Simple Science Juices

 Note: all items were not sponsored or gifted, this review is solely my own personal thoughts and opinions sprinkled with a bit of facts.

If you know me or have a foot into the health community, then you probably have juiced before. Right? Well if you have and stopped, or you simply want to pick up a new habit to get your weight-loss kicked off right then, do I have the place for you. It’s a quaint little place set back in a side street, with big shop windows and lots of space, kind of like a receded store that you pass but just never had the chance to go to. And by the way this place happens to be on the Kansas side, wish it was on the Missouri side though. It’s located on one of the busiest streets in Overland Park close, Metcalf and Floyd.

One morning on my way to work I was driving and saw the shop a couple of times all lit up and bright and this one particular day I decided to stop in and take a peek at what was open so early, and at the time they did not have a sign up. To my surprise, because it was so early,  I was greeted with a smile and a warm “hello welcome to Simple Science Juices.” Now me being all into my fitness/health journey this was something that I was interested in and I do not own a juicer or the patience. I talked with the owner Taylor Thompson who was so kind to introduce me to the juices they offered, I was scared. And when I say scared I mean as in “what in the world is all this? You not tricking me into drinking beets are you?”  Well I did needless to say, yes I drank beets, there are 12 juices one is seasonal (Hydro) but AMAZING! All the fruits are fresh, Raw, Organic and cold pressed. Everything that I tasted was really good and I wanted to buy everything but I picked four during the time I was there.

 I know I hear your brain asking “what is cold pressed juice and why is it so important?” It is the most nutrient-Rich, chemical free way of getting fruits and veggies into your system, they extract the juice from fruits and veggies kinds of like smashing/pressing it to get the most out the fruit or vegetable, it can be stored up to 30 days in the fridge but Simple Sciences Juices will not last that long in your fridge as they are really good. 

They have a nice space and are expanding to the Missouri side as well, 19^th and main to be exact but I didn’t find an opening date, but I will keep you posted. I have also been here more than once; just to give is a more thorough review because I feel like just one visit is never enough to give a full review on a place that offers a service. They have two different sizes to choose from the 8oz and the 16 oz, each bottle has a bit of information on it such as health benefits, my favorite happens to be Carbon (apple and carrot) the benefits listed are for promoting clear skin and boosting immunity with Vitamins 1, B6 and C.  A section of 7 drinks makes up what they call custom blends, offering Almond milk in vanilla, chocolate and regular, horchata, Kombucha, alkaline water and cold brew coffee. I’ve not tried the cold brewed coffee yet but I will. They have two juice cleanses as well, which I will be looking into.  They also offer Paleo foods as well, for those that are looking into the food or need for food they do, so its not just all juice even though juice is there main focus but I would say healthy is there overall main focus. 

I would definitely go back and have been, not just to see the faces and “hello’s” but it’s all about the juice for me. They are moderately affordable for those who are doing juice fast or cleanses but they do offer more services with the cleanses such as delivery and different juice options, and you can call in your order or place it online if you don’t have a lot of time to spend setting up your cleanse.

Here are just a few I purhcased the first time after Taylor educated me briefly. 

http://simplesciencejuices.com/

Well, I'm back!!

Surprisingly to say, I will be taking this in a new direction and will be getting into the world of PC gaming. I will also post links to my YouTube gaming channel for those who want to keep in the loop with me. I'll also dable in food reviews on places in my City that I love to eat, new and old.

But as for Hair: I finally went natural, it was not a "bandwagon" moment, I really did it! *waving hands in the air like I just do not care.* I had been transitioning for a long while and then decided, "man, this is trying my patience and I'm using far too much product to just detangle my hair."  As I sat crying on the edge of the tub in my bathroom, I then decided to cut off my relaxed ends and just go with it and no longer cared, I called my Mom and then my good friend showed up to help even further. Needless to say I Chopped without worry or care.

Now that a new year is embarking let me be the one to say thank you for staying with me and checking with me and reading and sending me a few messages here and there to encourage me,

Let the games begin :)

Yupdatschelle

Happy New Year!

