My Royal Family 4

We are 4 women bound by blood, 3 sisters and their mother. Our goal is to help each other become the best we can be. Helping each other we can improve our intelligence, image, health, wealth, talents and abilities. We are each magical and powerful when we stand alone, but we are amazingly powerful when we stand together, and the results are out of this world. We talk about our natural hair, our weight, fashion, food, parties and living well. We make the ultimate Mother Daughter Team.

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Friday, January 27, 2017

From W Magazine to Chrissy Teigen to Asking Yourself Those Questions

I love W magazine. My Aunt Yvonne would send us (Love Joy & Faith) the magazine when we were just 10 years old. Well, I was 10. It was our first exposure to high fashion beyond Vogue. (We loved Vogue too by the way. ) I have been getting back into being me and that includes reading W magazine. While reading W's article Natural Beauty Chrissy Teigen Loves Contouring I became inspired. I wanted to know how I would answer these questions. I wanted to know if I could answer these questions. Would I like my answers to these questions? Then I wondered how Joy, who is almost my twin (we are the same age for nearly 4 months out of the year) would answer. Then I asked myself, "How would my answers affect my life?" Would I need or rather want to get rid of somethings? Would I be a little more focused because I discovered/remembered part of myself? The questions are not what you would consider life changing but for me it was.

Asking Joy the same questions also taught me a few things about myself as well as my sister. I know Joy remembers me interviewing her but she was very ill at the time. I was concerned wouldn't have the same impact for her. Oddly enough I discovered this morning it did but I doubt she realizes it fully yet. Joy, began to clear away all the bullshit in her head and think about what she wanted. She has begun to focus on high fashion again and what makes life fun for her. She said she wasn't going to try to adapt herself to others. I know, you may think high fashion isn't important, but imagine if it were something else. We all at some point people please. We all forget what gets us going. We all forget what we did that day we felt supper confident.

My sister and I want to be our best spiritually, physically and emotionally. This week for some reason Joy and I both are declaring what we want. The Chrissy Teigen interview made me say hey let's answer this for ourselves. We start with Joy's "interview" first. I don't want our answers side by side. Yes, it is okay to notice our difference but for me this is not about comparison. For me, this is just an opportunity to share what works for us. It is also an opportunity to remember we know what works for us; because the last few years it has been too easy to forget.

Joy Yascone

Your look in three words:

Joy: bohemian. Cultured. Town-N-Country

Five-minute routine:

Joy: tinted moisturizer, bronzer, lip gloss, blush peach, peachy nude lipstick, sea salt spray (hair), curl definer

Never leave the house without:

Joy: Lip Gloss

Beauty from the inside out:

Joy: Energy of love

Exercise regime:

Joy: Urban walks five to ten miles

Cleanse or not:

Joy: Yes I cleanse, probiotic heavy (kevita, yogurt), berries, hot water and lemon juice (Inate response )

Beauty essentials:

Joy: lip gloss, lip liner, lipstick, deep conditioner

Skincare secret:

Joy: No smoking, No drugs

Hair remedy: Tracey Cunningham is my hair remedy.

Joy: Biolage deep conditioner

In-tub must-read:

Joy: astrology charts

Spa-cation at:

Joy: Kholer in Wisconsin

Fragrance of choice:

Joy: Mariel by H20 or anything that smells of the sea

Best advice from mom:

Joy: be true to you

Best advice from the pros:

Joy: not about what size you wear it is about how you wear it

Beauty icons:

Joy: Alyssa Milano, Tandy Newton, Angelina Jolie, Marilyn Monroe, Kerry Washington

Love Yascone

Your look in three words:

Love: Princess. Tomboy. Standout.

Five-minute routine:

Love: exfoliate lips, moisturize face (with SPF) if necessary, Bare Minerals Golden Tan powder adding more to the eyes, tinted Mineral Veil, Black mascara, liquid blush, lipstick and lip gloss

Never leave the house without:

Love: lip gloss and breath mints

Beauty from the inside out:

Love: Laughing at yourself

Exercise regime:

Love: Club dancing (preference), Spinning (recently)

Cleanse or not:

Love: Yes, I look at what my body needs and determine what kind of cleanse from there.

