Macklemore Calls Out Pharmaceuticals

I have seen, many times, people who refuse to go to doctors or take medication unless necessary, called freaks. They have been blamed for wanting to be in pain, wanting to be sick, and in some very sad severe cases, wanting to kill their own family and children.

I’m a person that doesn’t believe in going to the doctor unless I absolutely need to. I’m a person that doesn’t believe in taking medication unless I absolutely have to. I don’t believe in NEVER going to a  doctor. I do believe they have their time and place, but that time and place is when absolute necessary.

See, the thing is that I spent a lot of time at the doctor’s and at the hospital as a child. We were sick a lot, always on some form of medication, and quite frankly, I got sick of it.

Not only did I get sick of it, but I also began questioning things, part of which led me to veganism. I know there is an increase of sin in the world, but it did not make sense to me at all that Christians were called to spread the message of God’s love throughout the world, but that our bodies would be constantly plagued with every illness going around.

Another thing that inspired me was the simple fact that there are people who seem to hardly get sick! What were they doing that I wasn’t? Was it really just that I had no immune system left?

What I discovered, through veganism and thoughtful reflection/prayer was that the way we treat our bodies is the way our body treats us. If we feed it absolute crap food, our body cannot be expected to defend us. Just as a bricklayer knows that you have to have quality product to build a strong house, we need quality food to build up our bodies. I kid you not, there are some vegans who have not been sick in years! Did they somehow live in a bubble and avoid the outside world? Absolutely not! Vegans are known for being out in the world, fighting for animal rights. But they’ve treated their bodies well with the healthiest food, plenty of water and sleep, and exercise, the building blocks of a healthy body.

All to often, we do not credit our bodies with the ability it was designed with to save us from sickness. When treated properly, our bodies really can fight off the germs and bacterias around us. But we have to build that ability up as described above.

So what happens when people don’t believe in their bodies and don’t take care of themselves? Hi ho, hi ho, off to the doctor we go.

Here is my problem with going to the doctor. Most doctors get kickbacks from selling pharmaceutical drugs. Most doctors feel so overwhelmed that they cannot spend the appropriate amount of time to properly diagnose you and give you a healthier treatment. Most doctors do not even get nutrition training, and thus will feel inadequate about giving nutrition advice. Most doctors know that patients want quick remedies. Unfortunately, what most patients don’t understand, is that these drugs are usually treating symptoms, and not the actual problem.

The other danger of most of these pharmaceutical drugs is the side effects and addictions they cause. I shake my head when I see commercials for different pills, and the side effects list takes up half of the commercial. Why are we consuming something so dangerous? And not only that, think of the huge drug market for the addicting drugs. Think of people coming off of these drug addictions. I’ve seen it first hand. My step sister ended up jumping off a bridge because she couldn’t handle her life anymore. I’ve seen her scream bloody murder while being drug away by the police because she just needed one more drink after she finally broke away from drugs but replaced her addiction with alcohol. I saw her weeping in complete devastation when her drug dealing boyfriend was banging his head against the wall and cutting his wrists. I’ve seen her begging outside of grocery stores, and caring about her daily methadone shot more than her own children. Yes, this can be street drugs too, but a lot of addictions start from pharmaceutical addictions. Once you can no longer obtain your addiction, it’s just a matter of finding something else to fill its place. It’s a vicious cycle.

I know, I know, some people may call me delusional, I’ve been called many things for my beliefs before. But if you don’t want to believe me, or do the research I’ve done, then maybe you’ll listen to someone who also has caught on to this misled, multi-billion industry. Here is Macklemore’s song, Kevin, a stand against the world’s pharmaceutical companies.

So what do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Cruelty-Free Sandwiches! Yum!

As a kid, I LOVED sandwiches. All the time, anywhere. Picnic foods were my favourite. I don’t know what started it, but it was a love that grew quick.

As a vegan, I don’t indulge in bread too often. I try to eat more whole foods and less processed foods. However, I broke that today.

