Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Truth About Body Magic No. 1—Le Vive



About a week ago, I sipped the proverbial Kool-Aid and became a distributor for Ardyss International . You know, the “Drop 3 Sizes in 10 Minutes” people. A good friend had been on me about the business opportunity for months now (and I'd been skeptically declining, in my own sarcastic way, but let's just say she heard the phrase, "I don't want to sell girdles!" more than once!)

Their signature product is the Body Magic. By most accounts, it is a girdle—a good one, but a girdle none the less. It is billed as a body reshaper that redistributes unwanted tissue (read: fat) from undesirable areas like your stomach and/or hips, to desirable spots like your breasts and buttocks. You’ll have to read all about my experience with that later (I just ordered it). But I can offer some insight on one of the nutritional products I have tried already—Le Vive.

I was really excited when I came home to find the white and yellow box waiting for me last week. Despite my excitement, I didn’t open it right away. As a matter of fact, I did not open the box until three days after it arrived. I had so much on my plate with work, home, life… that I heeded the wisdom of a friend who suggested that I tackle one To Do List item at a time. Don’t multi-task. Don’t play Superwoman. Just complete that one task and then move on to the next one. So that is exactly what I did. That meant, however, that my new business opportunity would have to wait.

After the wait was over I grabbed the box, ripped it open and grabbed the Le Vive. First impression: EWWWWW! It looked thick (I have a sensitive palate) and textured. Not a good look. I popped it in the refrigerator and chilled. Glass in hand I retrieve the chilled bottle and pour my first toast to the Ardyss life…

It was tasty. Like many other fruit juices, it was very sweet, but I was impressed that the ingredients did not include any preservatives, additives or added sugars. Le Vive is an organic blend of mangosteen, acai, gogi, pomegranate and noni juices and filtered water. That is all. You can’t even get a simplified list of ingredients like that with V8 juice!

So my first product experience was a surprisingly good one (I half expected to be disappointed). Now, I’m waiting on the Body Magic to arrive. While we wait, check out the story CNN did on Body Magic.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Share My World

This blog has been a long time coming, but in the heartfelt words of Ms. Celie, "I may be black, I may even be ugly but thank God I'm here. I'm here!" And here is a place where I can discuss the things that really matter to me. Do you want to hear something crazy? This website (and blog framework) has technically been up since 2007! I’ve had three years to get this thing together, and for three years there was this beautifully blank page begging for words. Talk about procrastination. Well, a lot has happened in that time, but needless to say, I’m ready. I’m ready to write. I'm ready to join the blogosphere. I'm ready chime in on all the issues—from entertainment and news to musings and guest commentary.

Here we go...