Christine Heathman, Founder of GlyMed Plus® Speaks to Sold Out Crowd at Face & Body Expo Annual Networking Luncheon
San Jose, CA – July 17, 2010 – GlyMed Plus®/Advanced Aesthetics Inc., renowned leader in medically-based professional only skin care, today announced that Christine Heathman, LMT, ME, Author, Industry Innovator, Educator, and CEO and Founder of GlyMed Plus will speak on “Winning at the Game of Skin Care in 2010†at the Face & Body Northern California Spa and Healthy Aging Conference & Expo that runs July 17-19 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.
Christine Heathman is an esthetic pioneer and skin age management expert who has helped to shape American Skin Care to what it is today. As a Medical Master Aesthetician, nominated as a “Legend†in American Aesthetics, Christine has practiced clinical skin care for over 25 years.
According to Christine, she has made it her mission is to raise the visibility of the skin care professional.
“My goal is to establish a powerful positive connection between consumers and skin care professionals,†said Christine Heathman, GlyMed Plus CEO. “I am pleased to be speaking at the Face & Body to share insights that may help other licensed skin care professionals experience success with their clients.â€
Christine speaks on the world-wide lecture circuit; hosts the “What Gets Under Your Skin?†globally syndicated talk radio show and is the author of hundreds of skin science editorials and journals. She has appeared as a guest expert on popular national TV programs, such as The Doctors, and in September will appear on The Balancing Act on the Lifetime TV Channel. Christine Heathman is an innovator in the research and development of unconventional and progressive skin care protocols, used in skin care & medical clinics all over the world.
Please visit Booth #724 for more information about GlyMed Plus®, and their eight professional only skin care product lines. For more information please visit www.glymedplus.com.
About GlyMed Plus®
GlyMed Plus, headquartered in Spanish Fork, Utah offers exclusive product and information resources for estheticians, physicians and spa professionals seeking a smart, scientific approach to regenerating the skin of their patients and clients. GlyMed Plus® offers multi-faceted professional-only skin care systems with a complete range of natural and medically effective progressive formulas in over 98 products. The GlyMed Plus Institute of Skin Science™, is unsurpassed in providing the most advanced esthetic courses for Skin of Color, Acne, Peeling, Advanced Peeling, Pigmentation, Menopausal Skin, Rosacea, Corrective Makeup, and Ultrasound Skin Care. For more information please visit: www.glymedplus.com. For eMedia questions, please contact: Kim Power Stilson, kstilson@glymedplus.com or 801-358-3649.
About the Face & Body® Northern California Expo:
The San Jose for Face & Body® Northern California is an annual event that features prestigious industry experts, an unparalleled, product-neutral advanced education conference program, knowledgeable exhibitors, informative supplier classes and multiple networking opportunities. The Face & Body Northern California Spa and Healthy Aging Conference & Expo runs July 17-19 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. www.faceandbody.com/california
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan†Margaret Thatcher
I believe there are three simple components you need to have to enjoy a successful business. Successful means sales, lots of them. Following those three steps makes the difference between why some people work out of their garage or dining room and end up being a successful “million billionaire†while others invest millions of dollars and a lot of time only to lose their own house? The difference is strategy. Having a strategy and applying it.
The 3 Success Components are:
1. Passion or belief -- This translates to a product or service.
2. Strategy -- a plan for marketing and selling your products
3. Action -- implementing the strategy with actions that return sales
Many of us already have a product or service. Most aspiring businesses know their passions well but don’t know how to build a strategy that markets their products effectively enough to sell. I am sharing with you now the success-proven strategy that has helped every client who only had the first Success Step become successful by creating and applying a plan that sells. Most clients, before they met me had thrown money away in spaghetti marketing efforts that had not resulted in sales. (Spaghetti Marketing is the slang term used to describe the random spending of marketing dollars in an unorganized, unplanned way, comes from where one might "throw spaghetti against the wall to see if it sticks!" Webopedia, May 2009) That’s the kind of marketing you used to do, not any more, with 24DM you are getting an organized marketing strategy specifically tailored for your business.
You may be one of those who say “I don’t have the money for marketing!†and that may be because people sour of spending money on spaghetti marketing that doesn’t work. Even if you really don’t have any funds, you need to market so that you can sell your product and make money or you really will never have any additional revenue. The great news is that these days, thanks to the Internet and World Wide Web and their respective technology offerings, everyone has the opportunity to avail themselves of free resources.
Even without money there is an expensive resource every business owner has equal access to. Time is one resource we all get FREE and we get to control. I can hear you all shouting “Time! I don’t have any time! With being the accountant, the president, the client relations, the production manager and the financier in my business, how would I have any time?†It all depends where you allot your time. Are you busy chasing efforts that don’t result in sales? When you have a strategy you know exactly where to spend your time. That time will result in sales. Sales equal money and with money you can outsource and have more time. If you are short on resources you need to use your time wisely.
To all of you, I know, believe me I know. I was right there complaining about time right until I almost lost all of it on an autumn day in Manhattan. Remember the glass shattering story at the beginning of this training? Believe it or not, time or not, I can help you create a strategy that will help you promote your business in 24 Hours and with zero down.
I can cross strategic marketing efforts including, cost-effective Social & eMedia Strategy, off of my “To do†list every day. Now you will be doing this as well. Believe me there is enough money in the pie for all of us to be very, very, very successful and all we need is everything we were doing and this additional 24 hours. It will take 24 hours to create a strategy a workable plan and it will take 24 hours a month thereafter to apply it.
Before you start there are the two disclaimers: (Yes, you can stop reading if you don’t fit into the below.)
1. Your product or service must be legitimate.
2. Your product or service must have or add value.
First, what do I mean by legitimate? You can’t do “24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing†(24ZDM) and be successful if you have a vaporware for a product or service, a fake gadget or gizmo. People, customers, your friends don’t like being swindled and they will never give you another chance if you do that. 24ZDM doesn’t thrive in that type of situation and neither will your business.
