For those wondering "why body butter bliss? well...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Have you ever tried them?!? The Body Shop has a wide range of Body Butters that are perfect for all skin types. If you have normal skin or extremely dry skin or something in between, you know that you can find something for you. I started using Body Butters from The Body Shop years ago, and I'll never go back to anything again.

Did you know that The Body Shop was the first company to create 'Body Butter'?!? Sure, they are all over now, but let me tell you why you want to by Body Butter from The Body Shop.
Do you know what Community Trade is? Community Trade is The Body Shop own Fair Trade program. This is one of The Body Shop's five core values. Everything that the company does revolves around the core values.

Quoting from The Body Shop International:
We believe in buying the highest quality natural ingredients and handcrafted products, from the best people, for a fair price. In a nutshell that's Community Trade.
Working with marginalized communities the world over, Community Trade provides a fair, reliable wage to our suppliers, business advice should they want it, and the respect they deserve. It's about forming long-term trading relationships, so families can build futures, plus sustainable benefits to their communities as a whole, so they can build wells, schools, or whatever they decide they need the most.
What's more, we know exactly where each nut, fruit, or oil comes from, how they were harvested and, probably, by whom. So we always know it's the best we can buy.
Community Trade means our money is spread more fairly across more people, from more communities, in more countries. As a pioneer of fair trade we know the difference it can make - we've been doing it for 20 years. Today over 15,000 people in 24 countries around the world benefit.

Each Body Butter from The Body Shop contains at least one Community Trade ingredient. You can feel good about buying your Body Butter from The Body Shop because money directly from the sale of your Body Butter goes right back to the community who supplied The Body Shop with such fantastic ingredients.
My recommendation (this time of year) is to try the Brazil Nut Body Butter, my personal favorite. It's perfect for Winter's dry skin. It smells a bit like roasted marshmallow. The Brazil Nuts come from about 8 tribes of Kayapo Indians in Brazil.

Another great thing about The Body Shop is that they do not test on animals. Grab your containers at home and see just how many of them say, 'Finished product not tested on animals'. Think about it. What about the product ingredients? What happened PRIOR to the product being finished.

When you buy your Body Butter, you know that it will moisturize your skin for a good 24 hours. As you get out of the shower in the morning and put on your Body Butter, you'll know that when you climb into bed at night, your skin will still be super soft and hydrated. You won't regret it!

So what are you waiting for? Try some today and let me know what your favorite is...that is if you can actually choose just one ;p

Shop 24/7 at www.thebodyshopathome.com/web/stefini your skin will Thank you!



Oh my ...YUM!!!

Sunday, February 8, 2009



Caramel-Drizzled Brownie Hearts

Love brownies? Here's a special way to love every chocolaty crumb.
Prep Time: 20 min
Total Time: 2 hours 15 min
Makes: 12 brownie hearts


1 box (1 lb 6.5 oz) Betty Crocker® Original Supreme brownie mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box
1 bag (14 oz) caramels, unwrapped
3 tablespoons whipping cream
1/2 cup chopped pecans


1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with foil. Grease bottom only of foil with shortening or cooking spray. Make brownie mix as directed on box, using pouch of chocolate syrup, water, oil and eggs. Bake as directed for 13x9-inch pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.


2. Using foil to lift, remove brownie from pan. Remove foil. With deep 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut 12 brownies.


3. In medium microwavable bowl, microwave caramels and whipping cream uncovered on High 1 to 3 minutes, stirring every minute, until caramels are melted.


4. Arrange brownies on serving plate. Drizzle caramel mixture over brownies. Sprinkle with pecans. High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions on brownie mix box for 13x9-inch pan.


Make the Most of This Recipe With Tips From The Betty Crocker® Kitchens
Variation
Make double-chocolate brownie hearts by drizzling with chocolate syrup instead of the caramel.



Nutrition Information:
1 Brownie Heart: Calories 380 (Calories from Fat 130); Total Fat 14g (Saturated Fat 3 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 220mg; Total Carbohydrate 59g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 38g); Protein 4g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 8% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 3

What did we ever do without cellphones?!?

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Have you ever found yourself in a sudden networking situation, and NOT had your business cards or other business materials on you? Bet you had your cell phone though...

MyDropcard.com lets you easily share your contact info with your phone—for free!
Once you’ve registered and entered all of your contact information at the site, you’re good to go. As if that wasn’t cool enough, you can create two separate profiles; one for business and the other for personal contacts.

When you meet someone new, simply text “drop” and their email address to “41411″ and Dropcard will deliver your contact info directly to their email. You can even add your social network profiles on your dropcard (i.e. LinkedIn) or your blog.

Dropcard also has convenient text messaging shortcuts so you don’t have to waste so much time texting. For example, you can replace the “@” symbol when typing your friend’s email address with a space and Dropcard will know what you mean. And if your friend’s email is on Gmail, even better! Text “drop” and their email address without “@gmail.com” and you’re done. For more ways to cut your text time, check out more Dropcard shortcuts here.

Not only is this handy, it sure beats carrying 100+ business cards to hand out at a conference. On top of that, soon they’ll be offering users more features (i.e. personal logo, attachments, statistics, etc.) for $4.99 a month. That might be helpful for the hardcore networkers and a few DS "coaches" I know!!!