One of my favorite YouTube influencers announced a challenge to try out the Oil of Olay Total Effects 7 in One Anti Aging Moisturizer last December. I know, I know, I’m kinda late with the review but better late than never, right??? Anyhoo, I decided to take the challenge and purchased my product off of Amazon immediately. I say immediately because for one: it was an immediate reaction to this challenge and two: I had been looking for a decent moisturizer because my skin suffers badly from excessive dryness in the winter. The Summer months? Forget about it. I get severe sunburn on my face and arms and the residual damage lasts well into Winter most times. So, I received my product in three days and only began to apply at night before bedtime. First let’s talk about the texture of the moisturizer. It’s whippy (if that’s even a word) and smooth upon dispensing. The bottle says it’s fragrance free which I take it to mean there aren’t any perfumes added to the product (which is a plu...
What is a Midlife Crisis? Google defines a “crisis” as -a time of difficulty, trouble, or danger. It also defines it as -a time when a difficult or important decision must be made. Hummm? When I turned forty a few years back, I had my first semi- mid life crisis. Because of my obesity I never thought I’d live to be forty. I was a grandmother at Thirty-Eight years old and my second grandchild at Forty. I went into a depressed existence a few times a year. I began to equate getting old as feeling old. I was feeling like I should be waiting on my golden years. I wasn’t living my life as I ought to have been. I was a mom and housewife and that’s all I knew how to be. A year ago I had another “Midlife Crisis” but it was Googles other definition of an important decision needed to be made. I wanted to LIVE and not only live but live for ME! I decided that my semi empty nest afforded me to finally live my OWN life unapologetically. I wanted better health, to travel, explore dif...