The wonder that is mist mag.

Hey guys. How are you all doing? I have been down with the flu. So I am literally writing this post stuffed under my blanket and blowing my nose with a warm compress on my forehead and a thermometer in my mouth. Lool! But yeah! I feel better thanks. I have my ophthalmology test coming up on Thursday... Well, it was supposed to be Friday, but because of the May 1st public holiday, we had it moved to Thursday. I thought to have a blog post up before then just so the interval between my posts isn't so long.
Anyhoo, We all know milk of magnesium right? Popularly called mist mag. We use it for various reasons such as;
1) to help with gastroesophageal reflux disease(heart burn)
2) to help when our stomach hurts
3) to treat constipation.
         Now, I know milk of magnesia has been around for a while as a beauty tool but I only very recently decided to give it a try. Wow! That thing is the truth!!!!!!!!! Trust me people, it is a gift from the gods of makeup. Lool! If you always find yourself secreting so much oil, enough to fry an egg maybe, after you have applied your makeup and you have tried various primers but none of them just seems to do it for you then look no further.... I present to you the truth!
I was on my own oh, minding my business one day on YouTube when I saw a video of a lady talking about how mist mag has been kind to her. "Hmmmm" I thought "why not give it a try?" But then I was still a bit sceptical cos I just felt it would cause me to break out and what not. Then a few days later, my friend came back with a bottle of mist mag and was gushing about how she used it as a primer for her makeup that day and how it had stayed on all day, how her face wasn't oily, how the sky was blue and the world was a better place. Lool. And you know what? I was just like "okay! I'm gonna give it a try and I best not be disappointed" So the next day I went off to Healthplus pharmacy and bought myself a medium sized bottle of Phillip's milk of magnesia which cost me #1250. I decided to buy the medium sized bottle because it was large enough to last me a while if it was indeed magical and small enough to be tossed in the bin without feeling like I had wasted my money if I didn't like it. #omoijebu. Lool! The next time I was gonna have a full face makeup I used it with very high expectations. I poured a little amount of it into the plastic cup it came with( just because I didn't want to get bacteria into the whole bottle) and applied it onto my face using my finger. After that, I allowed it air dry(it leaves a white cast) and applied the rest of my makeup like I normally would and OMG guys!!!! I am proud to say that I wasn't the least bit disappointed. I went a step further by using it as a primer for my clients when I did their makeup and it stayed put THE WHOLE DAY!!!!!!! Amazeballs!!!!
          I know you some of you guys might think I am over hyping this thing but trust me I am not. I read a few reviews about it on the Internet and I came across people who said it had caused them to have zits and skin reactions but this hasn't happened to me or any of my clients so until then this remains the truth. I haven't used any other brand of milk of magnesia as a primer and I really don't know anyone who has. So I don't know if it's only Phillips that works this way. Thinking of it.... How on earth did someone think to put mist mag on their face before applying their makeup in the first place? Lool! Human beings come up with the weirdest things. So yeah guys. That's about it for this blog post. Please don't forget to leave any questions you have in the comment section down below and I'll be sure to answer them as soon as I can. Until next time my lovelies. Wish me luck on my test.  Ciao!!!

Let's get WAISTed.

There is this recent craze on social media about waist training and body sculpting in general. You go on social media and you see some girls looking like coke bottle and you are just like "damn girl". Everybody seems to have the smallest waist, the perkiest boobs, the biggest hips and you are just there wondering where you were when God was sharing all these things. You might consider yourself a typical "Apple" shaped person or a "rectangle" shaped person, or your own issue might just be that you have too much abdominal fat. Worry no more my child. Help is here.

I have been waist training for about a year and a half now using a steel boned corset which I purchased from orchard corset and I can confidently say I have seen results. Now from personal experience there is one things I can tell you..... Waist training is not magic!!!! It will happen but not in a day like social media claims or even a week. It's a process of slowly moulding and sculpting your body so it won't happen that fast. It requires patience and commitment to see results. The results you get from waist training are semi permanent... meaning that yeah, u will get them, but if u stop waist training long enough and stop eating right u will snap right back to the way you used to be. There are two main types of waist trainers; the corset and the cincher

Latex waist cincher.

Steel boned corset.

There are two types of corsets: the fashion corsets which are not ideal for waist training because they are soft and often made with plastic so they do not offer the much needed squish that the steel boned counterpart does. Because they are made of platic, they are very bendable so they will bend when u sit down, squat or anything of such. They are usually a lot cheaper than the steel boned corset. 

The steel boned corset on the other hand is very rigid so it will compress you and "redistribute" your fat just the way you want it to. They are also a little pricy....but they are very durable(so I guess thats a good thing). Because they are very rigid, they might be a little uncomfortable for beginner waist trainers. Some people say they are painful but I beg to differ.

The latex waist cinchers are ideal for beginner waist trainers. They cinch your waist without causing you any discomfort whatsoever. They are also a little cheaper than the steel boned corsets. Because they are made of latex(mostly) they are easier to hide under your clothes than the steel boned corsets and they give you that seamless hourglass figure that will make heads turn when you walk by.

 In my opinion, the steel boned corsets shape your body the most because of all the bonings in them. They literally mold to fit your body which is why you shouldnt give another person your steel boned corset to wear. The corset will attempt to mold to suit that persons body shape and this could damage the corset. Also I have found that the "fluffier" you are the more compression you are able to achieve from corsetting. Meaning that the more abdominal fat you have the better.....well technically that is

L-R: no corset. second day corsetting, after about a month .

A leaner woman with less compression.

Results!!!!!!!!

WHERE TO PURCHASE: 

1) orchard corset(they do not ship to Nigeria tho) 

2) @krazykulture on instagram
3) shape you
If I find out more places to buy from I would be sure to let you know because I am all about you guys.So yeah! thank you for sticking around till the end. I hope you have found this post helpful. If you have any questions please leave them in the comment section and I will be sure to answer them as soon as I can. Until next time Ciao.

First of all....INTRODUCTION!!

Hey guys.
So I have been wanting to have a blog since forever...literally. Last week I was on Instagram and I finally got the motivation I needed, you know, that umph! Without further ado I present to you "As told by Honey". This blog is going to be about my life, my sourjourn through the rest of medical school, lifestyle, relationship.... It's going to be kind of like a diary if you will . As you might have seen in my "about me section" I absolutely love all things makeup so there is going to be a bit of that, first off starting with pictures and then videos too. I really hope you all stick around and fall in love. Fasten your seat belt and get ready to be blown away by the awesomeness that is this blog.  Lol