Lisa Barlow’s Leather Paneled Shirt and Pants

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While Wendy’s should totally toss Lisa Barlow some cash for her birthday post featuring a frosty (watch out Taco Bell), I could also make a case that the designer of her leather paneled shirt and pants should do the same. So whether we scroll and online shop or end up having a frosty for desert, we should totally thank Lisa Barlow for today’s outfit and delish desert inspo.

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If your brush accumulates a nest of hair after every few uses, you might want to rethink your routine. Are you using a gentle brush? Are you giving your scalp a quick massage? Are you using products that promote healthy strands? What you put on your hair and scalp is important, so don’t go with the first bottle you see at the drugstore, especially when you have a specific concern like hair growth, thinning or breakage. If you’ve been scratching your head (both literally and figuratively) at how to solve these concerns, you’re in luck because we found an oil that’s about to transform your strands.

Mielle Organics’ Rosemary Mint Scalp & Hair Strengthening Oil is a biotin-packed treatment that promises to prevent damage, increase scalp circulation, restore shine, stop dandruff, get rid of itchiness and strengthen hair. That sure was a mouthful, but this product has all of the ingredients needed to back up these claims—30 essential oils, to be exact.

Rosemary, castor and peppermint oils are known to promote hair growth, and this formula contains all three of them (*chef’s kiss*).

Fortunately, this product is on major sale during at Amazon ahead of the holidays. Its price tag is down from $10 to $8.60, so act fast! And be sure to sign up for a Prime membership, since this is a Prime-exclusive deal.

Shoppers love this product so much that it has claimed the crown as the No. 1 bestselling hair treatment oil on Amazon and also has a 4.6-star overall rating. 

“I put this on my hair in the evening, and by morning it’s all absorbed. I just started using this, but my hair does look fuller and silkier already,” raved one reviewer. 

Based on the ingredients and shopper reviews, we have full confidence in this oil that’s about to give you amazing and quick results. Grab yours for 14 percent off at Amazon and kick your thin, damaged hair to the curb for good.

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One of the best parts of this oil is that you can apply it in a few different ways. To use it as a scalp treatment, divide your hair into four parts, exposing the scalp. Then, massage a small amount of oil and comb through your ends. Be sure to leave the oil in (a.k.a. don’t rinse it out). For daily use, apply a small amount to your scalp and comb through your ends. Lastly, to smooth split ends, rub the oil into your ends, put on a processing cap for 10 minutes and then rinse and shampoo.

If you need even more persuading, we’ll leave it to this product’s passionate stans.

“Slowly but surely helps with hair growth!” wrote one five-star shopper. “Been noticing so many more baby hairs and my wide hair part is looking so much better. I put it on either on my scalp right before I hit the gym so it’s in my hair longer before a shower or I put it on for 15 minutes all over my scalp down to my ends before a shower.”

Did we mention this game-changing formula is suitable for all hair types, especially types 3A to 4C, chemically-treated hair, braids and waves? This is your green light to purchase it ASAP.

“This product works. I had thinning areas where I could see my scalp. I am now on my third bottle. I could see a difference within a couple of weeks,” another reviewer wrote.

Give your scalp and hair a complete makeover with the Rosemary Mint Scalp & Hair Strengthening Oil. It should be a total no-brainer for you, since it’ll only ring you up for $8.60 at Amazon. Add it to your cart and prepare yourself for healthy, smooth, shiny strands.

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With so many hydrating treatments at our fingertips, it seems like dry, damaged strands have easily become the norm. While it’s reassuring to have everything under the sun available to rectify them, what’s worth whipping out your wallet for isn’t always simple to decipher. Lucky for all the frizzy haired folks out there, Amazon shoppers have already played detective and discovered the Elizavecca Collagen Protein Treatment.

According to Amazon reviewers, the $7 treatment provides results comparable to that of Olaplex, which is downright huge. As one fan put it, “I’ve never felt as much of a difference in my hair as I have with this product…As soon as it was in my hair I felt the softness. I washed my hair, towel dried it, and then put this in it and left it in for about an hour with a plastic baggie over my hair. I rinsed it out with cold water, and my hair was just so soft and silky. It dried very smooth and not a lick of frizz.”

