Jypsea Leathergoods at Creative Grove Artist/Designer Market Tomorrow

Natural fiber belts $55

Whipped these waist-cinching belts up this afternoon. Buttery soft leather with burlap is the perfect juxtaposition of textures. The elastic back creates the perfect fit and gold finished magnetic snap makes them so comfortable to wear.
Would look DREAMY with floaty dresses from Anthropologie, don't ya think?

I will have these  for sale tomorrow, 8/17, at Creative Grove Artist & Designer Market. 3-9pm It's located right outside of the Jersey City, NJ Grove St PATH Station.
 Looking forward to meeting so many new people tomorrow. If you can't make it, you can find these online at my site, Jypsea.com.







  
 Other available pieces include the following and so many NEW leather goodies for the courageously stylish.

earrings

clutches

cuffs

leather jewelry

VOTE for Meca McKinney!

UPDATE 6/11/12:
The contest has ended and I am the 1st runner up, which means that $100 of super delish Carol's Daughter Hair and Spa Products are headed my way. YAY!
Thanks to all who voted for me! <3



I'm SO excited to announce that I am a FINALIST in the Munaluchi Bridal Magazine Natural Beauty Competition!

Free-spirited and Happy!

"Natural beauty means generating positive energy from within. Glowing! Expressing your divine God-giving uniqueness and inner radiance for all to see, appreciate and be inspired by."

~Meca McKinney

Voting is EASY! Click here and then click VOTE in my segment. Takes .00001 seconds. Thanks in advance.

 

Digging This Look! Soccer Mom Chic?

Fellow blogger, flygirl and mom, Folake Kuye Huntoon, looks amazing as she cheers on her little boy at his soccer game. SCORE!
Check her fressssssh on Stylepantry.com.

For All of My Curly Shirleys in the Philly Region--Miss Jessie's is Coming!

I've been following the process of these sisters (they are literally sisters) for a long time and now that they are bonafide superstars in the hair products arena with their line in Targets allover the country, I am super excited for them. Meet them in person and get all kinds of goodies this weekend in Philadelphia!

Make Your Own Natural Beauty Products!

Turn herbs and botanicals into something amazing.

Learn the basics of making your own beauty products to save money, reduce environmental waste, and know exactly what goes on your skin. In this workshop attendees will: 

• Learn about the raw materials that form the basis for most beauty products. 
• Get in-depth profiles on the best essential oils for beauty. 
• See demonstrations and get tips for adding natural products to your skin care routine.

All classes are held at Enfleurage, 321 Bleeker St. NYC.  Cost is $20 and attendees receive $10 credit on any purchases they make the night of class. For more information or to sign up please email  info@aromavida.com .

Class taught by Christina Dille of Aromavida.com

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Meca's Scar Butter by Hair and Skin Junc

I got burned very badly severely the last weekend of August. 2nd degree burns from my hips to my calves. Determined to heal and share the process of healing with my Facebook friends, I posted the details of the accident and photos of the progress regularly. One of these friends is Christene Carr who just so happens to own Hair and Skin Junc. Christene, already in the process of developing a new product to treat scarring was so inspired by my condition that she named the new body butter after moi! What an HONOR!

I used every speck of it and was thoroughly delighted! First off, being greeted by the soothing scent of the essential oils of lavender and francincense is so comforting. It just SMELLS like it works! Then the firm butter melts right in the palms of the hands and glides onto the body like oil...without the greasiness. It absorbs well, leaving a cool sensation and a natural glow. Seeing how well my legs reacted to it, I began to apply it to my face as an night-moisturizer, figuring a face can never be too clear of blemishes. Again, SCORE! This is the GOOD stuff. 100% natural and totally effective.


About Meca's Scar Butter:

For years, the ingredients in Meca’s Scar Butter have been used to treat sunburns, reduce the appearance of scars and stretch marks as well as heal rough, dry and damaged skin. Mango butter, carrot oil and macadamia oil all have skin regenerative properties. These oils and butter have been enhanced with vitamin E, as well as antioxidant rich argan and pomegranate oils that will help nature along it’s healing path.

