I recently got to try out Juice Beauty’s Organics to Go kit. I’ve heard many good things about Juice Beauty, yet I had never tried any of their products. If you think that organic beauty is simply wimpy, let me stop you right there because this kit is pretty darn powerful.

Organics to Go includes:

Cleansing Milk
Antioxidant Serum
Green Apple Peel Sensitive
Oil free Moisturizer
Hydrating Mist

This is a great kit and very much worth the money. The only issue I had was that I wasn’t too fond of the fragrance. While some of the products had virtually no scent, some had a mild apple scent and then the Hydrating Mist was a little too overboard for me (like an apple that has been left in the sun to rot for weeks). Some days I’ve kind of avoided using the Hydrating Mist because the scent turns my stomach….however, buyer beware that I am pregnant and many times even my most favorite scents tend to turn my stomach for no reason.

That said, all of the products worked fabulously on my skin. It kept my “pregnancy mask” at bay and I especially loved the oil free moisturizer. It left no shine to my skin and my thirsty skin felt so hydrated.

The Green Apple Peel says it is for sensitive skin and I do not have sensitive skin, yet the recommended 10 minute time limit to leave it on your face was too much for me. It made my skin very red. After some trial and error, I found that 5 minutes was perfect with absolutely no redness and my skin felt as if I just had a facial. I loved it.

Have you used Organics to Go or any of Juice Beauty’s other products? What did you think?

If you told me that I could color my hair without any mess and that the dye would be completely void of scent, I wouldn’t believe you. And I honestly didn’t when I was first approached about Robert Craig Hair Color. I had never heard of it and have used other hair dyes in the past that have said it was without scent, but then couldn’t live up to the claims.

When I opened the hair coloring kit I was surprised to find a small bottle of white powder…where was the liquid or gel I wondered. However, this is how this hair kit is mess free. You simply put warm water in the bottle, add the powder and shake. Voila! The warm water activates the powder to turn it into a mousse-like substance.

I was a little nervous reading the directions, as it continually mentioned that the dye would stain, but when you apply it to your hair it comes out looking like the carbonated foam from when you pour your soda too fast and it quickly adheres to your hair. So nothing dripped and I kid you not, I didn’t get any dye on my face whatsoever. My hair is long so it did get a bit on my shoulders, but I quickly wiped it off (I wasn’t wearing a shirt just in case) and my skin didn’t stain.

Once my hair was saturated, I left it in for 30 minutes, rinsed and then washed it with the sample of shampoo included in the kit. That was actually surprising too, as most hair coloring kits come with conditioner and not shampoo.

My hair color came out amazing. It was shiny and healthy looking and just plain gorgeous. The price is just the same as the other hair coloring kits out there. The only difference is that there is no alcohol, peroxide or ammonia in the Robert Craig hair coloring kits. So it was a very positive mess free and fragrance-free experience. Definitely a product to look into for your next hair coloring experience.

Recently my oldest son has been growing like a weed. His foot had grown so fast that we had to head to the store to buy him some new sneakers. Much to his dismay, they don’t really make slip-on sneakers in size 2. So home we went with his lace-up shoes that he begrudgingly tied and retied and tied some more throughout the day.

Then I was contacted about The Ultimate Shoe Lace and decided that it was a product that he could possibly benefit from. He agreed to give them a try and the laces arrived shortly thereafter.

What they are:

* The Ultimate Shoe Lacesâ„¢, apply patented collapsible knots which produce ‘tensioning-zones’ at each eyelet. Each ‘tension-zone’ is independent and adjustable; allowing the wearer to uniquely customize their footwear comfort, fit and function.

* The Ultimate Shoe Lacesâ„¢ virtually eliminate ‘dual-compression impact’, footwear slippage, and fatigue, thereby enhancing footwear technology (outsoles, insoles, orthotics, etc.).

* Reemerging knots keep the lace and tension in place. For the first time, tension can be adjusted throughout the shoe… not limited to one tension level at the ankle.

How it worked:

By pulling the laces taught, I was able to slide them through each lace hole in his sneaker. Once I had it laced up, I had him put on the sneaker to see if it felt too tight or too loose. Once we found the perfect fit, I then tied the laces behind the tongue of his shoe and cut the excess lace off.

He’s been wearing them for over a month now with no complaints and the tied area of the lace hasn’t come loose. I’d say they are a winner with him and something to consider if you are looking to transform your shoes/sneakers into slip ons.

www.theultimateshoelace.com

This morning when there was an email with the sender as “Isaac Mizrahi” in my inbox, I almost had a heart attack. He is my FAVORITE designer that I surely hope to meet in person one day. But alas, I forgot that I had signed up for his updates and his “people” were merely letting me know that he now has an online store.

Since I am not sure how he’d feel about me publishing pictures of his clothes on my blog, I will just tell you that

1. Pink! So many things are pink–my favorite color!
2. The Day for Night Tafetta Dress is gorgeous and I sure would love the matching shoes.
3. His perfect logo tote is adorable.
4. I can only afford the perfect logo t-shirt.

However, his Style Book (80 pages) is free to download on his site and the next version comes out on April 1st for purchase.

If you don’t already know that Isaac is a fashion God, then please familiarize yourself with him because he (and his collections) takes my breath away!