Exuberant Women

2009-11-06T08:54:00.000-08:00

Exuberance Organic Skin Care Facial

We have just finished finalizing our Exuberance Facials, and I wanted to share our mini-facials details. They are a perfect at-home skin care treatment to help your face look its best while giving you a moment to relax and look after yourself. Read on!

Our Inspired Facials...

Our faces are a window to our deeper, delicate hearts and our truest, boldest selves, and in every woman’s face, there is beauty.

An Exuberance facial is a moment for a woman to celebrate her own unique beauty. It is a time for her to indulge in self-care with a luxurious product that looks after her body in a healthy, nurturing way. It is a series of moments when she can recognize and act on the knowing that she is worthy, perfect, beautiful. It is a physical act that encourages and defines self-care in her life.

Exuberance facials are potent treatments that give her skin powerful and redefining vitamin treatments, anti-aging benefits, pure organic ingredients, and lush and intensely hydrated skin. It is the beauty that resides in her at all times – made manifest.

Exuberance At-Home Mini Facial

Step 1: Cleanse with Radiance: massage into skin. Rinse off with sponges or water. Green tea and vitamins A, B, C and E deep clean without leaving a residue.

Step 2: Tone with alcohol-free Believe toner, sweeping upwards with non-bleached cotton pads. Sugar Maple, Sweet Tangerine and vitamin C refreshes skin. Natural skin care ingredients benefit all levels of the skin.

Step 3: Moisturize with She’s So Lovely. The pure rose oil in She’s So Lovely has an aromatherapeutic calming effect and is antiaging. If skin is dull or very dry, use Victory is Ours. Exuberance moisturizers fight the signs of aging and repair and protect from environmental damage.

Step 4: Eye Treatment. Dab a very small amount of Ultimate Perfection gently around eyes for an effective eye care treatement.

You're done! Your skin will look glowing and rejuventated. Simple, concise, and guaranteed to make a positive difference in your skin! Print this instruction sheet out and visit our skin care 'shop now' section now to get started!

2009-07-27T09:49:00.000-07:00

Lucy Willemsen

Exuberant Women Interview Questions

Your name: Lucy Willemsen
Your profession: Refired
Age: 52
State or Province: Quebec

Website you'd like everyone to visit: http://www.lonewolfcabin.com

How would you describe yourself?

Feisty, stubborn, different, love being in my 50's, A.D.D. (a personality type), "special" (I really love that one), creative, intuitive, artistic, problem solver, handy, positive, simple, complex, empathetic, libra, fairness for all, love life.

What inspires you?

Life, love, nature, people, quotes, books, food, and most of all my sweety

What is the bravest thing about you?

Being able to end my marriage and my boldness which comes of age as we mature, they say god gave us a mouth so use it. No one knows what you want unless you speak up

What do you fear the most?

Cancer

What do you wish everyone knew about life?

You have but one go for it.

What do you think is most exuberant about you?

My outlook, my zest for life.

When are you most proud of yourself?

All of me

What makes you happy?

Life and my sweety

Is there a woman who has inspired you? If so, please tell us about her.

There are many women that inspire me and continue to inspire me, I am attracted to these women and seem to sense them all around. They are the kind of energy that I want to be around. I do not have one particular woman.

What is Your Favorite Quote?

There are many but my memory is so bad that I do not know of one at the moment, I only know when I read something that I really like its for the moment that I read it.

2009-07-06T18:24:00.001-07:00

Rebecca Vaughan

Exuberant Women Interview Questions

Your name: Rebecca Vaughan
Your profession: Visionary Officer at ImagineDesign
Age: 34
State or Province: Virginia

Website you'd like everyone to visit: www.imaginedc.net

How would you describe yourself?

always find this to be a difficult question to answer. I am a sales person – I will try to sell you anything! From my ideas, to my business, to just being my friend! Being a passionate person, I find myself becoming an evangelist for everything that really strikes my fancy.

I live by the Law of Attraction and invest myself into those principles quite heavily. I spend a lot of time working on becoming a better person.

What inspires you?

My husband and other entrepreneurs inspire me!

What is the bravest thing about you?

Having my mother move in with my husband and I after 9 months of marriage – and then having my step daughter move in with us a year and half later. Family always can put you to the test.

What do you fear the most?

Nothing – I live without fear – OK – I wish I did – but rats really freak me out.

What do you wish everyone knew about life?

I wish that everyone knew how easy it is to stay positive and put that into practice. It takes so much more effort to worry and stress than to know in your heart that everything will turn out the way it should.

What do you think is most exuberant about you?

My sense of humor – I’ve been told that I should do stand up – I love making other people laugh!

