Soul Annex

I am a huge fitness lover, it clears my mind

My workout over the years has evolved. When I was in the city I was married to various workouts in particular Soul Cycle - I would sign up Monday 12pm to get into my favorite instructors classes (who are still my favs) Stacey, Janet & Laurie. Now I am in the beautiful burbs of Westport, CT I have a varied workout routine but I still love my NYC and often go in to see friends, bounce around and squeeze in a workout! 

Tonight I took my first SoulAnnex class, still part of the Soul Community. I met my girlfriends and we took a class called Torch'd. First you are not on a bike instead you are in a room that has incredible lighting. We were led by celebrity trainer Issac. We MOVED + danced for our cardio, we DEFINED with free weights and ALIGNED all our muscles and my rather weak core with our own body resistance! 

Isaac's energy was electrifying and his playlist helped us push our workout to another level.  It was hard but I felt amazing after and it woke up muscles that had not been used in a while. 

If you live in NYC or are visiting you have to try SoulAnnex, I can't wait to hear your experience 

Soul Annex is located at 32 W 18th St. in Manhattan

Genny xo

Skincare Routine

I am a big believer in a daily beauty routine. I started my first skincare routine at 15yrs old it was Clinique 3 step, it has evolved as I got older. I am 39yrs old and never had any work done, no botox or fillers (yet)!

Here is my daily skin care routine and my favorite products, I use them in this order:

Cleanser: Love daily face wash La Roche Posay Purifying Foam Cleanser $14.99 you could only get it from France but finally you buy in the US!

Toner: BeautyCounter Rosewater Toner spray: This is norishing, hydrating a reasonable $35

Serum: SkinCeuticals CE Ferulic Acid: This is my preventive, I am die hard loyal CE Ferulic Acid fan. It is $165 but it lasts 6months and I only use 2 drops every morning all over my face. I always think about trying something else but I honestly adore this product that has given me youthful skin it is currently on sale for $84.99 which never happens!

I recently added a correct serum SkinCeuticals Hyaluronic Acid Intensifier this is $98 and  I use 2 drop after the CE Ferulic Acid, this amplify skin’s hyaluronic acid levels  visible appearance of firmness, smoothness, and facial plumpness. 

Eye cream: I really research eye creams and love Chantecaille Stress Repair Concentrate it awakens my eye area deflates puffiness and smooths fine lines and wrinkles!

Moisturiser: I love Eve Lom Brightening Cream, I received a sample from Space NK and loved it!

 SPF: I never walk out of the door without SPF on my face, I apply after my moisturizer and I am currently using Bobbi Brown Protective SPF 50 Face Base

If I go to the gym in the morning I only cleanse and moisturizer after the gym I do my daily skincare routine.

I hope you found this useful.

Genny x

Inner Light

My friend highly recommended Inner Light. I am big fan of trying and discovering things to improve my wellbeing. We speed through life and often forget to take time to ourselves. Moms might do a 50minute workout but then we are zooming around, I am still learning how to juggle Mom & Wife life as I am certainly not a natural!

Inner light has individual full-spectrum Infrared Saunas detoxify the body with light. Full Spectrum infrared therapy saunas detoxify your body, helps with anti-aging, it gets deep into your muscles and tissues and helps loosen muscles! The whole experience rejuvenates your body almost a reset that we all need.

I highly recommend Inner Light, the space is truly divine with a tranquil boutique selling beautiful natural, toxin-free products. I cannot wait to return.

They are offering a new guest special

New Guest Special

Pricing available only for first-time guests 

Express Session: $25 / Standard Session: $40

New Guest Week Pass: $60 for 25 min / $85 for 55 min

Infrared Therapy  

Delicious tea and eucalyptus towel post infrared therapy

Old Navy

Today was my first outing after being housebound for 5days with Pneumonia. I could not get out of bed and lost all my energy! Today my energy levels were up so I ventured out to buy supplies for a truck leaving for Houston, Texas to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

I did a quick pit stop at Old Navy which I can find hit of miss today it was a huge HIT for my kids!

I got Olivia a gorgeous pair of ballet flats for 0.97 cents and Leopard print lace-up ballets for $4.97 an absolute bargain!

I got 2 pairs of leggings for Olivia cute leopard crop $6 grey stars $6

Max got a dinosaur t-shirt and combo long sleeve T Shirt $10, long sleeve Camo TShirt $10, he also wanted long socks to wear with shorts (WTF) so I got him these Crew Socks for $8

These beauties were $2.47

Can you believe these were 0.97 CENTS!!!This never happens to me! 

Herringbone coats

Olivia Palmero just launched her fall collection with Banana Republic. The one item that stood out for me was her Herringbone Ruffle Cape, this would team up great white sweater, skinny jeans and cute flat. It is also an ok price point of $228. I also love the Herringbone coat by Burberry which is of course a little more $$$ but a classic!

Back to school shopping for US

It's official the kids are back to school. We can now tackle our giant to do list that we put on hold for 3 months to ensure our kids had a cracking summer!

First lets tackle a bit of fall shopping. Her are a few staple items I think would be great for fall:

Leather Suede Jacket in Blue Slate $198  it is a gorgeous color and looks much better in real life rather than on the website. It runs a little small but it is meant to be fitted.

I am obsessed with these Modern Slouch Boot in Taupe Suede, I am about to order them and hope they look as good on model as me. I am 5ft hard to find the perfect boot for my short legs!

Sezane is my new obsession, a beautiful affordable collection from Paris. I love this shirt for the fall but it is really an all season top. I see myself wearing it with a pair of jean shorts in the summer too!

I love Frame jeans, they look great are comfortable and wear well!

Genny xo

Ballerina Flats

Finding the perfect flat can be hard. You want to be able to pound the streets of your town or city in comfort but still look stylish. I still can't get over I never wore flats til I moved to NYC. For the past 10yrs on the east coast I have tried nearly every flat on the planet at all price points.

The winner is the Chanel Flat which does not suit my "Mommy" salary! To justify the Chanel Flat it has lasted me 4years of pounding the streets, they are so comfortable!

Here are an edit of some gorgeous Ballerina Flats on my wish list.

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Happy Labor Day weekend xo