Saturday, January 31, 2015

[Review Request] Losing Weight Product Family Friendly Fat Burning Meals

Review Request : Family Friendly Fat Burning Meals


Okay I am so sorry if you expected a review about a cosmetic. But today's review is going to be about a eBook, about food recipes that is fat loosing food. What I find unique about this product is the food is not those ugly veggie food but delicious dessert and full dinner set food menus.

This was caught notice by my reader and a friend now, we love to send emails and chat together.

Hey Estella,
I saw your blog the other day and I noticed the ad on the right about fat burning foods. I am a mom of two boys and I was interested if this even work? I know that if you are busy and can't answer my question I totally understand....(jump)...It would be nice if you give your review about it if you can! Thankx
Love Julia 
If you haven't noticed, my pen name is Lady Fox and my English name is Estella. **Hint Hint** Anyways, I felt if the ad is going to be on my blog I should answer the questions to prevent no confusion.


Who's the Author?


Diana Keuilian is the name of the author, you can see her picture on the right. Look at how slime she is! Anyways with the delicious food on her hands she said she went from size 12 to size 4.

I read her bio and it seems like she had a lot of hard time in her 20's going from size 4 to size 12 and you know how fat can really damage a person's health. She wanted to get slim bought a lot of product and books for it. Until she decided to study about nutrition and find her OWN formula of making diet food and yet food being tasty. It's like a dreamy way to lose weight! Eat to lose fat! How cool is that? Well this really got me interested, and since I love to cook (Loving and Good at cooking is two different thing!) although I tend to fail into making a eatable food. I decided to buy it and if it turns out not worth it. I could easily ask for full refund within 60 days so there was no risk involve.

What the Product is Consist Of

  • Family Friendly Fat burning Meals - 50 pages of meals for breakfast to dinner
  • 110 Fat Burning Meal Recipes - 175 pages of recipes
  • 8 Weeks of Dinner Menus - Bonus product : List of Grocery items needed per week
  • 27 Fat Burning Desserts - 27 dessert that is sweet but healthy
  • Your Fast Start Guide - Bonus product : All about cleaning your kitchen, How to buy good ingredients and not buying bad ones
  • 10 Foods Not to Let your Kids Eat - something that you should stop eating too, but a good list of food items and reasons why it's bad
  • 10 Real Food Smoothies - Make Easy Drink that has good vitamins and mineral
*The bonus product will not always be there, so if it's gone I can't help you. I have no control over what bonuses the seller gives :"(*

How and Why The Food Is Fat Burning Meals

  • Focused on Protein
    Go from junkie vegetarian that is filled with refine sugar to organic hormone free chicken, beef, pork, lamb, veal, fish and eggs. Why? Because protein helps your muscle but has no effect on on blood sugar levels and fat storage
    I like to eat good protein food. I like the taste better, although I know some people hate that protein taste, well no worries it taste better with the cooking ingredients Diana have proposed.
  • Throw Out Refine Sugar and Grain
    You probably heard about this, how we eat too much carbs than we actually need because of sugar and grain. (For Koreans its White Rice! Similar to Grain) Just by removing this you will see a lot of change in your body. I tend to mix rice with various other beans and such to decrease the carbs and increase nutrition. Haven't totally removed rice yet. It will take time because Korean Power = Rice Power. It's hard to break habits.
  • Bring on the Veggie
    This will give you fiber rich food with various of vitamin, minerals, and antioxidants. Best of all low in Carbs. Hey this will help with strengthening your skin health a lot! Remember how I always stress inner beauty care as much ask outer beauty care(e.g : skin care)
  • Quality Ingredients
    Obviously important for your health! It's important to get seasonal, organic fresh fruits. (Which I already have been doing *So Proud* :"))
  • Healthy Way to Cook
    Instead of fried, battered, processed, packaged, doused with cream sauce. Cook grilled, baked, broiled and steam foods.
    I never liked greasy food anyways so this really increased my enjoyment of my food.
  • Cook with Coconut Oil
    healthy oil that taste great and has immune boosting system! I started using this oil after I read this book. I think it taste better more sweetened and tasteful than normal oil.
  • Fresh Fruit Dessert
    Instead of ice cream (I know it taste good!) get some fresh fruits! I believe with just this one change you can really increase your health and your skin tone. If I add in my personal experience, I love chocolate and bread with cream inside. This not only made me puffy but I had terrible acne problems. These days I only eat them sometimes (Can't stop loving chocolate LOL) but mostly fruits like cherry, strawberries, apples and green apples etc. I haven't experience a terrible acne problem for years. My skin tone is much more transparent and has it's healthy glow. 
These are the features she focused on her cooking. Just by reading the list you can feel the healthy food in your head. But that doesn't mean that it's one of those none delicious menus for your family. I like that the food is not boring foods.

