#1 beauty secret
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 8:41AM let me first say that i in no way set out to discover a beauty secret and i never intended for my use of this product to garner beauty results.
i used it soley as a digestive aid and to rid my body of gunk.
but let me tell you...
after about 3 months of solid daily use my skin changed.
no more zits.
straight up noticeable glow..
mike is the one who mentioned it to me.
saying..and i quote..
"wow..you look 10 years younger..i don't see one wrinkle and your skin is so clear it's glowing."
not just on my face, my body too.
i used to have bumpy skin on my right upper arm.
gone.
cellulite?
where?
gone too.
(ok, don't hate me bc i never had much to begin with but i did have some on the upper arm area and my thighs if you squeezed hard)
but that's gone too.
my hair is also shinier and more supple.
and i've lost weight.
now, the verdict is still out about this being the cause of the weight loss..
simply bc i am still trying to get to the bottom of my health issues not being the cause of that.
but all literature on this product states that people have lost weight while using it.
so it's not a totally crazy notion.
what am i talking about??
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, YO!!
look at all the charms it recieved....
i drink 1 to 2 glasses of water a day that i have added up to 2 tbsp. of bragg's raw unfiltered organic apple cider vinegar.
usually it's just 1 glass.
but i have had 2 depending on how my tummy is doing.
and i may have even had 3 in the past when i was really suffering with tummy troubles.
some of you might complain about the taste.
in my opinion it tastes kind of good... in a vinegary way.
in other words if you think vinegar in general is nasty...
then i suggest you make friends with your cellulite and zitty old lady skin.
some people put a little honey in with their water and vinegar.
if this makes it taste better to you then go for it.
the truth is it DOES taste strong at first.
but you get used to it and actually kind of crave it after a while.
i did.
do.
still there are apple cider vinegar pills.
i have no experience with them so i can't say that they do the same thing.
but it's worth a shot if you just can't stomach the vinegar.
i think the key to it anyway is the FREQUENCY.
as in every single day.
1 to 2 glasses a day.
religiously.
i mean 1 glass a week or "when you remember" prob won't do the trick.
and it took around 2 months to see results.
the weight loss got a jump start with that stomach virus back in november.
but it hasn't come back and i've actually lost an additional 3 lbs since then.
again, not sure if the weight loss isn't due to something else.
wow.
this post is long.
so..
to sum up..
apple cider vinegar = j lo skin.
now..
i wanted to ask you all how you felt about something that i THINK i might want to do.
as you may remember this monday is my biopsy.
i was thinking about documenting it.
as in videotaping it for you all to see.
no, i will not show you my beaver.
just the professional side of things.
is this a good idea or am i high on vinegar?
thoughts?
beauty secrets in discussions 
Reader Comments (57)
Thanks for the ACV tip. It also does magical things externally for fungus, warts, etc. Not that anyone here needs this info, but say your H comes home after working in wet boots daily for a week and his feet are stinky? Throw those puppies in a tub of vinegar and water with a bit of hydrogen peroxide. Problem solved.
As for your documentary... I think it is a great idea. Whenever I am going to have some kind of medical testing, I google the shit out of it and sometimes it eases my mind, and sometimes it scares me more. But only if I am going to be conscious for the procedure. I say go for it. Chances are it will be so informative for someone going through the same things you are. Sending you healthy vibes for Monday!
Thanks for the tip on the vinegar I just may have to try this, my skin has been breaking out (adult acne????) I love that you are also so open to sharing, I think that is amazing! I hope that everything goes well for you on Monday!
1. Apple Cider Vinegar CURES everything. It helped with my allergies too. When the world comes to an end this is the shit you want to stockpile, not batteries and food. Plus it's a natural cleaner for your house. I even give it to my dog who has terrible allergies and another friend's dog takes it for arthritis. Shit works. will have to try adding honey to it. 2. Video of your inner parts?DO IT!
Yes, do it. You're a natural born story teller, and this is part of your story.
Apple cider vinegar? You sold me. Gonna try it. Oh, BTW, my mother has used it and swears by it, but I won't tell her.....can't let her know she was right! (vision of Rosamond and the DC).
