Karmyn Tyler

Brief Background… Back in 2005, I decided to give blogging a serious go. Not knowing where to turn, I found  BlogHarbor   (now  PressHarbor ) and began public journaling. At the same time, I had completed my first (and only -yes, I know) vocal solo album and (having recorded independently) needed a way to market…for free. My mom found  The Podcast Music Network  (now  Music Alley from Mevio ). We put my cover tune of Gershwin’s Summertime on the PMN and it was picked up by  Adam Curry ‘s Daily Source Code. Realizing that we couldn’t put cover tunes up, (duh! and oops!) I quickly wrote a tune called  Drifting  and recorded it with my then music collaborator C. Meeks. (That song has been my most played and liked of all my originals.) Podcasters and new fans started reading my blog and encouraged me to start a podcast. I did. At first it was audio only (the most fun for me) and then, as listeners demanded, v...

…AND without making a mess! It’s Sea Salt! I’m all for “easy” on a day-to-day basis. My schedule doesn’t allow me to spend 10 to 15 minutes with a mixing bowl making a facial scrub each day…then clean it up afterward.) So here’s what I do: 1) I grab my cleanser. (Since I have acne prone/sensitive skin, I use  Avon’s Clearskin Blackhead Eliminating Daily Cleanser  that I’ve put in a pump. It didn’t come in a pump. I got one at the beauty store.) 2) I grab my bottle of Sea Salt. (I use  Morton’s Coarse Kosher Sea Salt  - NOT table salt – that I’ve put in a travel bottle for easy access.) 3) I wet my face a little. 4) I pump out my cleanser, in one hand, shake a good amount of Sea Salt on it and rub my hands together. 5) I massage the mix all over my face and neck for about 60 seconds. 6) Then I rinse. My skin does get a little red, because the sea salt is course enou...