List of Food You Will Learn To Make


LOL, I am getting Hungry. I personally love spaghetti I was suprised that it was part of the fat burning meals although there was a big of difference on the ingredients but it taste BETTER!

I love and love and love the smoothie section of the book. I love to watch movies in the weekends at home. Smoothie is much better than coke or sprite (Korea version of sprite : 칠성사이다 ChilSeongSaYiDa) and it taste sweet enough for my sweet tooth.
I mean if you can eat a brownie that is fat burning will you resist? with a cup of strawberry banana smoothie? I stared making my own version of smoothie now! XD

I think this is great for all girls who is looking for better diet. But I have to bring out the cons now.

The CONS!!!

The book does contain menus for morning lunch and dinner but it's not something fast pasted young girls are willing to spend the time making these food. I do understand that slow food is much better in many ways to fast food but if you are in rush hour to work or school. Doing this type of cooking is almost impossible.

So I tend to cook in the evening a whole bunch of it and put it in the fridge in a glass container. Pull them out for morning bite as I quickly wear my skinny black jean. I have no time to heat up the oven cooking for 45 minutes and mix and start cooking.

For Smoothies I reused the plastic bottles that I buy for water, (don't recommend you reuse it too often because of environmental hormone) I stake in 4 different type of smoothies LOL. I just love her smoothies or maybe I just love smoothies. Sometimes I just do my morning dish with a cut of the smoothie because I don't eat a lot in the morning.

Another con is I wish that they made a physical book or something. I had to go out to the printing shop, (I don't have a printer not willing to risk my job using my work's printer) and print out the eBook put it in a folder with plastic bags that you can put in two paper at a time. Making it water proof or dirty hand(by cooking) proof. I hope they make it into a nice book. Too bad it's for online use only.

Conclusion : Who is This For?

For all mom's and wives that are interested in more healthy food for their family. But if you are not married like me, but love to cook or live by yourself this a great menu book to have. If you live with your parents, how about surprising your mom by volunteering in making a healthy snack for your family? It would be a great Mom's Day or Parent's Day gift for your family.

My dad is very fat, maybe your dad is too, I am trying to translate this in Korean so that mom can cook healthy food for dad. Since my dad already have been in coma before when he had his hemorrhage, I worried so much about him these days with his extra weight :"(. So even if It's a lot of work to translate it in Korean but I do care about my family's health, if you have a family member that need fat controlling food this could be a good gift to buy for. Just an idea for you young girls.

Please don't ask for refund when you think this is a good product. Don't be one evil green monster asking for refund because you want your money back. Only ask for refund if you are not happy with the product. I hope none of my readers are girls of that sort. Let's be good girls okay? Thanks I trust you!

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Friday, January 30, 2015

Korean Skin Care Tips For Age Range : Skin Texture Care 20's

Skin Texture, That Represent Your Age

As you approach the end of the 20's you'll start to see wrinkles, large pores, darkening spot etc. (NOOO!!!) For 30's it's the skin texture that can make your skin look older. You will start to notice that your skin texture start to show signs of aging. The only way to stop is PREVENTING. This is why I suggest all 20's to start your anti again care now. I will promise you will regret it when you turn 30. If you spent your days in 20's without much care and at your 30's it's okay. Its not end of the world... yet. Don't give up hope. I will explain more further down below.

Your BEAUTY will only stay when you took care of it early on. 

