Blood Donation NYC

Since last weekend, New York Blood Center (NYBC) has had to cancel dozens of blood drives and are reaching our blood supply is reaching a critical. We are estimating that we will lose upwards of 10,000 pints because of these cancellations.

There will be a blood drive this Saturday at Williamsburg Church (231 Ainslie Street off the Graham stop on the L). from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

If you can’t donate, please send out to friends, tweet to your legion of followers, post on instagram and Facebook, or simply blog about it. Patients in our hospitals need the blood and there is no way for them to get it other than when volunteer donors role up their sleeves and give.

Hope to see you Saturday.

Thanks!

Sandy Update….

In the aftermath of Sandy, I am totally consumed by complete grief for my friends and family who were so impacted by the storm. My neighborhood was pretty much spared, my family is safe and I am very grateful. Below are some links to some images, articles etc. about the storm . Just click on the description and it will take you to the link article etc. I will keep updating this post with new articles as I find them.

People waiting for buses into the city

Images of the extensive flooding

Video of the East Village under water and going dark

Images of Far Rockaway

Damage in Staten Island, Much Worse than Reported

Oil Spil into NY Harbor, aerial views of damage 

Mullein & Sparrow Lip/Cheek Balm

Mullein & Sparrow Lip/ Cheek Balm

$14.00

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So safe you can eat it

Intelligent Nutrients Certified Organic Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss

$24.00

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When Aveda founder, Horst M. Rechelbacher, set out to start a new personal care company after selling Aveda to Estee Lauder, he “shifted his focus to Intelligent Nutrients, a health and beauty company that lives to the highest standards of 100% food-based, safe, non-toxic and organic ingredients.” The product line is based around the idea that “much of what goes on your skin can be absorbed into it. If it’s good enough to go on your body, it should be good enough to go into your mouth. And conversely, if you wouldn’t put it in your mouth, don’t put it on your skin.”

Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss is a USDA certified organic gluten-free lip-gloss combining powerful colorful antioxidant chemistry and nutritious food ingredients with a high Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (antioxidant) ORAC value. Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss is free from toxic mined or mineral pigments, heavy metals, synthetic colorants.” Also it does not contain, petroleum, synthetic oils, lead, toxic minerals, parabens, petrochemicals, plastics, artificial fragrance or flavors, synthetic colorants or silicones.

The gloss definitely moisturized, and the clear frosting color left a nice sheen. It lasted a long time and I did not find that I had to reapply often. The color Purple Mazie looks very dark in the tube but is a perfect light berry shade on the lips, not too overdone, but quite good for a low key day or when you don’t want to be obvious about your lip color. The taste though is like a blueberry muffin and I could do without that for sure. What I like best is that “every ingredient chosen to feed your lips with power-packed antioxidants and Intelligent Nutrients’ signature Antioxidant Intellimune® Seed Oil Complex to help battle oxidative stress and aid in fighting pre-mature aging”

* Image above and quotations used without permission from Intelligent Nutrients

 

Rosy Glow

Blissoma Rosy Glow Lip Elixer

$6.99

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Blissoma Rosy Glow Lip Elixer, immediately caught my attention when I was purchasing other things from the really awesome company Blissoma by Irie Star (See my other posts on Blissoma products here and here). Blissoma created the lip elixer because they “were sick of waxy stick balms,” Blissoma “thought up this fabulous idea – a liquid with all the nutritive, healing properties of a medicinal balm but with the light texture of a gloss.” Continue reading

Sunday Roundup

Sunday Morning round up from around the interwebs….

Delicious Quinoa Sliders

Lusting after this fall outfit

Want v. My very large collection of lip products already

Can’t wait to get back to NY to read this book waiting on my doorstep

Perfect Fall outfit