This butter keeps the skin supple and the daily application, along with massage, increases blood circulation to the damaged areas of the skin to speed healing, help reduce hyper-pigmentation and scarring. Meca’s scar butter is rich in antioxidants, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals.

Lavender and frankincense essential oils are antiseptics that also have great rejuvenating and healing properties and they give this butter a wonderful, earthy and calming aroma.

Meca’s Scar Butter is 100% natural and preservative free.

Cost: $25. There will be a promotion offering a 20% discount starting on Thursday November 11, 2010 and end on December 3, 2010.
BUY NOW!

Product Weight: 3.5 ounce

Ingredients: Theobroma cacao (Cocoa) Butter, Mangifera indica (Mango) Butter, Daucus carota sativa (Carrot) oil, Butyrospermum parkii (Shea) butter, Macadamia ternifolia (Macadamia) oil, Punica granatum (pomegranate) oil, Argania spinosa (Argan) Oil, Lavandula angustifolia (Lavender) oil, Boswellia carterii (Frankincense), Tocopherol (vitamin E.)
Usage Directions: After cleansing affected area, warm a small amount of the butter in the palm of your hands and gently massage into the affected. Reapply every 4 - 5 hours. Do not apply Scar Butter to open wounds. If irritation occurs, please discontinue use and consult your physician.
A full menu of products is available at:

http://www.hairandskinjunc.com/

Shop Online http://www.etsy.com/shop/hairandskinJUNC

If you have questions about JUNC products, would like to retail or if you would like to request a private label quote, please email us: Sales@Juncbrands.com
973) 826-0473 Monday - Saturday 9 am - 7 pm EST

The Organic-Edgy-Boundary Pushing Wearable Art of Dominic Jones Jewellery

All images
c/o NotCot.com

This what I want to carry and strap to my arms this fall. It may not go over very well at the PTA meetings in my suburb 'hood, but it'll quickly get the point across to everyone that I'm the COOL MOM!. ;)
Learn more about Dominic Jones Jewellery here: http://www.dominicjonesjewellery.com/

Product review: Pretty Naturals Sheajoba Moisturizing Hair Food

When the owner/founder/CEO of Pretty Natural, LLC personally gifted me with a full-sized jar of this organic scalp moisturizer, I was beside myself with gratitude because I was sure the jar contained all the goodness of Mother Nature, blended into a scalp soothing concoction and I was sooooo right! I opened the jar and was greeted with one of my favorite scents-lemongrass. And this isn't the "scent" of lemongrass-it is the real thing: pure essential oil of lemongrass. The consistency of the concoction is that of hand-whipped butter. Silky smoothy and creamy. There is not one harmful ingredient in the entire jar! Pretty Natural is listed at Safecosmetics.org as one of the safest products in existence with a zero rating: the HIGHEST possible rating! The fact that it is primarily a black hair product and it is sold in Whole Foods, says it all.
Yet, unfortunately, with all the amazing things I could say about how well it works, the only thing you will notice when you peruse Whole Foods or the Pretty Naturals website, is how modest this brand is. The packaging totally underwhelms and the website is lightyears behind the bells and whistles you find on competing sites. Should this matter? No. Does any of these facts detract from its usefulness? No. But I can only dream of what a great publicist, graphic designer (for the labels) and website designer could do to give this fantastic brand the image it deserves. In a world of celebrity-driven product endorsements for crap that will surely make your scalp unhealthy or even possibly cause skin cancer, the good guy (Pretty Natural LLC) needs to keep up pace with a MUCH jazzier image to get the brand recognition it deserves.

Product desciption:
A unique blend of Organic plant oils, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and essential oils that work together to strengthen hair and add needed nutrients to promote thicker and healthier hair.
Ingredients: Shea Butter, Jojoba, Organic Olive Oil, Castor Oil, Beeswax, Vitamin E, Essential Oils of Rosemary, Chamomile, Lavender, Sage and proprietary blend of essential oils for fragrance.

Price: $14.95
Buy it here:http://www.prettynatural-inc.com/Hair-Care-Products.html