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Clairol Root Touch Up Powder Review

Wow! Clairol has done it again. This new Clairol Root Touch Up available at Ulta rocks! I purchased this today and am in love. I use Clairol Root Touch up permanent color on a regular basis. This contains .07 ounces and comes with a decent brush. You can use this on your eyebrows as well. It was $9.99 USD but I had a $2.00 off coupon and a Ulta coupon for $1.90, so I ended up paying $6.09 USD.

In the past I’ve used Joan Rivers Great Hair Day and at the time thought it worked great. This new Clairol product is different because not only does it not stain your scalp, but it has tiny flecks of gold in the powder. Other products I’ve used were always very flat. The box says you can get 40-60 applications, and it washes out with shampoo.

As I’ve gotten older my hair has gotten thinner. It’s really hard as a woman to watch your hair turn to crap. Menopause has really taken a toll on my body, skin, hair, etc. FU menopause!

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I got blonde and it works great on my dark blonde hair. I have some thin spots on the top of my head and this covers them up. As women, a lot of our confidence is tied to our hair. I use to have such nice hair, now, not so much. I’ve tried wigs and hair pieces, but it’s too much work.

Clairol has been making hair color since 1956. Leave it up to them to make such a awesome hair touch up!

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Pajama Jeans-when you have just given up!

Apr10

Happy Monday! So like many menopausal women, my body has changed. I lost almost 60 pounds seven years ago. The weight has crept back on as the years have gone by. I kept 40 pounds off for five years. It took a lot of work, but I felt I looked pretty good for my age. Well the last two years, fifteen pounds have found their way back to my butt.

I’m a big Goodwill shopper, and bought several pairs of jeans last Summer. Not in my ideal size, but I couldn’t squeeze my fat butt into my size 14’s any longer. Wah! My intention was to make all of these jeans into shorts, as I certainly wasn’t going to be in this size for very long.

Let me tell you, losing weight and keeping it off when you are older is excruciating. I’m back on my exercise size plan, but having bad feet makes it difficult. I used our treadmill for years, which allowed me to keep the weight off. Now I’m using a recumbent bike. I’m going an hour a day now, so hopefully I’ll see some progress by the Summer.

The jeans from last Summer have gotten a bit tight, so off to Goodwill to go up yet another size. I thought I was done shopping in the plus size section for life. Nope! Feeling very sorry for myself, I came across some Pajama Jeans for $5. I remember when they first came out, and I thought they were hideous. OMG! They are so comfortable. I got boot cut in dark blue denim. I’m only planning on wearing them a short while, while I try to get a smaller ass. They actually don’t look half bad. I can wear jeans to work, and having the smaller ones fold over at the top is not a good look. Lucky for me I’m tall.

I honestly never thought I would be this size again. The funny thing is I see so many young women who are bigger than me wearing skinny jeans. I can’t imagine they would be comfortable. Even if I had the body, they won’t be in my closet any time soon. I’m a boot cut gal all the way.

While I don’t plan on wearing my pajama jeans to sleep in, at least they will help to hide my ever expanding ass!

Pajama Jeans 4-10-17

Curel Hydratherapy Review

Nov8

Happy Tuesday! Winter is coming to Wisconsin, and I’m not thrilled. Being a menopausal middle aged woman, I have some dry, crinkly, crepey skin. My skin literally went from pretty decent overall, to this tissue thin looking old lady crap. It’s bad enough that my muscle tone went to all to heck, now my skin is getting super dry too.

Well dry skin, Curel Hydratherpay Wet Skin Moisturizer you rock! I hate putting on lotion after I shower because well, I’m lazy. I finally have my snooze button pressing down to four times, it use to be seven times. (I hate mornings)

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This is a game changer. You use this lotion in the shower. You don’t have to rinse it off, nor be careful when you dry off. You don’t need to use a lot either. A quarter size will cover your whole body.

Here’s what Curel has to say:

Why Wet Skin?
After showering, your pores are open, providing an easy pathway for moisture to absorb into just-showered skin. Curél® HYDRATHERAPY WET SKIN MOISTURIZER, with Advanced Ceramide Complex, penetrates deeply into the skin’s surface bringing moisture to the source of dryness. It absorbs immediately and with continued use will end your dry skin!

Why Ceramides?
Ceramides, naturally present in healthy skin, are vital building blocks to maintaining skin’s moisture barrier. When ceramides are lost, skin becomes dry and damaged. Curél® HYDRA THERAPY WET SKIN MOISTURIZER, with Advanced Ceramide Complex, penetrates to the source of dryness, helping to replenish skin’s ceramide levels and repair the moisture barrier.

