Pumpkin Growing Kit

Summer is almost over and Autumn is just around the corner, so I thought to myself what a good way to welcome Autumn by planning a pumpkin. Right? I was at Target yesterday and I found this great Pumpkin Growing Kit for just $1.

This is my first time ever attempting to grown any sort of crop or flower and I am very excited to see what the outcome will look like. This is what the Kit includes of. 

It comes with 1 Plastic Pot, 1 Growing Medium Pellet, and 1 Seed Packet. 

The instructions are very simple and this is something that you can do alone of that you can do with that kids. 

Here comes the fun part. The first instructions say to dissolve growing medium pellet in 1 Tbsp of water and place into pot, sow seeds and cover with growing medium. 

As you can see the growing medium pellet is small and dried at first but once you add the water to it it expands and with the help of the water it looks like healthy soil. 

It is very important that you water you plant everyday but DON'T OVER WATER it because you will end up killing it. Once you finish planting your little pumpkin seeds place you pot in an area inside of you house that is very sunny. 

If you want to follow the process of my little pumpkin you can follow me on Instagram @notyouraverage.chica 

Hope you have fun! 

September Ipsy Sneak Peek

I am a huge Beauty Box Subscription fan and would love to get every single box out there but unfortunately I can't (sad face) but today I'll be talking to you about Ipsy. Ipsy is a monthly subscription box. It's $10 plus tax and free shipping.

Every month there is a different theme. This months theme is Street Style. At the beginning of the month they start showing sneak peek of the products they will be feauring this month. So here are their sneak peeks. 

Sneak Peek 1 feautes Pacifica nail polish and eye liner

Sneak Peek 2 features Cailyn lip gloss, Maybelline master glaze blush stick, and Hikari lip stick

Sneak Peek 3 features NYX eye shadow, Avon big and daring volume mascara, Sally Hansen miracle gel nail Polish, LeeAnnie Eco 3-in-1 revolution light, Nourish Organic moisturizing cream, Harve Bernard precious gold for her and Harley Prince hello fragrance 

Sneak Peek 4 features Be A Bombshell smooth criminal powder and Crown Brush shadow/crease duet brush 

Sneak Peek 5 Briogeo deep conditions hair mask, Beauty Without Cruelty hand and body lotion, Mitchell and Peach luxury hand cream, and Alterna Haircare cc cream 

Last and not least this months Ipsy Glam Bag 

If you are interested in joining you can you this link http://www.ipsy.com/r/88zj?sid=ipsypoints&cid=general

Struggling with my Weight

All my life I have been struggling with my weight. As far as I can remember I have always been on the heavy side. As a child I was made fun of and it really hurt my self confidence. From a very small age I tried loosing the weight. I remember that when I was 10 years old I tried eating nothing but veggies to help me become skinny and look pretty like all the other girls but I never seemed to stick to a plan. Mostly because I was a kid and like any other kid, we don't like eating out vegetables. My parents weren't much of help either. Everything that they made wasn't really healthy and when we would it out, it would be to fast food restaurants.

As I went into my teenage years, the struggle was still there. It became even harder because once you go into middle and high school everyone seems to judge you. I never had a boyfriend because I always tried to hide my body with large baggy clothes, and since I didn't see myself as a pretty girl I never wore make up or tried to do my hair.

After I turned 18 I really started working out and trying to eat healthy. It worked for a bit, but then I stopped. I always felt that I never had time to do anything since school and work took most of my time. When I turned 19 I meet my current boyfriend. I felt loved and accepted for the first time in my life. After a year that we started going out, I thought that it didn't matter if I lost the weight or not.

What made me changed my mind? I few month ago I weight myself and I couldn't believe what the weight said. In March 2014 I was at 199 lbs. That's the heaviest I had ever been in my entire life. I knew that I had to do something to change that. Every day I would go out for walks, I stopped eating junk food, and whenever I had time I would do 15-30 mins of cardio.



This is my current weight and measurement now.

It won't stop there. Starting Monday September 22nd, I will start doing the Fit Girls Guide 28 Day Challenge. If you want to know how you can get a copy of this e-book you can email me at notyouraveragechica@gmail.com

You can follow my my Instragram account where I will sharing my progress. @notyouraverage.chica