Breaking out is not hard to do.

Especially when kit kats, Vintage Cheddar and Onion Red Rock Deli chips & toasted sandwiches have been flying down your throat at hyper speed.

Whoever said that what you eat is unrelated to the state of your skin must be giving Pinocchio’s nose a run for his money by now.

So I’ve been slipping up, I admit it, I’m far from perfect! But the past week has seen a big effort to get back on track.

RRP $58 AUD, available at Mecca Cosmetica

Yesterday I tried the REN Jojoba Microbead Purifying Facial Scrub. I’d previously been using a cheap and cheerful teenage staple, Aapri (which is a bit rough for my skin), and felt like I finally graduated when the thousands of tiny smooth REN jojoba beads glided easily across my face and got down to work.

The scent of this product is really mild too, despite having peppermint and juniper oils doing their dance in there, which is nice.

Post-exfoliating, my skin felt VERY smooth and even a tiny bit tight, but the tightness soon passed. It really felt like a breath of fresh air and if my cells could smile, they probably would. I now realise that temporarily forgetting about the wonders of exfoliation was a grave error.

DEAD SKIN CELLS: BE GONE!

My skin still feels smooth and more glowy today!

In addition to re-discovering a great exfoliant, I’ve been smashing frozen berries in smoothies (bought a 1kg bag of blueberries – so excellent!), eating lots of avocado, drinking 2+ cups of decaff green tea a day plus heaps of water and generally trying to clean up my diet by eating more wholefoods and cutting out dairy / chippies (weaknesses!).

My skins been on the naughty mat for a while now, hopefully these changes will get it behaving again!

Do you change your diet when your skin plays up?

What’s your favourite exfoliant?

Be well!

Annette

xoxo

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HELLO! My loves. Due to an unforeseen miniature internet failure the past few days, Wellness WA has been off sick. We’re back at work now however and to celebrate we’ve got a huuuuuuuge list of sweet links to share!

♥ The Most Important Thing About Being Single – by dream boat Zoe Foster.

♥ Review of Tempting Thyme Wholefoods / Vegetarian Cafe in Inglewood

♥ Green Space & Green Exercise – the benefits of exercising in the natural environment.

♥ The Natural Therapy of Healthy Eating – an interesting read.

♥ Easy DIY Detox to Get You Bikini Ready – amazing healthy little detox that you can take part in over at PRIMPED!!!

♥ Yummy Juices & Smoothies that you can use as a part of the above program!

♥ How much money do you need to earn to be happy?

♥ Psychologists identify the dance floor moves that men should use to attract women!!!

♥ Walk to Relax and Energize Your Body & Mind

Mwa x

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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Hello, hello, hello! It’s Friday and that means we’re here to serve you a whole plate full of links to keep your brain ticking and your day moving along smoothly (& quickly!).

It’s been pretty chilly the last few nights and I’ve been warming up with some games of tennis, the first time I could only play for 20 minutes, then again for 20 minutes the second time… but yesterday an hours worth of tennis entered my life and I couldn’t be more pleased with my tiny fitness gains!

I’ve also been enjoying some apricot, sultana & date muffins that my sweet mum made! SO DELICIOUS and I will try and find the recipe to share 🙂

Cast your eyes over these beauties my friends…

♥ “One day, you’ll be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one.” – a really sweet quote, that happens to make me a bit sad!

♥ Diva Goes Green – Tres excellent health blog! She has some great smoothie recipes too! Nom nom nom.

♥ Adrenal Fatique the Unanswered Illness – an article by an acquaintance of mine, Stuart Watkins, who just so happens to be an amazing personal trainer / yoga instructor / all round good guy! This article he wrote for Crazy Sexy Life is a great read! Also, he’s from Perth and is an ambassador for Lulu Lemon & runs free yoga classes there on Tuesday nights in the city store!

♥ A Study on the Benefits of Massage found that the levels of cortisol in the blood decrease, and the levels of serotonin and dopamine in the brain increase. It’s Amazing for stress reduction, have you had a massage lately?!

♥ Yoga Study – yoga has now been proven to reduce stress & anxiety over other forms of exercise, like walking. We yoga lovers already knew this, but it’s great to have some scientific evidence to back it up. If you’re stressed and haven’t tried yoga, maybe now is the time?!

♥ Blackmores Ask a Naturopath – an amazing free service where you can ask a naturopath anything, and receive a comprehensive and detailed reply for free! Of course they are going to recommend Blackmores products, but I’ve personally used this service and found it extremely worthwhile. So try it out if you’ve got some pressing questions but can’t afford an in person consult.

