Happy 15th Anniversary to my truest love.  All these years and

I'M STILL TANGLED UP IN YOU....

 

 

We have such a fun, beautiful and full life.  Loving you is easy.  People say marriage is "hard work"... I disagree.  When you are married to the right person, when you love them more than you love yourself, when you respect and treasure them, its simple.  I never have to fight to find a reason to love you.  I never have to dig deep to pull out a reason to keep holding on.  I don't have to look far to know that you are RIGHT WHERE I NEED TO BE. You are the perfect husband for me.  You fit me perfectly.  Our life is abundant and our love is solid.  I am thankful we met 20 years ago.  I appreciate the love and light and support you've shown me all these years.  I am SO HAPPY everyday that you wake up and continue to choose me as yours. 

Thank you for loving me.
Thank you for loving my children.
Thank you for taking care of us.
Thank you for not ever wavering when times were tough.. not once.
Thank you for everything you do.
Thank you for your support.
Thank you for dreaming with me.

Happy Anniversary babe.



MODA MOB review of Too Faced vs Younique 3D Fiber mascara

It's so exciting when your product is reviewed on a globally recognized platform!  CLICK HERE to watch the review and demonstration by MODA MOB.  Then CLICK HERE to order some for yourself!  If you have a comparison/demo of another mascara vs Younique 3D Fiber Lashes, I would love for you to share in the comments below.

TIP ALERT!  HOT HASHTAGS!

Wise sharing from the wearer of the dresser drawer pull moustache!

This post is a short and sweet TIP ALERT for all Network Marketing and Direct Sales Reps that are using Social Media as a means to grow their business. 


Here is a link to a list I found that offers top hashtags for your social media accounts.

Click here for the Top 100 Tags for Instagram!

Click here to learn WHY you need to build your Insta-Influence with HASHTAGS and follow Instagram All Stars on Facebook while you're at it!


MOST IMPORTANT OF COURSE is to Click here to follow me on Instagram!


#ThankYouThatIsAll

Our YOUNIQUE 3D Fiber Lash Mascara is featured in ALL PARENTING MAGAZINE!  Check out the review by clicking the link below.

 http://www.allparenting.com/my-style/articles/971123/try-the-new-mascara-thats-selling-out-in-the-blink-of-an-eye

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AWESOME!

#ThankYouThatIsAll

 

Getting “The Hubs” involved…..

I realize that not all married women are as lucky as I am.  Many don’t have supportive husbands or even husbands that TOLORATE their MLM/DS dreams!  My poor hubs never had a choice.  Support in my household isn’t an option.  By force or by nature, I am one of the lucky ones.  He is very open and supportive of all my shenanigans!  You must get your Significant Other (SO) on board if you are ever going to be truly successful.  Its up to you to decide if that is a possibility.  Include them in creating your goals and your vision board.  Include them in your business milestones and your progress.  Also include them by sharing your struggles and concerns.  This is their JOB as your SO... they have a role to play as your support team.  Your cheerleading squad.  Your champion.

I SWOON over this man....
 

 

Last night The Hubs and I had dinner with our friends Karen and Milo.  Karen recently launched her own Direct Sales biz and chose YOUNIQUE!  Yah know…. Cause she is a genius!  ANY-WHOOO……

There we were at dinner the guys are chit chatting about man stuff while Karen and I chit chatted about world domination one set of eyelashes at a time, when all the sudden they were pulled into the convo.  Karen was strongly suggesting to Milo that he should parade around town in a tshirt with her website on the front!  I of course had her back 100% because I thought it was a brilliant idea! 

The Hubs then suggested that perhaps there was an untapped market down at the local strip club and that he and Milo should ABSOLUTELY hustle right down there and network! 

You know... on behalf of our business! 

Sacrificing for us!

They only have our best interests in mind!

They would be more than willing to wear our tshirts there...

Who knew our SO's were such givers?!  smh...... 

As we outwardly POO-POO'd their idea... don't think for one second that Karen and I aren't on THAT like rats on CHEESE!  Stay tuned for how that turns out....

