Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Hydratherma Naturals Protein Treatment | Deep Conditioning Natural Hair

Naturally Scheria here with Deep conditioning natural hair. Today we will be using Hydratherma Naturals protein treatment. Hydratherma Naturals website claims this deep protein conditioning treatment strengthens the hair and prevents breakage. Does not make the hair feel hard like many other protein treatments. With just one use, you will see and feel a difference. This treatment contains an exceptional and unique complex of structurizing proteins, all of different molecular weights. These proteins penetrate deep within the hair shaft producing benefits like no single protein can. Enriched with 10 amino acids, vitamins and botanical extracts. Strengthens each hair strand and protects the hair from harsh weather. Also provides sunscreen protection. Your hair will look and feel terrific. Superb for all hair types. For best results, use with other Hydratherma Naturals brand products. PH balanced. Have you tried it yet? Thinking about it? Would love to chit chat with you about it. Scroll to the comments section and share your thoughts and or experience with Hydratherma Naturals.





Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Black Opal | Color Splurge| Fantasia Plum| #thepaintedlipsproject


Welcome and welcome back. Naturally Scheria here with Lipstick Tuesday. Today we will swatch Black Opal's Color Splurge Luxe Cream lipstick in Fantasia Plum. Black Opal's website claims this color saturated lipstick imparts creamy intense color in a single sweep. Fortified with long-lasting moisture-binding ingredients to smooth and restore fullness to lips. Paraben-free. For all skin types. Have you tried it yet? Thinking about it? Would love to chit chat with you about it. Scroll to the comments section and share your thoughts and or experience with Black Opal Beauty products.

Shana Moore ~ #thepaintedlipsproject

So that every girl can grow up feeling beautiful, and see a positive representation of herself in the mainstream beauty industry. And so that every girl can go to any makeup brand, confidently knowing that they offer something made for her too. All skin tones should be valued and appreciated; every girl is beautiful. Not including all shades in the dialogue of beauty is hurtful and damaging. 

Why Lipstick?

Because lipstick is powerful! All my life I struggled with self-love and poor self-esteem, hating everything about myself from my dark skin to my big lips, until I tried on Ruby Woo. Lipstick was the start of my journey to self-acceptance and declaring my beauty; I want every girl to feel, define, and accept her own beauty too.

#thepaintedlipsproject is a collective effort driven by the underrepresented consumers of the beauty industry. It was founded by Shana Moore, who noticed the overwhelming amount of support from women of color, in response to her lip swatch videos on Youtube. These women expressed gratitude simply because it is rare to see mainstream products modeled on women with darker complexions, which further makes the process of shopping for makeup even harder than it already is, in an industry that doesn’t cater to minorities. #thepaintedlipsprojects was created to take matters into our own hands and fill this void by collectively building an archive to show what lip products and colors look like on different skin tones. In turn, this will empower us all with buying confidence and knowledge to reflect how fabulous you look and feel. 

How can you help?

Simply use the hashtag #thepaintedlipsproject in your title when you upload lip swatch videos on Youtube. Your video will be added to the project’s playlist that anyone can search. In addition, your video will be added to the detailed-specific playlists as well, such as “red”, or “Revlon” or “lipgloss”. 

If you don’t have a Youtube account, you can still participate by using the hashtag #thepaintedlipsproject when uploading your selfies via the social media of your choice. Don’t forget to include the name of the product and color! I will be sure to give screen-shot shout-outs for your participation at the end of my lip swatch videos. 

Together, we can make a difference by declaring our beauty in an industry that suggests otherwise! In addition, we can help each other out in our purchasing choices! 






Monday, October 19, 2015

How to: Demo Korean Sheet Mask | Leaders Insolution | Anti Aging

Naturally Scheria here for how to Korean sheet mask Monday. Today we demo Leaders Insolution anti-aging treatment mask. Leaders Insolution website claims an intensive lifting mask that improves elasticity and firmness in skin that has begun the aging process and has lost its resilience. Adenosine, a compound naturally produced by the body, improves wrinkles and prevents signs of aging by supplying nutrition to the skin and promoting the production of collagen while reducing the appearance of fine lines. Have you tried it yet? Thinking about it? Would love to chit chat with you about it. Scroll to the comments section and share your thoughts and or experience with sheet masks by Leaders Cosmetics USA.






Friday, October 16, 2015

Review | Turbie Twist

Welcome & welcome back. 



Naturally Scheria here for Reviews & Haul Friday. Today we will review the Microfiber Turbie Twist. The Turbie Twist website claims Turbie Twist is a super-absorbent hair towel that will soak up excess water left behind after bathing. It will not dry your hair completely but it will reduce your blow dry time and you will still be able to style your hair as desired. Less blow drying = healthier hair! . Have you tried it yet? Thinking about it? Would love to chit chat with you about it. Scroll to the comments section and share your thoughts and or experience with the Turbie Twist.



Microfiber Turbie Twist @ $7.99








Thursday, October 15, 2015

Hair of the day: Crown of Glory Head wrap

Hair of the Day: Crown of Glory Headwrap https://youtu.be/wbfJC0y69Ic



Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Hola. Top of the day. Cheers and a hearty God bless you to you. Welcome & Welcome back.





Naturally Scheria here with hair of the day: crown your glory head wrap. Head wrap styles are great for protective styling. Lots of natural hairstyles can be created.  Have you tried it yet? Thinking about it? Would love to chit chat with you about it. Scroll to the comments section and share your thoughts and or experience with head wraps.














Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Shea Moisture Tahitian Noni & Monoi | Deep Condition on Dry Natural Hair

Good morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Hola. Top of the day. Cheers & a hearty God bless you to you. Welcome & welcome back.