I did a quick grocery shop with my husband this morning, and I picked up a loaf of Silver Hills bread, some Vegenaise, Symphony lettuce (check it out, so pretty and good!), as well as a few other things. I came home, said goodbye to my husband as he had to head to work, and then got out my knives and my toaster. A sandwich was made!

Yes, that was the finished product. Two slices of toasted Silver Hills bread – The Big 16, with one organic, sliced up tomato, roughly 10 small leaves of Symphony-packed lettuce, and Vegenaise, included in the picture for you to see. Not one animal was harmed in the making of this sandwich! How cool is that? And the taste? Delicious! Yum! In fact, I ended up making another sandwich with a different head of the Symphony-packed lettuce and cucumber instead of tomato. Drool…

For those that are wondering, Silver Hills is a bread company that works out of British Columbia. Their breads contain no dairy or eggs, and have excellent ingredients, primarily being made from sprouted grains. Check them out here: Silver Hills.

Why the Name “Christian” Can Cause Such Anger

I’ve delayed in writing this blog post. The past few days have been a whirlwind for me. Not because I’m cleaning up my classroom, preparing for a new grade, but because the world has changed ever so quickly, and I needed to make sure my own emotions were not mixing and leading my thoughts but that rather my beliefs were the driving force behind my words.

When I decided I wanted to turn vegan, I thought what better place to learn than to join vegan groups on Facebook where people are continuously discussing ways of doing things better and on improving lifestyles. What better place would you get a mix of people who are starting out in their vegan adventure, as well as though who are tried and true veterans to the lifestyle. I did enjoy these facts, but I wasn’t prepared for what was coming.

As many of you know (and if you didn’t, I don’t know how you could have missed it), but the states have just legalized same sex marriage. To some people it’s no surprise, to some people it’s a reason to lash out, and to some people it’s a reason to celebrate. I was prepared for those reactions. What I wasn’t prepared for was the anger backing people’s responses. And it took a few days for me to truly understand what was going on.

Unfortunately, one of my vegan groups posted about this legalization and stated that you will never find a “homophobe vegan”. A man simply stated (though not in words I would have used) that he was not a “phobe” by the meaning of the word “phobia” as in being scared. He simply was using Biblical pieces to back-up the point that he did not support the movement. The backlash he received was incredible. And as I noticed he was the only one defending his beliefs, I decided to try and approach the conversation in a loving but understanding way. You see, I’ve noticed people are very quick to criticize Christian beliefs as being old and not modern day. But I knew that this is often because Christians have made a bad name for themselves.

I once saw a conversation where Christians were attacking an atheist. I could see where her comments and attacks were coming from. I couldn’t stand Christians reacting in this kind of way so I entered the conversation as well and simply responded to her questions and comments in a loving, non-judgemental way. It took quite awhile, but believe it or not, she thanked me for talking to her the way I did and explaining things the way I had. Of course she assured me she wouldn’t become Christian anytime soon, but that wasn’t the point of my discussion. The basis of my discussion was love.

So I figured that maybe if love was presented the right way in this vegan conversation, then maybe the hatred I was seeing would dissipate and the group could go back to the original purpose of becoming vegan and standing for animal rights. However, I’m sad to say it did not work that way. No matter how many times I reassured that none of the Christians in the conversation weren’t hating them nor judging them (all 2 of us), they served critique after critique back. No matter how many times I assured them that Christians should be focused on loving and loving all people, hate was served back. No matter how much love I tried to show about loving people but not supporting decisions they make, I was not supported. I even told them that the God of the world, Himself, has given us the power to choose what we do, regardless if we choose sin or not, and thus everyone in the world should have the power to choose what they want without anybody telling them otherwise, I was still considered judgemental. I brought up how I have a great uncle who has been a married gay my whole life and how I love him dearly and will never treat him otherwise, but that I do not support his lifestyle, I was still considered a “homophobe”. I was called a jerk, ingenious, told to take a nap, told I have mental sickness, that somehow someone loved me but in the same sentence told me everything I am is a sin, that God was going to send me to hell to burn for eternity, etc. And I was reminded again and again how listening to a 2000 year old book is so wrong.

