Bridge to the New Year 2019 Day 3 Goals for the end of 2018

Bridge to 2019 Day 3

What is something you want to achieve before 2018 ends?

I had two goals in my Avon business for 2018. The first was to reach our top seller level (which I have achieved). The second was to get higher in our leadership ranks. So, my goal for the end of the year is to grow my team to the next level. I enjoy helping others to start their own business and grow! It's the teacher in me that enjoys helping other representatives. 

Follow our challenge on Instagram at @newyearbridge and also find us on Facebook in the group Bridge to the New Year Group. 

Bridge to the New Year 2019-Day 2-Words

Day 2-What was your word for 2018? What is your word for 2019?

For 2018, I would have to say my word this year has been persistence. Through persistence, I have been able to reach some goals for the year. If it wasn't for this persistence, I wouldn't have kept moving forward towards the end goal. 

For 2019, I am picking Focus as my word. Focus on what is important, focus on my goals and reaching them, and stay focused to get things done that I need to get done. 

This challenge can be followed on Instagram at @newyearbridge and also there is a group on Facebook called Bridge to the New Year. 

Bridge to the New Year 2019 Day 1 A little about me

I was invited to join a writing challenge called Bridge to the New Year. I decided I would take it on this month and I am going to do my best to recommit to keeping this blog up and writing a post a day for the challenge topics. 

Day 1 Topic Share 10-30 Facts about Yourself

1) I am currently 29 years old.
2) I am an early childhood educator full time and in my spare time I am an entrepreneur.
3) One day I hope to go full entrepreneur and work for myself.
4) I enjoy reading.
5) I enjoy learning.
6) I like coloring and doodling.
7) I joined Avon in 2011 as a means to earn an income while going to college full time and now it has grown into a business that helps me to pay my bills, keep food on the table, keep gas in the car, and so much more!
8) In 2015, I have was awarded the Spirit of Avon award which is awarded to a select group of representatives and is really about your passion for your Avon business.
9) In 2014, I hit our top seller level President's Club and I am finally headed that way again for 2018 with $10000 in sales for the year! 
10) This year I have earned several incentives for Avon!
11) I have been selected recently as an Avon Influencer for a pilot program on using Instagram to grow your Avon business (you can follow me on Instagram @adavis0493 ) and this is the third pilot program that I have been selected for to do with growing my business using Social Media in the last year. 
12) I am a pet mom to a dog, Cookie and a Beta Fish.
13) There is a cat Bob, and two other dogs Jet and Kodiak that are also in my life (live with my parents but basically mine too especially Bob and Kodiak).
14) I am a dog aunt to two more dogs Hank and Troy. 
15) Jet, Kodiak, Hank, and Troy are all labrador retrievers and my family is sort of the crazy lab family. lol.
16) I have a younger brother.

You can follow along with us in this challenge by following us on Facebook and Instagram. 

30 Day Beauty Challenge Days 21-30

Hello everyone! Back in August I started a 30 Day Beauty Challenge that I found online. I am going to divide up the challenge posts into three posts Days 1-10, Days 11-20, and Days 21-30. I will be sharing what I shared on Social Media as my answers for the 30 day challenge. I just found this challenge so feel free to do it yourself.

Day 21: Favorite Nail Polish

My favorite nail polish is Avon Gel Finish 7-in-1 Nail Enamel. Here is the Lavender Sky color.

Day 22: Least Favorite Product

As much as I LOVE Avon, there is one product that I really don't like that I will use in a pinch but do not regularly use. That product is our Roll-On Deodorants. I just don't like liquid roll-on deodorants as I find them sticky and I prefer bar deodorants.

Day 23: Eyeshadow

The Avon True Color 8-in-1 Eyeshadow palette in Smoky Nights was featured on Season 16 of Project Runway!

Day 24: Eye Liner

Glimmersticks are our most popular eye liners. They come in a variety of colors so you are sure to find one that you like.

