Losing weight isn't just about being skinny and Yes to tomatoes pore scrub review

The other day I was given a health book and it talked a lot about how women go on numerous amounts of diets just to get skinny and in my opinion I think a lot of people out there forget that losing weight isn’t just about being skinny, but it’s about being healthy, it’s training your body to eat good foods and choose healthier options, it’s about walking up a flight of stairs without being out of breath, it’s seeing the changes in yourself, getting out there and being more active.

With eating the right foods, you reap so many benefits especially for your skin. So okay, you might get the occasional red spot here and there on your face but I mean who doesn’t?

When you eat a lot of fruit, some vegetables and just A LOT less junk then you usually would, your skin just glows, believe it or not makeup can only do so much sometimes and people forget that. Sure we can give you that fake glow but wouldn’t you want to have a natural glow all the time?

One of the reasons I love winter is because my skin settles down so much. I don’t need to use that toner to get rid of the excess oil because there isn’t any, the only thing I need more of is moisturiser and even the oiliest skin gets dry, so moisturise away just choose a water based one instead of oil based.

I tweeted the other day that I was going to get some new products in to try and one of the products that came in was skin care. The brand Yes to tomatoes is all about skin and hair care products. The first product I’ve tried from this brand really surprised me. If you don’t know, I believe in giving every product out there a chance, if you could see my makeup kit, I have a lot of different brands, not all the time will you find one brand that will work well with every skin type or even trying to achieve a particular look.

Yes to tomatoes daily pore scrub (113g)

So the Yes to tomatoes daily pore scrub really worked for me in the sense that it got rid of the redness in a blemish that I had the other night. One of the reasons I was so excited to use this was for the fact that it helped eliminate redness faster and when reading that health book of mine, darker vegetables give more nutrients, like broccoli will always beat cauliflower and having lycopene-rich tomatoes (an antioxidant found in redder vegetables and fruits) in this product, I just knew this would be a great.

 However it does claim to unclog pores and make blackheads run for cover, with the pores I would say I haven’t seen any difference keeping in mind I’ve used this once last night and the most I can say for now is that the red blemish I had on my cheek has gone which really surprised me.

This pore scrub is made with natural ingredients and contains bisabolol and ginger where infused help to soothe irritated skin, reduce redness faster and calm inflammation and contains salicylic acid (found in all your cleansers) to help get rid of acne and unclog pores.

When using this, it was scent free and for me it was a mild face wash, it didn’t dry my skin but it definitely eliminated the redness on my skin so that’s a huge plus for me. Definitely will give this product a try for the next month to see how the pores are going but I’m liking it so far.

Hair accessories that don't hurt and look good.

 I’m always so envious of those girls that have that perfect morning hair and it’s even worse when they say they just woke up like that. NO! Okay, it’s not fair.  We can’t all have that amazing straight hair that doesn’t frizz and doesn’t need to be straightened alright! That’s how my hair used to be until I permed it and now I’m sick of this perm. Straight hair, just come back to me, you don’t even have to grow long, just be straight please.

Hair accessories are something every single woman has whether it be a bobby pin to like a do rag/doo-rag/du-rag I guess, I’m not judging, it keeps the sweat of your face, whatever works. Sometime in your life you will use a hair accessory.

A lot of women like to tie their hair up using those hair ties which is great for keeping that hair up and out of your face but after a long day, it leaves a massive kink in your hair and you probably also find that when you brush your hair out or you’re in the shower, there’s a lot more hair breakage because that hair tie is constantly pulling on your hair. You also make it worse when you pull your hair to the sides to get that hair tie tight again.

so pretty, but so painful sometimes.

Headbands are also great for putting that fringe up on hot summer days but with headbands, they   just equate to a massive headache afterwards. You’re just asking for a headache. Try bobby pins instead, the ones that are zigzagged, they grip your hair a lot better. 

When you read wide banded, you probably thought
of those really fat ugly ones right?
 No way there are so many funky styles out there.

Or if you really can’t let go of your love of headbands, take them off once in a while and give that area behind your ears a massage or try those wide banded strapped hair bands.

for the love of claw clips,
 it just makes putting your hair up that much faster.

Everyday hair accessories are great, say you have work all day and for some reason you have to tie your hair up (food prep etc etc) and then night falls you want that hair down to flaunt it or what not but there’s a huge kink in your hair and there’s no hair straightener in sight, not even those mini ones and no you can’t use an iron, because, just don’t. 

A great accessory for your hair is to use one of those massive claw clips that grip your hair without pulling too much. I am in love with claw clips, they’re just better than a hair tie and your hair won’t break off as much you’ll find.

FEEL: NAK bio-marine complex surf styler for "beach hair" review

Here’s a thought guys, if you ever feel like making someone’s day, give them a gift unexpectedly. I love putting together little gift baskets for friends, it makes me feel so happy and will shock that person you give the gift to. I love it, random gift giveaways, I feel like making a random one right now. (Well there’s my random thought for the day)

Guess what I am going to be blogging about today?? Yeahh, it’s my hair again. I feel like I haven’t talked about my hair in a while because I got it cut short and haven’t had to go to a hairdresser in a while.

