Month: May 2021

Melissa Gorga’s Black and White Printed Bikini

Melissa Gorga’s Black and White Printed Bikini

Real Housewives All Stars Fashion

Another day of Real Housewives All Stars filming, another Melissa Gorga bikini. And while we love this black and white printed piece, our biggest complaint is she isn’t wearing any fab shades to track down and shop.

 

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Melissa Gorga's Black and White Printed Bikini

 

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How I Supported the Significant Lady in My Life Through Menopause

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As someone who has worked in the health care profession for more than 40 years, I’m no stranger to being asked for my professional advice on all sorts of health issues. With so much information available these days, making the right decisions for your health and wellbeing can easily become overwhelming.

It seems like almost every day there is new research or evidence to suggest a new exercise or eating routine is the fast way to good health. With so many choices, having a trusted health care professional can be an invaluable resource to help you make the best decision for you and your body.

Knowing you can talk about your health, share your opinions and exchange an informed dialogue is increasingly important as we get older.

Looking for Support

For women this is essential as they experience the onset and aftermath of menopause.

When my wife Alka started to think about her menopause journey in her mid-40, she decided early on, that she wanted to be in control and manage the experience as much as she could and involved me every step of the way.

Together, we charted a personal roadmap for managing perimenopause, menopause and post menopause. We spent time together researching articles, and after weighing up the options, Alka decided to adopt a natural, holistic approach for the management of her menopause symptoms.

What the Roadmap Looked Like

Our menopause roadmap set out scenarios and solutions, we talked about how I could provide emotional support and investigated the best natural supplements. With Alka’s experience at the top of my mind, and considering the experiences of the women I had worked with, Alka and I began to combine all-natural vitamin formulations.

Eventually, we came upon a blend of all natural ingredients that eased the symptoms of Alka’s menopause symptoms and our Fontanalla Menopause Formula was born. This very thoughtful blend of high-quality ingredients includes: Black Cohosh, Ginseng, Vitamin E and sage. All of these proved effective in easing Alka’s menopause symptoms of sleeplessness, anxiety and hot flushes.

Any husband, partner, son or significant male in a woman’s life has the responsibility to acknowledge and recognise the stages and symptoms of menopause. Being ignorant to the significant changes that happen to a woman’s body during this phase of life is simply not an option.

Include Your Men

With rapidly fluctuating hormones, menopause can be a very challenging time for women. How can men support you throughout your menopause journey?

Talk and Create a Menopause Plan

  • Set aside one hour every month to talk about anything related to menopause
  • How would you like to manage perimenopause?
  • Think about alternative therapy, supplements, etc…
  • Is HRT an Option?

Set Up a Specific Meeting with Your Health Care Provider

  • Discuss the options now available for managing menopause symptoms
  • What does the latest research show?
  • What are the impacts and side-effects of various options?

Consider Your Lifestyle

  • Studies have shown that way of life has a direct impact on the menopause experience
  • Try to include regular exercise in your Menopause Plan (at least 30 mins per day – even 3 x 10-minute short walks work!)
  • Review your diet – a diet high in fruit, vegetables, seafood and legumes is the best choice with limited red meat (once a week).

Men have to “man up” and get educated about what this journey means and how we can be there to provide support.

Menopause is a cycle; it is the end of menstruation – and certainly not the end of life. There are now many options available to manage the symptoms of menopause which allow women to explore the possibilities of celebrating a fulfilling and happy post-menopausal life.

How have the men in your family shown support during the stages of menopause? Would you add any specific advice that was very helpful in your journey? Please use the comments below!

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Writing Your Life Story, One Magical Memory at a Time

Writing Your Life Story

You’re a Boomer. So what? By now, you’re probably retired. Or at the very least, retirement is on your radar. Studies have shown that the average retired person has 7.5 hours of leisure time every day.

This is a beautiful thing, if you’re a golfer or live in a climate where you can putter around in the garden year round. But, for many, so much freedom represents hours of sitcoms to escape the boredom. Is there something more rewarding to occupy that time? Absolutely!

Write Your Life Story

This activity will turn your television into a silent dust collector. More importantly, you’ll remember things you had forgotten and you’ll reconnect with your soul-self, the juicy part of you that knows exactly what she wants.

Those of us born between 1943 and 1960 are fondly referred to as the rebel generation. In our 50-70 plus years on the planet, we’ve lived through unprecedented change. These events are the backdrop for our own stories. They helped to define the people we would become.

As you think about writing down your own story, first take a walk down memory lane. I hope that my own experiences help you when it comes to writing your life story.

A miracle called the telephone was installed in our parents’ living room. We were the first to watch The Wizard of Oz on TV and witness men walking on the moon. Our friends went to Vietnam. Some didn’t come back. Those who did were changed forever.

In school classrooms throughout the United States, heart-stopping news came over the PA system that President Kennedy had been shot. 5 years prior to this, Martin Luther King was assassinated.

Bouffant hair preceded the women’s liberation movement. Wearing tie-dye bell bottoms and halter tops, we preached peace, love, and antidisestablishmentarianism.

“We burned our bras and we burned our dinners,” sings K.T. Oslin in her 1987 tribute to “80’s Ladies”. We pushed boundaries. The edgy new genres of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Motown fed our rebellious souls.

Later We Grew Up, Sort Of

We installed wall-to-wall shag carpeting in burnt orange or avocado and bought appliances to match. The shag matted and flattened, forming well-worn trails to the TV, the kitchen and the front door. As it aged, dog hair and toenail clippings tangled in its fibers.

Enter mauve and blue. Sponge-painted rooms with wallpaper borders of beribboned geese parading nose to tail around the perimeter reassured us that all was calm all was bright in our pastoral, domesticated world.

