The 3rd Monday in January is the day where it all comes to a sad peak of the post-holiday blues, credit card bills, dark nights and perhaps health concerns from all the rich food.

There is definitely something to this, we think. 

Everyone is excited about the summer.

Autumn is about getting ready for school, hunkering down for winter.

Winter can be beautiful with snow here in P-N-dubs. But, in the lower mainland, the snow quickly becomes an unpalatable mess of mud, salt, slushy snow and rain.  Yuck! 

So, we look forward to the Christmas festivities.  Takes our mind off of the gross weather and on to the pleasantries of baking, shopping, wrapping, eating & partying.  Of course, this year, Ommi forced us to retreat to our safe bubbles. No work parties, no Secret Sanat, no extravagant dinners with a bunch of fab friends…

Reality sets in… hence Blue Monday.

What can I do about it if it’s reality?

We’re not saying you should ignore reality. What we’re saying is that this is a good time to get reacquainted with self-care & joy.

• Connect with loved ones virtually
• Engage in self care
• Get back to healthy eatingTry exercising – especially walks on the brighter weather days
• Take your medications as prescribed (when feeling blue, it’s easy to forge
• Talk to your health professional about the SAD lamp or other ways to copeKeep a regular sleeping schedule
• Enjoy what you have. Be mindful.
• Put your worries in a box for a few hours. Worrying all day will not help solve anything.
• Talk about it or journal
• Think about fun stuff to do. When was the last time you painted? Sledded? Collaged? Read a novel? Took your pups or kids out for a fun walk? Played a video game? Made a snowperson? Made a slideshow of photos? Snuggled your pet or loved one?

This is by no means an exhaustive list. Some of these suggestions might not even float your boat. And that’s okay.  But you’ve got some other ideas in that noggin of yours.  So get to steppin, you beautiful beast.

This list might be overwhelming.  Pick 1 or 2 things that seem interesting and go from there.

What are Nals & Kells doing?

I’m getting back into writing this blog.  Kells is still recoveringfrom Christmas cheer. & we are both doing another session of burly classes this month.

lashes because she uses some new serum called EyEnvy. Nals assured me that this sweet coworker of her swears by it. So when I saw it in the store, I bought it. I was a wee bit shocked by the sticker price, but I thought Nals would never lie to me. Plus, I could try it, then review it for you all!

Funny thing is, I bought it back in November, did some Mascara Mondays and then 4 months ago (after our trip to Seattle), I started to use it. Yup, that’s right, it took me 2 and half months to open the package and start using it.

The instructions were simple, put it on your lash line, once a day for 3 months. After 3 months, do it every second day. Well, that’s easy enough…just gotta remember to put it on. But I did good. Keeping in mind that I want to make sure I do it right, so I can assure all you that I used it every day (with only a couple of times forgetting). I honestly can’t remember my start date. Thinking back, I should have written it down, but I know it was shortly after our trip to Seattle in January. So for argument sake, let’s say mid Jan. And roughly about mid-April, after coming home from Palm Springs, I went to using it every second day (just like the instructions say).

Ok, so do I think it works?

Hells to the yah it does!

And let me tell yah, I’ve had so many people ask me about my lashes. And yes, a couple of people have asked where I get my lash extensions done.

All I gots to say is:

Boom! It’s alllll Natural baby!

I’ll be honest, I was not expecting much. In the past I have tried others. One from Shopper’s Drug Mart (it was so long ago and didn’t work, so I don’t remember what it was called) and the other was Rapid Lash, for about $50, that I picked up at Costco. Also, I didn’t think that it worked.

But this EyEnvy didn’t take long for me to start seeing results. I actually picked it up when I was in Edmonton (of all places) at this Spa, located in a gardening center that was hosting a Christmas market. Yah, I know right? Talk about random. I was shopping with my sister-in-law and saw the 2ml bottle for $85! Yikes! But I said to my S-I-L that this stuff was supposed to be amazing so here goes nothing. Honestly, I should have looked around for a better price but I hadn’t seen it anywhere else so I just bit the bullet.

The serum comes in 2 sizes, 2ml and 3.5ml. I originally bought the 2ml but just picked up the 3.5ml bottle for $99 at Onyx. However, I just saw the smaller bottle at Spa Utopia for $70.

I used to love getting lash extensions, but I found:

1.They were hard to maintain and keep clean

2. My natural lashes started to fall out

3. It got expensive

So yes, the price of EyEnvy seems a bit steep. BUT I can say it worked for me and 2. it’s a whole lot cheaper than extensions and fills.

Do I recommend this product?

You better believe I do!

And if you are wondering, EyEnvy did not pay me to say that! But I mean if they would like to, I’m all for it. Will they? Highly unlikely, they’ve already made money off me!

Also, for the before and after pics I have here: you may recognize the before picture because it was from one of the Mascara Mondays titled the Ultimate Boom! So, just to be fair, I used that same mascara to shoot the EyEnvy results. I also tried to do my makeup the same, that way no one can say it was the makeup or mascara that changed it. Unfortunately, my photography skills aren’t on par…so the angles aren’t prefect.

But please trust me here, the stuff works. It does what it says it’s going to do. So if you can add it to your morning routine, you probably won’t regret it. Just try it. Oh and if you do, let us know what you think.

Want us to review something? Let us know by sending an email to nalsandkells@gmail.com