American in Norway

march 19 ORIFLAME march 20 my daughter.. the ARTIST.. march 21 these are just the sunglasses i removed from my old car... lol. I may have a problem.

march 12- 365-71 new shirt from the US... ready for school my little abercrombie  & fitch chic. march 13 365-72 kinda like Friday night lights.... but NOT. Wed. night soccer field.  told you most days aren't very exciting... :-)  march 14 365-73 another day in the office... thank goodness I love my job.. nothing like a little coffee & Oriflame tender care in the morning. :-)  march15- 365-74 What a week... Eva wasn't the only one who passed out early on a Friday night.. 

feb 27 Just another day in the ORIFLAME office in Oslo.  :-)

What's hot for 2013? Bright colors on the eyes... time to ditch your brown & black eyeliner & add a little color... greens...plums... & blues - my personal favorite is plum... might need to shake things up & go a little green too.. Less is more... minimal makeup has continued to be hot the past few seasons, and  will continue into spring 2013.  A fresh take on the look incorporates an ultra subtle, rosy glow on your cheeks.. less bronzer..more blush Full Brows (yippee!) Another 2013 trend that reflects a more laid back, natural approach to beauty is a full, healthy brow. I wish those OVER pluckers.. would put put the tweezers down.. one day... you will.be.sorry.

Did you know Demi Moore has launched a Make up line? Did you know that I hung out with Demi Moore this summer?  - No? Well I did... cause I am pretty cool like that & a HUGE name dropper.. (sorry about the iPhone quality...) Demi & I in Stockholm this summer... Oh, that's not me on stage with her.. that was ME taking the picture.  ya, well OK.. granted the room was pretty big & she didn't know I was there...  I saw her.. only wish she had seen me... I knew I should have brought my American flag to wave around.. - & someone's shoulders to carry me... (sound like a crazy stalker much? )   - Even though she didn't see me.. I am pretty sure she HEARD me... She asked the CEO when ORIFLAME would be coming to North AMERICA? ... -I started SCREAMING " WOO HOO... I'll go open the office for Y'ALL!  PICK ME; PICK ME"... It was about that time they escorted me away from Ms. Moore..  :-) This summer while...

I have noticed many of my friends posting things they are thankful for on FaceBook... I mean to do it... as soon as I get a moment... Sitting here in Warsaw, waiting for my flight.. I finally have a moment - & thought I would share with ya'll, all of  the things I am thankful for, I am THANKFUL that the election is OVER... and HOPEFUL, my friends will stop fighting & being downright HATEFUL to each other... (come on people.. can't we all get along? please?) I am THANKFUL for my job..  - you could not create a better job for me.. I have experienced so much this past year.. been to so many amazing places & met so many great people... work oriflame norway make money The thing that I am most THANKFUL for today, is heading home... I am THANKFUL I will be there when my kiddos wake up  in the morning & THANKFUL to have an entire weekend of KID time with my favorite people. SO thankful...life it good! What a...

I am in town for a Global Online summit with some of ORIFLAME's world leaders....  little.old.me. I was blessed enough- to be sent down here.. to gather information - to come back & share with the rest of Norway.. :-) This summer while I was in Stockholm, I had the opportunity to see these leaders in the GLOBE.. a huge arena seating 10,000 people... I sat in the nosebleed section.. (part of the Scandinavian group) I have been breaking bread & picking their brains all week. Life is good. I haven't had much of a chance to see the city during this trip...  mostly working at the Polish headquaters But from what I have had a chance to see/ do it was been wonderful... the people.. the food.. the hospitality.. I have never had a bad time in Poland.. it is a fantastic country. and I am looking forward to coming back to explore Warsaw a bit more. This should be my last international trip for the year... time to head back to Nor...

(English Below...) WOW!!! FOR EN FANTASTISK INNSATS! Oriflame Norge vil gratulere alle som er med i Rose Sløyfe kampanjen! Vi har frem til nå solgt 3420 pakker! Dette betyr kr 136 800,- til kreftforeningen!!!! Kampanjen fortsetter frem til og med 31. oktober! Vi har en utfordring til dere: KLARER VI Å DOBLE ANTALL SOLGTE PAKKER?? Ha lyst till å kjøpe ei pakke...kontakt meg! :-) Oriflame Norway is supporting the Pink Ribbon Campaign during the month of October. They have set together a set of products hand cream, shower gel & roll on for the low price of 99 nok.  (original price 283 nok) & donating 40% of the price to the Campaign. So far Oriflame has donated  136,800 nok.  (WOW)  their goal now is to double this amount. If you live in Norway & would like to support the cause please contact me (comment or email)  & I can tell you how you can purchase a set.! 

When I found out last spring (before I landed the job) that I would be going to Greece for a week... I was THRILLED... Greece.. is one of my all time favorite places on earth...  OK Santorini to be more exact... is one of my favorite places on earth... But none the less I was headed for sunshine & Greece... sigh.. it was all good.... I worked a lot....during the week... but who can complain too much when your "office" looked like this? The old town was AMAZING... Open ALL night... for eating, drinking & shopping... I was a VERY good girl & did NOT buy any jewelry... remembering all of the items I had bought during my previous trips to Greece.... I did however treat myself to this yummy red briefcase..... I looked all over the US this summer for a RED briefcase... & NADA... so I was thrilled when I found this in the Old Town...  My co workers liked it so much... they each bought red ones too...  no worries.-- they live in different cities. ...

It has been AGES since I have been able to blog... As y'all know I was in Greece one week for work...  home 36 hours... just long enough to do my first ever PHOTO SHOOT... woo hoo...  & then turned around and headed to Spain... in Madrid until tomorrow. really thought I might have a quiet night or two in the hotel... to actually go through my pictures & blog a bit... HA. My butt is dragging with 14 hour days with meetings & late late dinners...(with good Spanish wine.) Be back soon to tell about all of my adventures.

Attended a FABULOUS launch of Oriflames new make up line.. STUDIO ARTIST. Have I mentioned how much I love my job?  Oh, I have?... sorry... :-) Nothing like a Thursday afternoon in the office with live music... catered lunch & a little VINO... The Studio Artist line is professional grade make up...  which will be availible in just a few weeks. yup.. same kind that the make up artists use. LOVE the colors... Love the lipstick..  creamy.. stays on.. & loads of colors to choose from.... Swedish born Hollywood actress Malin Åkerman is the spokeswomen for the new brand..   She was not at our launch in Oslo this week.. but was in Paris last week for our annual meeting... (no.. I wasn't there... :-( perhaps next year?  a girl can hope... I have a BIG day of Packing tomorrow... I am heading to the beautiful Island of Rhodes,Greece. CAN NOT WAIT... it has been AGES since I was in Greece... on of my favorite places on earth... As I keep telling hu...

Early flight in the morning... off to Bergen.. I haven't been to Bergen in YEARS.. and am really looking forward to it. I have just started a board over at Pinterest   about the places I am going. anyone else totally ADDICTED?  I think of all of the neat places I have been in the last couple of years.. and all of the pictures I have promised to post ... Remember Argentina?  Rome, Dublin...  the 17 countries we took the children two on our Cross Europe camping trip?   I promise.. and then somthing always comes up..  & there the pictures sit.  on my lap top. Ooooh, I know y'all could care less... But it is so nice for me to look back & remember.. Or for the kids to see one day.. No? So be prepared for lots of little posts about where I am off to now... So tomorrow Bergen.  I doubt I will have much time to do too much.. but I am keeping my fingers crossed. Pictures coming.. I promise... LOL...