Celery Seed Tea for Weight Loss and Flawless Skin

Hey All,

A family friend was over at my house a few months ago and we were just chatting about weight loss and how difficult it is. She told me about a tea that one of her friends had started using and it had helped her lose a lot of weight. She gave me the recipe and I decided to try it out. (why not, I had already tried a hundred other things!!)

I used the tea for about 2 months and I lost a few inches but I noticed something else. I had flawless, blemish free, glowing skin!!! My skin was so perfect that I stopped wearing make-up; and that was a major step for me because I have always had such bad acne scars. It got to the point where people would ask me what foundation I was using or complimenting me on my skin. You know the Proactiv commercials you see, where the girl is all amazed and saying 'oh! are you complimenting MY skin?' I was in the exact same situation!

It was amazing what the tea did for me, but being the dummy that I am; I stopped using the tea. I got sick and stopped using it for a while and just never continued. Yes I know, I'm weird. But alas, I have decided to start using the tea again and I am going to share the recipe with you all so that you all can try it as well. It does take about 20-30 minutes to make so I usually just make about 10 cups and store it in the fridge. 10 cups usually last me 5 days since I drink it in the morning and the evening. 

I also want to let you know that this tea might not have the same effect on you. every person is different and the tea may or may not work for you. I would suggest that you try the recipe out for a couple of days. You will soon be able to tell if the tea suits your body or not. It's kind of difficult to explain; it's more of a trial and error situation. It is a herbal tea so the chances of anyone getting sick are slim to none, but since the celery seed does not suit everyone's body please use this recipe with caution. Also do not use this if you are preggo!!!

Recipe:

1 tablespoon of celery seeds (can be easily found at an Indian or Pakistani grocery store)

1 cup of water

Directions:

Add the water and celery seeds to a pot and boil on low heat for 20-25 minutes

Tips:

The trick is to boil the water at a low temperature so that the seeds can release all their juices. When half a cup of water is left in the pot then the tea is ready. I usually use 10 cups or water and 10 tablespoons of the celery seeds and boil down to 5 cups, then I drink half a cup in the morning and half a cup in the evening.

**picture is from http://www.lalaessentialoils.com/celery-seed-oil.html

M.A.C Warehouse Sale 2011

Hello all my lovelies!!

So I went to the M.A.C warehouse sale yesterday and I have got to say that I was quite disappointed! The prices last year were more affordable and there were a lot more products available for sale. Even though the sale was disappointing I still wanted to share the things I bought and the prices with you so that you all can get an idea of how the sale is. Even though the sale wasn't as great as I would have hoped; I'll still be going next year.

Lipsticks for $10 each (Estee Lauder's Spanish Red, M.A.C's Empowered and Clinique's Spiced Apple)


Foundation for $12 (Superfit Makeup in 05 Neutral)


M.A.C 5 piece brush set for $30


Free gift (M.A.C eyeshadow in Haunting)


Cancer Research $5 kit
(M.A.C powder in medium-dark, M.A.C body lotion, M.A.C fake eyelashes and M.A.C Cremesheen Glass in Boy Bait)


M.A.C Blush for $15 (Shell Pearl)

So there it is! That's everything I bought. You'll see that it's a lot less then what I bought last year, because there weren't many options. Also, last year I was just newly getting interested in beauty which is why I bought a lot more (since I didn't really have anything) This year I had more than enough makeup which is why I didn't buy as much. I hope you enjoyed this entry and if you have any questions, feel free to comment or e-mail me. Hope you all have a lovely evening!

Toodles,

Diya

I'm baaaacck!

Hi All!

Long time no talk! It's been forevvverrrrr, I know, I'm sorry. So as you all know I had been looking for a job for quite some time and I wasn't able to find anything. I think the stress from the job hunt and the emotional feelings from the accutane made me super depressed. I just didn't know what to do with myself. I would sit at home all day long and watch tv or sleep. I didn't even feel like getting up in the morning. Sad, I know. But then something cool happened. I saw a job posting for a store that I had worked at previously, so I decided to apply. What could be the worst that happened, right? We'll the next day I got a call from them and I within the next week I was hired for a full time position!

It's weird how a person's luck can change within a day! One day I was sitting in my pajama's, eating ice cream and crying miserably; and the next week I was off to my new job. I've been working now for about 2 months, which is why you all haven't seen any new posts from me. I work from 9-5 and sometimes even longer if I don't get my work finished. The change has been amazing because I now feel like I have a purpose in life, a new goal to work towards and my day's are full of different activities. Being busy doesn't give you time to be depressed, which is just what I needed.