♥ A Little PH Refresher Course – find out about PH and how if affects your body.

♥ The Three Best Efficiency Tips I’ve Ever Found – by Sarah Wilson.

♥ Have you been drying your hair wrong all these years?!

♥ Vegan in Perth – A blog about being vegan in Perth, whodda thought? Very good, applause, smiling cows.

♥ Natures Greatest Superfood – I want to try this, where can it be found in Perth does anyone know?!

♥ WIN PRIZES WITH WELLNESS WA (YES THAT IS US!!!!) the competition ends on Monday darlin’s. GET INTO IT! x

That’s all for this week!

Do any of these tickle your fancy?
Are you a vegan in Perth?
Have you been blow drying your hair wrong? – Confession, I am critically bad at blow drying my hair! I need an intensive training course in the art, does this exist?!

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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One of the many, many perks of running a website like Wellness WA, is that we get to test out and report back to you on all sorts of beautifying and life improving products and services, so that you can minimize time & money wasting and just get to the good stuff!

Recently these three products have rocked my little world…

♥ Bloom Colour Card for Lips – in Pretty in Pink

This little beauty friend is so awesome! How many times have you not been able to choose between gloss colours? For me, it’s pretty much every day. With this tiny guy (the size of a credit card!) you can bring along a whole host of colours with you, compactly.

I’ve found it perfect for my general indecisiveness and the colours are all very flattering on my fair skin tone. There are two other palettes available as well, found on the Adore Beauty website. The best part is the price, $14.95 RRP for 6 gloss colours AND they have a yummy vanilla / mandarin flavour.

♥ Franc Essential – Exfoliate

One of the best exfoliators I’ve used in YONKS is from local brand Franc Essential.

It’s filled with all sorts of goodies including BAMBOO (!!!), I found that after using it my skin was the smoothest it has been in a loooooong time. I’d been using an old faithful apricot style scrub, but found it wasn’t really setting my world on fire. The Franc Essential one makes the grade, I could not stop touching my skin afterwards.

The other great thing is that the founder, Chantal, is very generous and willing to send samples so you can test out the brand for yourself!

Get in touch with her via:

Franc Essential
Phone: +61 8 9252 1638
Email: skin@franc.com.au

♥ Grant’s Liquid Chlorophyll

If you haven’t heard of it before, chlorophyll can very unscientifically be described as the “green stuff” that you see in plants and leaves.

This “green stuff” is pretty good for you, it contains lots of vitamins & minerals, is alkalising and is a source of every essential amino acid. Not bad!

I take my daily teaspoon of Liquid Chlorophyll in the mornings with a glass of water and a tiny splash of juice, it has a strong spearminty flavour and without the juice is just a BIT too strong for me, I’m kind of a wimp though!

I couldn’t describe any definite benefits I’ve noticed from taking it, however I think it’s a great inclusion if you’re looking for optimum wellbeing and it claims to naturally take away bad breath and body odour, so I like taking it, I think of it as insurance ;)!

Have you tried any of these products before?

What beauty / health products have you been loving lately?

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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Have a browse through our op-shop assortment of links, events and other bits ‘n pieces! As always, you can let me know if there’s something you think we should be sharing with everyone.

♥ Sodashi Skin Care Workshop – Megan Larsen, the woman behind chemical-free skin care company Sodashi, will be hosting a skin care workshop at Bodhi J Health & Beauty Spa, Wembley on Wednesday 8 September from 6.30pm – 8.30pm.

Come along and get advice on the perfect Sodashi ritual for your skin and enjoy mini spa treatments and refreshments. Call Bodhi J Health & Beauty Spa on 9387 5152 to secure your ticket.

♥ 43 Simple Ways to Simplify Your Life – I need all of these!

♥ Yasemin from PRIMPEDs Adore Beauty Must Haves – I love reading little lists like this 🙂

♥ Sarah Wilson on Transcendental Meditation – this article inspired me to go down to the library and do some research on meditation. It led me to a really amazing book which you’ll find out more about soon!

♥ Create your life handbook!

♥ 55 Ways to Get More Energy – a super cute article sent to me by the lovely Kelly. A lot of handy hints in here.

♥ Yasemin from PRIMPED talks about colonic hydrotherapy – would you do it?!

♥ Two Week Stress Less Plan! – ready, set, stress less!

♥ Love yourself sick each morning – aka. “The benefits of writing HOLY SHIT YOU LOOK AMAZING on your bathroom mirror”.

Hope this bountiful list inspires you in some way! Make sure you send all your links to me for next weeks installment!

Be well,

Annette

xoxo