NaturallyScheria here with deep conditioning on dry natural hair with Shea Moisture.  Shea Moisture Tahitian Noni & Monoi Smooth & Repair Nourishing Hair masque claims to control frizz, rehydrate and heal wavy, curly or frizzy hair. Have you tried it yet? Thinking about it? Would love to chit chat with you about it. Scroll to the comments section and share your thoughts and or experience with Shea Moisture hair products.



Kinky Kashmere | Deep Conditioning on Dry Natural Hair

Good Morning. Good afternoon. Good evening. Top of the day. Cheers & a hearty God Bless you to you.
Welcome & welcome back. 

Naturally Scheria here for deep conditioning on dry natural hair with Kinky Kashmere. Kinky Kashmere website claims this rinse out conditioner is infused with essential oils, this deep conditioner is designed to moisturize and nourish your hair and scalp leaving your natural coils smooth and silky. 

After many uses of the last year I find the hair product claims to be true. The Kinky Kashmere deep conditioner has TONS of slip, extremely moisturizing that leaves hair moisturized for days. Have you tried it yet? Thinking about it? Would love to chit chat with you about it. Scroll to the comments section and share your thoughts and or experience with Kinky Kashmere products.

How to: Deep Condition on Dry Natural Hair

1) Assess hair & scalp
=== Itchy/flaky scalp ~ tea tree oil?
=== Product build up/clogged pores ~ acv rinse or scalp scrub?
=== Excessive shedding ~ black tea rinse or protein deep conditioner?
=== Dry hair ~ moisturizing deep conditioner
2) Section hair
3) Gently finger detangle to release loose trapped hair and or tangles.
4) Apply deep conditioner to each section giving lots of love to your ends
5) Massage scalp.5) Apply heat as desired
6) Rinse

Finally, here is a video to sum things up.



My Skin Care Regimen (requested)

Naturelle Grow Intense Deep Conditioner | Deep Conditioning on Dry Natur...

Korean Sheet Mask | Haul

Cream of Nature Milk Masque | Deep Conditioning on Dry Natural Hair

Review: Naturelle Grow Asian Pear Curl Cream

Black Opal | Patent Lips | Violine | #ThePaintedlipsProject

How to: Korean Sheet Mask | Otaku | Hyaluronic Acid

Sunday, February 1, 2015

My Ketogenic Weight Loss Journey

This post will be dedicated to my journey to a more healthy weight. Journaling my journey helps keep me accountable to my goals. Keto meals, snacks, gym workouts, grocery/fitness hauls, non-scale victories and everything in between will be posted. This is my weight loss journey.



Today is actually day 12 of being on the Ketogenic diet. My body is totally thriving! I don't remember when I felt this good from the inside out. It's like my body is running like a fine tuned engine. 

~ Results so far
* feeling good from the inside out
* mind thoughts clear 
* no long naps to make it through the day
* tons of energy
* no late night snacking 
* clothes are very loose on me
* scale down 8 lbs

~ Non scale victory

Today I chaperoned our youth bowling outing. I brought along my normal healthy snacks plus water bottle to hold me over. Afterwards they decided to go out for pizza. This is were the fun begins. Time to choose something healthy to eat. There were several items that "looked" like healthy choices. So I pulled out my phone to check the carb counts online before ordering. OMG!!! Each item had 70+ carbs which would have out me well over my 20 carbs a day maximum. Made the choice to just eat my snacks until I could get home to make something healthy. Was able to stick to my guns while everyone else ate pizza. The real victory for me was realizing there was no mental/emotional pull to eat the yummy looking pepperoni pizza surrounding me. 

~ Gym workout
Today is a gym makeup day. Thursday is our teach night at church so this makes it hard to get to the gym. Anywho, here is how it went down... 

30 minutes on the treadmill


30 minutes on the elliptical


Then back exercises. This is our home gym. Just one back exercise machine available. Did 4 sets of 10.

Update ~ Day 13: February 1, 2015 

I joined a group on Facebook called Losing N Loving it. Its a very supportive environment of folks actively working towards losing weight. They have started a new challenge called "Fab4February". Will be incorporating this into what I am already doing.

Today is a rest day so no exercise.

My food goal is to continue keeping my carbs under 20 be eating the same meals as yesterday. Follow me on My Fitness Pal @MoringaWorkout for the details.

Here is my check in video for the Fab4February Challenge.




Update ~ Day 14 February 2, 2015

Today was a good day overall. Still trying to wrap my mind around this whole carbs thing and the effect it has had on my health. The video below sums things up,


Update ~ Day 15 February 3, 2015

From an emotional eaters perspective this was a very emotional day. Thankfully I did not eat to make myself "feel" better. Non-scale victory accomplished. Hear all about how it went down in the video below....



Update ~ Fab4February Week 1 Recap 



Update ~ Fab4February Ketogenic Style: Day 12

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Rimmel London Products


These two beauty products were sent to me by Influenster for review testing purposes.
Had never used these. Excited about giving them a try. Here are my thoughts.

First, is the Rimmel London Kohl Kajal eyeliner. It glides on smooth with a creamy feel. Works well on the waterline or under eye area. Lasts all day without touch ups. Love it!

Second, is the Rimmel Gentle Makeup Remover. Worked well to remove my oily eyelid treatment along with eyeshadow, water proof mascara and lipstick. Used both sides of 5 cotton balls. Would prefer this as makeup wipes instead of liquid form.

To sum things up both products performed good. Will repurchase the +rimmellondon . Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal Eyeliner for continued use. Have you tried either of these cosmetics? Yay or nay? Share your experience in the comments below. 

#FrostyVoxBox #rimmel