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Elizavecca Collagen Protein Treatment

Did we just all uncover the secret to salon-level hair from the comfort of our own bathrooms? Quite possibly. And it will hardly take much effort to reap its benefits; the deep repairing treatment only requires five minutes of your time (tip: leave on for 20 minutes on extra dry locks) to transform damaged, over-processed hair into a silky-smooth, tangle-free dream. It’s all thanks to the mask’s hair-loving ingredients, ceramides, collagen and keratin, which strengthen, nourish and rebuild the hair follicles.

The days of dropping more than you’d like on a repairing treatment are over. “I use a ton of high end hair products that are very expensive. This stuff is so inexpensive and so amazing,” raved another shopper. “I have fine, bleached hair and sometimes this stuff makes my hair so soft I can’t even style it well because I have to gunk it up a little. Despite that, this stuff is amazing.” 

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Per one more reviewer, you just might see a difference after the first use: “I had dry and lifeless hair after color treating my long hair,” they wrote. “I tried some really expensive brands but nothing worked. Used this on my damp partially dried hair after shampooing and let it sit for 5-10 mins and could see results after one wash. My hair feels so much softer and moisturized and healthy just what I desired.”

Hurry—grab the $7 treatment on Amazon before everyone else finds out about it. Plus, it will arrive before Christmas, making for the perfect stocking stuffer for loved ones.

The holidays are upon us and soon we will be entering a new year. For those of us over 60, we have navigated countless holiday gatherings and made more New Year’s resolutions than we can remember.

So, what makes this holiday season and 2023 so important?

You are wiser today than in years past. This means there is no better time than now to write a new, more empowering narrative for your life.

To help you along this journey, I have put together a four-part series for Sixty and Me readers titled, “Six Simple Steps to Change the Narrative of Your Life In 2023.”

Here are the six steps:

1. Retrace Your Throughline
2. Undo Early Conditioning
3. Journal Pivotal Transitional Moments in Life
4. Separating the ‘What’ from the ‘Why’ of Life’s Experiences
5. Creating a New Character Arc for Yourself
6. Embody Your Superpower

For this initial article, we will cover the first three steps.

Retracing Your Throughline

Like a movie, whose theme is encapsulated in every scene, we all have a throughline that links our life experiences together. It is a core theme or predominant belief that frames your desires and connects the narrative of your life.

The first step in discovering the narrative of your life is retracing your life’s throughline.

This involves summoning your inner bravery to briefly go back to the origins of one or more deeply layered emotional wounds that may still be lingering today.

These can often be found in early childhood when you first experienced abandonment or felt you were not seen, heard, or valued. The same holds true for experiences in adulthood.

Retracing your throughline is not to relive the experiences, nor is it about blaming yourself or others. It is to identify moments where your life changed through a traumatic incident.

While you may have moved on from the experience, emotional aspects of it can unconsciously linger years later. These lingering emotional wounds can unknowingly trip you up in present moment of life, especially when you desire positive change.

In my personal experience uncovering the throughline of my life, I gained valuable levels of clarity about myself, my parents, and people in my adult life. This improved how I see myself and the world today.

These weren’t the only benefits.

I also gained a deeper sense of gratitude for life lessons that were very hard to look at growing up, let alone make peace with during my adulthood.

Undo Early Conditioning

A key indicator of creating a new narrative is undoing how you were conditioned to think about yourself.

Early conditioning creates a belief system that appears to be beneficial at one stage of life but can often hinder your sense of joy and well-being after 60.

In my case, understanding how I had been conditioned to think the way I did about myself and others, allowed me to unravel why I felt like an outsider most of my life.

I was able to also see how many of my choices in adulthood were unconsciously forsaking my emotional well-being to be loved and accepted. This helped me create healthier boundaries and become better at discerning my choices moving forward.

This may sound uneventful on the surface. But if you have ever suffered bouts of self-worth, or did not feel valued, you know how empowering it is to reclaim your power from the influence of early conditioning.

