Favorite New Beauty Product Alert!

Bed Head After-Party.

I stumbled upon my new favorite beauty product at a Stephenie Meyer concert tour at UCLA (yes, I'm a Twilight Fan), of all places. They were handing out samples on the way out and unbeknownst to me, it would soon become my new best friend.

Try to forget the packaging (you have to see it to understand) and just enjoy the fact that it leaves hair feeling so smoothe, tames frizzies and makes your hair feel soft and manageable. I have a few Bed Head products that I've accumulated over the years working for a beauty magazine, but this one is, by and large, my favorite!

Check out their website for more information.

"You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams." - Dara Torres

She's 41 and she's an olympic silver medalist winner in swimming at the Beijing olympics. Not only did she come in just a hundredth of a second after her much younger competitor, but she only had seven minutes to go through the medal ceremony and gear up, both mentally and physically, for her next relay race in which she anchored the U.S. team to win another silver medal!

After they won that race, she was quoted as saying that your dreams should never have an age limit, and that just really hit home. So many times we think we're too old to do "this", or doing "that" is no longer possible. Well, Dara Torres has proven that with hard work, dedication and a strong belief in who you are and what you want, anything is possible.

I had a great-aunt, who was 41 years-old when she decided to learn to play the piano. She mastered it and went on to live to be 101 years-old! It's really never too late to do something that matters to you. Dara Torres was constantly described as being "young at heart" but still possessing the maturity and knowledge of an experienced athlete and olympian.

Don't stop dreaming. Don't stop reaching for your goals, as crazy or sane as they may appear to anybody else. Dara knew that she needed to work twice as hard as her fellow competitors if she was going to stand a chance with them. But she did what she had to. So, it may take a bit more work, but reaching your dreams, or at least not giving up because you think it's too late, will be well worth it in the end.

It's all in knowing that dreams can be attained so long as you believe it's possible.