It’s another Glorious Day in my world of
Girly Fun and Glamor!

Such is my gratifying and most rewarding career as a SeneGence Cosmetic Distributor where I am able to offer women near and far incredibly fabulous products that work.

Love Them! Sense Cosmetics, with the premier product being LipSenseBy SeneGence long lasting lipcolor are all encompassed at the top of my list of  281 reasons why I love my daily passion (hardly can call it a job).

Beauty is my business and I am here to offer you my best expert advice.

Let’s be real here! Are you confident that you look your personal best? Everyday? All Day? Do your cosmetics look impeccable  from morning til night? Can you workout, swim and still look good & protected? Are your cosmetics effective and a value? Do your color cosmetics contain skincare? Do your pores look small & refined? Does your skin look soft & supple yet firm? Do you know the shades of cosmetics that best compliment your skintone?

Is your cosmetic graveyard empty??

Answer NO to any one of these questions and I can hardly wait to work towards the perfect
SeneGence Solutions for you!
and it’s Guaranteed.

Recently, I was contacted by a potential new client named Sarah with the following request:

“I would like info for entire beauty line.  I am fair skinned w/blonde hair & blue eyes.  I am probably more cool than warm, but do not have strong blue or pink undertones.  I wear a lot of different colored clothing (never green, yellow or orange), pinks, reds, & blues look very good on me.  I prefer pinks/reds for lip colors, browns look terrible.  Naturals for eyes look best.  I go for bold @ night & a little less for day.”

AND MY RESPONSE (drum roll)???…will be well thought out and here in the morning.

Is a You Tube Video Phenomenon, Cosmetic Guru extraordinaire, Make Up Artist to many Hollywood Celebs and has
Millions of loyal followers and
she just happens to think LipSense, ShadowSense and many other SeneGence products are amazing. In fact, regarding LipSense gloss, she shared that it was pretty perfect as just gloss without LipSense and said

“The gloss feels like syrup, it’s so moisturizing, I just LOVE it”.

If you follow her, then you too know exactly how excited I was to be sitting (a few feet from her) in a conference room at the Hotel Laguna in Laguna Beach, CA with my jaw wide opened, watching her do her Make Up magic for at least two hours. Rest assured that she brilliant, darling, hot, tells it like it is all while being warm and charming!  OMG!! What an electrifying experience.

I just have to share my very amateurish video which is small portion of what I will share over the next few weeks.

Don’t Forget to visit Kandee at her Blog and make certain to watch the Snow White Video!

Those comments oftentimes generate the direction of my writing…In fact, as recent as yesterday’s comment from Tammy regarding discontinued LipSense lipcolors . Yes! Indeed, I have listed the colors that have been discontinued while offering no viable alternative for replacement lipcolors.

What a rotten oversight on my part!

Have no fear that I will loudly voice that I have great news regarding a few favorite discontinued LipSense colors that have recently made a come back for a limited time. Currently available for ordering are Fantasy Fuscia, Diamond LipSense Baguette Beige and most recently Summer Love.

So you like Malted LipSense? Those warm toned shades are easiest for me to talk about because they all have a home in my personal cosmetic bag. Precious Topaz Diamond LipSense is a standard new updated version of Malted although not exact.

Consider the following combination that will arrive close to the shade of Malted depending on the pigment of color in your natural lips.

2 Layers of Precious Topaz
1 Layer of Gold Champagne LipSense Highlighter

2 Layers of Spice Ice
1 Layer of Peach LipSense

2 Layers of Sunburst Orange
1 Layer of Spice Ice

Do you miss Burnt Orange LipSense? If you have not tried Persimmon then you are missing out on the closest single color to the good, old favorite, discontinued Burnt Orange. The only difference in pigment is that it has a bit more slant on the burnt brown side instead of Orange.

Consider the following LipSense Combos to arrive at your personal closest Burnt Orange signature color:

1 Layer of Persimmon
1 Layer of Summer Sunset
1 Layer of Persimmon

2 Layers of Peach LipSense
Top it off with one Layer of Persimmon

Sand Gloss is my absolute favorite gloss to top off any of the preceding colors for a bit of added dazzle.

