Skinny Mint Teatox Review

I'm sure a lot of ladies by now should have heard of this Skinny Mint teatox.
I, myself accidentally found it online when I was looking for a tea detox for myself.
I realised that being a SAHM these few years makes me grow a few kgs... :'( and as I ages, my body ages too. They don't burn fats like young body do anymore.

Anyway, I saw this blogger which I forgot who doing this review and so I went to search for Skinny Mint website.
I hardly believe what they written when I read those testimonials and reviews at the website.
I was like "sure or not" attitude.
How does a simple tea actually makes you slim down without even exercise?
After thinking through, I decided to try it out myself.
I thought since I'm going to buy a tea detox, I might as well try this.

And so I ordered my first Skinny mint online.
The delivery service was not bad.
They actually delivered the next working day which is fast! But one thing I was really confused was why I got charged S$70.46 instead of the purchasing price S$69.90 since delivery was FOC.
I never really went to find out why.

There are 2 types of teas in Skinny Mint tea detox.
Morning boost and Night cleanse.
Everyday you took a cup of Morning boost before or during breakfast.
As for Night cleanse, you took it once in 2 nights, after your last meal of the day.

So what are we drinking into our body everyday?
There are 8 main powerful ingredients in the tea bags.

Morning Boost
Green Tea - energizing, fat burning, immunity boosting
Yerba Mate - Stimulating, curb appetite, boosts metabolism
Nettle Leaves - antioxidant, natural diuretic, rids constipation
Dandelion - antioxidant, nutrifying, digestive
Guarana Fruit - Cleansing, endurance, weight lose
Grapefruit Leaves - cleansing, immunity improving, fat reduction
Strawberries - antioxidant, brain food, fat burning
Pineapples - nutrifying, digestive, antioxidant

Night Cleanse
Ginger Root - anti-bloating, digestive aid, aphrodisiac
Orange Leaves - rids constipation, sleep aid, smooth skin
Lemongrass - relaxant, pain relief, anti-bacterial
Senna Leaves - natural laxative, anti-bloating, weight lose
Peppermint - anti-bloating, digestive and colic relief
Licorice Root - antacid, soothes menstrual cramps
Hawthorn Berries - Circulation, anti-anxiety, digestive
Psyllium Husk - natural laxative, promotes colon health

Morning boost also contain caffeine, so you can actually quit drinking coffee in the morning and drink morning boost tea to start your day.

After my 28 days, seriously I don't feel any change in my size at all.
I went to have my weight taken and it did not decrease at all.
I thought I got scammed. It didn't worked.
But I still want to see whether is it really not working and so I took photos of myself.
Luckily I had taken photos of myself before I started drinking the tea.
And this is what happened.

Can you believe it?
Although I didn't lost my weight at all.
You can see that my tummy really did slim down.
And as you know I was still in quit smoking mode, my appetite really, really increased.
I always feel hungry during this past month.
But I still managed to tone down my tummy!! Yeah!!!

And so after my 28 days teatox programme, I continue to buy Morning boost as I need to stop Night cleanse for 1 month for my body to rest.

So if you want to slim down in a healthier way, try Skinny Mint Teatox out and see the amazing result!!!

Our 2014 Christmas!!

First of all Merry Christmas to everyone!!
Well I had a normal Christmas Day at home doing cleaning.
Even since I started working, I seldom clean up the house.
Anyway, this is how we spent on our 2014 Christmas,

First time eating turkey on Christmas!! I tried to roast turkey myself cause I actually don't know where to buy ready cooked turkey.

I bought this at Giant supermarket just near my place at Christmas eve.

 And this is how it came out as...
Gravy was actually included. Spent 2 hours to roast in an oven.

Then this is how they feel about eating turkey meat the first time.

And this is their Christmas Presents!!

Belle had a new phone so that is included as Chirstmas present.
Haha!!

We had pizza for christmas dinner. Which was kinda of simple but nice.
We are not really into Christmas but feel that kids should enjoy holiday season joys!!!

Green Bean Yogurt Mask

GREEN BEAN YOGURT MASK

Ingredient: 
Green bean Powder
Plain Yogurt

Thing you need:
Small container
brush (optional)
spoon

Step 1:
Put 2 tablespoons of green bean powder into container. Add in 1 tablespoon of yogurt. Use brush or spoon to mix evenly. Can add more to get desire amount and texture. Try to get sticky mixture so that when putting on, it won't drip from the face.

Step 2:
Use finger and spread small amount all over face, avoiding eye areas. leave on for 15 mins.

Step 3:
Wash off with warm water. Pat dry face.

Note
So why green bean? Green bean AKA mung bean (绿豆) is actually very good for skins. It has anti-aging agents which can reduces the presence of winkles, age spots and lines.
It really lighten up the skin, making the face look radiance after wash off.
Green bean are also anti-toxin which actually clean your face toxin.
This mask is specially good for oily, acne-prone skin.

