Calling All Real Brides! It's Real Weddings Magazine's Cover Model Contest!

Calling all recent brides or soon-to-be brides in the Sacramento area!

Have you ever wanted to be in the pages of a magazine?

Well, then you need to enter Real Weddings Magazine's cover model contest!

Each issue, hundreds of local area brides enter to be one of three cover model finalists.

Are you interested in entering? If so, click here to download the entry form -- hurry, all entries need to be in by February 1, 2010!

If you're going to enter...one word of advice, show your personality through the answers to the questions -- Real Weddings Magazine loves to work with brides who have a lot of spunk, personality, humor and who are just darned cool girls. Be sure that your answers really reflect who you are! Oh, and don't forget to include photos that really show your personality coming through as well!

Also, be sure to read all of the rules to make sure that you're eligible to enter.

For more about Real Weddings Magazine, log on to http://www.realweddingsmag.com/.

I Feel Pretty, Oh So Pretty!

My friend Wendy Stedeford is an amazing acupuncturist, not to mention just a cool gal!

I recently discovered her blog, and she graciously agreed to let me steal this entry for our blog!

"Everyone wants to feel pretty (or handsome) right? It’s said that life is easier for the beautiful. Well, here’s a 5 minute, one step spruce up for becoming more beautiful from the inside out.

There is, actually, one specific acupuncture point we sometimes call the point of facial beauty. It’s the point located in the web of the hand between your thumb and index finger. If you hold your left thumb along your left index finger you create a line. Follow this line with your right index fingertip going toward your heart. At the end of the line, slip your right index fingertip off toward your left index finger side of the line. Feel for the slight dip and you’ve found the point. If it’s tender, you’re at the right spot.

This is the fourth point on the large intestine meridian. This line of energy ends at the face. By stimulating large intestine 4 you activate the energy along the length of the meridian. By increasing the blood and qi of the meridian, everything associated with that meridian benefits. That includes not only your face but your hand, elbow, shoulder, neck, upper jaw, sinuses, nose and of course, your large intestine.

Before trying this course of acupressure take a minute to look at yourself in the mirror. Look at yourself overall then look at the details. Make sure you can list at least 4 things you like about your face. Then choose 2 or 3 or 4 things you would like to improve. For two weeks commit to looking into a mirror as little as possible. Take 5 minutes morning and evening everyday for two weeks to rub this spot on both hands. After two weeks go back and check on the things you wanted to change. Acupressure usually doesn’t change things as quickly as acupuncture but change they will.

Not only should you see an overall improvement in the tone and appearance of your face but you might also see change in headache frequency, upper jaw issues, large intestine issues, pain, or hand, arm, elbow or shoulder issues too. It’s a “handy” point to know."

How cool is that? Thanks Wendy!

So take a break from your holiday shopping and your stress-filled day and check out Wendy's blog for yourself -- it's filled with all kinds of interesting and useful stuff for your well-being: wstedeford.wordpress.com or log on to her Web site: wendystedeford.net.

Style Media Group's Editorial Policy

Recently the FTC has changed/updated its regulations regarding advertiser sponsored content, particularly advertiser sponsored content on blogs.

These new regulations give us the opportunity to reiterate our editorial policy as it applies to our magazines, our Web sites and our blogs. Let me just simply state this:

From day one when we launched our company, we have always held ourselves to the highest possible editorial standards. While we love our advertisers and couldn't do what we do without the support of our advertisers, we've always made it clear that just because someone advertises with us, it doesn't guarantee that they'll be featured in our editorial; and just because we feature a business in our editorial, it doesn't mean we're going to force that business to buy an ad. It's the way it is in our magazines and the way it is on our Web sites and blogs. There is no quid pro quo. It's that simple.

Our editorial team writes on products, services and stories that we think our readers will find interesting, entertaining and helpful. Sometimes we utilize resources for this editorial -- sometimes they happen to be advertisers and sometimes they are not. But I can ensure you that if we use an advertiser in our editorial, it's because we feel that they're the right resource to use. We do not let anyone "buy" our editorial in our magazines, our Web sites and blogs.

If you have any questions at all about this policy, you are welcome to email me directly: wendy(at)stylemg.com.

Blog Post by Publisher/Editor Wendy Sipple.