{"id":553,"date":"2014-02-03T17:17:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T00:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/aboveandbeyondthe5senses\/?p=553"},"modified":"2014-02-03T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T00:27:42","slug":"celebrating-valentines-day-during-treatment-7-tried-and-true-make-up-tips-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/aboveandbeyondthe5senses\/2014\/02\/celebrating-valentines-day-during-treatment-7-tried-and-true-make-up-tips-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Valentine&#8217;s Day During Treatment: 7 Tried-and-True Make-up Tips for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-header\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-_TAsrKGnnEc\/UvAqRLibYFI\/AAAAAAAAAPc\/CQRMRI6kmfk\/s1600\/child+poster.PNG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-_TAsrKGnnEc\/UvAqRLibYFI\/AAAAAAAAAPc\/CQRMRI6kmfk\/s1600\/child+poster.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cThe key to beauty is learning something new and then applying it to your life.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Kathleen O\u2019Keefe-Kanavos\/author and cancer survivor<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">So, you have a hot date for St. Valentine\u2019s Day. Great! <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Now, how do you face the overwhelming challenge of applying your old makeup techniques to your new treatment-face while in therapy? The beauty strategies you previously used went down the drain with your hair.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Now what?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">How do you play up eyes that lack eyelashes for mascara, accentuate the arches of eyebrows which no longer exist, or find that dewy glow your skin lost during your last therapy? <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>How can you accept a date looking like \u201cdeath warmed over?\u201d Well, if you are reading this Death did not land, so keep going. Can you look beautiful during treatment? Yes you can!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Here are 7 tried-and-true make-up tips.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">They will help you enjoy an unforgettable Valentine\u2019s Day by rising above the challenge of beauty during treatment and looking down on the big picture of life despite treatment. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>These tips are easy and quick enough to use for your date after a long day of therapy, every day during treatment, and beyond. You may never look exactly the same because you will look better.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"> <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Make-up can be a challenge during many therapies, but especially cancer treatment.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">No eyelashes or eyebrows to hold beauty products in place can make you want to give up before you start. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>But as a three time breast cancer survivor, I learned a trick or two about beauty during treatment. These beauty tips will help you glow while you heal. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">These techniques can be used with any products including organic ones available in most natural and health food stores and marketplaces. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.)<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Your face is already dry from medications, long hours in over air-conditioned hospitals, and dehydrating treatment so you may choose to avoid face powder. It has a tendency to settle into cracks and, yes, crevices; the result of skin cell moisture loss.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"> <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.)<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Use brown eyeliner to define your eyes and a lighter taupe eye shadow, applied with a small brush, to create eye brows. Large crayon eyeliner pencils are more moisturizing than powder, and easier to handle if your fingers are swollen, numb or tingling from neuropathy, a temporary condition of some chemotherapies. If power is still your tool of choice, wet the brush with water, dip it into the powder and then apply it to the eye area. It will keep less powder from irritating your eye\u2019s dehydrate mucus membranes, and \u201cset it\u201d\u2014<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>hold your make-up in place. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.)<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Keep your cosmetics to a bare minimum and use tons of moisturizer. A drop of liquid make-up mixed with moisturizer creates a healthy glow. A drop of moisturizer mixed with cream blush, and applied to the apples of your cheeks will make you the apple of his eye. It will give you just the right amount of color to make you look naturally healthy. A fail-safe way to apply blush is to smile and your \u201capples\u201d will stand out. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.)<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Pink stick or gel blush on your cheeks, forehead and chin can give you a sun-kissed glow no matter what skin tone you have. Use colors that are close to your own natural skin tones.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.)<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Sprayed your face with an atomizer of water to set your make-up. Small cans of Evian spray are available in department stores, or make your own \u201cspritzer\u201d by filling a spray bottle with purified water. Use it throughout the day to feel refreshed and to maintain that youthful dewy-glow.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 3.0pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.)<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Lipstick or clear gloss finishes a healthy look, and moisturizes your lips. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>There are many long lasting lipsticks on the market from which to choose. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>Once applied, you won\u2019t need a touch-up, even after eating. That little bit of color on your face can make such a difference. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.)<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">There is no make-up that can brighten your face like a smile. Beauty is only skin deep but your smile comes from the soul.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Practiced smiling in the mirror for \u2018muscle memory\u2019 and used it whenever you feel like a wet noodle. It will change more than your looks. It will change the vibration around you by pulling it into a higher healing frequency.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong> <span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;\">Don\u2019t be surprised if your laughter attracts attention.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"> A nurse may bring someone just starting their journey of healing over to you with the words, \u201cLook at her, she\u2019s glowing. See, it\u2019s not so bad.\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Your glow is a beacon of light to others still searching in the darkness of crisis. Share your tips with them. Increase your healing light by giving it away. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>This will make you even more beautiful\u2014from the inside out. It is also a great way to do two powerful things at once; pay it forward to those still in need, and give back to the universe.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>Sharing joy is universally empowering. <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Laughter and smiles go together like peanut and butter, and both are contagious. They are something you want to catch and give to patients who have a lowered resistance during treatment.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Laughter raises all vibrational levels within ear-shot, and gives you an inner-glow that shines through to the world with the message, \u201cI\u2019m still here. I\u2019m more than a survivor. I\u2019m a Thriver!\u201d So give someone a smile, &amp; laugh \u2018till it heals with confidence, while you are on your Valentine\u2019s Day date.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"> And remember, Cupid is watching.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>Watch for part two of this article series, <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">A Valentine Date During Treatment: How to Make Sussessful Dinner Plans During Uncertain Times.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">This information is from Kathleen\u2019s book SURVIVING CANERLAND: Intuitive Aspects of Healing.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-I1a-bgCVgF8\/UvAqpie4pdI\/AAAAAAAAAPk\/YzwhmqDIWoM\/s1600\/new+book+cover.PNG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-I1a-bgCVgF8\/UvAqpie4pdI\/AAAAAAAAAPk\/YzwhmqDIWoM\/s1600\/new+book+cover.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Kathleen O\u2019Keefe-Kanavos- Intuitive Life Coach, survived three\u00a0 cancers missed by doctors but diagnosed by dreams, and penned SURVIVING CANCERLAND: Intuitive Aspects of Healing. She\u2019s contributed to many books, a phone counselor for R.A. BLOCH Cancer Foundation, Columnist for CapeWomenOnlineMagazine, &amp; Wellness Woman 40 &amp; Beyond, a Radio Host, Keynote Speaker, PATHEOS &amp; BreastCancerYoga Blogger &amp; OM Times Magazine Contributor.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Follow her @<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>www.SurvivingCancerland.com &amp; www.AccessYourInnerGuide.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin-left: 90.75pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -54.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"><br>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cThe key to beauty is learning something new and then applying it to your life.\u201d Kathleen O\u2019Keefe-Kanavos\/author and cancer survivor So, you have a hot date for St. Valentine\u2019s Day. Great! Now, how do you face the overwhelming challenge of applying your old makeup techniques to your new treatment-face while in therapy? 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