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I realized this last night. And it's SUCH a great feeling. I woke up this morning feeling like a sex goddess. 

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Hydra Recharge - Yikes...disappointed.

Garnier is typically a pretty good product. But my experience with Garnier's Hydra Recharge was less than satisfactory.

Although I was enticed by the flashy marketing and the little beads in the shampoo, washing my hair with this product felt like I was washing it with chalk. Not only did it feel like my hair wasn't clean, but it felt like it dried my hair out...like it stripped it of its natural oils.

Where the shampoo takes the moisture out of your hair, the conditioner and 1-Minute Moisture-Plenish adds it back in. But it doesn't add nearly enough moisture. My hair was drier than usual after I used these, and my ends looked fried!

I did not pay attention to the scent of it, I was less concerned with how my hair smelled and more how it felt. I've tried this product twice now, and I refuse to try it another time. It makes my hair angry and frizzy and DRY! :( Very disappointed, Garnier. Good thing I got it for free by being a bzzAgent!

I recommend not trying this, kids. It was a wretched experience for me. More soon!

xoxo,

C

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You gotta try this stuff.

Hey kids -

Here's the deal. I'm a BzzAgent for bzzagent.com, and they send me free samples of things to try and to give my honest opinion about. My latest "campaign" as they call them, is for Garnier Triple Nutrition Oil. It's worth a try because you might find your hair too sexy for itself.

The issue with this oil is the application process. It's an acquired skill to apply it just right. If you spray to close to your head, forget it, greasy hair all day. It says 6 to 8 inches from your head. I recommend spraying it high above your head and walking into it. Or, spray it in your hands, rub your hands together and apply it under your hair at the bottom and work your way up as the oil gets less and less. You might try blowdrying your hair afterwards also. Oh, did I mention your hair should be wet? But be gentle blowdrying because your hair can get pretty hot with the oil in it.

To make a long story short, this stuff makes my hair super shiny. But I'm too afraid of getting greasy hair to use it as often as I should. I do use it on my hands. But a little dab'll do ya. Because it's pure oil (and smells lovely) it can make your hands greasy. 

For that reason, before I go to bed I put some on my dry cracked heels and put socks on. When I wake up, I use a pumice stone in the shower and they feel fabulous.

Give it a try! It's good for your hair, helps lock in the oils, it smells lovely and I think there's a coupon in the link I posted above! :) Good luck!

xoxo

C

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Keep climbing.

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Sexy Arms in 6 Weeks If you’re just starting out, aim for two sets of 8 to 12 reps of the heaviest weight you can handle for each exercise. Looking for more of a challenge? Shoot for two sets of 15 to 25 reps per exercise.

Bent-Over Row Step I Primary muscles worked: lats, back extensors, rhomboids, rear shoulders, biceps, core. Stand with a slight bend at the knees, holding the weights at your sides. Lean over, extending your chest while reaching your hips back. Allow your arms to hang straight down toward the floor with your palms facing your thighs.

Bent-Over Row Step II   Looking forward at the ground (not up), pull your elbows up and rotate your hands until your palms are nearly touching your upper rib cage and your elbows point toward the ceiling. Lower the weights to the starting position with control. Repeat. tip: Keep your belly button pulled in toward your spine to engage your core and protect your lower back.

Upright Row Step I Primary muscles worked: shoulders, upper back, biceps. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart with the weights hanging down in front of your body, their ends touching. Upright Row Step II Raise your upper arms, leading with your elbows while bringing the weights up the front of your body as if you were tracing an imaginary midpoint, stopping when your elbows become level with your shoulders. Lower the weights back to the starting position. tip: Keep your chin up and your belly button tucked in.

Chest Press on Ball Step I Primary muscles worked: chest, front of shoulders, triceps. Sit on a ball and walk out so that your head and shoulder blades are resting on the ball. Lift your hips by contracting your glute muscles to make a bridge. (Your feet should be shoulder-width apart and below your knees to give you stable support.) Chest Press on Ball Step II  Bring the dumbbells to your shoulders. Then extend your arms over your chest and bring the dumbbells together to make a triangle over your chest. Lower the weights back to the starting position and repeat.  tip: You will need to engage your core throughout the exercise to avoid falling off the ball. Overhead Press on Ball Step I Primary muscles worked: shoulders, upper back, triceps. Sit on an exercise ball with your belly button pulled toward the spine. Hold the weights in front of your shoulders, your palms facing in. Overhead Press on Ball Step II Push the weights up until your arms are extended. When your arms are extended, they should be slightly in front of you rather than directly overhead. Lower the weights to the starting position and repeat. tip: Keep your chin lifted slightly and your core stable. from this website

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Facts & Figures

Height: 5' 4"

Start Date: Feb 2013

Weight Stats:

Starting Weight: 270 lbs

Current Weight: 270 lbs (size 22+)

Ultimate Goal Weight: 160 lbs

Weight to lose: 110 lbs

Goals:

1st - 5%: 256.5 lbs

2nd - 10%: 243 lbs

3rd: 220 lbs

4th: 200 lbs

5th: 175 lbs

Ultimate: 160 lbs - Invisalign!

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Diving Into the Wreck - Adrienne Rich

First having read the book of myths,

and loaded the camera,

and checked the edge of the knife-blade,

I put on

the body-armor of black rubber

the absurd flippers

the grave and awkward mask.

I am having to do this

not like Cousteau with his

assiduous team

aboard the sun-flooded schooner

but here alone.

There is a ladder.

The ladder is always there

hanging innocently

close to the side of the schooner.

We know what it is for,

we who have used it.

Otherwise

it is a piece of maritime floss

some sundry equipment.

I go down.

Rung after rung and still

the oxygen immerses me

the blue light

the clear atoms

of our human air.

I go down.

My flippers cripple me,

I crawl like an insect down the ladder

and there is no one

to tell me when the ocean

will begin.

First the air is blue and then

it is bluer and then green and then

black I am blacking out and yet

my mask is powerful

it pumps my blood with power

the sea is another story

the sea is not a question of power

I have to learn alone

to turn my body without force

in the deep element.

And now: it is easy to forget

what I came for

among so many who have always

lived here

swaying their crenellated fans

between the reefs

and besides

you breathe differently down here.

I came to explore the wreck.

The words are purposes.

The words are maps.

I came to see the damage that was done

and the treasures that prevail.

I stroke the beam of my lamp

slowly along the flank

of something more permanent

than fish or weed

the thing I came for:

the wreck and not the story of the wreck

the thing itself and not the myth

the drowned face always staring

toward the sun

the evidence of damage

worn by salt and away into this threadbare beauty

the ribs of the disaster

curving their assertion

among the tentative haunters.

This is the place.

And I am here, the mermaid whose dark hair

streams black, the merman in his armored body.

We circle silently

about the wreck

we dive into the hold.

I am she: I am he

whose drowned face sleeps with open eyes

whose breasts still bear the stress

whose silver, copper, vermeil cargo lies

obscurely inside barrels

half-wedged and left to rot

we are the half-destroyed instruments

that once held to a course

the water-eaten log

the fouled compass

We are, I am, you are

by cowardice or courage

the one who find our way

back to this scene

carrying a knife, a camera

a book of myths

in which

our names do not appear.