Healthy Options

I was recovering from chicken for the most part of March and it was unfortunate that I had it at this age. I was deathly terrified of having it and felt so helpless alone in a room for a good 3 weeks and it was even more depressing that Mio had to be isolated from me for a full month. So I wasn' t able to hold or hug my child or see him for 30 days!

A lot of my friends talked about how March was such an unlucky month and although I'm not superstitious, I was extra careful in making decisions particularly career-related ones and those that had to do with the family (although I failed at the financial aspect of it as per usual).

My friends throughout my pox ordeal aside from television and internet was a generous bathing in oatmeal soap, baby salves and natural oils to help moisturize my skin. I was quite disappointed with over the counter soaps that literally had 3 pieces of oatmeal scattered all over a P50 bar soap which wasn't helpful at all, I suspected. I had to search for the nearest reseller and orchestrate a rather difficult pick up and delivery logistics for me to get a hold of By Nature soaps that we have here in the Phiilippines. They're handmade soaps sold at bazaars that I learned of years ago as a contributing writer at Marie Claire Philippines and I can't get enough of how the all-natural stuff seem to be benefiting me as I use them longer. The benefits have been astounding and I would like to share with you some tips to get you started on healthier living. I am lucky to be surrounded by great advise (see my earlier post on Noelle Hilario's insights) and people who have a good influence on my life choices. I will share below the products I use, for now I hope these tips help:

1. Read the labels of the products that you buy.

Commercial products may or may not contain harmful materials, and as consumers, it’s important that we know what goes into the products that we use.

2. Get informed.

In this day in age, information can obtained with a press of a button. The internet has a wealth of information and I think it’s important that we maximize this opportunity. One can make healthier lifestyle choices when he or she knows what’s good for him or her. A good website to browse through is www.naturalnews.com. The website publishes articles on studies made on sicknesses, natural remedies and a lot more.

3. Explore.

There are plenty of alternatives to our current lifestyle, and opting for a healthier lifestyle needs a bit of courage and an open mind. Did you know that you can use fine iodized salt to stimulate hair growth? Ideally, we should only use commercial shampoo once or twice a week, to allow our scalps natural oils to moisturize our hair. Given the weather that we have, it's hard not to wash your hair with shampoo everyday, but if you stay at home most of the time anyway, why not give it a try?

Check out my loot so far:

 

Makeup loot from Human Heart Nature

 

Natural Feminine Wash from Human Heart Nature 

 

Moisturizing Shampoo from Human Heart Nature 

 

Interestingly, a glass of water with a slice of lemon can do wonders to your body.

More on this in The Amazing Health Benefits of Drinking Lemon Water. 

 

Moisturizing oil lotion from BY NATURE

Chicify.com: Shop for a Cause

Last April 14, 2012, Mio and I joined the Kiddo-preneur Bazaar in Alphaland Southgate Mall where we sold Mio's artworks.

Also, we then relaunched the StART With Mio artworks by printing the awesome designs of various collaborators on notebooks (see more information on the collaboration HERE). Chicify.com is giving away these notebooks for every single purchase worth at least P2000. Thank you Chicify! Visit Chicify.com now!

Help and get a chance to Win!

As I've been announcing since Easter, Mio Fights Cancer will be at the Kiddo-preneur Bazaar again this weekend and we're excited because the last one was so fun and packed with energetic and creative kids! Everyone was so cute selling their own knick knacks and some kids were even doing the rounds shouting "cookies for sale!"

One of Mio's classmates even beamed to his Dad later on, "I sold a lot of flyers!" which was funny! Haha. I wonder what anecdotes we'll gather from this stint and we have a new mix of young sellers (if you're interested to learn how to sell, help Mio, meet him and his friends, send us an email at miofightscancer@gmail.com with your name, age and the time between 11am-6pm that you can come help).

For now, we'd appreciate if you spread the word to BUY FROM BOOTH #3 if you decide to visit the Kiddo-preneur Bazaar and be attacked with cuteness!

Just so you know what you can get, especially those who are fans of Mio's work from last year's Mio Alphabet, we're selling them by sets now. That means that you can get a box of greeting cards, gift tags, a sticker and a notepad for a discounted price, nicely ribboned by Mio himself so they're perfect gifts too (why don't you hoard some letters for the initials of your Mommy friends, your own mom or wife in time for next month's Mother's Day?)

We're also taking orders for what's left of the StART With Mio 16x24 gicle canvas artworks which will be on display at our booth PLUS! We're launching the beautiful artworks in button pin magnets/ bottle openers, keychain/ mirros and notebooks!

Finally, our young volunteers will get a gift from Adarna House and those buying items worth P1,000 or more get a chance to join our raffle draw. Mio Fights Cancer is giving away something spectacular -- as in awesome Drawsome levels for those buying from our booth this Saturday. Winner will be announced through this blog and notified through email and SMS.

So, will we see you this Saturday? :) please spread the word!

Help us at the Kiddo-preneur ü

Happy Easter friends!

It's Mio's bday yesterday and the what-to-do-after-the-long-weekend summer dilemma is up! We're planning summer in the city activities that you can join us in but first....

The 2nd Kiddopreneur will be this coming Saturday, Apr14 at The Tents @Alpha Southgate Mall from 11am-6pm. There will be awards for Highest Sales, Best Service, Most Original Concept, Most Photogenic Booth and Best Ad.

If you have a kid aged 4-16 years old and want to help Mio Fights Cancer sell our art stuff (or have an idea we can do especially for the Kiddo-preneur like a booth raffle we can raffle off for those buying anything worth P500 or up), please let me know if you're free for a planning session (let's make an ad altogether too) on Monday 2pm in Eastwood (post-bday merienda on us!) and what time between 11-6 you're free to sell on Saturday.

The event also features talks on how to save for kids ü please email miofightscancer@gmail.com with the names and ages of your kids who can participate (subject: kiddopreneur for MFC and reply "name, age, monday mtg yes/ no, sat time if yes/ no")

Thank you!

PS. We need the following:
1 - donated items for our booth raffle;
2 - prizes or gifts for our kiddie sellers;
3 - a decorator/ interior designer to jazz up our booth;
4 - investors so we can "abono" for our products!

Thank you!

Valentine's Date!

The perfect Hallmark holiday is heeeeere! And I woke up to Mio's sweet Valentine cards made from the education.com worksheets we did over the weekend.

I'm inviting all of you though to celebrate this season with butterflies and kites at the Ateneo Kythe Week :) will you be dates to kids with cancer and their families?

Hope to see you there!

Celebrity Living Feb. 2012

It's out now and you should grab a copy because it's packed and we're featured in it :) hehe