I was not prepared for the hardness of hearts I was presented with. This is why I did not write this blog when I first thought of it. In fact, it’s been sitting as a tab for the past however many days since the law was passed. I’ve changed the name 3 times. I needed time to sort through what was going on, and to make sure my emotions were in check. And now I think I’m ready to help explain where I think things have gone wrong.

There happens to be a girl many years younger than I who was feeling the same way I was – being attacked by so many people, being pushed with no rest, exhausted from having to defend herself. The message came clearly in her Facebook post and the response from someone questioning the selection of beliefs, specifically pertaining to the lack of support on the same sex marriage issue.

I really thought about it before I posted this time, and I provided a very prominent issue among different Christians about the “clean” and “unclean” foods. I stated it as the fact that many Christians don’t support eating pork. Some claim that because it is an Old Testament law, that we no longer have to follow that distinction. Although many Christians disagree on this issue, we don’t hate our own family members just because they eat differently than ourselves. The best way to influence anyone in a positive way is through a loving manner. I also added that I grew up as a hunter’s daughter. When I turned vegetarian, my grandfather was convinced I would die. In fact, for the almost 10 years I was vegetarian, the very first question he would ask me is if I was healthy and had gone back to eating meat yet. The amount he would try to sneak meat onto my plate was crazy. He did not support my eating habits whatsoever. But he never stopped loving me. In fact, I can’t recall a day in my life where I did not feel loved by my grandfather, and that’s the way it should be.

To go a little further than that, she said she was going to put it bluntly and ask how same sex relationships is one law we believe from the Old Testament, but there were a host of others such as wearing jewelry, having tattoos, and premarital sex were things most Christians don’t follow anymore, yet we can choose to not stand for the same sex marriage issue.

This is where it truly sank in. The reason I believe that most people are so angry with Christians and our beliefs is because we have compromised on so much! Seriously, look around at your churches. I know for a fact that people drink, do drugs, party, have non-marrital sex with people regardless of being married or not, have problems with pornography, steal, cheat people out of money, etc, etc… There are people in almost every church who are the kings and queens of gossip. Churches are seen as judgemental because they’ve become that way. What have we done to ourselves?

Now, I’m not saying that all churches or even all people are this way. I do believe we have the sweetest, loving Christians still on this earth, and unfortunately that’s something we desperately need more of. But when Christians in themselves are out in the world claiming to be Christian and yet are caught in such horrible acts, what else is the world to think of us? Can you really blame people for hosting anger when they grew up in a church but like my sister, left because people were judging the clothing she wore? Do you really think that made her feel at home rather than winning her over with love? Personally, I’m ashamed at some of the things we’ve done to people. We should be opening our doors and welcoming, not just greeting, but truly welcoming people into our midst with the goal of letting love take over. When Jesus saved the prostitute, or sat with the tax collectors, you don’t see Him attacking them. He loved them and that’s what created the difference. Why can’t we do the same?

Of course I’m not saying we should kick out all of the people who are having problems either. What better place to receive help with healing than a church family, as long as we are being just that – a loving and supportive family.

Now, I know my beliefs may differ from yours, and that’s ok. Like I said, I have no judgement. The Bible, unfortunately, is not the most easily understood book at times, and some is left to our interpretation though hopefully somewhat unfolded with divine help (always pray before reading the Bible!). So yes, topics like jewelry and tattoos are a little more difficult to defend for some. However, I know the Bible clearly points out that our bodies are the living temples for the Holy Spirit, and we are to take care of them to the best of our abilities. Putting needles unnecessarily into my body, causing a stain that God did not put there in the first place that is ridiculous to remove, and putting holes all over my body does not seem like preserving the “holy temple” as God stated it. To me, that is clear enough definition as to why those are not the best idea. Jewelry that does not require holes (such as necklaces, rings, and bracelets) are a little more in the grey area. However, if you look at history, you will see that only the rich, and those who placed themselves above others wore jewelry. So at the time, it made total sense that jewelry was a way to separate the classes of people, and as far as I’ve read in my Bible, God doesn’t view us that way, nor does He want us to develop an attitude of being better than others. So to me, that makes sense. When it comes to premarital sex, it’s a no-brainer to me. You don’t need a Bible to tell you it’s not the best idea. Look up science reports and the reactions in the brain with sex. Look up psychology reports. The more sex you have before marriage, the less you are bringing to your marriage. Imagine if everything was brand new coming into your marriage. No past relationships to discuss, no past comparisons to make, nothing bad to bring into your forever relationship. I think in a way, we’ve lost sight of how sacred and special marriage was supposed to be. It was a union, a joining of two people. And in Mark 10:9, it states clearly, “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” We say vows, vows that are actually supposed to mean something. God blessed the union between husband and wife and specifically said that NO MAN (that means nobody on this earth) should be able to separate that union. I don’t know about you, but there are an awful lot of divorces going on. A lot of “man” separating what God told us not to. And that’s in the New Testament, not even the old.

