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What’s Up Wednesday: Healthy Tips for Summer Barbecues
Summer is in full swing, and often at the center of warm-weather festivities are outdoor picnics, barbecues, and cook-outs. While these gatherings often feature menus with high-calorie foods, with a bit of mindfulness, you can still make healthy choices while enjoying all the fun with these tips: Make Minor Modifications Cheeseburgers are packed with hidden, and oftentimes unnecessary calories. Ranging from plain white to decedent brioche, hamburger buns add anywhere from 100-300 calories to your meal. A slice of American cheese is an additional 100 calories, which, after melting, doesn’t have a strong enough flavor profile to make it worth it’s while. And mayo is another 100 calories to boot.…
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What’s Up Wednesday: Beauty Product Review: iMethod Beauty Eyebrow Stamp Kit
iMethod Beauty is an independent clean makeup brand that prides itself on creating the best makeup products that are vegan, cruelty-free and budget friendly and they were so kind to send me their eyebrow stamp kit to test out which I have done over the last week, so here is my review on the iMethod Beauty Eyebrow Stamp Kit, but first, here is a little information on the kit itself: What Comes in the Eyebrow Kit In this kit you receive 10 eyebrow stencils, eyebrow pomade (there are 8 shades), sponge applicator, dual ended angled eyebrow brush/spoolie, instructions and a pouch to store everything in. How to Use the Eyebrow…
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What’s Up Wednesday: 10 Great Greens For Better Health
If you are following a healthy lifestyle, you already know the importance of eating dark greens, which are rich in beta-carotene, folate, and vitamins C, E, and K, as often as possible. Research shows that consuming dark leafy greens can promote good health by fighting the inflammation caused by free radicals, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and reducing your risk of heart disease. In addition, dark greens in the Cruciferae family (a.k.a. cruciferous vegetables) have been found to help protect against macular degeneration and possibly help reduce age-related memory loss. So, for better health, make a point to include these 10 dark green powerhouses in your diet: Arugula Arugula, also…
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What’s Up Wednesday: Make Your Own Matte Liquid Lipstick
Happy Wednesday Everyone! There are so many matte liquid lipsticks on the market today from high end to drugstore and not only can it be overwhelming to decide which brand, formulation or color will be best suited for you, but it can also be expensive buying formulations and colors that end up not being right for you! Now, if you are like me and you have an overabundance of hydrating or moisturizing lipsticks, but you want to add a few matte liquid lipsticks to your lipstick collection, but you don’t have the time or the cash to buy new liquid lipsticks, then consider making your own with what you have…
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What’s Up Wednesday: Project Pan Basket Update May 2022
Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I thought I would give you all an update on my project pan basket. When I started this in January 2022, I had fourteen makeup products and through the process of testing and eliminating products, I now have ten products (two products have been discontinued). I removed foundations (I only have five, so no need to “project pan” them), blushes (the blushes were just too old to use), concealers (I only have three concealers, so no need to “project pan” these) and face powders (I have two face powders and one setting powder for under the eyes (so no need to “project pan” them). So, here…