tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84422440770542964802024-02-22T12:06:54.459-06:00{ according to ame }amehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378638512151511919noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442244077054296480.post-30974617411111993792014-07-16T09:50:00.000-05:002014-07-16T09:50:22.607-05:00The New Site is LIVE!!! Follow me on over!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to the amazing work of <a href="http://theblogsalon.com/">The Blog Salon</a>, we have a fantastic new site set up. She took my ridiculous list of "requirements" and bullet points of inspiration, two (!) Pinterest boards of Inspiration, and my incessant harassment via email and made it work perfectly. I was looking for a more polished vibe around here, and she captured it perfectly. Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me know what you think!</span>amehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378638512151511919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442244077054296480.post-59104456950818501182014-07-11T07:00:00.000-05:002014-07-11T22:31:14.428-05:00Weekend Update ::: Hey Big Spender!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That doesn't look like it's "on plan" now does it? How are we almost halfway through July already? Not that I am complaining, because in like 2 weeks I'll be on another GIRL'S WEEKEND chillin' out, maxxin' out (credit credit cards) and nommin' on <a href="http://crnook.com/~shamnook/sites/default/files/menus/theNookBurgers.pdf">Juicy Nookies</a>. Sans bun (then it counts for the most part!!!) With Sweet Potato Fries (man, they have some AMAZING fries at this joint!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I read about this brand on <a href="http://www.primalpalate.com/paleo-blog/paleokits-a-review-and-a-giveaway/">Primal Palate</a>, I went to check out the website, and ordered a few items on top of the Jerky. I am looking forward to trying the Ketchup on an organic grassfed beef hot dog from Applesomething Farms that I think you can get at Trader Joe's (can't give it all up...) and the "granola" bar this morning for breakfast. The selection of items is pretty incredible. </span><br />
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<i style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Another couple Paleo-related hits for me of late have been the <a href="http://nomnompaleo.com/">Nom Nom Paleo site</a> and the <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/">Mark's Daily Apple site</a>.</b></i><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Both are chock full of recipes and "how to's" that help a newb like me navigate this. I am on the hunt for the <a href="http://book.nomnompaleo.com/">Nom Nom Paleo book</a> as well, I was hoping my Costco might have it, as I've read it's in some locations, but so far no luck. I might just head over to <a href="http://www.left-bank.com/">Left Bank Books</a>, our local indie bookstore. Through the Mark's Daily Apple site, I discovered <a href="http://leslieklenke.com/">Leslie Klenke</a>, AKA PaleoGirl. Kindred spirit in that one. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the weekend, as I unloaded my latest haul from Costco, I have figured out I am having way too much carb still, in the form of Hail Merry tarts and fruit. So I've worked on how to cut that down. I am trying to limit myself (not doing so hot here) to under 70 carb grams a day. When we did Atkins a while ago, we did really well on it, that is, until I couldn't stand not having candy anymore. One day I went off the rails and just never got back on it. Hopefully I am older and wiser and can get my shit in gear this time if I fall down a few steps this time. Not that I have any more self control, though.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also opted to freeze a few of my <a href="http://athleteeats.com/">Athlete Eats meals</a> because I'll be travelling and had the Holiday weekend last week so I had a few spares. So I'll skip ordering the next few weeks and just eat off of those, and bring a few things to work like salads or tuna mashed with celery and avocado and a little relish. Then when I get back to normal I can reorder again. I have only had maybe two that I didn't absolutely love. But even the small portion has been enough that sometimes I can eat half and eat the other half another day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-2 Zella Leggings, a </span><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/zella-barely-flare-booty-pants/3425317?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071014-_-order_confirm-_-proddescr5" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bootcut style</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and a </span><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/zella-live-in-capris/3059164?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071014-_-bopus_ready-_-proddescr8" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">knee length fitted style</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (wish they were navy!)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-A <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/zella-pretty-hoodie/3645110?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071014-_-bopus_ready-_-proddescr3">Zella hoodie jacket</a> (blue, I know, shocking)--I ordered in XL and the plus sizes because I wasn't sure. Just FYI, the 2XL is what I needed. It was surprisingly ridiculous in size. And apparently I am also in denial about my size.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-The Men's <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ted-baker-london-sfinx-shawl-collar-jersey-pullover/3721251?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071014-_-order_confirm-_-proddescr4">Ted Baker sweater</a>, in dark green. I ordered two sizes since I am unfamiliar with the brand</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-My favorite <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/wit-wisdom-itty-bitty-bootcut-jeans-blue-nordstrom-exclusive/3751957?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071014-_-bopus_ready-_-proddescr6">Wit and Wisdom jeans</a> (they weren't quite the same as last year, so I had to go up one size, and only got one pair.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-The <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/barefoot-dreams-bamboo-chic-drape-front-cardigan-nordstrom-exclusive/3112763?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071014-_-order_confirm-_-proddescr2">Barefoot Dreams Cozy wrap</a> in Marine and the Dark Gray color, as planned-I ordered regular L/XL and 1X bec Im not familiar with that brand. Apparently it's the "blardigan," known round the world because of Schaeffer at "<a href="http://pinteresttoldmeto.blogspot.com/">Pinterest Told Me To.</a>"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-</span><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/la-mer-refreshing-collection-428-value/3733451?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&resultback=700&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-browseresults-_-1_2_C" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Mer Set </a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and </span><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/la-mer-the-cleansing-gel/3563735?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&resultback=2600&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-browseresults-_-1_7_C" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Mer Cleansing Gel</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (well, the gel isn't on sale, I just wanted a backup, and dang it, it went up in price!)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-A </span><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/charlotte-tilbury-filmstar-killer-cheekbones-set/3827798?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071014-_-order_confirm-_-proddescr6" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charlotte Tilbury Contour set</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (it screamed my name! </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gossmakeupartist" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wayne Goss</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> gushes about this line.)</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/nike-free-5-0-fit-training-shoe-women/3676641?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&resultback=2600&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-browseresults-_-1_7_D">Nike Free</a> shoes as planned (I bought UltraCobalt in store and ordered <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/nike-free-5-0-tr-fit-4-training-shoe-women/3821571?origin=related-3821571-0-2-FTR-Rich_Relevance_Recs_R3-RecentHistoricalItems">these neon ones</a>). I had to go a half size up, FYI</span><br />
-<a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/ugg-australia-brett-water-resistant-suede-slipper-women/3766929?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=Grey%2F+Wine&resultback=600&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-searchresults-_-1_2_C" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ugg slippers</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in that grayish purple, </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as planned, a size up, FYI (full sizes only)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-3 of these cute <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/pleione-mixed-media-tunic/3736370?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071114-_-order_confirm-_-proddescr1">Pleione</a> tops shown above (dark purple, the teal shown above and yellow), which are AMAZING. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-This </span><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/pleione-split-neck-blouse-regular-petite/3829153?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071114-_-order_confirm-_-proddescr2" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pleione top</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in two apparently now sold out patterns</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-A dark purple <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/caslon-roll-sleeve-knit-blazer-regular-petite/3672262?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=Black%2F+Grey+Stripe&resultback=0&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-searchresults-_-1_1_D">Caslon</a> knit blazer and I ordered the olive green one. Clinton Kelly will be proud. I did not buy one cardigan this year beyond the "blardigans."</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Three bras, which you don't need to see. But the fitter was the bomb and I wish she could move in and put my bras on for me every day.