HOLY PINK!

I joined the ranks of 1.3 million Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants just two months ago. It has been a whirlwind of pink, Pink and more PINK! I've been wearing Mary Kay products since fall 2001. There are miracles in those bottles of skin care and cosmetics! I attended the Mary Kay Seminar 2008 in Dallas a few weeks ago with 34,000 other men and women (yes, men sell MK products, too! Men have to fight off wrinkles and aging skin just as much as women do!). Everyone looked amazing. Mary Kay always said that a woman who shares her age will share just about anything, but occasionally ages would slip and everyone would gasp in amazement!

Oh! I had such a blast and learned so, so, SO much!!! If you ever have a chance to learn more about Mary Kay Ash and her life and business ideals, DO SO! She was such, and still is in spirit, an amazing woman!

Week-long roommates
Elise Burrell, Me, Chantal Vake, Chelsea Rigdon

Chantal and I on the bus going to the Convention Center
Chantal's Tongan cousins live in the Oakland area!

Ah, Mary Kay Ash . . . the woman who inspired it all!
Toy Story's "Woody" enjoys a ride on the lipstick mover arm thingy!Microdermabrasion Replenish step . . . A Puccini opera should play every time someone talks about MK's Microdermabrasion Set. It's amazing!

Perfect lips start here!

Sad day for the Night Solution conveyor belt . . .
Chantal Vake and I in front of Mary Kay Ash's office.
Mary Kay's office as she left it in 2001
Actual size and height of Mary Kay Ash

Enjoying Mary Kay in the '60s room in the warehouse
First day of classes.
Elise Burrel, Lisa Ferre, Chantal Vake, Me, ?, Paula (she was in the top ten in sales this year!)

The Cadillac Adam will be washing and detailing as his penance for talking smack about Mary Kay. He's just jealous because he wants to drive one, too!
Me, Chantal, and Katie Hull

Elise, Me, Chantal, and Katie
During the week, our unit got to sit in the front at all of the functions because we were the #2 selling unit in our division. It was SO fun wearing our name badges and being treated as royalty by the ushers and other jealous consultants.

A few of us from our unit (first awards night)

First awards night . . . Tracy Potter and me

Roommates (first awards night)
Me, Chantal, Chelsea, Elise

Second Awards Night
My recruiter, Cathleen Spacil (her daughter has hydrocephalus)Posing with our soon-to-be national sales director, Tracy Potter.

roomies, again
I had such a blast of a week with them. And it was so much more fun awaking to a cell phone alarm than a two-year-old crawling over you in bed!
This is a gold and diamond bumble bee. Mary Kay loved the bumble bee because it's such a big bug that it shouldn't be able to fly. "But someone forgot to tell that to the bumble bee!" It symbolizes the idea that it's not a matter of can or can't; it's a matter of will or won't.

Our hotel was just a few blocks away from the Convention Center. After the last awards night, we decided to forgo the REALLY long line for the shuttle bus and walk the few blocks, not minding the lateness of the hour. We only got around the corner before two cop cars stopped us and "requested" we get in one of their cars for a safe journey back to the hotel. Chantal and her Gucci-adorned feet were very grateful. We arrived at the hotel MUCH faster than our friends who waited for the bus!
During the Closing Ceremonies, we sat in the National Sales Director's seats.
This is my positive affirmation picture . . . me with my National Sales Director seat cover!