FridayLight looking to crown woman with $1,000! Do you know her?

FridayLight (www.fridaylight.org) is a global campaign focused around Shabbat candle lighting, celebrating the power women have to illuminate their surroundings and bring world peace. In honor of the upcoming festival of Purim - which is highlighted by the heroine Queen Esther - the "For Women, By Women" organization has launched a contest looking for modern-day Jewish Heroines. 

Women of the world are invited to nominate themselves or someone they know. Their merit need not be epic (they don't have to be eradicating world hunger or anything like that!); any women you find deserving is a fine nominee! The winner will get $1,000 to be used towards her heroine cause! 

It's quite simple:

1. Think of a women you know that deserves some recognition (it may even be YOU!).

2. Send a bio/profile of any length as well as a picture to blog@fridaylight.org by midnight [12:00 am EPT] Wednesday March 16th. Make sure to include what she would do with the $1,000 prize if she won! 

3. Once your nominee is posted and open to voting/"likes," tell everyone you know about it and encourage them to "like" FridayLight on Facebook and vote on your nominee! 

4. On March 27th, the nominee with the most votes will be crowned "FridayLight Purim Heroine" and win $1,000! 

Click here for the FridayLight blog announcement details.

And check in here for updates on the contest as well as to read about our current nominees!

Facebook.com/FridayLight

FridayLighters.blogspot.com

E-mail blog@fridaylight.org with any questions! 

And make sure to pass this on to any women you know! 

Have you started Pesach cleaning yet?

Here's a hilarious friendly reminder!

How to get those smokey eyes!

By Chava Rosenbaum

Chava is a 26 year old mother of two girls living in Kensington, NY.  She has been a practicing makeup artist for nearly seven years and recently began doing makeup for the exploding field of religious women's theater...in which she also loves to perform! Chava offers lessons to women, teaching them how to apply their own makeup like a professional. In addition to makeup, her passions are singing, comedy and keeping her kids out of her shoe rack. Chava is available to do makeup for simchas and productions in New York. You can contact her to book a consultation or job by e-mailing beautybychava@rocketmail.com

Mention LadyMama when you book me for any occasion and get a 20% discount on TWO faces(including the Kallah's). And as usual, kallahs get a free trial! Spread the word! Call me at 718-986-1211. 

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SMOKEY EYES 

The classic, sultry smokey eye is the holy grail of makeup. I'm gonna give you a big deep dark makeup artist secret: pretty much any look that involves blending a color away from the eye, can be called a smokey eye. There are many variations, from the classic charcoal and carbon black version to simply smudging a creamy black eye pencil around the eye. (I plan to make a video demonstration a smokey eye when time allows!)

I'm gonna give you instruction now for a basic version that can work with almost any color eye shadow. If you have small eyes, work with lighter colors and you may want to skip the first step. This version works especially well for those with hooded lid, or who don't have defined creases.

This version involves three colors of eye shadow, preferably in the same color family; like brown, copper and champagne, or for smaller eyes; taupe, greige and nude or vanilla.

1. Start with black eye liner pencil or gel. Line the upper lid close to the lashline, but don't wing it out at the ends.

2. Apply the darkest shade from the lashline up about halfway up the lid.

3. Apply the middle shade from the middle of the lid up to about halfway onto the browbone, but not over it.

4. Apply the lightest shade, your highlighter, right under your eye brow.

5. Use a soft eyeshadow brush to blend the edges of each color together.

6. Take an angles eye liner brush and smudge just a bit of the darkest shadow underneath the lower lash line.

7. Finish with a couple coats of mascara and...voila!

What does Passover mean to YOU? Tell us!

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ESSAY CONTEST

What does Passover mean to YOU?

Attention high school and college students:

**Get your essay published in the Jewish Week!**

Matzafun Tours wants to know what Passover means to you! We're running an essay contest, open to all high school and college students, with submissions due March 18th at noon!

GUIDELINES
1) In 500-750 words, please tell us what Passover means to you. It can incorporate a personal experience, a historical event that inspires you when celebrating Passover, text from the Hagaddah that stands out to you, or an idea totally your own!

2) A strong command of the English language will be a factor upon the decision.

3) If you have been to our program before, incorporate that experience into the essay.

4) Part of the contest is to update your FB status, invite at least 5 friends to the FB page and Tweet (if applicable to you) about the contest, helping to promote Matzafun’s program. Here is the Facebook link and the Twitter link. 