Day 25: Brows

Define, fill & set your Brows with the Avon True Color Perfect Eyebrow Styling Duo. This powder and wax set colors in brows and provides shape and hold. Eyebrows look defined and perfectly groomed.

Day 26: Favorite Body Product

One of my favorite Bath and Body Products is Avon Senses Bubble Bath! One of my favorite scents is the Lavender.

Day 27: What do you carry in your handbag?

I typically just carry the basics. Wallet, cell phone, keys. I also have a lip balm and hand cream. I don't really carry any other beauty products with me. lol.

Day 28: Lip Care

Our Moisture Therapy Lip Balm is a must have product. It will keep your lips from getting dry and chapped. Flavor and fragrance free. Made in the USA.

Day 29: Hair Tools

I tend to just use a hair brush. Avon offers some great hair care products including shampoo, conditioner, and treatments as well as a couple of hair brushes.

Day 30: Makeup Collection

 I have mostly lipsticks, eyeshadow, and mascara.

 Thanks for reading!

To shop Avon online, visit https://adavis0493.avonrepresentative.com
Amanda Davis, Avon Independent Sales Representative, New Avon, LLC, United States

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30 Day Beauty Challenge Days 11-20

Hello everyone! Back in August I started a 30 Day Beauty Challenge that I found online. I am going to divide up the challenge posts into three posts Days 1-10, Days 11-20, and Days 21-30. I will be sharing what I shared on Social Media as my answers for the 30 day challenge. I just found this challenge so feel free to do it yourself.

Day 11: Share your favorite hair care products

I'm a simple shampoo and conditioner kind of girl. I, of course, use Avon everything and I like how my hair has responded to the Advance Techniques line Avon offers.

Day 12: Share a night makeup look

Here's the products I used: Face-- Avon MagiX Face Perfector, Avon True Color Flawless Concealer Stick, Avon Smooth Minerals Blush in Blushing Mauve  Eyes--Avon True Color Eyeshadow Primer, Avon True Color Kohl Eye Liner in True Black, Avon Big & Daring Volume Mascara in Blackest Black, Mark. Hook Up Eyeshadow Eye Contact Havana Sol Palette (limited edition item) Lips-- Avon True Color Lipstick in Red 2000. 

Day 13: Perfume

One of my favorite scents is Avon Haiku Kyoto Flower Notes of violet leaves, white peony, and cotton musk. I love floral scents!

Day 14: Favorite Product

One of my favorite Avon Jewelry sets The Leaf Me Breathless collection! Available in Goldtone and Silvertone. Hand harvested leaves dipped in metal.

Day 15: Mascara

One of my favorite Mascara's is the Avon True Color SuperExtend Winged Out Mascara which lengthens and lifts your lashes with a feather-inspired brush. Comes in Blackest Black, Black, and Brown Black. Wears for 10 hours. Clump and flake proof. Hypoallergenic. Customers rate it 4 out of 5 stars!

Day 16: Moisturizer

One of my favorite body moisturizing products is Avon Skin So Soft Gelled Body Oil in the Soft and Sensual Scent. I love how it goes on especially after shaving my legs. It isn't greasy and it makes your skin feel soft and moisturized.

Day 17: No Makeup Look

Here is a picture of me without any makeup.

 

Day 18: Hand Cream

A go to hand cream is Avon Moisture Therapy Intensive Healing and Repair. Fragrance Free. Perfect for everyone!

Day 19: Blush

My go to blush on the rare occasion I actually wear it is Avon Smooth Minerals blush in Blushing Mauve.

Day 20: Concealer

I love the Avon True Color Flawless Concealer Stick



Stay tuned to this blog for Part 3 (Days 21-30) of the 30 Day Beauty Challenge. Thanks for reading!

