Repost from Louise Hay's Newsletter

Louise Hay has been an influential author/mentor in my life since I first discovered her book "You can Heal Your Life" in the early 1980's. I have followed her teachings ever since! This re-post is from her first online newsletter. Try a little exercise - look at your self in the mirror and look right into your eyes, say your name  and "I LOVE YOU" out loud. Sounds easy right?  Have a great hair day and a day full of self love!  Becci

I have found that there is only one thing that heals every problem, and that is: to love yourself. When people start to love themselves more each day, it's amazing how their lives get better. They feel better. They get the jobs they want. They have the money they need. Their relationships either improve, or the negative ones dissolve and new ones begin. Loving yourself is a wonderful adventure; it's like learning to fly. Imagine if we all had the power to fly at will? How exciting it would be! Let's begin to love ourselves now. Here are 12 Commandments to help you learn how to love yourself: Stop All Criticism. Criticism never changes a thing. Refuse to criticize yourself. Accept yourself exactly as you are. Everybody changes. When you criticize yourself, your changes are negative. When you approve of yourself, your changes are positive. Forgive Yourself. Let the past go. You did the best you could at the time with the understanding, awareness, and knowledge that you had. Now you are growing and changing, and you will live life differently. Don't Scare Yourself. Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. It's a dreadful way to live. Find a mental image that gives you pleasure, and immediately switch your scary thought to a pleasure thought. Be Gentle and Kind and Patient. Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself as you learn the new ways of thinking. Treat yourself as you would someone you really loved. Be Kind to Your Mind. Self-hatred is only hating your own thoughts. Don't hate yourself for having the thoughts. Gently change your thoughts. Praise Yourself. Criticism breaks down the inner spirit. Praise builds it up. Praise yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with every little thing. Support Yourself. Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help you. It is being strong to ask for help when you need it. Be Loving to Your Negatives. Acknowledge that you created them to fulfill a need. Now you are finding new, positive ways to fulfill those needs. So lovingly release the old negative patterns. Take Care of Your Body. Learn about nutrition. What kind of fuel does your body need in order to have optimum energy and vitality? Learn about exercise. What kind of exercise do you enjoy? Cherish and revere the temple you live in. Do Mirror Work. Look into your eyes often. Express this growing sense of love you have for yourself. Forgive yourself while looking into the mirror. Talk to your parents while looking into the mirror. Forgive them, too. At least once a day, say, "I love you, I really love you!" Love Yourself... Do It Now. Don't wait until you get well, or lose the weight, or get the new job, or find the new relationship. Begin now—and do the best you can. Have Fun. Remember the things that gave you joy as a child. Incorporate them into your life now. Find a way to have fun with everything you do. Let yourself express the joy of living. Smile. Laugh. Rejoice, and the Universe rejoices with you!

Mastermind Group Study with Vivienne Mackinder

I'm looking forward to starting the "Mastermind Series" group study

this Wednesday January 4th!

The entire 7 weeks costs $550.00 for you,  your salon management or your entire salon! So if you have 5 team members in your salon it will cost a really low price of $16.00 a week for each team member and less if you have more on your salon team! It's so rare to have the opportunity to learn directly from such a renowned industry leader as Vivienne not to mention the special guests she will have on the calls each week! (Frank Gambuzza, Virginia Meyer, Lois Christy, Lyn Christian, Winn Claybaugh, Jo Blackwell-Preston and Mary Brunetti!)

Here is the info if you'd like to register yourself or your entire salon team at: 

http://hairdesignertv.com/mastermind/or

You can also send an email to education@mackinder.com

Or you can call:  866-484-8622 if you'd like to talk to Vivienne or Dina.

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Mastermind Group Study on
"The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership"
Facilitated by: Vivienne Mackinder

This is a 7-week in-depth study that will afford you the opportunity to join forces and mastermind with a unique group of like-minded individuals who are focused on taking results in every area of their lives to a new level. Having the support and ideas from other focused and driven people allows us to see things differently and to get a new perspective on goals and action plans. Together, we will learn how to effectively raise our leadership lid by understanding and implementing the principles of :

"The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership"

by the best selling author John Maxwell

http://www.johnmaxwell.com/meet-john/

See you on Wednesday and

have a great hair day! Becci

Investing in Myself and My Career With - Vivienne Mackinder and HairDesignerTV.com

I am a team member and ambassador and for Vivienne Mackinder and HairDesigherTV.com. Being part of Vivienne's team has enriched my life and my career in so many great ways! It all began about 2 years ago when I signed up for a month’s membership with HDTV I was so excited to discover HDTV because at that time the lack of continued education for our industry was such a shame especially locally here in Kansas!  I had been in the hairstyling business for nearly 30 years and was starving for new information and new ideas. Because of all the valuable training and education that I've received from Vivienne and HairDesignerTV I am ready to go into my next 30 years as a hairstylist full of inspiration, information, creativity and confidence and I want to share it with everyone! It’s true that when we discover something really neat we just want to stand on the highest building and tell the whole world so as an Ambassador for Hair Designer TV I want to tell everyone and help motivate as many hairstylists out there who love this industry and help to stir up their passion for their career just as I was inspired by Vivienne to re-ignite the passion in my career!

