¡La Vida Es Buena . . . Vivela!

A Colombiana and a Canadian take an inside look at how Latin women can make sexy look seamless in motherhood.

Micheline and Liana meet during their expatriate relocation to Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an everyday mom of a three- and five-year-old, Canadian Micheline is tired. She hasn't peed with the bathroom door closed in years and has no idea where her workout wear is. Personal time is a vague memory and she avoids mirrors at all costs.

Liana, a Colombiana and mother of a two- and a seven-old, bubbles up. She looks as fresh as a teenager whether she is going to the gym, playing with her girls or heading out for cocktails with her husband. Micheline discovers that Liana finds joy and humour in everything--from grocery shopping to waxing to hangovers. Yes, even hangovers...Through their friendship, they realize that Latin and non-Latin women look at the world with different perspectives on beauty, exercise and mothering.

Micheline decides she wants to take a drink from the Latin cup. After years of personal friendship, humour and outrageous stories, they decide to make it a project. The Beautiful Hangover is born.

¡Vamos chicas!

Friday, May 18, 2012

The Hairs

It's been a while since I've written anything about beauty.  There has been so much family stuff going on. It's wonderful!

But last week it was time for a maintenance appointment for my laser hair removal and I thought it deserved a comment.  When I started this process over eighteen months I wondered how effective it would be. I'm a natural skeptic. Initially I went seven times and each appointment seemed to take ages.  But eventually I got through it and was happy with the results.  The question was would it last? 

Well a year and half later I'm pleased. I zipped through my last appointment, and was in and out in under an hour. 

The technician thought I would need two sessions once a year to keep it up.  I'm doing it a little differently and have settled on one appointment every six months which is working very well for me.  

Each time I do get some re-growth of "the hairs" as Liana calls them, but it is continually lighter and finer.  It goes unnoticed even to me for a long time. I may shave my legs a couple of times every six months which is fantastic.  I can't tell you how wonderful it is to go on a holiday and not have to worry about razors and shaving!  I love that!

I know it doesn't work for all hair types, but for me it's been great.   It's one less thing to fuss with every day. And what mom doesn't love that. Yeah!

Happy Friday! ✿ Micheline