I believe there is so much (often) unappreciated value in the idea’s that float around in the heads of our significant others (SO’s).  Maybe we don't give them enough credit.  Have we really asked?  Have we really shared?  Have we really listened?  We should never discount their thoughts or opinions and we should NEVER not include them in our wins and our struggles.

I posted a tip quite awhile ago about ALWAYS sending your SO out the door with a pocket full of you biz cards.  Just making him aware of opportunities is a positive fall forward for your business.  So, RIGHT NOW, go put some biz cards in his wallet/her purse!  Give them to your kids!  Arm your loved ones with what they need to have in order to support the dreams and goals you have as a family.

Today I had the pleasure of a Skype meeting with one of my beautiful first levels, TIFFANY!  Tiffany's husband is in the pest control industry.  This calls for him to be inside many homes a day!  He has access to HUNDREDS of Stay at Home Moms in any given month!

So... we got to thinking!  What if we developed a challenge for him.  Of course it would also hold a handsome reward as well!  CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CHALLENGE WE CAME UP WITH!

 

Include your SO in your biz!  Bounce idea's off of them.  Just because they may not wear makeup or use your product, doesn't mean they don't have some thoughts or suggestions on how you may be able to grow!  Don't assume they don't care, aren't interested or won't be supportive.  TRY IT! 

 

I would love for you to comment below if you issue this challenge to your SO and let me know how it goes!

 

As always, I would love for you to follow me on PINTEREST, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, TWITTER and GOOGLE+! 

 CLICK HERE for more information about YOUNIQUE Products. 

CLICK HERE for more information about the YOUNIQUE business opportunity.  

I'm EXHAUSTED!  But it's BLISSFUL exhaustion!


WOW!  What a week I've had!  In the last 4 days I traveled from Anchorage, AK to Fairbanks, AK then from Fairbanks back to Anchorage then from Anchorage to Vegas and from Vegas back to Anchorage!  and....BOY ARE MY ARMS TIRED (buh-dum-dum)!

In Fairbanks I was able to see my son at the airport!  Passing like ships in the night!  He was coming in as I was headed out!  There is ALWAYS time for kiss, a hug and a SELFIE!  He works as a Firefighter and Medic at Kuparuk which is in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfields at the very tippy top of Alaska... GOOGLE IT!

I was also able to meet with one of my favorite people in the WORLD!  SueAnn! 

SueAnn was the second person to join my Younique adventure.  She is also a Founding Presenter and she is one of my First Generation Elites!  Its so nice to spend one on one time with other leaders in our company.  Its rare!  Mostly because we are all so busy managing our own books of business!

 

SueAnn is HILLARIOUS!  Here she is mimicking the cover photo from our Fall 2013 Catalog!  CRACKING US UP!  Love that woman!

I saw a few other team members while I was there as well.  BUSY 12 hours!  PHEW!

This weekend was my only free weekend in MONTHS and I needed to pop into our home in Vegas to take care of a few things so OFF I WENT!  While there, I was so fortunate to be able to interview with an amazing woman named Susan!  I'm so hopeful she chooses me as her sponsor.  Regardless, Younique will be lucky to have her!  So many beautiful women with so many amazing stories! 

I met with Katrina which was GREAT FUN and she gifted me this awesome 3D Keychain!  HOW SWEET IS SHE? 

Vegas is always GREAT but I made one HUGE, ROOKIE, Direct Sales mistake that I still can't stop thinking about!  Wanna hear what it was?  CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO RECAP OF  MY MISSADVENTURE!  Hindsight is always 20/20 right? 

BELIEVE YOU ME!  I more than made up for this on the plane ride home!  The poor guy next to me went home with a catalog and 4 business cards with a challenge to give them to 4 very specific types of women!  LOL!  Oddly, I don't think he thought I was nuts at all....  hmmmm....

