I adore most citrus fruit (and love the citrus-inspired spa treatments going on right now til the end of February over at the Stillwater Spa — I wrote about it over at Vitamin Daily). Anyhow, I have a new obsession: the sweetie.
Sweeties are a hybrid of grapefruit and pomelos. They’re about the size of a grapefruit but with a pale green peel, and juicy like them, too. But they have the sweetness of pomelos (so I’ve been told; I’m not super familiar with pomelos). Grown in Israel, sweeties have a high sugar content and low acidity. In half a sweetie, there are 100 calories, 22 grams of carbs, 11 grams of sugar, to share just a few of the nutrition facts on this fruit.
Eat them how you would a grapefruit (they’ve replaced my half grapefruit habit in the a.m.), put them in a smoothie or juice them, and how about adding that juice to a margarita (hello!).
Where to find them? Well, you can find this Jaffa product at Costco ($5.98 for a 5-lb bag).
(More importantly, who’s going to be my sweetie dealer, non-Costco member over here and I’ve run out of my stash!)
February 9, 2015
These dreary grey skies–I just find it a big ol’ downer.
So I’ve been desperately seeking little pick-me-ups (other than Krispy Kremes) and thankfully, there’s plenty to had:
If giddiness could be encapsulated in a hair product, for me it’s Kevin Murphy Powder Puff, $26. Let’s detail out its awesomeness:
- The irresistible, crazy cute, round pink container.
- The name–Powder Puff!
- Voluminous hair = one happy Health & Swellness (you may have noticed I’m a little obsessed with adding volume to my fine hair, having recently posted about another volume-boosting powder not long ago)
- But perhaps best of all? Open the container and check out how the powder is dispensed:
Love!
(btw, its volumizing power comes not from potato starch but rather from “a sphere of powder is called Nylon 12; these microscopic spheroids are derived from skin care, designed to make the imperfections less apparent.”)
Next up: OPI Big Hair from its upcoming Texas collection. This juicy pop of colour is an instant mood booster. Some of y’all probably think of it as a summer colour, but I’m donning it on my digits whenever I don’t have a kickass Axxium mani from Tips Nail Bar.
(it also, coincidentally, is named for my other obsession).
And lastly, Hard Candy Visibly Wet Shockingly Glossy Lip Pencil in Precious. It, too, like the Big Hair poish, is a happy orangey shade. And its name makes me giggle because it truly is the glossiest lip pencil with a unique texture (not quite a gloss, not as hard as a pencil but not quite a lipstick consistency either).
But a big reason I love it? The chubby chunkiness of it. It’s a tactile thing, I guess. Oh, and the price is most definitely something to smile about–$6 at Walmart.
Simple pleasures–that’s what’s gonna get me through this winter 
December 30, 2010
