I read on one of my fave curly girl friendly websites Curlynikki.com "Beauty is power; a smile is its sword." ~Charles Reade It resonated within me. Body language is very important and something that I could do a better job of working on myself lol. Truth is I love to smile, laugh, and generally have a good time and who doesn't. Sometimes the inconvenient aspects of our lives keep us from doing this as much as we would like to. But each day is a blessing and I treasure my time spent with family, friends, doing the things I enjoy and giving them my huge/wide smile that I often tried to hide as a child lol. It's almost like that saying that goes "when you're feeling down dress up" it is suppose to make you feel better. So I encourage you all to give a smile to your love ones today even if something is bothering you or you just don't feel like what the day has in store. And I'm going to take my own advice too. I'm about to go in my sisters room and smile all up in her face right now! lol She will dislike me for it at first but who knows maybe later today, when she is at work, she will think of it and smile too:)
Hey Family,
Below is this weeks webisode of "The Sting" a weekly run down of what you can expect here on HoneyCee.blogspot.com. I have a lot of interesting post for you guys this week including face masks, interviews and a recap of my recent walk for "Step Out" Walking to Fight Diabetes. (More on that in another post) Last week was so crazy busy! I am adjusting to a new routine, but I am back and ready to bring you all the best in home made body care recipes, hair care recipes, food recipes, inspiration, motivation, and local events. I look forward to all that is to come. Please check out the video below and feel free to leave your questions, comments, suggestions. As always, I wish you all peace and light. Cee ya in the next post!