Second, your product or service must have value, value to someone, value to society. For example, let’s take a test. Yes or no? Does a “Dog Tongue Scraper†add value? YES. Yes, to the people who are always kissing their dogs and want their pups to have good oral hygiene. As odd as it sounds it has value to a consumer group, a narrow consumer group, yet it does have value.
If you have a product that has value to anyone anywhere then congratulations you are set and now you should, can and will start to create your marketing strategy with 24ZDM!
Read the strategy guide and follow the directions for the hourly tasks designed to create a marketing strategy with all the necessary components from messaging to social media within 24 Hours. You can do all the assignments at once in a 24 hour spree or you can break up the process for your convenience. 24 Hours may seem incredibly dramatic, but the sooner you laser-focus your time on efforts that result in sales the better. (What’s your dream? Thinking about owning a castle in Ireland keeps me motivated). You can do two days of 12 hours. You can do 4 days of six hours.
In his book “Think and Grow Rich†Napoleon Hill wrote,
“The most intelligent man [person] living cannot succeed in accumulating money – nor in any other undertaking – without plans that are practicable and workable.â€
Can you spare 24 hours to create a plan that will help your business succeed?
I believe there are three simple components you need to have to enjoy a successful business. Successful means sales, lots of them. Following those three steps makes the difference between why some people work out of their garage or dining room and end up being a successful “million billionaire†while others invest millions of dollars and a lot of time only to lose their own house? The difference is strategy. Having a strategy and applying it.
The 3 Success Components are:
1. Passion or belief -- This translates to a product or service.
2. Strategy -- a plan for marketing and selling your products
3. Action -- implementing the strategy with actions that return sales
Many of us already have a product or service. Most aspiring businesses know their passions well but don’t know how to build a strategy that markets their products effectively enough to sell. I am sharing with you now the success-proven strategy that has helped every client who only had the first Success Step become successful by creating and applying a plan that sells. Most clients, before they met me had thrown money away in spaghetti marketing efforts that had not resulted in sales. (Spaghetti Marketing is the slang term used to describe the random spending of marketing dollars in an unorganized, unplanned way, comes from where one might "throw spaghetti against the wall to see if it sticks!" Webopedia, May 2009) That’s the kind of marketing you used to do, not any more, with 24DM you are getting an organized marketing strategy specifically tailored for your business.
You may be one of those who say “I don’t have the money for marketing!†and that may be because people sour of spending money on spaghetti marketing that doesn’t work. Even if you really don’t have any funds, you need to market so that you can sell your product and make money or you really will never have any additional revenue. The great news is that these days, thanks to the Internet and World Wide Web and their respective technology offerings, everyone has the opportunity to avail themselves of free resources.
Even without money there is an expensive resource every business owner has equal access to. Time is one resource we all get FREE and we get to control. I can hear you all shouting “Time! I don’t have any time! With being the accountant, the president, the client relations, the production manager and the financier in my business, how would I have any time?†It all depends where you allot your time. Are you busy chasing efforts that don’t result in sales? When you have a strategy you know exactly where to spend your time. That time will result in sales. Sales equal money and with money you can outsource and have more time. If you are short on resources you need to use your time wisely.
To all of you, I know, believe me I know. I was right there complaining about time right until I almost lost all of it on an autumn day in Manhattan. Remember the glass shattering story at the beginning of this training? Believe it or not, time or not, I can help you create a strategy that will help you promote your business in 24 Hours and with zero down.
I can cross strategic marketing efforts including, cost-effective Social & eMedia Strategy, off of my “To do†list every day. Now you will be doing this as well. Believe me there is enough money in the pie for all of us to be very, very, very successful and all we need is everything we were doing and this additional 24 hours. It will take 24 hours to create a strategy a workable plan and it will take 24 hours a month thereafter to apply it.
Before you start there are the two disclaimers: (Yes, you can stop reading if you don’t fit into the below.)
1. Your product or service must be legitimate.
2. Your product or service must have or add value.
First, what do I mean by legitimate? You can’t do “24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing†(24ZDM) and be successful if you have a vaporware for a product or service, a fake gadget or gizmo. People, customers, your friends don’t like being swindled and they will never give you another chance if you do that. 24ZDM doesn’t thrive in that type of situation and neither will your business.
Second, your product or service must have value, value to someone, value to society. For example, let’s take a test. Yes or no? Does a “Dog Tongue Scraper†add value? YES. Yes, to the people who are always kissing their dogs and want their pups to have good oral hygiene. As odd as it sounds it has value to a consumer group, a narrow consumer group, yet it does have value.
If you have a product that has value to anyone anywhere then congratulations you are set and now you should, can and will start to create your marketing strategy with 24ZDM!
Read the strategy guide and follow the directions for the hourly tasks designed to create a marketing strategy with all the necessary components from messaging to social media within 24 Hours. You can do all the assignments at once in a 24 hour spree or you can break up the process for your convenience. 24 Hours may seem incredibly dramatic, but the sooner you laser-focus your time on efforts that result in sales the better. (What’s your dream? Thinking about owning a castle in Ireland keeps me motivated). You can do two days of 12 hours. You can do 4 days of six hours.
In his book “Think and Grow Rich†Napoleon Hill wrote,
“The most intelligent man [person] living cannot succeed in accumulating money – nor in any other undertaking – without plans that are practicable and workable.â€
Can you spare 24 hours to create a plan that will help your business succeed?
Friday, June 4, 2010
Are Wrist Watches Obsolete?
