December 2009
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Eye Make-up Tip
For extra va-va-VOOM in your eyelashed, apply two coats!
Be sure to wait for the first coat to dry - you gotta avoid clumping!
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Hair HELP!
Sometimes having fabulous hair can be a real struggle… Between pollution attacking the hair to it all falling out from stress - it seems like a long, long winding road to the perfect Pantene mane…Or Herbal Essence… Whatever advertising campaign wooed you best.
Well, I’ve found a few tips that have helped my hair get shinier, stronger AND longer - granted, it still looks...
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Test #1: Day 5
Soooooo smooth. So fresh, so clean- ahh!
5 days in of my every-morning-every-night 3 step routine, and I’m completely in love.
I want to take my routine out to dinner and talk about life.
I want to walk along the bech with my routine and hold hands until the sun comes up.
I want to spend the rest of my life with my routine and have lots of baby routines!
Seriously. Two more days and my...
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“It’s [beauty] a kind of radiance. People who possess a true inner beauty,...”
– Cameron Diaz, on true beauty
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Test #1: Day 3
Still sweating up a storm here, but I’m attempting to do my whole routine every day regardless.
The pimple that was the size of a (large) planet has gone down. I didn’t pick it, which is probably a good thing (as if you pick a spot, even if it makes you feel good, its only ever going to leave a giant crater on your face. Don’t do it!), but washed my face even gentler than I...
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Test #2 : Day 3
Okay, so I admit it right here and now - I didn’t do my workout this morning.
Even though the tiny twenty minute workout has helped me feel all crazily energetic and awesome - it was just TOO tired.
Yesterday was my last day of work and I think I deserved a nice long lie-in.
So I did.
It isn’t the end of the world. The fact that I’ve exercised TWO times this week is flipping...
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50 Ways To Be Extraordinary →
Nothing makes you as beautiful as confidence.
The loveliest glow comes from feeling good about yourself, right with what you do, and optimistic about our world.
This is a list I found of ways you can get involved. In big ways, in little ways, in personal ways, in distant ways.. it doesn’t matter what you do or how you do it.
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, just feed...
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Cravings.....
JUST DO IT!…a little. Eat a teeny tiny bit of what you crave - It’ll give you taste you can’t stop thinking about and stop you from feeling denied! Denying yourself things just makes you want them more… Forbidden fruit, anyone? You always want what you can’t have!
Mix’N’Match. Sometimes the temptation is just too much, I hear ya. If you’re going...
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Four Day Detox
Okay, so you’ve just overdosed on cookie dough (or pizza or pasta or chocolate or ice cream or champagne or Pina Coladas…).
We’ve all done it. It’s ok. Sometimes indulging in your sweet (or cheese) tooth is GOOD for you. Obviously, because you got to eat all that AWESOME STUFF.
Also, because now you know why you probably shouldn’t do it again.
Feeling sick?...
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Excess baggage?
If you have bags under your eyes, like me, or puffiness, here’s a trick I learned that is MUCH cheaper than surgery or expensive creams..
Put a spoon in the fridge until it gets nice and chilled.
Once cold, press the spoon against the skin under your eye.
No kidding, it’s soothing AND works!
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Eating out
I know, I know, trying to maintain a healthy balance in your diet SUCKS when
a)your friends have metabolisms like race cars and can eat entire pizzas and not get bigger,
or
b) your friends invite you out to dinner all the time.
Eating out can be laden with complex carbs (basically anything white, and which will do you no favours), fats, oils, and unnecessary loadings of sugar. But fear no...
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Test #2: Day 2
This morning I managed to get through the whole routine without passing out, or sitting down to rest. Good for me!
My calves hurt, my forearms hurt, and my butt hurts.
I take this hurt to be a good thing, as I’ve been told that in order to make the muscles stronger they go through a pain process.
The muscle tears and stretches and, in the process of rebuilding (like a terminator, you will...
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Liquids are your friend!
Having a hot lemon tea, or green tea… or any hot tea (sans sugar) half an hour before your meal will work as an appetite suppressant!
Half the time, when you feel hungry you’re actually thirsty! This makes sure you aren’t putting extra energy in when all you need is hydration!
Especially in the morning, a hot cup of tea works wonders for your liver (as a cleanser, which is...
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Test #1: Day 2
I’m infuriated. I just finished my routine (scrub, toner, olay) and sat down to check my emails and …
drip… drip… drip…
IT IS TOO HOT HERE. MY FACE IS MELTING. I am sweating off all that good clean stuff that’s meant to make my skin awesome!
I will towel my face dry in a bit and put more olay on, but the principle of the matter is:
Hot and humid countries...
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Eyelash Curling...
Sounds scary. And the techinology is pretty scary-looking too.
But curling your eyelashes can make your eyes look bigger, and apparently more youthful!
Best way to do it would be to heat up your curler first (DON’T put it in the microwave, it’s metal!!).
