I am almost halfway done (day 13) and I am still not really enjoying the taste of my coffee. I can’t handle it black so I’ve been adding coconut milk and/or vanilla nutpods. I still feel like it needs to be sweetened up a bit to really be enjoyable. Previously I would add sweetened French vanilla creamer to my iced coffee and both cream AND sugar to my hot coffee.
Those of you who were in the same position of needing to sweeten your coffee before whole 30 but have adjusted to the taste of unsweetened coffee, how many days into the whole 30 did you start to adjust?
Quantity - 5gms for INR400
Packaging- Dark glass bottle that comes in a cardboard box
Ingredients- Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter*, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter*, Coffee Infused Oil*, Beeswax*, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil*, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract Oil*, Salvia Hispanica (Chia Seed) Oil*, Cannibis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil*, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Essential Oil*, Pelargonium Graveolens (Geranium) Essential Oil*, Santalum Spicatum (Sandalwood) Essential Oil*, Ficus Carica (Fig Seed) Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Essential Oil*.
Used for- ~20 Days
Status- WNRP!!
My skin type- Dry to extremely dry and sensitive skin, 22F, Climate- Delhi, Not on any treatment, Skin issues- PIH and Dark Circles
I bought this cream to give my under eyes the extra hydration they needed since it has started to get really dry where I live, and also because I wanted to improve the condition of my dark circles. BUT BOY WAS IT A DISASTER!! First impressions- it does not get absorbed at all, not even a bit. I have a pretty elaborate skincare routine but my skin drinks everything up that I put on it yet somehow I would find this sitting on my face even after I got up (and I’m a student so I tend to take at least eight hours of sleep or sometimes more). On top of that it has this really strong smell that burns the eyes(does this sentence make sense? I hope it does).
I still kept using it thinking there will be some improvement however after a few days my skin broke out in CCs, I still kept using it ^((like the stupid b I am giving everyone chances even after they show me they don’t deserve my trust) *cries*) Anyway, I stopped using it after the condition exacerbated and I got acne because of this cute little “clean beauty" eye cream.
Even if this was the last eye cream on the planet, I still wouldn’t recommend it. Nope. Just no.
(This is my first post on this sub so please tell me if I've missed on adding something)
EDIT- Added the ingredients list.
Everyone I ask can't remember either.
The reality is, we were generally once pretty deeply involved in the church ourselves. Yeah, we want to kick ourselves for some of the things we said, believed, and donated. We want to kick the church for manipulating us into doing it. But also, we have a lot of positive things to offer that don't involve kicking. Here's a few I care about.
We can give doubting young people advice on how to stand up for/protect themselves in purity interviews.
We can give people a safe space to develop their own personal beliefs.
We can educate people on church history in a fair way without creating our own flavor of propaganda. We can find new ways to get that info seen by more people.
We can help people find positive and meaningful ways to use that money that once went to tithing.
We can give real support to people we feel are harmed by the church, including support for LGBTQ+ causes, racial equity, women's equality, and social justice.
We can share healthy methods we have used to break free of our once unhealthy beliefs.
We can commiserate and connect with people.
We can maintain good values we learned from good people in the church. We can show people that leaving the church is an adjustment of our moral standards but not a rejection of all moral standards (contrary to some members' opinions).
We can model different ways of thinking and living for the children in our lives.
We can laugh at the silliness of things we once took much too seriously.
What would you add?