Again, I hope you are not taking offence to this. I am the product of a divorced family who married other divorced people. Divorce is around me, and although I love my family more dearly than anything, I will fight with all I have to preserve my marriage union because I believe that is what is right. (I may continue this conversation at another time. It’s a whole separate Bible study.)

So those are my thoughts. I’m not sure if Christians will ever recover. If we’re going to stand for our beliefs, we need to learn not to compromise. No, it’s not easy being criticized. If anything, becoming vegan has opened my eyes to a whole new way of being criticized (not enough protein, not losing weight fast enough, not going to be healthy, etc…). But if you truly believe in something and seek to receive the rewards at the end, then you need to stand for whatever it is. But remember to stand in a loving way. Hate is fuel to the fire, but love (usually) softens the hardest of hearts. So speak to and treat each other in love, regardless of what a person chooses, but stay strong to yourself and don’t compromise on the beliefs you hold. Nobody in this world has the right to force their beliefs on people. But rather, keep an open ear and seek to find the Truth, and once you have the Truth, hold on to it. As humans, we are master justifiers, master liars, and master convincers. Don’t let someone talk you out of being yourself and believing what you’ve sought to be true.

For another pastor’s perspective, I found this to be a good, well-written, loving read with Biblical back-up.
http://todaychristian.net/a-detailed-explanation-of-why-christians-dont-accept-gay-marriage/

My Apologies and Resignation

As many of you knew before, I was a Mary Kay representative and very much in love with their products. They have a lot of products that I would still recommend if it weren’t for the reason I’m resigning.

One of the things that was a “make-it-or-break-it” deal when I was deciding whether to join or not was simply whether the products were tested on animals or not. Mary Kay was not testing on animals, and so this was excellent news for me.

I read an article the other day that was talking about secrets behind businesses we all know. Mary Kay was one of them, as well as Avon and another I can’t remember. Without telling their many employees or customers, these companies, who at one time did animal testing and quit are now back to animal testing. How could they do this?

I cannot and refuse to support abuse to animals. It is unnecessary that they be tested with a product that they did not choose for themselves, and that isn’t designed for them anyways. Products should be safe enough that humans could test them should they volunteer. So I have many, many problems with this.

The product I have now is from before the New Year’s, and hopefully before they were animal testing again. I’m no longer placing orders, but simply clearing my stock for 30% off. I, myself, will continue to use the products I have until they are gone, and once they are gone, I will not order again. This is so sad to say for products I really enjoyed.

If you would like any of my leftover products (Canadian customers), please let me know. As I said they are 30% off right now, and hopefully produced before animal testing was brought back in. Help a consultant get out of the business, not to support the abuse behind the scenes.

Week 8 Day 6

I’m hungry. In fact, my body feels like it’s starving. I can’t say that I’ve been hitting my macros the past few days as I’ve been happy just to ingest any liquid anything, which has been mainly fruit, veggies, and some protein powder. I have been trying to get some BoltHouse smoothies from the grocery store to drink (I know they aren’t the cleanest), and so in that way have been getting in some extra nutrition, and I’ve also been keeping up with my multivitamins and supplements. But I still can’t chew. My teeth are too tender. I tried chewing a Breton mini cracker today, the super soft, melt in your mouth type of cracker, and I could only chew one before my teeth were very sore. Still on that liquid diet today!

