KiraGrace, a new yoga apparel brand, launched today with The Goddess Collection, a line of technical yoga gear designed to celebrate women’s beauty, strength and grace.

Founded by Kira Karmazin, an expert in women’s fashion apparel and a lifelong yoga student, KiraGrace was designed to inspire women moving through life’s journeys. Karmazin has spent her entire career in women’s fashion apparel and was the force behind many successful product lines at Lucy Activewear, Victoria’s Secret and Gap. Her passion for yoga and love of fashion led her to create her own line of performance activewear: The KiraGrace Goddess Yoga Collection.

“The Goddess Collection was designed to inspire women to embrace their own grace and feminine strength,” said Karmazin. “It is a highly technical, performance yoga collection that is elegant, body conscious, sexy and sophisticated.”

The KiraGrace Goddess Yoga Collection combines beauty, strength and wisdom. It features nine unique pieces intended to enhance individual goddess shapes. The collection offers three distinct fits: the Diana fit (athletic), the Victoria fit (natural) and the Venus fit (curvy). Whether you are the athletic warrior Diana or the voluptuous Venus, the Goddess Collection has a style for you.

Availability
The Goddess Collection is available online starting today at kiragrace.com. For more information visit kiragrace.com or facebook.com/KiraGraceyoga.

The New Year is here and people everywhere have decided to make a change in their lives.

My resolutions for the New Year went something like this….

1. Work on my posture
2. Always wash face before bed + take better care of skin
3. Lose weight
4. Get healthy! (I’m a vegan, but lately I’ve been a junkfoodvegan and I need to get back on track)

I have to work on the first two on my own, but it was like Tropicana read my mind about the last two because luckily I was contacted by them recently and asked if I would be interested in trying their new Trop50 juice beverage.

I was a bit hesitant at first once I learned it was “lower in sugar and calories” because as a health nut I’m not a fan of artificial sweeteners.

A quick google search made me incredibly happy though because the products are made with Pure Via Stevia instead of artificial sweeteners.

So I wrote back Yes, I’d love to try your beverage.

The product I chose was Trop50 Orange Juice Beverage with Some Pulp.

This juice beverage is made with the same Tropicana orange juice you already know and love but with 50% less sugar and calories than the leading 100% orange juice, but most importantly it tastes terrific!

Also each 250mL dose is an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin C and a source of B vitamins to maintain good health.

Tropicana Trop50 has set out to help you stick to your health and fitness resolutions with their new line of Trop50 juice beverages.

So start the New Year off right with Trop50.

If you’d like try Trop50 yourself, visit Trop50 on Facebook to receive a $1 off coupon!!

Best,

Everyone’s busy this time of year and who has time to workout?

You do!

With this 4 minute workout you have no excuse not to workout.

Burns as many calories as a 40-60 minutes run.

Makes your body adapt and improve very quickly.

Increases metabolism for up to the next 36 hrs.

Just do it!

Do you watch the Victoria’s Secret fashion show each year and curse the models for their great genes?

Do you think to yourself everything must come so easy for them?

Answer #1. Did you say, No? Ummmmm..me either.

Answer #2. Did you say, Yes? Thanks for being honest.

It may seem like the Victoria’s Secret Angels were blessed with great bodies, but Adriana Lima recently spilled the beans about what it really takes to look that amazing.

To get ready for the big show Adriana has been working out every day with a personal trainer since August. For the last three weeks, she’s been working out twice a day.

She says:

“It is really intense, it’s not really the amount of time you spend working out, it’s the intensity: I jump rope, I do boxing, I lift weights, but I get bored doing that. If I am not moving I get bored very easily.”

She also sees a nutritionist, who has measured her body’s muscle mass, fat ratio and levels of water retention. He prescribes protein shakes, vitamins and supplements to keep Lima’s energy levels up during this training period. Lima drinks a gallon of water a day. For nine days before the show, she will drink only protein shakes – “no solids”. The concoctions include powdered egg. Two days before the show, she will abstain from the daily gallon of water, and “just drink normally”. Then, 12 hours before the show, she will stop drinking entirely.

“No liquids at all so you dry out, sometimes you can lose up to eight pounds just from that,” she says.

Seems drastic don’t you think?

Next time you see the Victoria’s Secret Angels on TV don’t be jealous of them, instead be happy that you don’t have to do such crazy things to your body.

What do you think of the crazy dieting Adriana goes through before a big show?

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Best,

As most of you gals probably know I’m vegan, but not one of those “preachy” types.

I do however believe that veganism (when done right aka: not a junk food vegan) is very beneficial for your health and even your looks.

So when I heard that several members of the upcoming show, The Playboy Club, were vegan I was very excited.

Recent vegan convert, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, says:

“I feel like a different person. There’s a big difference in my energy level, my skin cleared up, I could not believe the change.”

Fellow bunny, Leah Renee, is also vegan.

I mean how gorgeous are these two women?

And they’re not alone actresses Emily Deschanel, Alicia Silverstone, Olivia Wilde along with plenty of Hollywood’s other top leading ladies are vegan as well.

I believe you are what you eat and what goes into your body will show up on your face/skin, etc.

So if you’re looking to lose weight healthily, get more glowing skin, etc why not give vegetarianism/veganism a try?

And vegan or not eat your fruits and veggies and avoid processed greasy food for more healthy, glowing skin and a healthier you.

Any other veg heads out there?

Any ex veg heads?

I’d love to hear from you.

And please note you should always consult a physician before making changes to your diet as I’m just a lowly little blogger and can only tell you what works for me

Have a great weekend ladies!

Do you ever wonder how Supermodels stay so gorgeous?

What exactly is their secret?

Wonder no longer ,Supermodel, Miranda Kerr has revealed the secret to her gorgeous skin and hair is a daily dose of coconut oil.

The Daily Mail recently reported that Miranda, 28, said:

“I will not go a day without coconut oil. I personally take four tablespoons per day, either on my salads, in my cooking or in my cups of green tea.”

Coconut Oil contains fatty acids which besides being great for hair and skin is also said to help you lose weight.

Have you tried Coconut Oil before?

What were your thoughts?

I have to say it may be worth a shot if I end up looking like Miranda, lol.

I wanted to do a quick post on fitness since I haven’t done one of those in a while.

Here are some of my favorite pinterest images on the subject.

Hope they motivate you to get fit and strong.

Be fit! Be healthy! Be inspired!

Have a great rest of the weekend ladies.

Oh what I wouldn’t do to look like Kim.

How fierce is she on the May cover of Cosmo UK?

Work it girl!

During a recent Ellen interview, Jennifer talks about going from a size 16 to six. To lose the weight, she enlisted the help of Weight Watchers and trainer Harley Pasternak.

I love Harley!! I’ve lost a lot of weight in the past with his 5 Factor Fitness videos. I actually just started doing them again recently in hopes of losing more. If you’ve never tried his workouts you can find out more about them/buy them on Exercise Tv.com.

How fabulous is Miss Jackson on the cover of Health Magazine?

I love it.

You can tell she’s been working out a lot recently, because she looks amazing.

You go girl!