The 20's Skin Texture Care : Honey Soaked Skin

Your goal is to have honey soaked skin. I sometimes call it dewy skin but in Korea we call it 'Honey Skin(꿀피부)'. If I elaborate on it, it means having skin that has sparkle, moist without greasy oil and it should be transparent. I don't mean skin that seems like its going to start dripping, but something with more moist and smooth looking skin that is tight. 

To have a sparkle skin from the inside you will have a long way to go. You can start by going for the skin care basic routine. But I want to tell you more about inner beauty in this post.

You want good amount of water drinking habits. I am not talking about sports water in Korea we call these pocarisweat(포카리스웨트). Tea and coffee don't count either(sorry it doesn't :P). It has to be pure water. Also eating various type of fruit and reducing your stress and having good enough rest should work with the good skin care routine in order for this to work.

The first thing you need to do for a 'Honey Skin' is taking care of your dead skin layer, aka doing exfoliation. By doing good cleansing you are allowing unneeded dead skin to drop off with the friction of your hand and heat. However too much deep cleansing can ripe off the protective barrier your skin has causing sensitivity to the skin. I like to use Gel or liquid type of peeling with good moist finish like Missah D-Tox Peeling Gel. Or use soft cleansing foam. I do have cleansing oil that has exfoliation effect but I find most of them has oily finish which Korean Brands need to work on *Ahem*. 

After exfoliation I tend to do sheet mask for deep moist but if you don't have sheet mask you can apply moisturizing serum or cream twice more than you normally do. Or you can apply good facial oil on the last step of skin care. If you are not sure how to do skin care do read my Korea Skin Care Routine. If you want you can even shop and get massage cream and do the massages that you get in beauty shop. This will really help your skin in so many ways.

This is not some special care, it's something you should do basic. Please don't get this wrong and start peeling ever single day. If you are using products that is for peel use. I use this once a week, for sensitive skin do it twice a week. Extremely oily skin should do once every 2~3 days. There are products that has exfoliating effect inside skin care, you can get those if you want to care for your exfoliating daily. 
Exfoliating is not special care, it's BASIC

Trend in Korea Skin Care

The 20's trend in Korea is spraying product. It's a rule to try to keep your hands away from your face but now by spraying they are getting rid of all the touching hands that is need for skin care. Did you know Scinic was the start of all this? They made this spraying cleansing that has micro small bubbles that can softly melt off thick dead skin cells and has moist finish. Well this was merely the beginning and it started to spread in all types of skin care products. I was surprised that Scinic popularity didn't grow by this product but their clay mask. But they should push their spraying skin care products into the market.

If you wish to take a look at Spray Scinic Product Here's the link
No Touch, No Touching on your Face Ever!

I liked spray type of product because there is no need to get your hands dirty or sticky and makes the whole process clean. There wouldn't be any contamination into your products so it will not cause any skin problems or skin troubles or even allergy. I like the micro spray which makes the skin care well spread without applying too much and too little on one side. For makeup you can just use brush or puff and you can finish the makeup without having to wash your hands!

Sensitivity

Its always the biggest concern among 20's. Actually there is very little skin that is sensitive enough to call "Sensitive Skin". But why is it still a problem most 20's experience? I think it's because as you spend more time, money and care into your skin the less time you give your skin to recover. This could be over use of deep cleansing, using a lot of makeup without any knowledge of how to clean it, too much peel gels or even too much clay mask.

When you feel sensitivity, I suggest you to use the least amount of moisturizing products you can. That has very little ingredient list. I tend to use only deep water sprays that you can buy in drug stores. By this you are giving your skin time to recover and let your skin barrier strengthen. Anti wrinkles and Whitening products should come after. If you use these product with sensitive skin you are trying to build a sky tower on a sand. It will sink and fall!

Sensitivity tend to happen on the 1st layer of your skin which is the part where you dead skin cells are. So once you got your skin barrier up everything turns back to normal. As your skin texture finds it's normal pH, less blemishes will happen and less dryness will occur. This will really help you makeup to work better with your skin.

More Tips for Sensitive Skin

Use about 3 products. Soft liquid cleanser, strong moisturizing product and at least SPF 50 sun block. Also these product ingredients must be good and not dangerous. You can see the cosmetic ingredient list here.