When are you most proud of yourself?

When my step daughter, age 11, says that I am right about something.

What makes you happy?

Success in all layers of my life- personal, financial, career, spiritual, etc.

Is there a woman who has inspired you? If so, please tell us about her.

My mother and my sister truly inspire me. My mother raised me and my sister practically on her own and really gave us the building blocks to become great women.
And my sister just ran the London Marathon at age 42 – WOW – that’s impressive! She didn’t think my joke asking her if she had won was funny – but she still inspires me to be a healthier person.

What is Your Favorite Quote?

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau

2009-06-09T19:29:00.001-07:00

Sarah Dale-Harris

Exuberant Women Interview Questions

Your name: Sarah Dale-Harris
Your profession: Lawyer
Age: 40
State or Province: Ontario

Website you'd like everyone to visit: YOURS!! And www.ted.com Hans Rosling's stunning use of stats in his lectures on HIV and poverty worldwide.

How would you describe yourself?

Interested. Kind. Fun. Hard working. Devoted. Willing to take a leap of faith. Would rather try and fail, then never try at all.

What inspires you?

People who do brave and humanitarian things when no one is looking.

What is the bravest thing about you?

In the face of adversity, I draw from within for the strength to push ahead, be dignified and find the positive in the experience.

What do you fear the most?

Being in the dark. My dad used to play the "boogie-man" when I was little and since then, I have never quite gotten comfortable with the dark... just don't tell my brother...!

What do you wish everyone knew about life?

That life is is so short - every day if a gift. Thank people and tell them how much they mean to you. Don't let fear be the ruler of you. Live in the present. You can't change the past, and the future is totally unpredictable - so why fight them? And, that doing brave and kind things when no one is looking is a totally cool thing to do and will give you the most amazing feeling in the world.

What do you think is most exuberant about you?

My passion for travel and meeting new people!!

When are you most proud of yourself?

When I allow myself the space to be proud of myself.

What makes you happy?

Love (all forms of it) and travel (everywhere!).

Is there a woman who has inspired you? If so, please tell us about her.

There are a quite a few actually, but the two who immediately come to mind are:

My mother. She is as beautiful as she is brave. We haven't always been close, and like me, she isn't perfect, but she is my very best friend and I love her more than life itself. She also embodies strength and a heroic ability to multi-task - having run a household and a business at the same time. Most of all though, she taught me (and I'm still learning!) how to communicate, be patient, actively listen to others (yes, I had to hold my hand up at the dinner table...), be humble, be fair and that even if I was being naughty, she loved me just the same.

Barbara Frum. When I was much younger I used to watch her on the nightly news with my parents and I thought she was a most amazing, inspiring woman. I wanted to grow up and be just like her. And have her job...

What is Your Favorite Quote?

"I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate." -George Burns

Yakity-Yak-Yak

2009-05-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

I got my ass kicked by a herd of Himalayan yaks today. Jeff and I started off from along the river as they grazed, a dozen or so, loaded heavily with huge baskets and bags. We headed up the mountain on a steep incline. A couple hundred metres up, we heard the clong of yak bells - the herd were just below us.

An unusually competative fervour came over me (maybe it was defiance from dodging yak dung all along the path). Jeff urged me upwards, to stay ahead of the herd. At 4000 metres elevation, there is only 60% of the oxygen of sea level. So after a few minutes of climbing at a speedy pace, my heart is pounding and my breathing laboured.

Regardless, I raced ahead to keep ahead of the yaks, who meandered steadily up the trail, as if taunting me. The trail became narrower, the incline steeper. The black horned beasts were damn near vertical now, clockity clacking along without pause.

We came up to a cliff. I was really winded now, and worried about getting nudged towards the high drop. So at last I succumbed, straddeling the inner rock face in submission. The yaks passed by, brushing my backside. They trudged along for a few metres, then suddenly stopped for a rest, oblivious to my mild humiliation below.

Later, I thought seriously about odering a yak steak for supper, perhaps to reassert the dominence of my species. But, I'm learning to understand my limits and accept that my body is just not designed for this landscape. So, I had some yak cheese curds instead and called it a day.

Perhaps that competative spirit will reignite for Trailwalker? I hope I can keep pace! I'm sure it will be easier at sea level, but yikes, 100kms???

A Moving Meditation

2009-05-10T19:10:00.000-07:00

By Jennifer Brammer, Nepal, May 7, 2009

I climbed the CN Tower last year for a charity event. 20 mins, 553 metres.

Today, hiking for 6 hours on steep inclines up 1200 metres to Namche Bazaar, the last town on the route to the Mount Everest basecamp, I am reminded of the confidence I had that day, at the top of the Tower. I remember thinking that I could do it another time or two, no big deal.

