Beauty

Going Green…

Posted on: 18th January 2013 by CFYH

Hey ladies!

Over on the facebook page, I recently spoke about returning back to the world of juicing and smoothie making (thank goodness I’ve also just found two of my favourite recipe books). Also thank Fiona of Love Your Tresses for re-inspiring me to get back on the straight & narrow lol!

There is no point worry about what you put on your hair without a care of what you put inside your body…it just doesn’t make sense. While indeed the benefits of smoothies and juicing will be evident in the condition of your hair & skin overtime – my decision to take this on again concerns neither one. My health gets top priority!

Today I made a simple smoothie consisting of: 2 handfuls of spinach, 2 apples and 2 baby bananas, about a 1/4 cup of water and blended it all up!

My blender is the Breville Antony Worrall Thompson BL19 Blender and my juicer is the Jack LaLanne Power Juicer.

So why the smoothies? Why juicing?

First off, it’s an easy, efficient way to ensure you get the majority of your daily nutrition/5 a day

You feel great, trust me! Juice for like a month and then stop for a few days & you’ll know what I mean

They are 10x better than taking multi-vitamins – contrary to popular belief not all are regulated by the FDA & also studies are yet to prove any significant health benefits.

The best way to get nutrition is from food

It will boost your immune system to protect you from illness

The best part is also having full knowledge of what you’re drinking (no 0.01% of horse or pig lol – if you’ve read the news lately you’ll understand)

The benefits also reflect in your skin & hair

They taste darn good!

Do any of you make smoothies/juice? What recipes do you have?

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Protective styling with Kinky Curly Hair again

Posted on: 30th December 2012 by CFYH

We all need to give our hair a break once in a while and ‘protective style’. With my own hair, I usually opt for my signature bun or a roll & tuck style. I also love switching it up completely and getting extensions (such as braids or twists) or a weave.

Earlier this year I did a weave using kinky curly looking hair & I loved it. It was low maintenance, all I really had to do was retwist my leave-out every night, undo it in the morning and spray the weave with a little water to spruce it up.

So as you may have seen, I’ve revisited this style. For me its nice to rock a style that’s pretty much the same length as my hair, looks like my hair while I’m actually protecting my hair underneath…win win right?

Click here for my previous post and information about the hair used

For those interested on my lips I’m wearing black|Up’s lipstick in no. 13

This was just one stroke of the lipstick by the way!

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Keeping it Simple…

Posted on: 18th December 2012 by CFYH

Days like this are those ‘throw on a hat’ kind of days. In search of an old hat, I found an old scarf I purchased from Brick Lane a good 2/3 years ago.

A rocking a cute headwrap is definitely a more chic way to jazz up a dull day!

The scarf has quite a bit of red in it too, so instead of going for my usual nude/pink lip, I went for red!

Lipstick: w7 – Vampire Kiss

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November Favourites!

Posted on: 3rd December 2012 by CFYH

Hey Ladies!

Without trying to bring out the product junkie in you, I thought it would be nice to show you some of the products (others than hair stuff) I used in the last month & absolutely love!

Face:

Last month I started using some products from the SkinCeuticals range and I’m in love! I have crazy oily skin and finding the perfect set of products to cater to this has been hard. Things I’ve used in the past have either caused me to break out or has dried my skin out (which eventually leads to it over producing oil!)

The Daily Moisturiser for normal to oily skin is a touch of heaven to my skin every morning! I only need a small amount and I’m good to go (as you can see its still pretty full). It works well underneath my makeup and is something I can definitely see myself repurchasing when it’s finished.

The Gel Cleanser helps to remove impurities, excess oils and makeup and is designed especially for combination to oily skin. I have to say when first used this I was pretty confused as the consistency of this product is pretty thin & runny in comparison to the usual facial washes, so that took some time getting use to. However I’ve definitely seen an improvement since using both this and the moisturiser.

NARS Sheer Matte Foundation! My all time, hands down, no doubt about it, favourite foundation. I recently ran out and switched to using my MAC matchmaster and my skin hated me for it. In a nutshell I love this foundation because:

*It’s the perfect match for my skin tone

*Doesn’t make my face oily

*Doesn’t break me out

*Doesn’t make my skin feel caked up

*Lasts a long time on your face

*Lasts a loooong time generally -I only need to repurchase every approx every 6 months (sometimes longer)

Eyes:

For anyone that knows me well, you know I can go without foundation, eyeliner, lipgloss, blusher but MUST have mascara! lol!

My eyelashes are quite long, so I do love a mascara that can help me accentuate them without them looking clumped up or like spider legs.

Since 2008 I’ve been faithfully using the L’Oreal Volume lashes mascara as it works sooo well for me but I recently misplaced it. Me freaking out, I had to buy another straightaway! Sadly my trustee mascara was all out so I opted for L’Oreal’s Telescopic mascara. Let’s just say if the Volume lashes mascara doesn’t show up, it’s definitely getting replaced!

Lips:

My favourite and go-to lip products for the past 3/4 months have been Avon’s colour trend in ‘Caramel Apple’ and ELF’s lipstick in Fantasy.

Hair:

Ok I had to sneak a hair product in! Lee Stafford’s Detangling Spray

Body:

I’m big on a great smelling product so the Victoria’s Secret store is like a candy shop to me! I’ve had the ‘Pure Seduction’ Ultra-Softening Body Butter for a while now but recently started using it again. The smell is soooo nice, very sweet, exotic and smells much more expensive than it actually is! I really like this because it’s a great body butter and the smell lasts such a long time too.

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Autumn Beauty

Posted on: 20th September 2012 by CFYH

While I don’t consider myself a ‘trendy’ person, Autumn evokes something in me which always makes me gravitate towards the oranges, browns, burgundy and greys – clothes and makeup wise. So when I saw that one of my favourite youtuber’s (‘Beauty by Lee’) recently put together some amazing makeup looks that tie in perfectly with this season and its trends, I had to share!

Although these aren’t everyday looks, it’s a perfect evening/occasion look.

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