To shop Avon online, visit https://adavis0493.avonrepresentative.com
Amanda Davis, Avon Independent Sales Representative, New Avon, LLC, United States

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30 Day Beauty Challenge Days 1-10

Hello everyone! Back in August I started a 30 Day Beauty Challenge that I found online. I am going to divide up the challenge posts into three posts Days 1-10, Days 11-20, and Days 21-30. I will be sharing what I shared on Social Media as my answers for the 30 day challenge. I just found this challenge so feel free to do it yourself.

Day 1: Share your favorite lipstick

One of my favorite lipsticks in the Avon True Color Ultra Hydrating Lip Color in Red Tulip. I am wearing that color in the picture to the left.

Day 2: Share an every day makeup look

My usual during the work week is Avon True Color Eyeshadow Quad in Mocha Latte and Avon Beyond Color Lip Conditioner and then sometimes adding the Avon Beyond Color Lipstick in Pucker Up for a bit of color.

Day 3: Nails

Here is one of my favorite polishes. Avon 7-in-1 Gel Finish nail enamel in Lavender Sky color.

Day 4: Hairstyle

Here is my hair from my senior prom that was in 2007.

Day 5: Share a Day Makeup Look

This look could be night or day. Usually during the day, I wear a less bold lipstick and at night I like to wear bolder lipsticks.

Day 6: Makeup Brushes

I have just the basic brushes and they are from Avon of course!

Day 7: Skin Care

Here are just some of my staples from Avon Anew. Avon Anew AHA Cream, Avon Anew Retexturizing Peel and the Extra Strength Peel, Avon Anew Clinical Hydration Mask, and Avon Anew Dark Circle Corrector (under eye cream).

Days 8 & 9: Holy Grail of Makeup Products and Makeup Storage

Day 8: Holy Grail of Makeup Products
I love the Avon True Color line of makeup. Eyeshadow, Eye Liner, Lipstick, Mascara, Foundation, Powder, Concealer, and Primer. Our True Color Line has it all and it's all true to the color that you see in the package.

Day 9: Makeup Storage
I love this container I got from Avon a couple years back.

Day 10: Foundation

Day 10 is Foundation. I don't often wear foundation but when I do I wear powder foundation because it doesn't clog my pores as bad as liquid foundation used to. This is a discontinued Avon foundation but Avon does offer liquid, cream to powder, and powder foundations.


Stay tuned to this blog for Part 2 (Days 11-20) and Part 3 (Days 21-30) of the 30 Day Beauty Challenge. Thanks for reading!

To shop Avon online, visit https://adavis0493.avonrepresentative.com
Amanda Davis, Avon Independent Sales Representative, New Avon, LLC, United States

Follow me on Social Media:

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• Twitter: @amandabeautytip
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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adavis0493/
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30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 30: Hopes for My Blog

My hopes for this blog is to have people get to know me on a personal level and to share personal thoughts with readers about my life and things that interest me. I hope to gain some new followers and possibly some new friends through my blog. I also hope to help others see that anyone can blog and it doesn't require any special skills, just time and effort and planning. Something that is easy to do if you are struggling for topics is a 30 day challenge or 31 day challenge and follow the topics suggested. That is all I did for these posts for a 30 day challenge. Yes, I fell behind and it ended up taking me longer to complete, but it was still 30 posts that I wouldn't have thought of doing on my own. I may do another challenge at some point, but I think for now I'm going to try to blog some things on my own. In order to find a 30 Day Blog Challenge, you can either try the same one I did by following my posts and then making your own posts to fit that topic or you can do a Google search for 30 Day Blog Challenge or 31 Day Blog Challenge. Good luck to you and your blogging endeavors!

