Younger Looking You

I've finally found the PERFECT face cream for my sweet skin each night. I mix three teaspoons of organic, virgin, cold pressed coconut oil and mix it with

10 drops of Lavender oil

10 drops of Frankincence oil

3 drops of Lemon oil

Mix together and put generously on your face and neck at night (be careful for your pillow case!) It tends to last me about a week.

My skin seriously looks awesome and younger than ever! I'm planning on looking 25 when I'm 35.

I think it's working because last week I got fined on the train for having a student ticket. I didn't know it was a student ticket, the lady at the train station sold it to me without even asking me what my age was. I guess she thought I was a teenager (really? really? Don't worry folks, I know I don't look 16...thank god!) Yep, that's right, this face cream looks so good you'll get fined on the train for young looking skin! Huzzah!!

What I do for you...

Hey guess what I've discovered this week?! The tongue is totally UNSEXY! All my romantic notions about the tongue have now been eliminated (along with my toxins! Ha!). When I use to think of my tongue, which wasn't that often really, images of some good French kissing and all the hot things my tongue did with various boyfriends would make me smile.

Now, I just think it's kind of this huge blob in my mouth that I never really looked at and I have been analyzing too, too much lately. And again, if you have EVER thought me sexy, please DO NOT look at these tongue pictures...hell, it's a losing battle...we should rename this blog, "Hey, if you EVER thought Stella was Sexy...here's the truth!"

For your viewing pleasure, my tongue after 6 days of oil pulling--let the pictures speak for themselves!

After my six days of cleansing, the toxins were just starting to leave. See the perfectly pink spot in the back...that's what we want ALL over!

After two days, you can see more pink, but still lots of white!

Here it is this morning. I don't know if you can tell, but the white fuzz is really leaving, and the pink is spreading all over the place.

Conclusion: I'm going to keep at the oil pulling, probably forever!

Oil Pulling

Ok, update for me! I was only able to do the Master Cleanse for about 6 days because I just have to eat on my job. I know that sounds weird, but to those of you who know what I do, you know that I have to be VERY normal about food on a daily basis. So, since I stopped shy of my total cleanse, I was left with the fuzzy tongue.

For those of you new to cleansing, when you detox, a fuzzy tongue happens as your body is casting off toxins. Go to the mirror and look at your tongue. What color is it? Is it fresh and pink? Does it have a grayish film over it? Is it almost white? Your tongue is actually a mirror of your body. I posted a simplified chart of the tongue in relation to the body above.

What to do with a fuzzy tongue. I just didn't want to leave it like that and I am not able to cleanse. It makes my mouth have an "old" taste to it. Bad.

I went hunting for a solution.

I think I found one.

OIL PULLING

Basically, you take a mouthful of oil (I'm alternating between Sunflower and Coconut Oil with a drop of peppermint essential oil to give it a better taste) and you swish it in your mouth for about twenty minutes. Spit it out (in the garbage, not down drains so it doesn't clog) and it should be foamy and white and full of toxins. Apparently, that action, pulls toxins out of the body. You can read more about it here. I have been doing it once or twice a day. I've heard it also whitens teeth, strengthens gums and enamel, and makes your tongue pretty in pink! I'm actually photographing my tongue each day so I can REALLY tell if there is a difference. If there is, well, I'll let you know!

Make Your Water Happy

To make my water happy, I've taken to adding a drop of some essential oils. My favorite one: Peppermint. I add a drop of it to my morning tea (which right now is a new kind that I'll blog about in a later post). It makes my wonderful water happy. I also really like Grapefruit and Lemon oil in my water too. It gives your water flavor. It makes it more fun to drink, and at the end of the day you've had a lot more water than you realized. This is WITHOUT any added calories or anything negative. It's pure essential oil which has a lot of benefits. Peppermint oil, for example, is REALLY good for your digestive system.

I've been learning lots about water. My story echoes the story of my friend Linda (who shares her story with water here). You should read it. There is A LOT to learn about water. Right now I feel so blessed because I'm living in a country that has one of the purest water supplies in the world. It just runs down the mountains an into my glass each morning. It's the best water I've ever tasted. It invigorates me and makes me more energetic that I thought water could. It tastes SO much better than the water I drank in the western states. It's pretty amazing. I'm really going to miss it when I leave here. I wish I could take it with me somehow!

But, if you're at a point where you can't do much about what water you're drinking...at least try adding some essential oils to your water. It will make you happy.

(lots more on essential oils to come as I learn about them!)