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Our great partners at Smart Talk Connected Conversations have been working very hard to line up the best speakers for Cincinnati’s 2012 season!  Get your first sneak peek right here!  Great ready for an amazing season with the following amazing speakers!  More info to follow….stay tunned!

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Tim Gunn

Gunn’s Golden Rules

Saturday, January 14, 2012

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Arianna Huffington

On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work & Life

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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Kara DioGuardi

Surviving Life, Love & American Idol

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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Vy Higginsen

Seeing No Limitations

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Andie MacDowell

Acting as a Way of Life

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Jessica Alba’s interview with Lucky magazine this month depicts some major truths that no one is talking about.  Jessica says that she’s on a 1200 calorie a day diet, and says she’s “basically starving”.  And we applaud Jessica for admitting the obvious.  Because you really do feel like you are starving yourself when you drop down to 1200 daily calories or less.  Trying to have a personal trainer or an actress convince us that 1200 calories a day is plentyyyyyyy is simply not true.  Of course,  if you can tolerate it, it will pay off with a lean body like Jessica’s…so there are some benefits.  Here’s what Ms. Alba says about her routine:

On her meal plan to shape up after the baby:

“I have a hard time with portion control, so I have 1,200 calorie meals delivered. But I also work out, so basically I’m starving—it sucks.  I drink a lot of water.”

Working out everyday for even just 45 minutes is good for my mental state. But getting dress and actually doing it is the worst. It’s hard to get motivated.”

From platinum blonde to jet black hair, Drew has been spawning trends for decades.  Her hippie-chic bohemian style makes her pop right off the screen.  Check out some of Drew’s fabulous looks over the years:

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Yes, yes, and yes.  Katie Holmes is perfection in Vogue Espana in month.  Excellent makeup artist!  Smokey eye, nude lips, great contoured cheeks, defined brows.  Perfect!

David and Victoria Beckham had a baby girl  last week and named her Harper.  This week, sales for Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird have gone up 123%.  Affirmation that celebrity endorsement works.

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We’ve all been there.  The dread “bikini season” can be down right damaging to anyone’s self esteem…if you let it.  Luckily, we have our girlfriends to tell us “Well you know, Marilyn Monroe was a size 16 and she looked great”.

But was she really a size 16?  Or do we just say that to make ourselves feel better about a little extra chunk on the belly?  If it’s true, she certainly did a good job of hiding it.  I can see no clear signs of a size 16 from any of her pictures.  Can you?  Sure, she has far more “belly” than the models of today, but does that justify a size 16?  I’m thinking a size 8.  What do you think?

For years, Jillian Michaels has come into our homes, teaching us her workout techniques on The Biggest Loser.  How does Jillian keep her near-perfect physique?  Jillian says “I usually go to the gym three to four times a week.  I work out hard when I go.  I just kill it, whether it’s doing kettlebells, mixed martial arts, Spinning classes or power yoga.  I get bored easily, so I need something that’s going to keep me focused.  I mix it up.  Everything I do is a combo of body resistance and cardiovascular endurance.” Jillian’s favorite workout is mixed martial arts.  Her most dreaded workout would be a marathon.  She says “You’re at mile 20, and you have six more to go, and your body is just battered and bleeding and miserable.  I would rather be dead.”

Check out Fitness magazine’s July/August issue to learn more about Jillian Michaels’ signature workout style.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are the epitome of hippie-chic, and are known as the modern day pioneers of the throw-back style.  Long beachy hair, flowy tops, lots of bracelets, and cut off short-shorts are the makings of hippie-chic style.  It’s one of my favorite looks!  Here’s how to achieve it:

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To achieve beachy hair, wash, then only partially dry your hair with a high watt blow dryer.   Spray your hair with a texturizer (try Beach by Supernatural Botanicals), and scrunch with hands, then air dry.  It creates long, loose waves.  A center part (if you can do it) is ultra-hippie style.

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Loose fitting and flowy tops create an earthy, cool style.  Try Forever21.

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Everyone has tons of jeans.  Turn some of them into jean shorts.  While cutting them, cut longer than you think you need at first.  You can keep cutting them off until you acquire the right cut on you.  After cutting, pull the strings and fray them out a bit.  After several washes, they’ll be perfect.

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Accessories…and lots of them!  Wear lots and lots of bracelets.  Mix colors and textures together.  Scarves are a hippie staple as well.

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 Supernatural Botanicals is a proud sponsor of SmartTalk Connected Conversation.  SmartTalk will bring their sensational lineup of interesting, successful and dynamic women to Cincinnati again in January.  Stay tuned for the release of their 2012 lineup on their website at SmartTalk.

Having no choice but to pay attention to it, as it’s displayed in every grocery store in America, a bottle of Skinnygirl Margarita made it’s way into my refrigerator.  Skinnygirl is a brand created by reality turned mainstream personality, Bethenny Frankel.  I immediately loved Bethenny for her entrepreneur-meets-lunatic personality …let’s just say I’m familiar with that territory.  There’s a laser-focused drive amongst some in the world that just sets them apart, and that’s exactly how Bethenny just landed a reported $120 million for her Skinnygirl Margarita brand.

You know a product has a successful PR and marketing strategy when you purchase their product, even though you don’t necessarily like it.  That’s what I did.  I was pretty sure I didn’t like Tequila, yet I purchased a bottle of  Skinnygirl anyway.  Not only do I adore Bethenny, but I also think her Skinnygirl line in genius.  The logo is spot-on.

So I have an entire bottle of Skinnygirl in my fridge.  The bottle is so cute, I don’t mind it having center stage in my fridge.  But here’s how it’s keeping me skinny…if I dare open the fridge for a snack or something with too many calories, like Parmesan cheese,  I see the Skinnygirl staring me down.  Then I think of Bethenny looking skinny-fabulous (I’m guessing 118 pounds on a 5’6″-ish frame??).  Then I think of Bethenny sealing a deal for $120 million.

Thanks to Ms. Frankel, I now have some more will power, skinnier thighs, and a goal to conquer the world!