FabBag /Fab Bag June 2016 unboxing and Review

In my FabBag ... FabBag is a monthly subscription service for beauty products that are suited to your skin type and choice. I've been subscribing to FabBag since June 2014 and have never regretted my choice.
This is the first review that I'm doing because I'm really happy with what in my FabBag  this month.
Almost as it was perfectly tailored to suit me.

An under eye cream..full size.
Shea butter .
Skin Yoga coffee body scrub.
Aannnnnd ...
A beautifully royal purple eye liner.

The under eye cream is a full size tube. The 15 ml tube is specifically keyed for fine lines under the eyes. Especially if these eyes are sleeping in air conditioning.
I hope you are aware that whenever you spend a long time in air-conditioning it acts like a dehumidifier. Essentially drawing out the most vital moisture from your skin.
And as your skin ages, it's tendency to re humidify itself decreases.
So basically, you need more humidity to keep your skin supple and youthful.
And the areas around the eyes are extremely vulnerable to the atmosphere.
So this cream is very helpful. And I'm using it daily.

The Skin Yoga Coffee body scrub is an organic Coffee bean, coconut oil and sesame oil mix. It smells really nice and the sample size is sufficient for 5-6 uses. My only issue with the Skin Yoga products is that the products are slightly dry. I needed to add a lot of coconut oil and water to make the scrub spread easily. The scrub is Parapet free and preservative free , so I'll need to use it up within a months time.
I used extra virgin coconut oil that I make at home. I'll add a link to the video here.

The eyeliner, well you can see the color and the hue. The purple color on its own is not enough for night time use, so I used a midnight black eyeliner from Sugar . The color is really intense. And fun!!

And the Shea butter.
Smells amazing. And super soft.
I used it on my hands. I've been noticing that I've got an OCD. Like obsession for clean dry hands. So I end up washing and drying my hands atleast twenty times a day.
So this Shea butter is great. My only problem is that it's too oily for summers. So it'll be a blessing in winters.

And I love the bag....
So you can also subscribe to FabBag. The best deals are six months or a year long subscription.

Click on the link given and try.

So go ahead and try .http://www.fabbag.com/ The cost of a month is a quarter of the cost of products.

Do lemme know what you think.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge Day 8

Its Curry Patta added to the vegetables today.
I have a small pot with a small plant of curry patta growing in my staircase,but as we are north Indians, I rarely used the curry patta given free by the vegetables vendors until I made Sambar or Upma oe something typically South Indian.
And when Shalini , my friend who Introduced me to the magic of cold pressed vegetable juices told me to add curry patta... I checked up about it.
And was I surprised.
We take ao much for granted. And push stereotypes.
For me Curry patta or meetha neem as it is also called, was just a seasoning.
But the ancients were so wise.
Almost every dish has a tempering of curry patta in the south.
All for good reason...
Curry patta helps keep your hemoglobin levels stable and ensure that you are never anemic. So a double plus for women. And especially those who are constantly struggling with one diet or the other.
These leaves are mildly laxative , but they are therapeutic for diarrhea. So like we make a little mix of ground ginger and salt and drink with water , you can do the same with curry patta leaves and buttermilk or yogurt.
That is why so many south Indian Lassi preparations contain chopped curry patta .
These leaves help protect your liver and your heart. Tbey also keep your digestive system functioning well.
And as if thats not enough,they have anti microbial powers too.
So skin Infections or fungal infections can be treated with a topical application of thepaste of curry leaves.
And a word for us forty plus women. Curry patta helps slow the greying of hair.
Good for you if you eat it or cook it in coconut oil and apply to your hair.
Awesome.

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I have been drinking these juices everyday , just not posting daily as they arre the same. But every new addition and i am ensuring that I share my knowledge.
New found.
Todays Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice is

250 gms peeled and diced pumpkin
2 stalks curry patta
1 inch piece ginger
1 inch piece raw turmeric root
juice of 1 lemon
1 cucumber peeled
250 mils cold water

Place in the blender and liquidise.
Press the pulp through a steel strainer and include some pulp too.
Pour into a mason jar or two and share with someone you love.
Cheers.
Bottoms up!

