Month: September 2022

Lisa Barlow’s Tan Leather Jacket and Aviator Sunglasses

Lisa Barlow’s Tan Leather Jacket and Aviator Sunglasses on Instastories

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Instagram Fashion 2022

Yassss! 👏 According to IG Lisa Barlow has taken over New York Fashion Week where she showed up to the Fendi show looking super chic in this cropped tan leather jacket. Which we’ve linked down below (along with her aviator sunglasses!) so that the lewk can take a front row seat hanging position in your closet this fall. 

 

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Lisa Barlow’s Tan Leather Jacket and Aviator Sunglasses 2

Lisa Barlow’s Tan Leather Jacket and Aviator Sunglasses

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Miranda Kerr Just Launched Body Products & Now Her Skin ‘Has Never Felt So Soft’


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Model-turned-businesswoman Miranda Kerr has great skin. Sure, she has access to the best of the best derms and beauty treatments, but it’s skincare, too. If you’ve tried her brand, Kora Organics, you know how well it works without irritating the skin. It would only make sense Kerr would want to expand the Kora Organics line to body products. Skin doesn’t just stop at your neck.

“I feel it is important to take care of our bodies like we do our face,” Kerr tells STYLECASTER. Previously, the brand had a body lotion and body wash, and there’s still the best-selling Noni Glow Body Oil ($54 at Amazon). But this new body collection is reformulated with “new-and-improved,” organic ingredients and more sustainable packaging.

“We are also now Climate Neutral Certified for 2021 and beyond!” she says. “Climate Neutral will measure all of Kora’s carbon emissions for each year beginning with 2021 and we will purchase verified carbon credits to offset our entire footprint. These carbon credits fund projects across the globe which help combat climate change and replenish the environment, such as tree planting, water filtration systems, renewable energy sources and more.”

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Kora Organics.

“Last year we began launching all our products in more sustainable packaging,” she continues. “We will be using more glass, aluminum, post-consumer resin and recycled FSC/biodegradable paper for our packaging. Our ultimate goal is to continue finding new ways to lower our carbon footprint with more sustainable business and manufacturing processes.” The brand also partnered with the Organic Farming Research Foundation, which works to inspire, educate and inform the public about organic farming.

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Kora Organics.

In addition to the reformulated body lotion and wash, Kerr added an entirely new product to the offerings, inspired by the best-selling Turmeric 2-in-1 Brightening and Exfoliating Mask ($50 at Amazon). “I also received so much positive feedback from customers and dermatologists that were recommending this face scrub for Keratosis pilaris on the back of their arms, so I wanted to create a Body Scrub version that was just as powerful and uplifting but with a formula specifically designed for your whole body. I was inspired by our best-sellers in skincare in wanting to bring certified organic ingredients and powerful results to your full body.”

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Kora Organics.

I asked Kerr how she incorporates these new products into her routine so we can pretty much do the exact same thing. She starts by dry brushing with her Dry Body Brush ($32 at Kora Organics). Then, she cleanses her body with the Renewing Body Wash, which she says “is an incredible gentle cleanser that helps bind moisture to your skin even after rinsing.” Next comes Invigorating Body Scrub, which “scrubs away all my dead skin and leaves me feeling silky smooth, and glowing.”

When she gets out of the shower, she applies the Nourishing Body Lotion, “which leaves my skin feeling hydrated and strengthened,” with “a layer of the Noni Glow Body Oil” all over her body. “My skin has never felt so soft,” she says. Sign me up.

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Caroline Stanbury’s White Distressed Jeans

Caroline Stanbury’s White Distressed Jeans on Instastories

Real Housewives of Duabi Instagram Fashion 2022

As a neat freak, the messiness of Caroline Stanbury’s bathroom seen here on Instastories kindaaa of freaks me out. However I think it’s safe to say that her cute white jeans featuring some perfectly positioned rips is helping make me feel a bit less distressed. 

 

Fashionably,

Faryn

 

Caroline Stanbury’s White Distressed Jeans

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What Is Sarcopenia and How Can Older Adults Prevent Its Tragic Impacts?

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You may ask, what is sarcopenia? Is it a disease, an insect, or food? Is it something we should fear? The answer is, “Yes and No.”

The name itself sounds gross, but no, it is not a disease, insect, or food. And no, we should not fear sarcopenia. However, we should know what it is, and how we can wage the noble fight against it.

What Is Sarcopenia?

Let’s first understand the terminology. The origin of the word sarcopenia, according to the English Oxford Living Dictionary, derives from the Greek words sark, “flesh,” and penia, “poverty.” Essentially, the body becomes “flesh poor.”

What does this mean to you? Often, aging comes with loss of muscle mass and strength. You start noticing that it is becoming a bit more challenging to open those jars or lift those boxes. It can even become more difficult to climb those stairs that we took for granted when we were younger.

You have probably noticed that elderly person that “looks frail.” But what does frailty look like?

It may be stooped posture, slow walk, difficulty getting up and down on a chair and maybe even sagging skin where once may have been muscle. This is the nature of sarcopenia – muscle wasting that ultimately saps our strength and sends us on that downward spiral.

What Happens When We Lose Muscle

When we lose muscle mass we begin to lose strength, and the incidence of falls and disability increase. You know the story – frail person trips on rug and is found a few hours later on the floor with a broken hip.

