Blog number 2

It's not all good...

Tonight's victim? The L'oreal Perfect Slim range, dom, dom, dom

Now ladies, I don't care how fit you are, how small your jean size is, or how hot you think you feel, if there is something each and every one of us has in common, it's the fat complex. 

One day my husband came home from work with the L'oreal Perfect Slim range for me to try out. Now my husband doesn't think there is anything wrong with my figure, he just knows how I can spend hours in front of the cupboard trying on outfit after outfit, only to collapse into a heap of tears and screams on the floor because I'm too fat to be allowed to live!

So how does it work?

That's what I want to know! No, seriously, you mean to tell me there is supposed to be a cream that can be applied to a section of the body and it will magically become smaller and smoother over night? Pffft! So I got the Perfect slim laser (a bottle of gel with a narrow nozzle for "targeted" application), the Perfect slim night cream, and Perfect slim patches. Boy was I excited, here was the answer to all my problems, and I wasn't even going to have to work at it! So after you've jumped out the shower, you first rub this cream in, and then you use the target gel to get to the "stubborn" cellulite, and then you strategically place the pads on the problem areas, which needs to stay on over night. 

So what's the problem?

Um, the cream leaves this blueish green tint on your snow white legs and bum. It also leaves the skin feeling really sticky, so you stick to the leather couch, and when you get into bed, you stick to the sheets. The patches are the size of your face! They have a funny gel like area that is supposed to be sticking to the skin, but it keeps falling off. Now this stuff is expensive, so you make a plan. I got some bandages, and wrapped this flipping stuff around my body. Oh, another thing; results are seen after 14 days of use! So for 14 days, you need to go to bed looking like a mummified version of the incredible hulk! If that doesn't ruin your marriage, your husband is gay! 

Anyway, 3 nights into this, and I made peace with my cottage cheese and threw the crap out.

So what product does beat cellulite?

Oh come on, really? Don't you think that if there were a magical product out there that actually did get rid of cellulite, that every woman on the planet would have a bottle of the stuff in their medicine cabinet right next to the birth control? There is no magical cellulite busting product, but if you read the fine print on the label, you'll soon find how it might work, if at all. They all say, drink 8 glasses of water a day, get at least 20min exercise 4 - 5 times a week, and when applying the magic cream, do so in a circular motion for a good flipping half an hour!

Is there nothing we can do? Are we stuck with cellulite for life?

Pretty much, yes. You can however, reduce the amount of cellulite you have, or the appearance thereof, by changing your lifestyle - there, 7 of my 8 readers just left the page. 

Seriously. Cellulite is nothing more that fat cells blown out of proportion by too much fluid. The intake of too much salt can cause this. The salt locks the water in the cells, the more salt you're getting in, the more fluid is locked in the cell, and so the cell starts to loose it's cell structure. It's simple osmosis (for those of you who remember high school biology), fluid will distribute in such a way until some sort of equilibrium is reached, unfortunately  it's trying to equalise in your butt!

Cut out the salt (who am I kidding), drink more water, and try an get that exercise. If you feel woozy just by reading this, try looking in the mirror, and repeat after me; "I love and accept you for who and what you are, my cottage cheese bum. You will always be a part of my life, my orange peel thighs. I promise to enjoy fat, salt and preservatives with you, until death do us part". 

Tip

Apparently honey and cinnamon does a great deal for weight loss. Take a half t/spoon of cinnamon, and soak for a half hour in a cup of boiling hot water. Once cooled, add 1 t/spoon of honey, and stir. Drink half the cup before bed, and the rest in the morning (do not re-heat, if the honey warms up, denaturation will occur, rendering the vital enzymes useless). This cleanses the body of all kinds of toxins, including the kind that cause acne and slow the digestive system down, hence the weight loss. 

Good night everyone, and get some beauty sleep ;-)

My very first

This is, my very first blog, my first post, and my very first review

 My name is Sam, and I am fortunate enough to be married to a man who works for a big beauty company and I therefore get a lot of beauty products for FREE (that's right girls, eat your heart out).

Why am I blogging?

I recently realised that I've been doing a lot of free marketing for a lot of these products that I've been getting for free; being the busy girl that I am, I normally would never have bothered to get half the products I've been using now, but let me tell you, this stuff is amazing! Finally, after realising how much I go on and on about how my girlfriends MUST BUY THIS FANTASTIC PRODUCT, I've decided to blog about it. Here's one place that I can go on and on about it, without making my girlfriends green with jealousy :-P So if you stick around, you'll soon find out what the newest products out there are, how they work for me, if they work, and if they're what you are looking for.

The very first product I bring to you?

Garnier's BB cream!

How I feel about this product

I LOVE this product, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!! I have very bad skin, I have acne scars, blemished skin and huge pores. My skin is also dry, but extremely oily (ja, I've also been wondering what exactly it was I did in my previous life to deserve this). I have tried every kind of foundation. Problem with it is, it always clogs up my pores, and if you're wearing your glasses, you'll notice it makes me look like something out of SawII. Anyway, over the years, I learned that a light-weight foundation in a shade darker than my natural skin tone, works best. 

A few months ago my husband came home with Garnier's BB cream. He said it was a new product and all the staff got a bottle to test out. I loved it from the first application! Not only is it an all in one, a few minutes after application, you can actually see your skin tone even out and brighten up! A little concealer on the much needed areas, and some press powder, and you're good to go. 

How I use this product

Because of my horrific skin type, I have to do things a little differently. I think each girl has to do things a little differently, because at the end of the day, no one is alike, and you need to do what works for you. This may take a little time to figure out, but hang in there, you'll get it soon enough. Now this product is supposed to moisturise your skin, along with everything else it does that's supposedly good for your face. After two weeks of using this product without moisturiser  I started getting blotchy red patches on my face - it was dry skin. I now use moisturiser before I apply my BB cream, and I haven't had this problem again. After two months or so, I have found that my skin is looking fantastic, even without my make-up on, and that says a lot coming from me!

Tip

Remember ladies, cleanse, tone and moisturise EVERY morning and night. If you are not already doing this, try it for a month, and your friends with notice the difference! (I say friends, as opposed to you, as we as human beings tend to expect too much from ourselves, and then end up overlooking some of the good things, especially when they start out small)

Have a fab night everyone, and get that much needed beauty rest ;-)