VIVA Forever Young

All About Men’s Health

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“Discover How To Hinder The Aging Process On Your Body And In Your Life!”

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Here’s what’ll you find…

- What has your mental state got to do with your age?

- What you can do so you feel revitalized, refreshed and renewed!

- How to look and feel 30 when the calendar actually says you’re 60…

- Regain your youthful years without having to sacrifice lots of money or time to do it!

- How to change your lifestyle so you can start looking younger now!

- What to do to get rid of stress in your life that inevitably makes you look and feel old!

- Reduce the effects of wrinkles and other old age symptoms!

- Strategies you can do in your own home.. Natural solutions to look, think and feel better and healthier…

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“Viva Forever Young”

AUGUST NEWSLETTER

What a surprize! Did you enjoy those few cool August nights? And what glorious sunshining days and starry, starry nights. What an unusual winter season; what winter? Confused? That’s what I am. Which takes me to my next point.

When Dr. John Gray wrote the book, “Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus” he hit the nail on the head. Women and men perplex each other. Women’s complexity of emotions resulting from their myraid of hormones and men who hide in their caves. I’m puzzled by the actions or inactions of our male counterparts, probably as much as they are by me. In fact, I know so because they tell me so.

We women love to talk about problems. In general women love to talk about anything and everything. Men generally love to fix problems. Isn’t that right? So if that’s true, why don’t men do the same about their own health issues?

Commonly, women appear to be more concerned with their own health and that of their family and will regularly visit doctors, dentists and other clinics. Women have been conditioned to see doctors from a young age because of their need for health checks for contraception and pap smears.

However research shows men are another issue altogether. Men are more likely to give priority to their work committments rather than rest or treatment. It’s like illness equals weakness and that image reflects poorly; it’s not masculine because ‘real’ men don’t complain. Besides going to a doctor is a chick thing, so ‘real’ men tend to “tough” it out and ignore problems. Men are less likely to discuss their health and fear the consequences of illness and disease. So it’s not usually until something is seriously wrong before they take action. No wonder women nag!

“Male health problems are not just a men’s issue because of the impact on wives, mothers, daughters and sisters. Men’s health is truly a family issue.” Congressman Bill Richardson. So all ‘real’ men should look after themselves like they do their vehicles. If they visited their doctors as often as they get their vehicles serviced, their own body engines would remain more finely tuned. Health issues would be detected earlier and extreme sickness or illness could be prevented. And to top it off, a nagging woman might get off their case. Which is worse?

It has been said that if a symptom lasts more than 24 hours it should be assessed by a qualified practioner for relief from pain. Easily treated problems can turn into life threatening situations if left unattended.

Thanks to much research, the most common problems for men have been identified as toilet health, mental health, chest health, head health and general heath. So to all you ‘real’ men these are some of the identified symptons by Health WXrks from their 2008 Health & Lifestyle Programme that you should be looking out for to help your own body engine run at it’s optimum level because ‘real’ men have ‘real’ issues.

Toilet Health

- Interupted urine flow
- Burning or dribbling urine
- Frequent or painful urination or defacation
- Enlarged, painful or lumpy testicles
- Feeling of heaviness or discomfort
- Chronic diarrahoea or constipation
- Erectile dysfunction or penile discharge, blisters, lumps or sores

Did you know that testicular cancer is most common in ‘real’ men between the ages of 20 to 45. So you should examine yourself regularly and if you notice any changes get advice immediately.

Mental Health

There are many and varied symptoms of which we all experience from time to time, however when symptoms become severe and long lasting this is when to take action in seeking help. This is most prevalent in males between the ages of 18 to 25. If you have any concerns, check out the “Beyond Blue” cause.

