products

The Buband

July 17, 2017

 

I was attending a conference for bloggers last month and a woman, who was closer to my age than most of the attendees, sat down next to me and we started to chat.  She told me that she was from Canada and had developed a product that stops women’s’ breasts from bouncing when working out, especially running.  I am a D cup, reduced from a DD cup so I was all ears.  I do run a little and while I always thought that my super-duper sports bra kept me in check, I recently passed by a store window and got a glimpse of my moving reflection and it was just not the case.  She said she would love to send me one and began looking in her big bag for a measuring tape. I told her my chest is 43″.  “How do you know that,” she asked me.   I explained that I am a knitter and we know these things.  She offered to send me an extra-large Buband right away. I was skeptical.

About a month later I received my Buband and was ready to try it out.  It came in an envelope with no instructions.  I was putting it up under my boobs, then straight across my boobs and thought it was another useless accessory.  I then went online and took a look at the video on their website and realized that I was trying to use it “upside down.”  If you are interested, watch the video by going to the link below and all your questions will be answered.  The Buband goes above the breasts, not below.  It doesn’t hold them up, it forces them down, actually restricting movement.  I did a lot of jumping around and running in place in my bathroom without my Buband creating a visual in my mind to compare (not a pretty visual, but a visual nonetheless), then did the same thing with it on.  There was a huge difference, night and day actually.  I went for a run and I am sold.  The Buband does what it promises, it holds the breasts in place for running and other sports.  It is a game changer for those of us who have had to wear more than one sports-bra at a time, or even bind our breasts to prevent painful and embarrassing bouncing.

The price is just under $40.  Hooray for Buband!

https://buband.com/pages/how-it-works

DisclosureStarting Over at Sixty received compensation, in the form of product,  from the company whose product we reviewed. We test each product thoroughly and give high marks to only the very best. We are independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own.

 

 

Read More

Crocs High Heels Are the Best

February 10, 2017

I love Crocs High Heels.  There, I’ve said it.  As embarrassing at it may be, my favorite warm weather shoes are Crocs High Heels.  I have them in every color.  I get to look a little taller and my legs look longer, without the pain and agony of high heels.  I admit, that I only wear them with long, long pants so no one is aware that I am in rubber shoes, but I am telling you that once you try on a pair you will love them.  I am going to California in a couple of weeks and I was just thinking about where my Croc heels are so I can pack them.  If they would make them in closed-toe styles I would have all of those too.  Just thinking about them brings a tear to my eye!!

 

 

 

 

Read More

Keep Warm Wipes and Lotion

January 10, 2017

Here’s a way to keep warm wipes and lotion on hand in the winter.  I use a combination of face wipes and cold cream in the winter to take off my makeup.  Yes, cold cream.  My after-sixty skin is so dry and nothing beats cold cream in the winter when my face feels like it will just crack off. But, the wipes were always so cold and I would dread touching my face with them.  So, I got a baby wipes warmer.  Problem solved.  Why should babies be the only ones to enjoy warm wipes?

Then I had an idea.  My body cream in the morning is too cold to put on, so I hardly ever use it in the winter, even though I love the smell and the way it makes my skin feel.  So, I set it on top of the wipes warmer. Nothing gets hot, just enough warmth to take the edge off.  OK, so, if the body lotion on top of the warmer was a hit, why not put the cold cream on top as well.  So, I did.

I remember hearing Joan Rivers once say that she threw her body lotion tube into the bathwater when she was bathing and it was nice and warm when she put it on, so maybe that was in the back of my mind when I tried my “cleansing station”.  I also pretend that the wipes warmer is smiling at me when I walk in and I say hello to it (doesn’t it look like it is smiling in the photo.  And isn’t it pitiful that I say hello to it?

Give this a try.  The warmer was about $17 from Target, but you can get them anywhere.  I even use the wipes to clean up my bathroom counter quickly in the morning and I don’t have the shock of a cold cloth in my hand.  It makes a big difference.

Read More