Water activated moisture works deep into skin’s surface
Helps repair moisture barrier
Contains our proprietary Advanced Ceramide Complex
Immediately Absorbs
Completely Greaseless
Skin feels 3x more hydrated instantly
Fragrance Free
Dermatologist Recommended
Received the National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance™

ingredients review

I bought mine at Wal-Mart for $6 for 8 ounces. Their was a $2 coupon attached, so without the coupon it would have been $8. It is well worth it, and I will purchase it again.

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The POREfessional Face Primer by Benefit

Oct16

I’ve never really had a problem with big pores. I take good care of my skin, so large pores were never an issue for me. Until menopause came knocking at my door. Now I seem to have them on my nose. I’ve tried several different products, but nothing seemed to work.

I got a sample of The Pore Professional when I bought some Benefit products a few years ago. I never really used it, and basically forgot I even had it. For whatever reason I looked on the Ulta website and watched a video on how to use this primer. Turns out I was using it all wrong. Now that I learned the correct way to apply it, I love it. It also works well for lines under your eyes, and other wrinkles you might have. A little goes a long way. It retails for $31 for .75 ounces. The trick is to dab a little of the product on your pores, you don’t need very much, and rubbing it in doesn’t work.

Here’s what Ulta has to say about it:

“Quickly minimize the appearance of pores & fine lines for smoother-than-smooth skin! Apply this silky, lightweight balm alone, under or over makeup. Translucent, oil-free formula complements all skintones and helps makeup stay put. Contains a vitamin E derivative, known to protect skin from free radicals.

The POREfessional is the #1 best-selling Prestige Face Primer in the US*

*Source: The NPD Group, Inc. / BeautyTrends, US Prestige Makeup Item Dollar Sales, January 2015 – December 2015”

I’ve purchased various Benefit gift sets over the years, so I have enough to last me for a long time. I will definitely fork over the $31 when all my little tubes run out.

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Menopause: We need to talk

Mar20

Christie Brinkley We’ve been seeing each other for seven years now. I think it’s time for you to go, I mean really, get the hell out of my life. I could have easily dealt with having a period for the rest of my life. It only would be for a few days a month anyway. All of the changes you have put me through, just drop freaking dead!

The changes you have made to my body are unforgiveable. I use to have the wonderful ten inch waist to hip ratio. That is where your hips are ten inches larger than your waist. I use to have an hour glass figure. Now it’s more like an apple.

I exercise five days a week, for almost an hour each time. Do you think it makes much of a difference? Um no. I use to have some muscle tone, now I have the dreaded old person wrinkly skin. Thank god, I live in a cold climate and I can be covered up most of the time.

Forget about doing hormone replacement, too dangerous given my family history. I don’t have hot flashes anymore, but sleeping without taking meds, ain’t happening. The meds I take to sleep will probably make me lose my mind. Great!

People say, but you don’t have to worry about getting pregnant now. I didn’t worry before, because I was on birth control for years. I only went off of it because my doctor made me.

The good thing about puberty is you know when it’s over. So far I haven’t gotten an end date for this menopause crap. Nobody likes to talk about it. You men don’t know how easy you have it. You might have to deal with a little erectile dysfunction or baldness. Hell, you just take a little pill and shave your head. Oh, then get yourself a much younger woman.

As I sit here looking at a 62 year old Christie Brinkley on the cover of the magazine telling me about her “young-forever diet”, I pretty much want to puke. She looks amazing at 62, but she was also a former super model. She has amazing hair, which she admits to using hair extensions. Yeah, I tried hair extensions, unfortunately you could tell. Lucky for me I have a great collection of baseball caps.

The good thing about menopause?? I don’t have a flipping clue, but if you know please clue me in.

Middle age and frizzy hair WTF!?!?!?!??!

Oct7

Why is it when you get older as a woman your hair gets frizzy? I’ve been in menopause for six years, and my hair just keeps going down hill. I mean I have naturally curly, fine hair, which blows in of itself, but this frizzy crap has got to go. I try to straighten it the best I can, which is ok, until I go outside. I use to have pretty decent hair, now I feel like I should be staying up all night buying tons of crap I don’t need from QVC.

