May 2010 -

This one is for fellow bloggers seeking information on monetizing through marketing.

I have been a member of The Third Tribe marketing seminars and forum since the beginning. This membership program, run by Chris Brogan, Brian Clark and Sonia Simone of Copyblogger, and Darren Rowse of Problogger, offers multiple educational seminars each month on internet marketing topics, including building a business around your blog, email marketing, list building, creating and launching your own products, affiliate marketing, and more. The site also offers call in question and answer sessions and has an active forum. I have been enjoying the program and find the forum to be especially quality. There are some great resources there. As a beauty blogger, I also find that it is a nice way to network with a wider variety of people from other niches.

Mostly though, I joined the Third Tribe to gain new marketing skills, including product launch skills since I have some ebooks in the plans, and also hope to develop some physical products (that line of lip products that I keep delaying). The program is aimed quite a bit at product development and launches, along with a decent dose of affiliate marketing skills. So, I particularly recommend it for anyone thinking of marketing their own product, as the seminars are particularly helpful for planning product launches and developing marketing lists. Marketing your own product is also where the money seems to be these days.

New members get access to all of the old seminars, which right now is around 10 of them. As material is added, at a rate of 2-3 seminars/month, plus a Q&A session, the price goes up, so right now Third Tribe Membership is $47/month. But it is going up on June 1 at 5pm CST to $97. Anyone who joins before June 1 locks in the lower rate. You can also quit at any time, so you can try a month, listen to or read the seminars, and leave if it doesn’t suit you. In all honestly, I don’t know that I would want to pay $97 for it at this point in time (maybe after they get more content built up), but I would pay $47 for what is there right now (I pay less because I got in on the initial offer).

Anyway, I thought I would toss the info out there for fellow bloggers who might want to get in on this before the price shoots up! Click below to learn more.

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About the Author: Carleen Pruess Coulter

As far as I am concerned, this is the must buy product of the summer: Physician’s Formula Healthy Wear! I absolutely love these two items, and I am so happy that I bought them on a whim for review while out running errands!

OK, so you know how important sunscreen is, and if you are like me and have oily skin with melasma or hyperpigmentation, getting oil free high SPF products that can also provide some coverage is all the more important. Perhaps you also want some light moisture or sheer powder foundation coverage (that is bismuth free to boot)? Well, of all the various tinted moisturizers and mineral makeup items out there, Physicians Formula Healthy Wear™ SPF 50 Tinted Moisturizer and Physicians Formula Healthy Wear™ SPF 50 Powder Foundation, are the best I have found for nice coverage with high sun protection. The products go to SPF 50 .

Aside from running up to SPF 50, Physician’s Formula Healthy Wear also is oil free, safe for acne prone skin, and the pressed powder does not contain irritating bismuth. On top of it the packaging is really cute! The tinted moisturizer swatch below is the shade fair to light.

A few more details on each:

Physician’s Formula Healthy Wear Tinted Moisturizer: Considering that it is SPF 50 and is also sweat resistant, this tinted moisturizer feels pretty light and absorbed better than I expected. Usually such things feel heavy. Also a pleasant surprise was that I actually got decent coverage from it. Often with tinted moisturizers I feel like any real coverage is non-existent. But Healthy Wear did give a nice sheer cover. Then, in areas where I have melasma, I got additional coverage by applying the pressed powder over it. The moisturizer wears well and does indeed seem to be sweat resistant. It isn’t totally sweat or waterproof, but it won’t wear off instantly either. Frankly, it is the best tinted moisturizer I have used to date. Physician’s Formula has a winner with this one!

Physician’s Formula Healthy Wear Powder Foundation: I love pressed powder foundations. They are great for oily skin, and often provide good sun protection. I also like to use them over liquid makeup to cover pigmented areas a bit better. Healthy Wear is sheer in coverage, but has enough tint to be used alone. It is soft and light, 50 SPF, and bismuth free. Forget expensive mineral makeup packed with bismuth and lower SPF when you can just get this stuff! Although, to be fair, there are some good bismuth free mineral makeup choices out there. Anyway, I imagine I will be using Healthy Wear all summer as a sunscreen touch up, since applying new powder won’t ruin an existing makeup look.

I bought both of these items at my local CVS store, and you should be able to find them at any drugstore or big box retailer. I also provided a couple of Amazon.com affiliate links if you want to buy online.

Or, you can use Bizrate to:

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