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-A <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/bernardo-two-tone-packable-down-jacket-plus-size/3744305?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071114-_-dtc_order_confirm-_-proddescr2">Bernardo "packable"</a> jacket. I needed a 2X in that too, though I read they run small. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/pj-salvage-challe-chic-pants-nordstrom-exclusive/3726597?cm_em=&cm_mmc=email_tran-_-071114-_-dtc_order_confirm-_-proddescr1">ZigZag PJ Pants by PJ Salvage</a>, I ordered XL from the store, they might be too small but they were SO FREAKING SOFT. </span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Some blue Sock Monkey <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/munki-munki-print-henley-short-pajamas/3738702?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=Pink%2F+Sheep&resultback=5&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-browseresults-_-1_1_D">"Munki Munki"</a> PJs. I got XL, and they're a tad snug but Im sleeping in them so I don't care. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I am dying for the Rag and Bone and Burberry boots but REFUSE to cave on them. I literally hugged the R&Bs. I just won't wear them enough. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I passed on the Frye's that were held for me because without a zipper, there's NO WAY to get them on! I gave up. Thankfully the SAs all agree with me on that. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few months back, the Dolce & Gabbana cosmetics line <i>(finally)</i> hit Nordstrom.com. Having lusted after the products since reading about them in several magazines and having seen Scarlett Johanssen's beautiful ads grace the very same magazines for quite some time, I pounced.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several of the products are also now available at Sephora, but at the time, I had Nordstrom gift cards burning a hole in my wallet. Several blogs had reviewed the products quite favorably, and the Smoky eye quad got raves from <a href="http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/cosmetics/dolce-gabbana-smoky-smooth-eye-colour-quad/">Makeup & Beauty Blog</a>, which is a pretty trusty resource for me. As soon as the products were available for purchase I picked a few, the Powder Foundation, the Smoky Quad, and the Matte Concealer, and checked out, eagerly awaiting my order's arrival.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon arrival, I tore the box open and stared lovingly at the magnificent packaging. It is not an inexpensive line by any stretch. And as such, you expect the packaging to reflect that. So I was not disappointed, because it was absolutely magnificent. This packaging screamed high end. The packaging was well made, and beautiful. The hinges on the compacts were very smooth, as were the clasps. Each had a nice dustbag to slip into, which was blind-embossed. The powders themselves are also embossed with crisp logos. Every detail was executed perfectly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From here I will break down my thoughts by item, and photo bomb you. Some of the photos I got of my face didn't come out as well as I'd hoped and the clear ones weren't good so I just stuck with the blurry ones. Please note, I do a lot of these review images at 5:30 am, so I am not always the picture of bubbly happiness I am known for. <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(All of you who know me in real life can stop laughing maniacally now. *points*)</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, the packaging was divine. Really beautiful compact and a thick, velvety sponge. Nicely embossed logo in the surface of the product. If I was to change a thing, it would be to have some sort of "ventilation" in the bottom chamber. If you used that sponge and did so with a dampened application, the mold that would grow would be sickening.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the shade selection was not easy. There's practically no swatching done online for this product, and I had to guess, and even call for help. After speaking with both a Nordstrom Beauty specialist and a Sephora Beauty specialist, I was pretty sure I was somewhere between Ivory, Natural and Bisque. I ended up with Bisque based on the comment made by the Sephora specialist saying the Ivory was more neutral cool, and Natural was more neutral, but that Bisque was more yellow-olive than the others, and they were all about the same level of darkness, just tonally different. I told both a few close matches for me in other product lines, so that they had at least something to go on (pale, jaundiced, peaked and slightly olivine...) I figured that was a good starting point. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I selected Classic, which was 2nd from lightest. It was actually yellower than I expected in a good way, and beautiful. Perfect shade actually, especially when used on the rest of the face versus just under the eyes. For comparison, it's next to NARS Vanilla Radiant Creamy Concealer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the horrible colors on the screen due to the horrible lighting of the photography...the colors are really rich. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Individually, the black is absolutely sooty, and in the best way. It's great for tightlining, especially. But it blends magnificently when worn just along the lashline as shadow. The bronze...*sigh* it </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is absolutely perfection. Delicious is the word I would use. The </span><a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2012/12/product-review-tarte-smoldereyes.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tarte penci</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">l I love and use every day, is almost a perfect match so I often will line first with that, and apply this gorgeous shadow over top of it, and the smoke factor really is incredible. The wheaty gold shade is a great base shade for the lid. It's a nice sweep of sheer and naked neutral that grounds the smoke, but it's still present. The white is a very stark pop of iridescent gold highlight. I don't use it often, but it's a very nice highlighter around the brow bone and inner corner that gives me more contrast than my usual Champagne from Cover Girl. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I keep hoping one of my local stores, Sephora or Nordstrom, will get the line in house versus just online, so that I can see some of the other quads in person, because I'd definitely like another from the line. The quality is magnificent. This one is worth the money, for sure, and because it seriously seems like it will last forever, it's got excellent cost-per-use.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd bought and subsequently returned the Tom Ford quads, because while the shadows were nice, at least one pan in each quad was glitter, and for a quad to be that pricey and not be four actual usable shadows, and instead a pan of glitter I would never use and see no reason an adult woman would have a reason to own....I found that offensive. These quads are exquisite, and worth every penny. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have now had this for several months and I reach for it regularly. It still looks like I've barely touched it. To me, it's like a pared down Naked palette with really wearable shades. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being that you've read a few posts now about my attempts to go Paleo/Primal/Whatever, I was definitely digging into the <a href="https://www.urbanremedy.com/a-la-carte">a la carte</a> section to pick and choose some options that were more ideal for that particular way of living. I selected an array of nut milks, snacks and lunch/dinners that sounded perfect and they were overnighted (requirement due to perishability) to me the next day. I've since eaten just about everything I ordered and have a review in the works. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spoiler alert! I'll be ordering more stuff, though not all of the stuff I got was on my love-list, there were several items that I absolutely will be reordering, and the nut milks are absolutely on that list, along with two of the most amazing snacks and meals. At the time of my order, not all of the nutritionals were available, but I figured they were organic and natural and that's really along the lines of the plan, so I did not sweat it. Now that I've seen some of the nutritionals on a few products, I will just moderate the consumption next time around, just to keep the carbs in check. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ordered myself a mist (you know me and my hoarding!), and travel sizes of the <a href="http://www.tatcha.com/shop/p-deep-hydration-firming-serum-travel">Luminous Hydrating Serum</a> and the <a href="http://www.tatcha.com/shop/p-deep-brightening-serum-travel">Radiant Brightening Serum</a>. All three have a hefty dose of this line's "magic ingredient" of Red Algae, which came from a recipe book of old Geisha skincare tricks.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have only been using them for a few days, and sparingly so that I can work them in without freaking my face out, but so far, fingers crossed, so good. They feel very nice on the skin (especially the mist!) and the packaging and presentation of the order is absolutely luxurious. Commensurate with the pricepoint, for sure. I am keeping an eye on this line's stock at QVC as well, not that the order directly from them wasn't absolutely flawless, but because QVC gets some killer deals going, and I would be curious to see what they bring out. Reviews to come!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the Kickstarters I didn't back, which ended up with an Indiegogo for Round 2 and I still didn't back, and regret not doing so so much is the <a href="http://nixsensor.com/">NIX Color Sensor</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is often some test swatching with the printer to make sure the press is going to actually come close to the selection you've made. </span><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/the-nix-color-sensor-is-like-a-photoshop-eyedropper-tool-in-real-life-205117" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apartment Therapy had a great writeup on it</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, calling it the "Photoshop Eyedrop Tool in Real Life." I'd bet it's infinitely more accurate, but I like the sounds of that. