I’m definitely not a yoga fanatic but I’ve dabbled in a few different types of classes. I’ve tried both regular/hot pilates. Hot pilates was a pretty good workout, but my favourite has to be aerial yoga! It’s basically yoga but using hammocks! The studio Michelle and I go to for pole also offers aerial yoga. I think in the first class, we actually inverted...
If you’re one of my girlfriends and have come over, chances are I’ve convinced you to let me put some kind of makeup on you. Whether it’s putting on falsies (and gluing your eyelids together by accident LOL) or a simple tip on under eye concealer, I’m always excited to try makeup on different faces. Loretta asked me to do her makeup for...
“Woah, what happened to your [insert red marked body part here]?” Dermatographia folks, that’s what happened. Whenever there’s slight abrasion to my skin, it turns red. When I scratch with normal-high pressure, it turns red and then raises like a hive. The marks will disappear within about half an hour. I’m all for spontaneity except for when it’s a random skin condition. For...
How I wear makeup is totally based on my mood. For the most part, I’ll be wearing minimal/no makeup (because aint nobody got time every morning to go all out). But then I’ll have days where I’m wearing a full face, just because. Either way, I’m most likely using some of these products. Maybelline Instant Age Rewind concealer – I know this product...
I've been vegetarian for almost 10 years now and I gotta say it's easier now than it was when I first started. Most restaurants now offer at least 1 vegetarian alternative and I find that full-veg restaurants are more popular than they used to be. To date, I've only tried one western style vegan resto which was good, but I love me some...
Lately my skin has been acting up so I’ve been testing out different masks. So far, this one has been the most effective. Turmeric powder is an Indian spice and is used for many things when it comes to beauty. In Indian tradition, brides use this to soften and lighten their skin before the Mehndi ceremony. Benefits that caught my attention were ones...
I recently tried chia seeds after hearing about them for some time. I thought people just sprinkled them on yogurts or salads and that they’d be like sesame seeds, which I don’t really care for. While in Edmonton, my sister-in-law made chia seed pudding and it was totally not what I expected. Chia seeds absorb liquid and form a gel-like coating when soaked...
After going to the gym and doing the same workouts for a couple years I started to get bored. I wanted to try something new and switch things up. Me and my friend, Michelle, started looking into pole dance classes but at that time the closest studio was in Vaughan (going downtown was not an option for us). Sometime last year we found...
This past winter, my skin had gotten super dry. My hands got so bad that the skin on my palm and thumb were starting to split open and bleed. So I tried slathering on lotions, eczema creams, Vaseline, Polysporin, and it would heal it for maybe a week. But the next week, the same areas would split open again. I then turned to...
I’ve been experimenting with green smoothies for the past year or so after a nutritionist came in at work and raved about how good juicing is for you. She also mentioned green smoothies and how you could basically throw in any leafy greens and fruits. I didn’t have a juicer at home but I did have a blender, so I went the smoothie...