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 29 A Confession

So honestly I wasn't sure how to approach this topic of a confession. I came across this quote in a Google search and it resonated with me. I think something that I don't often tell people is that I want to make a difference in the world. Not necessarily change it, but make a difference in the lives of others. I think that's what drew me to both teaching and my AVON business in particular, but also somewhat to my other two direct sales businesses to offer more of an opportunity to others. I think that is also what drew me to blogging so I can get a further reach beyond the people that I know personally. Hopefully one day I will truly feel like I've made a difference in the lives of others and in the world. 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 28 Most Embarrassing Moment

So this one goes back to my middle school days. To date I'd still have to say my most embarrassing moment was when I was in middle school. One day I was going down the central staircase and I tripped and fell down the stairs, spilling everything I was carrying, landing right in front of our school library. One of the librarians helped me pick everything up. Honestly, I don't even think many people paid attention to it, and I never heard about it later or anything as far as people calling me out, but I was so embarrassed of myself and will never forget that moment and so I still go with that one being my most embarrassing. 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 27 What's In My Closet

For me it depends on what closet. My apartment has three and I still have stuff in my bedroom closet at my parent's house. My closets have clothes, shoes, games, washer, dryer, drying rack, decorations, etc. My bedroom closet at my apartment is also where I store everything for my Avon business and I'm working on organizing that so it isn't just a bunch of boxes. And no my closets are not this organized. :-) 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 26 My Hidden Talent

So this post has really made me think and honestly I'd say that at this moment my hidden talent is that of writing. Before starting to blog, I never really thought of myself as a writer, but since starting to blog more consistently I find that I have the words more and more and I am starting to feel more confident in my writing at least as a blogger. I'm not sure how creative I could get with writing as far as writing a book or anything like that, but I am finding it easier to write these types of posts, opinion related posts, reviews, etc. I think writing about my life is probably the easiest thing to write about, but at the same time it is definitely easier when there is some sort of guidance like this 30 day blog challenge that I've been working on and finally caught up to where the day is matching the date of the month (go me!) and hopefully I can keep this caught up a couple more days to end it on January 30. 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 25 My Biggest Regret

This post is pretty difficult for me as there honestly isn't much in my life that I'd say I regret. I like this quote I found, "In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take" because I feel it best describes what I would regret in my life. Missed chances, missed opportunities, wondering what would have been different had I chosen a different path at a couple of different moments in my life. My biggest regret at the moment is not so much a regret, but more a reflection. What would have been different if I had chosen differently? As well as time wasted...each day that goes by that I feel I wasted time that could have been better spent, I think what could I have done differently? What should I have done differently? There have been some decisions in my life....what college to go to? Choosing between jobs offered...sometimes I can't help but wonder what life would have been like if I'd looked at more colleges in high school...if I'd stayed at Longwood University instead of going to VCU (while I'd never say I'd regret ending up at VCU because I met some amazing people and had a great four years there). What life would have been like if I'd chosen to pursue something other than teaching? I think sometimes you wonder these things and "regret" the chance you didn't take, but at the same time I have to say while I do sometimes reflect on these things, I still don't dwell on it and at the moment I'm pretty happy on where I am in my life currently. Moving on..

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 24 What attracts me in love??

This is fitting considering Valentine's Day is coming up soon! 

These are some things that I find attractive when it comes to love:

(1) Ambition--I want to be with someone who has goals in life

(2) Good Sense of Humor--I have to be able to laugh with my partner

(3) Confidence--In themselves and our relationship

(4) Trustworthiness--Probably the most important quality

(5) Affectionate--But not over affectionate

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 23: What would I do if you won the lotto?

Okay, so I was actually just talking about this exact topic with my boyfriend this week and we both were discussing how it would be nice to win the lottery. So what would I do? Well I guess it would depend on how much money I earned. If it was a considerable amount, I'd want to do quite a few things. 

(1) Pay off my brand new car

(2) Go on a nice trip to Europe

(3) Become a full time work at home entrepreneur (this one is still iffy as I do enjoy teaching---so perhaps I would teach part time still so I wouldn't have to give that up entirely). 

(4) Buy a house

(5) Save some of it for retirement

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 22: My Worst Habits

Okay, so some of my worst habits: 

(1) Getting caught up in one thing and then not having time to do another.