Remember to not to change your skin care products too often. Because your skin was made to adjust to the environment causing your skin to stress having to getting used to new environment over and over again. It's like moving to 3 different middle school and having hard time making friends. If you change your product too often your skin might react more sensitive than normal.

Korean Skin Care Tip for Age Range : 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Korean Skin Care Tips For Age Range, How To Skin Care For 20's & 30's

The difference between 20's VS 30's Skin Care

The 20's

Even 20's want to look young its the same as the 40's but there is just a difference between standard. In the 20's again haven't exactly started. 20's don't have interested in get it rid of wrinkles or doing volume surgeries but they want the skill of doing makeup naturally.

The 30's 

Depending on the skin condition there is a big difference and that makes the skin care routine more complicated. Dry skin will become loose, wrinkle looks bolder, and shape of the face changes.

Because of this difference the 30's tend to focus on skin care. They know what their skin problems are and buy beauty items that will help solve the problem and help making everything more natural.

Sometimes cosmetic can't help (sorry they do have limitations!) and they would start looking for medical treatment. You might be surprised how many 30's visit the plastic surgery hospitals for counseling in Korea. 

30's is more into anti aging and preventing aging but just like bio age isn't same as mentality age. Skin age can be different too, depending on how you took care of it.

Main Keywords to this article is Skin Texture, Makeup and Korea Technology. This will both be the answers to the 20's and 30's

Skin Texture, That Represent Your Age

As you approach the end of the 20's you'll start to see wrinkles, large pores, darkening spot etc. (NOOO!!!) For 30's it's the skin texture that can make your skin look older. You will start to notice that your skin texture start to show signs of aging. The only way to stop is PREVENTING. This is why I suggest all 20's to start your anti again care now. I will promise you will regret it when you turn 30. If you spent your days in 20's without much care and at your 30's it's okay. Its not end of the world... yet. Don't give up hope. I will explain more further down below.
Your BEAUTY will only stay when you took care of it early on. 

Korean Skin Care Tip for Age Range : 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Top 5 Best innifree Products

This is the List of Product that best sold in innisfree and I filtered them in order I recommend and love to use. This is a personal ranking so it might be different than yours. But still, a nice idea to see what the brand is all about and what fabulous products they brought out.

Top Best innifree Products


#1 innisfree Long Wear Cushion

innisfee Long Wear Cushion Short Review : Perfect Summer Cushion that made me stop using anything else. Cushion tends to be weak coverage but this surprisingly had good coverage than expected. I love that it doesn't turn cakey after long hours work. Also help me preventing face turning greasy. Clean look and baby power soft finish made me rank this product the top 1

#2 innisfree Soybean Neck Cream

This is my best and only neck cream I use. Reason why? Because it doesn't make makeup cakey or mass my foundation. Love how its so easily spread on my neck. What more do I need to say this product does the work!

I just love their cream and serum just too much. I didn't upload the serum review but it's ultimate the best. Their cream, love their balancing cream for combo skin and their original green tea cream. I did a comparison with Belif and Clinique the cream still stands a change again these big high end brands

This is innisfree top sold lipstick, and it's worth buying the whole collection! I love how the product colors turn out so natural. It's not really creamy, more matte type of lipstick but if you use it with lip moisturizer it's perfect fit for even dry lips. This is probably the best sold because of the colors. Just a tip, remember to apply as if tapping. This works better and prevents flaky lips if you don't do lip peels.

Even if its a liquid foundation I could still feel it has a soft firm finishing texture which I love. If you have flaky makeup than I suggest you try this foundation. The rich moist is enough for dry flaky skin it doesn't turn cakey. For a cheap foundation it has a high quality.

Product That Didn't Make It To The Top But Still A Recommendation.

innisfree is advertising this a lot. Every advertisement they do is all about this cream. Its a thick cream although it absorb fast. It wasn't a moisturizing enough for me. I do like the anti aging effect it has I do had to find applying again after the cream was absorbed because of dryness. I did do a review about innisfree Orichid Enriched Cream because I really like how it has so many features that I think shows effect after at least one bottle.