Feedback???
My daily help has commented that she sees less hair while she sweeps the house. My tummy is behaving exceptionally well and my skin is glowing.

So taken up the challenge yet??

Lets add the goodness of Raw vegetables to our diet.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge -Day7

Day 7

A week and my daily help is reporting fewer stray fallen hair after she swept the house.

Happy?

I am jumping for joy.

Blessing my oldest friend Shalini for telling me about the magic of vegetable juices. I am now also going to make sure sweet child tries some daily.

He is now 16 years old and is dealing with acne and dandruff.

So if the acne gets resolved , his teenage will be so much happier.

So today is a repeat of yesterday.

Yellow pumpkin,Raw turmeric root, mint ,ginger and lemon juice.

Cold water and the veggies cut small, I increased the amount of mint and lemon juice.

Not wanting to make sweet child gag on the not so obvious taste of pumpkin, I made the juice minty.

He just drank it up.

No queries,no sulking and no crankiness.

Awesomeness.

So I now have a partner in my vegetable juice challenge.

Have you started adding juice to your life ?

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge -Day6

Fresh ,raw Turmeric .

By the way... This is #Day6.

Awesome.

So today's another super Ingredient.

Raw turmeric in my vegetable juice. 

My base was Harry Potter-esque ,pumpkin.

It doesn't look to pumpkin like ? Does this?

Well, the pumpkin was yellow and then I found raw turmeric root.

It's that time of the year when raw turmeric root is available here.

Since it is such an integral part of our food, we always take it for granted.

But then I came home and researched, as to why I should use the fresh version. 

And I found out that raw turmeric root has turmeric oil, that fresh turmeric doesn't.

In processing the root to powder, there is a definitive loss of the magic ingredient -Curcumin. So weight by weight, raw is better than powder.

And the bioavailability of Curcumin to your body- it gets absorbed more easily by your system. And of course, you know there is no poison in the form of artificial colour added in your turmeric.

Just so you know, patented by India, turmeric is a natural antiseptic, natural analgesic and speeds up wound healing.

That's why we sprinkle turmeric powder on a cut or wound. It's a blood purifier and strengthens ligaments , skin tonic ,improves Asthama. It works against Multiple sclerosis,arthritis,stomach ulcers, psoriasis,progression of Alzheimer's. And so much more.

There are so many benefits of raw turmeric root. So an inch at a time...

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge -Day5

Day 5.

And then I had so much of beetroot.

Blood red beetroot. To this I added a days worth of Wheatgrass.

Yup. We're growing wheatgrass now.

The only grass that grows here. Ever since I read about how miraculous greens are, and I tried micro greens in my salad... Wheat grass was a must do.

Theses are just the shoots. I soaked dried fenugreek seeds in water overnight and used that water in my vegetable juice challenge. 

Skipped the ginger,only because we forgot to pick it upfront the "Bhajji" wala. And a half day later, I can tell the difference.

My tummy was happier with the ginger.

Again, I wanted a change from the pumpkin and gourds...

So my base for the vegetable juice was cucumber.

I used my smoothie maker for this juice.

Chopped the beetroot into small pieces.

Sliced my cucumber and added the wheatgrass.

The only change, I didn't strain the juice. I had it whole fibre and all.

It was thick and gloopy because of the wheatgrass fibres, but when you read the benefits of wheatgrass,you'll happily drink another glass.

Wheatgrass has more vitamin C than oranges and twice the vitamin A than carrots. It has potassium, sodium,calcium and magnesium ,all essential alkaline minerals that are important to the human body. 

It helps build blood and also cleanse the body. So free radicals,bye bye. It has amino acids that are building blocks of all cells. Active enzymes that can help break down fats are in wheatgrass,so apparently it aids weight loss.