Definitely got some of this because “Tis’ the Season!”

I had a chiropractor appointment this morning that went well. I planned on going to the gym to split up my workout with my husband again but instead ended up going to sleep and quickly found out that I just wasn’t getting rest. I’d wake up, and wake up, and wake up, and wake up, all the while sleeping in between but never feeling any different when I woke up. I don’t get it. I’m really not sure what’s going on.

When my husband came home from work, he was too tired to go to the gym right away. So he stayed home and took a nap while I went to the gym because I knew my workout would take a long time tonight. I came back and woke him up about half way through my workout, drank a protein shake in order to help my starving body continue, and went back to finish my workout.

It was a long workout, finishing the ab exercises from yesterday, combined with legs today (90 squats!!), and of course the cardio I had to catch up on. We also had to do dropset to burnout leg extensions. I swear my quads were about to break apart. I definitely wasn’t able to walk the greatest after!

I tried something new today: Sweet Sweat! I had been given product samples of it a long time ago, but had never tried it because I always worry about chemical reactions ruining my clothing. Thankfully, my wonderful hubby picked up a Sweet Sweat belt under which you apply the Sweet Sweat so that it doesn’t touch your clothing! Boo yah! Let me just say, the results shocked me. I never knew I could sweat that much, seriously. And yet I didn’t feel overly warm like I thought I would. It obviously worked though. So I’m going to wear it for a few weeks to see if it makes a true difference and I’ll keep you updated!

Sweet Sweat! Try it out!

The Easiest Business in the WORLD

Tonight was SUCH a good night. And something you NEED to know about.

Financial burden has been a slight problem for the past couple years. My husband has been unable to work (since he’s American). So the responsibility has been on me. He feels horrible about it, but I keep reminding him to be patient and wait. The good news is, he should be cleared soon and they’ve FINALLY allowed him to even apply for an open work permit. We’re getting close!!

To assist myself during these times, I started my Mary Kay business which has been good. Not to mention I love getting the products for wholesale price. I absolutely love Mary Kay products and will promote them to everyone. They actually WORK and are an excellent quality.

But recently, I’ve also started my Organo Gold business which is what I would like to focus on tonight. This is the easiest thing I’ve ever done.

I had scheduled a Google Hangout with someone who’s doing very well in the company (been around a little longer than me). He gave me some great tips and filled me in on some questions I had. We made plans, I felt good, got off the computer.

I knew I had an Organo delivery coming, so I thought ahead of time to prepare my information and my samples to ask the delivery man if he drank coffee.

The buzzer to our building goes to my phone, and so when it rang, I quickly answered, grab my prepared items, and met him at the door. We had a very quick conversation about the fire trucks that were here yesterday (he had attempted delivery but was blocked by the fire trucks so had to come back today), and then I asked if he drank coffee. He replied yes, and when I asked if he wanted to sample some, he said he couldn’t say no. I handed him my information and a coffee sample, and we both went away happy.

I returned to my apartment, and I have a message in my Inbox on Facebook. A lady that I had given a green tea sample to had messaged and simply said that after drinking the green tea I gave her, she can’t even be bothered to drink the tea she has in her house. Of course this led to a conversation about meeting up because she needed some green tea.

Ladies and gentlemen, how easy is that? This company literally is nothing more than giving people samples of your product, and the product literally speaks for itself. All I did was ask a question and hand over a sample. Nothing more to it. The business itself is easy, the profits are good, the commissions are good, and at the very bottom of it all, you are actually helping others by getting rid of the acidity coffee, and replacing it with something that is so healthy for you. And the taste is amazing!

If you’re looking for something easy, something that is international (I think we’re in 14 countries at the moment, but they’re working on gaining more as we speak), and something that will either give you a little extra financial uplift, or even a retirement fund or a substantial living profit, this is the opportunity.

The slogan of Organo Gold is this: It’s Easy, It’s Simple, It’s Coffee

The company truly lives up to it’s slogan. Message me if you’d like to know more about the company or even the products. This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss.

