Thanks to everyone for participating in my recent Eyeko giveaway. Once again I used www.Random.org to help me pick two winners out of the 272 that entered.
In many tropical countries, banana is not uncommon. They are one of the most significant crops because of the plant’s many uses. But did you know that aside from a good source of vitamins and minerals, bananas can also be a great food for weight loss?
The Morning Banana Diet
The morning banana diet was developed not so long ago by Hitoshi Watanabe of Osaka, Japan and popularized by means of the internet and several forms of media. Since then, the morning banana diet became a popular craze in Japan.
Unlike most meals plans, the morning banana diet is not as extreme and rigid. The rules of the diet are simple. You should always eat raw banana for breakfast. You are most allowed to eat as much as you like but not to the point of fullness. The only fluid allowed is plain water at room-temperature. There are no food limits for lunch and dinner except for dairy products, ice cream, and dessert. Sweets may be allowed but only until 3 pm, just to prevent a feeling of deprivation while on the diet. But strictly there should be no food intake after 8pm.
How It Works
There are several reasons behind how bananas will be able to help you gradually lose weight. While many believe that bananas can cause weight gain, nutritionists believe that bananas do otherwise. In comparison with other fruits, bananas provide more energy. Admittedly, bananas may be high in calories that supply an individual a lot of energy. But bananas also contain resistant starch that block the conversion of some carbs into fuel, which makes our body use our stored fat instead.
Apart from this, bananas are also a good source of dietary fiber which will give you a sense of being full. Needless to say, if eaten prior to mealtime, you will almost certainly consume a lot lesser than you always do.
Review
While on a banana diet, a person is required to eat bananas before meals, particularly in the morning. This is the plus side of this diet–it stresses on the incorporation of fruits during meals which are an essential part of a balanced diet. Another thing is not eating past 8pm. This is a good rule to be followed by those who have bad eating habits such as eating a lot of snacks after dinner. But in reality, there is actually nothing wrong with eating past 8pm because what counts are the calories that you have consumed regardless of the time, and the calories you’ve burned with your activities.
The element of exercise as part of the weight loss intentions of the banana diet was somehow neglected. You may or may not exercise if you wish to, but not to the point of stressing oneself. However, many experts believe that exercise should always be integrated with each weight loss program. This is the important component that the morning banana diet has missed.
Thanks to everyone for participating in my Confidentaial Brushes Giveaway. I had 394 entries and only one could win!
The winner is…
Click here to see who won! Congrats to abydurl29! You have until Wednesday at Midnight EST to email me at makeupbyren@yahoo.com to claim your prize or it goes to someone else.
Thanks to everyone for participating. If you didn’t win, don’t worry. I have another giveaway on Friday!
Yay! It’s monday! Yahoo! Monday- sweet monday….packed with work, calls and emails…things to edit and upload and type, business documents to fax and email, financial things to deal with, event planning peeps to to to get a hold of so I can lock in a NYC event space for the GLAMINAR…..woo-hoo! Let’s get it on Monday!
AND THEN I HAVE SOME SURPRISES to add a little dazzle to your day, and a little land to escape to..just hop in the next internet flight headed for kandeeland…and welcome to my little enchanted world….. get your ticket and we’re off like 50% and a shoe sale…. click here to begin your internet-flight:
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And just when you thought you couldn’t take any more….and I have a new video up on the youtubes!
yes, for all the smokey-eyed glam to bring some hot-hot-heat to your eyes this week….and may I mention this color looks A-MAZ-ING on every eye color in the world!!!
If you’ve ever been afraid to try a fun color…start with PURPLE…it’s gorge on everyone one, and you can tone it down with more plumbs or mauves….I love this!
Get ready to watch!!!!
Yay! Hope you guys enjoy!!!! And I’m off to get Ge Glaminar planning….only 5 days left til HOUSTON!!!!
huge love and hope I brought some sparkly to your MONDAY!!!! love ya…..kandee
#1. well being a surprise you’ll have to wait! But I can hint that something fun will be launching!
#2. hot off the computer…a brand new make-up vid for youtube!!!
Until then…..get ready for a a fun new something….and think about good things and your mind will follow….
I’m off, on my one official day off, but I still blog, so maybe I don’t ever take a day off! ha ha ha I’m ready to go by some computer things….hopefully get some tempura cream cheese/asparagus sushi…and then wrap it all up with a BBQ and my friends house! YAY!!!!!
