🎉🎉Happy New Year🎉🎉

Happy new year to all! Hope you all had an amazing, safe holiday!

It's been a while since I last wrote a post for my blog, I've been doing some major slacking on that. Anywho, I  had a good Thanksgiving , Christmas and New year.

I went out for the first time on new years eve and went to Mohegan Sun casino in CT which was cool. Pigged out at the buffet, danced to the countdown to the new year and threw a few dollars in a couple  slot machines. Didn't win anything tho..lol.

I am definitely looking forward to 2017! New outlook, new attitude, new confidence and new beginnings.

This year, I am going to try my best to write weekly posts on my blog. I have a good feeling that it is going to be a good year and would love to share it with you!

Catch you on the next post!

My Skin Care Routine

Hey everyone!

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. I wrote a post about my weekly wash day routine for natural hair last month here, so this week, I would like to share my daily skin care routine with you. The skin products that I like to use is the Alba Botanica Hawaiian line which I absolutely love. The line of products are all natural and work and smell fantastic! The Alba skin products can be purchased at Whole Foods, CVS, Walgreen's or you can purchase it at Marshall's or TJMaxx like I do, and save a few bucks by doing so, almost half the price!

The face wash that I use is the  pore purifying pineapple foaming face wash or the deep cleansing coconut milk face wash. They both work really well, the pineapple face wash is more foamy  and sudsy while the coconut milk face wash is more frothy. When using those facial cleansers, I use my Bella Beauty facial cleansing brush that I also purchased from TJMaxx which was $9.99.

After washing my face, I follow up with using the complexion balancing hibiscus facial toner. I use a cotton round and apply the toner to my whole face and neck. After applying the toner, I use the aloe and green tea oil free moisturizer which makes my skin oh so soft with a nice cooling sensation after I apply it.

Once a week I use the pore-fecting papaya enzyme facial mask and the pineapple enzyme facial scrub which are both really good. I also have the pineapple enzyme 3- in 1 clean towelettes which I use before applying the papaya enzyme facial mask and times where I just want refresh my face.

If you want an all natural skin care line that is inexpensive, works well and also smells really good, I would recommend using the Alba Botanica Hawaiian skin care line. I have been using it for over a year and I love it! Another good thing about using these products is that, a little goes a very long way! I always use small amounts of the facial wash, the facial mask and the facial moisturizer, I use the toner generously, but it still goes a long way when I use it.

Thanks for stopping by, catch you on the next post!

End of Pescatarian Diet

Hello all!

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I wanted to give my last update on my 30 day pescatarian diet and my overall results from it.  After 30 days, along with exercising, I had lost a total of 10 pounds! During those 30 days of the diet, I really didn't have any strong cravings to eat any meat or any of the other foods that I took out during those 30 days. 

After those 30 days, I have decided to drastically cut back on eating red meat, bread, potatoes and pasta. I didn't really miss having those foods, the only thing I missed for a quick minute was chicken. I will also say that my grocery bill has also been a bit lower during those 30 days too.

Overall, I actually enjoyed the challenge and loved the results that I had got from it. Maybe next time around I will try a 30 day vegetarian diet and see how that would go.

Catch you guys on the next post!

 

Free Online Classes

Hello All!

     Hope everyone had a good weekend! I wanted to write a post about the free online courses that I have been taking for the last month. I learned about these free courses while I was browsing for books on Boston Public Library website and saw a link for online free courses and went from there. 

The website is called Gale Courses and they offer over 50 different courses that range from Accounting and Finance, Language and Arts, Technology, Writing and Publishing and many more! One of the classes that I recently completed was Learning how to Blog and Podcast which I enjoyed, and as you can see learned a lot from the course. I am currently taking an Introduction to Natural Health and Healing which I like so far. The courses are 6 weeks long with the instructor releasing lessons twice a week with a final exam at the end of the course. Once you complete and pass the final exam, you receive a certificate of completion for the course. 

I highly recommend checking out the Gale Courses website and register for a class or two! You cannot beat taking an online class for free and also adding your certificate to your resume! Right after I post this blog, I am going to head over to the website and start reading my next assignment.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think about the website and the different classes that they offer. 

Catch me on the next post!

Update on Pescetarian Diet

Hello all!

Hope everyone had a good weekend!  I wanted to give an update on my 30 day pescetarian diet.  I started this diet on July 5th and have been strictly eating fruits, vegetables and seafood and the foods that I cut out for thid diet are white potatoes, sugar, pasta, red meat and chicken.

So far, the diet has been good. I haven't had any temptation to eat any of the foods that I had cut out, not even once. I feel that one of the keys to sticking to the diet  is the weight loss I have had.  After one week along with exercising, I had lost 5 pounds! I couldn't believe I lost that much just from changing my diet.  I'm excited for these next few weeks to come and to see the physical changes that come along with it.

Thanks for coming by!

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