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7 comments Apr 24/13 Favorite Things, Favorites, Food Reviews, Gluten Free, Hair and Skincare, Healthy Eating

Current healthy favorites

(Image source for the photo of the dates) Bragg Liquid Aminos I love using this to make things like veggie stir fry and salmon because it only contains a small amount of natural sodium and no table salt. It tastes just like soy sauce but won’t leave you with all of the bloat! TerrAmazon Organic Cacao Powder with Maca I actually dislike the taste of maca (which has been nicknamed “The Fountain of Youth”) but cannot even detect it at all when I use this powder in my smoothies and hot chocolate (which I make by...

23 comments Feb 19/13 Beauty, Hair, Hair and Skincare, Health, Healthy Eating, Skin care

50 uses for coconut oil

If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile then you know that I’m a huge fan of coconut oil. I’ve shared some reasons why you should be using it, but today I’m going to tell you exactly how you can use it. You’ll be amazed at how versatile it can be! Apply as a deep conditioner for your hair. Just leave it on for 5-10 minutes, and your hair will be shiny and hydrated. Just be sure to rinse thoroughly! Use in place of perfume during the summer for a light tropical scent. Use in place of serum...

3 comments Feb 14/13 Beauty, Hair and Skincare, Healthy Eating, Skin care

Vitamins & oils for healthy skin

(Please consult your primary care physician before taking any of the vitamins recommended below.) Happy Wednesday! (Or what’s left of it…) It has been kind of a crazy day here. The kind of crazy day where I cannot remember what I ate, who I talked to, or what my name is. Anyway, today I want to talk about internal ways to promote healthy skin by sharing some of the vitamins and supplements that I take each day. Sea Buckthorn Berry Oil You’ve heard me rave about using sea buckthorn berry oil topically, but I...

4 comments Dec 21/12 Beauty, Hair, Hair and Skincare, Mommy

I’m going natural

I like lots of natural things, such as natural foods, natural beauty products, and natural cleansers for my home. But something natural that I haven’t always been too fond of is my naturally curly hair. (source) In fact, it’s probably not off-base to say that I’ve flat out hated it for most of my life. When I was a little girl, I admired all of the girls in school who had beautiful straight hair, and I’d daydream about how wonderful I’d look with hair like theirs. I just hated how their...

10 comments Jul 17/12 Hair and Skincare, Misc

Blog link up & some personal questions answered

I’ve discovered a lot of new blogs lately (well, blogs that are new to me). It probably has something to do with the fact that I’m into reading Mommy Blogs for the very first time in my life. One blog that I’ve been enjoying is called From Mrs. to Mama. Well, Becky (Mrs. Mama) is hosting a blog link-up today, and I thought it would be fun to participate by answering some of her questions. Here it goes! 1. How long have you been blogging? And what got you started on blogging? Has your blog changed? I...

18 comments Jul 13/12 Hair and Skincare, Pregnancy, Trader Joe's

Hair before & after shots and healthy eats from the week

If you read yesterday’s post, you know all about my hair rut. Luckily, I had an appointment at the salon with my wonderful stylist Jessi to spice things up a bit. When I first sat in the chair and told Jessi that I wanted to make a change, she asked if I was sure that I wanted to do something drastic while pregnant. I thought it was really considerate of her to ask- especially since (in my experience)- most stylists start to drool when you tell them that you want to make a big change. So, we agreed to go with a small subtle change for...