Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Why I Chose Avon

   As of September 2013, I have been selling Avon. Avon is a company that sells beauty, skin care, bath, body, and home items to people worldwide. Avon has been in my family for decades. My grandmother bought Avon frequently, my mom bought and sold Avon when I was younger, my mom now works for Avon as a DSM, and now I sell Avon. I have never used another type of makeup, skin care, or bath product that is not Avon. Needless to say, I am loyal to Avon.

   When I left home to attend K-State (the best school in the nation), I wanted a job that would be flexible and that I would enjoy. I applied for jobs as soon as I moved to Manhattan and found nothing. I had not thought of Avon until the end of August because that was my only hope for some extra cash. I was desperate. I called my mom as soon as I made my decision and she was up in Manhattan a couple of days later to sign me up. Not only was I excited to start Avon because I love ALL of their products but I was also excited because I was sort of following in my mom’s footsteps and if anyone knows me, they know I want to be as successful as my mom.
   
   Not only was I excited to start selling Avon because I love the products and wanted to share that with everyone I knew but also because I was excited to represent a company that has excellent values.
The excellent values that Avon has are what makes them the company that they are. Avon is known for so much more than makeup such as:

·         Avon Foundation for Women

o   Breast Cancer Crusade
§  The Avon Foundation for Women provides funding to breast cancer programs that operate in three areas: scientific research, safety net access-to-care programs for the medically underserved, and outreach programs focused on education and screening.

o   Speak Out Against Domestic Violence
§  The Avon Foundation for Women launched Speak Out Against Domestic Violence as an initiative to build awareness, educate, and improve prevention and direct service programs to bring domestic violence issues out of the woods. Through the end of 2013, in the U.S. alone, Avon has provided nearly $38 million for the domestic violence cause.

o   Emergency Relief
§  Avon Products, Inc. and the Avon Foundation for Women together responded quickly to national and international emergencies.
§  In 2014, Avon provided funds to World Food Program for Typhoon Haiyan survivors. In 2013, Avon provided funds to the United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund for tornado relief efforts and Rebuilding Together for Hurricane Sandy rebuilding and relief efforts.

Of course, I had to research the programs that the Avon Foundation for Women and EVERYTHNG that they do. But these are the reasons why I love Avon. Not only do they empower me with great earnings and opportunities but Avon empowers women all over the world. Avon inspires other women and myself to be the healthiest, proud, brave, and confident women that we are all meant to be.


To donate to the Avon Foundation for Women please visit:


or purchase Avon products that donate to these causes such as:



at:


search: breast cancer products and speak out against domestic violence products


If you’d like to join other empowered women like me, join my Avon team to inspire women and earn money.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Lent

For all my fellow Christians out there, we all know that Lent has finally started.  Lent is a somber time of prayer, penance, and sacrifice for the preparation of Easter (aka Jesus’ resurrection). Many Christians give up a bad habit or pick up a good that they would like to start doing for Lent. Personally, I have always given up the classic ‘no junk food.’ This year, I wanted to challenge myself a bit more so I am sharing what I am giving up (or picking up) for Lent (yes, I know I’m a couple of days late) and hopefully inspire others to challenge themselves this year.  

1.   No junk food
Ha! Like I said above, I always give junk food up! This year, I want to try to give it up and kick it for good (with an occasional binge eating marathon while watching Criminal Minds with my mom). I always look at Lent as a “resolution” time in hopes that I’ll be strong enough to keep away from bad things longer than 40 days.

2.   Workout everyday
Another “resolution” of mine is to start working out every day and hopefully keep at it after the 40 days are up because the Man upstairs knows I've been slacking in the physical activity department.

3.   Only 1 hour of TV a day
For a while, I have noticed that I watch A LOT of TV. Since Ash Wednesday, I have been having withdrawals from morning Criminal Minds marathons and afternoon Blue Bloods marathons. It’s been hard but I’m finally getting used to it! I have also noticed my productivity slightly increase.

4.   Start (and finish) YouCat
Before I graduated high school, I was given a book called ‘YouCat’ from my Diocesan Youth Council Director. I have yet to start it and I graduated in 2012 (sorry, Steven). This Lenten season, I am determined to start and finish that super cool book!

5.   Pray everyday
I already do pray every day but I want to start praying deeper and deepen my relationship with God. I have had some struggles the past couple of years keeping up my relationship with God and having faith in Him so I want to strengthen my faith again by actively praying.

Yes, I know I listed some pretty basic things but I wanted to keep you interested and hopefully you can challenge yourself to giving up more than one thing this Lent. I will give updates how I am doing! Please feel free to comment what you are giving up!