Moving on...

Hi all,
I've started my own blog with my own domain name! 
it's www.stephdoesstuff.com
I'll be keeping this page up here for a while, but I'd love it if the lovely people who are reading/following could come and check out my stuff.
Catch you all there xoxo

I'll get this right some time...

Hi everyone,
So I've been battling illness (nothing serious), being without internet, computer AND a camera.  It's been very tricky to keep this updated.
Buuuuuuuuut!  I just got my very own laptop YIPEEEEE! And by just, I meant about 2 hours ago. So as soon as I can, I might start doing some video reviews (I'll see how I go, I don't feel very confident in video form) 
Expect something soon
Take Care xoxo

Quick update

Hi everyone!
Sorry I've been absent for sooooo long. It's hard to blog without a computer and wifi :-(
Hopefully this will be rectified within the week and I have a lot of exciting stuff to review and tell you about!

Take care and have a great weekend xo

Delicious Food!

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to show you a delicious (mostly) raw food recipe.

It's for avocado pesto pasta and it is fantastic!

http://chefchloe.com/entrees/avocado-pesto-pasta.html

I'll explain raw cooking in a later post, and my adventures in it!

Hope you're all well xoxo

The Humble Lemon...

photo from Wikipedia

Where I am, it's approaching winter.  It's getting cold!  And unfortunately the cold brings sickness.  I'm doing everything possible to avoid it.  Well maybe not everything, but as much as I can.

My 'sister in-law' has been drinking what she calls hot lemon for a long time (she doesn't drink tea or coffee) and she hasn't had a sick day in almost a decade!  So I thought I'd give it a shot.  Really, what have I got to lose? 

I haven't asked how much lemon she uses, but I found about a quarter has worked for me. 

Basically, what I do is heat a mug of water up in my microwave for two minutes (or boil the kettle if I'm making more than one drink) and squeeze a quarter of a lemon into the hot water, then I drop the squeezed lemon into my drink.  I've taken to adding a teaspoon of honey to my drink, for the extra goodness it brings and for me it makes it slightly easier to drink.  That being said, if I don't have any honey, it's still drinkable without.  My better half drinks it without and so does my sister in-law.  It just depends on your personal preference.

I've been doing it every day (almost) and I have to say it has helped a lot!  Those times when I wake up all sniffly and on the verge of getting a cold, it pulls me back and stops me from going over into sickness.

I'm quite liking my little daily ritual and it's cheaper and better than taking tablets.  And I will continue this for as long as I can still get lemons!

Give it a try (especially when you feel like you're getting sick) and see what it does!

Eat well, drink well and stay well xoxo

Nb.  As stated the photo shown is not my own

Testing things on myself!

Ok, so quite recently I've been moulting.  If you don't know what it is it's shedding hair.  This doesn't sound too bad (it's something we do everyday to a small extent).  But I have been losing a ridiculous amount.

The hairdresser said I shouldn't be worried as it happens, and we do go through stages where we lose more hair than others.  Also, I'm not looking like I'm balding or even thinning.  But, I do feel worried that it might happen.  And it can be quite embarrassing to be leaving pink hairs about the place...  I can't pretend they're anyone elses!

I'm also wanting to keep it long for my upcoming wedding.

I know I can put things on my hair to try to help it, but that can only do so much.  Really healthy hair comes from the inside (same with skin and nails)

I eat a relatively healthy diet.  I eat a lot of vegetables and little junk, with a little treat now and then. I am human after all!

I've been reading what to do to start and maintain healthy hair and one of the things I found were supplements.  I thought I'd give it a go.  Just go down to the local chemist and pick something up, simple really.  I have found that there are a lot of Biotin supplements there, so I decided to go for ones that treat hair, skin and nails, something that all need improving. 

I've been taking a once a day tablet for 4 days now and I've started to notice a slight change in my skin.  It's been nothing major so far, but it has only been 4 days!

I'm starting a log of how it goes.

Skin

Here's a close up...  It doesn't look too bad (thanks to the camera) but it does look a little rough

Here's my bad side.  As we can see it's spotty

And here is my hair.  It's still thick, but I want it to get longer too, and don't worry I'm not drunk or stoned here...  I'm just looking down.  And it's how I look quite often haha

So here we go!  Week 1.  I'll start reporting any new developments, or if there's is anything noteworthy :-)

Anyway, that's all for me now.  Let me know if you have any tips or tricks!

I'm baaaaack!

Hi all, I have been having a bit of a rough trot lately... I've been battling fatigue caused by another problem as well as having to take an unexpected flight interstate for unfortunate reasons. But I am vowing to get back into blogging at least once a week. It's getting late here so I'm not up to writing a big long post (I'm crafting some ideas now mwahahaha!) but if I have access to a computer I'll get some more blogging done over the next few days But just because, here is a photo of me after playing around with foam curlers. I haven't had long hair since I was about 10, so I'm trying to get better at doing my hair :-)

Still need to keep working on it I think... Anyways, good night lovely people xoxo