Helps prevent cancer,by detoxification and alkalisation of cells. Boosts every and promotes digestion. Wheatgrass eliminates toxins from your bloods.

And there's so much more information...

Just if you look up.

I soaked wheat berries or regular wheat in water overnight and sprinkled them over soil on a pot. In direct sunlight, you can snip off wheatgrass within a few days.

So after I read all this good stuff,I'm really happy that I started this Vegetable juice challenge.

Are you going to start now?

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge -Day 4

And today its beetroot.

Btw, congratulations,it's #Day4 .

I still had two days worth of ash gourd to go for my vegetable juice. So today and tomorrow,this is what it will have to be.

Beetroot. Did you know it's amazing.

It's supposed to be magic for all those athletes who consume beetroot juice after a super stressful workout session .

We had vegetable patches of beetroot back in our backyard in Jalandhar. I so miss the fresh,go pull out of the ground and use bit of living in a metropolis.

Even mint hasn't taken root...

But I have wheat grass...

Anyways, beetroot.

In my vegetable juice.

Did you know that beetroot is considered to be a superfood. 

It is known to control heart disease, because it controls blood pressure. Lowers cholesterol and cleanses blood vessels of plaque. It detoxifies the body by keeping kidney function optimal and it is beneficial to your bones and helps in osteoporosis. It's great in the anti cancer diet and is good for your pregnancy-(I've been there 17 years ago..) and it improves immunity.

So in all, free radicals and antioxidants guarantee anti aging benefits.

What's not to love in a beetroot.

So Ash gourd again, and beetroot.

The ash gourd 's virgin white was disparaged by the beetroot.

For #Day4 I used

1 medium beetroot 

250 GMs ash gourd 

Handful mint leaves 

1 inch piece ginger 

Juice of 1 lemon

250 mils cold water

Liquidised and blended and strained with a spoon full of fibre added.

Hola to good health.

Cheers.

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.

Cold Pressed Vegetable Juice Challenge -Day 3

Congratulations on coming back on Day 3. 

I had bought one medium sized ash gourd the other day, so I am going to use it before I do variations.

I had always believed that ash gourd was a pumpkin. Turns out it is a winter melon. Growing just like pumpkin,on vines ,ash gourd is generally used to make a sweet called Petha.

That's day 3.

And I never, ever knew, the benefits were so numerous.

It is packed with Vit B, thymine, Vit C and has a large amount of calcium. A high quantity of potassium makes it ideal for people with high blood pressure.

It's juice is good for people with jaundice, treats constipation and urinary disorders. It balances out the fluid content of the body. Also,useful in weight loss-the fibre content keeps you full longer and balances out the good cholesterol.

Regular use of ash gourd is also beneficial in reducing symptoms associated with Thyroid malfunctions.

So with so many benefits,it's all a win win situation.

So I have enough ash gourd to last me two more days.

As always four basic ingredients.

250 GMs ash gourd peeled, deseeded and cubed

1 inch piece ginger

1 handful mint leaves 

Juice of 1 lemon

250 mils cold water

All into the blender jar and liquidised till a pulp forms.

Then pressed out through a metal sieve till you can press no more.

Pour into a glass with lemon juice...

And drink up.

Cheers to good health.

Winter melon, (Waxgourd), raw

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy	54 kJ (13 kcal)
Carbohydrates	3 g
Dietary fiber	2.9 g
Fat	0.2 g
Protein	0.4 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)	(3%) 0.04 mg
Riboflavin (B2)	(9%) 0.11 mg
Niacin (B3)	(3%) 0.4 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)	(3%) 0.133 mg
Vitamin B6	(3%) 0.035 mg
Vitamin C	(16%) 13 mg
Minerals
Calcium	(2%) 19 mg
Iron	(3%) 0.4 mg
Magnesium	(3%) 10 mg
Manganese	(3%) 0.058 mg
Phosphorus	(3%) 19 mg
Sodium	(7%) 111 mg
stats I pulled for you from Wikipedia

Let's add the goodness of raw vegetables into our diet.