VIP Let me Spoil you Gift through September 30

Hello there friends-

Every now and then I love to spoil my customers with a wonderful GIFT with their purchase and that time is now.
Just for the next two days (September 29th and 30th), I'm offering a generous gift.

Here we go--

With the purchase of either our Eight (8) piece Make-Up Brush Collection (a true make-up artist's collection, but also something that I use every day for my simple and easy mineral application) OR with the purchase of our Midnight Orchid Collection, I will give you your choice of either our Organic Mascara or our decadent Kabuki Brush to use with your minerals. Both of these gifts are valued at 16.00. Please keep reading to see how to redeem--

Let's share about the 8 Piece Make Up Brush Collection First:

Are your make-up brushes one step away from falling apart or do you have a so/so set that you put up with?
Why put up with ratty brushes that sort of work for you when this set is incredibly reasonable? Having beautiful and effective make-up brushes makes a huge difference in your final look and in the ease of applying your minerals.

Women are usually shocked to learn that our 8 Piece Brush Set is $48.00 because it retails elsewhere for over $90.00.
Personally, I'm impressed with the quality of our make-up brushes, as I have been using mine for well over three years and they still look fantastic and work well. One thing that women usually comment on at my mineral make-over parties is how SOFT and luscious our brushes are! Have you ever used a make up brush that just feels like silk on your face? The 8 Piece Brush Collection comes in a roll and tie pouch, which is made from hemp and cotton material.



8 Piece Brush Collection: Item J9310 $48.00

Another Wonderful Option-- Midnight Orchid Collection:

If you are ready to try our new decadent Midnight Orchid instead, please choose the Collection (Item G4455), which includes five products and has a six dollar savings built-in.

The Midnight Orchid Collection (Item G4455) includes:
Hydrating Body Spritz, Body Polish, Prebiotic Body Wash and a Hand and Body Lotion Duo beautifully wrapped in a re-usable white organza gift bag. The Midnight Orchid Collection is $52.00 for the five items and includes the complimentary organza bag.

What does Midnight Orchid smell like? I'm glad you asked-- Here is how our owner and founder describes it:
"Discover the ultimate indulgence when you experience new Midnight Orchid Body Care line. A fresh, feminine blend of orchid and sweet pear combined with sandalwood and soft amber." Midnight Orchid Collection is Item G4455


How will you receive your choice of either the Kabuki Brush OR an organic mascara?
Please either send me an email with your order at LemongrassJill@Gmail.com
OR
Shop at this direct link and I will add your gift to your order!
https://www.ourlemongrassspa.com/jill/shop/EVENTHOME.aspx?eventId=E69582&from=MYEVENTS

p.s.
Yes, if you have other items that you need right now that total $48.00 or greater and you order on this party link, I will also honor this GIFT with purchase. So....there you go....You can have your cake and eat it too. Yes, you read that correctly: If you don't need a make-up brush collection or the Midnight Orchid collection, choose your own necessities that total $48.00 or greater and place your order on this link to receive your gift:


http://www.ourlemongrassspa.com/158/shop/catalog.aspx?eventId=E69582&from=DIRECTLINK


Oh.....and here is a quick look at our beloved Kabuki Brush, which is amazing as a Foundation Brush:

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Disclaimer: this blog post is not to be interpreted or used as medical advice or expertise. I am highlighting or sharing my personal experience in this blog so please know that individual results may vary or differ.

Yummy Vegan Minestrone Soup

Today's lunch was a delicious vegan minestrone soup and it didn't take a lot of time to prepare and we have at least one more meal still in the pot. Don't you just love it when you cook once and have two meals prepared? I do! It makes me even happier when a recipe is quick and easy because I am not a gourmet cook and I don't appreciate being in the kitchen for hours upon hours.

One of my favorite cookbooks is by Pampered Chef and it is their Vegetarian Table cookbook. Although I am not a vegetarian, I prefer to eat more meat-less meals in a week than those with meat for health reasons. My daughter is vegan so we didn't have to deviate from this recipe to keep it friendly for her and it was delicious.

If you don't have a Pampered Chef consultant, and would love to order this cookbook, I have added three direct links for three of my friends who sell Pampered Chef below. Every single recipe I have tried in this book is excellent and worth repeating. I have to share that even my meat-eating boys in the house love these recipes.

Note: we did not have any Farro at home (but had all the other ingredients) so we substituted with Rotini Gluten-Free Pasta and also added some Risotto. We chose to add one cup of the Rotini and 1/2 cup of the Risotto.
We also went ahead and added double of the carrots and celery to make it a little tastier. In fact, I'm not sure that I have ever had Farro in my pantry so I will have to check that out next time I shop. One thing I learned one summer working for a caterer is to "go with it" and use the ingredients you have on hand. This was absolutely delicious with the gluten-free rotini.


