beauty – Saturday Soul with Sandy Hibbard

The Beauty is in the Details

Sandy Hibbard — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:37:31 +0000

The Beauty is in the details

Beauty is in the details. The intricate weaving of delicate hand sewn lace, the sleek lines on a luxury car and the grade of leather used on the interior, the quality of wood in a mid-century piece of furniture, the distinct echo of a vintage hollow-body Gibson, the finely engraved laugh lines on an elderly face, the course gray hair that defines character and age, the tenderness of a forgiving and accepting heart, the juxtaposition of notes played or sung, the way the mountain edge captures the light at sunset or reflects it under the full moon….

Details, each only a small part of the whole yet the very thing that creates uniqueness and lends enduring quality. Whether in a person, place or thing, don’t gloss over the details or take them for granted. Search for them. Take a moment to notice each one and be grateful, for in them is life. Real beauty, sustainable beauty, is in the detail that defines a human being’s character and their essence, and in turn what is freely given that changes our world – for the good or for the bad. The beauty… or the horror, is in the details.

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Cambodian “grandma” Image © Sandy Hibbard. See Sandy’s gallery of Cambodian images at http://www.lensqueen.com/Galleries/Cambodia

SEAfoam and FIREflies

Sandy Hibbard — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:33:05 +0000

Painted orange whisp’ers

Glassy steel diversity

Sea-foam kissed fireflies

A Strange Beautiful Woman

Sandy Hibbard — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:37:07 +0000

A strange beautiful woman
met me in the mirror.
Hey, I said,
what are you doing here?
She asked me
the same thing.

Marilyn Nelson b. 1946

Celebrating our moms: What was your mom's best style/beauty tip?

Sandy Hibbard — Sun, 08 May 2016 10:30:29 +0000

Mom’s beauty and style tips
Our mother’s influence us in so many ways. If you look in my refrigerator or my makeup case, it is likely you will see similar products to the ones my mom uses. Some things never get away from us. My mom is 85 years young and so beautiful and full of life and love. One of the images I will always have is of her sitting at her vanity in her bathroom carefully putting on her makeup and doing her hair. She is such a girly girl and style icon. She taught me how to wear my makeup and stressed the importance of natural beauty, never overdoing it, and modesty. My most memorable tip from her is about taking care of my skin. She always taught me that no matter what age, I should NEVER go without eye cream and face moisturizer – when I was 15 she marched me down to the Clinque makeup counter at John A Brown’s in Oklahoma City and bought my first beauty ritual.
Let’s have some fun today, ask your mom if you’re not sure, and if you know what your mom’s “secret sauce” is, share it!! We need to know… and Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother’s out there!
XOXOXO
Sandy
Share with me: What was your mom’s style or beauty tip?