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Can Can Cleanse Review and Giveaway!!!

by Hasti Kashfia on February 4, 2013 in Contests, Giving Back, Green, Health & Beauty, Local

Last month I got to try out the Can Can Cleanse and I’m excited to share the experience with you! You’ve probably heard a lot about cleanses and you’re wondering what is the Can Can Cleanse…

So here we go.

What is it?

via cancancleanse.com: CAN CAN Cleanse’s nutritional 3-day program helps you find out what it feels like to feel good. Make a smooth departure from poor eating patterns, boost energy and self-esteem, lose a few pounds and feel good! Discover the benefits of cleansing with CAN CAN’s 24 easy-to-digest vegetable and fruit juices, warming teas, nut milks and seasonal soups – 8 beverages per day. CAN CAN asks that you commit yourself, mind and body to the program, ease into it by following the pre-cleanse warm-up, deep cleanse for 3 days, and then follow the post-cleanse cool-down to help change your old eating patterns into new health-supporting habits. Wholesome, organic beverages packed in canning jars and delivered right to you – it’s body maintenance made easy! Your body will thank you and your mind will be inspired!

What do you get?

This depends on what Cleanse you choose to go with. I did the 3 day cleanse. I was totally worried about getting hungry, feeling sick from the lack of sodium etc. But I found it hard to finish all my drinks! The soup was the most delicious thing ever (I’d eat that everyday if I could) and the nut milk was SO good. The teas were a great treat, and I was worried about the green juice being gross…but it was actually really good.

You can see all the cleanse options here.

My Experience:

I found the experience to be not just physical but also mental. I learned that I could do without the unhealthy things I would snack on randomly through out the day. It was a great experience. I definitely felt cleansed and lighter. I also felt like all the Holiday eating finally cleaned out my system.

I did talk to my doctor and filled in my trainers before starting the cleanse and I took a few days off from the gym too. I felt my energy go up with the Cleanse and really miss having the green drink, and the early morning lemon drink. The nut drink was also SO yummy. Did I already mention I want the soup–everyday. So basically it’s all amazing and yummy.

You’re probably wondering if it was hard. Surprisingly not at all! I think the fact that I had 9 drinks, hot and cold options, and a soup made it super easy! And would I do it again? FOR SURE! I’m looking forward to doing the cleanse seasonally.

Another thing that REALLY stood out to me was the convenience. I live a crazy busy life and this could not have been easier! The kit came to me all blended, packed and ready to go. All I had to do was stash them in the fridge and pack them in the travel bag it came with head out the door in the morning. They came labeled with a number so I knew what drink I was on and they were sealed and set to go! I even threw a couple of them in my purse when I was on the go A lot of thought has obviously gone into every little part of the Can Can Cleanse!

Giveaway and Promo Code:

And here is the awesome part…if you’re a Bay Area resident you have a chance to win a 3 day cleanse and if you’re already ready to jump onboard use MODE13 (must be all CAPS) for $10-off you first 3-Day cleanse! You can pick up your cleanse in San Francisco or you can arrange for delivery (in an area that they deliver to) and the delivery fee isn’t part of the giveaway

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Pinuki Baby Feature and Giveaway

by Hasti Kashfia on December 5, 2011 in Contests, Green, Opinion, Review

As most of our regular readers know we are big fans of encouraging creativity in kids at MODE Mom’s. I’ve personally been making drastic changes with the toys we have at home and what we’re exposing the kids to. We’re buying a lot “hand-made”, no-batteries, creative toys and we’ve seen such a change with our kids. They are learning to use their imagination, share through role playing, and create new ways to play with existing toys.

We’ve ditched the remote control toys for puppets, blocks, books, wooden toys, & hand made treasures! We ran across Pinuki Baby and loved all they had to offer for new little babies and older kids. Toys to get their minds going, last a life time, and bring them closer to their playmates!

