Happy Saturday Everyone!
I hope you have all had a good weekend & your weekend is even better!
Even though this week has been a shorter week at work this week truly feels like it has gone on for like ever. Such a manic week it has definitely tested me you could say especially being full of cold. But hey the week is over with now, time to move on & think next week is a new week right? Well thats the way I now try to look at things. Put a positive spin on it!
I am a HUGE tea lover! I do not drink coffee one bit but tea it is like the best thing. Tea solves everything I truly believe that. Most kinds of tea I drink but Early Grey I have to say is my ultimate favourite. Some people cannot stand the stuff because they believe it is too perfume like tasting but I love it.But due to orders by my doctors I have had to cut down on the amount of caffeine intake I have. Which has been annoying but health is more important than anything right? So I now have to limit the amount of tea I drink. So I started recently trying different fruit or herbal teas simply because they are caffeine free. So I thought it might tell my brain it's drinking normal tea when I'm actually not. To begin with I will admit I wasn't really enjoying it but as time has gone & I have tried more & more flavours I do really like them. Okay it isn't the same as normal tea because you don't have milk & the tastes are nothing like the same but it is what is needed. I have found I enjoy the more fruit teas more so like Strawberry & Raspberry, Or Cranberry, Strawberry & Raspberry. I usually just buy them from my local supermarket. I buy the actual tea bag form but I have tried loose tea when in a cafe recently having a catch up with a friend. Suki' Tea in a berry blend & it was so nice & I found it more stronger tasting than the tea bag form. So I found myself wanting to try tea in a loose form.
I started to look for places to buy loose tea leaves from & come across Teagime which is a subscription box of different teas! I bet you haven't come across that before right? No I hadn't either so I was very excited of my find! Every two weeks they send you out 3 different teas to try. Which are ALL hand picked for you & your needs.
You get 3 different types of tea one for each part of the day:
Morning: Kick starts your metabolism
Afternoon: Help aid digestion
Evening: Helps curb your cravings & is meant to help you sleep.
When you sign up for Teagime you fill out a questionnaire which they ask you about health related topics to ensure they send out tea's which will benefit your health & wellbeing. Which you do not get if you simply handpick your own tea from a shop. These are especially catered to you. Not only that but all the tea is fresh which is unlike supermarket teas where they are more dust.
Not only that but the tea's can also help aid you to lose weight by helping burn fat, if that is what you are looking for. You do not
see instant results but thats the same as everything.
The tea's you are sent are also based up on your flavour preferences, caffeine requirements, skin issues & menstrual cycles. You can leave out ingredients that you don't want.
When my Teagime box arrived it was packed with the 3 teas best suited to my own preferences. I was set out:
Morning - Rose Champagne
This is a invigorating floral blend. It contains:
*Rose which cleanses the blood & organs
*Oolong which helps lifts your energy levels & enhance your mood
*Strawberry to help aid digestion & burn stored fat
Afternoon - Cocoa Cheer
This tea is to help you recharge through the afternoon, It contains:
*Cocoa Shells gives you that chocolate fix without actually having it. Also helps control Chronic fatigue & burn fat
Evening - The Light Fantastic
This helps you become calm & cleansed before bed time. It is also supports your immune & digestive system. It contains:
*Fennel which strengthens the kidneys & stomach
*Elderflower which guards against allergies
*Chamomile to help aid sleep
Also in the box comes two tea infusers. They are in the shape of a tea bag which I thought was so cute! I had been debating finding like a teapot or a cup with a tea infuser in it so I could get loose tea of my own but now I don't need to with this boxes from Teagime. The boxes come with instructions on how to use your tea infuser so how like to fill it up & things. Which I thought might be a little hard but it could not be easier!
All you simply do is:
*Remove the bottom cap of the tea infuser
*Fill it up with tea leaves but ensuring to leave enough room so the tea can infuse
*Put the bottom cap back on
*Place the tea infuser in your mug of hot water
*Leave for 3-5 minutes to let the flavours start releasing
It is such a unique & great idea I think! Especially when you think of all the good things the tea's contain & how the ingredients are catered to you to help YOU with your own requirements. I will am looking forward to trying more of the boxes & their tea's!
To find out more about Teagime or to start your subscription visit:
https://www.teagime.com/
Have a fab weekend!
Love Lottie xox
19:20pm
Hello everyone!
Good Evening! I hope you all had a lovely weekend & your dreaded Monday wasn't all that bad for you!
Christmas is now fast approaching! It's only round the corner now. I finally finished buying all my presents yesterday but I still have all my wrapping to do. I don't know what's worse the buying of it or the wrapping? Christmas truly isn't the same when you grown up. It's pretty sad really.
As you all might have guessed by now with my previous posts for me skin care & having healthy looking skin is so important to me. I will admit I haven't got the best skin in the world but I do try my best to look after my skin as best as I can. Especially as I am actually a qualified beautician too so I have no excuse in not knowing how to look after my skin. I did suffer with acne a little & problem skin when I was like 10-11 years old & was prescribed cream by the doctor & even as I've got older I do sometimes end up with problem areas to my face but I think must people end up with spots even if it is just one area at some point. If you don't then you are so so lucky! I wish I was but I'm just not.