Goodness Gracious! My end of 2012 was jammed packed with personal life events, but I'm glad I made it to 2013.

So, last you read on my hair journey was about my Brazilian u-part wig. It's still holding up :) and just as flossy as the first time I bought it. It's beginning to shed slightly, I never sealed the wefts but on my next hair buy, I will seal the wefts.

I noticed when I took my hair down to shampoo and deep condition, that I had a lot of hair fall and hair in my drain. Not sure what wrong I'm doing to my hair, but I think it could be hormonal to say the least. I had gotten sick in January needles to say I was slightly dehydrated. So, I uped my water. I drink a lot of water now. It bothers me a bit cause I'm always up and down to the restroom. (lol) So, to combat the hair fall, I got a hair skin and nail vitamin. Solgar, which I purchased myself. I started on last Sunday and I take them with food. For some reason, I do think a good hair, skin and nail vitamin is what every hair journey needs. Although they never tell you that. I hear what you put in your body is what you put out. Maybe its high time I readjust my practices to not only healthy hair habits but to healthy body habits too.

I also did not reach armpit length so its still on for 2013. I'm still gonna goal that length and do it with vitamins this year.

Just to give you some thoughts readers, what do you take to amplify your hair?

November came and went

I have been so busy with work lately I've forgotten a lot of my habits that I promised to commit to.

I got brave and found an easier way to blog on the regular :-)

November: I purchased my very first virgin Brazilian hair and it gorgeous! I Love the hair, absolutely versatile and wonderful to blend with my own hair.
I take my daughter to get het hair braided often, and just happened to be a young woman that has started her hair extension business, we had been talking quite a bit about hair and what possibilities you can do by watching YouTube and learning from other hair stylist. She said, "oh ? I can get that for you if you like."

And from there I found my hair source. For my extensions for the remainder of the year.

With that said I purchased all hair and products, they were not given as gifts or to promote.

I bought a bundle at a time, just to be sure it was what I wanted and of course so I don't go broke and end up with no lights or water lol. I started sewing my first bundle my 16 on the bottom so I can have the layered effect. I sew through the first three rows, for security. Those first three rows were so tight my hand cramped up at grabbing the thread. It took me 6 hours to complete my unit.

It was well worth it!

The unit, you'll see in photos, was heavy in weight.  And is considered the natural straight Brazilian hair. To get the slight waves, I simply co-washed them in.lukewarm water and rinsed them in cold water, then air dried them.

I then applied/sewed 8 clips on to my unit, after I cut my side part out.

I do have a bit of leave out to create the look of natural hair, hey it works :-)
I have been wearing this hair for a month now and it is simply amazing. Thank you Ms. Woods, I can't get enough of it. On my next purchase I will do a more indepth blog about it. November has just been so busy.

I did do a length check before I hid my hair. The length check is the burgandy shirt photo.

The u-part wig is the orange tank shirt collage.

I'll be making one more soon, and that will be my January to February hair.

Happy Healthy Hair Trip
Chelleshock

Life 1.5

Life 1.5

Things that make me happy:

1.       Gadgets. I’m huge on all things techy. Mostly things that I can fit into my purse, which is rather large  now J

2.      Books: I do love a good read these days. And I don’t get to explore as many reads as I’d like to. But I will be doing more

3.      Food: Now I say this even though I’m on a mission to loose weight that I do love to cook. Mostly cooking in the oven is something that I have yet to master.

4.     Parenting: I’m full-time on this one. I will be posting a lot about parenting as I always question myself, “I am I doing what’s right?”

5.      Shoes: I mean that. I have a knack for shoes; ask my friends they have seen some of my shoe collection.

Those are the things that I love to do and enjoy sharing with others. Keep reading and please comment and subscribe.

Life 1.0

I'm gonna introduce a new type of logging entry.

What's gonna be about?

Well, I'm happy you asked. The next 365 is dedicated to finding my happy, resolving some issues and telling the world about it. 