We’re excited to share this brand with you and have a contest for a $50 gift card towards a purchase for your family. We got the Eco Wool Felt Farm Animal Play Set and were SO blown away by the quality of these toys! I know for a fact that these will be around for years. My youngest child stayed true to the set and used the barn and played for a longtime with the little puppets that he’s in love with. Then my oldest who is 5 came into the picture and built a farm with solders, trains, helicopters, and blocks. They totally integrated the new toys into their existing toys and created a story as they went along.

I watched them take turns with the puppets, act out characters, and take them for rides on their planes, and trains! I really couldn’t have asked for more from a toy!

Check out some of our favorites and enter to win a $50 gift card!

Custom Nursery Bunting with Names/Butterflies

Good Night Baby – Felt Quiet Book

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Glamorize Your Water Bottle

by admin on July 26, 2011 in DYI Fashion, Fashion, Green, Uncategorized

I love my stainless steel water bottle. But here’s a way to make it much more glamourous. I got a piece of leather that measure the circumference of my water bottle.

I sewed it then slipped it on my bottle. I started glueing the rhinestones down the center in straight lines. I was going for high impact glam, but you could do all sorts of designs or patterns.

I just kept on gluing them until I got one solid, sparkly strip!

How great is this water bottle cover?!

I’m keeping this one in mind for gifts. I think it would be a great one!

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Romper Tutorial

by admin on April 15, 2011 in DYI Fashion, Fashion, Green

One of the things I love about fashion is things always come back in style. They may have minor tweaks and updates, but most things come back around. I love shopping at thrift and vintage stores because you can find so many great things. Often, they just need minor updates. For those of you that think, “I can’t sew!”, try rethinking. I actually began sewing women’s clothes by just updating things and my passion grew. Some updates are really not challenging. While this project is more involved, many just require quick fixes.

I began with this sad dress. But I saw something in it- something sassy and fresh. I knew this was the dress to be transformed into my romper.

(If you’re new to sewing, I recommend using a cotton or cotton blend. This was 100% silk and it’s not easy to sew with. So keep that in mind when you’re finding your garment to refashion.)

The first thing you need to do is put the dress on and measure to your natural waist line. Then add about 3 more inches and cut it there.

You will have the reamining skirt piece which we will make our shorts out of. Cut them off leaving them extra long. You won’t know how short you want this piece until the whole romper is done. I also saved the bottom piece of the skirt for a dress. So don’t throw away your scraps!

Ok. Now for the shorts part. If you’ve never done this before, you can do a little more research on it, look at a pattern or take a pair of shorts you already have. Lay them on top of the piece you have. We want this to be flowy and non-fitted, so keep that in mind. Make them larger than a fitted pair of shorts. Fold your skirt piece in half and lay out a pair of shorts and cut accordingly.

Here’s what you’ll have. Two pieces that look like this:

Sew each piece at the innerleg part.

Then sew up the middle seams together making it you shorts!

Now attach it to your top.

Here’s what we have at this point. It’s still pretty frumpy dumpy at this point, right?

It needs definition. Here’s your waist line where you attached the shorts and top.

Make a stitch all the way around the waist band, about 1/4 inch above the waistline.

This top had lining so I just made a little hole in that pocket and ran some elastic through. If yours doesn’t have lining, you can always just shirr it at the waist. (Look here on how to do that.)

How much better is this looking already?

Ok, now try the romper on. Figure out what length you want your shorts and hem them accordingly. The reason why we wait to hem them until this point is because the elastic in the center makes the romper a different length then before.

Now for just a couple more updates to keep it current. First, I cut off the collar. It was too business-y. If you do it carefully you can cut it right at the collarline and it won’t fray.

I thought these sleeves were boring and lacked interest.

I took these little ties that were on the dress and made little pickups for the sleeves.

Finally, I took my leftover skirt piece and made a tie for the waist.

And you are finally finished!

Today is a packing/cleaning day. So there will be no head shots of me

I love it with a black blazer!