Are you looking for a discontinued LipSense Shade? Would you like me to recommend a new color combination that is close to your favorite old shade of Lipsense or even your current shade of lipstick? Happy to do so but at the moment this post is getting a little a bit long and I have answered Tammy’s personal request. Leave a comment and I promise to get back to you.

This revolutionary patented product called LashExtend is not only:

• AFFORDABLE but
• SAFE and EASY TO US as well as
• NO HARMFUL DRUGS or SIDE EFFECTS and unlike others
• NO PRESCRIPTION NEEDED
  

Simply apply EyeSense LashExtend to the base of your lashes just like an eyeliner and watch them grow by 25% and It’s Guaranteed.

As usual SeneGence offers ONLY products that REALLY WORK!

LipSense is a botanical based lipcolor that sits on top of your lips and creates a mechanical shield against the elements…Not even the Sun can penetrate LipSense.

That’s a fabulous feature of LipSense…

It is at the next phase, LipSense long lasting lipcolor becomes a skincare item due to very fine molecular structure of LipsSense. You will now apply one of our several glosses that penetrates the lipstain and delivers your moisture from the inside out. LipSense By SeneGence gloss has a high concentration of Shea butter which is used to aid in healing burn victims and thue will do the same for your lips.

At this point, I am certain that many of you would believe that LipSense would never dry out your lips?

Some women experience a dry feeling within the first couple of weeks of using LipSense which is easily explained. It generally takes two weeks (give or take) for Lips to completely exfoiliate. If you used lipstick, chapstick, blistex or most any other product that contained wax and/or resin then that is WHY you may experience a dry feeling at first. Use your gloss (preferably Glossy Gloss if I am describing you) on a more frequent basis and in the evening at bedtime.

Trust me on this because I had the exact experience above.

The benefits of wearing LipSense are many.

• LipSense will not Smear, Smudge or feather
• Will not transfer to any glass or person
• LipSense is completely waterproof…Swim, Workout, Eat Lunch with confidence.
• LipSense will last 4 to 18 hours.
• Is a Lead-Free long lasting lipstick.
• LipSense is wax free product.
• LipSense carries a 27 year patent.

Lastly, LipSense is never blotchy as long as you follow the instructions properly. Due to the delivery system, it may take a bit of practice to get it perfect but once you become a master you will NEVER return to conventional lipsticks.

LipSense Lipcolor is the best long lasting, semi permanent lipscolor.

You will find that Shadowsense cream eyeshadow is your best solution for easy blending.

Try blending just a slight amount of Mystic Moss ShadowSense mixed with Moca Java or try Silver Violet Shadow Sense blended with Ebony Essence to tone down the most popular beautiful shades of spring.

EyeSense Liquid Eyeliner will be a staple for the smoldering defined yet smokey lined accentuated alluring eye of the season. SeneGence Ebony Essence Eye ShadowSense lends a simple solution to creating the most popular Cat Eye trend of the season with easy application with a delicate eye liner brush.

Lashes need to be plentiful this 2009 Spring Season. LashSense with UnderSense lets you build your lashes until you have created just the right volume and just open the other end of tube to pump up the volume by adding the color…Black Mascara for 2009.

Brows need to be defined and prominent for spring time. Many women know that BrowSense is leap years beyond anything else for brows on market. Leading edge, long lasting, water resistant technology is the secret behind the outstanding performance of BrowSense.

The eyes have IT for spring 2009 and you can plan on fashion forward, valued added, multi-purpose cosmetics from SeneGence to enhance and create your ageless perfection.

I have been running around new and far sharing with women everywhere that SeneGence cosmetics will keep you looking your best all day.

Yes… from your Breakfast meeting thorough your Dinner meetings until you choose to remove your cosmetics at night.

SeneGence offers cosmetics that are not only long lasting but will also nourish and protect your skin like no other. SeneGence cream cosmetics have a proprietary blend of ingredients called SenePlex built right into the MakeSense Foundation, ShadowSense EyeShadow and BlushSense. This patented technology actually layers and never combines to give you much needed protection. These cosmetics will not melt off your face even in the toughest situations such a working out or a swim at the beach. Are you looking for additional protection over the standard 15 spf? It’s as simple as adding our light weight Daytime Moisturizer under your SeneGence MakeSense foundation for a 30 sun protection factor.