Beauty essentials:

Love: Facial Moisturizer, Lip Gloss

Skincare secret:

Love: Sweat (no really, my face is healthier and looks better after a good sweat)

Hair remedy:

Love: Kinky-Curly

In-tub must-read:

Love: I meditate/plan my life. I never read in the tub.

Spa-cation at:

Love: Kholer

Fragrance of choice:

Love: Chanel Chance

Best advice from mom:

Love: buy more than one if it is your favorite

Best advice from the pros:

Love: do not line my bottom eyelid

Beauty icons:

Love: Ava Gardner, Sofia Vergara, Jennifer Lopez, Lisa Bonet, Vanessa Williams, Pam Grier

Ask yourself these questions. If any of it doesn't match up with what is really going on with you maybe you need to change things around. Make your words, heart and actions matchup.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Diet, Fast Or Just Plain Depression (Why diet If You're Not Having Fun?)

May is the month of events. I already had 2 major ones and it is only May 5! If I were the way I want to be I would be celebrating Cinco de Mayo right now. Instead I decided to give myself and body a break. Actually that's not true. I have not reached some very big image goals and I decided that if I "took off" for Derby and for a reunion with my friends I would have to give up Cinco de Mayo. If I looked perfect, felt perfect and was proud of myself I would be out tonight in spite of being a widow. Unfortunately I am not where, what or who I need to be right now and it is easier to focus on the superficial because those results are easier to notice. I like checking things off my list and frankly (although I am working on it) becoming my higher self is going to take a while. Plus, I have more events I have to go to at the end of the month. Whatever outer improvements I can make will at least help me feel better.

You can get this prepackaged organic fruits and vegetables
at Krogers and just put it in you blender. So easy!

Harvest Sensations great for Alkaline Diet

Spicy canned Tuna with Fried Egg
perfect low carb

In January I had it all planned. I would do the Alkaline Diet for 2 weeks and extreme low carb for 2 weeks alternating between the two. That worked for about a month and I did keep off that weight but then I would have weeks of drinking and eating pizza. I also dropped the low carb part of the weeks when I continued my diet. It is no fun being low carb if no one is doing it with you and the rest of "The 4" have been to stressed and busy to really diet. Of course Faith goes to the gym, Joy always looks great and mom is fabulous whenever she puts in just a little effort, so it really makes this just my problem. Don't get me wrong all of us could stand some improvement but I am the one drowning so I have to do this alone.

I know the me in a good place would rock alternating between the two diets, Alkaline and Low Carb. I like playing with my food. I like all or nothing menus. But right now I am not in the mood to play. My wedding anniversary is on May 14th and being a widow sucks. I have no fight. I don't care one way or another about what comes next in my life. The only thing I do care about is people seeing me. Yes, I am miserable but I don't want people to see me at my worst. I don't want people to see me at all but if I have to be seen can't I at least look good! I like playing with my diet food like I said. I like being creative but not right now. I made a decision late night May 3rd after returning home from meeting with friends I have not seen for years. I decided to fast until my anniversary. Then I don't know what comes next. I think I will fast the entire day of my anniversary May 14th and then I think May 15th I will go out on a date by myself and I will enjoy eating out and I will enjoy my food. I will live in the moment of me. When I was a little girl I would sing Me And My Shadow. I forgot how obsessed I was with that song and my own shadow until a few months ago.

May 16th I'll be back on an Alkaline Diet until the next big event. I would do low carb (we actually say the meat diet in our house, lol) but it can bloat you for the first 3 days and give you a headache so I will have to try my little alternating diet in June. I hope by then I will be playing with my food again because let's be honest why diet without having fun. It is a game. You don't have to take the joy out of food even when trying to make your weight goal.

PS When I am having fun on a diet these are some of the things I eat.

When we were all on a diet and in Atlanta we had this: