Clean Eating and the Summertime: Park BBQs

Finally we had a few nice sunny days after the week straight blahhh. And when it's sunny I don't about you but I think bbqs, sand, water and FUN! So we hopped in the car and drove to the closest place with those things: Lake Taconic State Park. What a beautiful day and we were lucky to get a cool spot by the water. Chilling by the water thinking and working on biz we noticed a very busy woodpecker in the tree next to us. She flew back and forth gathering bugs from all the surrounding trees for her crying babies in the tree. It was so cute and entertaining. They cried the whole time and the woodpecker working hard to get that food even with the little yellow finch trying to steal her food. It was really amazing to see that. It was a really relaxing and productive day.

SO WHAT'S ON THE BBQ THESE DAYS?
So we have not ate meat since March 24th. Why? The meat from the store we just became sick of it. The taste was not fresh. So we gave it up. Funny I thought that I would miss it but it was easy. We decided that if we wanted meat that we have pay the extra money and buy it fresh from the farm. Eating veggies, fruits, grains, eggs, fresh cheese was fine. Then on Memorial Day we were like we have to grill and it has to be some meat. Quattros Game Farm in Pleasant Valley is known for their fresh chickens and that is were we got our chicken. It was fresh and delicious and funny because I couldn't eat as much of it as I have in the past. A whole chicken lasted a few weeks. We BBQed half on Memorial Day and the other half yesterday. My husband made his own clean bbq sauce. Mmmmmmm and we had mac salad and a whole pineapple. And that was our day at the lake! Came home after the sun went down and had some coconut milk ice cream (guilt free ice cream remember we are counting GOOD INGREDIENTS not CALORIES), with organic strawberries that tasted like candy and a chocolate syrup I made with coconut oil. All these things are good for you.

Dirty Beauty Series: Beet Root lip and cheek stain

So after reading and watching lots of videos on DIY natural lip and cheek stains, I got excited to start experimenting. You can easily use your favorite powder blush for this, which I did but I also wanted to try an all natural lip and cheek stain. The best recipe I found was on YumUniverse and made a few substitutes. I did not use lanolin. It also did not strain it because just clumped up in the strainer. I put the mixture back on the double boiler and just mixed the beet root power really good but it still is a bit grainy but workable. Maybe using more liquids would let it strain easier but this recipe worked fine for me.

HOW TO USE
When I feel like going foundation free, after moisturizing my face I use a Q-tip and dab a few dots from the apple of my cheeks up towards me temple and then use my middle and ring fingers to tap, not rub, from the apple to temple to blend. I do the same when using as a lip stain. I use lip balm first and then using a Q-tip or my finger and dip into the pot and tap on my lips to get the desired color.

WHAT DO I THINK
It took some time to get used to it and how to work with it and what works and what does not but I like it. I made two one with beet root powder which you can find at any health food store. It is a light tint that is great on days you want to look natural. I have another lip and cheek stain that I made using my favorite Clinique pressed powder blush that I crushed up into a powder and used this recipe and I use this cream blush when I use my powder foundation because it works better than the beet lip and cheek stain.

Will you give it a try?

No makeup only lip + cheek stain.

Beet Root Powder lip+cheek stain