Beauty Tips with some Health thrown in :)!

Well my vow to post daily didn't last real long thanks to classes and life which I am slowly accepting so I apologize but I can't do a thing to change so today it is :)! I had good intentions but as I got into to bed around 1am each night I just could NOT pry open my eyes long enough to log on and blog but the thought was there haha. Anyways today is "Show Us Your Life" day on Kelly's Korner and it's all about Beauty Tips so I figured I would share some of my tips and secrets/ favorites along with a few Health tips since I haven't done my "Tipful Tuesdays" in forever so here goes nothing.......

                                                                                                                     

1. The "Poof"

So my first Beauty Tip/Favorite is the "Poof" although you only see it on "Snooki" these days when it comes to the train wreck show of Jersey Shore I was poofing before Snooki haha. It does get very old having people think I am going to look like her but I mean she just really liked my style right ;)!? Anyways I actually learned how to this style through a blog last year during the fall and it became a favorite of mine, so much that my poof became known as it's own intetity from my friends and family lol. I did begin to really like my hair this way because it gives it body and looks great with a pony tail or down or curled, just makes it look like you took more effort into your hair style and really if using the right kind of spray and bobby pins, says in almost if not all day! Once you get the hang of doing this it becomes really easy and really any kind of good aerosol can hairspray works great even cheap brands like Suave but I really like brand at Wal-Mart called "Freeze It"in the gold sparkly can :).

        2. Straightener as a Curler

My Second type goes to using my straightener as a curler or like a curling iron, this is my more recent trick that I learned and took a night of watching many YouTube videos and staying up when I should have been studying lol but I finally got it and in the pics above are the two nights I successfully accomplished this fleet on my very thick and long hair haha. Here is the exact Youtube Curling Video I watched time and time again till midnight haha but got it and again like poofing your hair and getting used to doing it, it becomes much easier once you get the hang of it with your own hair and straightener but once you do it is SO much easier than using a curling iron especially if you have long thick hair, and I seem to see the curls stay longer and together through time and even weather. 

3. The "Slide Pony Tail"

I chose this as my last beauty tip because it saves me ALL the time on those I don't have time/didn't have time to shower before class tips haha. I am one of those girly girls who does really like to have my hair down as much as possible and curled and straightened or whatever, but let's face that DOES NOT happen every day especially after a workout when I have a meeting or need to go to the library, or just because I am always running late in life lol, so I have discovered the side pony tail and sometime a poof with it can look better than just pulling it back flat and like you "didn't spend time". Cause I mean really I am not either way but to me the side one just frames your face nicely and you can add a little spray to it and it has a little more effort and works great for just a day you don't care as much :). 

So now that beauty is out there my health tip for today is GO TO JAMBA JUICE! Just this week I just discovered this place and LOVE it! We just got one in one of our campus buildings here and it's awesome. It is like a healthier Starbucks, not that Starbucks doesn't have a healthy option there but I mean these are not only low calorie but they are nutritious too so Monday and today consisted of a snack in a form of a smoothie from there :). It was a great appetite suppressant until I could get home and make my lunch at my apartment. What did I get?

Strawberry Nirvana :) 

This drink is only 150 calories for the 16oz which was a perfect size for me and tasted awesome! It is made with frozen strawberries, a strawberry juice blend and a banana and ice was so good and tasted very fresh and for a mere 150 calories was worth and about the same calorie wise as a Fiber Bar but lasted longer because it was a drink. Not that I don't like a light frapp every now and again this was great because I got that cold drink craving out of my system but also knew I was getting some healthy parts too with the fruit combined and a serving of that. This was only my second time in there but they had some awesome looking oatmeal and flat breads as well I am gonna look nutrition wise as well, just always exciting knowing there are more and more lower calorie options that taste good you can grab on the go :). 

Well that's it for me today and I am so thankful for the wkend! Hope you all are enjoying this week and the wkend to come :D!

~Kassandra