- Losing interest in sports or sex
- Uncommunicative and increased hostility
- More risk taking and self destructive behaviour, like drugs and alcohol
- Becoming confused, worried and agitated
- Sadness, hopelessness or emptiness
- Finding it difficult to get motivated in the morning
- Neglecting responsiblities
- Feeling overwhelmed, worthless or guilty
- Agitation, pacing and hand wringing
- Loss or change of appetitie, significant weight loss or gain
- Indecisiveness
- Talking negatively about self, low self esteem
- Persistent suicidal thoughts

Chest Health

- Sudden or chronic chest prain or tightening
- Rapid or fluctuating heart beat
- Laboured breathing or wheezing
- Sudden weakness or numbness in arms or legs

Head Health

- New or persistent headaches or migraines
- Virtigo
- Sudden vision, hearing or speech problems
- Repeated fainting spells
- Facial weakness or drooping features
- Chronic snoring
- Painful or swollen glands

General Health

- Excess weight gain or loss
- Feeling tired, rundown, constant thirst
- Persistent cough or hoarness, coughing up blood
- New lumps, bumps, sores or ulcers that won’t heal
- New moles or skin spots

And here are some important ways to help prevent some disease and for general well being.

- Stop smoking
- Exercise 30 minutes each day
- Eat a healthy, balanced diet including at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables daily
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Don’t drink more than the recommended amount of alcohol daily
- Keep you stress levels under control
- Check your blook pressure regularly

So again just a quick note to all you ‘real’ men out there to look after your girls. When the nagging sets in don’t forget to take your body engine for a quick service and fine tuning; not what you’re thinking guys, we mean to the ‘GP’. Got it now. You just might get lucky in more ways than one.

Fortunately the ‘new age real’ men are seemingly taking more time to look after themselves, fine tuning their body engines, hair and skin on a regular basis. ‘New age real’ men are spending more on themselves than history has ever shown. Like women, these ‘new age real’ men wnat to be comfortable and ageless in their own skin.

So What’s New

Introducing…Arbonne’s RE9 Advanced for Men. Whether you’re a ‘new age real’ man or not, Arbonne’s not discriminating. This is an advanced line of grooming products addressing the specific skincare needs of men. With skin soothing botanicals to comfort the skin and soothe razor burn for the ulitmate, comfortable shave whilst also minimizing the signs of aging, smoothing fine lines and improving overall skin texture. Visible results for ‘real’ men. RE9 Advanced for Men.

Maria’s Men’s Special

Buy it and try it; RE9 Advanced for your ‘real’ man. Offering a bonus 20% discount off RRP now to the end of September. For all ‘real’ men.

Yours in good health. From a nagging female counterpart.

Maria M.

Maria Mason

Arbonne Independent Consultant

PH: 0439 689 279

www.VivaForeverYoung.myArbonne.com.au

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Ways to Handle Stress

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JULY NEWSLETTER

July local Show Time has been and gone; a busy and stressful time for some. Cheers to the many dedicated volunteers. Talking of which…

Something just hit me the other day, like a tonne of bricks. I’d forgotten how tiring it is to deal with stress in one’s life. I feel like I’ve been cruising in 4th and 5th gear most of time for a long while now that I didn’t realize what was occurring at first. I became so mentally and physically exhausted from the emotional strain. It was a terrific wake up call and thankfully short lived as a result of prompt actions taken to alleviate the symptoms and cause.

There’s an over-abundance of stress in our daily modern day life. Unfortunately many people live with stress being a constant part of their lives that they’ve forgotten what it’s like to be de-stressed. Sound familiar? Everyone handles stress differently, to different degrees, some better than others. What may be a huge mountain to one, may only be a small molehill to another. Stress can build up over a very long period of time so it appears to have little or no effect until a person finally collapses under the weight they are bearing.

Excessive stress may manifest itself in a variety of ways; emotionally, physically or behaviourally and symptoms can vary enormously from person to person. People have been known to become extremely fatigued, have sleep problems, nervousness, anxiety, muscle tension and body pain, headaches, acne, gastrointestinal disturbances and depression. Some people’s eating habits change, some consume excessive alcohol and drugs and yet others turn prematurely grey or loose excessive hair.

My symptoms are wide and varied and have ranged from fatigue, overeating of junk food, stress acne, muscle tension and pain particularly from the shoulders to the neck and upward to the forehead and temples with extreme greying of my hair just to name the major few.