Let’s move on to SeneGence Liquid cosmetics…LipSense Lipcolor, EyeSense Eyeliner and Sense Cosmetics BrowSense. LipSense will last 4 to 18 hours on your lips and additionally is a skincare item one you add our Shea butter gloss which will penetrate your lipstain working by the minute to deliver much needed moisture all while naturally exfoliating your lips.

SeneGence cosmetics are guaranteed to perform.

Are you looking for 16 hour cosmetics? I will say that LipSense lasts 4 to 18 hours…16 for many, 20 hours for my daughter, Alexis and perfect for me everyday for 8+ hours depending on the color and…

I will assure you that I never apply the rest of my cosmetics more than once a day at 5:00am each morning.

I must say that at first thought I had to chuckle when asked about “Liplady1″ because Marlies Walker was such an elegant, genuine lady that I would never be able to refer to as Liplady1. It brought a smile to my face knowing that her customers had that “close relationship” with her and they all praised her dedication to incredible prompt customer service.

I wish you could have witnessed Marlies standing on stage at our SeneGence conferences’ accepting her many awards for top sales achievement. She always received them in a humble, most gracious fashion as she appeared absolutely regal on stage…
Such a polished lady almost reminiscent of yesteryear movie stars…Beautiful!

It is with much regret and sadness that I had to share with those customers that Marlies’ had pasted away recently.

I am happy to offer the following information from The Chronicle as well as associated links should you be interested in donating

MARLIES D WALKER

“Marlies D. Walker was born in Hamburg, Germany to Max & Ilse Schoenke in April of 1940. Growing up, Marlies loved to read and took part in ice skating and ballet. She took great lengths to stay at the top of her class scholastically and, at age 15, her determination shown through when she won an ice skating contest. She particularly enjoyed choir and literature classes during high school and graduated in 1958.
For many years Marlies worked handling movie stars’ finances in Beverly Hills. Later she moved on to work in the dental field and then into business on her own. She was a member of many women’s business associations and won top marketing salesperson three years in a row for her SeneGence sales. Marlies’ most memorable vacations included horseback riding in Hawaii, Jamaica and Aruba.
Marlies married Larry Walker in May of 2000 in Las Vegas. There she added two step-sons, Mike and Scott, to her own son, Eric. Boomer, her Maltese and loyal friend for fourteen years, was also an important part of her family life.
Marlies continued working until June of 2008. She had by then relocated to Rochester for a peaceful existence. She had a couple of alpacas, two collies and a cat, Garfield. She grew roses and liked riding the train and traveling for as long as she was able.
Sadly, Marlies passed away after a brave battle with cancer on November 13, 2008 at Providence St. Peter Hospital.
Her husband, son and step-sons all survive her.
A celebration of her life will be held at the Centralia Rail Road Station on November 22, 2008 at 1:00pm.
Inquiries may be made to Mills & Mills Funeral Home in Tumwater. In lieu of flowers you may make donations in Marlies’ honor to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.”

GOOD NEWS! When SeneGence eliminates products, it does not necessarily mean that I do not have your particular favorite Lip sense discontinued shade in stock. If I do not have it, I will check with other SeneGence distributors to attempt to locate your beloved shade…Believe me! I feel your pain because SeneGence discontinued one of my favorite Lipcolors named Bubble Gum Frost, years ago.

Below is a list of the most recently retired LipSense Shades:

• Fantasy Fusia
• Latte
• Summer Love
• Summer Treat
• Plum Pudding

LipSense Diamond Discontinued Lipstains

• Baguette Beige
• Radient Red
• Popov Persimmon
• Rose Marquee
• Brilliant Berry

I will go the distance to find the LipSense and/or for that matter any discontinued SeneGence product for desire.

Feel free to Contact me or leave a comment and I will get back to you ASAP.

