Plenty-Protein Crepes (Low-Carb, Keto)

Hey guysies! So, I have to say I have been doing pretty well at keeping my carbs at bay to make sure I’m being conscious of my carb-intake as I’ve begun to Carb cycle. As you probably know every few days I will get a little sweet craving especially during breakfast! I’ve tried some low-carb pancake variations…

5 Ways to Stay On Top of Your Summer #GAINZ Goals

‘Tis the get snatched for summer season, and man oh man I know how time and time again how close I’ve gotten to my goals and not surpassed them! Thus far I’m about 3/4 of the way to my goals where last year this time I was about 1/4th. I wanted to list a few things that…

My Natural Hair Journey: Love to Hate to Love again.

Part 1 I remember when I first fell out of like… okay, let me not sugar coat this… hated my hair (her name is Nala… like in lion king) . I’m talking about the texture, the way it tousled into seemingly endless knots, the way that no quantifiable amount of Johnson & Johnson product could…

Detox Decoded: What’s the deal with detox?

As of lately I’ve been doing so much more research on the mechanisms of our bodies and how to purify our bodies from the every day contaminates that we quite frankly can’t get away from (like how free radicals are literally everywhere)! Lately, I’ve heard the buzzword “detox” everywhere and not to mention detox tummy teas,…

Sriracha Soy Shrimp Salad

SHRIMP. SRIRACHA. SOY. SWEET. UMAMI. SPICY. MY TASTE BUDS. ARE. TANTALIZED. Enough dramatics and lets get to the meat of it, or rather just “sea the food” ;)…haha seafood.. okay I’m done. No, but I truly think I have found my new meal prepping staple. It is super easy, no cooking required just a little…

Why Personal Development?

Do you guys want to hear the best excuse I had for not picking up a “people skills book” or any self-help book. It was a simple…I’m good. I don’t need to learn how to work with people. I make friends every where I go! *insert rainbows and butterflies here*… I may only be speaking to…

No-Excuse 15 Minutes or Less Workouts

Snowed in?  Yea, me too! For me, it’s a time to get my stuff together at home with all the time in the day that I ddidn’t think I’d have otherwise. Also, it’s a great way to test commitment to your goals! I know that I can either give in to excuses or dish out my goals…

Tune into Turmeric: Beauty Buffer + Mask

My goodness the melanin that is my skin was looking mighty dull this week! I kind of felt like I was stuck in a grey scale Inkwell filter so I knew something had to change, I HAD to reclaim my caramel color. Given that I took  hiatus from makeup yesterday I could really tell when…

RED

I used to hate the color and turn away in disgust, Even dare to fanangle a red-anything off of a department store hanger. I remember trying on mommy’s resilient-red lipstick for the first time squinting and cocking my head to the side. The mirror reflecting clear barrier of disturbance because pink just  seemed prettier, ya know- Nice, soft and quiet….

DIY: Rose Water Make-Up Setting Spray

All rose everything. First off, Roses don’t smell like poo poo. Unless you have that poo-pourri stuff which actually does smell phenomenal.. which makes me think that I can probably make a dupe for it at some point *makes future blog note*…  So any ways, roses smell great to me. I love the fact that I’ve…

Spaghetti Squash Chronicles

Let’s just take a moment to talk about story of my first encounter with the spaghetti squash aka ze veggie-pasta-poser, and it goes a little something like this… Girl decides to eat out with boy. girl orders burger with a side of spaghetti squash(SS) . girl realizes the two don’t really go together. Girl decides to…

Raspberry Cheesecake low-carb bars

My sweet tooth while being carb-conscious is always off the richter. I have to say, it got to the point that I was restlessly pacing back and forth the other Sunday. Opening the fridge every hour, and subconsciously searching for something sweet to just appear  in the frosty fridge-y abyss. Nothing. So when there is nothing…