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Video from the NIX website is a great explanation of the product:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This device aims to eliminate all that back and forth and guestimation. It's a brilliant little gizmo that you place on the color you need to get the read on, and it sends the information to the accompanying app.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The app takes the info from the sample and matches it to the insane database allowing you to find PMS matches, RGB, HSL, HSV, Lab, XYZ, HTML, or CMYK values, and paint and fabric matches from tons of manufacturers, among tons of other options for matches. So if you're looking for paint for example, as is shown in the above example, you can find matches from various brands, and then go buy it, and it gives you local outlets to do that! This is a designer's dream, really. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had an itchy trigger on that buy now button for a while now, because this thing is brilliant and even $149 is a steal for a device that does the work for you. Learn more, or get yours, <a href="http://nixsensor.com/">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My appointments are lined up, and my short list of items is already pulled by my sales associates at each local store, now I just await the sales going live online for the fever to hit me. I have my alarm set for 2am to do a quick preshop online. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't have a long list from the catalog, and so far my clothing list is super short, on purpose, but I say that every single year, because every single year I am trying to be skinnier and not overbuy clothing in hopes I won't be wearing it long. And every single year I am barely fitting into it in the wrong direction by the end of the season. I hope this year I am actually the other direction.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As my brother prepares for his own wedding later this year, I am working on a little advice to share with him and his future wife. That got me thinking about the "life lessons" I've learned over the last 9 years, plus a few tidbits of wedding planning advice to share with the world :::</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 ::: Actually sit down and do your wedding album after you get your proofs. At least within the first 5 years. I still haven't done that. Yes, I know it's been 9 years. I even told the photographers a few years ago, hey maybe you need to lay this thing out for me. What waiting 9 years (and more since I still have not done it...) has done for me though? I've really gotten it down to the photos I really love, reminisce about when all my living grandparents were there, and still all doing well, and I get to relive that awesome moment when I fell in the door during my "grand entrance." Oh, yea, free unnumbered piece of advice I lumped in here: don't fall in the door during your "grand entrance." It's funny as hell, and expected when you have no capability of actually walking like a normal human, but it's still mortifying. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 ::: Make sure everyone in the bridal party knows who is in charge of getting your significant other to the ceremony site. And make sure everyone has their damn cellphones on them and turned on. Just, yknow, from experience. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 ::: Learn how to communicate. Everyone's "language" is different, but you need to figure out how to translate that between the two of you. I am the world's shittiest communicator and he's had an absolute nightmare translating my language for the last decade plus. My future sister-in-law and my husband can make little jokes and commiserate about how atrocious my brother and me are at our "language", but it's only funny because it's totally true. Be able to laugh at yourselves and each other without taking it personally. Maybe it's not funny now, but it will be someday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 ::: Learn how to not hold grudges or be resentful, and fully trust each other. See number 5. You're going to annoy the shit out of each other. You signed up for that. You just have to learn to navigate those waters and figure out a way to find the endearing quality in each annoying trait. Believe me, there really is a shred of cuteness in there somewhere. Even when it really is the most annoying thing ever. Like tickling. Tickling is the most annoying.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 ::: Coming home from work to a loving and comforting hug is seriously the best thing. And your partner is seriously the best hugger ever. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 ::: The romance is in the mundane stuff. If I come home to see the dishes done and the trash collected and taken out, that is some love right there. </span></div>
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A couple weeks ago she posted <a href="http://www.housetweaking.com/2014/06/17/my-home-workout">a ridiculously thorough post about her home workout</a> and it was a serious boon of inspiration for me. Like, instantly. Dana has been doing DVD workouts from <a href="http://tracyandersonmethod.com/">Tracy Anderson's</a> vast collection. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yea, that Tracy Anderson, the one that kicks the ass of Gwyneth, Madonna, Kim Kardashian West and countless other celebrities with bangin' bodies. I am a big of a fangirl of hers, following along on her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TracyAndersonMethod">Twitter</a> and her <a href="https://twitter.com/tracyanderson">Facebook page</a>, and stalking her on <a href="http://instagram.com/tracyandersonmethod">Instagram</a>. I've viewed snippets of her videos online, usually passing out from exhaustion just from watching them, let alone attempting to actually do the workout. Her energy is pretty electrifying. And her body? Insane. Enviable.</span><br />
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But Tracy Anderson doesn't have time for whining and inactivity and the lazy bullshit I am the absolute queen of. She'd probably seriously kick my ass if I had the luxury of being in the same geographic location as her to attend her studio. As you've read my whining about now (you're probably sick of it!) for weeks, months, and over a year, if I am being totally open and honest with myself: I am overweight, and in a bad way about it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By bad way, I mean my confidence is back at rock bottom, my health is kind of meh, and at recent checkup appointments, which somehow managed to all be in a freakin' week, day after day I was told by each doctor that I needed to lose "significant amounts of weight, and figure out how to keep it off this time." (Sidebar: what in the hell was I thinking doing that? Oh right, I was taking the first-thing-or-last-thing-in-the-morning appointments and not really looking at my Fantastical app to confirm my availability at all and just saying "perfect!" when I heard the right time.) I might look and feel gross, but at least my hair looks awesome. </span><br />
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I've read that it's tough, but a good start for anyone trying to figure it all out, and with two half-hour workouts on the DVD, with very clear instruction, I think I should do ok. Or I'll die. Yknow, either way. I know that the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008DL4JVO/ref=pe_385040_30332200_TE_item">Mat Workout</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DLX76GY/ref=pe_385040_30332200_TE_item">Precision Toning Workout</a>...well, that shit is hard. But I ordered them anyway and hopefully I will be able to make it through more than 5 minutes! I won't be trying them for a little while though. </span><br />
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In general, I have been trying to transition to, and at least stick to, 80/20 Paleo/Primal/Whatever-The-Current-Name-Is for the last few weeks, and despite literally breaking down in tears a few times because I "couldn't have sugar", as ridiculous as that sounds, I am trying so hard to turn that corner. Most days I do really well, and I'd say probably more along the lines of 90/10. But the "idle time" between meals means that instead of actually accomplishing things, all I do is think about when I can eat again. And what I will have. And what I cannot have. But whatever it is I am doing, it's working. I was down 5 by middle of last week. I haven't weighed since but I have to assume I am down a little more by now, or at least holding steady. I know part of that is probably the volume of intake in general being different.</span><br />
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I am trying to look at this as a lifestyle, though there will have to be occasions where I eat that Juicy Lucy (like next month) and have candy or cakes (like next month, or this weekend) or I will never be able to maintain this lifestyle change. I've been reading sites like <a href="http://balancedbites.com/">Balanced Bites</a> and <a href="http://nomnompaleo.com/">Nom Nom Paleo</a> and <a href="http://slimpalate.com/">Slim Palate</a> to get some ideas on "what I can eat" and how to make new things that sound awesome. I have also ordered some items from <a href="https://www.urbanremedy.com/">Urban Remedy</a>, to see how those work. And I know part of this lifestyle is going to be "doing physical activity." And as much as I despise sweating, I guess I need to learn to tolerate it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because my passport literally arrived on Wednesday (less than a month since applying, fyi, and I did not expedite it), complete with aforementioned horrendous photograph, I decided I should probably acquire a cover for this thing in order to keep it at least semi safe and a little more secure slash less obvious to onlookers. My husband is reading this thinking <i>"yay one more thing for you to spend money on!"</i> It's security, dear! Really, it is! I just want it to look cute, in the process of being more secure.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are my top picks for passport cases, which all should go perfectly with my still amazing green Tumi travel wallet. And for those wanting a full on Travel Wallet, I picked a few cuties there, too.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 ::: Cleobella Mexicana Passport Holder available via <a href="http://shop.megbiram.com/collections/320496-travel/products/2438175-passport-holder-tan-or-silver">Meg Biram's amazing shop</a>, or <a href="http://www.toms.com/marketplace/vintage-gold-passport-holder">Toms.com</a> (prices are not showing for some reason), or <a href="http://shop.cleobella.com/collections/mexicana/products/passport-holder#.U6zkiI1dXfw">Cleobella directly</a>. Not buying <a href="http://www.toms.com/marketplace/navy-painted-mexicana-wallet-">the wallet</a> or <a href="http://shop.megbiram.com/collections/320496-travel/products/2402607-mexicana-clutch">clutch</a> has been a serious exercise in restraint, I might add. I have a suspicion my resolve will eventually weaken on this collection. But what color will I choose?!