Excessive alcohol consumption and/or use of drugs is a common way to respond to stress. It seems to relax the body and mind, however it has long been proven that these substances actually increases your stress chemicals. The result is that a small problem produces a big surge of these chemicals and the little problem increases. It often prevents people from facing their problem directly because to them the feel good reaction is a fantastic way to mask their problems and they are therefore unable to develop effective ways to cope with stress.

There was a point in my life when I became so overwhelmed by stress that I was on the sheer edge of a nervous breakdown. Fortunately I was able to recognize it and took action before a major collapse occurred however it did take a considerable amount of time before I recovered. So the message is to take immediate action, don’t hide behind it and where possible recognize and pinpoint the cause, face the problem and take measures to eradicate the it if possible. Don’t hide behind it like I did because it will only delay and multiply the inevitable and the problem will eventually cause sickness.

There are several ways to manage stress and it’s important that we keep a regular de-stress strategy in place. Of course, simple things such as regular time out, deep sleep, relaxing weekends away and lazy holidays, finding your way back to nature such as fishing and camping are excellent ways to ease the pressure of our everyday lives.

Did you know that regular exercise helps reduce the production of our stress hormones and associated neurochemicals? Research shows that exercise is a potent anti-depressant, combating anxiety and works as a sleeping aide for many people. I found it extremely healing and at the same time increasing my fitness level that today I’m very concious of my health and fitness.

The Eastern World has known for centuries that regular meditation, yoga and other relaxation techniques are most beneficial to de-stress and will have lasting effects on one’s health. Meditation is a stilling of the mind. My very first meditation was very powerful and effective. So why not have a go? What have you got to loose? Some soft relaxing and soothing music may help.

Deep therapeutic massages have long been used in European spas for relaxation. It’s important to dissolve the tension buildup that may form deep down in our body tissues as well as our hands, arms, feet, legs, head, face and neck. For best results to help combat stress build up, a programme of at least one full body massage monthly is essential for health and well being. My recent remedial massage was extremely effective in shifting the weight and pain of some deeply bound stress.

Pleaseure yourself. You can help yourself two ways by giving yourself a massage daily with a good oil to help relieve tension and also improve your skins elasticity. Additionally just imagine treating yourself each week to your own relaxing spa journey. Time for you and you only. Take the phone off the hook and let your family know you need at least one hour of uninterrupted peace and quiet to pamper. Send them out for Daddy time while you enjoy yourself.

Give your whole body a good scrub to exfoliate your skins surface, increase micro-circulation and help release toxins. Enjoy a wonderful massage to soothe and stimulate your skin and help drain your lymphatic system. Purify, detoxify and condition your skins surface with a full body mask. Relax and re-energize and rejuvenate in a tub of warm water mixed with therapeutic oils or salts. Luxuriate in a mineral enriched lotion to replenish moisture and re-strengthen your skin. Complete your journey by applying a calming gel to support , nourish and hydrate your skin. You should now be glowing and relaxed.

Pamper yourself with Arbonne’s Seasource range. A complexity of botanical seaweed extracts to provide your skin with the nutrition and hydration required to stimulate, strengthen and support your body and its skin to provide a wonderfully relaxing and detoxifying system which will help de-stress your life. Rejuvenate and re-energize.

So What’s My Pick

Arbonne’s Renewing Body Gelee is a cooling gel with both refreshing and wonderfully calming properties to nourish, hydrate and moisturize your skin. With extracts of sea kelp, algaes, shea butter, butcher’s broom, ivy leaf and green tea extract which will help restore and support your skins surface ionic balance. A very therapeutic gel which has been beneficial in soothing hot flushes and aching muscles and much, much more. Feel and “see” how the “Seasource” line can help your aches and pains and help de-stress , rejuvenate and re-energize you.

From someone who knows.

Maria M.

Maria Mason
Arbonne Independent Consultant
ID 613 007 296
Ph: 0439 689 279
www.VivaForeverYoung.com

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Ingredients to Youthfulness

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JUNE NEWSLETTER

Another hour, another day, it’s mid year June, and before we know it, another year. Time is picking up pace, or is it? Is it our imagination? Or is it age?