I have had sleeping issues for years.  Before I even started working my Younique business, it was very rare that I would experience a full 4 hours+ of sleep!  I'm not sure why exactly.  I did all the right things.  I have a beautiful and relaxing environment, set to the ideal temperature, fine linens, a great mattress, perfect pillows... THE WORKS!  I've read every article, consulted my doctor, changed my eating habits, taken sleep aids...I've TRIED IT ALL I TELL YAH!  No dice!

Then I started my Younique business (Mar 2013) and for the first 6-8 months NEVER slept.  Literally didn't sleep more than a couple hours at a time.  But, the difference was, I had my business to work on instead of laying there in bed, frustrated that I was awake when I should have been sleeping!  I WORKED ALL THE TIME!  I loved it!  It really isn't work at all of course if you are doing something you are MADLY IN LOVE WITH right?  SO TRUE!

For about the last 3 months or so I haven't had any problem sleeping at all.  My brain is so exhausted each night, I just seem to collapse in the sack!  LIGHTS OUT the instant my head hits my pillow!  Sleeping every night with a huge smile on my face.  That has been a great improvement!

For the last couple of weeks I have been feeling exhausted though.  Like during the day.  I think I need to work on setting some office hours and finding a bit more balance.  I don't feel stress about it but I don't like feeling tired during the day either.  Im exhausted but it is BLISSFUL EXHAUSTION!

If you struggle with no sleep...I invite you to feel BLISSFULLY EXHAUSTED WITH ME!

 

 

ALERT!!  Brilliant is Retiring!

The INGREDIENTS in Brilliant have offered relief for SO MANY customers that were searching for a natural based product to aid in their eczema and psoriasis.  Especially for their little ones!  It's been so lovely to have a product we can offer doesn't contain harmful ingredients.  Not just a BRILLIANT moisturizer, this product became a fast customer favorite and actually completely SOLD OUT a couple times since its release less than a year ago!  Brilliant is made with Natural Silver, Ginseng, and Pearl Powder from Freshwater Pearls. Visit this link for detailed ingredients >>>  CLICK HERE

 

My momma is a HUGE fan of Brilliant!  I guess I better get her HOOKED UP ASAP!

 

While it is bitter sweet to see it leaving our product line, we are all SO EXCITED about the announcement of our new DIVINE moisturizer that will be available as part of our FALL PRODUCT LAUNCH!

 

 

 

 

Here is a special message from Younique Products, lovely Co-Founder, MELANIE HUSCROFT.

 

"I realize this may be bitter sweet as we announce a fabulous new supremely 'Divine' moisturizer that will be replacing Brilliant.  When our company was small and growing, it made sense to manufacture a product like Brilliant, with its novelty presentation.  I wish I could show you a video of how it's made.  There is a machine that has numerous heads which are inserted inside the jar after the gel has been added, where it then releases small beads of product, and then moves up slowly to repeat the process, layer by layer.  The machine is capable of filling 15 jars at one time, taking nearly a full minute to fill the jars.  As we continue to grow into an international company, there is just no way that we can continue to manufacture and present the product in this way and be able to keep up with the quantities needed.   My initial plan was to announce this at Convention, but I didn't think it was fair to not give fair warning for those who want to purchase Brilliant and have the opportunity to stock up if desired.  Brilliant will only be available up until our new Fall product launch.  The exact Fall product launch date will be announced at Convention.  You should also know that Brilliant will only be available as long as we have it in stock, as we will NOT be restocking or making any more than what we currently have in stock.  We currently have just over 100,000 units remaining in stock and we will continue to let you know the remaining amount as we near our Fall product launch.  Mukhtar and I are super excited to show you the new moisturizer that will be replacing Brilliant at Convention!  It truly is Divine!"

Stock up on BRILLIANT before it sells out!  >>> Order here 
 Melanie Huscroft, Younique Co-founder and EVP of Sales and Marketing

JUNE!  You beautiful, lovely temptress!

WAIT!  WOAH! 

Not that June from Honey BOOBOO isn't a lovely temptress... I meant the MONTH OF JUNE!  BTW... if anyone has any connections to Honey BOOBOO or June, let me know!  I wanna send them FREE 3D mascara! 