I was at a women’s Expo at a local university when I passed by a crowded table. Women are like magnets to crowds at any sort of shopping venue and this venue was a shopping extravaganza. Tables lined either side of the walkway leading to the arena floor which was equally jammed full of wares to sell to the crowds of shoppers. Being short of time and a savvy shopper I set my radar to the tables already surrounded by women, a sure signal of a good deal. The first table I came to was kid’s costumes, a sure favorite of mother’s in this high children content city. The adjusted my sights to a gaggle of shoppers further down the hall, evaded all the others selling water softeners and elaborate bows, paused to try the fancy dip (the dill lemon is incredible) and then worked my way into the group surrounding a display of gorgeous watches. These watches were works of art covered in glistening jeweled bling in every color fabric combination possible, and priced to ensure being the feature of sister/mother sister gifts that year. As I reached through to pick up a hot pink and black band, I heard the shopkeeper explain that the watch face and bands were sold separately so you could mix and match. I was listening to the pitch that the watches were not only gorgeous but practical an my nodding my head with the general crowd consensus (the kind of nod you do when you are listening while at the same time your eyes are busily roving and your hand hovering to grab the prettiest piece before someone else) when a women’s voice interrupted with a statement that changed my life. “Don’t you have anything for my cell phone? I never wear a watch anymore!â€
I heard an audible gasp from the crowd as I ripped my eyes from the table to my arm. There was my wrist bare of a watch yet there in my hand was clutched my cell phone and with a quick flick there was the time.
I pulled away from the rows of pretty bands, a little sad not to have the pink and black crystal confection and then realized I hadn’t really worn hot pink and black since the . . . .90’s? Worse yet I could not remember the last time I had worn a wrist watch. I looked again at my wrist – there was no telltale non tan spot to show where I had last worn it? As I thought about it I could not even remember when I had last worn a watch at all.
Later at home I checked in my display jewelry box for my watches – I had several. Gifts over the years of fancy watches from my husband, friends and kids. I pulled out the drawers and the last one on the bottom – when had I moved them there? Was full of watches. I pulled out at least 8 of them with mix and match bands and faces in all sorts of styles and accompanied with all kinds of memories of the gift giver. This green one Maddy and I picked out in Ireland. The kids gave me this one for Mother’s Day. I bought these three for ten at the California swap meet. I have a drawer full of watches, I said allowed as I leaned back with a sigh, I should start wearing them more. The next thought, unbidden dispelled my short-lived relief, “Do they still l work?†I went through the pile again, watch by watch, checking the time, the batteries, each and every one was dead. Dead? That could not be, that was wrong. I hadn’t even worn half of them.
I grabbed a few and went to my husband, I put the odd assortment in front of him and almost in tears paused for a moment before I could speak. He looked up at me with that quizzically patient face many men reserve for their almost hysterically wives and said, “What is it honey?†I said, none of my watches work. There are all dead. Can you fix them?†He explained about replacing the battery and a place in the mall and that was that for me. More effort? I should have bought the hot pink one back at the Expo. I was mulling this over when my daughter came in, she said, “What are you doing with those?†and I explained my saga and asked her if she wanted to go back to the Expo in hopes someone else had not snagged my now life-saving watch when she said, “Why do you need a watch? You never wear one. Wrist watches are obsolete. You use your cell phone to tell the time!†I respond quickly, about my soap box issue, “I don’t always carry my cell phone!†She nods that she knows this, fully understanding that her mom has this weird soap box issue about carrying the cell phone everywhere may cause some sort of cancer . . . she has heard it before . . . and yes it is true I soapbox about that all the time – when not carrying it of course – but with 3 kids a working mom does have to keep her cell phone close by somewhere – and yes, it’s usually buried in my purse – when I carry that which I rarely do – on in my car. She waits while that goes through my head and says, “ When you don’t have your cell phone you just seem to know. You know you look at the sky like a sun dial.â€
I thought about that for a moment, how did I tell the time? How did I get my kid’s to the bus, their countless activities and classes on time. Well for one I never had them quite on time but how did I manage to get them their within the general time frame? For that matter how did I remember when to set out dinner, when to turn on my favorite TV shows or when it was time for bed?
My daughter must have faded off as I keep right on thinking . . . the other day my other daughter had asked me the time and I had looked at the sky and said “3:30†and had been right on the nose. “How do you do that?†she asked me, looking incredulous and interested – which believe me is a rare look from a 13-year old. I didn’t answer because I didn’t know and didn’t have time to care. But I did have time now and in fact time had just become a big question for me. How did I tell it?
The next week, still pondering the time question, but not as focused, I paid more attention to how I choose to tell what the time was without one of my wristwatches. This is what happened.
In the mornings my husband woke to an internal alarm and got up to turn off the kid’s alarm and wake them.
The first daughter would get ready till my husband would hear the rumble of the school bus coming up the lane, and then my husband would shout that the school bus was coming.
I awake to noises of shouting. You know the teenage shouting that happens in the morning, especially prevalent in females . . . need I say more?
If this shouting doesn’t also wake the second daughter (and yes also turn off her alarm – a gift from grandparents who must really think there is a hope of making our kids independent – bless them) then Chad gets her up.
Our son, an early riser, by then was watching morning cartoons with a big bowl of cereal and home work spread out in front of him in pretense of following the no cartoons till homework is done rule.
He hears the neighbor kids and dogs waiting outside for the next bus so he says goodbye with a kiss and wave.
I am up now doing my hair, I hear his school bus leave and I wonder how I know what time it is again till I realize I have until the last bus – the special needs bus – comes to finish my morning makeup.
I hear the bus rumble, I am ready, I head out the door.
I do check the time in the car to make sure I have time to get to my client. I forget about the watch time issue till the next day.
I work at laptop from a desk in my home office every other day. It is that day. I am sitting at my computer when I feel hungry. I go into the kitchen, note the oven clock says 11:30 and I make lunch to carry back to my desk.
Later that day I again hear the rumbling of the bus and realize it must be 2:30 as the first child is home. I leave my desk to greet her as she walks down the drive. I make her and the kids who will surely follow a snack and then go back to work after hearing about their school days and getting them started on chores.
An hour later one kid comes in to ask if they can play and I ask them what day it is? They say, well your home so it is a Monday or Wednesday and so as I recall it is a Wednesday I remind them that they have karate or dance or church group or whatever and then I go back to work.
In about another hour or so I hear fighting, so I know it’s time to start dinner. Sure enough I look at the time in the corner of my laptop and it is already 5:00! Time to start dinner.
After dinner I drive the kids round to their activities with a phone call or two to correlate the schedule with my husband who is driving round the other kids. And we agree to meet at home around 9:00. How do we tell the time there? Cell phone. Yes I admit it.
