My favorite anti-aging smoothie

I just love smoothies. Smoothies are a great way to get all of the nutrients you need for beautiful skin in just one drink. They are healthy, easy to make and gives you the energy you need. Besides, they are full of vitamins, fibers, antioxidants and minerals. So get your blender out and try this delicious wrinkle – fighting, anti – aging and guilt – free smoothie.

Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

1 cup organic non-fat Chocolate Milk or chocolate almond milk
1/4 cup unsweetened Green Tea

1 ½ cups frozen organic mixed raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries

(You can also add some goji berries) 

Directions

Pour chocolate milk, green tea and mixed berries into blender and blend until it has reached desired consistency.
Pour smoothie into glass and serve cold!

Not only is it fit, but it's scrumptious too! Drink your way to healthy and glowing skin. This smoothie tastes as good as it is going to make you look.

Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

135 calories per serving

6 g protein

Hope you have beautiful healthy skin! 

You had me at CHANEL

I just love the new Chanel's spring 2013 campaign by Karl Lagerfeld! It is so beautiful and groundbreaking. J’adore!!

Ah! This reminds me of Memoirs of a Geisha.

With Chanel's impeccable styling the main point is to tell a story allowing for more than a breath of humor. Despite the fact that humor is critical to fashion. This clearly highlights a potential flaw in the Dior campaign. Besides, it being a great Chanel campaign, I assume Lagerfeld must have been very amused about this shoot. Enjoy!

 

Happiness!

What most of us ultimately strive for is to be happy. We simply hunger for happiness. But the fact is, although we all strive for happiness, very few of us seem to reach the level of happiness we desire.  How come? Reaching happiness is more complex and we have a hard time finding that constant happiness, partly due to the fact that too many of us search fulfillment in material things that create temporary enjoyment, but don’t cause lasting happiness. Also, we all have different opinions on what it means to be happy. Just ask yourself this; are you truly happy? Besides, what is it that makes us happy? Lastly, is happiness a choice?

So, what precisely is happiness?  If you ask me, a happy life is one that is filled with love! The more love I experience, the happier my life. The more love I feel, the more fulfilled and accomplished I see myself. The more love I give, the more love I receive. Likewise, a happy life is filled with compassion and abiding joy. It is a long-lasting serenity, that inner peace and emotional tranquility – which is a very rare achievement indeed. Happiness is a combination of the present, the past and the future. In order to be happy, one must ascribe positive emotions of the past, for instance gratitude as well as positive feelings towards the future i.e. hopefulness, optimism and confidence. Additionally, one must have a positive attitude toward life.    

But why is it that happiness is so hard to reach sometimes? If we are unhappy and unable to reach happiness, it could be because we tend to focus on reaching perfectionism, which most likely leads us to dissatisfaction when not reaching it. Equally, we live in an era where many of us focus on materialism, meaning a lot of us focus on receiving rather than giving and for that reason we only reach momentary joy.  Similarly, too often we focus on all the things we don’t have rather than being grateful for what we have and appreciate it while it is there.  

For the most part, it's up to us. So in order to be happy and to boost happiness we must be grateful for life, for our family, for our friends and our loved ones. Being grateful is the essential for personal happiness. And there are so many things we should and ought to be grateful for, but somehow we often forget them. So, learn to be grateful and you will be open to receive an abundance of joy and happiness.  The real gift of gratitude is the more grateful you are, the more present you become. We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Appreciate your life and all you have! And, be GRATEFUL!

Needless to say, a lot people seem to have forgotten that the key to a happy life is much simpler than we think. In our pursuit of happiness we should remember; it is in the small things in life that we find happiness. If we do, we might just find that the moment we stop wanting more, and stop trying to be happy, we will actually start to enjoy life and find happiness. Therefore, smile, hug, give, love and say “thank you”!!!

Have a Happy Wednesday!

Mason Pearson - The Holy Grail of Hair Brushes

Beautiful, healthy hair just gives a woman that extra look of glow, health and feminine beauty. So, a good brush is like a great haircut. I recently bought a Mason Pearson’s boar bristle hairbrush. And, for those of you who don’t know, Mason Pearson is an English brand, which specializes in handmade hairbrushes and has done it for over 130 years. They offer brushes with boar bristles, nylon bristles or a combination of these two, depending on what type of hair you have.

This is the best brush, which helps create volume, reduce frizz, enhance shine and make your hair feel like silk. The bristles stimulate your scalp in a gentle but awesome way and make your hair look shiny, full and bouncy.

Mason Pearson includes a cleaning brush, which helps maintain the quality of your brush lasting you a lifetime.

Take into consideration the thickness of your own hair when choosing which brush to buy. The thicker your hair is, the sturdier bristle you will need. So, if you have fine to normal long hair you should go for pure bristle brushes. If you have normal and short thick hair, you will need a combination of bristle and nylon brushes. On the other hand, if you have very thick hair, all nylon brushes are best for you.   

Simply put, this handmade brush is AMAZING. The nylon and boar bristles are meant to massage your scalp and evenly distribute the oils in your hair, making your hair healthy, shiny and strong. Comparing the quality and construction, this brush is the pinnacle of hairbrush couture. And, if you ask me Mason Pearson brushes are worth the cost.

And remember to brush your hair 100 times before you go to bed. It is a good thing, because when we brush our hair we are pushing our natural oils down the hair shaft to the ends of our hair. It only makes sense, brushing keeps your hair shiny and strong.