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Monday Mothers Day Special

Mothers Day Special

Spoil your Mother this Mothers Day with this stunning belo bag

Was R499 NOW R399

Order online www.belo.co.za

Offer ends Sunday, 12 May

Motivational Monday - Rawlicious

Today marks Day 1 of the raw food diet my friend Caley and I have undertaken to do.

Basically we will only be eating raw food, seeds, nuts and beans for 5 days.

I have often heard of how great a raw food diet is but have never done much research into it up until now.

Why a raw food diet?

A raw food diet is not just good for you - it’s also good science! You don’t have to take our word for it, have ‘faith’ or trust the latest nutrition guru. Science now proves that cooking not only destroys nutrition and enzymes but chemically changes foods from the substances needed for health into acid-forming toxins, free-radicals and poisons that destroy our health!

Here are a few of the benefits I found:

1. Weight Loss

2. Mental Clarity – After removing pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, chemicals, dyes, and poisons from your body (basically processed food), you will have found that your brain works faster than ever.

3. Improved Skin

4. Improved Health – The health benefits of raw are one of the first things you feel, often within the first couple days of improving your diet.

5. Improved Spirituality

6. Better Sex

7. Enzymes- Cooking food destroys much of the natural enzymes (your body can also create enzymes, but can only do so much) in your food that are needed to break down nutrients. Eating raw eliminates this problem.

8. Insane energy. You won’t know this unless you try it for yourself, but eating raw gives you an amazing boost in energy.

9. Better sleep and less sleep needed

Here is a great recipe I found that I will definitely be trying!

Fattoush Recipe
Delicious, tangy, and refreshing Fattoush Salad features high-water-content veggies to cool you down, while mint and parsley brighten things up with breezy greenness. Top it all off with a magical sprinkling of za’atar and you got yourself one crazy-clean flavoured dish that puts your taste buds on the next train to fresh town.

Ingredients:
2 medium cucumbers, with skin
3 cups chopped tomatoes (I used a combination of cherry, plum, and grape tomatoes)
2 red bell peppers
1 large red onion
3 green onions
1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
¾ cup chopped mint
raw flax crackers, flatbread, or toasted pita

Directions:
1. Wash, prepare, and chop all veggies into bite-sized pieces. Wash, spin-dry herbs and chop. Place in a large bowl.
2. Pour dressing over salad, stir, and let stand for at least 30 minutes at room temperature to allow the flavours to meld.
3. Right before serving, sprinkle generously with za’atar, crumble raw flax crackers and fold into salad. Enjoy.

Fattoush Salad Dressing
Ingredients:
¼ cup extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil
¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
zest of 1 lemon (organic, un-waxed if possible!)
1 tsp. raw liquid honey or maple syrup
2 – 4 cloves garlic, minced
a couple pinches of sea salt
a pinch of black pepper

Directions:
1. Put all ingredients in a jar with a light-fitting lid and shake.

I have a busy week with birthday drinks tomorrow and a girls dinner on Tuesday night so things could get interesting!

Wish us luck and hopefully with enough motivation we'll stick to it!

Feature Friday - Kelly Epskamp Photography

Recently I have done a collaboration with an awesome young photographer called Kelly Epskamp and Angelique Dippenaar. These lovely two ladies have put together an awesome package for aspiring models. The package includes  pictures for their portfolios in Roxstar bikinis aswell as the stunning clothes from Cinnamon. I think that this is a great opportunity for young models looking to break into the industry to jazz up their portfolios and im excited to do more work with these talented girls.

 

For more info contact Kelly on kellyepskamp@webmail.com or visit their facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/pages/Kelly-Epskamp-Photography/177543043256

belo

So this week saw the launch of belo which was VERY exciting! belo is a brand that I have been working on for a few months now and to see it finally taking shape and coming together is just great.

Why belo you might ask? Well it took me a very long time to come up with the name and after a few disasterous name ideas, I decided it looked and felt right. belo is Portugese for 'beautiful' and I found it very fitting for the products that it would represent.

belo is going to be housing a number of products but first up is beautiful handbags.After my birthday in January, I decided I would invest in a decent leather handbag. After walking from one end of Gateway to the other and coming out empty handed I realised that there was a HUGE lack of beautiful handbags. That is when belo was first concieved in my mind and after months of planning, designing, and buyiny, belo handbags have arrived!

To view the range Like our Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/roxstar.roxy?ref=tn_tnmn#!/pages/Belo-etc/534754549903860?fref=ts

Follow us on twitter @belo_etc

or visit our website www.belo.co.za (coming soon)