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of--you seriously need to check out the posts on Meg's blog about her trip to Shanghai and Hong Kong. Oh the shopping I would do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 ::: <a href="http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP04466&mcat=&cid=&search_params=p+1-n+10000-c+-s+1-r+-t+passport-ni+1-x+-lr+-hr+-ri+-mi+-pp+0+1&search=1&origin=search&searchkeyword=passport&selectedsku=27053785">Tiffany & Co's sleek silver leather passport holder</a> with a tiny hint of Tiffany Blue stitching gives it a swanky feel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 ::: The <a href="http://www.graphicimage.com/Passport_Holder_Metallic_Goatskin_Leather_p/phc-goa.htm">Metallic Leather passport holder from Graphic Image</a> gives a high end feel at a ridiculously reasonable price.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 ::: <a href="http://www.graphicimage.com/Passport_Holder_Brights_Leather_p/phc%20gti.htm">Punchy brights from Graphic Image</a> are easy to spot in a packed bag or travel wallet and add a fun pop of color.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 ::: J<a href="http://www.graphicimage.com/Passport_Holder_Brights_Leather_p/phc%20gti.htm">onathan Adler's fun airplane print in bright colors </a>are guaranteed to start every trip off on the happiest note.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 ::: A more "adult" version of <a href="http://www.coach.com/online/handbags/Product-bleecker_passport_case_in_bar_stripe_leather-10551-10051-69336-en?cs=cax&catId=7100000000000000644&navCatId=5000000000000313807">fun colors from Coach's Bleeker</a> line.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 ::: One of the <a href="http://www.ebags.com/product/tumi/prism-travel-leather-wallet/263906?productid=10272179">current Tumi offerings</a> in a fun pop of orange at a great price. My now almost three year old green Tumi travel wallet that is very similar to the linked item is still in nearly mint condition and I use and abuse this thing daily.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 ::: A heavy-metal <a href="http://www.henribendel.com/west-57th-studded-travel-wallet-26488703900193.html">studded option from Henri Bendel</a>, a very underrated bag and wallet retailer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 ::: A really <a href="http://www.katespade.com/BON-VOYAGE-travel-wallet/PWRU3714,en_US,pd.html?pid=PWRU3714">large and in charge Kate Spade</a> at a great price and in a gorgeous aqua. The layout in this is fantastic.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 ::: Another <a href="http://www.henribendel.com/jetsetter-portfolio-travel-wallet-25924713450193.html?start=3&q=travel%20wallet">high-end looking option from Henri Bendel</a> (another <a href="http://www.henribendel.com/jetsetter-portfolio-travel-wallet-27044836910193.html?start=12&q=travel%20wallet">couple colors here</a>), with a different layout, and tons more room for tickets, boarding passes, and receipts from all your shopping excursions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 ::: A </span><a href="http://www.ebags.com/product/lodis/audrey-passport-wallet-w-ticket-flap/268654?productid=10300334" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cool and unique option from Lodis</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that stores your documents in a pocket that folds down compactly into Passport Size with room for a few cards, as well. There's an </span><a href="http://www.lodis.com/womens-travel-bags-wallets/passport-wallets/mill-valley-passport-wallet-with-flap-ticket/6522" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RFID-safe option</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of this same layout, as well. Incredibly reasonably priced from a line of really nicely crafted leather goods.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I left this little nugget out of my <a href="http://bit.ly/1me8ziP">Skincare Routine post</a> a few weeks back, regrettably, because I had just finished a tube and hadn't opened the new one yet when I was taking those photos. My (huge) mistake. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A family member is a longtime Mary Kay Consultant and I have been tinkering with the line since College, a little over 15 years now. They're highly underrated, really, for skincare AND for makeup. Until they changed their concealer formula sometime in the last few years, it was my absolute holy grail. Unfortunately they did change it, and I've moved on, sorta. I am sure that last tube I am clinging to dearly is long past spoiled. I also have a few of their moisturizers and anti-aging products in my closet as well as a tube of their "classic skincare" mask, and will occasionally bust one or two out and think "why in the hell am I not using this stuff anymore?" While I was waiting for the <a href="http://bit.ly/1l5G36M">Josie</a> to get restocked, I occasionally used the <a href="http://www.marykay.com/en-US/Skin-Care/TimeWise-Age-Fighting-Moisturizer-Sunscreen-Broad-Spectrum-SPF-30-/10054102.partId?eCatId=10026">Timewise SPF30 moisturizer</a>, just to get by and not clean out my stash.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the <a href="http://www.marykay.com/en-US/Skin-Care/TimeWise-Microdermabrasion-Set/100723.partId?eCatId=10026">Timewise Microdermabrasion Set</a> was launched several years back, the <a href="http://www.marykay.com/en-US/Skin-Care/TimeWise-Microdermabrasion-Step-1-Refine/100724.partId">Step 1</a> tube has been in all of my Mary Kay orders. Like, 5 at a time. I don't use Step 2, because it's got a few ingredients that don't play nice with my skin, but Step 1 is like a facial in a tube and I love the way my face feels after I use it. And once a week like clockwork, I squeeze out a blob and give my face a scrub a dub with it while my deep/color conditioner is doing it's magic.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The product itself isn't even the real top secret. It's all in the application, actually. The "real top secret" trick for the best result when using this product (or anything of it's sort) is to wear a pair of <a href="http://www.sallybeauty.com/disposable-vinyl-gloves/SLNCAR71,default,pd.html#start=10">disposable non-latex gloves</a> when you use it. I learned that one day when I decided to use this while I had my color conditioner baking in my hair and didn't want to remove the gloves until I rinsed my hair, and spare my hands the dousing of Tilex they end up needing afterwards to get the stains off. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaving the gloves on gave me better results than without and I never looked back. In that moment, I figured out that my hands were speeding up the "breakdown" of the grit faster than it breaks down without that layer of non-latex material there as a buffer, and therefore your face gets the exfoliation it's supposed to get before the grain breaks down on its own. Life.Changing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can get yourself a tube from <a href="http://www.marykay.com/en-US/Skin-Care/TimeWise-Microdermabrasion-Step-1-Refine/100724.partId">Mary Kay's website</a> for $31, or via your own Mary Kay representative. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone else a fan of Mary Kay products? Do you agree that they're totally underrated?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>1 ::: A few weeks ago, word about Karlie Kloss's collaboration with Warby Parker got out.</i></b> One pair of her sunglasses got my attention immediately, and I have been hovering my mouse over "buy" on <a href="http://www.warbyparker.com/sunglasses/women/marple#heirloom-gold">this gold framed pair now since</a>. I sorta wish the line was available through Glasses.com so I could <a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2014/06/tech-time-glassescom-app.html">"try them on" via the app!</a> </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just the other day, Molly and Sally posted about their visit to the new Warby Parker "Classroom" in Dallas, and it appears that they picked up this very pair. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used to use their Mist and Fix spray off and on, alternating with the Urban Decay All-Nighter, which is usually what I use as "setting spray." What I hated about the original Mist and Fix was that it felt very drying, and that my makeup didn't stay much longer than without it because I felt all the moisture came out of my face and the makeup just "flaked off." This version, the O2, is definitely solving that problem for me. It's billed as a more moisturizing version of the original, and I feel like this version does a significantly better job of keeping the product I spend all morning applying <i>on</i> my skin. I have been alternating it with my usual Urban Decay, and think it will be a tough call trying to decide which I go with when it's time to replenish.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tarts are vegan, gluten free and full of raw oils and goodness. They had several varieties, but the Chocolate and Chocolate mint were most appealing to me. The recipes are heavy on the coconut and coconut oil, but not in a manner that you are overwhelmed. It just cuts the need for other ingredients, while giving the product a ridiculously smooth and decadent texture. I tried the Chocolate Mint last night, and despite it being enough for two servings, and being labelled as two servings, I ate the whole thing. I <b><i>REALLY</i></b> needed chocolate. Life lesson: don't start trying to be more compliant on a paleo style diet when you're in the throes of PMS. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found them with the "break and bake" cookies and there was a huge variety of the <a href="http://www.hailmerry.com/">Hail Merry</a> line along that top two shelves. I will definitely have to keep these around for days like the last several where I felt like I was going to <i>actually die</i> from lack of sugar.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 ::: A tinted lip balm with a short, simple list of ingredients that even I can use? Hot damn! These balm sticks from <a href="http://www.olioesasso.com/">Olio E Sasso</a>, a company out of Portland, Oregon, are a super natural way to get a flush of color on the lips, and a castor-free product that I can get behind. I have to thank The <a href="http://josiegirlblog.com/2014/06/04/olio-e-sasso/">Josie Girl</a> for bringing these to my attention! <a href="http://shopprettymommy.myshopify.com/products/olio-e-sasso-lip-skin-balm">Now I just have to choose a color...