Healthy Habits: 10 Reasons to eat more fruit and veggies...

1. Eating more fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet may help you reduce your risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and some forms of cancer.
2. The fiber in fruits and vegetables may help to lower blood cholesterol levels.
3. Eating more fruits and vegetables may help reduce your chance of Type 2 diabetes.
4. Generally, fruits and vegetables are lower in calories than many other foods, so choosing to eat more fruits and vegetables can help to lower your overall calorie intake.
5. Foods that are rich in potassium like oranges and bananas may help you maintain a healthy blood pressure.
6. Almost all fruits and many vegetables are low in fat and sodium. Also, fruits and vegetables are naturally cholesterol free.
7. Eating whole fruits and vegetables adds fiber to your diet. Fiber fills you up. This feeling of fullness may help you maintain your weight.
8. If you are a woman of childbearing age or in your first trimester of pregnancy, you need folate (folic acid), a nutrient that is found in fruits and vegetables. Folate reduces the risk of birth defects during your baby’s development.
9. Fruits and vegetables contain phytochemicals (plant compounds) that may help prevent or delay disease and help you maintain good health.
10. And finally, here’s a great reason to eat more fruits and vegetables – the variety of colors, flavors, and textures that fruits and vegetables bring to meals and snacks.

Review: Revlon Lip Butters Spring/Summer Collection 2013...

Hi all, 

So although I have supposedly got a self-imposed spending ban at the moment I just couldn't help myself when I came across these beauties in my local superdrug..plus I thought student discount makes it a little bit better right? 

But anyway, for those of you who have been to my blog before you will probably know that I have a little bit of an obsession with the Revlon lip products at the moment, everything that I have tried I have  loved and these are no exception!

My favourite two were 'Wild Watermelon' and 'Sorbet' as they are both lovely bright colours that to me just shout summer, sun and are just making me exited for summer every time I wear them..which sounds a little bit weird but I guess it's just getting me in the summer mode. 

Also the best thing about these lip butters is that the colour can be either very sheer or completely opaque depending on what you want and how you apply it so you can adjust the colour payoff to completely suit your look and your style at that particular time which is amazing. But my favourite thing about the products is how good value for money they are..as they are available at most drugstores they and at the moment only around £7 and about $7 the last time I checked in the US.

NOTD: April 15th 2013...

Hi all, 

So today I thought I'd share a cheeky nail of the day with you all, and seeing as I had a different thing going on for a change I thought it might be a bit more interesting. I bought these mail wraps a while back and as frustrating as they can be, I do think they look really great in summer time, just to give a little bit more of a spark to an outfit or a bit more interest to a look. 

Nail Polish: CHANEL Rose Insolent 

Nail Wraps: Nail Rock Tribal Pattern 

Dior Exhibition at Harrods...

Here are a few photos from my day at the Dior exhibition at Harrods. I highly recommend going to see it if you have time, the dresses are stunning and it makes for a great excuse to go up to London and spend the day sightseeing. My favourite dress from the exhibition was the dress above worn by Natalie Portman in the newest Dior add, it's even more stunning in person than in any photos I've seen...truly breathtaking that it was made by hand. 

Quote of the week: #7

Hi all,
So this week I'm basing my quote around fate. Deep sounding I know but bear with me for a minute and all will become clear! So, as has been mentioned many a time on this blog in the past few months especially I have been dealing with a lot of family and personal problems that have been going on at home, which is obviously very heavy to unload onto you guys but what I haven't mentioned (or not nearly enough) was the fact that the person who helped me to get back to myself was the person who i least expected. As they were a person who I really hadn't known that long the fact that they were there took me completely by surprise and although we became a lot closer during the process we really hadn't seen a lot of each other from fall time. So it completely took me by surprise when the one person who managed to walk off my best friends train in a busy station in London during rush hour, was that very person who I had been talking to only a few minutes before, completely by chance, which of course cheered me right up.
So what does this quote have to do with it? I feel this quote just tells you to go for it, push yourself to achieve the goals that you have set yourself and really push yourself because there is a reason for everything that happens in life, just like there was a reason for that person randomly being in London at the exact time and place as I was the other day. So go out and just remember that no matter how bad life gets, everything happens for a reason and your luck will always turn around...even if like in my case it took a long time.

Healthy Habits: Healthy Berry Smoothie...

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of frozen berries (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and/or strawberries)
• 1 scoop of whey powder
• 1 Tbs. flaxseed oil
• 1Tbs. ground flaxseed
• 2 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. unsweetened cranberry juice
• 1 pack of Stevia
• 8 ice cubes
• 1 cup water

Blend until smooth and if needed you can add a few ice cubes to thiken it up. Make a little over sixteen ounces, so it will a good size to go cup and you can take a quick shot of the extra before you head out the door.

OOTD: April 11th 2013...

So last night I went out for an early birthday celebration with a few friends and I thought I'd share my outfit with you all.
Burgundy tube skirt: H&M
Black sequin jumper: PAC SUN
Heels:Dune