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WHAT IS IT?
The Happy Skin x Love Marie Shut Up & Kiss Me Moisturizing Matte Lippie Set is a limited edition collection that making its return. It was first launched in 2016, that aims to celebrate effortless beauty for every day. It comes in two shades, the “Skinny Dipping” which features a nude pink color perfect for daytime, while the “Heartthrob” comes in a beautiful rich red hue perfect for a night out.
These matte lippie keeps lips supple and moisturized with the power of Cupuaçu Butter. Originating from the Rain Forest, Cupuaçu Butter is prized for its rich content and ability to deliver true healing to dry, damaged skin. It offers the capacity to attract 240% more water allowing it to effectively hydrate and plump. Cupuaçu Butter is also known for its ability to absorb damaging UVA/UVB rays, thus offering natural sun protection.
PERFORMANCE
APPLICATION: Twist the body of the lippie to release the product. Line the borders of your lips to define your lip shape, then fill in the lips with color to create a creamy, rich pout.
SCENT: These moisturizing matte lippie sticks do not have detectable scents.
PACKAGING: These Happy Skin x Love Marie Shut Up & Kiss Me Moisturizing Matte Lippie Set comes in a slide up box (like a match), but you can also purchase these lippies individually and yes, they also comes in a chic box designed with a bunch of doodles! But I’m not sure if you will also get the doodle stickers that I got from the duo set.FORMULA: These lippies are indeed matte and highly-pigmented, but they are a little bit creamy and truly moisturizing on the lips. It feels comfortable, something I haven’t been able to feel from a lipstick in a while since I’ve been using liquid lipsticks. It feels like the skin on my lips can now breathe!
RESULT: As expected these lippie sticks are not transfer-proof or waterproof, but for a matte lipstick that isn’t liquid, it has a decent staying power if you do not eat or smooch someone. Because trust me, I’ve used many lipsticks, and there are those that just annoyingly disappears even if you did nothing but just talking. It happened a lot to me in college where I have to re-apply my lipstick after each class.
But with these Happy Skin Lippies, despite not being not waterproof, it survives my Matcha Cream Latte. It slightly becomes lighter within 2 hours but it can stay up to a decent 4 hours. Best of all, it doesn’t stain my lips! That’s another reason why I switched to liquid lipsticks, back in college my friends always tell me “You have a lipstick stain on your lips”. I don’t know how it happens because these lippie sticks are not transfer-proof but for some reason, it never stained my teeth by using it solely for 3 days.Despite your best efforts, you’re not losing weight on keto. Perhaps you’ve plateaued or even gained weight. Not an inch lost. Not a pound dropped. You’ve keto crashed. Now you’re confused. You held so much hope for keto. Now what?
You likely heard that a high-fat, low-carb keto diet can melt fat. Because it contains virtually no carbs, a ketogenic diet forces your body to burn fat instead of glucose for fuel. Ketosis is the state your body enters when your liver effectively breaks down fats into ketones to use as energy. Without glucose, your body doesn’t have all the highs and lows that lead to hunger pangs, energy crashes, and cravings. Instead, your blood sugar levels stay stable. Your body also sheds excess weight — fast.
And yet – it’s not working for you. Here, the top seven reasons why you’re not losing weight on keto. This keto troubleshooting guide sheds light on potential pitfalls to the diet, as well as what you can do to address these issues to start losing weight and feeling awesome.
Reason no. 1: You’re not in ketosis after all
According to wellness education specialist Nare Davoodi, RD, ketosis can be tricky to achieve when you’re first starting out. “A lot of people think they are in ketosis after following the keto diet for a few weeks. Though what often happens is they are not calculating their intake correctly,” she explains.
In order to reach ketosis, you must keep a close eye on your macronutrient consumption – how much protein, fat, carbs you eat daily. While calorie intake won’t affect ketosis, it may impact how much weight you’re losing (more on that later).
The amount of carbs you can eat while staying in ketosis varies from person to person. If you’re following a strict ketogenic diet, your carb intake will be lower (about 20 grams) than if you’re following a cyclical ketogenic diet like the Bulletproof Diet, where you have one carb-refeed day a week. Adding intermittent fasting to your keto diet will also allow you to eat more carbs and stay in ketosis.