Our Shared History Left Its Mark

We didn’t emerge unscathed from all this history. In our psyches, there are memories that haven’t been touched for years. These same memories hold silent messages that secretly run the show.

A strong belief system, which may or may not fit who we are today, was formed in the turbulence of those often violent and rapidly changing times.

Personally, I like to know what behind-the-scenes chatter drives my behavior. Self-awareness is high on my “must have” list, and nothing propels me into a deeper understanding of my own subconscious than an honest look at my stories.

Where to Begin?

The task of writing my life felt overwhelming, until I took myself back to the first event that I could recall in detail. I told the story of that experience and the floodgates opened.

There were moments when conjuring up old ghosts left me drained and weeping. It’s tough to revisit those places but that’s where the deepest revelations can yield explosions of joy.

Often, I questioned my truth. Did it really happen that way or is this what I chose to believe about it? Sometimes, I enlisted the help of others: What year did we go to…? Was mom with us at…? Remember when you got sick in the taxi after drinking purple passion that night in…? Or was it was me who got sick? No! Are you sure?

With each recalled episode three more sprang to life. Then, as I wrote them down, a new reality took shape.

When perspective and life experience were brought to bear on those old tales, they looked different. The edges had softened and blurred.

I saw the part I played more clearly as I took ownership of the past and made peace with the darkness there. But, the most important thing I achieved from the journey was a deep compassion for my younger self.

If the task seems daunting, tell yourself, “I don’t have to finish. I only have to start.” Once you begin to excavate your memories, you’ll have no trouble finding the next story… and the next… and the next.

Anne Lamott authored a great little book on writing entitled, Bird by Bird. That’s how it’s done, one life snippet at a time.

What If I Don’t Like To Write?

If you don’t fancy writing, get a family member or close friend involved.

One Christmas, I gave my precious Gram a book entitled, Grandmother Remembers. It asked questions and had great expanses of lined space for answers.

She and her daughter, my mother, worked on it together. The following Christmas, I received a copy of the finished book. Now, her great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren cherish that heirloom and enjoy reading the accounts of her life as a sixteen year old teacher in a one room schoolhouse in northern Minnesota.

Nobody Else Can Tell Your Story

Reading about my grandmother’s life forever changed my impression of her. I always loved the way she smelled, her pretty fingernail polish and the mints she brought when she came to visit.

But, the image of her when she was no more than a child, trudging through snowdrifts in the dark bitter chill of winter mornings to unlock the door of a lonely schoolhouse, shivering while she built a fire in the potbelly stove so the room would be warm when her students arrived, birthed within me huge admiration and fierce respect.

So give it serious thought. You have time – 7.5 hours a day, in fact! What you remember matters!

Has anyone in your family written an account of their life? Did it change the way you perceived them? What’s holding you back from writing your life story? Please join the conversation.

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Kenya Moore’s Neon Green Ring Bikini

Kenya Moore’s Neon Green Ring Bikini 

Real Housewives All Stars Fashion

Boats and babes! According to Instagram Kenya Moore is currently feuding with Ramona serving some serious swimsuit inspa while filming Real Housewives All Stars like with this neon green ring bikini. Which we’ve linked for you to shop right now down below so you can replicate this hot lewk sent straight from Turks and Chaos Caicos. ☀🌴🌊🛥

 

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Kenya Moore’s Neon Green Ring Bikini

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Olivia Rodrigo Just Revealed An Unreleased Glossier Product & I’m Drooling

There’s nothing better than a new Vogue Beauty Secrets video. We get to see inside a celebrity’s makeup or skincare routine for better or for worse. (Looking at you, Gwyneth). On Thursday, Vogue released our girl Olivia Rodrigo’s makeup routine and there are some gems inside the video. She reveals dermatitis she’s been dealing with, as well as where the 18-year-old gets breakouts. It’s sponsored by Glossier so of course, there are Glossier products strewn throughout—including an unreleased, top-secret lipstick launch.

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First, she pops Olly Multivitamin Gummys ($12.42 at Amazon), which she says taste as good as they make her hair look. The first step of her pre-makeup routine is washing her face with Epionce Milky Lotion Cleanser ($34 at Dermstore). “I had the worst case of dermatitis, where I just broke out all around my mouth and it was awful,” she says. “I think it was wearing masks a lot and also using a bunch of products that irritated my skin.” Now she’s all about a less-is-more approach.

She follows up her cleanser with a serum from The Ordinary, though we can’t tell exactly which one it is. Then she does a little relaxing Gua Sha. “I love alone time. I am very much an introvert,” she says. “And so doing stuff like that really helps energize me for whatever I’m doing in my work, or in my life. Next comes a little lip scrub and then the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 ($28 at Ulta).

Rodrigo then applies Glossier Stretch Concealer ($18 at Glossier), which she loves for its buttery feel and buildable coverage. Next comes a little blush and bronzer (we can’t tell what she’s using), followed by winged eyeliner with Glossier Pro Tip
brush point liquid eyeliner ($16 at Glossier). She fills in her brows with a pencil and then uses Glossier Boy Brow ($16 at Glossier) to set them. Next, she curls her lashes and applies what looks like the Milk Makeup Kush High Volumizing Mascara ($25 at Sephora).

Finally, here comes the top-secret, unreleased Glossier Ultralip Gloss.

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“So the Ultralip has hyaluronic acid in it also which is great ’cause it keeps your lips moisturized which is very important for me,” she says. “I love how it’s buildable. I love the natural color of my lips. This just sort of accentuates that, it doesn’t try to cover it up or put a new color on top of it. It just emphasizes what you got.” She’s wearing the shade Ember.

We hear that the Ultralip is coming soon. It’s a lip tint with the sheen of a gloss and the moisture of a balm. Yes, we want it, too. We’ll update you as soon as it’s available.

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