What with all the gadgets and doodads they’ve invented to help us out with workouts and weight loss efforts, it was inevitable that someone would come up with some a fashion jewelry piece that does so.
Count Me Healthy bracelets by designer Chelsea Charles are one-of-a-kind patented journal bracelets featuring movable beads that allow women to track their daily health goals by sliding said beads from one side of the bracelet to another. Count Me Healthy Bracelets - whose celebrity fans include Carrie Underwood, Selena Gomez, Fergie, Cameron Diaz and Taylor Swift - come in two collections:
The mixed metal bracelets,which are the fashion pieces. They’re available in more than 35 styles of sterling silver, rose gold and gold. Featured on The Doctors as well as The Dr. Oz Show, they may be used to count such things as daily glasses of water, fruit and vegetable servings, pounds lost, caffeinated beverages, or workouts.
The new Color Collection, designed to help count high-intensity interval training exercise sets. The sterling silver, 14-karat gold-dipped and 18-karat rose gold-dipped beads slide easily, but stay in place no matter how hard the wearer works out. The colored chroma cord is sweat resistant.
The bracelets are designed to fit most wrist sizes. I’ve gotten an up-close-and-personal look at the adjustable silver Count Me Healthy Original bracelet (suggested retail price $88), a delicate thing whose beads feature a pave-with-etching design. The beads are indeed movable but tight enough to stay in place.
With prices starting at just under $50 (they can also be bought as multi-bracelet stacks), Count Me Healthy products are available at Belk in Little Rock and Belk.com for as low as $43 and at Chelseacharles.com.
EYE CATCHERS
Tired of having “tired eyes” syndrome? Sick of your eyes looking baggy or puffy?
Eyes by ToGoSpa (formerly known as Eyedews) is an athome spa treatment activated by the body’s temperature and equipped with a combination of natural high-density marine collagen, natural marine minerals, vitamins and other helpful ingredients. Advertised on its website as being good for use “on the go,” the product is said to perform a whole slew of tricks, including improving circulation, improving moisture-retention levels, de-puffing, reducing dark circles and reducing fine lines. Favored by celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, Heidi Klum and Paris Hilton, Eyes by ToGoSpa is sold in two-packs of three treatments each, retailing for $25, and in three “flavors”: Pomegranate, Green Tea and Ice Water.
As a recent news release for the product was geared toward men who might be fighting the ravages of age, skin dryness, all-nighters, heavy drinking, smoking “or maybe even an extended football career,” I invited my editor, Bobby Ampezzan, to try the samples.
Ampezzan’s first notation: The gel-pad applications “remind me of jellyfish leeches.”
“I wanted to address my baggy lower lids and so nudged each as close to the eyeball as I could, but they have a tendency to slip from that highest perch unless you’re lying down,” Ampezzan continues. “They smell like the ‘flavors’ offered” - he notes that Ice Water is “an ironic name for a scent and really hews more toward Febreze.” The products produce first a tingling sensation, then a slight burning sensation. “Ultimately, they did seem to firm up and sensitize the skin high on my cheekbones. But then, that’s not where my crows’ feet perch nor my bags bulge.” (Several reviewers on Amazon.com, which sells Eyes by ToGoSpa, also cite the well-lubricated pads’ reluctance to stay in place, though one happy user further noted that “you need to lay down for a few minutes to prevent them from repeatedly sliding down before adhering to [your] face.”)
Eyes by ToGoSpa pads can also be found at Togospa.com.
WINTER SKIN RESCUE
And here’s another product to help you through The Winter of All Winters. In January, L’Occitane introduced Ultra Soft Cream, shea-butter products “to help shield … skin from winter while enjoying the scents of spring .…” Available in Zesty Lime, Rose Heart and Vanilla Bouquet, these creams ($22) are packaged in colorful tins.
I tried the Rose Heart, which bears a wonderful olfactory version of the light-textured cream. It did a rich and thorough job without being heavy or greasy. Not that I - thirsty as my skin is in the wintertime - would turn away “heavy” or “greasy.” But this cream does the same job as a considerably thicker and heavier product. I’d hoped that I would be exempt from having to share the product with my husband, who also suffers from dry skin. But he too, loved the cream. Its scent, although rosy, is “just unisex enough,” and the product went all too quickly.
Oh well. L’Occitane products, and their store locations, are available at usa.loccitane.com.
PROMOTING PROM PREPAREDNESS
That Prom Girl, the Little Rock organization that makes prom a reality for senior high school girls who otherwise couldn’t afford the expenses, is at it again. Donations of new and used frocks, gowns, jewelry and shoes are being collected to make sure “no girl gets left behind without a prom dress,” according to the organization’s mission. All sizes are needed. Donations are tax-deductible. In addition, hosts, sponsors and investors are being sought for the giveaways, which will take place in March. To donate attire, time and/or money, contact Cynthia Harris at (501) 416-0031 or Subrena Howard at (501) 416-9957.
Dressing Room is published biweekly. Got fashion and beauty news? Contact Helaine R. Williams, Dressing Room, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, Ark. 72203, or email: hwilliams@arkansasonline.com
High Profile, Pages 35 on 02/16/2014