The answer is not to focus on what we are giving up, not on what we can’t have, or what we are missing out on. Instead to focus on the health; focus on what we are getting and gaining and how wonderfully amazing that in itself is. Rome wasn’t built in a day, it was built brick by brick. Choose to take back your health one day at a time! Day by day, meal by meal, choice by choice.
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I LOVE summer!
Summer is by far my favorite season of the year! The best part about the summer is all the beautiful sunny days, the worst part about summer is sunburn!
Unfortunately for me, most sunscreens usually make my skin break out. It is a catch 22, do I chose to get breakouts or sunburn. Since I have fair skin and work as an oncology nurse, I usually opt to suffer through the breakout while saving my skin from the sun. Thankfully there are all different kinds of makeup that can make you look good while also keeping you safe and healthy while you are in the sun. Fortunately with these products I don’t have to choose between the two. It is so nice to not have to look like a greasey mess with breakouts while protecting myself from the sun’s rays.
ChapStick Ultra, Moisturizing Lip Balm, SPF 30- Trust me from personal experience, you want to prevent your lips from getting sun burned! This lip balm has SPF 30. Reapply often and be glad that you have spared yourself the pain of burnt lips.
Lorac Breakthrough Performance Lipstick- If you have been reading this blog for any amount of time you already know that I am a HUGE fan of Lorac Cosmetics. Here is another awesome reason to love them. This lipstick is not only moisturizing, long wearing, paraben-free, and has Vitamin E and olive fruit oil for anti aging, but it also has SPF of 15. It comes in 5 beautiful shades and right now is on sale for only $10 on the Lorac site.
bareMinerals Pure Brightening Serum Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 20 This paraben free foundation was the winner of the Allure magazine Best of Beauty. It comes in 20 different shades and is available at Sephora, Ulta and Nordstrom for around $18.
IT COSMETICS Your Skin But Better CC Cream with SPF 50+ “Why did IT Cosmetics create this product: To finally give women an all-in-one multi-tasking beauty miracle that truly gives full, flawless, perfect coverage, protects your skin with SPF 50+ from the harmful rays of the sun and is clinically proven to improve skin texture and hydration. IT Cosmetics worked with plastic surgeons to develop a multi-tasking correcting cream that is true scientific breakthrough. It’s packed with anti-aging ingredients that is clinically proven to improve skin and works on all ages, that doesn’t crease or crack!” Available at Ulta and Itcomsmetics.com for $38.00.
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Compact Makeup with SPF 55. SPF 55 is no joke! Overall I really like the Neutrogena brand. They have a lot of great products to offer. This compact provides buildable coverage without it feeling greasy and heavy. It blends easily, is oil free and dermatologist tested. You can find it at Target, Walmart and most drug stores or at Ulta for around $14.
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One of my favorite things in the entire world is flowers! What about you? Do you love flowers too? What is your favorite type?
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Remember last week I told you about my tip for concealing your blemishes? Well, this week’s tip has to do with blemishes as well. Instead of concealing, I’m going to tell you what I do to heal them faster.
If you are a mother you probably already have this product on hand…
Zinc Oxide which is usually the main ingredient in diaper rash creams is great for spot treating acne breakouts as well. What Zinc Oxide does to helps protect, dry, and soothe little irritated baby bums, it also does for acne breakouts. When I have a breakout, after following my usual nightly facial cleaning routine, I apply a small amount of Zinc Oxide cream to the effected area.
I prefer Boudreaux’s Butt Paste (in the red tube, not the yellow one), and not just because its name is super fun to say, but also because it has the highest percentage of Zinc Oxide in it.
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This is a great diagram of different ab exercises you can do. I like that it shows the different muscle groups of your abs that each move is working! Either do them in this order or mix things up to create your own circuit. Try doing 3 set of 15 reps of each exercise.
(The names on the picture are in French, but I will write the English names below.)
Scissor Crunches:
Lie on a fitness mat, put your hands under your buttocks and lift the upper back. Stretch your legs and start crossing them one over the other.
Cross Crunch:
While lying on your fitness mat, place your right foot on your left knee, lift your back and touch your right knee with your left elbow. Reverse the position of your legs and elbows and repeat.
Crunch:
While lying flat on your back on your fitness mat, put your hands on your temples, bend your knees and start lifting your upper back.
Leg Beats:
While lying flat on your back on a fitness mat with your legs straight in front of you. Start alternately lift your legs up and down.
Heel Touches
Lying on a fitness mat, bend your knees, lift your head and your back, place your arms at your sides and begin to touch your feet with your fingers ( left hand to left heel, right hand to right heel).
Remember to keep good proper form, warm up before, and stretch after you exercise!
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I wrote this post several days ago and cannot believe that I completely forgot to post it! I have been wearing all of these products and have been really enjoying them! This was a great bunch of samples this month!
It’s that time of the month again! No, not that time of the month, but the time to receive another ipsy glam bag! I feel as if the time flies in between the time that I get each bag! This month’s theme is “Rebel Rebel” While I am many things, a “rebel” definitley doesn’t describe me, haha.