So many amazing goodness happened in JUNE!  For one, I celebrated my 42nd birthday!  WAHOO!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!  Don't I look GOOD for an old lady? 

I owe it all to GLORIOUS PRIMER!

 

June represented the largest team growth month for my leg of YOUNIQUE!  During the month of June, my team added a total of 6,280 Presenters!

 

DID YOU HEAR ME?  I SAID 6,280!



That means an average of 209.3333 presenters PER DAY during the month of June!  Crazy right?  The momentum is out of control!  For example, today is 7/8/14 and as of typing this post, my company has already grown by 1,764 Presenters in July.  Younique as a company currently has a total of 54,272 Presenters GLOBALLY. 

Of those 54,272 Presenters, 29,365 are in my company!

Click here to see my personal growth details.

I figure I should start throwing my monthly goals out to the Universe so that I am held accountable!

 

 

Click here for a MLM message and.... HERE WE GROW!!!

During the Month of July, Younique is offering FREE SHIPPING on all Presenter Kits.  Our Co-Founders shared recently that this has been the most costly KUDOS offering ever by Corporate and this will be the very last month it is ever offered.  I can certainly see how that may be the case since we are open to Presenters in USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, To the USVI's, Guam and to anyone with an APO/FPO address (global military locations).  Can you imagine the shipping costs that Younique is absorbing?  WOW!

This last weekend (4th of July) I spent quite a bit of time being THANKFUL for my freedom.  Thankful for all those that gave so that I may have.

 For me, freedom comes, in part, from FINANCIAL FREEDOM.  Although The Hubs and I have always managed our money well, stayed out of debt, earned higher than average incomes, invested etc...  The last 8 months with YOUNIQUE have changed everything we thought about our future and what is possible for us.

The Hubs and I went camping (again... I KNOW!  BUT WE ONLY HAVE LIKE 10 weekends a year we can go!) and we spent a lot of time discussing our future, our possibilities, our freedoms.  Everything we do, we do for our family and the future of our family.  Younique and Network Marketing companies in general, are an answer to the prayers of so many.

Have you met my beautiful family? 

I loved this video posted today by Eric Worre  on his website today!

PLEASE WATCH and consider what FREEDOM means to you then SHARE those thoughts with your loved ones.  Work them into your goals and your dreams and be thankful and GROW!

Click here to watch the video by ERIC WORRE.

If you would like more information about YOUNIQUE, lets connect by following me on FACEBOOK or visiting my WEBSITE

The 2014 Younique incentive trip winners were announced a couple weeks ago!  Apparently, YOURS TRULY is a loser…….

 

 I’ve done a couple videos now so, in my mind, I fancy myself a bit of an actress!  I guess I kind of know how Emmy nominated actresses feel when they are nominated but not “chosen”… I can TOTES RELATE to poor Susan Lucci! 

After all, we are kindred spirits now.  Whether she will ever know it or not.  I should send Suze (I’m going to start calling her Suze, now that we are tight like that) some free 3D mascara!  If any of my blog readers have a connect to her, let me know! HA!

I feel like I need to prepare a speech or an interview!   “I’d like to thank The Academy…. It’s an honor just to be nominated…. Blah blah blah…”  I’ll deliver my speech then go to my dressing room and stick pins in 10 purple Voodoo Dolls I had custom made to resemble each of the winners of the Greece trip!

 Obviously I’m kidding!  Well…. Kinda….  I am whole heartily THRILLED and so excited for those that qualified.  That is the honest truth.  There are no green feelings.  No Jealousy.  No envy.  The fact is, I’m feeling very disappointed in myself and sad that I didn’t qualify for either of the incentive trips in 2014.  Maybe a bit embarrassed as well?  I am a leader in this company and if I didn’t qualify, what message does that send to the men and women in my DL?  That it is an impossibility?  That it isn’t worth try for?  That I have better things to do?  That I don’t really believe in my company?  None of that is true.  Not one bit of it.  And how MORTIFYING to go to convention and have everyone assume I made it and having to explain over and over why I didn’t qualify.  If I share out loud that I am “ok with it” then other GO GETTER'S are going to look at me like I’m a freak!  This business is about GOALS and about putting in the work it takes to achieve them!