I found some of the most ridiculous and awful things while I was searching for other things that had NOTHING to do with any of these products!!! But I hope you get a good laugh from these like I did! ha ha ha
I take no pride in bringing you the weirdest things on the internet! ha ha ha But I do hope it brings you an added laugh for the day, and maybe a guaranteed weird gift-giver award to anyone you give these to!
#5 Tattoos for the ELDERLY (what!?!) for $5.99 you can “tatt up” your granparents with a quick entering of your credit card info at www.stupid.com (I’m not kidding!)
Yes, you can “punk” out your gram or grandpa with these tattoos with sayings like “Arthritis Sucks”:
“hey gram, show me your guns!”…ha ha ha
NEXT up at NUMBER 4 is:
yes for $9.99 you can order your own chocolate caca. I’m sure it’s a hot seller! This again comes from www.stupid.com, surprise!
#3 for that king in your life, inflate in your boss’s office, or use for a santa claus chair: The INFLATABLE THRONE…
for the “steal-of-a-deal” price of $119.99 you can order this from www.prankplace.com
#2 and I’m not sure about this, it’s kinda cool…but the price is kinda high for an already pricey ipad! However this would make a super cool present for that gadget-guy who loves some old arcade games! I think you just download the iCade App and voila…you’re ready to Donkey Kong and Qbert your brains out! You can buy one at www.thinkgeek.com for $149.99
#1 on the list and I hope I never see one of these babies in use is: people with sensitive stomachs , please skip to next post!
for a mere $18.99 you too can be the proud owner of this neon green sling-shot! this gets 5 yucks and 2 thumbs wayyyyyyyy, down! Bleck…ahh I gotta hurry and move on!
All I can say is….wow! Just goes to show you, no matter what idea you have for a product you can sell it to someone!
Happy saturday and I hope this brought you a laugh or at least a good idea for that next funny gift your going to buy someone! ha ha ha typed with laughter….your kandee
I decided to do all the Glaminar dates as a final Glaminar tour, there’s no way I can fit the 7 hours of learning into a youtube video, and the things that I share there are “inner sanctum” knowledge that is very special knowledge and tips that you ‘ll learn no where else. I love inspiring and giving the knowledge to make your dreams happen… The Glaminars are as much about make-up…and empowering you with the knowledge, confidence and hope to make your dreams really happen.
Unfortunately due to my work schedule and my health… I’m not going to be able to do anymore Glaminars next year. Not only do putting these on cause me to work all day and well until 2 am, trying to arrange everything, email, get gift bag sponsors, try to book events and deal with awful contracts, email people, maintain all the orders, stay on top of how many seats we have left at each venue, and then stress out over missing packages and items! And I am trying to blog, film video, edit video, work other jobs, and be a single mom…I can’t continue to do these, even though I love them so much!
I hope that I will be able to do them again, because I love sharing my “skills” with you in a way that is so unlike what I can share on youtube…and meeting you all is more amazing than I can even describe.
I deal with a lot of swelling in my leg, and at every break I had to elevate and wish that there was a huge ice bath to soak my leg in. I know a lot of people have asked for me to do a GLAMINAR in San Francisco, LA and possible Las Vegas….I will try my hardest to see if I can squeeze them in before the end of the year…please comment below to let me know if there’s enough interest for me to do them there.
My schedule will be changing, and I will need to find a different way to take care of my family, Glaminars are very expensive to put on, and I will need to spend my time working on other things to take care of my family. I want to spend more time with my family…even though I only travel when my ex-husband has the kids, usually leaving right after I drop them off…I want to be able to spend more time with them and be rested!
There truly are no words to express how much I will miss the joy, love and the amazing impact that is felt by everyone at the Glaminars….I hope one day there will be a way that I will be able to resume them again.
Please enjoy this video and kind words from Alyssa…after the Glaminar in Chicago…she was also a brave model that let me show off her “cute nose” to everyone! Thank you Alyssa and all the precious hearts that are know in my Glaminar-inspired-hearts space in my heart!
