WEEKLY BEAUTY CRUSH: OCC TARRED + FEATHERED

This week Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, better known as OCC, released its new Tarred & Feathered Color Correcting Lip Balm Duo exclusively to Sephora.  Since the brand is celebrating its 10 year anniversary, it’s bringing back one of the products that started it all. This duo defines lips with 'Tarred' (in sheer, true black) or brightens with 'Feathered' (in sheer, true white) while leaving lips hydrated. It doesn’t look as scary as it sounds; take a look at what the product looks like on…

($18, sephora.com)

ADD IT OR PASS IT: INNOVATIVE BEAUTY

So, this week I came across two beauty products that I thought were pretty interesting. The first is the Cerafly, which is an FDA approved headband used for the prevention of migraines. The battery-powered device resembles a headband and is affixed to the center of the forehead using a self-adhesive electrode. This electrode then applies an electric current to the skin and underlying body tissues to stimulate branches of the trigeminal nerve, which has been associated with migraine headaches. Cefaly® is available by prescription-only and indicated for patients 18 years of age and older. It should be used only once daily for 20 minutes. ($299 cefaly.com)

The other product is called a Sun Glove by Bloxsun. The Sun Glove is a UPF50+ glove that protects against the aging and damaging rays of the sun. Unlike most cold weather gloves, these don’t cover your finger tips so you can go about your daily routine of texting, tweeting, and “Vining” without interruption. The gloves are made of 95% nylon and 5% spandex. ($40 bloxsun.com)

So, what do you think? Would you add either one of these innovative beauty products to your Beauty Closet, or would you pass on them and why? 

Therapy

Therapy…

…sometimes you just need a little. Call it a quarter-life crisis if you want. Call it a “give me a sign I’m doing the right thing” from powers greater than one’s self if you will. But at some point we all let go of the wheel and allow our life to unfold uninterrupted by our own control issues. Let’s say I’m in that place. 

Now, this current state I would say was forced upon me. Those close to me know that last year I worked my little booty off to move back to NYC and start over. Well, it wasn’t long before I had to come to terms with the fact that NYC may not be for me anymore. On January 10^th while walking home (in Jersey City) from work (in NYC) I slipped on ice and broke my ankle on both sides (MOTHER FU&*%R)! 

[My ankle, present day; swollen and scarred.]

So that dream job I JUST landed disappeared and city living quickly lost its shiny sparkling luster. A recovery that started out estimated at three months is now pushing on month five and will probably go into at least month six. I still have to get a second surgery for crying out loud and I still have a lot of pain when I walk (with a limp might I add).

So, what to do you when you’re driving along in life and someone throws a brick at your windshield? You buy stationary!!!

[Planner $3, Notebook $4, Notecards, $1 ea, Pencils $4 (Target)]

…and beauty products (of course)!

I suppose for me I always take things like this happening as a sign to focus on things I’m really passionate about. Perhaps that “dream” job I worked so desperately to get wasn’t really MY dream at all? 

So now I have the opportunity to put my time and energy into things that I am passionate about such as blogging and growing my children’s online website (Lonon-Rock.com).

 I hope that you guys are still rocking with me even though I’ve been on a hiatus while I’ve been trying to recover from this injury. Moving forward I definitely want to incorporate more mommy focused posts on the site since being a mother is such a huge part of my life now. Check out my handsome little first born…. 

[London James, Age 2]