So it seems my week in review premise would suggest I told time by a pattern of noises, glances at clocks not attached to my wrist and kid’s reminders.
I felt like I had conducted a formal research study, feeling fairly snug about my observations yet still lamenting the wasted beauty and use of my wristwatches until the next week the unthinkable happened. The kid’s got out of school.
Here is what happened:
The first day, with no need to get the kid’s up at 5, my husband’s internal alarm was snoozed and I awoke to the sun and birdsong. A novel, peaceful kind of awakening which really everyone should experience . . . unless you have to be to work in 10 minutes. I realized I was late when I looked at the time on my bathroom wall. How long had that clock been there?
I got ready as fast as I could. Not set bus noise routine to guide my time so it felt like it took me twice as long and apparently it did because by the time I got into the car it was almost 2 hours from the time I had gotten up. I was majorly freaked out by that as I hadn’t even taken time to do my hair so how could that be? I got to work 2 hours late, I told them time then by noting the time on my computer at work – the “aren’t we special?†looks from my co-workers could of told me the time as well. Ha ha. How could I have been that late?
Well, later we realized that bathroom wall clock had not been set to Daylight savings time a few months back. (Sheesh, I don’t remember setting any of the clocks, doesn’t that happen automatically? I ask my husband this and he said, “no the battery powered clocks have to be reset by hand dear.†You got that tone too right?) I guess my body clock was still on the other time, I joked as I shared the saga with my co-workers . . .
The next day I made my husband promise to wake me up when he woke up and he did. Of course, the house was so quiet I snoozed a little, no bus rumbling to stress me, but finally got up and sat down at my computer in my office and noted the time on my laptop. I was okay today.
I worked all day, and was pleased at all I was accomplishing when I heard a car pull up looked out the window and realized Merrick was late to scouts – they had come to pick him us as he had not shown up. I looked at my laptop clock again, it was 1 pm. “We tried to call,†his leader gently chided. I ran round house, followed sounds of the TV and found him with his sisters still in PJ’s watching TV. “Scouts now! I yelled as I dashed around looking for my phone.
The rest of the day was a series of misses.
After almost missing scouts I went back to work for a few minutes before I had an appointment in town. Without the sounds of the bus or kids I worked on until I was late and I missed the following appointments – yes, all in one day.
I missed my conference call at 2pm
I forgot to pick Merrick up from scouts at 2:30 (“yes, he tried to call you!†she chided me again. How old was she anyway?
I missed my acupuncture appointment by 1 hour which made me miss my entire massage appointment. (something I really look forward to as a once a month treat!) I stood at the reception desk and said, “ How could I have missed it? My appointment is always at 3!†and she said you made it for 2:40.†I had I realized because I could go earlier now, because the kids are out of school!
I drove home and put dinner on, and they kids complained they had missed all sorts of things that night. What had happened to my time-activity balance? My sun dial knowledge of the time? Did I need to start wearing a wrist watch to replace the rumblings of the bus all because the kids were now home from school?
So, I pose the question to you . . . how many of you run your lives like I do with a series of glances at unattached clocks around your own or your kid’s and activities? How many of you wear a wrist watch? Which of us is happier? How many more years will any of us live by wearing or not wearing that band?
Should I go back and by the hot pink and black bling band? Or do I trust the universe to adjust my inner sundial to “schools out for summer “savings time?
I heard an audible gasp from the crowd as I ripped my eyes from the table to my arm. There was my wrist bare of a watch yet there in my hand was clutched my cell phone and with a quick flick there was the time.
I pulled away from the rows of pretty bands, a little sad not to have the pink and black crystal confection and then realized I hadn’t really worn hot pink and black since the . . . .90’s? Worse yet I could not remember the last time I had worn a wrist watch. I looked again at my wrist – there was no telltale non tan spot to show where I had last worn it? As I thought about it I could not even remember when I had last worn a watch at all.
Later at home I checked in my display jewelry box for my watches – I had several. Gifts over the years of fancy watches from my husband, friends and kids. I pulled out the drawers and the last one on the bottom – when had I moved them there? Was full of watches. I pulled out at least 8 of them with mix and match bands and faces in all sorts of styles and accompanied with all kinds of memories of the gift giver. This green one Maddy and I picked out in Ireland. The kids gave me this one for Mother’s Day. I bought these three for ten at the California swap meet. I have a drawer full of watches, I said allowed as I leaned back with a sigh, I should start wearing them more. The next thought, unbidden dispelled my short-lived relief, “Do they still l work?†I went through the pile again, watch by watch, checking the time, the batteries, each and every one was dead. Dead? That could not be, that was wrong. I hadn’t even worn half of them.
I grabbed a few and went to my husband, I put the odd assortment in front of him and almost in tears paused for a moment before I could speak. He looked up at me with that quizzically patient face many men reserve for their almost hysterically wives and said, “What is it honey?†I said, none of my watches work. There are all dead. Can you fix them?†He explained about replacing the battery and a place in the mall and that was that for me. More effort? I should have bought the hot pink one back at the Expo. I was mulling this over when my daughter came in, she said, “What are you doing with those?†and I explained my saga and asked her if she wanted to go back to the Expo in hopes someone else had not snagged my now life-saving watch when she said, “Why do you need a watch? You never wear one. Wrist watches are obsolete. You use your cell phone to tell the time!†I respond quickly, about my soap box issue, “I don’t always carry my cell phone!†She nods that she knows this, fully understanding that her mom has this weird soap box issue about carrying the cell phone everywhere may cause some sort of cancer . . . she has heard it before . . . and yes it is true I soapbox about that all the time – when not carrying it of course – but with 3 kids a working mom does have to keep her cell phone close by somewhere – and yes, it’s usually buried in my purse – when I carry that which I rarely do – on in my car. She waits while that goes through my head and says, “ When you don’t have your cell phone you just seem to know. You know you look at the sky like a sun dial.â€
I thought about that for a moment, how did I tell the time? How did I get my kid’s to the bus, their countless activities and classes on time. Well for one I never had them quite on time but how did I manage to get them their within the general time frame? For that matter how did I remember when to set out dinner, when to turn on my favorite TV shows or when it was time for bed?
