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Women spend thousands of dollars every day on beauty products, therapies and treatments to look good and feel younger, but forget about the importance of greens, which can have amazing beauty benefits.

Green smoothies are full of nutrients which when incorporated into your daily regime have amazing effects such as: brightened eyes, radiant skin, strengthened nails, healthy hair, plump and supple skin, and the body also has an increased ability to heal itself. Not to mention increased energy, motivation and assistance with being at your ideal weight!

If there was one dietary change that would make the most profound difference in your life, drinking a green smoothie a day would be it.

Recipe:
1 Pear
1 Apple
½ Avocado
1 tablespoon of freshly grated ginger
2 cups of spinach
2 cups of filtered water

Method:

Chop the pear and apple into cubes and place in the blender. Add avocado and ginger then the spinach and water. Blend on high for 30 seconds. Makes 1 litre – half for now, half for later 🙂

Leave a comment if you are already on this green smoothie gravy train, have another green recipe or just cannot fathom drinking spinach in a smoothie, we’d love to hear from you!

Quick recipe by Louise Ranger, Nutritionist and owner of Healthy Eating Australia.

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I’m absolutely going nutty over these new products that I’ve just trialed! I have been a long-time convert of the benefits of coconut water (a HUGE fad with the celebs these days) and now I can share with you these two new obsessions of mine.

The task? To apply coconut lotion while drinking coconut water. Ha, not really, but I did drink the coconut water after a 6km walk around the Swan River. I’ve reported back and here are my results:

Coco-Loco!

Kit Cosmetics Coconut Body Lotion is pure heaven. It’s like coconut water bottled up in a lotion (with some extra added benefits of Vitamin E, shea butter and coconut oil) complete with handy pump. When I slather on the lotion it has a silky consistency and makes my skin feel extra soft. It’s also ultra cleansing, much like the coconut water.

The taste of the Beyond 100% Coconut Water is light and very refreshing. It hydrates while being 100% fat free, high in potassium and it replenishes lost electrolytes (which easily tops those sugary so called sports “energy drinks”). The bottle even states that Beyond Coconut Water provides extreme hydration, and I found this to be very true, a nice addition to my 3 litres of water a day.

At $29.95 the Kit Cosmetics Coconut Body Lotion is limited edition so get your mitts on it while you can, and if you want to save yourself some trouble of cracking open those young coconuts, you can find more information on where to get the coco-water at Beyond Coconut Water.

If you’re more of an in person kinda gal/guy:

Perth CBD – kit at Myer

Murray St, Perth
(08) 9265 5872

or

Enex100, 100 St Georges Terrace
(08) 9486 7610

Article by Kelly-Anne

Be well,

xoxo

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This is a such a worthy cause, and looks like a super duper fun quiz night! 100% of proceeds go to the Heart Foundation.

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women.

Look around at the women in your life – 90% of them have at least one risk factor for heart disease. Women are four times more likely to die of heart disease than of breast cancer – but we can help to reduce the risks.

Get a group of friends together (guys and girls) and buy a table to the first Simply Red Quiz Night and support all the women you love.

QUIZ MASTER for the evening – Sean Eberts

Event Details:

* Saturday, 7 May 2011 Claremont Football Oval
* Doors open @ 7pm
* Great prizes to be won, Silent Auction will be running throughout the night
* BYO table snacks, drinks available at the bar

$200 per table of 8 – Table on sale NOW

ONLY 30 tables available or $25 per person

To book your table check out the Heart Foundation web page or call 9382 5914!

Let me know if you decide to go!

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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*drummmmmm roll* We are happy to announce our three very lucky Echolife Organic Rosehip & Jojoba Oil competition!

We had 51 entries, all well deserving… so here are our three lucky winners! (We draw our winners using Random.org)

Lisa – Rosehip, because I have not tried it before, always have Jojoba oil at home.

Miss Marian – I’d go with the jojoba oil (technically a wax) as it is supposed to mimic the sebum naturally present on our skin the most accurately – and I can use all the moisture I can get!

Molly Tebo – I’m a big fan of jojoba oil. My skin and hair would love some!

Congrats guys! I will be in touch with you today to get your addresses so we can get these yummy prizes out to you ASAP! Stay tuned for another competition REALLY soon 🙂

Be well,

xoxo

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Something amazing is happening. This Thursday the 21st of April you are going to receive a free Origins cleanser, just by taking your current cleanser or skincare product bottle, be it full, half used or empty, down to your nearest Kit Cosmetics store.

NO QUESTIONS ASKED!

Yes, you read right. You will have the choice of receiving either the Origins Checks & Balances Frothy Face Wash (valued at $38) or the Origins A Perfect World Antioxidant Cleanser With White Tea (valued at $43).

This incredible offer is to celebrate World Earth Day (which is on Friday 22nd April) and is seriously the best deal in town, you’re effectively receiving a free new cleanser!

So head down to Kit on Thursday, choose your cleanser and celebrate World Earth Day in skin savvy style. You can thank me later! Be sure to let us know if you head down there.

Kit Cosmetics is located at David Jones in the city, or Enex100 – also in the city!

Be well,

xoxo