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                          If you want happiness for an hour …take a nap.   If you want happiness for a day …go fishing.   If you want happiness for a month …get married.   If you want happiness for a year …inherit a fortune.   If you want happiness for a lifetime …help others.  ~Chinese Proverb     If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you [...]

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. ~Ivan Panin Beauty lies in the specific looks of a person, rather than the object, because different people feel beauty in different things. ~Vally The future [...]

1. Try everything twice. On Madam’s tombstone (of Whelan and Madam) she said she wanted this epitaph: Tried everything twice…loved it both times! 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!) 3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let [...]

By T. D. Jakes   There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don’t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying [...]

Excerpt from Beauty 101 By Ralph Ann Forrest       Finding The Right Mask For Your Skin Type      Specialty products such as facial masks are great to use! There are basically three types of masks: Hydrating, Exfoliating and Purifying. Knowing what each one does will aid in helping you find the right facial cleanser for your skin.     Hydrating Masks restores moisture [...]

By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor                             In our November 2007 issue, we told you about our Fashion 411’s writer, Lanee Smith and her fundraising event, Responding To The Challenge. Beauty Culture is proud to support Lanee and  the many other entrepreneurs who are giving back to the community by sharing their time and talent. Thanks for all you [...]

    By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor   Everywhere you go these days you see it. The supermarket check stands tout the latest celebrity couples as the paragons of parenthood, marriage, and charitable souls. But next week, they’ll be shouted down as too fat (or too thin), degenerate or even downright evil. Their every move is recorded for posterity, dissected [...]

By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor   I had the great opportunity to travel to Sweden earlier this month. It’s a long way from my home in California to the tiny village of Stugun, just hours from the Arctic Circle, where my nephew and his family live. Some people thought me crazy to make such a trip, but there [...]

By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor                 April 21, 2007 was a great day for me. I was able, for the first time, to see my vision of an all ages fashion show take place in my hometown! With the help of some very kind and talented people, we pulled off a great show, and I ended up with [...]

By Bette Miles-Holleman, Editor I took an informal survey of everyone on all of my mailing lists, and asked them for their own personal glimpse into real beauty. I expected to get varied answers, but by and large, the response was pretty much the same, for both men and women ABOUT men and women in their [...]