</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides general demand for comfort, I feel like I have a tough face to fit for glasses and sunglasses. I have some very, um, apple-y cheeks, and while it's flattering to be told it's due to my super high cheekbones *preens*, it's also a hindrance because my cheek apples push up glasses or get stuck under glasses easily. I know. First world problems. When I wear my aviators I pretty much walk around lookin' angry all the time (or lately, it's hangry) or like I am on CHiPs <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(Ponch!)</i></span> to avoid the inevitable discomfort of my cheek skin getting stuck under a glasses frame. It's like a g-rated wardrobe malfunction.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, obviously, imagine my delight with the super cool find in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/soniastravels">Sonia Gil's latest video</a>: the Glasses.com app. As soon as I finished watching the video (below) on Thursday, I immediately downloaded the app to test out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is likely to be a "dangerous" post given its divisive nature, but no matter what side of the topic you fall on, it's worth checking out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All nine episodes are eye-opening, and chock full of mind-blowing data. Hopefully enough people see this absolutely incredible series and learn that everything we do has a chain reaction and that if we want our kids and grandkids to have anything left, we have to stop what we're doing. I have been working on consuming less, even one small step can have a ripple effect. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those who cannot view the above, Season 1 is on Showtime OnDemand and will be available on DVD in September, as well as iTunes and Amazon, and will eventually be available on Netflix. They are also working on assembling a second season, of which a topic has not been released.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among other delights in this week's mail, we received the 3rd (or 4th?) Discover card <b><i>THIS YEAR</i></b> (meaning since 2014 started). That's, like, the 9th Discover in less than 18 months. That is ridiculous. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every single time it's because somewhere we've shopped, be it Target, or the local grocery store which had an epic hacking scandal last year, at some point within the timeline of the scandal and the card company felt it was safer to reissue. And two weeks ago we got a letter from American Express about another vendor we shopped with being compromised as well. Crazy. I've spent the better part of this week correcting any auto-payment details.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know that the US is, like, the only country that doesn't have RFID chips in their credit cards? I have friends that live all over the world and they're constantly shocked by the state of our credit card systems here. Sure there's a whole world of shit that comes with those things, too, as well as a whole market to protect them, but they're still infinitely safer than the ridiculously unencrypted system we have now. You'd think the potential for my money being stolen while spending it might slow me down and make me hoard money more, versus what I am hoarding...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will admit that I think I am adjusting in terms of feeling fuller and not grazing as badly. Some days have gone fine this week, other days have been issues because I really wanted sugar or to graze. Like, a lot. Example: I live by a few frozen custard stands, <a href="http://teddrewes.com/home/default.aspx">one is world famous.</a> And I love getting just a simple twist cone or caramel sundae on my way home on a hot day (or a cold day, I don't discriminate when it's frozen custard). Those are decidedly not "allowed." Yknow, being both sugar and dairy. Hopefully if I can keep going it will get easier. I did try tuna salad with avocado instead of mayo and mustard, plus my usual chopped celery and pickle relish. I failed a bit on the crackers, because I just can't not have crackers with tuna salad. And it was not awful. Since I don't do fish, that's quite a statement!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until I adjust, and because I seem to do better when it's portioned and prepared for me, I've been looking into doing a meal service like <a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2014/05/must-try-athlete-eats.html">Athlete Eats</a> prepared meals, which I just set up my first order of versus just going in on the weekends and picking a few things up, or <a href="http://www.greenbeandelivery.com/">Green Bean Delivery</a>, which brings you farm fresh produce and meat as well as other natural groceries. Ridding my house of temptation is going very poorly, since at present my husband is not participating. And he is eating all of these things that I am missing terribly. And let's face it, I fail miserably at self-control. I feel like it's gotta be something I can learn, right?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She's probably going to FREAK that I just posted this on here, since she's just setting back up. But my excitement level is bordering on ridiculous.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Fall, I went to replenish my beloved Josie Maran moisturizer <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(previously called Josie Maran Argan Daily Moisturizer SPF 40+ and previously blogged about <a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2014/06/top-secret-skincare-routine.html">here</a>, <a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2013/12/my-top-5-skincare-favorites.html">here</a>, <a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2013/07/must-have-josie-maran-daily-moisturizer.html">here</a>)</span></i> to find it had been pulled from stock everywhere awaiting reformulation. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a meltdown. Reformulations and I are not friends.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was tweeting and facebooking like a feral animal with internet access, demanding to know the whereabouts of this life-changing product and why I couldn't get the stock that was discontinued while it was being reformulated. (Seriously, why not let it sell out? Even the Sephora salespeople said that they weren't allowed to buy any before it was sent back!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent months rationing out my remaining quantity, trying to alternate it with inferior substitutes, eventually resorting to scraping the dregs of my travel sized bottle with a <a href="http://bit.ly/1qs0oGp">tiny cosmetics spatula</a>. Exactly one day after I used the last of it this March, the "New and Improved" version popped back up for purchase and life was a little greener again. I immediately ordered.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it arrived a few days later, I dismembered the box to retrieve the bottle from it's recyclable pink cage. Packaging and bottle looked the same, save for the "new and improved sticker", but the texture not exactly like my beloved, nor was the smell. It's still thin out of the pump (in a good way) but it's definitely thicker than before. It also lost its pretty sweet-tarts smell in favor of, for lack of a better term, a semi-chemically smell. I was disappointed, to say the least. And apparently so were a lot of other addicts, based on the amount of reviews complaining about the changes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing I'd like to clarify that changed with this reformulation, there's a significant chemical change between this and the old formula, including a significant increase in the amount of silicone and siliconate products and the removal of apricot and pomegranate oils. The list now seems a bit longer as well. This is disappointing, and I assume that those changes were necessary to make the SPF more powerful and less dependent on Titanium Dioxide. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>OLD LIST, which was thankfully on <a href="http://www.phyrra.net/2013/02/josie-maran-argan-daily-moisturizer-spf-40-review.html">Phyrra</a>:</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">ACTIVE: Titanium Dioxide 9.5%, Zinc Oxide 6.0%.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">INACTIVE: Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Extract*, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil*, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract**, Caprylyl Glycol**, Chamomilla Recutita Matricaria (Chamomile) Extract*, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone**, Ethylhexyl Palmitate**, Hexadecene Copolymer**, Hexylene Glycol, Isopropyl Palmitate**, Phenoxyethanol, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Oil**, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Oil*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Tocopherol**.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Zinc Oxide 6.4%* (Sunscreen), Titanium Dioxide 5.1%** (Sunscreen) </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Aqua (Water)**, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride**, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice*, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate**, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polysilicone-11, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Kernel Oil**, Glycerin**, Cera Alba (Beeswax)*, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Phenoxyethanol, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Methicone, Alumina, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sodium Chloride**, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, Parfum (Fragrance)**, Bisabolol, Dimethicone, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Laureth-12, Ethylhexylglycerin, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract*, Citric Acid**, Potassium Sorbate**, Sodium Benzoate**.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">*ORGANIC **NATURAL</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>After using it twice, I was over my disappointment.</b> Enough that I immediately used another coupon code available through the brand's site at the time and bought myself a backup so I wouldn't go through that panicked state again. And I will admit that I am having itchy-trigger about buying another one or two just to be safe. "<i>My name is Ame, and I am a hoarder."