~ 2012 is going to be a great year to

turn up the fire and let our passions run wild! ~

 These video clips will tell you a little about who Vivienne is and give you an idea of what Vivienne’s dream and goal is for HairdesignerTV or HDTV is.

Part One

Part of Two

If you don't believe your career is important and that it's not worth investing in then take a look at the trailers to the "Your Not Just a Hairdresser" series by Vivenne Mackinder! I have a feeling that you will change you mind and that your view will change and the value in yourself will increase ten fold!

 View the trailers of the  series here:http://hairdesignertv.com/INAH.php

Have a great hair day!

Red Velvet Cookies



 Originally from Corina Nelson

INGREDIENTS: 
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix (Becci’s notes will be in blue: I like "Moist Deluxe")
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup of oil
For FROSTING:
- 4 oz softened cream cheese
- 1/4 cup room temperature butter
- 1 tsp heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
This is so easy… seriously!  First preheat your oven to 375 degrees!
1.  Grab the cake mix, eggs, and oil.  Add them all to your bowl/stand mixer and beat until combined.  IF you want, you can sift the cake mix to make sure you don’t get any mix lumps! (I sifted and was not sorry for taking the extra time).
 2. Using a scoop (my scoop gives about 1 tablespoon or so), start dividing up your cookies.  Scoop and roll in the palms of your hands to shape and smooth.  (Although the dough isn’t as sticky as I thought it would be I still I smeared a touch of cooking oil in my tablespoon measuring spoon and kept my hands a little oiled to keep the stickiness under control better.)
3.  Place each one on a baking sheet.  (The original recipe didn’t say if it was on a greased or ungreased cookie sheet so I used parchment paper).
 4. Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.  I like my cookies slightly under done so I take them out at 9 minutes, no more, no less! (My oven was perfect at the full 10 minutes). It's actually pretty easy to tell when these guys are close to done since the tops of them WILL crack, some more than others!
 5.  Let them cool slightly on a wire rack and in the meantime, make your frosting!  You could totally cheat here and use a tub of pre made stuff too... I promise, I won't tell :) (Next time I’ll use the boxed mix but I’m going to use Grandma Jeanne’s frosting which I’ll add the recipe at the end here).
6.  Cream butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy and combined.  Add vanilla and cream.  Then slowly add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. (I just used a good ole fashion spoon to mix this).
 7.  Ok set that aside for a minute... now it's time to make your cut outs!  You could really use any cookie cutter, but try and find ones that are less than 3/4" or so!  I chose hearts because, well, it just goes with the red cookies :)  I got these at Michael's, right in the baking/cake decorating aisle! (I used a washed and dried hair spray lid to make circles!)
8.  Divide cookies up into pairs.  They should all be similar in size if you used a scoop or spoon to measure, but the oven may have made them a little "off"!  I think I got 24 cookies, so I got to make 12 sandwiches!  Take the "tops" of each cookie and cut out away!
9.  OK back to doing something productive right?  Grab the other "half" of your cookie sandwich and turn it over.  This should be a more flat surface!  Grab some of your frosting and plop it right down in the center.  Smooth it out towards the edges slightly.  Not too far out though since once you place the top on it will spread even more.
10.  Grab the tops of your cookie and place it right on top!

Share them with someone you adore and love.... 

Madsen Bikes - Too Cute!

I'd love to have one of these bikes!

HairDesignerTV.com and the Holland Lesson

HairDesignerTV (HDTV)  is a postgraduate, online learning and networking site for salons and stylists. World renowned hairstylist Vivienne Mackinder has condensed 30 years of her knowledge and experience into a comprehensive and highly-accessible educational series. We use streaming video, audio, animation, colorful graphics and printable lessons to demonstrate all the latest cutting trends, hair coloring techniques, dress work and more.

As many of you know I am an ambassador and educator for Vivienne and HDTV.

Please feel free to contact me anytime if you have questions
about learning new ideas or becoming a member of HairDesignerTV!

YourHairdresser@cox.net

This is “Holland” one of the dress work styles I compleated for the

“Certification Program”with HairDesignerTV.com.

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The first row is the actual lesson that I followed. Then after I got that finished I thought I'd loosen it up a bit for a softer look. The Holland Style is a beautiful classic look that can be adjusted to fit any personality. I love the contrast of exact same style!

Have a great hair day Becci!

Steve Jobs Commencement Speach Helps Mood Swings! YEA!

This morning I woke up feeling not so good. I hate it when this happens because I have absolutely no reason to feel so f-ed up in my head! I have such a great family, I have a nice home a new car, I love my hairdressing studio, I am on a prestigious hairdressing team with HDTV, I'm healthy - so what on earth do I have to be so upset over?! My doctor says "now that you're getting older you need to get ready for the hormone roller coaster ride, it's going to be a doozy!" (What an idiot). Anyway, this morning I decided to try to chill out and go into Internet world and try not to think too deeply about stuff. I got my morning cup of coffee and sat down to check my Google+ messages. First post in my stream was from Tom Anderson. He shared this extremely moving video of Steve Jobs speech at Stanford U! I doubt it will stop my mid-life mood swings but hey it helped tremendously today! Please take the time to listen to his words. It's about 14 minutes and so worth it!    Remember just how much control we really do have with our lives!