While I am super excited about all the thing I received in the glam bag, I am not a huge fan of the style of this month”s glam bag. It looks like it has graffiti all over it with words like ipsy, style, and makeup. I like the colors, but it is just not my style. It also has the zipper along the front, another thing I am not fond of. I’ll be passing this one along to my daughter, she’ll be thrilled!
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ColourPop Cosmetics Crème Gel Liner in Get Paid or Swerve
This is my first ColorPop eyeliner. I got the color Swerve which is a rich onyx black. So far I like it. I always prefer a twist up liner to one that needs to be sharpened, so that alone gives it extra points.
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Fireball or Lounge
When I saw the shades they were going to be sending I was really hoping that I would get Fireball, while Lounge is a beautiful shade I already own it. I was so excited to receive Fireball! This beautiful pinky peach goldy shadow is gorgeous! I cannot even explain to you how beautiful it is. No swatch picture can do it justice! Since it changes with motion in different light, a regular photo can’t capture that. You’re going to have to trust me on this one. The sample size is quite small, only 0.03 oz, I don’t even care, I just love the shade so much. It is almost exactly the size of a penny. I think that when I am finished with this sample I may purchase the single shadow.
Seraphine Botanicals Happy Hibiscus Blush
Marc Anthony Dream Waves Beach Spray
My hair is perfectly straight and that is all it ever does or wants to do. This Beach Spray smells amazingly delicious, but it is not something that I will ever use. I am going to be passing it along to my sister. She has beautiful wavy hair, and I know that she will get a lot more use out of it than I ever would.
Japonesque Solid Brush Cleanser
Major makeup calls for serious removal. This is a gentle cleansing balm that dissolves away residue and leaves brushes silky soft. Mess-free. Simply dip a brush into the balm and wash the grime away. Goat milk conditions and keeps brushes looking like new. it has a really nice refreshing scent.
I actually haven’t used this yet. It does smell awesome, but I just haven’t taken the time yet to figure out exactly quite how to use it.
How about you? Did you get an ipsy’s glam bag? What did you get in yours? Were you happy with your samples? Do you get any other monthly subscription bags/boxes that are worth trying out? Let me know in the comments below.
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If you know me in real life, most likely you already know that my “bowl health” is very important to me! While yes, it might be a really gross thing to talk about, it is so important! You can tell so much about what is going on inside your body by your bowl patterns.
What is considered to be a normal bowel routine? While everyones bowel patterns are different, it is considered normal to have a bowel movement at most one to three times a day, or at the least three times a week. You should never let yourself go more than 3 days without a bowel movement.
So now you are thinking I know what is normal, how can I get a better bowel patter?
First of all make sure you are drinking plenty of water! Fluids are absorbed in the large intestine (also know as the colon). The more fluids readily available to your colon, the less it needs to work to absorb them. Do you see where I am going here…the harder the colon has to work to draw out the necessary fluids your body needs, the harder you’ll have to work to get the waste it produces out. (Gross, I know, but so true.)
After Fluid comes and other F…Fiber!
Fiber helps to keep everything moving down and out. Most people should aim for 25–35 grams of fiber a day. An added bonus to fiber is that it keeps you fuller longer as well as slowing down the absorption of sugar and the release of those sugars into your bloodstream.
Avocados
Apples
Sweet Potatoes (click HERE for a great roasted sweet potato recipe!)
Raspberries and Black berries
Chia seeds
Melons
watermelon
musk melon (cantaloupe)
honey dew
Edamame
Pears
Lentils
Beans:
Garbanzo Beans
Navy Beans
Black Beans
White Beans
Kidney Beans
Broccoli
Prunes
Grapefruit
Oranges
Coffee-while it doesn’t have any fiber and actually acts as a diuretic which means it takes fluid away and doesn’t add any. Coffee actually helps with peristalsis which helps to get the bowels moving.
Dark Leafy Greens
Add these things to your shopping list and you will be moving it too in no time!
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Did you know that Walmart has it’s own a subscription beauty box? Yup, they do! It is a quarterly box and only costs $5 a season. Walmart technically calls it a “sample box” and says that the box itself is free and the $5 is a flat rate for shipping and handling. Either way the box costs $5 each season.
Generally the box will have around 5 samples, with 1 or 2 of them being full sized products. Also in your Walmart Beauty Box, they send 2 or 3 smaller sample beauty products and coupons. (none of the links are referral links, just regular informational links.)
How does it work?
If you are first time subscribers: Your subscription will be processed when you sign up and your credit card will be charged $5 and you will receive the current season’s box. Once you are subscribed, you won’t have to resign up, you will receive a shipping confirmation email and then your box will arrive. You’ll only be charged when your Beauty Box is shipped.
The Walmart beauty box website says “Each seasonal Beauty Box is a “limited edition” and may sell out. Note: Beauty products vary by box. Only one beauty box per email address.”
Here in the picture below is what I got in this seasons box.
Over all I think that this was a great box! For $5 I find that this Walmart beauty box is generally a great deal! How about you, do you get the Walmart Beauty box? Did you get the same samples in you box? What do you think?
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Here is another great arm workout! Try to challenge yourself by doing 3 sets of 15 reps and increasing your weight as you feel you can.
As always… No Excuses! Just Do IT!
Remember to keep good proper form, warm up before, and stretch after you exercise!
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