My daughter must have faded off as I keep right on thinking . . . the other day my other daughter had asked me the time and I had looked at the sky and said “3:30†and had been right on the nose. “How do you do that?†she asked me, looking incredulous and interested – which believe me is a rare look from a 13-year old. I didn’t answer because I didn’t know and didn’t have time to care. But I did have time now and in fact time had just become a big question for me. How did I tell it?
The next week, still pondering the time question, but not as focused, I paid more attention to how I choose to tell what the time was without one of my wristwatches. This is what happened.
In the mornings my husband woke to an internal alarm and got up to turn off the kid’s alarm and wake them.
The first daughter would get ready till my husband would hear the rumble of the school bus coming up the lane, and then my husband would shout that the school bus was coming.
I awake to noises of shouting. You know the teenage shouting that happens in the morning, especially prevalent in females . . . need I say more?
If this shouting doesn’t also wake the second daughter (and yes also turn off her alarm – a gift from grandparents who must really think there is a hope of making our kids independent – bless them) then Chad gets her up.
Our son, an early riser, by then was watching morning cartoons with a big bowl of cereal and home work spread out in front of him in pretense of following the no cartoons till homework is done rule.
He hears the neighbor kids and dogs waiting outside for the next bus so he says goodbye with a kiss and wave.
I am up now doing my hair, I hear his school bus leave and I wonder how I know what time it is again till I realize I have until the last bus – the special needs bus – comes to finish my morning makeup.
I hear the bus rumble, I am ready, I head out the door.
I do check the time in the car to make sure I have time to get to my client. I forget about the watch time issue till the next day.
I work at laptop from a desk in my home office every other day. It is that day. I am sitting at my computer when I feel hungry. I go into the kitchen, note the oven clock says 11:30 and I make lunch to carry back to my desk.
Later that day I again hear the rumbling of the bus and realize it must be 2:30 as the first child is home. I leave my desk to greet her as she walks down the drive. I make her and the kids who will surely follow a snack and then go back to work after hearing about their school days and getting them started on chores.
An hour later one kid comes in to ask if they can play and I ask them what day it is? They say, well your home so it is a Monday or Wednesday and so as I recall it is a Wednesday I remind them that they have karate or dance or church group or whatever and then I go back to work.
In about another hour or so I hear fighting, so I know it’s time to start dinner. Sure enough I look at the time in the corner of my laptop and it is already 5:00! Time to start dinner.
After dinner I drive the kids round to their activities with a phone call or two to correlate the schedule with my husband who is driving round the other kids. And we agree to meet at home around 9:00. How do we tell the time there? Cell phone. Yes I admit it.
So it seems my week in review premise would suggest I told time by a pattern of noises, glances at clocks not attached to my wrist and kid’s reminders.
I felt like I had conducted a formal research study, feeling fairly snug about my observations yet still lamenting the wasted beauty and use of my wristwatches until the next week the unthinkable happened. The kid’s got out of school.
Here is what happened:
The first day, with no need to get the kid’s up at 5, my husband’s internal alarm was snoozed and I awoke to the sun and birdsong. A novel, peaceful kind of awakening which really everyone should experience . . . unless you have to be to work in 10 minutes. I realized I was late when I looked at the time on my bathroom wall. How long had that clock been there?
I got ready as fast as I could. Not set bus noise routine to guide my time so it felt like it took me twice as long and apparently it did because by the time I got into the car it was almost 2 hours from the time I had gotten up. I was majorly freaked out by that as I hadn’t even taken time to do my hair so how could that be? I got to work 2 hours late, I told them time then by noting the time on my computer at work – the “aren’t we special?†looks from my co-workers could of told me the time as well. Ha ha. How could I have been that late?
Well, later we realized that bathroom wall clock had not been set to Daylight savings time a few months back. (Sheesh, I don’t remember setting any of the clocks, doesn’t that happen automatically? I ask my husband this and he said, “no the battery powered clocks have to be reset by hand dear.†You got that tone too right?) I guess my body clock was still on the other time, I joked as I shared the saga with my co-workers . . .
The next day I made my husband promise to wake me up when he woke up and he did. Of course, the house was so quiet I snoozed a little, no bus rumbling to stress me, but finally got up and sat down at my computer in my office and noted the time on my laptop. I was okay today.
I worked all day, and was pleased at all I was accomplishing when I heard a car pull up looked out the window and realized Merrick was late to scouts – they had come to pick him us as he had not shown up. I looked at my laptop clock again, it was 1 pm. “We tried to call,†his leader gently chided. I ran round house, followed sounds of the TV and found him with his sisters still in PJ’s watching TV. “Scouts now! I yelled as I dashed around looking for my phone.
The rest of the day was a series of misses.
After almost missing scouts I went back to work for a few minutes before I had an appointment in town. Without the sounds of the bus or kids I worked on until I was late and I missed the following appointments – yes, all in one day.
I missed my conference call at 2pm
I forgot to pick Merrick up from scouts at 2:30 (“yes, he tried to call you!†she chided me again. How old was she anyway?
I missed my acupuncture appointment by 1 hour which made me miss my entire massage appointment. (something I really look forward to as a once a month treat!) I stood at the reception desk and said, “ How could I have missed it? My appointment is always at 3!†and she said you made it for 2:40.†I had I realized because I could go earlier now, because the kids are out of school!
I drove home and put dinner on, and they kids complained they had missed all sorts of things that night. What had happened to my time-activity balance? My sun dial knowledge of the time? Did I need to start wearing a wrist watch to replace the rumblings of the bus all because the kids were now home from school?
So, I pose the question to you . . . how many of you run your lives like I do with a series of glances at unattached clocks around your own or your kid’s and activities? How many of you wear a wrist watch? Which of us is happier? How many more years will any of us live by wearing or not wearing that band?