This product is the top sold brightener in innisfree brand. Which I can see why. I don't like white pale pearl for highlighter but this rose marble has mixture of colors that makes the overall more natural. I mean who has white skin in the first place? The only thing I didn't like was their weak case... innisfree tend to have weak facial makeup case. Their skin care products is hard plastic but not this. Anyways, just love the pearl.


I love this collection. Beautiful Fall colors I love the colors and all but I do feel it slippers around my lips too much. For a lipstick that is strong pigment once it is smeared it's easy to spot. But Still If I use a lipstick fixer it doesn't feel that bad. But I did have two occations that someone caught me with a smeared lipstick with this that I had to put it out of the ranking but still love the moist and color it has.

What do you think? Have you used any of the product above? If not listed what's your favorite innisfree product? Let me know on the comment below!
Want to see other brand list? Let me know on the comment! I will try to upload another one soon

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Sunday, January 4, 2015

2014 Best Skin Care and Cosmetic Products

2014 is over and 2015 is here! Love new years and have a fresh start. But before I start I decided to clean up the past and give you my 2014 best skin care and cosmetic that I have reviewed! Products that is really worth trying even in the New Years! Perhaps through this I could have a better idea of what product to look for in 2015!


All of these are used by me and it might be different as my skin change it's condition in different seasons. 

Facial Oil - For the Winter, Dry Skin

Love how it's a well abosrobing product for dry skin to protect moist loss from the cold dry wind in the winter

Nature Republic Aragon 20 Degree Real Squeeze Ampoule
I would recommend this to even combo skin because it has that serum powder feeling afterwards leaving very little oil on the face but that baby soft feeling.

First Essence

Great for cleansing oil deep inside the pore to  prevent oily skin and acne growing.
A must product for all oily and combo skin

Great for Whitening Care and Wrinkle Care! Really changed my skin finding it's healthy balance

Essence and Skin and Lotion etc.
Great for wrinkle care and yet moisturizing for your skin care!

Innisfree Green Tea Balance Line
There is deep moisture line for dry skin and fresh for oily skin I tend to either be dry and oily depending on my health and season so I went for Balance line which was good enough for me!

Cream

For the Sweaty Summer nothing better than Black Cream!

For more deep moisture for cold winter and such

You can choose the level depending on your skin type I choose depending on the seaons. Level 3 for the summer and level 6 for the fall and winter

Extra Care Ampoules

Large quantity and did show effect for pore tightening!

I call this miracle product because once you are finished with the bottle you can see change on your face! Yes some skin might have bit of trouble during the first week because the skin is not used to organic ingredients but once your skin get used to it. It's a miracle change

Cleasning Products 

Very moisturizing finish with soft peeling without irritation

The best and only cleansing cream for me

Good Cleansing oil for starters! Works with all skin types!

Innisfree Calming Gel Cleanser
Love the soft finish afterwards and not drying either.

Spot Products

For Acne Spot
My miracle bottle nothing more needs to be said!

For Dark Spots / Sun Spots
For consistent care for dark spots and pore care!

Black Heads and White Head Care
Don't try to get it out all at once! but by this product every time you do it less and less black heads and white heads reappear!

Makeup Products
Concealer
Even great for just texturing your face like you would with foundation! Very natural with the pore and skin texture!

Eyebrow
Really love the strong proofed tint eyebrow. Love how it's brilliantly done and really reduce time in the morning.

Mascara
Well proofed and does show the eyelashes to lengthen!

Cream Type Cushion
This was my favorite during the winter and fall. Loved the deep moist it has!

Moist Type Cushion
This saved my summer oily skin

Foundation / BB Cream
Mix your own colors! LOVE THE IDEA!

Lips
My favorite color!

Love the moist and yet the colors. what's your favoirt?

Aritaum Honey Melting tint
Like a Balm but with strong pigment!

Love the color! Don't you?

Phew after listing my cosmetic that I used this year, it was a lot! Well some are done some are still rolling around my room but still. Who can stop my love for cometic? XD

YOUR TURN!
What's your altmost 2014 Makeup or Skin Care Product!!


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