Yogurt, another essential food for body and face. As it contains lactic acid that helps smooth rough skin, dry skin and prevent mature aging. Lactic acid also helps to dissolve dead skin.

I personally like this mask alot.

Although it's quite hard to find green bean powder in some places.  But mostly chinese- medical hall shop should sell.

Hada Labo Products?

Really want to talk about this. Haha!
Hada Labo first appeared in sg was when I'm working at this company where they actually were doing packaging for Hada Labo.
This was 3, 4 years back I think.
 Although I was facing these products everyday, I actually never tried it before.

 Few months ago I bought the HA light lotion to use.
 I was a SAHM for 3 years. Because I stayed at home to look after children and taking care of house chores, I basically become an "auntie". I don't wear nice nice, I don't make up, I stayed up late almost every night to read novels or watch shows and mostly I stayed at home. I don't even look after my face anymore.
So one day, I really looked into the mirror at myself and I really was shocked.
I look so much like "auntie" lor.
Hair messy tied up, face so dull, pimples and acnes everywhere. And I became fat!
I decided I can't stay like this and so I began my own "Eileen's Reshaping Plan".

I searched on-line to see what products was really good and low cost and there it is... Hada Labo.
So I searched again for more information about it. As my face was a combination type, so it was very hard for me to find a suitable product.

 I bought the Hydrating lotion light which is for oily-prone skin. My first bottle was almost finished and really, my face improved a lot.
I was really prone to acnes especially especially when I tended to sleep late and smoked. Now all my acnes was gone.
 After giving it a try, I know this is a product I actually can keep on using without switching to other brands!!

 So this is what I do every morning.

Gokujyun Hydrating Makeup remover → Shirojyun whitening face wash → mild peeling lotion → hydrating lotion (light) → Anti-aging essence → Aqua air UV block

And this is what I do every night.

Gokujyun Hydrating Makeup remover → Shirojyun whitening face wash → St Ives Apricot scrub → mild peeling lotion → Hydrating lotion (light) → Neutrogena night mask

Additional I used Hada Labo whitening mask. I don't really specific on 1 kind of mask. I always buy different brands to use.

You can actually get sample from Hada Labo website for a free tryout on the hydrating lotions. Only 2 kind of samples are available, Super Hyaluronic Acid hydrating lotion and Arbutin whitening lotion.

Hada Labo Samples

Mine Self-ligating Braces

So I had my braces done on October 2012. Cost me 5k for 3M self-ligation metal braces.

I could have choose the normal type where you have to out on those tiny rubberbands around the brackets.
But it's too fussy and troublesome and it cost 4k. So why not opt for a better one? As least i don't need to worry whether I swallow the band or not.

I removed 4 canine teeth... God, I was so scared. Teeth removal has always been my worst nightmare.
It might be due to the traumatic incident during my primary time with our school dental nurse.
Anyway, it's had been 2 years now.
My teeth really changed alot.
Really really alot.

1 day after :
This is how it looks after putting on. Only 1 month passed from the day I started wearing. Notice that one of the bottom front tooth had no bracket? It's too crooked to put on bracket, so have to wait till it shifted. This is the time where I suffered the worst. Those metal kept on scrapping my inner mouth. OUCH!! Never really think my teeth are so ugly until I saw how the wires goes up and down, in and out... More ugly than normal teeth with braces.

1 month after :
Notice that the teeth began to spread backward. The top row was actually looking more and more like a straight line, God, it still looks so ugly...

2 months after :
Ohh... Its getting better. Those crooked one are getting straighter. Out of place one are falling into the right places.

3 months after :
Nice. Becoming straighter now, it almost doesn't look like me. Haha. Actually straightening the teeth doesn't need too long time. It's the alignment of the teeth that took alot of time...

8 months after :
At this time, my "tiger" canine teeth had already shifted into straight line. Basically the top are more better than the bottom.

2 years after :
Sorry for the fast forward. Mostly are just about closing up the gaps and align the teeth into the correct place. Saw how big the differences between the first picture and this?



I really think that braces are a necessary thing to do in life. My smile are nicer, teeth are more easier to maintain and I look different!! LOL!

It is true that this is actually a painful process. Well, beauty is pain in the ass, isn't it?
Especially if you are an adult going for braces. As we grow older, the teeth bones are more stiffer and harder to shift. Most people does remove their wisdom teeth too before getting the braces on which I had already removed before I think of braces.
Some people finds that having the metals around the teeth is ugly but I actually kinda of like the way it looks on my teeth. Haha.
Lucky for me, out of 5 kids, only 2 needs braces attention.
I definitely will bring them for braces when the time comes.

Quit Smoking Day 4

I managed to survive 4 days without touching 1 cigarette. Yeahhh!!!

First 2 days was the worst.

Now I can look at those people smoking and don't have the strong urge to pick one up.