Remember when? Do you remember being 8 and you desparately wanted the years to speed up? School was so long and holidays took for ever to come by. And then you were 13 and life was a bit awkward; puberty. At 16 you felt like an adult but didn’t get treated as such. At 18, the world was your oyster; finally you could do as you please. However soon your hitting 25; that’s quarter of a century and then you realize, smack bang, next I’ll be 30, then 40. Time’s flying. Soon be hitting 50 and it’s all downhill from there. Or is it? What happened to time? Where has it gone?

I clearly remember when Mum and Dad were in their 40′s, thinking that’s so old! Now I’m looking at my greys and I don’t feel as old as those greys look. I still love that loud head banging music and dancing the night away. Oh, and what fun it is to speed along, hair untied, flying out behind me.

So what does time have to do with age? Time as we understand it is a measure of intervals which rolls over by seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years into infinity. Age is time of existence which for human beings is measured in years with the average life span being about 70.

So when do we begin aging? Obviously from the time we are born however it’s not until our 30′s or 40′s perhaps that we begin to panic and want to put the handbrake on. If only it was that simple. However there are ways and means of slowing the obvious signs of older age as our physical body deteriorates. Our bodies slow down and our skin begins to wrinkle and crinkle; aches and pains come to haunt us. So what’s happening? Well this is what happens to our skin.

As the years progress, our cells divide more slowly and our inner skin begins to thin. Our skins ability to retain moisture diminishes and our sweat and oil secreting glands deteriorate causing our skin to become dry and scaly. Our natural substances such as elastin, collagen and hyaluronic acid also decrease resulting in less elasticity, structure and volume. As a consequence our skin no longer springs back to its initial position which creates wrinkles, furrows, sagging and drooping. I call them character lines.

We see these signs as aging. But does age determine how old you are? Only if you let it. So adopt an attitude! I’m 46 years young. What about you?

There’s something to be said for staying young and aging gracefully. So here’s some simple ingredients to youthfullness.

- Enjoy the simple things in life.

- Be healthy or get healthy.

- Keep active.

- Grieve, forgive, let go and move on.

- Look forward, not back.

- Don’t worry, be happy and laugh out loud. (LOL)

- Be alive; feel it, see it, hear it, touch it, breathe it, live it.

- Never stop learning.

- Give freely with love.

- Surround yourself with positivity, happiness and love.

Furthermore a pertinent extract from the book, ‘You Can Heal Your Life’ by Louise Hay.

“The point of power is always in the present moment and what happened in the past is over and done with. What is important is what you are choosing to think and believe and say right now for those thoughts and words will create your future. Your point of power is in the present moment and forming the experiences of tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, etc.” Absorb these words and take action. You’ll feel the weight of age fall away and see how much your face will lighten giving you the impression of more time.

But if you’d like a bit more ‘umph’ to tackle the aging and time issue well then here’s a few more tips and kicks to give that youthfullness a high and mighty boost and chase away the crinkles; those telltale signs of wrinkles and impending age.

That’s why the term anti-aging was invented; to help prevent the signs of aging and turn back the hands of time. And there are simple, pure, safe and beneficial skin care products that really do work, that provide results and take the edge off and slow down the visible signs of aging. Are you 30, 40 or more? What are you waiting for. Get in quick!

Outgrow age and address skin health with Arbonne. RE9 Advanced used day in, day out will show visible results in 24 hours. RE9 Advanced is a powerful system of 9 major age-defying elements and botanicals clinically proven to start working within 24 hours. Arbonne, dedicated to bringing beauty, health and prosperity into your life and the lives of others. Now, see for yourself! I for one can truly say that my own character lines have lessened. Give me Arbonne! There are countless others who say they can’t do without their ‘Arbonne’. Arbonne, keeping sisters and brothers united in their quest to outgrow age.

So What’s My Pick

Arbonne’s RE9 Advanced Night Repair Creme. An ultra hydrating blend of botanicals including algae extract, sea buckthorn oil, kudzu, marine lavender, beech tree, peptides and concentrated vitamin C to help support collagen and repair skin to restore that youthful appearance. Suitable for all skin types.

Maria’s Monthly Special

40% discount off RRP still being offered on original NutriMinC RE9 anti-aging products, About Face Makeup and all deleted lines while stocks last through to the end of next month. So if you’re looking for a bargain, look no further. Call or email now so you don’t miss out.