A “Discounted” Time to React

Hello again.

This week has been the chosen Spring Break for my school, and I can say I have completely replaced school work with catching up on my home life. Today is only Monday, and yet I have dropped by the school to gather some papers I needed, gone to Service Canada to change my name on my SIN card, stopped at Popeye’s and basically did a mountain of grocery/supplement shopping (will do a review on some of these later), dealt with some taxes (received some homework, returning tomorrow to finish), took a nap (who knew all this running around was so tiring?), and had a gruelling workout at the gym. What a day! Barely a chance to really react.

As I was placing a Mary Kay order (absolutely have never fallen in love with a skin care/cosmetic line like I have with Mary Kay), I noticed it has become my favourite time of the year! The year I get to offer my fellow Canadians a spectacular opportunity!

When I signed up to become a Mary Kay beauty consultant, I knew very little about make-up. I knew some about skin care because I had battled acne for as long as I could remember. I had done blue light treatments, chemical peels, numerous amounts of topical creams and gels, pills, and almost everything you can think of. Nothing ever worked for me. I even ordered ProActive and tried it for several months, but to no avail. I had almost come to a place where I knew I had to deal with it, and so my search for learning how to come closer to that flawless skin I always wanted began.

I started ordering Mary Kay from a friend. I was experimenting with some concealers and foundations, and because she was willing, starting experimenting with other make-up methods. I didn’t want to sign up, I was happy being a customer. UNTIL….

One day I was picking up an order from her as she had come to my city for a Mary Kay convention. The moment I walked in the hotel, the only thing I could tell you is how badly I wished I could have been there for the weekend. The women were everywhere, looking absolutely stunning, and I realized how badly I missed having that “girly” time with friends. They were all genuinely smiling and just having fun. I wanted a part in that! Not to mention, after I thought about it, these ladies actually made MONEY by having all of this fun! It hit me that I was really missing out.

MK consultants really have so much fun!

And so one day, when she called me for a practice interview, it turned into a successful practice because I told her I wanted to join. I was being hesitant until she asked me to reflect on “What could be the worst thing that could happen?”. For me at the time, I would be out the $75 I spent for a start-up if I did no work and didn’t end up doing anything. That was honestly the worst. But even that wasn’t so bad because the amount of product that comes with the starter kit was worth more than the $75, so really I wasn’t losing anything. And this is where my good news comes in for you.

Mary Kay Starter Kit

For the month of April, you can start your very own Mary Kay business for only $50. That means you can make the supportive, amazing friends that are involved with this company, you can make that extra money you need or even turn it into a full-time supporting business, you can get your products for 50% off or even for free! You’ll be involved in a home-based business that gives you more tax benefits than you could even imagine. And if you want to work for it, those nice Mary Kay cars can be yours for basically free. It’s an amazing company that has so much to offer. I have never regretted signing up with Mary Kay, and I know you won’t either! It’s endless support, endless “girl time”, endless confidence-building for you!

Business Opportunities

If you’re Canadian and interested, please let me know. It’s only $50 this month which is way less than 1/2 of the price of the product that even comes in that kit. It is such a great deal! And ask yourself, what really is the worst that could happen? I can honestly tell you, not much. You win either way. Products that work and a reliable, time-proven company. Take your chance today!

An Immediate Difference

I can be a very skeptical person. People cannot easily “sell” me on something unless they can prove their product works. Of course, that can mean that sometimes I might miss out on some good products either because they malfunctioned at the moment or I just have never given something a second glance. But throughout the years, there are some I’ve never regretted.

I have dedicated my coffee drinking over to my OG products. It had been well over a month since I have had any other coffee. Even though I had already noticed some differences while drinking it, I decided to do an official test of my own.

Last night, I was tired. Actually, it was only 3:00 in the afternoon. I was in a napping stage on the coach, ready to fall asleep when it was time to go to the gym. I wasn’t working out (it was a day off), but I still go sit in the common food court area while my husband works out and work on whatever I have to do. Because I was so tired, I didn’t think to bring my OG products, and instead bought a coffee from the coffee shop that was there (a chain of which I will leave unnamed). Nothing fancy, no sugar in it, and yet I immediately noticed a difference, and not a good one.