Part of the problem has to do with balance, the other with muscle weakening and loss of strength. Sarcopenia may not be totally to blame for a fall, but it is a contributing factor.

The person with sarcopenia also has more difficultly to do routine activities of daily living (ADL), like preparing food, bathing, cleaning, etc. Over the past 2 years, I watched the strength slowly wane from both my mother and mother-in-law.

At first it was slow, then, in the last 6-8 months of their life, the weakness overcame them faster than one could imagine. They stayed in bed more than they were out. If they were out of bed, they sat.

They waited for someone to make their meals, and yes, we did it, thinking we were being kind to bring them dinner in bed. It taught me a valuable lesson, watching these two formerly vibrant and active ladies dwindle – you really do lose it if you don’t use it. It was a choice they both made.

They believed they were old and being weak was part of aging. They lacked the internal motivation and social support to get up and move. They became less engaged with life by each passing day. Their muscles weakened, their bodies weakened, and their falls became more frequent.

It’s Not Too Late to Fight Back Against Sarcopenia!

But wait! All is not doom and gloom. We do not have to accept, nor should we accept that destiny. Studies coming out of major universities are showing us that we can maintain, and – yes! – even build muscles in our later years. We can be strong and have muscles!

We often think, and society promotes, that we should be thin and lean, but thin and lean may not equate to strong. We need to build our muscles – which doesn’t mean we have to look like a body builder – as good muscle strength will be our best friend on our aging journey.

Building Muscle

How do we build muscle and stay strong? First, we need to use the muscles we have and work on our strength. Yes, that means we need to do the heavy lifting. Heavy, mind you, is all relative.

For some, it may be using water bottles to do bicep curls and an overhead press, for others, it is may be a workout in the gym with weights, resistance bands and suspension body-weight systems, like a TRX suspension trainer.

My advice is to seek out physical trainers that are trained and certified in functional training – a special type of training that focuses on working with older people in a way that keeps the muscles and joints safe and injury-free during the workout.

Going to one of those “fitness in a box” gyms should be done with clear knowledge that the instructors will not pay close attention to your form or to provide you with corrective techniques to keep you safe from injury.

I’ve seen more friends and colleagues get injured because of thinking this was their fast track to strength.

Remember the young weekend warriors? They suffered torn knees, rotator cuff injuries and sometimes worse.

Unfortunately, there are no fast fixes. Our muscles, joints and tendons are mature, and we need to give them the respect they deserve. We can’t jump off boxes, lift extremely heavy weights like a young body builder, nor do things that our 20-year-old self did (or maybe not).

Instead, we must build our muscles with intention, because we are in it for the long haul. We need to be strong to live to 100, right? That’s why I believe a personal trainer with the right skillset is the most cost-effective way to strength training.

He/she will do their best to protect you from injury, as any injury can really cost you in the long run (both financially and health-wise).

Don’t Forget the Protein

We also need, as older adults, more protein than our younger self needed. So, if you start your day off with coffee and a piece of toast, think again. Maybe add an egg or yogurt, but do get that protein early in the day. Maintain your protein intake throughout the day as well, don’t just supply it at dinner.

We tend to backload our protein with our evening meals, when it is more important to get it in earlier in the day. Older adults actually need double the amount of protein for building strong bones and muscles.

Always Check with Your Health Care Provider with Your Sarcopenia Questions

Before you embark on a program of strength training and increasing your protein intake, check with your health care provider. Once you have that clearance, get your protein, get lifting and get strong! Living to 100 is waiting for you.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you heard of sarcopenia before? Do you think you’re experiencing the effects of muscle loss right now? Are you ready to start doing something about it? What strategies are you employing to build your muscle mass and strength? We would love to read your comments below.

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Patrick Dempsey Is Giving Silver Fox With New Platinum Blonde Hair

Well, this is a big surprise! McDreamy — I mean, Patrick Dempsey — showed up to the D23 Expo this past Friday with platinum blonde hair. Dempsey has always had great hair, ever since he stole our hearts in Can’t Buy Me Love. But it’s always been styled in a classically handsome way, just going from brunette to salt-and-pepper. I didn’t see him going fully platinum blonde ever but thanks to a new movie, he’s switching it up.

The Grey’s Anatomy and Disenchanted star was at the fan expo as a new Disney Legend, basically an “award” for those who have made a significant contribution to the company’s legacy. (He was one of 14 stars who became “legends.”) Fans on Twitter and TikTok were very vocal with their feelings about the iconic actor’s hair change. But Dempsey doesn’t care.

“I love it. It’s great,” he told Variety. “It’s fun to do something different. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I’m known for my hair so this has really jacked up a lot of people who don’t know how to embrace it. Either they love it or they hate it.”

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“I like it,” Dempsey added. “Dye your hair. Have fun. Blondes have more fun. I have to tell you, it’s true.” His wife, makeup artist Jillian Dempsey, is a fan. “I’m so proud of my ‘platinum-coiffed’ hubby @patrickdempsey. You officially are now a Legend!” she wrote on Instagram.

We’re used to seeing the actor on his wife’s Instagram, getting his hair cut and trying her cult-fave eye masks and men’s grooming products. We love a supportive husband.

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Dempsey will have the color for at least a few more months while he films Michael Mann’s Ferrari movie. And then he’ll go back to the McDreamy we know and love.

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