(2) Letting my apartment get cluttered 

(3) Not reading as much as I'd like to read (i.e. making the time to read)

(4) Getting Distracted

(5) Not eating as healthy as I should

(6) Not exercising as much as I should

(7) Spending an excess of time on Social Media

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 21: What Makes Me Sad

Here are some things that make me sad in no particular order:

(1) Loved ones being sick and/or hurt

(2) Sad television, movies, and moments in books (yes I will cry at sad commercials or sad television shows and movies)

(3) Life's Sad Moments (We all have them)

(4) World Problems

(5) Children living in sad situations

Hey, I'm happier more than sad these days so not much makes me cry, but every once in a while something will make me sad or even make me cry, but it's hard to go into much details here as usually when something makes me sad it's in the moment. 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 20: What Makes Me Happy

Here are some things that make me happy in no particular order of importance:

(1) Being around children--sometimes children can just be so quirky and funny and innocent (this is why I volunteer at my church in the nursery and why I enjoy my job as a teacher) [It should also be noted at this time I do not have children of my own]

(2) Spending time with my family, pets, and loved ones

(3) Spending time with friends

(4) Working on my direct selling businesses and sharing them with others

(5) Funny movies, television, and books (yes I am known to Laugh Out Loud even when home myself) 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 19 My Favorite Movie

Okay, so I have to say this one is very tough for me as I love a lot of different movies and there are many that I could watch over and over again, no problem. In fact, I'm not even 100% sure that I have a FAVORITE favorite movie. I guess if I have to pick one for the purposes of this blog then I will pick Sex and the City 2.

So I tossed up on whether to pick the first one or the second one and I have to say, the second one for me is better and it's because it's all about the fun of spending time with your girlfriends and the fun of the series Sex and the City. I own the entire series on DVD as well as both movies and I've read and own the book by Candace Bushnell. It's just a fun series to watch and read. Yes, there were episodes I didn't like and yes there were parts about the series I didn't like, but what series or movie do you like 100%? I like that there is this relationship with the girls that you really only experience if you have friendships like the ones in the series between Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha. The friendship chemistry is incredible and really just cannot be matched anywhere else. It's also great that it's showing how friendship can last over time through life's tough moments, but your girlfriends will always be there for you. And I like the second movie over the first because it is focused more on the friendship and less on the relationship drama like the first movie. The first movie was just a little too drama filled for me, even though I love it as well, but I think the second one is just icing on the cake to the series and if they had ended it with the end of the first movie, I'm not sure I would have liked that ending. 

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 18 A photograph of Me

So I have a couple of pictures of myself on my blog already, but here is another one of me. This one was taken at my parents house last spring and the dog is my brother's dog Troy. He's such a cutie! I love labs and have grown up around them (my parents also have a chocolate lab Kodiak). Eventually, I hope to have my own lab once I get a nice house.

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 17 My Favorite Blogs

This post will be fairly short as I am still working on following the blogs of others. Usually when I read a post on a blog it is because it is shared to social media and the topic seems interesting to read. I will list some types of blogs that I try to keep up with though.

1. First and foremost, I try to look at blogs from top leaders in the network marketing and direct sales industry. The main ones I look at are top leaders in AVON as that is my primary direct sales business as it is the one I have been working the longest. I will not list them here because the list is too long, but if you are an AVON Representative or in direct sales I definitely recommend that you find some good blogs from famous people in the industry that have been successful at what they do.
2. I like to look at blogs that are about blogging. As someone new to blogging myself, I like to follow blogs that are about how to blog. It may seem silly, but it is truly very useful and helpful for me.
3. From time to time I look at food blogs because who doesn't enjoy eating? Plus, I am also working on becoming a food blogger myself as well as learning how to cook.
4. Blogs that my friends write. If I find out my friend is writing, I do try to follow their blog posts to show my friends and connections support in their endeavor. Love you guys if you are reading my blogs. :-)

I recommend following blogs that you enjoy reading, that's what I do and I think that's what most people do. I hope that you enjoy reading my blogs too.