You see, although coffee can give you energy, it has always given me a edge of not feeling good, something that is not quite right. The worst part is, I never even knew it! I didn’t realize how horrible normal coffee made me feel until I had my first one after months yesterday. What a difference!

OG products, with the ganoderma they contain, erase these negative effects, and I’m standing here (well sitting) to tell you that it’s true. I have never felt that way drinking OG coffee, and yet my one other coffee in over a month makes me feel bad. It’s not a coincidence, it’s hard evidence.

I’m all about health, and if you are too, I encourage you to try OG products. I see the importance of sharing something when I’ve found works for so many people. If you would like to see a difference in your health and life, let me know! OG is in so many countries, and coffee is an international product. I would love to send you some samples so you can become healthy while not having to give up your coffee.

As the OG phrase says: It’s easy. It’s simple. It’s coffee.

Have a Problem with Dry Skin?

I am a product tester. Not one that is paid, not one that gets sent free products to review, but one that buys a new product almost every time I run out of something. I have a problem being satisfied with a certain product. They are never quite what I want or don’t quite give the results they’ve promised. In fact, I have an entire shelf in a linen closet designated to the many products I’ve bought in advance to try once old products run out.

Now I live in Western Canada. Unfortunately I don’t live in BC near the ocean where humidity exists. I live on the other side of the mountains where the air is landlocked and DRY. This is the kind of dry where you have to carry around lip balm and hand lotion or else you are in grave danger of cracked lips and skin. Did you know that most people who move here from humid places often suffer bloody noses while their body adjusts to the dry climate? I’m not kidding when I say it’s dry!

There are a few products I’ve quite buying from stores, and I’m going to tell you about one of them today. This is one product I’ve finally found works for me!

In hindsight, I’ve tried almost every body lotion out there. I’ve tried dead sea varieties, cocoa butter varieties, other butter varieties, normal lotions, extremely dry skin lotions, and everything in between. I’ve never been completely satisfied. And this is not a product to take lightly as I’ve lived in both humid and dry climates, and will never deny the importance of moisturizing your skin.

This product, this lotion, has so many things I love about it.

#1-The smell. I’ve tried lotions that I’ve hated the smell of, some that the smell was simply “ok”, and some that are way too overpowering. But this lotion? I cannot express my love of the soft and sweet fragrance it contains. It’s refreshing, delightful and delicate all in one.

#2-The consistency. I dislike overly thick lotions. I hate feeling like I have lathered myself in grease after applying a lotion. This lotion is not that way. It is a light, white lotion that applies very well and dries fairly quickly while leaving your skin smooth and moisturized.

#3-The application. This is a huge personal preference for me. I hate having to scoop lotions out of a jar. I hate the feeling of getting the lotion under my fingernails and having to dig it out. This comes in a tube which is very convenient to squeeze out and apply. No mess needed!

#4-My skin. My skin has never felt better. I’ve only been using this product for a month, and my skin stays moisturized all day as well as feels extremely smooth and soft. Absolutely wonderful feeling skin.

#5-How long it lasts. I have been using this lotion for about a month and I have not even used half of the tube. I use body lotion everyday and this is probably one of the longest lasting bottles/tubes I’ve ever had. It’s such a great price for such a great quality product!

I honestly love this product. For someone who has a hard time being satisfied with cosmetic and skin care products, I’m so happy and content with this lotion. In fact, last time I placed an order, I bought 2 for myself alone, set aside from the products I’ve ordered for others. I just love it that much.

What is this amazing lotion I’m talking about? It’s Mary Kay’s Hydrating Lotion. It sells for $20 a bottle, but that bottle will last you quite awhile. And quite honestly, who doesn’t want silky smooth skin? I know for myself, especially with sensitive skin living in a dry climate, finding the right moisturizing product is essential, and after years of searching, I’ve found the one. It could be yours too!

Let me know if you’d like to try it! I’m hoping you’ll fall in love with it as much as I have!