Should I go back and by the hot pink and black bling band? Or do I trust the universe to adjust my inner sundial to “schools out for summer “savings time?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Aesthetic Legend, Christine Heathman, Teaching Advanced Education in Las Vegas
Age Management Expert Christine Heathman teaches at the International Aesthetics Cosmetics and Spa Conference on April 24-26th in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, NV – April 24, 2010 – Christine Heathman, LMT, ME, Author, Industry Innovator, Educator, a nominated legend in American Aesthetics and CEO and Founder of GlyMed Plus Institute of Skin Science™, will be teaching the Advanced Education Workshops at the International Esthetics Cosmetics and Spa Conference in Las Vegas on April 24-26th. Please visit GlyMed Plus at Booth #1723.
Christine Heathman, a well-recognized 30-year skin care industry, and age management expert will be teaching the following classes:
Stem Cell Health and Protecting Cellular DNA – April 24th 12:00 -2:00 pm
Skin rejuvenation comes to a halt when epidermal stem cells and DNA are damaged. Learn how ingredients can create a more beneficial environment to allow skin stem cells to play their optimal role.
Profitable Power Peeling With Vitamin A -- April 25th 1:00 – 3:00 pm
This class provides breakthroughs in the Power of Vitamin A Peeling sharing how the A ingredient plays a critical role in revolutionizing your skin management practice.
“Learn how to help reprogram aging skin fibroblasts to reproduce superior collagen volume in the Extra Cellular Matrix (ECM) the skin’s natural Ecosystem, and reeducate injured and aging cells for younger acting skin,” said Christine Heathman. “Experience the Most Advanced Peeling Technology using powerful Vitamin A and sophisticated hi-tech plant cell cultures.”
Advanced Skin Peeling for Aging, and Pigmented Skin – April 26th 1:00-4:00 pm
Learn step by step practical application of the essential skin peeling ingredients and secret science of clinical application that are the real point of difference to obtain amazing results for the most challenged skin types.
GlyMed Plus Institute of Skin Science, headquartered in Spanish Fork, Utah offers exclusive product and information resources for estheticians, physicians and spa professionals seeking a smart, scientific approach to regenerating the skin of their patients and clients. GlyMed Plus® offers multi-faceted professional-only skin care systems with a complete range of natural and medically effective progressive formulas in over 98 products. The GlyMed Plus Institute of Skin Science™, unsurpassed in the most advanced esthetic courses for Skin of Color, Acne, Peeling, Advanced Peeling, Pigmentation, Menopausal Skin, Rosacea, Corrective Makeup, and Ultrasound Skin Care.
Please stop in to see us at the International Esthetics Cosmetics and Spa Conference April 24-26th in Las Vegas in GlyMed Plus’s Booth #1723. For a full brochure on the products and for more information please visit www.glymedplus.com.
For a full brochure on the products and for more information please visit www.glymedplus.com. For more information please visit: www.glymedplus.com. For eMedia questions, please contact: Kim Power Stilson, Power Strategies Agency at kim@powerstrategies.TV or 801-358-3649.
Las Vegas, NV – April 24, 2010 – Christine Heathman, LMT, ME, Author, Industry Innovator, Educator, a nominated legend in American Aesthetics and CEO and Founder of GlyMed Plus Institute of Skin Science™, will be teaching the Advanced Education Workshops at the International Esthetics Cosmetics and Spa Conference in Las Vegas on April 24-26th. Please visit GlyMed Plus at Booth #1723.
Christine Heathman, a well-recognized 30-year skin care industry, and age management expert will be teaching the following classes:
Stem Cell Health and Protecting Cellular DNA – April 24th 12:00 -2:00 pm
Skin rejuvenation comes to a halt when epidermal stem cells and DNA are damaged. Learn how ingredients can create a more beneficial environment to allow skin stem cells to play their optimal role.
Profitable Power Peeling With Vitamin A -- April 25th 1:00 – 3:00 pm
This class provides breakthroughs in the Power of Vitamin A Peeling sharing how the A ingredient plays a critical role in revolutionizing your skin management practice.
“Learn how to help reprogram aging skin fibroblasts to reproduce superior collagen volume in the Extra Cellular Matrix (ECM) the skin’s natural Ecosystem, and reeducate injured and aging cells for younger acting skin,” said Christine Heathman. “Experience the Most Advanced Peeling Technology using powerful Vitamin A and sophisticated hi-tech plant cell cultures.”
Advanced Skin Peeling for Aging, and Pigmented Skin – April 26th 1:00-4:00 pm
Learn step by step practical application of the essential skin peeling ingredients and secret science of clinical application that are the real point of difference to obtain amazing results for the most challenged skin types.
GlyMed Plus Institute of Skin Science, headquartered in Spanish Fork, Utah offers exclusive product and information resources for estheticians, physicians and spa professionals seeking a smart, scientific approach to regenerating the skin of their patients and clients. GlyMed Plus® offers multi-faceted professional-only skin care systems with a complete range of natural and medically effective progressive formulas in over 98 products. The GlyMed Plus Institute of Skin Science™, unsurpassed in the most advanced esthetic courses for Skin of Color, Acne, Peeling, Advanced Peeling, Pigmentation, Menopausal Skin, Rosacea, Corrective Makeup, and Ultrasound Skin Care.
Please stop in to see us at the International Esthetics Cosmetics and Spa Conference April 24-26th in Las Vegas in GlyMed Plus’s Booth #1723. For a full brochure on the products and for more information please visit www.glymedplus.com.
For a full brochure on the products and for more information please visit www.glymedplus.com. For more information please visit: www.glymedplus.com. For eMedia questions, please contact: Kim Power Stilson, Power Strategies Agency at kim@powerstrategies.TV or 801-358-3649.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Five French Bull Dogs and Skin Expert Launches Skin Care Line for Dogs
Christine Heathman, Founder of Glymed Plus Institute of Skin Science, Announces Pugsley’s Choice, a Skin Care Line She Created Specifically for Dog Lovers.
