Takeaway to Fakeaway – Healthy Chicken Chow Mein recipe
Aug28

Takeaway to Fakeaway – Healthy Chicken Chow Mein recipe

Whilst we all love a treat once in a while, takeaways are too easy, and in pre-diabetes days we indulged in them way too often. Not good for our bank balance, and certainly not good for our waistline. Now I make a conscious effort to restrict them to one a month, and make sure I have simple meals available for when the takeaway-mood comes a-calling. A healthy Chicken Chow Mein recipe fakeaway is usually tastier, more...

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Are you a Me-Time or Multi-Tasker in the Shower?
Jul12

Are you a Me-Time or Multi-Tasker in the Shower?

“Researchers looking into shower habits across the nation found two thirds of those polled are a self-confessed ‘Multi-Tasker in the Shower’, doing other things while getting themselves clean, with 30 per cent saying that they feel bored if they have nothing else to do. ” Are these people MAD?? Do they have nothing else in their days?Seriously. I bloody love my shower. Because most days, my shower time is frankly the only...

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IL MAKIAGE Review – I WOKE UP LIKE THIS (not)
Jul03

IL MAKIAGE Review – I WOKE UP LIKE THIS (not)

Everyone – I COME BEARING BEAUTY SECRETS!!! Okay, it’s an Il Makiage review… but I voluntarily bought it with my own money. And you’ll be pleased to know I’ve had such an aesthetically pleasing breakthrough that I’m going to share it with you all! I always promote natural beauty and loving yourself just how you are… However, I think it’s safe to say you’d have to be a pretty rare breed of human to wake up each...

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WIN your perfect nanu pillow (also – your pillow is likely to be gross)
May11

WIN your perfect nanu pillow (also – your pillow is likely to be gross)

I’ve written before about the icky gross stuff nestling inside our mattresses, thanks to the fact that we sleep on them for a third of our lifecycle, and never wash them. But have you ever thought about the pillow? No, me either. Until nanu got in touch and asked if I thought you’d like to know that most of us sleep on a pillow that is over five years old and 40 per cent of Brits have never washed their pillows. To help...

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7 Ways to reduce your high blood pressure – without drugs
Jan17

7 Ways to reduce your high blood pressure – without drugs

As we get older, we naturally begin to notice our health more. What we took for granted in our 20s we begin to notice in our 40’s, and we all ook for ways to deal with it. Most people I know would prefer to not take the drug option of they can avoid it, so it’s always good to know what else you can do to reduce your condition naturally – so many common ailments can be enormously aided by diet and lifestyle changes....

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7 (non-woo-woo) Reasons to Use Crystals in Your Daily Life
Jan11

7 (non-woo-woo) Reasons to Use Crystals in Your Daily Life

It’s January. We’re all fired up and clutching our goal lists in our fresh-from-the-gym-sweaty hands. But have you grabbed your crystals?  And would you know what to do with them if you did? Yes, really. You should read this a) it’s pretty funny, and b) seriously. What harm can they do? But more importantly, what if this crystal shit is not all woo-woo? 1 – Boom! Boom! Pow! Motivation, Drive and Determination If you really...

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