Alright so to all the ladies out there, this might be you, just keep reading.

Oh good morning hair, why don’t you look oh so flat and lack lusting, no volume, no shape, stubborn, won’t stay in place no matter how much hairspray I put, can’t find my teasing comb, can’t tease it, no oomph, why aren’t these curls sitting right, why does this side curl more than the other, why won’t you stay on this side not the other side fringe! And what’s with the frizz today.

Ever had that? Or some of them? I am not kidding you, the other day my hair was ALL that and bad hair day, that’s my definition right there.

Everything I tried was just not working for me, until dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnn I tried this baby out.

NAK  bio-marine complex surf styler for “beach hair”

NAK  bio-marine complex surf styler for “beach hair” 

Oh hair products, sometimes you’re just amazing!

I LOVE this hair product right now, my hair has never felt and had so much volume in my entire medium to long hair existence.

What is it?

Think of it as a hairspray, without actually looking like there is hairspray in your hair. You know that shiny look that just looks rock hard? Not like that at all!

It’s a leave in sea salt styler (formulated with Australian sea salt) for all hair types which gives a natural texture throughout the hair.

Why I love it..

What I love about this is how it gives you that natural look without looking like you’ve gone overboard with the hair products. It gives so much texture and being a leave in styler, it allows you to play around with your hair, whether it be styling an up do or leaving it out for that messy beach look with tonnes of volume that looks so good!

I definitely love it when products claim something and it’s right and it works, this product does exactly what it says, creating texture through your hair, that looks natural and almost like you didn’t even try and it still looks amazing.

It smells like..

Here’s a plus, for anyone who loves the smell of coconut, that’s what it smells like. A whole lot of coconut smelling hair, just don’t overdo it with the spraying because you don’t want to smell like a tropical fruit cocktail now and it’s great because you don’t even need too much of it.

Ways to use it…

Products that give the whole 2 in 1 benefit, is great. I’m not a big fan of hair products that are all like best used on towel dried hair, no, what if I don’t want to wash my hair or I don’t have time. I hate that.

So this is great for both, towel dried hair, just spray it through and let it dry naturally, or blow dry it to give it a bit more oomph loving volume. Or if your hair is dry spray it through to freshen your hairstyle or use it to hold down those frizz bits, (baby hair anyone?) or just to increase the texture even more.

Final thoughts, words, just stuff..

I so love this right now and for anybody who’s like me who has very thick hair at the bottom and lacks volume at the top, give this a go, I was definitely smiling so much that my cheeks hurt.

Happy 4^th of July my USA lovers, I’m so sad, this time last year I was right there in LA for the 4^th of July. Happy celebrating, think of me, it’ll be the 5^th here  for me.  

Dear diary: People are so judgmental..

You know the days where you just don't feel like working and you're just so tired and your body just wants to sleep and never wake up, well not never but just rest up until you’re ready? I am so in that mood right now.

I think one thing that is hard to do is to be nice to people when you’re so tired and you’re having one of those please leave me alone moments. Something I’ve definitely worked on over the years and growing up helps.

Today at work, I served this lady who looked quite tired and sick and in general, if you saw somebody like that on the street, you wouldn’t approach them. She was quite unusual and when speaking to her she was a bit slow with things. I’ve dealt with so many different people and this lady was so shocked at the way I treated her, she was surprised that I was so nice and I took the time to serve her and help her find the things she wanted, which when I thought about it, it really broke my heart especially when she started telling me that people around this area that I worked, would look at her weirdly and shudder when they saw her and didn’t want to serve her because of the way she looked. I just felt so bad because I know what it’s like to be treated like you’re not wanted at a store and people eyeing you down, making sure you don’t steal and it sucks and it’s such a shame that there are so many people out there still that just judge people. I think there is a huge difference in being genuinely scared to serve somebody and just being rude and 99% of the time I find, they’re just rude.

I talked to the lady about what she was telling me and we started talking about how being in your 20’s to 30’s would be the best part of your life before you started feeling unwell, your body starts slowing down and it just goes to show that you should never judge people and I’m so glad I didn’t because she really was such a wonderful lady who thought about her kids and her partner (as she was buying things for them) I even had another lady walk past and whisper to me that she wasn’t going to buy anything and that she had no money, well she bought $60 worth of stuff and maybe people should just be nicer, I know for one I wouldn’t spend my money in a place that didn’t give me good service, I’ve walked out of so many stores just because  they didn’t greet me and I was the only person in there, picked up a piece of jewellery  and wanted to buy it and because I didn’t get that service, they didn’t get my money.

Like I say, never judge people because you never know what somebody has been through.

All my love guys, will blog again soon.