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Home Made Scrubs

I do home made scrubs - try a little say sugar or salt with your fav shower gel - if you dont smell or feel some huge chemical reaction on your hands - make a 500gm pot of this say

400gm sugar or salt
100gm shower gel

Use salt of sugar as you please - salt has antiseptic properties & use coarse suagr of salt progressively form the fine kind as you wish for more exfoliation action. the mixture is not a hard & fast 4:1 - its really up to you.

My slimming scrub: ( I took this idea from US magazines - Celebs do it too even with rolling pins for extra anti cellulite function)
coffee for brewing - get those really cheap ones SGD $3+/500gm kind

mix abit at a time or all at once
250gm coffee powder
100gm sugar fine or course
mix some in a plastic bowl/container with just abit of water & massage into wet skin,
Massage helps circulation, Coffee & sugar particles help exfoliation.circulation
Caffeine helps prevents cellulite - aids fat burning (alternative to caffeine slimming pills)
Sugar helps to mask - draw out impurities from the skin
Leave on if you can for about 5 mins - shower off - finish off with shower gel or soap as you wish.

REMEMBER to shower off with soap/shower gel & rinse your shower walls or bath properly to avoid feeding the ants!

Water Parade!

As drinks with caffeine are duretics. I have decided to still drink coffee but to make it a smaller cup instead. For health sake.

How do you count water consumption per day? You need 1.5-2 litres a day roughly.

yday this was my consumption
500ml coffee
300 ml Iced Lemon tea
500ml water
600ml Barley
300ml soup
Total is 2.2L, or 600ml

Its 600ml - Coffee & iced lemon tea should be minus once u drink a cup of coffee say 300ml immed its a minus 300ml to your day's quota. Didnt know that right? Trival i found but big difference on our health knowing this.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Information from website: www.bragg.com
Ingredients:
Certified Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is unfiltered, unheated, unpasteurized and 5% acidity. Contains the amazing Mother of Vinegar which occurs naturally as strand-like enzymes of connected protein molecules.
Information:
Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is made from delicious, healthy, organically grown apples. Processed and bottled in accordance with USDA guidelines, it is Certified Organic by Organic Certifiers and Oregon Tilth; and is Kosher Certified. Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar is full of zesty natural goodness. It’s a wholesome way to add delicious flavor to salads, veggies, most foods, and even sprinkle over popcorn.
Apple Cider Vinegar has been highly regarded throughout history. In 400 B.C. the great Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, used it for its amazing health qualities



INTERNAL BENEFITS:
Rich in enzymes & potassium
Support a healthy immune system
Helps control weight
Promotes digestion & ph Balance
Helps soothe dry throats
Helps remove body sludge toxins

EXTERNAL BENEFITS:
Helps maintain healthy skin
Helps promote youthful, healthy bodies
Soothes irritated skin
Relieves muscle pain from exercise

How i take this:
I usually mix 1 tbs Honey with luke warm water 200ml
then 1 tbs of ACV
another 200-300ml of water 2-3 cubes of ice

Its better drank as a cider drink - best neat with water warm or cold u you can take it but i found that after a while of drinking with warm water - its taste so horrible I just gave up & lost all the benefits.

My Review:

After Confinement month. Usually weight loss here is very fast as its alot of water loss after birth nearly 1-2 kg a week loss. BUt then in mth 2 wt loss stagnated weeks 4-6.
I started take 3 times a day 2 weeks, in the 3rd week i start lost 2 kg. Continued this 3 times a day for weeks 6 - 12, (3rd mth end of maternity leave i went back to work earlier) Continued on & off 1 time every 2 days or so - in 5th mth after deliver i regained my pre pregnancy weight.
I was 81kg before I got pregnant,
101 at full term,
94kg after delivery
around 89 after Confinement mth.
Lost 8 kgs in about 4 mths.

Please note I believe post delivery weight loss usually is quite fast especially taking into consideration I also Breast feed totally week 3 onwards. But i know i Continued to eat alot -else the weight loss in totality could have been greater.

Extra Tips: You can Vary the honey & the ACV to more each time or less each time 1 time a day or 3 times a day.

Best 20 mins after a meal 3 times a day 1 tbs ACV for accelerated detox & slimming.

Bioessence Inch Loss Body Cream Celebrity's Choice

http://www.ginvera.com/shop_online/product.asp?cat_id=4

Price: S$29.90

Info from website: CELEBRITY'S CHOICE Inchloss Body CreamA Slender Body In 28 Days

Description:A revolutionary product withunique natural and bio-heat,active ingredients such as BioMineral Essence to help firm tummies, flabby thighs and arms effectively in 28 days.You'll feel a warm tingling sensation every time you massage this product into your skin as it is a sign of the process to a slender new you.

Ingredients:Biotin (Biogel), Ginger (Zinger officinale) Extract, Capsicum (Capsicum Frutescens) Extract, Rice (Oryza Sativa) Extract, Propylene Glycol, Cetyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Myristate, Octyldodecanol, Pineapple (Ananas Sativus) Extract, Stearic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Caffeine, Dimethylsiloxane Polymer, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Menthol, Ginseng (Panax Ginseng) Extract, Bioflavonoids (Bio Mineral Essence), Triethanolamine, Propyl Paraben, Methyl Paraben Imidazodynyl Urea.

