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More from our friend Jen. Tell us what you think:

Who am I?

I am a holistic esthetician/makeup artist who has been working in the beauty industry for ten years. I have been a licensed esthetician for eight years and began specializing in natural skincare and cosmetics about six years ago.
After the birth of my twin boys two years ago I became self-employed and now do mostly freelance makeup, skincare education and product representation. I hope to have a private facial practice again once my boys are a little older.
My skincare blog is here: www.skinrhythm.blogspot.com

**I have been told before that what I do for a living is shallow, superficial and un-feminist. I’ve always disagreed. There is nothing wrong with wanting to face the world looking your very best, healthy and beautiful.
As a makeup artist and esthetician it is my job to help women look the very best version of themselves and it is an honor to be trusted to touch someone’s face.
Everyone I’ve ever met has a love-hate relationship with their appearance and despite all the staring into the mirror; they often don’t see their own best features. It is great to tell someone they have lovely eyelashes or great bone structure or beautiful lips and see the look of surprise on their face.
“Me? They say? No…” But it’s true. They just can’t see past their flaws and see the good things that everyone else can see.
I am a Peacekeeper Cause-metics demonstrator which means that I get the chance to not only educate people on all of the wonderful causes PK supports but also help them choose the right color.
I find that the products tend to look slightly different in the tubes than they do on the lips so whenever possible I apply the colors for them. (After sanitizing the products and using a fresh disposable applicator)
Everyone is always amazed when they learn that 100% of after-tax profits are donated to human-rights issues. Like me, they thought they would get around to donating money to causes they believed in at some point…when they had more money. And also like me, they spend money several times a year to purchase new cosmetics.

With Peacekeeper, you can do both. Indulge your girly side and your activist side and know that they are both important and worthwhile.

-Jen T

Our new found friend Jen has a blog called Skin Rhythym where she reviews holistic Skincare  and Eco-Friendly products  she comes into contact with as a demo representative, esthetician and make-up artist. She loved PeaceKeeper so much she blogged about us.

She had this to say about some of the PeaceKeeper products:

Paint me Wise lip paint: This is a beautiful creamy berry that has become my daily staple.

Paint me Empowered lip paint: Empowered looks scary and dark in the tube but it is not much darker than Wise and stays on forever. It creates a great blackberry stain when applied with the fingers and gently blotted.

Unifem gloss: Again, this color looks way different on than in the tube. It is a sheer burgundy and looks great on everyone. I love to put on either Wise or Empowered in the morning then touch up during the day with Unifem. It refreshes the color and adds a soft, not sticky shine.

Luminous nail polish: I can’t for the life of me paint my own fingernails without it looking like a toddler applied the color so this is a lifesaver. It’s a dewey silvery-white that is subtle enough for daily wear without being boring. It also dries really quickly.

You can also see what else she has to say at her site http://skinrhythm.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-am-peacekeeper.html

If you have a blog that you have written about PeaceKeeper at let us know!

Peace,
Jen

We at PeaceKeeper would like to give our heartfelt thoughts and hopes of peace to the families of those service members who will never come home.

We hope for a speedy and safe return for all others.

You are in our thoughts.

Forty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King was taken from us as he was continuing the work necessary to make freedom for all a possibility. The dream that Dr King had is one that we at Peacekeeper share. We hope that you will take the time on this day to read his speeches and understand what drove him and inspired people all around the world. We at PeaceKeeper take inspiration from many places but certainly the legacy of Dr. King’s work for justice is one that we feel particularly proud to carry on in our own way through making business more than “just as usual”. It may seem unusual to think of the legacy of a civil rights leader to be carried on in a cosmetics company but we profoundly believe in his words “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. �
Today is also the 6th Anniversary of the launch of PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics. We are proud to be an award- winning leading pioneer in clean cosmetics chemistry and the first cosmetics company to feature the All-Benefit business model. We care about providing a way for those who love cosmetics to have the cleanest cosmetics possible as well as the knowledge that their purchase connects them to extraordinary woman and girls, who just by chance of birth don’t have our fortune. In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, we hope that you will find ways to follow in his legacy in your own communities or in the world community. In celebration of our 6th Anniversary we are offering 20% all products through the end of next week, Saturday April 12. You can also make a tax deductible donation in honor of Dr. King of which 100% goes to Micro-Credit Enterprises to help women or girls who live on less than a dollar a day receive a sustainable trade or an education.

Now That’s Beautiful ™. �

Your Friends at PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics

Jen:
I live very close to the church Dr. King gave a speech in on April 4th 1967, exactly one year before his death. I went in briefly this morning just to contemplate where we are with his vision, his dream. We still have a long way to go. Thats not to say we haven’t made lots of advances, we have. What it means is that we can’t let the progress we have made cloud our vision of the needs that still haven’t been met. I hope that people take the time, as it says above, to read the other speaches me made. Too often we only know one, “I Have A Dream” and not others such as “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” that lay out the shortcomings that led to his dream. In order to respect his legacy I think its important to view him as a man with who lived many years, had faults, had more than just one dream and was taken from us too soon.
Gretta: Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most influential leaders of our time and has had an invaluable impact on the world. We will never forget his legacy and he will live on in our hearts and souls forever. PeaceKeepers are aligned with Dr. King’s values, as our mission is to promote equality among all individuals. Everyone deserves a life free of oppression; a life filled with freedom, economic options and justice.

Lala: I don’t really know about US history but even while growing up in Madagascar I knew him as a black man who fought for equality and against racism. He’s like an American Nelson Mandela who fought for equality for all of Africa.
Meryam: MLK is no longer representative of a person to me anymore. He represents the desire of equality, peace and progress. I feel that all demographics searching for justice can look to King as an example. Even the anniversary of his death is a reminder of how much people can do once united- and that his message is still important today.