Ya... mayhap I can still feel a little bit of twitching feeling to smoke but it is all under control smoothly.

I came across this article online which I find it quit informative for smokers who are quitting like me. :)

Quit Smoking Side Effect Time line

Stage 1

1. Chronic Physical Craving
Yes. I definitely have this. I believe everyone will have to go through this stage if they are qutting.

2. Irritability and Intense Mood Swings
Hmm... I really don't know I got intense mood swings or not. But I sure feel irritating easily. Although I don't know this is my natural behaviour or what. HAHA!

3. Intense fatigue
Another item I can't be sure. Cause I always feel tired with or without smoking.

4. Headaches
This is something I agreed will happened during quitting time. Before I started quitting,  I already started to feel the headaches for days when I stopped smoking for 12 hrs per day for my work. Taking panadols does not help at all
.

5. Chest Discomfort
Nope.

6. Constipation
Yes.

7. Flu and Cough like symptoms
Oh yes. My throat got those nasty slimy phlegm that won't disappear. Been having these for 1 week.

8. Increased Hunger and Weight Gain
I still in the early stage of quitting so not sure will gain weight or not but I definitely eat much more.

Basically these will be what going to happen during the first week of quitting smoking.

I also download this very helpful app from hpb called iquit.
It keeps track of the days you started quitting and offer advises when you feel your urge are taking over you.
Anyone who havn't use any app, try it. I hope it helps out.

IOS version Hpb IQuit
Android version Hpb IQuit

So gumbateh everyone!!

The Day I Quitted Smoking

I had tried so many times to quit smoking. It really wasn't easy at all!
The longest time i managed to stop smoking was only 3 days...

The first time I tried to quit was 2008. I used nicotine gums. Frankly speaking, it was useless.
I go back smoking cigarette before I even finish my gums. The gums tasted really horrible. Feels like chewing the cigarette sticks.
Next I even tried gradually cut down but after some days I will forget to keep track.

I tried so many ways. I looked up information from websites, books and friends.
I heard from my friend that some one she know actually managed to quit using those clinic prescribed drugs like, bupropion and Varenicline.
I wanted to try out prescription drugs so much!! But I was so afraid I will be only wasting money..

So I'm trying out, again, "cold turkey". I believe most smokers will know this term.
It means you just suddenly cut off from cigarettes completely.
A lot of reports shows that this is the most effective and best way to quit.
More people tend to success in quitting using cold turkey.
Of cos it's not an easy way either.
I tried it a few times. Initially, it was still easy to control.
But as days went by, all the mind think about was,
"light up a cigarette would do much harm to my quit program",
"(Mind blank) just went to pick up cigarette and light up",
"Feel fustrated, really very very fustrated".
The mind just keep on returning to cigarettes.

It is very true that it takes up alots of determination to quit.
This is not joking.
I think it's was I getting control by it. If I think of it, I want to light it.
I don't know whether really get headaches, cough or flu when you are quitting.
Might be some people will feel super uncomfortable while some are just easy.
I was surprised by myself too that I can actually stay smoke-free from 7am to 7pm, my working hours for now.
This have continue for 2 weeks and I actually keep having headaches last week.
I wonder is it bcos i stopped for 12 hrs?
Of cos before I decided to quit, I was still smoking after I reach home..

Anyway, i read on an article that writting down a list of "whys" you quit smoking can actually help in our determination to quit.

This is my list. I am still thinking to add what in.

Fat burning, metabolism boost?-alpha Lipoic acid

Recently bought this at watson. DHC alpha-lipoic acid also known as ALA.
What does it do?
It's a fat burning and metabolism booster capsule pills!! Each pill contains 210mg of alpha-lipoic acid and we just need to take 2 capsules per day.

It actually converts glucose in our body into energy.
It is also an antioxidant that can neutralizes harmful chemicals called free- radicals, it reduces food intake, you won't feel hungry often and you eat lesser and it increases your energy expenditure, making you burn more energy.

There is alot of positive reports about alpha-lipoic acid on the Internet. You can search for more information about it.

So does it really works?

I have been eating it for 1 week. Indeed my appetite recently have decrease.
Half way thru my meal, I will feel full in my stomach. I also don't have the craving to have snacks at night as often as i used to now.

I still do not know is it really the result of the pills or just the change of the environment of my job that is causing me to lose appetite.

So I will update the result 25 days later. Which I will have finish one pack of DHC alpha-lipoic pills.

Stay tuned!! ^^

Fishing at long gang (drain)

We went to my father's place to fish fishes!!!
😊
It's being 2 years since I moved out and we seldom went back.
Kiddos haven't really play in the small drainage just outside my dad's place for a long time.
Well...
It was fun!
We did managed to catch a few pathetic small fishes using our pathetic old and used fishnets.
Jayden actually caught alot of fishes using a normal plastic basket, hahaha!!
Even old sister oso joined in with her school mate.