Though keto carb calculators offer only a rough guide, they can be useful in figuring out where to start. On a Bulletproof keto diet, aim to eat fewer than 50 grams of carbs a day, and eat them only at dinnertime. Stricter, regular keto diets generally recommend no more than 20 to 30 net carbs (total carbs minus fiber) per day. Read more on how to find your ideal carb intake here.
When you’re in ketosis, your liver produces large amounts of ketones to supply energy to the brain and body. One way to determine if you’re in ketosis is to measure the presence of ketones in your bloodstream. There are several ways to test for ketones, though some are more accurate than others.
Urine strips or sticks: Ketone urine strips indicate ketone quantity on a color-grading scale. Urine tests are affordable and easy to use. However, be wary of inaccurate results. Urine tests only monitor leftover, unused ketones in your body. That’s why the strips will be darker, indicating more ketones, when you’re new to the diet. As you adapt to ketosis, your body uses more ketones, so there will be fewer ketones expelled through your urine. Being well-hydrated can also throw off tests.
Ketone breath meters: The breath test method, where you blow into a meter, measures acetone levels in the breath. Acetones are one of three types of water-soluble ketone molecules; and in this type of test, the more you have, the farther you are into ketosis. Breath meters are more accurate than urine strips in determining whether you’re in ketosis or not.
Blood meters: Blood ketone meters are the most accurate way to assess your level of ketosis.Prick your finger, draw blood and get a reading of the ketones in your blood. The downside is that these meters and blood strips are expensive.
If you don’t want to go the testing route, use these signs of ketosis:
- Bad breath
- Increased focus
- More energy
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
Pro Tip: Kick-start ketosis with a teaspoon or two of MCT oil, like Bulletproof Brain Octane Oil. MCT oils are medium-chain triglyceride fats that bypass the lymphatic system entirely and are uniquely absorbed by the liver in much the same way as carbs. In the liver, they are quickly converted into ketones, so they’ll put you into ketosis much quicker. Plus, MCT oil helps you burn fat and gives you much more energy and focus, which is especially helpful when you’re adjusting to keto.
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Reason no. 2: You’re eating too much
To lose weight on the keto diet, you still have to watch your calories. You don’t necessarily have to cut them, but you can’t go hog wild and eat three times the amount you used to. Overeat and you won’t lose weight on the keto diet. Keep in mind that fat has twice the amount of calories per gram than protein or carbs do. So it’s a good idea to track what you eat in a diet app like MyFitnessPal while you’re getting started.
“If a patient asks to go on keto, I calculate their basic calorie needs to sustain their body and lifestyle,” says Davoodi. “It’s a myth that everyone can eat the same amount and not be affected differently. [All factors considered], it’s true that a 200-pound person and a 150-pound person should not eat the same amount.”
As you get smaller and weigh less, you won’t need as many calories to sustain you as you once did, says Davoodi. “It’s helpful to reassess your needs after every 10 to 15 pounds lost. Otherwise, it’s possible you’ll hit a plateau.”
Pro Tip: While calories matter, your ratio of macronutrients (carbs, fat, and protein) are most important. Aim for 5 percent of calories from carbs; 20-30 percent from protein; and 70-80 percent from fat. Davoodi adds that drinking plenty of water to break down fat is particularly important on a high-fat diet like keto.
Reason no. 3: You’re not eating enough
If you’ve cut calories excessively, your body thinks it’s in starvation mode. That’ why ultra-low-calorie diets stop working. Your metabolic rate drops to protect organs and normal bodily functions. Likewise, in an effort to conserve itself, your body slows down in response to insufficient energy levels or excessive exercise.[1] So while you may think you’re making great strides toward your weight loss goals by eating less, you’re actually setting yourself up for failure. The bottom line: your body needs the right amount of high-quality food in the right proportions to reach a healthy weight. Calculate how many calories your body needs to one pound per week and stick within that range.
Pro Tip: Aim for high-quality keto fats like coconut oil, avocados, grass-fed meats, and pastured eggs with the yolks.
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