Catch you next month.

Maria M.

Maria Mason
Arbonne Independent Consultant
ID 613 007 296
Ph: 0439 689 279
www.VivaForeverYoung.com

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Cosmetic Makeover – Naturally, The Beautiful New You

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MAY NEWSLETTER

Wining, dining, dancing and racing! It’s fun in the tropics as we continue celebrations this May Carnivale season. Soon we’ll be welcoming a new season. So perhaps it’s time for a new cosmetic makeover to greet the coming cooler weather. Cheers to the beautiful new you.

So naturally, here are some ideas. Get plenty of restive sleep and don’t overstrain your eyes with inadequate lighting or long hours of close work. A terrific soother and relaxant for your tired eyes is to lie down and place a slice of washed and frozen cucumber over your eyelids with a cool cloth over top. Protect your lips from cracking with a soothing lip balm and moisturiser; avoid licking. Maintain a good gentle cleansing, hydrating and nourishing skin routine and preferably use a moisturizer with SPF to provide a minimum protection. However don’t forget to expose your skin to the light sun for a minimum of 10 minutes each day for your dose of vitamin D.

And here’s a few handy hints for those that want more boost than Mother nature gave. Keep it natural, light and simple. Beautiful nature, beautiful science, beautiful you! Use light as air products that allow your skin to breathe. So that means there should be no caking, no thick, gluggy products that look and feel heavy on your skin. They should be nourishing, hydrating, light and natural, preferably with SPF. The best products will allow your natural beauty to shine through giving you a healthy glow. Your skin should breathe and be as comfortable dressed as undressed. It’s important that you treat your brushes to regular washes with a good shampoo or a gentle cleanser and remember to rinse thoroughly and completely dry and fluff. And there’s a must do for ever and ever. Never, ever go to bed with your makeup still on no matter how tired you are. It’s a sin! It’s aging! In fact, it is said that your skin will age 7 whole days every time you do this. The older you get the less time you can afford! So remember you’ll eed a good gentle cleansing, hydrating and nourishing routine to help your skin repair and restore itself in sleep and rest to bring back that fresh clean look time and time again.

Rosy cheeks are said to be a sign of good health; others will be drawn to you. Softly sunkissed skin glows; you’ll shine from head to toe. So for gorgeous skin let’s start with…a primer. It prepares your skin for a flawless makeup application. Compare it to a paint primer which prepares the surface canvas for a better and longer lasting finish. A concealer masks imperfections and dark circles and should not be noticeable on completion of your decided design. Foundation gives your skin an even tone. It should be your natural skin colour and shouldn’t be seen in natural light. Start at your hairline and work down for best results particularly for those people who have noticeable facial hair. Work down under the chin to the neck. It’s possible you may require two different shades if your skin colouring differs in these areas. Make sure to blend well. Don’t be afraid to use your clean dry fingers when necessary. Concealer or foundation on your lips and eyes will help hold your lipstick and shadow longer. Try concealer over your foundation; this has given me best results with a light swirly dusting of mineral powder over top. A loose powder should help set your makeup application. A bronzer will give your skin that glowing sunkissed look where the sun naturally shines on your face working from the forehead down your nose, cheeks and chin and finally a little colour to highlight your decolletage. Your blush, applied on the apple of your cheek moving upwards to your ear should create that natural rosy effect. Finally a highlighter will provide extra radiance to your desired features for gorgeous skin for the new beautiful you.

Your eyes are said to be the windows to your soul. So let them sparkle because your eyes are often the first thing people notice about you. Eye liner defines and shapes your eyes and helps your eyes appear bigger or smaller. A dark and heavy line will make your eyes look smaller. Apply as close to the lash line as possible. Shadow enhances your iris. It’s currently fashionable to use 3 shadows in a light, medium and dark shade of the same colour family – basics are medium for the lid, light above and dark for the lashline and crease of the lid. Blend well. Eye makeup can be your friend or foe. Avoid closing the eye, making it appear smaller. Shading and shaping is the secret; dark to recede and light to bring forth. Mascara defines and lengthens eyelashes and should be applied right into the roots back and forth. It’s the mascara placed near the roots, not the tips that gives the illusion of length. Pull the wand up and through the lashes wiggling as you go to help separate the lashes. Lashes are the focal point for the iris colour and black will make the colour stand out. As in all applications the correct brushes will make it quick and simple providing best results for a finer finish.

