Younique announces 2015 launch of new products and new markets!

Be the first to hear about Younique Products and their growth plans for 2015!

 

CLICK THIS LINK >>>  2015 EXPLOSION

Here is a sneak peak of what is coming our way!

BEACHFRONT Bronzer!

 

Cream Eyeshadows in 3 shades!

 

 

A custom brush for the flawless application of our new cream shadows!

 

7 new STIFF UPPER LIP, lip stains!  We had a chance to sample this product in November and it was a HUGE HIT!  The crowd goes WILD over this lip stain!

 Blending Buds are here!  What a great tool to add to your arsenal!

These Shine Eye Makeup Remover Cloths will change my life for sure!  Perfect for on the go and those that don't make a clean face a priority!

 

For more details about launching your own Younique business,  CLICK HERE

 



Shower Meetings....

What?  You don't have those? 

When #TheHubs and I remodeled our master bathroom several years ago, we took out the bathtub and installed the biggest, most amazing shower EVER!  Well, for us it is anyway.  This beauty is about 40-50 sq ft and has dual heads.  One set at the perfect height for him and one for me!  TheHubs isn't giant or anything but before the remodel he shared that he has never lived in a home where the shower didn't hit him in the chest.  So, CUSTOM HEAD HEIGHT IT WAS!! 

Making dreams come true... it's my job!

At a holiday party several years ago, we stacked 26 of our friends inside just to see how many people we could fit.  I'm not home to take a photo right now but here is one from several years ago.... 

 

This is my sweet friend Rashonda and I hope she doesn't mind that I'm positing this!  LOL.  When people come over, they like to see the shower.  My nephew LOVES to take a shower when he is here even if its not needed.  It's just fun and a happy place for us.

ANYWHOOOO.....  TheHubs and I try really hard to shower together everyday.  We call these moments "shower meetings".  This is where major life decisions are finalized.  We talk about family, work, our future etc.  We come together and make decisions about things we are working toward and on.  Crazy right?  We are a little wacky like that.  BEFORE YOU GO GETTING ALL GROSSED OUT, there isn't anything at all sexual about these "shower meetings".  STRICTLY BUSINESS my friends!  I SWEAR!

For over 20 years, our income has been impacted by the price of oil.  Sometimes good, sometimes bad.  It's been a roller coasters.  We are both in the Oil and Gas support Industries (well, I WAS in the industry but am retired now) and I was a Mining specialist so my income (good and bad) fluxed with the price of gold as well. 

This morning TheHubs said something pretty profound that I hadn't really considered before. 

He said.... 

"I'm pretty happy that your income isn't dependent on the price of oil anymore.  That's nice."

 

I thought WOW!  He is so right.  For two decades our corporate income was impacted by market changes in oil and gold.  With my Network Marketing and Party Plan biz, those impacts are minimal.  If anything, my business has been impacted in a positive way whether oil and gold prices are up and down.  When prices are down and companies are laying people off, they start looking for a PLAN B and often find it in a company like mine.  Also, when gas prices drop with the price of oil, people have more disposable income so they spend more.  When commodity prices are higher, people are working and earning more and they spend more and have more parties etc.  It's been my experience
I invite you to visit my website at www.HaleyRagsdale.com .  Lets connect and Ill happily share my growth ideas and strategy when you become a Presenter.

Happy 14th Kidney Transplant Anniversary to my dad!

 

 

This time 14 years ago I was trying to find a way to say ‘good bye’ to my beautiful babies without scaring them. Leaving them at their dad’s house and walking away was one of the single most tragic moments of my life. I was trying to figure out how to ensure that they would have access to my husband and my family if something should happen to me. Would they remember me? Were they old enough? Was I worth remembering? Had I done enough for them in the short time they were with me? Gut wrenching. Selfish of me but that’s how I was feeling. I was far too young to be dealing with that kind of madness.

I was trying to find a way to come to terms with the fact that my dad was possibly sacrificing his life for mine and that it quite possibly could all be for nothing. I was trying to figure out how my mom and my sister and my husband and our kids would survive without me. What would happen to my father and his heart and his soul if he survived but I didn’t. 

 

 I was making promises to my husband that I wasn’t in control of keeping. I was forcing him to make promises to me that he wasn’t in control of keeping. I was making promises to God and to any entity that might be listening. Just allow me to live and I promise I will be a better person. I would do good things. I would make my family proud. I would be the best mom I could be. I would work hard. I would give back.  I would overcome. The usual pleas of desperation I suppose. I was trying to connect with God and Angels and ANY force out there that might offer some protection. 

There was a point where my focus shifted and I was less concerned about my survival and more about my dad surviving. What if something happened to him and I lived. How could I possibly survive that? Would I want to? What if I survived, he didn't then I also died after?  UGH.  I can't explain but all these things were swirling.  I remember it very vividly.  What if something happened to me but he lived? How could he survive that? You’d have to really know my father to understand this train of thought. He had already given so much to so many for so long. What if? It’s one thing to receive an organ from someone who was deceased. What a blessing but the emotional toil is far different than when you are selfishly taking something from someone who is alive and healthy.

When you live with the fact that you are dying for any length of time there are few ways you can choose to survive your life and the cards you’ve been dealt. I chose to hide my illness and tried hard to keep a positive front. For my kids, for my family, for my friends, for others that struggled with similar conditions and for myself I suppose. I do believe you can talk yourself into and out of about anything. 

 I was diagnosed with kidney failure in 1992 when I was 19 after my son was born. So I lived with and managed my illness until we couldn’t any longer and that day came in late 2000. It was time to make plans. It was time to go to Seattle. So, my mom, my dad, my husband and I all loaded up and flew out. I received my dads kidney on 1-19-01. 