I've been much happier since I started work and I'm working on new things for the future which I don't want to share just yet! But I promise I'll let you know as soon as I can.

For those of you out there that can't find a job. Keep looking! I know exactly how you feel! It's hard and stressful but keep applying (even if your under or over qualified) and soon enough you'll have what your looking for! Don't give up hope and remember that everything will turn out okay :)

Alright, that's enough talk from me. I'm going to bed. Goodnight love bugs and we will talk soon.

Another Accutane Update

Hey everyone!

I know I haven't posted anything in a very long time...I seriously have no excuse other than the fact that I had nothing interesting to post. So now I decided to just do another accutane update, since there has been a lot of progress. I'll upload pics as well so that you all can compare it to the previous post.

I pretty much don't even need to say anything in this post because the picture's will show you my progress. I am very happy with the results. I stopped breaking out about a month ago, which was a big plus for me. I have broken out a little bit this week since my doctor increased my dose. Hopefully this will be the last round of breakouts, and then I can live a happy, minimum pimple life. I might also be stopping my treatment soon because I've progressed faster than other patients. I just started my fourth month and this will be my last month on accutane, and I'm so excited because then I can be normal again! hmmm...is anyone really normal though? I think I'm normal, but maybe the person down the street thinks I'm not normal...innnteresting!

like my brother always says 'mental people think normal people are mental'...okay back to accutane

I've still been suffering from extreme dryness, which is really annoying because I have to carry this huge tub of petroleum jelly with me everywhere (and my family laughs at me when i pull it out of my purse to use it). Yes, I know I can just get a small one to put in my purse, but this large tub that I have is smoother than other petroleum jelly's that I've tried. I don't even know the brand because I ripped the sticker off when I first bought it.

Writing this blog is stressing me out. I don't know why, usually I love putting my feelings into blogs...maybe I'm just out of the habit? Who knows? We can never really say anything for sure, can we? oh gosh! here I go again. Today is a weird day!

ummm....oh yes! accutane..okay so take a look at the pics and compare them to the previous one's. You'll notice that I have a lot less red pimples and that my dark scars are also fading. My forehead has seen the most improvement, which is great because that was one of my biggest problem area's. I'm really glad I decided to go through with this treatment. There's a lot of dryness and other problems that you have to go through, but seeing results is totally worth it.

Also, I've been using the Equate version of bio oil for my scars along with the accutane, so just keep that in mind if you decide to use accutane for yourself. Have a great great day! I will try my best to update as soon as possible!

Good day!

You can see my recent breakout on my chin, all others are just scars which will be taken care of after the accutane treatment

If you compare this pic to the one in the previous post you will see the significant improvement

More Accutane Side Effects

Hey Lovies,

So after I wrote my previous post I realized that I left out 3 more side effects that I've been noticing, so here they are!

1) On the 5th day of using accutane I started suffering from extreme mood swings. This was listed as a side effect in my accutane book but I didn't think it would actually happen to me. So, I've pretty much been angry at the entire world for the past 8 days. I don't know how to control it and I feel bad because I'm making my family's life so hard. And the worst part is that it goes on and off like a light switch. On a random day I'll wake up and be fine and by the time I brush my teeth and go downstairs I'll have this bitch look on my face. I feel awful because my family has to put up with me, especially my mom. She will ask me a random simple question and in return I'll bite her head off. And the look on my face is ridiculous. You know those girls that walk around school or the mall with this permanent 'I'm a bitch' look; I've become one of those girls. Well...I was already one of those girls, but I wasn't like that at home and it's just hard to deal with because I don't want to put my family through this. Today is only the 15th day, so having to deal with me for the next 6 months is going to be torture!

2) My skin has become extremely sensitive! Even if I'm just brushing my hair out of my face and my nail touches my skin, I feel like I just got stabbed. And I'm not being dramatic, the pain is so sharp and deep that my eyes start watering whenever this happens. It's kind of frustrating because I have to be super careful around my face. I remember my carefree days where I could poke myself and not feel like I had just been stabbed. Oh the memories!

3) The accutane book also lists hair loss as a side effect, but my dermatologist told me that she hasn't seen a lot of this with her patients. I haven't lost hair on my head but I've noticed that my eyebrow hairs and my eyelashes have fallen out a lot more in the past few days. This is extremely annoying since they either fall onto my face or into my food, and it's just plain gross. UGH! It's not extreme, but I have had more than normal fall outs and I hope that it doesn't get worse because I love my eyelashes and brows just they way they are.