It’s depressing. Why just on Monday of this week, my hair was so smooth that the hair combs I had in were almost falling out. When I woke up on Tuesday morning, I looked like Albert Einstein! I swear it looked like a rat had crawled in bed with me and made a nest on my head! I’m trying everything I can short of shaving my head (which ain’t happening) to control this wiry mess. I recently bought some extensions, both curly and straight. The color was perfect, but my hair just doesn’t blend with them because of the frizz. I have a bathroom closet full of so many failed styling products. I was using John Frieda’s 3 Day Straight, which use to work really well, now not so much. I’ve done research up the ying yang trying to get some relief. I guess I’m lucky my hair looks good up.

I swear my hair looks like three squirrels are having a menage a trois on my head. If anyone can recommend any good products, I would be eternally grateful.

On the upside, it’s a good thing I don’t smoke, as my hair is truly a fire hazard, and it looks better than Donald Trump’s!

Another wonderful use for Argan oil!

Mar9

I used a few drops on my face right after I showered. After about ten minutes, I put on my 30 SPF moisturizer as usual. Then my liquid foundation. OMG! My skin looked amazing. I think the argan oil works better than a primer. Every time I went to the bathroom today, (which is a lot because I have a bladder the size of a walnut) I couldn’t get over how good my skin looked. My skin looked nice and dewy up until I took my make up off a little while ago. I put my foundation on at 7 am, and took it off at 8 pm. I also picked up some Almay stick concealer at the dollar store. I don’t normally use stick concealer because it’s too heavy. Guess what? This stuff is great! It worked really well under my eyes and around my nose. It especially worked on the dent in my forehead. Score one for Stacy!

Happy Monday!

Who went into my closet and shrunk all of my shorts?!?!??!

Feb20

Winter sucks. Nothing new there. In anticipation of our upcoming vacation out west, I tried on some of my shorts. Oh crap! I’ve gained a few pounds over the winter, and now all of my summer clothes are too tight. I just can’t seem to get motivated to exercise.

I was doing so well. I lost 57 pounds five years ago, after having been overweight most of my adult life. I gained 20 pounds back, but have maintained my weight for four years. It is so hard to lose weight when you get older. One thing for sure, I will never be skinny, and that’s okay with me. When you get too thin when you are older, your face gets really wrinkled. Not a look I’m going for.

One thing I would like to add for my younger followers: Don’t worry about being a bit thick. I was about 30 pounds overweight for many years, and that didn’t keep me from dating good looking guys. It’s really all about how you carry yourself and your personality.

I married a handsome man eight years younger than me, and we are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary this year. It’s all about attitude!

Here’s me and my handsome hubby on our wedding day twenty years ago.

Okay, how is this even possible???

Feb18

As a middle aged woman, I’ve been watching my weight pretty much my whole life. I recently came across a journal from when I was in high school. I’ve been keeping track of my measurements forever. Well I found some measurements from when I was a senior, which was a bazillion years ago. Anywho, I now weigh at least 50 pounds more than I did when I was that age, but my thighs are the same size. How is that even possible??? Of course everything else got bigger, but apparently not my legs. My “girls” grew quite a bit since then, but jesus, it’s not like they are stripper size or anything. I was telling some of my friends about it and one of the gals asked what I did for exercise. I walk about 15 miles a week on a treadmill. She said that was it, well why isn’t everything else smaller?? Damn you to hell menopause!

Physicians Formula Touch of Glow Nude Wear Foundation-Review

Feb8

This foundation is brand new and I love it. I’m always on the lookout for a great foundation. I’ve been nursing a sample of Clinique Even Better liquid, only wearing it on special occasions because I didn’t want to fork over $27 for foundation. The new Physicians Formula Nude Wear is better than the Clinique Even Better and only costs $14.99 at Ulta. There was a buy one get one 50% off sale and I used my rewards points along with an Ulta coupon and only paid $8.69.

It’s one ounce and comes with a quality brush to apply. I got Light and the color matches perfectly with my fair complexion. The coverage is light but covers well. It imparts a dewy glow that my mature skin loves. I used a little loose powder on my cheeks, and I was good to go. You only use one drop on the brush and it easily covers your entire face. The label says “weightless fluid foundation dresses skin in an illuminating veil of radiance delivering just the right amount of coverage, while remaining virtually undetectable on the skin” True, true and more true.

The foundation does not have an SPF, which is surprising for Physicians Formula. But I always wear a 30 SPF in my moisturizer anyway.

If you are looking for a great high end type liquid foundation, the Nude Wear Touch of Glow will be your skin’s new best friend.

http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod11861033

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