Here are three Pampered Chef friend's websites if you want to peruse their cookbook selections:

https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/dawnavery

https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/AliciaS

https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/loriholstein

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Disclaimer: this blog post is not to be interpreted or used as medical advice or expertise. I am highlighting or sharing my personal experience in this blog so please know that individual results may vary or differ.

New Product: Prebiotic 3 in 1 Wash

New Product Spotlight: "Prebiotic 3-In-1 Wash"


We just released a brand-new prebiotic wash and the story behind it is worthy of sharing with you!
It was highlighted at our summer product release that one of the missions that Heidi Leist (CEO, owner and founder of Lemongrass Spa) has is to help our customers have fewer bottles in their shower or tub area because this will put fewer bottles in the landfill, save our customers money and allow them to use healthier products on their bodies, which means that fewer chemicals are also going down the drain.

The Prebiotic is a revolutionary product for Lemongrass Spa and if you don't know much about our prebiotics, I'm delighted to share with you here, as this is exciting news:

Our Lemongrass Spa Product Developer, Mark Hessling, created the prebiotics as "health food for your skin" and the prebiotics "allow our body to thrive by focusing on the super-ecology of our body". Mark Hessling was the FIRST person to develop prebiotics and he has been doing this for twenty-five years. He worked with the World Health Organization on Cancer and he has used prebiotics to clean up environmental spills by using the natural kelp prebiotic formulation to naturally clean environmental spills. Here is what I share about that at my events: "When you add chemicals to clean up a chemical spill, you just have more chemicals. Our in-house product manager developed a plant based prebiotic that will naturally clean and eat the bad bacteria and encourage the good and healthy bacteria. This growth of healthy bacteria is true for our skin and we are receiving incredible testimonials on these prebiotics from our customers."

With the NEW 3 in 1 Prebiotic Wash, this ONE bottle will replace three bottles in your shower and that will save you (and your customers) money, and the prebiotic wash actually helps clean the water as the excess goes down the drain. Think about that for a moment: When we, as consultants, switch our families, our customers, our hostesses and our new customers to a GREEN and earth friendly prebiotic wash, it means that when we use this product, "it leaves NO footprint on the environment". Not only that, but Mark Hessling shared on our new product LGU launch call that "it will help to remove heavy metals and compounds in the environment". Isn't that incredible? This 3 in 1 Prebiotic Wash will "balance your body's ecosystem; the microbiological zoo." Mark Hessling Were you aware that we have this incredible Environmental Scientist, Product Developer and Innovator on the Lemongrass Spa home office team?


p.s. What are the three uses for the "Prebiotic 3 in 1 Wash"?
Answer: Shampoo, Body Wash and Shaving Gel

There you are! This Prebiotic Wash may help to improve the health of your skin, save money and improve our environment all with ONE bottle!


If you haven't tried our Prebiotic Body Wash, you are also in for a real treat.
Here is how we describe this innovative product in our newest catalog:
"Did you know....your skin is literally a microbiological zoo?
Our innovative prebiotic body wash is an incredibly powerful ally to creating a healthy environment for your skin.
The ingredients in this formulation, including sea kelp, help balance the pH of the skin and act as emollients. the wash works in a positive manner with the body's biosystem to aid in skin restoration and include natural healing agents, which expedite the recovery and repair of skin from blemishes, scars and wounds."

www.OurLemongrassSpa.com/Jill

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Disclaimer: this blog post is not to be interpreted or used as medical advice or expertise. I am highlighting or sharing my personal experience in this blog so please know that individual results may vary or differ.

Announcing the NEXT Incentive Trip

What!!??? We just learned that the next incentive trip is an all-expenses paid vacation to Jamaica. Have you been to Jamaica? I have never been and cannot wait to work towards this trip.

Do you want to go with me and earn your own Jamaica experience? Are you excited to learn how to earn this trip? If yes, send me a pm or comment on my post below.

Hint: if this post made you go "Ahhhhh.....the beach" or "Ahhhh a trip I can earn...", or "Ahhh...a spa treatment", you may need more details.

Here are a couple extraordinary things about this incentive:

You can earn a trip for TWO and take your spouse, sister or best friend and a SPA treatment morning is INCLUDED as a special perk. Eeeek--We learn more details on our consultant only call tonight but let me know if you need more details!