Other than this the only other side effect,as I mentioned before, is dryness in the face and body, and chapped/cracked lips.

I've noticed that my lips went from chapped to cracked in 2 days; they are so dry it hurts! No chapstick is working well for me so I just use the equate scar oil on my lips as well, which helps a lot more!

I'm already annoyed and it's been only 15 days! Let's see how the rest of the trip goes! Enjoy!!

Accutane Update with Gross Pictures (LOL)

Hey lovies (that's my new word)

So I mentioned in my last post that I was going on Accutane and I just wanted to update you on whats going on and any side effects that I'm going through. I have been on Accutane (40mg) for 12 days so far and I really think it is starting to work. I woke up yesterday to find a new wave of acne on my face, back and arms. (this means its working). Accutane pushes acne from the inside to the surface of your skin and than starts to eliminate oil glands in your body so that you stop breaking out. It usually gets worse before it gets better.

Along with acne I have a lot of acne scars on my face because I pick at my acne all the time. I know I shouldn't but I have the deep acne that is really itchy and when I breakout I can't stop myself from picking at it to relieve the itchiness. So to help with the scarring I have decided to try bio-oil, except I'm using the generic one that is made by Equate. I compared the ingredients in both products when I was at Wal-mart and it was pretty much the exact same thing.

I've been using both products (accutane and equate oil) for 12 days now, and I can see a huge difference. My scars are at least 30% lighter and I don't have to use pounds of make-up anymore to cover up the dark spots.

Dryness is a huge side effect of Accutane, and I have been suffering extreme dryness. I've only been on Accutane for 12 days and my lips have absorbed at least 5 full chapsticks. It's ridiculous. I haven't really noticed the dryness on my face since I am using the oil which keeps my skin really moisturized, but my lips are crazy dry. I have to walk around with a pound of chapstick on my lips and it causes a lot of attraction. LOL.

I have also noticed that my legs are really ashy and dry, and even though I moisturize them daily, it just doesn't seem to be enough.

I find this all very annoying because I've never had the type of skin that needs to be moisturized a lot, since my oil glands are hyperactive, but for the past 4-5 days I've had to moisturize every 3-4 hours. It's crazy, but it's a small price to pay for less acne in the future.

If I have already become dry like a raisin in 12 days, I wonder what's going to happen next. I'm kind of worried because I can't imagine it getting any more worse. I've been pretty much eating lotion 5 times a day, and I'm still dry. Jeez!

Okay so the pictures attached are from today. I wish I had taken pictures before I started accutane and the oil so that you could have something to compare it to, but I totally forgot. I still have a long way to go. My acne scars are way lighter, TRUST ME! and I have a new wave of acne around my jaw, forehead, and lower cheek area. I'm going to do another update when I see some more improvement so that you guys can know how long the process is taking.

I'll try to get a better camera too, since this one is not so great at all. Hope this helps a little bit.

In this last picture you can see the dryness on my chin, nose and cheek (looks like white powder)

Accutane!

Hello my lovelies :)

I know I have been totally slacking on my blog, but I have been sick on and off for so long and my days are usually full of school and doctor's appointments. I've been sick on and off since December...which is pretty ridiculous! But I am starting to feel better so I'll be getting back to my blog soon. I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm going to be starting accutane on April 13th. For those of you who know me, you know how bad and gross my acne is. I need to put on at least 7 pounds of makeup to make myself look decent and even then I don't look how I would like to look. I have a very laid back and relaxed personality so I know that if I had perfect skin, I most likely wouldn't even wear make-up. I did go through a phase where I had zero acne and people always thought that I was wearing make-up and I would have to rub my face with kleenex to show them that I didn't. If I could get skin that was even 50% better than my skin now, I would be more than happy with the result. So I start on April 13th and I'm going to do a 6 month cycle,and I hope hope hope that it works.

Last time i got my clear skin with this tea that was recommended by a family friend. I drank the tea twice a day for about a month and my skin was perfect! I didn't have even one bump, pimple, scar etc. NOTHING! I stopped drinking the tea because it tasted really bad. I just couldn't continue on with it. But reminiscing about my glow-y perfect skin is kind of inspiring me to start the tea again. But maybe I should wait until I try the accutane first. So this was a pretty awkward rambling blog, but my point was to tell you that I'm starting accutane and that I will update with pics of my face. I'll take pics before I start and then every month or two depending on how I progress. So keep a look out for those, and if you have any questions about the tea that I drank or about accutane, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.