Direction of Use: Always massage in upward circular motion for a few minutes.Suitable for arms, tummy and thighs area.

Started:- 22ndMarch SUN
NIte time started
Waist XXcm
Hips XXcm
Thigh at groin XXcm L & R
Applied on: Tum Thighs Butt, Hips
Immed reactions: Very hot within 5 mins – heat went off within 1 hr – I think cos aircon room so it was cool didn’t sweat – so the effects went off.

23rd morning MON
Applied on: Tum Thighs Butt, Hips, Arms
Morning: PS a load of Crap!
Daytime till evening – butt still warm warm
Nite still had burning effects after bath.
NIte: Waist -3cm (collective since start of use of pdt)


24th TUE
Morn Applied on:Tum Thighs Butt, Hips, Arms
Nite Applied on: Tum Thighs Butt, Hips,
Nite: Waist -2cm (collective since start of use of pdt)


25th WED

Morn Applied on:Tum Thighs Butt, Hips, Arms
Waist – 4cm (collective since start of use of pdt)
Morning: PS a load of Crap (less than monday!)

Nite didnt apply cos after bath it was very hot, cream still at work for a good 30 mins after the bath.

INch loss: maintained.

26th THUR

Morn Applied on:Tum Thighs Butt, Hips, Arms

INch loss: maintained.

Nite bathed Hiamness maintained anotehr 30 mins on thighs (cos maybe i put more cream there this morn)

Inch Loss: Maintained

27th FRI

Morn Applied on:Tum Thighs Butt, Hips, Arms
INch loss: Maint.

Morning Load of crap again.

NIte did not apply

28-29th Weekend didnt apply cos of attending to my child.

30th Mon

Morn Applied on:Tum Thighs Butt, Hips, Arms

Wrapped with cling wrap except arms. BUrns like crazy even after 1 hr.

DIY Fragrance POuches

Ingredients:

Rough paper (get those from the fax machines printed with advertisments discarded)

Fold it into a fashion you that & tape up with scotch tape - fill up with any baby powder or fragranced powders you like & seal with tape. Stash them in your cupboards, wardrobes, drawers, car & even your handbag.

As a simple gift you might want to use pretty paper - wrapping paper leftovers, pretty envelopes you cannot resist to keep can come in good use here.

Why is this simple & good:-1) powders are usually used on the body therefore quite safe, especially (i have 2 pregnant colleagues) - thus this was great as it did not cause them nausea & safe unlike moth balls - there was some report stating that moth balls in wardrobes can emit some chemical fumes which is bad for an airconditioned room - especially the bed room as the air not so 'fresh'

2) Powders absorb moisture somewhat - slight.

3) cheap & easy to make, toss after 1 mth or so. J & J lavendar baby powder is my favourite, its about SGD$5.50 or less for 2-500g bottles. so its much cheaper than other fragrances which can be too empowering - especially for headache & migraine sufferers who get fragrance triggers.

Asprin masking aka BHA & some home made masks

Beginners
Use one tablet 1st mix with drops of water in palm enough to make a paste & massage into wet – cleansed face leave on for about 1-2 mins rinse off.
If you don’t see redness or allergic reactions withing 2 days you can proceed to normal use.

Normal use
Use about 3-4 tables again make paste & put only face like a mask up to 5 mins.

Advanced user
Use up to 8 tablets mixed with water, moistuirser or see the thread some use yougurt but I personally have not tried.

Caution & notes:Redness or pinkness could be normal to some people if you have left it on for too long as the mask is essentially BHA which is fat soluble & penetrates the skin better to exfoliate or layman terms cleanse the shaft of the pore.
Its like being able to reach into your pore & clean it – on this mild basis cleansing from within will clear oil clots that will help in controlling oiliness, blackheads, white heads & pimples. But in the same line – initial breaking out might occur as the BHA is doing an initial cleansing routine so do not be alarmed.

Allergy note: There are some people are who allergic to BHA if you are sensitive try on the back of your neck the 1st time for allergy test if possible. I personally use Disprin 24 pcs is SG$3+ I remember at Unity Pharmacies, the 96pc pack is more worth at about SG$6+ but only if you are happy with the results then get the bigger pack.

Cheers & have fun!


Face mask:-8 Disprin asprin tablets some water Any Brand clay facial mask

Leg mask:-8 Disprin tabletssome water
The Skin Food whitening facial mask about 20 cm long squeese (available at Guardian)
Glad cling wrap to enhance the masking on the legs without grains drying off & dirtying the floor

Body mask:-16 Disprins
some water
35 cm long
The Skin Food whitening facial mask
enough for shoulders, arms & upper backClin wrap yr body if you like (like in slimming wraps) to enhance the mask & also keepts it wet longer & less mess too.Leave on for about 20 mins, & rinse off