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Make your daily regimen on point with our amazing Organic Shea Whip! A deep drink your skin has been dreaming about. #skindrink #ultimate #care #skincare #careforyourself #treatyourself #enjoyljfe #sustainablyharvested #beadforlife #beauty #youth (at Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania)

[nlafrancis]

So good I had to share! Check out all the items I'm loving on @Poshmarkapp from @musas01 #poshmark #fashion #style #shopmycloset #jcrew #beadforlife #hugoboss: https://bnc.lt/focc/BK53XvM6sR

[mopishblog]

I’m in love with my @BeadforLife bracelet! Shop to help end poverty & support working women! #BeadForLife #Ad http://Beadforlife.com pic.twitter.com/HGfScZgbUS

I’m in love with my @BeadforLife bracelet! Shop to help end poverty & support working women! #BeadForLife #Ad http://Beadforlife.com  http://pic.twitter.com/HGfScZgbUS

I’m in love with my @BeadforLife bracelet! Shop to help end poverty & support working women! #BeadForLife #Ad http://Beadforlife.com pic.twitter.com/HGfScZgbUS syndicated from http://ift.tt/2krd2bd

[thewishlister]

Fair Trade Elements Necklace - Wind- BeadforLife Paper Jewelry from Uganda http://ift.tt/2kf8WCW

[puresudsco]

Today’s fun included hand shaving Organic Kokum and Mango Seed butters for adding to our Whipped Organic Shea “Skin Drink.” This Butter went into our Tuffy Pinot Whip AND our Key Lime-Vanilla Bean Whipped blends. It’s time to start hydrating! . . Check out our website where we have both of these emulsifying butters for sale: . . www.puresudsco.com . . #puresudsco #butta #skindrink #butter #sheabutter #kokum #mango #diy #handcrafted #whippedsheabutter #smallbatch #byhand #whipit #eastafrican #fairtrade #beadforlife #soap #bathbomb #lotion #scranton #wilkesbarre #philadelphia #denver #boulder (at Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania)

[windows-mememaker]

http://www.beadforlife.org/online-marketplace/?begin=b1B61MRB

So there's this organization called Bead for Life, and they help empower women in Uganda through jewelry making! BFL trains women how to make the jewelry and bring themselves out of poverty. Its a sustainable industry being that the beads are made out of recycled paper. You can read more about it on their website, but by going through this link and buying jewelry, it helps support my BuildOn chapter that will be going to Nicaragua in February to help build a school as well as empowering Ugandan women. 

Thanks

[abookyoureadinreverse]

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!!

Okay lovely followers!!! Here’s the deal. I love you all to pieces and wanted to do something nice for you. So I am doing a giveaway. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

-2 Bead for Life Bangles - which is an amazing organization, please check them out at beadforlife.org - packaged in a cute bead for life bag. -1 pack of aspartame free chewing gum because aspartame is terrible for your health! This stuff is Vegan and Gluten Free and yummy. -1 mini bottle of lavender vanilla aromatherapy sleep lotion. -1 mini bottle of eucalyptus spearmint aromatherapy stress relief lotion -1 mini bottle of eucalyptus spearmint aromatherapy stress relief bath and shower gel. -1 eucalyptus spearmint aromatherapy hand sanitizer -1 mini eucalyptus mint candle -Why Are You So Sad? by Jason Porter - FAIR WARNING I have not read this yet but I saw it and thought it was super interesting so I am going to read it and if it’s totally horrible, I promise to ship you a better book instead.  -1 handwritten letter from yours truly and -1 cd of my original music. *just a little shameless self promotion* haha. 

SO HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: I will ship this stuff out Saturday, March 22nd. So I will be picking a winner on Friday, March 21st. This means entry closes at 12:00 AM EST 03/21/14.  You must be following me - doesn’t matter if you’re old or new. I adore all of my followers and can’t wait to get to know new ones :)  Only reblogs will count as an entry. You may reblog as many times as you’d like, but I do ask that you please be considerate. Don’t annoy your followers with this. Try to limit this to one reblog per day.  I will ship anywhere:)  You must be either 18+ or able to show me that you have permission from a parent, to give me your address. 

GOOD LUCK XOXOX

[ifihadatypewriter-blog]

Sitting there, in a land so desperately unknown to my mind's eye. I imagine your smile and laughter as you sit together, a community of women. Rolling strips of magazines. Stringing beads onto jewelry wire and jewelry elastic. I hope your heart trusts the value of this work, I hope you will see the fruits of your labor, that your children, grandchildren and village children will be well cared for while I model for my friends this new fashion, these gorgeous beads, this cause. I imagine you could teach me lessons in humility, acceptance, grace and joy. I imagine you embrace this opportunity but know that your happiness does not rely on the charity of others. I imagine you are intelligent beyond many a doctorate student, understanding the depth and complexities of this life and this world and what the human soul is capable of in terms of love, compassion and survival. I hope you know that I think the world of you, although I've not seen your face nor have any hope of doing so. I hope you know that I admire your handiwork, your resilience and your commitment to serve, in love, your family and community.

[awakenedaesthetic-blog]

BeadForLife is a non-profit organization started by three women who wanted to help Ugandan women learn skills that will earn them a living wage.

Here's a bit more about the organization, and their products:

BeadforLife began by teaching women to make beautiful beaded jewelry out of recycled paper.  They launched a second income-generating project in northern Uganda in 2010, creating a livelihood for the extremely poor women who farm and gather Shea nuts. BeadforLife makes the Shea nuts into Shea butter products, including creams, soaps and lip balms.  The sales of these products have the potential to empower tens of thousands of women.  Currently, BeadforLife is working with 740 women, most of whom are farmers, to educate them about how to improve the quality of their farms and bring their agricultural goods to market.

How cool would it be to grab a couple soaps and some of their Shea Butter Peppermint Lip Balm and give it to someone as a host/ess gift or thank you present? Including a little card about the women who made their African Lemongrass & Lavender soap would make this a super thoughtful, and super ethical gift idea!

Check out the beads and other product on the BeadForLife website!

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