</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> breaking it down in my hands you can see it's slightly whitish, </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">but in the last photo </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">after maybe 5 "strokes" together, it's completely absorbed into my hand. </span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the products I tested, and rejected, in the meantime were very unfriendly with makeup in the morning, either because they had a very greasy texture and the makeup would just breakdown immediately, or because they never fully absorbed and applying makeup over them make the product "ball up" and roll off the skin. <b>The Josie Maran Moisturizer does not, in any way, interfere with makeup. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, and this is really just a disclaimer for all SPF-containing moisturizers: <b><i> I don't use it in place of a full on sunblock for days I will be out in the sun all day/will be swimming.</i></b> In those cases, I do use this on my face first as a barrier and then do a full on sunblock as well all over (<a href="https://www.honest.com/bath-and-body/sunscreen-spf-30">Honest</a>, <a href="http://www.smallflower.com/products.cfm/ID/28503">Badger</a> or <a href="http://www.smallflower.com/products.cfm/ID/10067337">Grahams</a> usually) and over top of it, skipping makeup that day (its not going to stay on anyway...)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another plus about this product and brand is that they've thought of the conveniences. You can get the Josie Maran Moisturizer in three sizes: the <a href="http://www.josiemarancosmetics.com/argan-daily-moisturizer-spf-47-with-sunboost-atb-to-go.html#.U6GOTZRdV3U">1/2oz travel size for $14</a>, the <a href="http://www.josiemarancosmetics.com/argan-daily-moisturizer-spf-47-with-sunboost-atb.html#.U6GV_pRdV3U">regular size 2oz bottle is $32</a>, and the "big daddy" <a href="http://www.josiemarancosmetics.com/argan-daily-moisturizer-spf-47-with-sunboost-atb-luxury-size.html#.U6GV95RdV3U">luxury size 4oz bottle for $54</a> (prices via Josie's site, QVC might have better deals!) With most brands, you get ONE SIZE. And sometimes that one size might be within the allowable carry-on size requirements, but the container is ridiculous for travel and takes up way too much space requiring you to decant. The travel size is absolutely a dream for travel, and you can refill it from the large size. For couples who share the product, the big daddy will work perfectly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find them to be very fairly priced, because one pump is really all you need each day (I use a non-SPF moisturizer at night), and because they're so high-SPF and have fairly clean ingredients, especially given the level of SPF. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The regular sized 2oz bottle will last you a pretty long time, at least 6 months or so, possibly longer depending how many pumps you use each day.</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cost per use works out very well, especially considering the significant level of SPF in this product, which saves you a step and the need for an additional product for day-to-day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I had the "pull" to make these calls, I would love to see this come out in a non-SPF version for night use, and also to see them bring the last formula back exactly how it was, as a "light" version, labeling this version the "rich" version, possibly increasing the Argan and Jojoba amounts in this version for drier skins. A girl can dream!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find this at <a href="http://josiemarancosmetics.com/">Josie's site</a>, in all three sizes, and also at <a href="http://www.qvc.com/Josie-Maran-Argan-Daily-Moisturizer-SPF-47-w-Sunboost-ATB.product.A258001.html?sc=A258001-Targeted&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_-27-_-A258001&catentryImage=http://images.qvc.com/is/image/a/01/a258001.001?$uslarge$">QVC </a>(2oz is linked, occasionally they'll have a deal on the big daddy, <a href="http://www.qvc.com/Josie-Maran-Argan-Daily-Moisturizer-SPF-47,-0.5fl-oz.product.A333603.html?sc=A333603-Targeted&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_-1-_-A333603&catentryImage=http://images.qvc.com/is/image/a/03/a333603.001?$uslarge$">and in the travel size</a>), and <a href="http://www.sephora.com/argan-daily-moisturizer-spf-47-P385679?skuId=1585256">Sephora</a> (right now only in the 2 and 4oz).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took me a few hours, and some tears, and a lot of expletives, but I finally got it going and imported all my current content. I picked the simplest theme for now, and focused on backend management for the majority of that work. My dear friend who is better at (everything) this kind of stuff than I am has saved my rear end, like, a lot, with this process. That hideous video above is the result of several migraines and very little sleep (which I think anyone well versed in web/coding would be like "whatever, sissy!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had mentioned on Facebook that changes were coming, including migrating to www.accordingtoame.com, the domain which I have held in captivity for over a year now, waiting on my decision on whether I'd change platforms or not. It was not an easy decision, in part because there was a pretty good chunk of change involved in this migration. But I hope that we will all agree in the end that it was worth it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It keeps that full charge for at least a month, and when you need it (on a plane or on the go) just pop it in the charging port on your device, press the little power button on the side, and let it go. Y</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ou might need to remove your case, because it's not really "case friendly" for the cases similar to CandyShell and Otterbox. Since I use the CandyShell Flip right now, I just fold that bottom section back. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It charges faster if you are in Airplane mode, as with any charger, but you can get a full charge on an iPhone5S using about 50-75ish% of the full Skiva charge and have a little left to spare for an emergency.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have several various backup power device options, but this is the first truly portable option with the power for a full charge. Fantastic!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can get yours through the <a href="http://amzn.to/1ljdCNF">Skiva store on Amazon</a> for around $35. VERY reasonable!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every few days, I go by Smoothie King on my way to work and make that my breakfast. I usually do the drivethru for speed, but I was super early one morning so I actually went inside. Near the register, I saw a selection of coated almonds I'd never seen before in any other location called <a href="http://www.olomomo.com/">OLOMOMO</a>. Besides the fun label, I was immediately drawn to the Righteous Cinnamon Cayenne flavor, and snatched a couple single-serve packets up. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up back at the Smoothie King the following morning snatching up the rest of the single serve packets of that flavor, and picked up a couple of the Mango Chipotle Zinger as well. The Cinnamon variant remains my favorite but they've been a fun, semi-healthy treat every few days. I am fighting the urge to buy full size bags from the company directly because I will bulldoze the entire thing in a couple days!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since my last </span><a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2014/03/fashion-fix-boden-great-british-style.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fashion Fix post about Boden</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> back in March, I've placed several more orders and I've been happy with each and every item. I must be an Anglophile in my fashion sense, or finally be growing some fashion sense, because something about their product and their styling just speaks to me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A glaring positive is that there is a huge range of pieces that work for up to, at least, size 18 (US) and that everything can be dressed up or down very easily. The construction and materials on these garments is seriously incredible, every piece is spectacularly made. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're also budget-friendly investment pieces, which often sounds like an oxymoron. But, really, these pieces are classic shapes, and come in colors that will work year round, well-tailored, and pieces that you'll have for years. I find the prices to be pretty reasonable, especially considering you'll be getting insane cost-per-wear, and they often have good discount codes or sales making them even more attainable. Clothes for me haven't been "investments" before now. In part because I always felt like "I'll lose this weight, I don't want to have a lot of clothes in 'this size'." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you've read on here many times, I have a weird body shape. One that carries weight in the least favorable location, and just this week alone two different doctors gave me the riot act about it. Besides being on that line of plus and regular clothes, I carry my ever-fluctuating weight in my middle (not so much up here, or down here, but RIGHT HERE) and it very frequently gets me that dreaded "when are you due?" from strangers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it's been going on for, oh, more than a decade now, no matter how much weight I lose, how hard I work out, I have reached the point where I just play along now and pretend I am not hurting inside being asked that, usually randomly guessing some month a couple months down the line, or saying "not soon enough", because it's the path of least resistance. I have literally been standing next to <i>actual pregnant women</i> and somehow the little old woman will pat <u>my</u> belly and say congratulations!, to which an <i>actual pregnant friend</i> will lean in and say "did you win the lottery?" <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I know the whole group is laughing out loud right now reading this because it was that weird.)</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorites from the brand are the <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Womens-Tops-T-shirts/Short-Sleeved-Tops/WL810-YEL/Womens-Daffodil-Pebble-Geo-Short-Sleeve-Wrap-Jersey-Top">wrap</a> <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Womens-Tops-T-shirts/3_4-Sleeved-Tops/WL784/Womens-Wrap-Jersey-Top">tops</a>, like the one shown above, more than anything else I've tried (even the Breton tops, which I also love!) They fit me really well, they're long enough, which is absolutely vital, because I have boobs, and I have a belly. These tops flatter all of "this" and help minimize it all very well. Not only do they flatter this crazy figure, they are work and consultation appropriate and make me look like less of a grub than my usual "is it clean? eh, passable with a little febreze" level of attire. The pieces I wear from this brand make me feel like I look classy, recently laundered and appropriate. Yknow, 'til I open my mouth. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last month, right before our Texas trip, I even bought a <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Womens-Swimwear/WS037-STP/Womens-Regal-Stripe_Lipstick-Twist-Front-Swimsuit">swimsuit</a> in navy and white polka dots for rush delivery. Just guessing at the size based on my clothes orders. And I was bang on and it was AH-MAZING. Wildly flattering and super cute. And dare I say, I could've gone down a size. That was a nice boost. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you recall, I mentioned that <a href="http://www.bodenusa.com/en-US/Womens-Dresses/Day/WH636/Womens-Summer-Wrap-Dress.html">Summer Wrap Dress</a> last time...well this time I splurged. I bought it in Blue and in Green, and I think I am going to keep the green because the besides accidently going with the "long", the blue had more "red" in the pattern than I wanted, and I just don't wear red because of my hair. Can't deal with the competition! But it's SUPER cute in person. Super. Cute. Might be a perfect dress to wear to an upcoming wedding...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While poking around on the site, in an effort to spend more money, I mean, find more products to check out, I happened upon a fascinating new eyeliner brush, the <a href="https://www.itcosmetics.com/tightliner-10-in-1-dual-ended-brush">Tightliner 10-in-1 Dual-Ended Brush. </a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And beyond just fascinating and pretty damn amazing, it's also award winning. It literally just won an Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributor (ICMAD) Award for Product Innovation in Accessories and Tools! Well deserved! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon receipt, I immediately saw the possibilities of this new gizmo. If I was to say anything negative about it, I would say that I wish the end of the bristles were "tapered" more, vs blunt cut. But the proof is in the pudding, so let's see how it works.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gave this a go on a weekend morning, just because I wanted the time to play with it. I usually tightline with a pressed powder liner from BareMinerals, the special edition <a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2013/07/top-secret-eye-opening.html">I have mentioned before in my tightline "tutorial"</a> that has <i>finally</i> been <a href="http://qvc.co/1kGWuWX">made available again as a regular line product on QVC</a>. I might have..uh...a stockpile. I find that it gives me both the deepness I want color-wise, but the smokier effect I prefer, vs using a cream or gel formula. There is sometimes fallout in application, but I dust it off and go about the rest of my face.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regarding this liner duo: I saw a few "complaints" in the reviews regarding the slightl shimmer you might see in the pans. On the eyes, it is barely there, if even at all. I actually wish it was more pronounced, actually. It comes across as matte to me, but not flat. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total "not so humble brag," but I just received my newest piece of awesome, a Seiko Presage Automatic Watch, direct from Japan, which I ordered from the amazing <a href="http://bit.ly/1j1R3x6">SeiyaJapan.com</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my recent trip to Dallas, I had the opportunity to try on a few watches at Cartier, at least one of which I am lusting after for a 40th birthday gift--yknow, in four years. In light of that, I revisited my post about "<a href="http://accordingtoame.blogspot.com/2013/12/fashion-fix-champagne-watch-taste-beer.html">higher end-looking watches at a few pricepoints</a>." </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I was poking around online, I was not finding quite what I was looking for, and the Seiko I had originally been lusting for but couldn't convince myself to purchase was no longer for sale. I asked on a forum I frequent in hopes that some of the luxury-friendly and watch-knowledgable shoppers could help me out. I was having a lot of problems finding watches that had a date, which for some reason has been a sticking point for me. Another issue, in the "first world problems" category, is that many are encrusted with diamonds or crystals and I want neither of those. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The suggested watch was the Seiko Presage Automatic, and it's kind of the perfect marriage of the Cartier Ballon Bleu I had just tried on and fell Tieks-over-head for, and the Rolex Datejust I loved from my Hawaii vacation last year, but couldn't pull a trigger on because we have so many home construction projects going on right now. I also felt that these are more worthy of a huge birthday or big career win. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 34mm Seiko Presage Automatic watch is not for sale in the US, but is available via several highly reputable watch sellers online, many based in Japan, who regularly sell to buyers around the world. Collectors, usually. Not being a watch collector, or a big watch person, I had never thought about the wide world of sellers available. And what a wide world this is! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It really was magnificent when I got it. I actually squealed when I opened the box and saw the Kanji characters for the days of the week. And the 34mm case is the perfect size, really. I tried on the Rolex 31mm and loved that, as well as the 33 and 36 mm sizes of the Ballon Bleu and found myself quite pleased with the 36mm. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it was pretty loose on my wrist when I received it (I did a poor job measuring my wrist) I took it to get a few more links removed </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at a local watch shop called </span><a href="http://www.clockmasterinc.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clockmaster</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and they did a fantastic job</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. When he took the watch back to his bench, the owner took one look at it and said "Wow! Where did you get this? It's really amazing!" That was quite a vote of confidence. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea is simple: four small flash drives housed in a recyclable cardboard card, in three memory sizes: 4x1gb, 4x2gb and 4x4gb (meaning there are 4 flash drives of each 1GB, 2GB or 4GB capacities per card.) You tear one off, insert it into your USB drive, transfer the material you need transfered, and viola! You have a small flash drive that you can send or pass along to someone as needed, or use as a backup in addition to a CD/DVD backup you already have. You can easily label each drive with a marker or pen, as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another totally insane project in this store that I wish I had backed is the <a href="http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_Impossible%20Instant%20Lab_10451_10001_186566_-1_26708_56161_180571">Impossible Instant Lab</a>. The developers of this product actually "bought" Polaroid's film business after they decided to shut down, to keep the thrill alive for the Polaroid collectors. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This project though, was a brilliant idea to get your iPhone images onto "paper." Essentially, you place your iPhone on this collapsible scanner-type device, and after selecting the photo you wish to print via their accompanying app, it will print that photo as a Polaroid picture. For those who wish they had a cool hard copy of specific images, perhaps of Instagram photos you've taken, this would be a killer idea. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am DYING to buy this gizmo, and trying in vain to not click the "buy" button right this minute. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brilliant. Genius. You can order your own from the <a href="http://bit.ly/1sNHZT9">MoMA Design Kickstarter Store</a>, or through the <a href="http://www.gigs2gousb.com/">Gigs2Go website</a> and <a href="https://www.the-impossible-project.com/instantlab/">Impossible Camera site</a> directly. To check out the rest of the products in the MoMA Design Kickstarter Store, <a href="http://bit.ly/1iTa0p2">click here!</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first thing I noticed when I received this in my order from Ulta.com was the 2nd ingredient. Snail Secretion Filtrate. Yea that sounds delicious. Exactly what I want to smear on my skin. That's the 2nd ingredient after water. Seriously? What in the hell is that?! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I immediately googled that shit. I felt like surely there had to be some reason for such an ingredient, especially being so high up on the list. And apparently I am NOT the only person who freaked when she saw that ingredient on the box. <a href="http://daydreamingbeauty.com/it-cosmetics-cc-cream-is-your-skin-but-better/">Another blogger</a> emailed the company, in fact, and this is what they sent in reply:</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<span style="background-color: white;">Snail secretion filtrate is collected from leaves and flowers after a snail makes its way over them. This ingredient is collected, washed and then filtered to remove any debris, dust and contamination from the surface. This process does not harm the snails in any way and we at IT Cosmetics would not have it any other way This ingredient is extremely hydrating and promotes healing within the skin! Kindly find the link below to a very interesting article about Snail Secretion Filtrate: </span><span style="background-color: white;">http://www.newdirections.com.au/articles/article.php?aid=88</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know that it really "clears things up" for me, but I decided to try it anyway since I had it in my hands.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went with Fair, and it was perfect. Like, seriously, incredibly perfect. Just the right level of yellow-olive, and pale enough for me. I remember from my misadventures with the concealer that the Light was wicked dark and off for me, and the Fair was better but a little light and I got no coverage from either. I was expecting similar with this, but the Fair in this product was really a great shade. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The texture is nice, creamy but not greasy feeling, and it blends fairly well and dries down nicely. I had better luck using my fingers than I did with the It Cosmetics foundation brush or my BeautyBlender sponge, which shocked me, since I tend to find foundations, etc. go on very streaky with fingers. I remember when I saw TiffanyD initially review this, she also mentioned fingers, and I will admit I blew that off at first, but she was right. Pressing it on like she does is the way to go. I do use the full pump, so I can get it down my neck but otherwise I think she's right about the amount, also. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One pump was plenty for my whole face and down my neck, but two pumps created a serious oil slick, and did not improve coverage. So I don't think about this as a buildable product. A couple-few layers of concealer were still required, mostly around my eyes, but that's pretty much the way of the world for me. Then I used my mineral veil as usual.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Uh that looks way more flawless than it should </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">and my eyes are insane, thanks Blogger.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coverage was, for me, pretty good, not what I would consider full coverage, but really quite good otherwise, especially for what I'd think a glorified tinted moisturizer would provide. Not what I was anticipating at all, quite frankly. I read quite a few reviews, and saw it raved about in many video reviews, that the coverage of this product was pretty incredible, full-coverage foundation equivalent. I don't totally agree with that, but I'd say medium coverage would be a fair assessment. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the finished face image below that Blogger did some airbrushing on for me, you can sort of see the better finish after concealer around my eyes and then my mineral veil as setting powder. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Again, what the fuck, Blogger? My teeth look weird, too.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Based on the reviews I'd viewed and read, I expected this to wear a full day, like a hearty foundation. I would consider that pretty accurate. I'd like it a little better, but like I said, pretty good overall. I wore it while I was in Texas for a pretty gnarly 6 days and it stayed intact quite well, and I felt like I was having the best skin of my life. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This stuff is magical for me. It's kind of that balance between spot concealing and a full face, so that you feel polished but not overdone. I got several compliments on my "glow" in Texas, and for once it wasn't just makeup and sweat. This time it was just makeup hah!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">If you can get beyond that weird ingredient--I stopped looking at that side of the tube--it's worth a try. I am already watching out on QVC for the "super size" tube of this for when I run out.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">You can pick it up at <a href="http://www.qvc.com/It-Cosmetics-Anti-Aging-Full-Coverage-Physical-SPF50-CC-Cream.product.A231985.html?sc=A231985-Targeted&cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_-1-_-A231985&catentryImage=http://images.qvc.com/is/image/a/85/a231985.001?$uslarge$">QVC</a>, <a href="http://www.theshoppingchannel.com/It-Cosmetics/Primers-Concealers/IT-Cosmetics-CC-Cream/pages/productdetails?nav=R:464982,N:127865,E:11710475">The Shopping Channel</a> (in Canada) <a href="http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod5770257">select Ulta stores</a> (I would probably wait for that good 20% coupon that allows prestige brands), and from <a href="https://www.itcosmetics.com/your-skin-but-better-cc-cream-with-spf-50">It Cosmetics website directly</a> for around $38 or less depending where you get it. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, it's been a full year (just over actually) since I "relaunched" {according to ame} with this slightly clean, new look. I appreciate everyone's amazing feedback, and that you love the content I've created on my blog. That means the world to me!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you can believe it (I couldn't!), I have just short of 400 posts on this bad boy, plus another 50 drafts in progress. I got rid of a bunch of horrible old posts, or updated them to be less horrible, and I laugh at the evolution of my old posts vs the new ones. If nothing else, the photos alone. I still suck at taking photos of myself for product reviews.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the coming weeks (hopefully), I am hoping to refresh the look and make it a little cleaner, more professional, and more website-y vs a basic blog shell. I also hope to transition this blog from being a .blogspot address to the domain I bought a while back, www.accordingtoame.com, in hopes I could transition to that address. All the posts should remain intact, and I will probably do the revamp before the redirect, so hopefully that goes smoothly and not too far down the line. I have opted to "hire" a blog designer for now, because I just don't have the time or the knowledge to get that going on my own. Before we proceed though, I am having a battle with myself over whether to remain on Blogger or switch to Wordpress and self-host. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have lots of posts going as usual, hopefully posting like the should be (you just never know with the scheduling button if it will!) so hopefully in the transition nothing will change or be lost! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among those 400 posts were a few about this awesome company, The Honest Company, founded by Jessica Alba and her partner Christopher Gavigan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In totally amazing news, like, I actually squealed over this, </span><a href="http://honest.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Honest Company's</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> fabulous line of products will soon </span><a href="http://abullseyeview.com/2014/05/jessica-alba-the-honest-company-target/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be popping up in Target stores everywhere</a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, in the US anyway. You should start seeing them around June 15. They already have a few products in Costco stores here and there, as well as several in Nordstrom stores. But this is HUUUUGE.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently read a great interview with Jessica Alba, which is in the current Glamour and one of the lines they used from a Honest Company meeting the interviewer sat in on, was that the "midwest is huge." Yes, it is, and it's usually overlooked by major retail. We want nice stuff too, dammit, and usually we have to buy online or buy in other cities while on trips to get the nice stuff. This distribution being not just through their website anymore is going to skyrocket this brand and give more people access to their seriously incredible products.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've spoken about this brand a few times on the blog. I've almost finished reading Jessica Alba's book The Honest Life (it's amazing, and I love how she speaks about life!) and I've really enjoyed seeing little blurbs about the company, including this feature on <a href="http://racked.com/archives/2013/08/29/the-honest-company.php">Racked about Jessica Alba's team's fashion at work</a>, and a few great office tours, which I'll make a separate post. Over the last year or so, I've transitioned quite a few of my regular products in the house and in my beauty closet to this brand. I cannot wait!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the same breath...While we were in Texas last month, I had the good fortune to go on one of my Mother in Law's <a href="http://www.mowaa.org/">Meals on Wheels</a> delivery routes. It was another lesson in perspective. It also made me rethink some of our plans for fun shopping later that trip and rethink some of my purchases. My husband doesn't always read my posts on here, because really this is decidedly not his wheelhouse, but he read my perspective and gratefulness post and came in here and hugged on me because he was so proud.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of my mother in law's route consists of wonderfully sweet elderly people who simply cannot afford to eat and keep their homes paid for. They worked hard their entire lives to find themselves still well below the poverty line with whatever retirement savings they have left. They live with the barest of minimums, and this is often their only meal for an entire day, or even sometimes weekend. Every single person we visited, which also included some younger-than-expected Veterans, most of whole are regulars for her to visit, could not have been more delightful to speak with. I learned about their families, what their plans for the upcoming long weekend were, and how excited they were to try out the meal we'd delivered to them. They look so forward to the visits, probably as much as they do the food.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It makes me glad there are organizations like Meals on Wheels to make sure that these people, and all the others on the other delivery routes, have that meal delivered, and that they have a few minutes to chat with the people making the delivery. I like to think it brightens their day, and that they get to look forward each week to seeing my awesome Mother in Law.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the opposite end of that spectrum, many of us have more than enough to eat, especially me, and have what they'd probably call an addiction to sugar, especially me. I recently saw the trailer above for the new documentary <a href="http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/home">FED UP</a> from Laurie David and we're planning to check it out at the theater, because I need a reason for my head to explode, I think.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband and I both could use a serious change in dietary intake, I know especially we could withstand cutting some sugar out. We've both strongly considered signing up for the <a href="http://fedupmovie.com/#/page/fedupchallenge">"Fed Up Challenge"</a> to cut sugar from your diet for 10 days. That almost seems doable. Jacey <a href="http://damselindior.com/2014/05/damsel-in-dix/">did it.</a> Then again, she's a specimen of amazing figure, and runs a lot. I don't have either in my favor...but let's see if I can handle it. I typed that right before my husband and I agreed to go for Mexican. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great weekend!</span><br />
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