Heat it up using a hairdryer and then press your eyelashed in it for 30 seconds.
For even more oomph, wait a minute and do it...
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Best Nutritional Advice I EVER HAD!
I went to see a nutritionist…. more out of curiosity than anything.
At the time I was skipping meals and lasting off a can of soup for dinner.
I would think, “HAH! Take THAT, body! You suck! You are going to get NO food at all until you shrink.”
My body responded, “What? Why? MEANIE! I’m just trying to survive here! I need food to function! FINE. If YOU’RE...
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Test #2: Day 1
Today, I didn’t want to die after doing the exercise. I kept the fan on me the entire time so that I wouldn’t COMPLETELY dehydrate, which was probably the smartest idea i’ve had all week.
That being said, I couldn’t muster the energy for the last round of cardio… I pretty much bobbed from one foot to another instead of running on the spot. Lazy lazy me!
Oh well, I...
Test #1: Day 1 (cont.)
It’s wrong that I want to leave work early to go wash my face…. isn’t it?
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To the ducklings
You’re beautiful. There’s just something about you… Something that’s unique and sparkling…
You’re stunning. You just don’t know it yet, do you?
You were created as a swan! This website isn’t about changing you- remember the ugly duckling was always a swan, even from the beginning! The duckling just didn’t know it!
So, duckies, this blog is to help you get there. Make-up tips to enhance your...
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Test #1: Day 1
Well, last night and this morning I used the Ponds anti-bacterial facial scrub and corresponding toner. All I have to say is: wow. (obviously I’m going to write more than that)!
The scrub is a dream. You only need a tiny amount (I used a dollop as big as my pinkie fingernail) to wash your entire face. The exfoliant beads are so smooth on your face, an escape from ye scratchy scrubs of old, and...
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Test #2
I’ve read and read and read about how interval workouts can change your life.
Personally, I’d be up for a change! My hips aren’t getting any smaller!
While it’s so ridiculously hot and humid here (in Indonesia. Thank God I’m going back to Australia soon), it’s impossible to work out for too long.
Ergo, 20 minutes of bopping around should suit me quite...
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Test #1
So, i’m in a ridiculously hot country at the moment and its wreaking havoc with my face.
Ok, so the rest of me is always chaos, but my face? I’m usually ok with.
Not today. After two months of pimples popping up on my chin every day (its like my pores are executing a slow and painful death to my good skin. They’re organised!!) I’ve had enough.
It’s time to get...
“Joy increases as you share it & diminishes when kept to ourself”
– Renee Ludwigs
Joy is like a facial for the soul. There’s nothing more beautiful than an inner glow.
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Like a duck to water....?
Okay, so, studies show that people who drink more than four glasses of water a day have higher metabolic rates…
Translation: Drinking water speeds up your fat-processing-unit - You may feel sloshy but it’ll make you slim!
Next stop - SWAN!
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Need To Know:
Smoking is never cool. There’s nothing glamourous about it. It makes you smell, rots your teeth, and could kill you. What’s to love?
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If you hate crunches, like me.. GOOD NEWS!
Ab crunches are not the best way to lose belly fat. High intensity aerobics are a better option to trim your tummy.
HOORAY!
Obviously, this means you have to sweat it out and do the hard yards as opposed to doing crunches for two minutes…
But still! I hate crunches!
Yipee!
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Oh. Sweet. Lord. →
And I do mean SWEET! Yum yum.
Did you know you’re supposed to have 5 Vegetables and 2 pieces of Fruit a DAY. MINIMUM! How many of you do that?
I forget. This one time I was really into it and sliced up a carrot, put it in a ziplock bag, and ate it on the train into work… But that fad only lasted a week before I got bored of having my fingertips look orange. Seriously.
So here...
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Tis the season to go hungry... or not? →
Eat, Drink, and STILL shrink, they say!
If you’re anything like me, this month has you freaking out - the parties, the dinners, the turkeys (oh lord, the turkeys!) are haunting you in your dreams, making you want to just hide in a hole to resist the temptation of devouring the entire contents of your kitchen…
But, fear not. This article has happy tips to help you get through the...
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Ever wonder why you were thinner in your teens? →
According to this article, angst is good for you!
Stressing over things has been linked to weight-loss. Personally, I think it’d be from all the crying and the not eating cause you’re so upset about something.
But YEAH, i’m sure it’s just a chemical thing.
Pesonally, I was massive in my teens, so this doesn’t apply to me.
But hey, it’s about your health -...
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You may think its too hot to cook, but... →
Seriously, these meals are AWESOME. Tasty, fresh, and they don’t take forever slaving away in a hot kitchen.
I can never be bothered to cook… I guess thats why I’m still an ugly duckling! To know that there are quick and easy meals out there that AREN’T microwavable with ‘weight-watchers’ stamped on the front… oooh joy!
Next stop - SWAN!