Why tell the world?

I'm telling the world because these things and steps may also help someone else become and learn to be happy. It might help the reader want to be the change in the cycle, to find their own happiness.

I will talk about being out of my comfort zone. I will follow-up with Instagram photos if needed. 

Right now, I just want to be happy and keep my happy :)

October Hair Game Plan...

Hey there hair lovers, I’m back full-time now, I have my laptop back...

I digress, I left off on my last hair trip in Micro-links, yes ya’ll Micro-links.

 I purchased them with my own self’s money a while back and waited till I could get help with the install. They were a wonderful install but a pain to maintain. I suppose all weaves can be a pain to maintain but, I thought that this one would be the best for me to do while I was still in my growth process. While it kept me semi Heat free I did enjoy the easy “bunning”. It was fun to just be able to do a bun without the hassle of a donut/silk covered sock that I really enjoyed them and contemplated doing them again.

There were two issues that I had with the hair that I purchased. One the color I had ordered a 2, which in hair is black brown, when I got the hair it was very auburn and I had to color it. It took the color and matched my color with ease. Number two: The hair was not in my hair texture. It was so smooth and silky that I kind of ignored that it didn't really match my own texture. I have the natural yaki straight texture but I got away with it just a bit on twist outs. I did enjoy taking the links out, it was soooo very easy to take them out. I just gently pressed them the opposite way that I was back to my neck length hair in no time. *le sigh* I will no longer be seeking out the Micro-link hair extensions well for one the cost is very high and I think I will do better with hiding my hair till the winter is over with a nice U-part wig and a closure, or just the wig. 

Here’s what the Micro-links looked like in a braid out.

Now to my sew-in, so I had decided to get my hair in a sew in with an invisible closure. I strongly disliked the closure. STRONG DISLIKE. It seemed cool at first and then I went to shampoo my hair which I didn't like doing either. But I enjoyed my braids my sister in law can braid her some hair. Check out the pattern below. 

I had worn my hair like the above photo for a month now and it’s time to relax but I think I will wait, just to be honest. I did a Growth Aid tonight and my choice GA is Gro-Aut. The stuff works for me I will be 13 weeks post relaxer and it was un-comfortable for a while. When I got it braided it was nice and I of course I didn’t have to mess with my own hair except for days I oiled my scalp in essence I will be hiding my hair until the New Year 2013. I just have to get my hair game back together.

I plan to relax 10/6/2012 which will be my 4th relaxer of the year. WOW! I never noticed that all this hair loving I do.  On that note, since I switched to the ORS brand relaxer, I switched to a No-Base relaxer, what’s a No-Base relaxer you ask? It’s a Lye base relaxer that is more gentle on the hair and does not need to be mixed. It also has a longer shelf life than its yang the “no-lye” relaxer. The No-lye relaxer is a harsher type of relaxer for the hair rather than the scalp. So why did I choose to switch it up in the hair game, well one reason was to gain thicker hair, I’ve always had thin hair from the first kit relaxer my Mom applied to my head till last year. It’s gotten a lot healthier appearance than before I plan on doing a couple of snapshots and posting them later.

My plan for October is to get my hair plan in action, gather all my needs to that I can proceed with the plan. I will be using my half wig this month as a whole wig I will take photos of it once its dry from the co-wash I just gave it. It’s got life again J

Hair plan for November to January:

1.   Purchase Hair (Brazilian Hair in lengths 12, 14 and 16) I’ve been looking for some very reasonable sellers and I think I found one.

2.   Purchase a closure

     I have all the needed items to create the u-part wig of my desire and will be using clips instead of sewing it to my braided hair. That way I can take off the wig and care for my hair and re-braid if I need to. Well I think that is all the Shenanigans I have been up to with my hair for the past two months and I will not stay away so long next time. In fact I will make blogging a habit. I do not Youtube and I love Instagram, catch me there chelle2707 and until next time…

Happy healthy hair trip

Xoxo

Chelleshock32