ON WITH THE STORY! I was first met AliGrace this past Sunday when she contacted me with the following email:

Carol,

Hi there! I have been interested in trying LipSense for a few weeks now, and it has been amazing (and utterly disappointing) to me how much difficulty I have had getting a distributor to respond to me. I have e-mailed four different distributors in my area over the course of the last 2.5 weeks, and have received not a single reply; I did receive a brief, terse reply from an eBay Lipsense seller, but it was of no help at all… she simply stated she had “not been using the Lipsense products that long” and that I should “…just place an order for what LOOKS like a color you would like. If it doesn’t work for you, you can buy another color to layer with it and adjust til you find your right color”. (Please note that my grammar is not heinous; I was quoting directly from her e-mail). At any rate, I found your site, and am hoping you are more responsive than those I have previously contacted. I do appreciate any assistance you may be able to provide to me, and thank you in advance for your time.

As I mentioned, I would like to try a lipcolor or two, but find it difficult to determine much about the actual colors from just the color chart swatches provided online. I wondered if I provided you with info about my current colors, whether you may be able to suggest comparable LipSense colors? I believe I’d like to start with a lipliner, a lipcolor (or two?), and a gloss. I apparently also will need the “Oops” remover product as well. Oh – and I believe I would best like one of the ‘diamond’ colors if there is a comparable one… I love a bit of shimmer!

My current “most worn” colors are:

MAC New York Apple (for evenings and special occasions) – described by MAC as “a muted red with a pinky-red shimmer”. There is a link to the color swatch online, but it appears much brighter (almost as a fuchsia, which it is definitely NOT) than the actual product. (Of course, this serves to further validate my concern with regard to relying on color swatches online for accurate color). Anyway, that link is: http://www.maccosmetics.com/templates/products/sp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY15113&PRODUCT_ID=PROD1439&sortby=alpha

Chanel Aqualumiere Lipstick in Antigua (for daytime) – I couldn’t find a shade description online, but the swatch on this site is fairly accurate: http://www.strawberrynet.com/productDetail.aspx?ProdId=39381&goChar=C

Guerlain KissKiss Maxi Shine Lipstick in Mango Shine (for super-casual days) – described by Guerlain as “peach rose shimmer”. This swatch is fairly accurate, though the product color is a bit more sheer in person: http://sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P136301&categoryId=S10601&shouldPaginate=true

I hope this isn’t too much information, but that what I have provided is helpf ul. Obviously, I also welcome any suggestions you may have, since you are obviously the ‘expert’ here.

Thanks again for your time, and I look forward to the possibility of hearing from you.

Warmest Regards…

As you can imagine, I was mortified by this email because in all sincerity I would hope that all SeneGence Distributors are focused on sharing the wonders of our fabulous cosmetic line as well as a great home based business opportunity for both Men & Women. Enough… For me to elaborate on this would approach the size of a epic novel (Thanks! Ali)

My Response below:

Take a look at the following colors:

LipSense Diamond Popov Persimmon

or LipSense Classic Persimmon

My other pick would be LipSense Diamond Square Brick(2 layers) with LipSense Pink Champagne (1 layer)

Guerlain KissKiss Maxi Shine Lipstick in Mango Shine (for super-casual days) – described by Guerlain as “peach rose shimmer”. This swatch is fairly accurate, though the product color is a bit more sheer in person:

Umm! I genuinely want to offer up just 1 perfect color but sometimes it just doesn’t quite work that way. Ugh…

We have a new group of sheerer colors in the Summer collection and Summer Fling is a little more rosey pink with a peach undertone. My other direction would send you to LipSense Diamond Apple Asscher which a very understated safe color although it may have more depth than you are looking to achieve.

When you 1st begin using LipSense, I would recommend Glossy Gloss as it will deliver the most moisture for increased hydration which will promote faster exfoiliation.

Here are the links below to my SeneGence Corporate ordering site. Keep in mind that the colors that I chose for you are not even close to accurate. Everything you purchase from me is 100% guaranteed satisfaction. I want you to return the colors that are not right for you!

LipSense Diamond Colors

LipSense Classic Colors

LipSense Highlighters

I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Carol Clifton

Below you will see her email to me in Black Ink and my reply to her in Red Ink:

Thank you SO MUCH (really!) for your prompt, thorough reply. I realize my e-mail was long, and do apologize for that… I was just trying to be as specific as I could. At any rate, you can rest assured you are my Senegence distributor as of right this moment. Thanks! It is my pleasure and believe me when I share with you that in this business you appreciate both customers as well as distributors. I am certainly aware there is a much greater financial advantage to signing someone up for your downline (or whatever the correct terminology is… sorry if I butchered that) than there is to simply making them a client, but I remain stunned by those who put forth the time and effort (and monetary investment) to become a distributor, order the products, create a web site, and then not even take the time to respond to an e-mail. No doubt your most excellent customer service is one of the factors that contributes to your success.