As well as skin care routine, having a good supplement to help promote healthy skin is a must I think. Because it can help give your skin the extra added vitamins that it needs to stay healthy & clear for longer. Not only that but helping to boost your body too.
I have recently started a skin care supplement by natural beauty slimming called skin care plus. It is a completely natural beauty treatment designed to help your body stem the ageing process and help your skin regain its natural tone and suppleness.
For anyone who doesn't know collagen appears throughout the body. It is in our skin mostly. It does do so much for our bodies but it more importantly provides your skin with its elasticity, texture, resilience and shape. As we age we lose collagen and if it is not replaced the effects of ageing become more visible to us & no one wishes to look older than they have to. The capsules offer a collagen supplement in an easy to absorb form. They are designes to be absorbed whole in the small intestine meaning it is not broken down by the digestive system & lost before it has the chance to help your body to benefit from it. But it is not only a boost for collagen to help ageing skin it can also be taken to help aid regeneration of joints, bones & other things.
The supplement you simply take before bedtime with water. With only 1-2 capsules to be used.
This allows the body to process and absorb the collagen in the most efficient way during the natural repair cycle as you sleep. Whilst results can be seen sooner, this is a process of repair and building a healthy body, so it can take up to 3 months to really feel the benefit of taking Marine Collagen supplements. I have only been on them a week so I can't say I've seen a huge change yet as it is still early days but I am excited to see the results & for my skin to be extra healthy.
The capsules also contain vitamins C & B3.
Natural beauty slimming don't just sell these skin care capsules they also have a vast number of products on their website ranging from hair care, tanning, weight loss. So depending on what kind of supplement you are looking for they could have a suitable one for you. Especially this time of year when everyone is busy with Christmas & your skin starts to look sluggish & things. It is nice to be able to give it that boost & extra little bit of care that it starts to need as you get older. It is so important to look after your skin & I do truly believe that.
The website is:
https://www.naturalbeautyslimming.com/
The skin care capsules come as a pot of 90 & are £27.00
But for skin care you cannot put a price on it.
Take care
Love Lottie xox
20:52pm
Hello everyone!
I hope you are all having a good week so far. We are nearly in December now. I really don't know how this can even be possible! This year has gone so quick it's flown past!
For anyone that knows me knows that I love water! I am always drinking as much water in a day that I can. Not only because due to my previous medical issue with my kidneys but because I do actually love the taste of it. I am not particularly a fan of squash. It's too sugary for my liking. Don't get me wrong I like ribena but I don't rarely drink the stuff.
People tend not to like the taste of water on its own because they don't like the taste, or it's good for you so they don't like it or many other reasons. But I have found a new way to jazz up plain water to give it a fruity taste & its healthy for you!
Aquatiser is a company that offers a variety of bottles to help make drinking bottles in a range of designs to help make it more fun & also help mantain people's health by encouraging them to drink water in a different way. Which I think is very clever.
Aquatiser is a fruit infused water bottle that offers a healthier alternative to sugary drinks. Aquatiser has different detachable compartments which assemble together to create the bottle. This makes it easier to use and clean.
What makes it better is the bottles are easy to use.
Simply place chopped up fruit or other healthy options into the bottom compartment. Screw on the middle juicer to extract the flavour and to also prevent the fruit from floating to the top. Then screw on the top compartment and the bottle is ready to use. Pour in your fresh water and securely screw on the top. You then have naturally flavoured water soon or it can be left for longer in the refrigerator for a stronger fruit infusion.
There are so many options you can have & so many recipes too! Whether it be cold or even hot water in them.
Listed on the aquatiser website they even include a list of recipes you can try in your bottle. It is such an amazing idea!
You can get recipes to help with all different kinds of things. Whether it be to help weight loss, help promote healthy skin, for a hangover cure, to help build your immune system or many other benefits.
My personal favourite which I have tried is for healthy skin. Which is known as "blue water".
It helps improve acne, minimises wrinkles & helps to promote radiant skin.
In the bottom container put in a handful of berries, in the middle container add 1 slice of orange, then finally in the top container add 2 slices of lemon & 1 slice of orange.
I have to have my water cold I cannot stand water even at room temperature it just doesn't taste as nice. It is so better cold. So I also have the aquatiser ice ball. Which allows you to have it with ice. You simply add water through the top hole & freeze for at least 4 hours. You can even add fruit inside the ball tobcrwate a fruit frozen pop! Perfect for the summer season!
It literally is my new favourite bottle & is even helping to maintain my healthy skin & ensuring I still get my water intake.
So this is perfect if you tend not to like the taste of water but want to drink more & be healthier.
So definitely check them out!
Website: http://aquatiser.com/
Instagram: aquatiser
Take care,
Love Lottie xox