We just experienced the Maya Riviera as our Incentive Trip in June and last year we went to the Dominican Republic.  It is truly amazing that by working my business, I can earn exceptional vacations on top of earning income.  

If you have been to Jamaica, please tell me what you love about it:

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Disclaimer: this blog post is not to be interpreted or used as medical advice or expertise. I am highlighting or sharing my personal experience in this blog so please know that individual results may vary or differ.

Processed Enough?

Even though I visit the Grocery Store every week, it still baffles me that we have moved from a store full of food to all these processed food items. I'm still not used to this "shift". 

If you look at the meat photo (below) that I captured in my local store, this runs the entire length of one grocery aisle and then more processed meats overflow and continue in two or three more aisles.

This is NOT the meat department of my childhood.  I can recall those trips to the store with my mom and shivering as we entered the colder aisles with the meat. I remember crossing my arms and rubbing my cold forearms in an attempt to warm up as she carefully selected chicken and roasts for the week.   The difference when I was a child is that you would see whole chickens, cuts of meat, and various options that were not pre-packaged in neat little tubs with sauce and just needing a bit of time in the microwave to re-heat.  The "quick" version of meat at that time was that some of the chicken had been cut into the thighs or breasts and that step was already finished.  The lunch meat area and processed meat area that now rules the meat section was extremely small.  I remember examining that strange bologna package as a kid and then also the lunchmeat with the flakes of red and green, wondering what in the world that was and feeling a bit grateful that my mom did not purchase meat with Christmas colors included. 

I have read in several places that so many Americans have no idea how to cook and when I walk through a standard grocery store, that makes so much sense to me.  Most "food" options available to us today just require a re-heating option or many items may be eaten straight out of a box with no preparation needed whatsoever. 

I don't think my grandparents would even recognize the "food" available in grocery stores today. 

On the positive side, it does make it much faster and less complicated to walk through a grocery store and to pick up what is needed, as there are so many aisles I don't even need to visit. 

At times, I become ingrained with this being the "normal" and may not even "see" all this processed food for what it is and may not even think about all the added preservatives and ingredients that would be foreign to my grandparents.  

Do you remember when grocery stores had more real food?

What is your favorite grocery store? 

What percentage of your favorite store would you guess that you walk through when you shop? 

What is your favorite source for excellent recipes? 

P.S.  If you don't know about this site, I invite you to discover it:

www.100DaysofRealFood.com 

Leave me a comment please:

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Yummy Butternut Squash Soup

Delicious! Butternut Squash Soup
In fact, I may need to make a batch because looking at this picture of this soup is making me HUNGRY.  

This is by far the best Butternut Squash Soup that I have made. Yummy!

This recipe is a compilation of different recipes and tweaking it with a few yummy additions. 

The secret ingredients are:
Tabasco
Bragg's Amino Acid Seasoning (just a little!)

Here are the steps:

Cook one Butternut Squash in the oven at 350 for 45 minutes.
Just poke the squash with a fork and cook on a cookie sheet (I prefer my Pampered Chef one, as it cooks so well)
I prefer to cook the squash hole and then it is easy to cut in half and pull out all the seeds after it has cooked.

The rest of the ingredients I improvised so here is my best accounting for all of those: 

Saute 1/2 red onion (diced) in olive oil plus 2-3 minced cloves garlic
Saute the onion, olive oil and garlic until soft.
Salt with Himalayan Salt
Add one can chickpeas (drained).
Saute the onions, garlic and chickpeas for 5 minutes

Add 32 ounces of organic chicken broth
Add one cup of quinoa and cook in the broth for 20 minutes.
Season as desired:
I used Tabasco
Wildtree Cajun Mix
Wildtree Fajita Seasoning
Himalayan Salt
Bragg's Amino Acid Seasoning (a tiny bit)

Allow the Butternut Squash to cool for ten minutes and then cut in half, discard the seeds and scrape out all the goodness. Put the Squash in a bowl and add about 1/4 cup of organic peanut butter. Using a potato masher, puree the butternut squash and the peanut butter. Slowly add the squash and peanut butter to the soup, heat and serve.

Yum!

When you try it, let me know if you enjoy it: 

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Cyber Week Specials and Blessing Parents at the Ronald McDonald House

Thank you for reading this:

Thank you for considering my business to support this BUSY shopping season, as my Lemongrass Spa business supports my wonderful family. 

 Please keep reading to see how your order can make an impact for the parents at the Ronald McDonald House this Christmas; thank you so much. (Cyber specials are featured at the bottom of this blog post!)