Journaling Pivotal Moments

To track down the root cause of abandonment and understand why I felt like an outsider in my life, required me to reconcile my relationship with my parents, and ultimately, make peace with my inner child.

This involved changing the narrative of my life by journaling pivotal transitional moments. This is the third step, and it became the basis for my books and courses.

I came up with journal prompts that helped me recall experiences that had a powerful impact on how I chose to see myself and relate to the world around me.

Journaling allows you to bypass the voice of your inner critic, who does not want you to delve into these areas of your life.

Journaling also provides profound clarity on recognizing and uncovering unhealthy patterns. In my case, these were limiting beliefs and behaviors I had not taken the time to acknowledge until my late 50s and early 60s.

Mind you, I didn’t have a roadmap for doing any of this when I embarked on my journey to change my life narrative. These six steps took me years to refine. It doesn’t have to take this long for you.

In the next article we are going to examine the fourth step which is separating the ‘what’ from the ‘why’ of transitional moments that shaped your life.

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Let’s Have a Conversation:

As a child, what event changed your life and produced a reoccurring theme in adulthood? What beliefs and behaviors that once benefited you are now holding you back from living a more joyful life after 60? What new, loving and more empowering beliefs about yourself do you want to integrate into your life in 2023?

Over the years, a popular question from new artists was, “Why paint in oils? After all, we perceive oils as more expensive and bad for your health. Plus, the solvents are dangerous. Oil paints are also difficult to use. Paint in acrylics and remove all these worries.”

More Options, More Safety

There was some truth to the health issues, but this is no longer a concern. You can remove all these issues and still use oils. This is due to the new water-based oil paints now available. There are even water based solvents for regular oil paints.

Are Oils More Difficult to Use?

The short answer is no. The slow drying time is an advantage since you can scrape off errors and paint over them. Even rework the next day without losing the flexibility of soft edges. Watercolor on the other hand is fiendishly difficult by comparison. Yet the perception is that watercolors are easier for beginners. Not so.

Are Acrylics the Sensible Compromise?

I started painting in acrylics in graphic design and illustration. The quick drying time and opaque color made this a plus. Acrylics are fantastic for abstracts or other large graphic work too.

I used to worry about a lack of vivid color compared to oils. Acrylics have improved over time so this issue is no longer a problem. But top quality acrylics are not cheap. It seems then that acrylics are the answer. But not so fast.

Are Oil Paintings Preferred by Collectors?

Here is the debate that can lead us in circles. The answer depends on perceptions. For knowledgeable collectors there will not be a difference. But it does seem that oils are still perceived as a better investment. This is a bias built up over time. This bias will erode over time as well.

I do prefer oils for representational painting like landscapes and portraits. For more modern graphic or abstract work, acrylics are my first choice.

The Benefits of Combining Oils and Acrylics 

There is another option where acrylics can be a massive help to new artists who also want to paint in oils. Painting in layers with oils is a scary prospect to new artists. Muddy paint is a frustration. But try using acrylics to begin and develop your painting. Once dry you can go over parts or the entire painting in one layer of oils.

This approach saves time, gives you all the perceived benefits of an oil painting and teaches you new oil painting skills.

Also, this approach leads to a complete oil painting within hours instead of days. Plus using transparent oil color over the acrylic under-painting can result in wonderful paint effects. I also find that the darks in oils are stronger. Darks are important for bold painting.

Your Painting Skills Develop

Your acrylic under-painting can be as detailed as you like. But over time you will find that your acrylic stage becomes more abstract with bigger shapes and less detail. Your oil painting stage becomes more adventurous as your confidence grows. You may even leave acrylics to focus on oils. This is a personal choice and there is no right or wrong option.

See this Method in Action

In the end, your painting is the winner. You have options that are safe and will make your painting experience more fun. If you want to see this method in action, try my free course: From Acrylics to Oil Painting in 5 Easy Steps. It is filled with useful information. You can follow the easy method even if you are a beginner. It’s perfect for the holiday season.

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