DEADLINE

The deadline for the essay is Friday, March 18th, 2011 at 12:00 PM.

WINNING 

The winning essay gets published in the Jewish Week!

CONTACT

To submit your work, ask questions about the contest or get information about Matzafun Tours, please e-mail lauren.sutter@gmail.com

Don’t forget to visit our blog on all things Passover!
To learn more about Matzafun Tours, please visit www.matzafun.com.

New LadyMama Poll: Thinking about Pesach?

Take the new poll on the right! >>>>>>>>>>

THE THOUGHT OF PESACH RIGHT NOW...

	Sends shivers down my spine!
	Puts me at ease. Vacation time!
	Doesn't scare me! I've already started cleaning!
	Pesach? Huh? When? Isn't that ages from now?

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Neomi's Nutrition Notice - Let's Talk About Breakfast

By Neomi 


Neomi is the creator of the rapidly growing Facebook page "Whats for Supper," where women share what they're making for dinner that night. She studied nutrition at Touro College and is an avid student of the medical books and works of holistic practitioners like Annemarie Colbin, Christine Winthrip...and Rambam! Neomi lives with her husband and eight kids in Montreal, Que. In April, she will complete her studies to become a Life Coach. Keep coming back to LadyMama for Neomi's Nutrition Notices - teaching you how to incorporate healthy choices, one tip at a time!
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"Sometimes a yummy full-grain muffin (maybe with some nut flour added for protein) 

can be made the night before and had in the morning with some herbal tea."

Hello Ladies!


I've been asked by the lovely Mimi of LadyMama to do an interesting series, providing tips on healthy eating for you and your family. I will also include nutritional healing elements of different foods that nature has provided for us. Welcome to "Neomi's Nutrition Notices!"

LET"S TALK ABOUT BREAKFAST 

Firstly I would like to look at the most important meal of the day. Breakfast jumpstarts your metabolism and the little brain cells that need nourishment. Breakfast needs a little advance planning and maybe getting up ten minutes earlier...but it deserves true recognition!

I like to start my family off with some fruit (and maybe some raw nuts) on an empty stomach and then follow up with something more filling. Like oatmeal with cinnamon (blood sugar stabilizer, and yum!), or a full grain or sprouted grain bread toasted with a nice topping of peanut butter, or even a touch of regular butter once in a while. Maybe some eggs? 

You're gonna laugh, but my kids decided some years back to eat soup for breakfast. And why not? It's warm and full of vegetables and sometimes grains. They often like to add a few tablespoons of cottage cheese inside which makes mama happy for the added protein. All I need to do for this breakfast is heat it up...

Sometimes a yummy full-grain muffin (maybe with some nut flour added for protein) can be made the night before and had in the morning with some herbal tea. A good breakfast eaten leisurely (for a full ten minutes anyway that the morning allows anyway!) can make the whole day flow gently because we are much more equipped to face it! 

Did I hear someone say something about cereals? I find them excellent for packing in my children's lunch boxes in baggies for snack. If you really need your cereal in the morning, maybe try have it with warmed milk to nourish your system. And please make sure its a healthy one with very little sugar count on the side panel and very high protein to fill you up!  Kashi makes excellent ones with high protein counts...13 grams!

In the summer months, I like to make smoothies for my kids' breakfasts. I toss frozen and fresh fruit in the blender, some yogurt and raw honey and - voila! - "dessert" for breakfast! Try adding some flax seeds if your children allow, they come in a light golden color too!

There is alot more left to be said, but we have to leave some things for next time! Until then, keep healthy and strong!

<3, Neomi

Mom Shot #10: Lunch Beginnings

"Mom Shots" are Mimi Hecht's captured homemade moments: random photographs

 and musings from her life as a stay-at-home and work-from-home mom!

[See previous Mom Shots here!]

It's pretty sad that this week marked the first time I sent my dear husband off to work with a real lunch. And I wouldn't even call it "real." A sandwich, some leftover potato salad, veggie-chips, two tangerines, string cheese, crackers, raisins....as if he's in elementary school! Alas, this was prepared on one of those need-to-go-grocery-shopping-desperately days, so I'm not beating myself up. And at least the man didn't come home STARVING. And yes, I inspected the remaining contents fervently upon his arrival!

I was really taken aback by how good it felt to do something kind for my husband. I hope I can keep it up....you know, occasionally! :)