Summer mission and nutrition rant

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To keep my on track and my eye on the prize, I’ve decided this summer, I want to be wearing this from Missoni (only £239.00 from Harrods -_- ) …

Not that ambitious but at least it will help me keep focus. I just want to see some abs… LOL. My bloating situation got worse this week and I blame it on dairy. I’d been having lactose free yoghurt but that doesn’t seem to help with the bloating. At least no gut wrenching pain for 2 hours.

Relaxed a little on food which isn’t so bad but would like to try and keep eating clean for the duration of the program. Still working through my intolerances and will be seeing a naturopath sooner rather than later to help me out. I love my daily and don’t want to miss out on the benefits of dairy. I don’t like the idea of having to buy fortified soy milk and the like. Tofu cheese just isn’t the same.

Today I feel I let myself down a little bit. I think it didn’t help I felt tired and a little bored. Ate really well up till lunch. Normally I’d be fine but today I went a little overboard. I nibbled on the following after lunch:

  • Handful of wasabi peas
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 celery stalks
  • 1 wedge of laughing cow light cheese
  • 1 mug of soy milk with cocoa powder and teaspoon of honey
  • 1 be natural dark chocolate muesli bar
  • 1 square of dairy milk chocolate
  • 1 small pineapple tart

EURGH. It’s awful I made some good choices and towards the end I just f-ed it all up. Then I got home had the prescribed dinner and dessert and added 3 sour cream and chives rice cake and half a muesli bar. God dammit. All up roughly 860 calories in snacks. OMG… Need to find lower calorie snacks. Still struggling to find high protein snacks I like and can eat. This lactose intolerance thing is a hinderance.

Looks like I need another sit down with myself and also need to look at my fluid intake again. Only 4.5 weeks to go and I shouldn’t blow it now, should I? You would think after last night’s video I would resolve to fix this but I didn’t. Do you think I am being too hard on myself? I did work out hard today to as I do every day. I’m trying to stick to the 80% nutrition, 20% exercise but the way I see it, at the moment I am doing it the other way around.

Consumer Ethics

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It came to my attention today when I replied to a tweet from Marie Claire Australia about Rimmel makeup. The tweet was:

And then I got a reply back from another Twitter user who said:

It got my thinking, “How many of my favourite brands test on animals?”. It’s a tough one because as I have found it, it’s A LOT! Now what would you do if your favourite cosmetics brands tested on animals? Would you boycott or just continue to keep using them? This has got me in a big dilemma. I still have more research to do but then, where do you draw the line? It then got my thinking about clothing. What about those big brands that mass produce products in overcrowded factories? I don’t know but sometimes we do have to close an eye to these things in this mass production world.

Everyone seems to get all touchy feely when it comes to animals. I know, they are cute, blah blah blah but I haven’t turned vegetarian. It was a huge thing recently when the Australian government decided to suspend the live export of cattle to Indonesia because of the poor treatment the animals received when they were going to the slaughterhouse. Erm, they were going to be slaughtered. Cruel enough from the get go. It was pretty gruesome stuff but you know, it’s a fact of life. Yes, the animals should be treated better but, YES but, they were on their way to the markets to be bought and cooked. I can’t see it being any better being slaughtered in someone’s backyard.

God, I know I’m going to get some flack for what I have said but I’m not going to apologise. I’m living the modern dilemma. I’m a Buddhist and this means treating everything with respect and not to kill, etc, etc. But I try to live the life the best I can but I’m sure if I can’t find a way around it, I can always try but please I think more needs to be done to help people like us make a better decision when purchasing products be it food, clothing or makeup. Our mass produced world is making us all hypocrites.

Chloé Fall/Winter 2011-2012

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Excited for this. I am loving this collection. I am looking forward to making my current wardrobe inspired by Chloé. I love the neutral colours as well as the splash of colour for the season. It is lovely to see. This evening I ALMOST purchased a new dress in the spirit of Chloé but changed my mind. I think I want to try and find some nice blouses to replace some shirts that are ready to go. Anyway, here’s a look at the collection!

Make up haul

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I went a bit crazy this weekend. I blame boredom. I was out and Priceline (bless them, my favourite store) were having 3 for 2 sales on cosmetics. I couldn’t resist getting some lipsticks from Rimmel. I needed a bit of an update as I am about to trash a few old lippys that are way past their use by date.

I purchased 2 shades and a lipliner. The one on the left is Birthday Suit and the one on the right is Soft Coral. They are pretty nude on me and I like that. I tried red lipstick once but not too keen on how they look on me even though they say it is the most flattering colour on anyone. I need someone to teach me how to wear it.

I also got this set of mascara which comes with 3 types of mascara also from Rimmel, only $20… faint.

Max volume flash, volume flash that max bold curves and a waterproof version of max volume flash.

I haven’t tried these yet but I hope they are good. I’m on the verge of revamping my mascara collection because I realised I have too many. Some good, some bad, some old and should not even be used anymore.

I also picked up this concealer from Bourjois. It’s part of their new “bio organic” range. I tried it today and I wish they had a tester when I bought it. It’s a bit too dry for my liking. I felt like I had to put a lot on to get the coverage I wanted. Not entirely sure what the aim of it is about. I think I’ve been too used to my MAC concealer and how creamy it is. I do love the smell of it. Not too chemical which is a change. I will give it a chance and see how it goes. I may instead of using it as a concealer use it as a highlighter because I also thought the shade was just a little too light.

I received my Urban Decay Naked Palette the other day. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It is so hard to find and found it on Amazon and promptly purchased it so I wouldn’t miss out. I do realise I was somewhat ripped off on postage but HECK I HAVE IT!! :) The primer potion is pretty good too but I don’t really have a problem with creasing of eye shadow.

So there you go. My obsession with make up continues… Sigh. I need to stop so badly… Till next time.

Review: Kiss Everlasting French Petites

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I bought these at BigW today after seeing Sam from Pixiwoo wearing them and I remembered a video they did about some false nails. These are amazing. They have little tabs on them that make application really easy. Now I’m not sure if these are the exact same brand but the French tips on these are somewhat slim but not as slim as the ones Sam was wearing. I like them still. Easy to apply. Only mistake I made was wiping the nails with nail polish remover containing acetone. Either way the nails still look ok. They just don’t feel smooth anymore. Opps.

The box contains 28 nails in 14 sizes. These are for smaller hands. I have tiny hands and thankfully all the sizes provided are within my nail size. The box also contains glue, manicure stick and a nail file.

This is my nail now. It took me about 20 mins to glue them all on. The first one was a bit fiddly but after that it was easy. I’m going to see how long they last and if they really don’t chip.

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