Have you ever had a couple of super indulgent weeks where you eat and drink to your hearts content and then step on the scale to find that you’ve miraculously lost a few pounds?  Yeah, me neither.

Since rubbing Shape magazine all over my thighs isn’t having a noticeable impact and I swear to Suzanne Somers it was my grandma’s butt I saw in the 360 mirror of the Nordstrom’s dressing room this weekend, the time for a massive overhaul is here.  Apparently using my abs to suck in my stomach while I shove myself into my pants is not enough to trim and tone and the time for massive action is upon us.

So us Product Princesses are launching Overhaul for the Fall, or Overfallin’ for short.  Check back over the next few weeks for 3 carat products and practices guaranteed to polish you up while expending the least amount of effort possible.  We’re all about quick fixes and we’ll try to focus on the inside too, but lets face it, when you focus on the outside, the inside is bound to catch up sooner or later.  Let’s meet Fall head on with the goal to be fit, fashion forward, and fabulous…and make extra room in our pants for Halloween candy and mashed potatoes.

Check back often for tips, trends, and we’ll all live chic on the cheap this autumn season.

We all need tank tops in the summer.  Layered under a light jacket or paired with a peasant skirt, it’s a must have basic.  It’s a hard thing to find, you want it clingy, but not too clingy, long but not too long, and slightly ribbed for her pleasure.  After a horrendous .5 carat experience at Target with Mossimo’s Long and Lean Tank Tops, it took a few days of purging to get up the courage to go back on the hunt for this summer staple.  I bravely went where all women have gone before…Old Navy. 

My needs were high but my self-esteem was low as I ventured into the store, and spotted a table with their Women’s Long Layering Tanks. The sign above the fruit colored frocks taunted me “2 for $10”, but I was not to be bought with bargain basement prices, not after the tanks at Target made me look like the Grinch who ate Christmas.  No, my friends I was as skeptical as Sarah Palin at the Natural History Museum as I grabbed a large and a medium in rich indigo blue and I made my way into the dressing room.

I warily kept one eye in the mirror as I slid the soft fabric over my head and then bravely opened both eyes.

There staring back at me was the stuff dreams were made of, the medium slid forgivingly over my flank steaks and ruched nicely over very tenderloin.  The arm holes did not make it look like my boobs were making a run for my pits, they had the perfect amount of bend and snap.   I ran from the dressing room and grabbed an array of colors and savored the sweet success of finding tank tops for practically the same price as my morning latte.

Rating: 3 carats.  The perfect layering piece for those long summer nights.