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Self Love Requires Honesty | #SLS

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I've come to realize, the hard way, that I've had and still have a lot of healing to do! Self Love is not an overnight thing *insert Percy Sledge song*. It takes time to reach a comfortable level of contentment with self. It's a journey; one of upward toil but one of positive growth. In our journey of Self Love, it is integral that we seek to know ourselves, accept who we are and live freely in our truth.  In seeking to know and embrace our truest selves, a process of self reflection and introspection helps. The trauma; experiences that we go through have fashioned us into the persons that we are today. Our personalities, our self esteem; the way we interact with others, our imposed standards, our expectations are all influenced by the way we see ourselves; by the way we think and feel about ourselves. It's 'human nature' to first be negative before positive and unappreciative before we see good, so in order to change our thinki...

My Biotin Review (1st Time User) | Hair Care | Skin Care

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Hey Cupcakes, At the beginning of the year I decided that I would be more open minded to trying new hair, skin and beauty products even to trying new supplements. During the month of March I started using Biotin. I purchased Puritan's Pride Premium Super Biotin 5000 mcg softgels and... I had quite an experience. The following pictures show the bottle of Biotin that I purchased. :) It was for about $65 to $85 TT @ the pharmacy in Hilo St. Augustine Trinidad  (now called Massy Stores) The softgels are tiny and I've used about 20 of the 60 that comes in the bottle. Skipping a few days, I can safely say that I used the Biotin for a month. My purchase of the Biotin was mostly out of curiosity; to really see what all the rave was about. I also was glad to purchase it instead of my previous choice of, over-the-counter Hair, Skin & Nails supplement (which I later learnt also contains Biotin but I had not used this for almost a ...