Please comment below if you’d go to a Glaminar in San Francisco or Los Angeles if I can fit one more in this year.
click here to sign up and see the rest of the GLAMINAR dates: www.glaminar.com
huge love and sadness that I won’t be able to do these anymore…but excitement that I won’t know what the future will hold….types with love, kandee
I’m back with another Friday giveaway. My friend Elle at Confidential Brushes recently sent me some items to review and giveaway. This time around, I’ll be reviewing the All About Eyes promotion and I’ll stick in an extra giveaway too
All About Eyes Set $45 Confidential Brushes is currently allowing customers to pick their six favorites eye brushes. I will say that a long time ago, the company sent me some of their individual brushes when I tested out one of their brush sets. OMG, it was love. They are so high quality and very affordable. Very comparable to Sigma and so many MAC dupes in there. I actually like the individual brushes better than the brush sets, the quality is outstanding. This time, you can choose your five favorites ones and they’ll be sent to you in a super cute, hand made brush pouch. This is great for travel and for the “diva on the go”. The brushes retail individually for $8 but the value is way better when you buy them in this set. This is great because you get to choose your own brushes but you get a package deal.
In this kit, I have the blender brush (dupe for mac 217), pencil brush (dupe for mac 219), smudger brush (dupe for mac 208), concealer brush (dupe for mac 194), angled liner brush (dupe for mac 266) and their own original large shader/blender brush which is totally unique and amazing. The quality is great and you have little shedding and bleeding with washing. I’ve used my Confidential Brushes on clients and I’ve gotten great feedback…clients love how soft they feel on the skin. You can pick your own brushes which is great because we all have our preferences. At $45, you’ll get 6 really great brushes and a hand-crafted brush pouch. I will say that I use the individual brushes on myself all the time.
My Review of the 17 Piece Confidential Brushes Synthetic Brush Set $50 I also wanted to mention that I’ve been using the Confidential Synthetic Brushes set for a few weeks now. I picked it up at IMATS but haven’t had time to test it out until mid July. I’m really loving it for using with my cream, liquid and gel products. My latest love is using synthetic powder brushes to apply and blend cream/liquid foundation. This is the technique that celebrity makeup artist AJ Crimson uses. The finish is amazing! If you’ve ever used Sephora’s “Airbrush” foundation brush, it’s a similar concept. The synthetic bristles don’t absorb as much product, but the tapered bristles really do a great job at blending. The brushes are also great for more fun, theatrical looks. With Halloween coming up, I’ll be doing a lot of looks using paints and cream colors. The synthetic eyeshadow/liner brushes are perfect for that kind of application. This makes a great complementary set to your current brush collection.
Cons My only con is that the actual brush roll smelt super rubbery when I first got it. At first I thought it was the bristles but after a few washes and no smell, I realized it was the brush roll. This is probably because it was packaged right after it was made and the smell stayed with the product. After having it out and about the smell dissipated so it wasn’t a big deal. The only other thing to consider with synthetic brushes is that they do take longer to dry after washing.
Would I recommend? Yes! Believe me, I have a whole lot of brushes…but not as many synthetic ones. I’ve been using these a lot and they work really well.
Giveaway Alert Giveaway Alert Giveaway Alert Confidential Brushes has generously agreed to sponsor one All About Eyes brush set. You’ll get the same brushes and pouch that I featured in the video.
FTC Disclosure: Products provided for review. I am not affiliated with this company and not paid to write this review. These are my honest thoughts and opinions.
It’s been a while since I updated you all on my skincare routine. If you follow me on twitter, I actually did a giveaway and asked the following question, “What brand of skincare do I use?” Many of you were correct in that I use Jan Marini products. I reviewed them a while ago and I still use them on a daily basis. I wanted to update you on current changes and developments to my skincare routine several months later now that the weather has changed.
I was very fortunate to receive a personalized consultation with the amazing Jan Marini…skincare expert to the stars. She listened to my skincare woes and recommended a specific system just for me. To see that post, click here.
I recently refilled my current stock and was impressed to see the new packaging. They now offer skincare sets according to your needs. I use the Age Intervention set – it’s all about prevention people! I have dry, sensitive skin. Since I don’t have a lot of oils in my skin, wrinkles can form easier. I follow my skincare regimen to prevent that as long as possible. I do get a lot of comments on my YouTube page on my skin, and this is what I use.
Check out the new packaging…it’s super chic! It went from a gray with blue lettering to a new see-through floating containers. I’m in love!
My set actually included a jar of Transformation Cream which isn’t a part of my regimen. I’ve actually tried it before and it’s super amazing. It really refreshes your skin and repairs any damage. So guess what? I’m giving it away!
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