When the search started for a living donor, it was sort of assumed that my sister would be my match. A healthy bio-sibling tends to be your best option for a donor. JACKPOT! I had one of those! Piece of cake right? WRONG… no match. So my mom then right? Surely my mom and I would be a match. Your second best chance is a bio-parent but since you are genetically a mix of your two parents, chances are slightly less likely you will match. NOPE, not a match. After my sister and mom were tested they opened up testing to extend family and friends.  Needless to say, the matches were not pouring in.

 

 Not only are there genetic considerations for transplant, there are lifestyle, emotional, mental and medical considerations. There is a lot of criteria that must be met to be a living donor. Then my dad’s results came back and BINGO! PERFECT match! As perfect as could be. He was healthy, he would retire from The Alaska State Troopers (can’t be active military or law enforcement), we were golden! 

Well, almost. It was a difficult first year or two after my transplant but Im thrilled to say that I’m doing AMAZING! Healthy as can be expected. It is a miracle. My father is miraculous. My family and friends are miraculous. Im so thankful. I know I have a blessed life. I know how lucky I am. I could pour on and on but I would much rather celebrate today instead of reliving the most emotionally and physically tragic years of my life. 

So, Happy 14th Kidney Anniversary Dad! I love you. Im grateful. Im thankful and I work everyday to make you proud of me.

Visit this link for a video message about my transplant anniversary.

 Please give some consideration to living organ donation. Do your own research, educate yourself and consider gifting life to someone. A healthy person only needs 15% of one kidney to survive and entire lifetime. Most people are born with 2 and some even have 3. There are countless websites for information and if you are serious, you can always contact me and I can connect you with some resources.
www.matchingdonors.com
www.transplantliving.org

Transplant Board on Pinterest

 PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER REGISTERING AS AN ORGAN DONOR AND PLEASE SHARE YOUR DECISION WITH YOUR FAMILY.

Your MLM business is WILLABLE! WHAT?! YEP!

Let's chat briefly about this amazing feature of you MLM Network Marketing business!  DID YOU REALIZE IT IS WILLABLE?  Oh yes it is sister!  You can also SELL your book of business!  This is true for most companies that I am aware of.  Double check your Company and their contracts but YOU NEED TO KNOW! 

And you also need to make sure your business is handled.  Be sure your paperwork is in order and your personal affairs are ON POINT!  None of us want to think about this possibility but HELLO... We are empowered! 

We handle our business!

On 12/31/14 I officially retired from the position I held in Corporate America for over 20 years.  I gave it all up for my Network Marketing biz!  Let me tell you, even as blessed as I have been with my MLM company, this was not an easy life change for me to make!

I earned multiple six figures in my previous job.  In 2009 I earned over $400k in one year.  I don't mind sharing that in the last 10 years or so, my annual salary (not including 2009) averaged $150k-$200k.  LISTEN!  That may not seem like much to you.  However, for this self doubting, non-degreed, work-your-way-up-from-the-bottom-to-the-top gal, it was HUGE!  In my late 20's, I thankfully recognized the need to manage my money well.  I stayed out of debt, I married a man with the same goals and someone on the same page financially.  Looking back, I pat myself on the back but its NOTHING compared to what is coming up.  Since I was able to make those decisions early on, it has put me in the position I am today.  The position to be able to chose.

I was comfortable in the knowledge that I could support my kids on my own if needed.  That I had "made it" in my environment.  I was a top performer in that company.  In fact, I was ranked Top 6 every year I held my last position.  Most years I was in the top 3 performers.

I've shared before how much I love the company I (used) to work for!  I love the people, I loved that I could work from home, basically set my own schedule and you know I LOVED having a company vehicle!  I haven't had a car payment in about 10 years!  That was awesome!  The incentive trips were great, the 401K, the health insurance was reasonable and the salary seemed (for the most part) fair.  I was comfortable. I knew what I was doing day in and day out.  I could do a majority of my job in my sleep.  Sounds pretty amazing right?  I thought it was a dream job.  And then I was introduced to Network Marketing!

So... why in the heck would I waltz away from such a sweet gig to sell products and mentor others to do the same?  BECAUSE I'M A BELIEVER IN MORE!  SPOILER ALERT!  Someday soon I plan to share my entire story in a lifestyle video so I won't drone on and on here.  Just know.... I BELIEVE THERE IS MORE! 

Maybe this industry can give you more too.  Maybe you can do more with a Network Marketing company than you ever thought you could?  YOU CAN!

I was capped out at my job and I knew we wanted more!  I knew I could earn more! I had more in me.  I DESERVED MORE!  I mean seriously!  Look at what I accomplished with the limitations put on my by the corporate world.  All that with ZERO college education!  I was a pregnant teen on "the system" in 1990 and FLASH FORWARD to 2014.... WOW RIGHT!?  Not to toot my own horn but I created something pretty amazing with my life. 

Network Marketing allows ANYONE from ANY walk of life the same opportunity to achieve.  You only need to commit.  For two years I've been working 2 full time jobs.  It was time to let one go... guess which one...  I'M A FREE WOMAN!

#TheHubs and I recently updated our will and I had a major light bulb moment.  MY MLM business is WILLABLE to my family!  WHAT THE WHAT?!  When I die, my children (or anyone I chose) can inherit my business!  They can manage it, or sell it!  You probably don't need me to tell you how awesome that is! 

PLEASE protect yourself and your family!  In 2015 please be sure to update your personal documents and that your network marketing company is protected if something were to happen to you.  In most cases, your business can be passed onto anyone you chose.  If your children are under age, you can assign someone to manage it for them.  You can give your direction to sell your book of business and gift the proceeds to anyone you chose.  LOOK INTO IT!