Orlando, FL – March 27th 2010 – Today, Christine Heathman, an avid animal lover and 30-year skin care industry and age management expert, today announced, the official re-release of her Pugsley’s Choice pet product line in correlation of the Global Pet Expo, March 25-27th in Orlando, FL.
Pugsley’s Choice, named after one of five of Christine’s beloved French Bulldogs, is a line of natural, eco-friendly products that aid dogs in preventing and resolving major skin problems in dogs.
According to Christine Heathman, founder of Glymed Plus Institute of Skin Science was searching for natural products for her pets when she decided to create a sister company which produced the products she needed for her own dogs.
“The PH of a canine’s skin is a neutral 7 to 7.4 while human skin is more acidic at 5.5 to 6.8. Any product manufactured for humans is too acidic and will cause irritation and flaking of your dog’s skin,” said Christine Heathman. “Some caustic chemicals pet owners unknowingly use on their dogs could cause illness and even death. I created Pugsley’s Choice so I could trust the products I use when bathing and caring for the skin of my family of pups.”
Christine Heathman coupled her decades of human skin care knowledge with expert assistance in developing natural pet formulas to create Pugsley’s Choice products which include FUR-ESH Super conditioning pet shampoo, FUR-EE Detangler and Glosser, STOP BUG-GIN’ ME! Flea and Tick Repellant and SNIFF-IT Odor Eradicator.
“My dogs are into everything and I needed to know I was bathing them in something that would nourish their skin, repels dirt, remove odor, provide shine and last to the next bath to help keep them healthy,” said Heathman. “Pugsley’s Choice Shampoo has naturally based organic conditioners that create the perfect PH for pet skin and hair and additionally include Cactus flower extract which has been used in American Indian cultures to heal minor burns, bites and scrapes. It does exactly what I need it too; it is affordable and gives me peace of mind.”
All Pugsley’s Choice products have the balance of both natural and bio-engineered preservative ingredients to prevent formula degradation. Without these safe and substantiated components, the products would require refrigeration. It is important to remember that all Pugsley’s Choice products are formulated to be safe to use around any two or four-legged, warm-blooded animals, including the new born.
For a full brochure on the products and for more information please visit www.pugsleys-choice.com.
Orlando, FL – March 27th 2010 – Today, Christine Heathman, an avid animal lover and 30-year skin care industry and age management expert, today announced, the official re-release of her Pugsley’s Choice pet product line in correlation of the Global Pet Expo, March 25-27th in Orlando, FL.
Pugsley’s Choice, named after one of five of Christine’s beloved French Bulldogs, is a line of natural, eco-friendly products that aid dogs in preventing and resolving major skin problems in dogs.
According to Christine Heathman, founder of Glymed Plus Institute of Skin Science was searching for natural products for her pets when she decided to create a sister company which produced the products she needed for her own dogs.
“The PH of a canine’s skin is a neutral 7 to 7.4 while human skin is more acidic at 5.5 to 6.8. Any product manufactured for humans is too acidic and will cause irritation and flaking of your dog’s skin,” said Christine Heathman. “Some caustic chemicals pet owners unknowingly use on their dogs could cause illness and even death. I created Pugsley’s Choice so I could trust the products I use when bathing and caring for the skin of my family of pups.”
Christine Heathman coupled her decades of human skin care knowledge with expert assistance in developing natural pet formulas to create Pugsley’s Choice products which include FUR-ESH Super conditioning pet shampoo, FUR-EE Detangler and Glosser, STOP BUG-GIN’ ME! Flea and Tick Repellant and SNIFF-IT Odor Eradicator.
“My dogs are into everything and I needed to know I was bathing them in something that would nourish their skin, repels dirt, remove odor, provide shine and last to the next bath to help keep them healthy,” said Heathman. “Pugsley’s Choice Shampoo has naturally based organic conditioners that create the perfect PH for pet skin and hair and additionally include Cactus flower extract which has been used in American Indian cultures to heal minor burns, bites and scrapes. It does exactly what I need it too; it is affordable and gives me peace of mind.”
All Pugsley’s Choice products have the balance of both natural and bio-engineered preservative ingredients to prevent formula degradation. Without these safe and substantiated components, the products would require refrigeration. It is important to remember that all Pugsley’s Choice products are formulated to be safe to use around any two or four-legged, warm-blooded animals, including the new born.
For a full brochure on the products and for more information please visit www.pugsleys-choice.com.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
"Pot of Gold for Taylor" Fund Raiser to help Taylor McKean fight for her life!
Here is the update on the "Pot of Gold for Taylor" Fund Raiser to help Taylor McKean fight for her life!
We have a date, Friday April 2nd from 7-9 pm.
Thanks to Christine Heathman of GlymedPlus the Central Bank account for the donation of funds will be ready tomorrow.
Thanks to Vic, owner of Ottavio's we have a food and a location. His home in Provo is central for a casual Italian dinner among donating friends. He will cook the food but we need to raise funds for ingredients as well as table ware and decorations.
Thanks to Geoffrey Power we have an accordion player to entertain us that night as well as special guest appearance of David Ryan from Waterford Ireland to play and crone on the guitar.
Thanks to Sean Loree we will have full media and press coverage. He will write the invite press release and I will write the advisory for that day and the follow up news release.
What we need:
Flyer/ invitation to the event in eform. I can have it printed as well to hang round people's offices.
People to invite and RSVP Attendees
Dessert -- suggestions?
Tableware and decorations -- suggestions?
Gifts for Raffle -- Christine has found some lovely products.
We have a date, Friday April 2nd from 7-9 pm.
Thanks to Christine Heathman of GlymedPlus the Central Bank account for the donation of funds will be ready tomorrow.
Thanks to Vic, owner of Ottavio's we have a food and a location. His home in Provo is central for a casual Italian dinner among donating friends. He will cook the food but we need to raise funds for ingredients as well as table ware and decorations.
Thanks to Geoffrey Power we have an accordion player to entertain us that night as well as special guest appearance of David Ryan from Waterford Ireland to play and crone on the guitar.