Today I am humbled. Trekking here is so much more intense... Like climbing the CN Tower 10 times in a row. While carrying the weight of a small TV. Wih 30% less oxygen. Slightly dehydrated. And in 30 degrees.

I love how tactile the trail is, the uneven ground, the jagged steep inclines. It commands the attention to be present, look for the next rock to lift myself up on, the next turn, consumed with each moment, that seamlessly becomes the next. It's like a moving meditation.

We are passed by many steady Sherpas along the route, some no more than 15 years old, carrying baskets on their back brimming with loads of rise, beer, the odd chair or door. They are carrying their weight, at least.

Most foreign trekkers are accompanied by Sherpa porters who carry their loads. I prefer the pack on my own back, the weight of each step. It is rewarding to carry what I consume. The burden is grounding, somehow.

Tomorrow we will rest for a day, to acclimatize before hiking 12 hours to the next village. I am thinking about how challenging Trailwalker will be, hiking for 48 hours! I hope that this Nepal trek will get me into shape! One step at a time...

Kacey Purifoy

2009-05-10T18:33:00.001-07:00

Kacey Purifoy

Exuberance chooses Kacey Purifoy as an Exuberant Women because besides having the coolest name ever, she's even more gorgeous on the inside than on the outside. We first met this BECCA beauty at a vendor conference, and she was immediately welcoming and warm to us. We've been fans ever since.

What we know: she is inspiring, warm, and supportive of those around her. She's open, lives in giving instead of want, is passionate about what she believes in, and is incredibly loyal. And that's just for starters! Read on to learn about Kacey in her own words and to see if you can apply some of her Exuberant living to your own life.

Exuberant Women Interview Questions

Your name: Kacey Purifoy
Your profession: Marketing Director, BECCA
Age: 31
City: Chicago
State or Province: IL

Website you'd like everyone to visit: www.beccacosmetics.com

How would you describe yourself?

Introverted; intuitive; introspective; complex; idealistic; empathetic; resourceful.

What inspires you?

Beauty, art, travel, love.

What is the bravest thing about you?

I have been told that my names actually means brave. Really I think my independence is the bravest thing about me. I have done everything from moving to new cities on my own without knowing anyone to jumping out of airplanes and zip lining through jungles!

What do you fear the most?

My greatest fear is losing the people I care about most.

What do you wish everyone knew about life?

I wish that everyone knew that dreaming is a form of planning and choosing your own path in life is a privilege.

What do you think is most exuberant about you?

Being around children brings out my exuberance. Children are so simple and pure; they are a reminder of what life is all about!

When are you most proud of yourself?

I am most proud of myself when I overcome an adverse situation by relying on my own gut instincts and problem solving skills.

What makes you happy?

Being with people I love, sleeping, reading a good book, vacation travel, being “green,” great music.

Is there a woman who has inspired you? If so, please tell us about her.

My greatest inspiration is my mother who raised me on her own, worked multiple jobs, and sacrificed so much to always do everything she could for me. She taught me the value of getting an education, pride in having a strong work ethic, independence, and self worth.

What is Your Favorite Quote?

I've been things and seen places. -Mae West

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. -Janis Joplin

Every step counts

2009-05-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

by Jennifer Brammer

"If you think that something doesn't matter much because it's small, try spending a night alone in a tent with one mosquito."

I'm reminded of this as I get ready for a 21 day trek to the basecamp of Mount Everest in Nepal.

I spent the day getting my gear ready, weighing every item, carefully considering its value before committing it into my backpack. Every ounce counts. A hardcover book instead of paperback, cotton instead of microfibre seem like inflated important choices when I remind myself that I will be carrying every item on my back for 8 hours of hiking every day, my movements stressed with the compression of elevation. I don't want any extra weight.

Basecamp is 5,300 metres above sea level, and I will be hiking 150 kms to get there in 9 days. At that altitude, each metre counts, the steps weighing progressively on your body, forcing your breath to strive for the thinning oxygen...I imagine it will be a good training regime to get ready for Trailwalker -- 100 kms in 48 hours, running for hours along a dark wooded trail. I imagine that the lack of sleep will be the hardest part.

I ran 10 kms early this morning along the ocean, anxiously hoping that my tender left knee would hold firm for the duration. Running has been doing some damage to my joints, but I'm pushing along while trying to be gentle with myself. Carrying my backpack around the city for most of the day today became a bit torturous, as the extra weight pushed down on my protesting knee. I hope it holds out on me on the trail!

I don't know what to expect, except one step, one breath, one moment. Maybe small movements will become big journeys...