Those lips were made for kissing. So have beautiful luscious lips and other people will focus on you when you speak. Lip liner defines and shapes your lips and can make your lips appear fuller or thinner. Start at the centre of your upper lip at the V. Remember to pencil into the corners for real definition, to prevent bleeding and to help hold your lipstick longer. Lipstick obviously needs to be long wearing. For expert application apply with the correct brush especially for bolder shades. A darker shade will make your teeth look whiter and draws attention to you as you speak.
Don’t be afraid to rub your lips together to transfer and fill in the lip colour from top to bottom and even out colour. Marone and warmer colours are ideal for the corporate look. Lips are strong in today’s fashion business with vibrant colours being the rage. A gloss will make your lips shine however a polish will give that beautiful shine without that heavy sticky feeling. You should now have beautiful kissable lips!

The secret with your makeup application is to blend it all well for a smooth flowing natural glowing you. Don’t be afraid to use your fingers in addition to your brushes. Break out of your makeup rut and play with it and experiment with colour combinations. Occasionally toss out the old and bring on the new for a refreshing and exhilirating new look. Gorgeous skin, gorgeous eyes, gorgeous lips, gorgeous beautiful you!

WHAT’S NEW

Introducing Arbonne Cosmetics! A collection of light weight, beneficial formulas for gorgeous skin, eyes and lips using exclusive Optilight Techology. Stunning in its duality, Optilight Technology works in two ways: light is diffused to create a soft focus effect, blurring imperfections so your skin looks flawless from virtually every angle. Simultaneoulsy, finely sized pigments allow your skin to breathe, imparting a “light as air” feeling and promoting a healthy glow. Arbonne Cosmetics is a comprehensive line of makeup and complete brush set for a professional application that lets your innermost beauty come to light. Beautiful science, beautiful you. (Courtesy of Arbonne International)

Using key botanicals, marrubium Vulgara extract, buddleja davidii extract, scutellaria alpina extract, polygonum fagopyrum seed extract and alaria esculenta extract for your beauty, for your purity. Professional botanical makeup, moisturizing, protecting, effortless and longlasting for the new beautiful you.

Celebrity makeup artist, Cooper and international makeup artist of 23 years, Chris Colbeck on Arbonne Cosmetics. Long lasting staying power that glides, hydrates and nourishes with skin firming properties and sun protection but light in texture with a fine finish. Clean, fresh, revitalizing, velvety, natural and lasts all day. Professional. In short, beauty with benefits!

MARIA’S SPECIAL

Get in quick – 40% discount off RRP continued on existing deleted lines only while stocks last.

Until…next month.

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Handling Change

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:07:09 +0000

Hello to all my customers and interested people I”ve been away on a 6 week journey to Italy and have only just arrived back in the last couple of days. Fighting jet lag. For those interested please check the April Newsletter Mother’s Day special. Since it’s short notice I’ll continue this special throughout the month of May. So hurry in if you don’t want to miss out. April news follows and will also send March writeup for those who enjoy the information. ARBONNE – pure, safe, beneficial SKINCARE “Viva Forever Young” APRIL NEWSLETTER Saluti

