30 day money cleanse

We all start January off feeling full of hope and optimism and with many New Years resolutions, but a week into the year and many of those resolutions will have been broken. This is why this year I am taking part in Personal Capital's 30 day money cleanse. With these small changes I hope to take charge of my finances! It is so easy just to spend all your wages in one go, especially after the early pay day in December with so much extra money it is very hard to be restrained.

Cleanses are a great way to hit the reset button on certain areas of your life. They help you break your bad habits and flush money toxins and set you up with a powerful plan for the future. A money cleanse is no different than any time of food or juice cleanse. With the simple 30 day plan from Personal Capital it is easy to get started.

These are a few simple tips I am using to get started!

Oooh a Malia

Last month I visited the beautiful Greek island Crete. I stayed in the small town of Stalis which although small had plenty of restaurants and bars to explore. Stalis is close to the well known town of Malia, typically full of British teenagers on their first holiday away from their parents. Malia has built up a reputation of being a "trashy" and "tacky" resort my experience was rather different. "The strip" was not intimidating and full of restaurants and bars to relax in. The clubs did not open until 2am so if you want some of at atmosphere but want to avoid the party scene I would recommend going out earlier. With two cocktails for 7euros it is very cheap! Just before the strip we discovered Drossia..this is the best restaurant in the area, we liked it so much we ate there two nights! All the food was local and freshly prepared it was by far one of the best restaurants I have been to. We also found a beautiful local bakery at the end of the strip which has so many delicious looking cakes and baklava (traditional Greek desert) they were a little pricer than the supermarkets but well worth it.

Sundaze

Wilko recently opened in Cambridge so of course I had to go and check it out. I had a Wilko near me when I was at University and it was my favourite place to go and pick up a bargain. I have just started to decorate my room as it has been a few years and it did need refreshing, so my main reason for going to Wilko was to look for curtains and also decorations. I found the perfect pair of curtains, however sadly they were not in stock so I will be searching online for them. 

After browsing around the home section and not having much luck, I made my way to the beauty department. They have a good range of beauty products and the best part it that it is all so cheap! I will be going back to stock up on holiday essentials before my trip to Crete next month. Whilst looking for nail varnish remover I came across these exfoliating mitt. I have used them before and the results I got were fairly decent so I decided for 95p it was worth a go. 

Smooth as silk

You have to rub quite vigorously in circles five times in each area for the hair to be removed. It produces a white powder which is just dead skin and hair, this can just be brushed away when you are finished. The hair removal was ok, it did work on finer hairs and left parts of my legs feeling very smooth. Although I didn't quite get the hair removal results I wanted it was definitely worth it just for the exfoliating part. It did get rid of a lot of my dead skin and my legs feel a lot smoother. I will give it another go just before my holiday so I can get beach ready. Now I just need to wax away the rest of the hair with my new at home waxing kit.

"In action"

Once my room redecoration is finally complete I will post some pictures up!

*Update: After trying the mitt again it did leave my legs hair free and really smooth! However a week after using them my skin has gone really dry and sore. I would recommend not to use these on a regular basis and not if you have sensitive skin.*