Ok – enough rambling. With regard to the colors you recommended for me, I absolutely WILL trust you; as I stated before, YOU are the expert here, and it’s abundantly clear your product knowledge is extensive.

After viewing the swatches on the Senegence color chart (but before attempting to contact any reps), I had tentatively chosen Pink Diamond, Assher Apple, and Summer Fling (or Summer Love is the more coral of the two… they look so similar!). I then read on another distributor’s site (I honestly don’t recall whose; I looked at so many in attempting to find views of “real” colors) that Pink Diamond was similar to Diamond Eternity Flame, only more vibrant and intense. Pink Diamond is a softer pink berry color and Eternity flame is the more vibrant/bright/intense of the two colors mixed deep fucia with the red undertone. I like both although totally different colors. Wow – from the swatch photos, I would have thought just the opposite! Ok – I’m rambling yet again, More of those sincere apologies, along with a promise to try and ramble much less.

Bottom line (finally! LOL): I believe I am going to start by purchasing the LipSense Diamond Eternity Flame and the Assher Apple, along with the Glossy Gloss and Oops. Also, I hate to be a pain, but might you be able to tell me which you consider to be your most versatile liner? My first instinct was “neutral”, Neutral will look great with Eternity Flame but I wondered if “light” is a lighter coral and would look ghastly with Eternity Flame. Coffee is the liner that I recommend for all colors. It is a very pale brown that is almost never noticed. However…If you like that sort of kicked out liner look I would suggest you purchase Neutral liner and I will send you a re-useable applicatior to dip into your Assher Apple to use as a liner when you wear that color. Also – do you feel the Pink Champagne may layer well over the Diamond Eternity Flame (for use as a ‘not casual but also not special event’ kind of color)…?Perfect! to add over any color If so, I’ll order that one as well.

I’ll wait to hear your thoughts before placing my order, but I do thank you again for your time. I’m truly not a difficult client (though I suppose those who are wouldn’t be prone to readily admitting to such, anyway, right? *g*)… I’d just like to make informed choices.

OH STOP! I’m with you on the informed choices

May I publish parts of conversation on my website using only your 1st name or alias of you choice?

Have a fabulous day!

Then Allie emails back to me the following:

Thank you again (so much!) for your thorough response. I have been to an event today, and just returned home. I will be placing my order in a few moments, though, and look forward to receiving it. You are welcome to use any or all of our conversation on your website, and “Allie” or “AliGrace” is fine… I am known by either. Incidentally, I have two beauty-related web sites of my own, and I plan to write a review of the Lipsense products once I have received and used them; if you would be interested in providing responses for a “Q&A” in conjunction with that, please let me know. (No obligation, of course… just an offer).

I honestly do appreciate you – bunches and tons!

We have continued to email back and forth as she is now not only my customer but also I consider a friend. You can bet as soon as her Beauty Sites launch in September that we will chat I will have a link to at least one of them.

You just never know what is around the corner so don’t you be the one that dropped the ball.

AND THEN it happened again this morning…Read below the partial email:

I have purchased senegence products since may from another distributor and love them. Unfortunately that distributor hasn’t responded to my email requesting a new order and some help, so I would like to try yourself. I am running out of cleanser and would also like to try some other lipsense shades I prefer the pink shades (I currently have pit stop pink, mauve ice, and rose ice and regular gloss and pink glitter gloss) I have the full skin line of cleanser, daytime and night time moisturizer and eye cream.

I am hoping that SeneGence distributor is possibly out of town but I can assure you that I made several suggestions and have chatted on the phone with her. Your products are on the way. SeneGence distributors need to know that we have a new program at SeneGence called Customer Direct. If you are out of town it could be easily taken care of by merely putting on an out of town auto-reponder on her email and sending her customer to order on customer direct with her Distributor Identification number.

Have a great day and make sure to keep in touch with your customers….Follow Up is a basic fundamental of your SeneGence Business.