Are your hands beginning to hurt from the change in weather? Well, you may be happy to learn about our Healing Elements Special that begins on 11.25.15 and please don't let your lips dry out this season and become painful.  Keep those lips beautifully kiss-able with our Organic Lip Glosses!  

We have some incredible Cyber Week specials that will help you to share hand-crafted necessities with your entire friends and family list. Allow me to take the shopping stress off your shoulders with Lemongrass Spa Products!   Don't forget those Secret Santa needs as well as Holiday Hostess gifts, co-workers and gifts for anyone else who would feel loved with a hand-crafted spa necessity. If you need suggestions, feel free to reach me here: LemongrassJill@Gmail.com  

To have your order BLESS the parents at the Ronald McDonald House this Season, please use this link:

www.OurLemongrassSpa.com/Jill

click: Shop Online

select:  Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser

The Ronald McDonald House order will be submitted on 11.30.2015 by 6:00 pm MT. (see photos at the bottom)

Black Friday Specials begin Wednesday, November 25th at 

9 am MT/ 11 am ET and end Tuesday, December 1st at 9 am MT/ 11 am ET. I recommend you order by 11/30 because that is a 9 AM (morning) expiration time for the specials. 

Drum Roll:  Here are our Cyber Week Specials: 

2 oz. Healing Elements is our #1 Top Seller and on Special: 

Our top-selling Healing Elements Balm in a Two Ounce Jar, item code A0814, is on special for only $8, save $5!  (normally 13.00) This is an amazing combination of oils for ultimate healing; every family needs this multi-use natural salve. Limit 4 jars per customer.
Enjoy the Healing Elements Balm on:  dry winter hands, chapped noses from colds, cold sores, pimples, as an under-eye creme, as a night facial creme, to soothe burns on skin.  Some customers have also found relief from eczema, psoriasis and even radiation burns from cancer treatments. Results do vary person to person, but I thought you might enjoy hearing how customers have used and loved our Healing Elements Balm.  Don't forget to use it on those babies!  This works wonders on diaper rash, red cheeks and even on cradle cap.  



Optional Bonus Buy with your purchase: 

We will be offering a Bonus Buy option during the Black Friday sale! With every $59 in qualified* orders, purchase your choice of a 1 oz. bottle of our Prebiotic Facial Wash, item code X5680, OR Black Zippered Cosmetic Bag, item code J7911, for only $2.
*A qualifying $59 order does not include quantity-discounted items such as 3 body polishes for $42.



Pick 3 Lip Gloss Pack: Keep those LIPS moisturized:

Choose 3 of your favorite Organic Lip Gloss shades for only $35, save $4. These satiny lip glosses contain a healthy infusion of pure minerals, cocoa butter and vitamin E to hydrate and protect, finished with the sweet scent of natural vanilla to make lips even more kissable under the mistletoe. Item code J8299. 
My testimonial:  "These are AMAZING at moisturizing. I have personally been using our Lip Gloss at night time to moisturize my lips all night and I wake up with super soft lips for the day!  We have LOTS Of color options to choose from so everyone can have their favorites. I"m considering the lip-glosses as gifts for my nieces this Christmas. How fun!"  

Did you catch that this is an ORGANIC lipgloss?  Isn't that amazing?  

What we put on our lips often ends up in our mouth as well, so Organic LipGloss is a wonderful choice: 

For several years, with your HELP, we gather stress relief kits and deliver these to the Ronald McDonald House during Christmas Week for the parents.  By placing your order (anything you need!) on my Ronald McDonald House event, the hostess rewards will add up quickly and will mean that more stress relieving foot care kits will be delivered to the parents this holiday season.  

This is such an appreciated gift, as the children receive lots of toys, but the parents do not receive gifts except for our stress relief foot care kit, which will be used and appreciated.  Thank you for considering GIFTS, and your necessities to build up the Hostess Rewards and earn more sets.  

Here is the link for the Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser:

www.OurLemongrassSpa.com/Jill

click:  Shop Online

Select:  Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser

Thank you so much; here are a few of us delivering the foot care kits to the Ronald McDonald House in Denver in time for Christmas last season: 

Each Foot Care Kit comes wrapped in a pretty polka dot gift bag and includes instructions on how to use each item.  We deliver these because they are Peppermint infused and peppermint is a wonderful stress reliever.  Thank you for partnering with me to help bless these parents this season. 

Thank you for helping to bless the parents this December at the Ronald McDonald House. If you have any questions for me, please let me know. 

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• Disclaimer:  this blog post is not to be interpreted as medical advice and is highlighting my experience  so please know that individual results may vary or differ.