Thanks to Sean Loree we will have full media and press coverage. He will write the invite press release and I will write the advisory for that day and the follow up news release.
What we need:
Flyer/ invitation to the event in eform. I can have it printed as well to hang round people's offices.
People to invite and RSVP Attendees
Dessert -- suggestions?
Tableware and decorations -- suggestions?
Gifts for Raffle -- Christine has found some lovely products.
Friday, March 5, 2010
See our Hollywood news!!
For Every Home and Kardashian Sisters Candle Support Haitian Relief at an Academy Awards Event
For Every Home provides the new KARDASHIAN Birthday Cake candle at GBK's Oscars Gift Lounge and Fund Raiser for Haitian Relief Efforts this Weekend at the W Hotel in Hollywood.
Hollywood, CA – March 5, 2010 – Today, Paul and Becky J. Anderson, For Every Home founders, announced For Every Home’s sponsorship and contribution of the first candle in their new line of KARDASHIAN Candles to the GBK Production Oscars Gift Lounge and Haitian Relief Fund Raiser this weekend at the W Hotel in Hollywood.
For Every Home was pleased to sponsor fund-raising efforts by providing the first candle in their sister company, For Every Body and it’s new line of Kardashian candles manufactured exclusively for Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian.
“We are pleased to provide our new candles for For Every Home and GBK production’s efforts to raise money for Haiti at the Oscars,” said Khloe Kardashian. "Our new Birthday Cake candle is absolutely to die for and it makes your house smell amazing."
The first candle in the Kardashian series, now available for purchase online, is the Birthday Cake scented candle, it is soy-based wax, eco friendly, burns for 60 hours providing an unmatched fragrance value for any home, comes complete with the For Every Body Signature birthday sprinkle topping, and is priced competitively for sale online at $14. www.foreverybody.com/kardashian/
According to Becky J. Anderson, founder of the innovative fashion fragrance business with a mission to empower women to build a profitable and rewarding home-based business, she is pleased For Every Home could share its products to raise funds in such a trend-setting and glamorous occasion as the Oscars.
“The Academy Awards are watched by millions and a favorite of women everywhere. It’s a fun venue for our innovative fashion fragrance company that represents women and their home-based businesses in sharing fashion forward products,” said Becky J. Anderson. “Sharing the new KARDASHIAN Candle line and our For Every Home candles at such a glamorous event, and for such a good cause, is an honor.”
In 2007, Paul and Becky J. Anderson founded For Every Home to help make a difference in women's lives. As the successful founder of a multi-million dollar company, For Every Body, Becky is using over fifteen years of experience to give women the tools they need to make their business successful. Becky watches trends closely to make sure everything offered is something women will love to have in their homes. For more information please visit www.foreveryhome.net
GBK Productions is a Special Events & Fundraising company that is dedicated to giving high quality, tailor-made service to its individual clients. GBK Productions is well known for integrating the Entertainment & Non-Profit industries to create unique and memorable high-profile National & International Events that maximize its clients fundraising efforts. For more information please contact Jolie Jankowitz at Jolie@gbkproductions.com and www.gbkproductions.com
For media information please visit, www.foreveryhome.net or contact: Kim Power Stilson at 801-615-0035 or kim.stilson@foreverybody.com or Evelyn Call at 801-368-7795.
For Every Home and Kardashian Sisters Candle Support Haitian Relief at an Academy Awards Event
For Every Home provides the new KARDASHIAN Birthday Cake candle at GBK's Oscars Gift Lounge and Fund Raiser for Haitian Relief Efforts this Weekend at the W Hotel in Hollywood.
Hollywood, CA – March 5, 2010 – Today, Paul and Becky J. Anderson, For Every Home founders, announced For Every Home’s sponsorship and contribution of the first candle in their new line of KARDASHIAN Candles to the GBK Production Oscars Gift Lounge and Haitian Relief Fund Raiser this weekend at the W Hotel in Hollywood.
For Every Home was pleased to sponsor fund-raising efforts by providing the first candle in their sister company, For Every Body and it’s new line of Kardashian candles manufactured exclusively for Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney Kardashian.
“We are pleased to provide our new candles for For Every Home and GBK production’s efforts to raise money for Haiti at the Oscars,” said Khloe Kardashian. "Our new Birthday Cake candle is absolutely to die for and it makes your house smell amazing."
The first candle in the Kardashian series, now available for purchase online, is the Birthday Cake scented candle, it is soy-based wax, eco friendly, burns for 60 hours providing an unmatched fragrance value for any home, comes complete with the For Every Body Signature birthday sprinkle topping, and is priced competitively for sale online at $14. www.foreverybody.com/kardashian/
According to Becky J. Anderson, founder of the innovative fashion fragrance business with a mission to empower women to build a profitable and rewarding home-based business, she is pleased For Every Home could share its products to raise funds in such a trend-setting and glamorous occasion as the Oscars.
“The Academy Awards are watched by millions and a favorite of women everywhere. It’s a fun venue for our innovative fashion fragrance company that represents women and their home-based businesses in sharing fashion forward products,” said Becky J. Anderson. “Sharing the new KARDASHIAN Candle line and our For Every Home candles at such a glamorous event, and for such a good cause, is an honor.”
In 2007, Paul and Becky J. Anderson founded For Every Home to help make a difference in women's lives. As the successful founder of a multi-million dollar company, For Every Body, Becky is using over fifteen years of experience to give women the tools they need to make their business successful. Becky watches trends closely to make sure everything offered is something women will love to have in their homes. For more information please visit www.foreveryhome.net
GBK Productions is a Special Events & Fundraising company that is dedicated to giving high quality, tailor-made service to its individual clients. GBK Productions is well known for integrating the Entertainment & Non-Profit industries to create unique and memorable high-profile National & International Events that maximize its clients fundraising efforts. For more information please contact Jolie Jankowitz at Jolie@gbkproductions.com and www.gbkproductions.com
For media information please visit, www.foreveryhome.net or contact: Kim Power Stilson at 801-615-0035 or kim.stilson@foreverybody.com or Evelyn Call at 801-368-7795.
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