From the romantic gondolas and ancient cobblestoned endless alleyways and canals of nostalgic Venice, the towers of crumbling ancient castles to the fast paced life of people, scooters, cars, buses and trucks in the busy, crazy traffic of the motorways and cities such as Naples, I write. It's April springtime in memorable Italy with its abundant vineyards and beautiful array of coloured flowers gracing the countrysides. The landscape is everchanging as is life. Change is inevitable. Change is occurring every second of every minute of every day of every year. Change is evident everywhere. It is evident globally in the way we access food, now largely from supermarkets instead of our own backyard. It is evident in technological change with the advancement to mobile phones, email and internet social networks instead of old fashioned letters and face to face contact. It is evident structurally in the ancient buildings of yesteryear as opposed to the modern new architecture. The old with the new. It affects everything from population to economy. As the seasons change so to does the fashion of clothes. As the years turn over so to does song and music evident from ballroom, to rock, then disco followed by the modern day rap. Can you imagine how stagnant the world would become with little or no change. Picture it. If there was no develeopment, no progression, no growth, no new discoveries. It would be like time standing still. How monotomous, how boring. In fact, the world would regress. No more technology, no opportunities to further explore other universes, no more medical cures and so on. Just imagine what our lives would be. Autonomous, stale, backward. So perhaps you may recognize that change is essential if we too are to grow and evolve as human beings. There is a lot of resistance to change. Why? Because it's unfamiliar, untrodden ground. We become comfortable with the way things are. It's challenging. It's a fear that grips us until we become comfortable with the new or we conquer the challenge. The changes or growth we experience in our personal lives varies immeasurably; sometimes insignificant and yet other change can be huge and quite stressful. What is a great leap for one may not be for another for we are all individual and different and therefore we should not measure or judge an experience from one to another. But change is one of the only constants in life. Everything that can be experienced is always undergoing change of some sort. Nothing remains the same, including us. And so we must learn to break through all the barriers that hold us back from change. We need growth in our lives so therefore growth or change is good. This is something I must reinforce in myself because I don't know about you, I've often struggled with change. And now looking back in hindsight, I've come to realize how I deal with the major changes in my life. I'm a very emotional being. My reaction is to weep; leaving behind the old and facing the new. It's an emotional release, a letting go of sorts. Can you believe I even wept over my 6 week journey to Italy. Of course I was excited but I've never been abroad before except at the age of 5 and have no recollection of this time. I felt a heavy weight for the letting go of my children for a 6 week period, a fear of the unknown; of being in an unfamiliar country, of meeting and conversing with a multitude of new relatives who don't speak English, of expectations. I speak Italian sufficiently well that of course my fear was unfounded and my children are well looked after by their own Father. So in fact, in the matter of a week I slid into my temporary new life very easily. I've also come to realize it's the changes or challenges I've struggled with that have provided the most growth and ultimately the most reward. And so it is essential to learn to adjust from the old and alter to add value and adapt to the new, to continue learning for growth. Recognize and realize that creativity is growth - refreshing, motivating and inspiring. So let's embrace change because we, as people change. We start from young and grow old. Our appearance changes. Our thoughts change. The seasons change. Our skin changes and therefore our skin routine must sometimes change. Some days we need to moisturize more, some days we need to scrub more, some days we need to detox. And so as everything changes so to does Arbonne. Researching, redeveloping, revamping products for results to improve our skin. Introducing...Arbonne's RE9 Advanced. Changed how? Advanced in it's 9 anti-aging elements combining the best of science and natures botanicals for your benefit - pure, safe, beneficial - inhibiting the aging process. See the results for yourself. What's New Now with the choice of a daily supplement, rich in antioxidants and skin supporting nutrients to enhance your skin to speed up results for collagen support. And there's more! RE9 Advanced Neck Cream and Body Firming Cream for the new youthful you. And of course, there's more! Stay turned next month to discover the splendid array of the new cosmetics line, including eyeshadows, blushes, lipsticks and more. Arbonne cosmetics featuring light diffused technology. Maria's Mothers Day Special Purchase existing old stocks at 40% discount off RRP while stocks last. Includes RE9, Makeup including bronzer, f.y.i., and deleted products from the Intelligence line. No freight inclusive. Check this bargain! RE9 Night Creme RRP $109 now selling for only $65.40. Now that's a saving. What a bargain! Limited stock available so remember, first in, best dressed! Makes for a wonderful and special gift for a wonderful and special Mother. So hurry now and grab your bargain. Arrivaderci. Seeya soon back in the land down under.

Maria M. Maria Mason Arbonne Independent Consultant ID 613 007 296 Ph: 0439 689 279 VivaForeverYoung.com P.S. See Arbonne in the news - stylist.com See attachment for more information on Arbonne's incredible new products.

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