Acne Attack

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It’s annoying, embarrassing and seemingly inescapable. After years of puberty, years that you know and accept will be filled with awkwardness – frizzy hair, crooked teeth, uneven and blotchy skin mired with pimples – years that you assume will one day come to an end. And they do – for about a minute. Then it [...]

Winter Always Turns To Spring

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The season of renewal and rebirth is upon us. New beginnings, endless possibilities……enter the warmth and inspiration of spring with askinyourface.com

Sick of Winter? Bring it on – Spring Cleaning!

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I’m am so over winter, it’s ridiculous. Are you?  My winter protest has ceremoniously begun.  Out with the boots and on with my sandals.  Even if I have to put socks on with my sandals while looking like a total nerd – I’m done.   I don’t care what happens from now until April, my [...]

Different and Delicious- Healthy Winter Salads

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Living in the Midwest makes eating salad in the months after the first frost until April or so a particular challenge, combined with the fact that many times when I get home from work, I don’t want to eat cold food. To top that off, being vegan, making a main course can be a challenge [...]

Fall in Love with Yourself All Over Again

Fall in Love with yourself all over again – or perhaps for the very first time! Self-love is not about being selfish or self absorbed, despite what others may say or think. Self-love is about treating yourself kindly, with compassion and honoring your needs.  Self-love is about being self-aware, cognizant of what you need to [...]

The Haven Garden Project

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“Food democracy is the new agenda for ecological sustainability and social justice.” Hello! In recent years, a new and exciting trend in agriculture has emerged: the revival of local, sustainable and small-scale community gardening. Most encouragingly, this model is achievable by everyone, everywhere, with a little know-how and the right materials. It is a model [...]

A Snow Warriors Workout

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Last night’s snow storm did not excuse this warrior from a great morning workout, it would take a lot more than a foot of snow to hold me back. Snow storms actually energize me.  Like most people in this part of the country, I woke up today to six or so inches of glistening fluffy [...]

Snow Day Bliss

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Snow Day!! Yikes! Wait…no “yikes” anymore. No canceling workouts, hair appointments, girlfriend lunches and 16 errands in a row because I am home with little kids making cookies, finger painting, putting together puzzles, building snowmen, snow angels or a sledding path since school is closed for the day. No more staying off the phone or [...]

Chocolate in Your Face

Don’t miss our decadent chocolate tasting event with The Market Square of West Bloomfield 12-4 on Valentines Day! Taste many kinds of chocolate and some of our favorite chocolate recipes prepared by the Market Square Chefs!   Take our recipe cards home with you!  Bring the whole family!

Resurrecting Your Romance

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Around the world people ask what is love? Psychologists have concluded that the need to feel loved is one of the most basic human emotional needs. From early infancy, children learn that when they cry and are held or hungry and are fed, they develop the sense that he or she belongs and is wanted. [...]