When the winners were announce, The Hubs and I were rolling out of town to go camping in our RV.  No reception so a couple things happened. 1)  I wasn’t in on the celebration via social media. 2)  I had lots of time to reflect on what the heck happened!  WHERE DID I GO WRONG?  3) The Hubs actually caught a rock....I'M FREAKIN' SERIOUS!  He literally caught a rock!  Now that takes all kinds of extra super human awesomeness!  I snapped this pic!

 

 

It seemed impossible to believe when you factor in that I am a FOUNDING PRESENTER, A LEADER and  top earner (yes, that is a shameless plug), I work my business full time, when well over half of all Younique Presenters in the world are in my downline and I have among the highest Company wholesale sales levels.  Crazy right.  It’s no ones fault but my own.  I believe over 200 Presenters qualified for the cruise and although the Greece trip was for 10, there were a few tied places so more than 10 are actually going.  CLEARLY!  Its not them it’s me!

The qualifications were very clearly outlined.  Younique even adjusted the incentive requirements mid way to make it easier for people to achieve.  They are generous that way.  I just didn’t do what it took.

So, sitting on the banks of the Klutina River, watching The Hubs fish, I tried hard to look inside and see what the heck is going on with my business.  I think its obvious, I am stuck.  (ps.... it was a beautiful scene until a film crew showed up!  OUT OF NOWHERE and ruined our ZEN!  DUDE!  I can't make this stuff up!  Sitting in the middle of the wilderness, all alone.... just me and my HUBS then THIS HAPPENED....... a 14 person crew filming a reality TV show came plowing through the woods!  They are lucky they didn't get shot (by accident of course)...

 

When I started with Younique, we had NOTHING.  Not a thing.  No training tools, very little product, no direction.  It is a blessing more than a curse of course but it is more than clear that the Presenters coming in now are achieving much more and much more quickly than most Founding Presenters.  I think this is because we (I) have sacrificed our (my) own business to help our teams grow.  Building tools, holding trainings, creating websites, spreadsheets, graphics, training decks, conference calls, FB pages and groups. Everything that it takes to start up a biz, we had to create.  Even though a mass majority of those tools are available by Younique Corporate now, I think Im still stuck in that roll.  I think I like it there.  I love to mentor and cheer and guide and to be a resource to thousands.  However, I think it is keeping me from moving up to the next level with my business.  Did I mention that next level ranges between $20k-$40k more in income a month right now!  I NEED TO GET SERIOUS about letting go of the busy work and focus on revenue generating activities.

Let’s be real, Younique is paying me an ABSURD amount of money right now.  If I wanted to go to Greece I could literally go tomorrow!  BUT THAT IS NOT THE SAME THING! 

I want to go with my Ysisters! 

I want to be there with them when they are visiting about their business and brainstorming and sharing ideas. 

I want to be there with the company leaders and my friends in this business. 

I want to share in the photo opportunities and have that memory to look back on. 

I WANTED TO GO TO GREECE WITH MY PEEPS!

(stomping my feet and pouting)

Thank you for letting me vent!  I'm not a fan of negativity or rolling around in your sorrow.  I don’t live there… but even the most positive and productive people need to pass through there from time to time.  I’m over it now.  I will congratulate my fellow Ysisters and I will live through their photo’s and moments.  Most of all, I want to wish everyone who earned their places, safe and fruitful travels!

 

You can bet your cute little mumu that I will NEVER miss another YOUNIQUE INCENTIVE TRIP!

 

I would love to grow my team!  I would love the opportunity to interview as your SPONSOR!  

This month Younique is offering free shipping on Presenter Kits!  I'm here to help you launch your future with YOUNIQUE!  Visit my website for more information about our products and our company!