The Green Beauty Mom

Over the Thanksgiving holiday my husband and I took a road trip up the California and Oregon Coast to Vancouver Canada to see my dad's side of the family The coasts of Oregon and Cali are amazing. Every vista there is a new type of geography here is a photo of us in front of a waterfall on the way to Whistler in Canada. Hope you had an holiday with  wonderful golden memories with your loved ones:) The only way I can describe it was WOW AMAZING!!!

Welcome to 2015!! Hope that you have had a great entrance to this year. This year I'll being posting more photos of fashion and beauty as a combined message. These are my new favorite gift and fashion statements. I'll call them Arm Candy! !! My husband gave me the bracelets for Christmas and the tattoos I got for my self!!

First Makeup Video Coming Soon ********************************** Me ( on left) and my friend Mitsuko in January 2015 in LA! Hi Everyone with the new year of 2015 here I have made a lot of new goals and dreams. One of my long terms goals is to have my own make up and skin care line made of natural healing organic ingredients. After working in the beauty industry for over 15 years I have worked for some of the top brands and leading beauty companies in the world such as AVEDA, THE BODY SHOP AND LANCOME to name a few. Working doing free lance makeup, weddings and photo shot assisting and more were the most enjoyable times exploring my creative side in makeup and skin care. Over the past few years with the boom of the internet and You Tube Personalities & Blogging this is the future of reaching out to the public with your creativity. This year I will start making videos about makeup tips and skin care secrets and more fun stuff! Please stay tuned...

Me at 18 years old My mother at 16 years old Here is my mom in Seventeen magazine when she was 16. Amazing! Having photos like these really allow you to have a glimpse into the past. Mom's have the warmth and love that no matter what happens they are always there for you !

Flower Beauty by Drew Barrymore  Hourglass Pacifica I have not written a post in awhile but I have been doing makeup since I have been away. Today I was able to play with Pacifica makeup with my coworker which was so much fun. We had a blast! These are the top three brands that I love so much and really admire their values and mission behind what they do. Hourglass, Flower Beauty and Pacifica all do not test on animals. Apart from that when you wear their makeup it feels good and is not bad for your skin. If these are things that are important to you then give them a try. Flower Beauty is the lowest price point and then Pacifica and then Hourglass is on the higher end.   

 Me and my friend Ai Soka   Beautiful flower arrangements  Soka University of America on a sunny day  So it has been a really long time since I have written anything, and I think the thing I want to share the most is about having appreciation. We all have things that bog us down or sometimes we feel stuck in a sense in our lives, however the most important element I think in life when you feel this way is appreciation. For awhile I think I stopped appreciating things in my life and as a result I was not happy with anything at all. Once I could see that I had lost that appreciation then I started just appreciating the small things like the view from my office and my coworkers and also my husband. ( Best husband ever by the way :) ) So if you feel like you are stuck start with just even appreciating your life and the smallest things in your day:) Here are a few photos of things that I appreciate :) Have a wonderful week !

Last week I woke up and couldn't move my neck OUCH! You maybe thinking what does this have to do with makeup or beauty. But honestly ladies if you cant move your neck there ain't a whole lot of thinking about applying your makeup that morning:) So they connect because beauty is also wellness.:)  I went to my favorite acupuncture school and had a session and it was somewhat painful but by the next morning I was moving my neck again:) Turns out that I had poor circulation and that was causing the pain. Who knew???  Oriental Medicine can be so healing because it address the root of whatever ailment that you are faced with. It is always my "Go To" whenever I get sick. But the key is how to do preventive maintenance......  These past few weeks has been a little hectic so haven't been taking care of myself very well and am feeling very depleted of energy.  Starting a fresh from now I will take 100 times better care of my health:) Tata for now:)