Yip - I'm up for the docudrama too! There is so much stuff we don't know about our own bodies and the more we can do and info we can get from people we trust (and not google which is scary for medical stuff) then the better, that's what I think.
Just maybe also throw in a picture of one of your awesome images of pretty rooms. Or a Dowager voiceover.
It was only a couple of days ago I read two blogs where girls in their 20s had discovered melanomas after having their skin checked out because one of the blogs they read told them too. We are our own tribe, we literally got each other's backs...and now all up inside lady bits too.
Good luck on Monday. Sending positive vibes, gold stars and pink hearts over the waves.
And off to find me some Apple Cider Vinegar.
Oh - last thing - do you know that a tablespoon of vinegar, straight up, stops hiccups? Guaranteed shock to the diaphragm and never fails.
/cx
I'll try anything to get rid of the zits that pop up in the creases of my wrinkles....k
I'm an ACV drinker as well! I'm 35 and look 33 or 34. Great for the skin!
my mom got me on apple cider vin years ago, and it is srsly amazing. i mix mine with honey! i have to be careful not to drink it at night because then i get a lot of energy and want to clean my house at 2 am. i actually went to buy some new makeup yesterday and like ten ppl were like "zomg what skincare do you use"....it's good shit!
on the video....personally, i am horrified/terrified/scared of doctors and i think that video taping it might actually quell my nerves and help me lose the intense focus on how much i hate doctors etc. etc. soooo, i think it might actually help? either way, i hope monday goes super incredible and am sending you super positive vibes!
Well, I kind of like the idea of documenting it. And I'll ne tryimg the apple cider vinegar. I need all the help I can get.
where do you get the ACV? I need that shit. I don't have acne, but I have the pastiest damn shit-ass ugly skin ever. And the bumps on the backs of my arms. And tummy troubles. And cellulite. And fatty parts.
Not sure I can drink it, but I may need to try the pills.
Not sure how vinegar pills can have The Mother. That's where the magic is.
Good luck on Monday. I think a documentation would be a good thing, if you are up to it!
First off, good luck on Monday. Second, thanks for the tip on the ACV. I've always had bad skin and thats something I could actually do, hopefully it works for boys too.
I had my oopherectomy documented, it is pretty facinating. Go for it!!!
Don't have to tell me twice - I'm buying some Braggs after work. Also I would totes watch a biopsy video.
I'm definitely going to try the ACV - thanks for telling about it. Maybe video the event, but then use stills to do a review - a la your Downton Abbey coverage? But mostly I say see how you feel about it on Monday. On Monday, taking care of yourself and doing what you can to put yourself at ease is way more important that giving us a video blow-by-blow. I'll be sending you energy and love through the ether...
THANK YOU for the ACV tip, I am definitely going to try it. I am 42 and I still get zits and it frustrates me to no end.
Also I vote yes on the medical documentary, I would find it fascinating.
And one more thing I keep meaning to say - I adore your Downton recaps. I don't even watch the show, but I adore the shit out of your recaps!
I have done ACV on and off. Need to be more consistent. Did help with a sore I had. Good luck on Monday. Hoping all is well!
You are too funny... I had a feeling as I was scrolling you were gonna say vinegar! Such weird timing bc I had my first glass of it this morning but also with cayenne and cinnamon. It was GOOD! and I can see after only drinking it once how u can lose weight - it's like the acid in my tummy now makes me not wanna eat anything.... I need to get the organic Braggs though... Thanks for sharing! - Boo
I love an old time folk remedy, and I love to hear that this is working wonders for you. I read about taking daily doses of apple cider vinegar in Oprah magazine a while back and bought a bottle, but was very irregular about drinking it. The Oprah advice was to drink it straight, which was delicious (to me) but very intense. I'd like to have glowing J-Lo skin, so dluting a couple of tbs in my water should be easy to do--I'm drinking the water anyway. I'll raise my glass to you when I do. "Cellulite-free bottoms up!"
I know you already dislike Mondays, so good luck in particular with this one. And enjoy the Oscars on Sunday!
jbhat
I KNEW you were going to say ACV! Well, I didn't KNOW it, but I was not in the least bit surprised. I tried it once. Years ago. Couldn't do it. But I can drink pickle juice like a mo fo, so maybe in the interest of wanting a respectable bikini bod and flesh, I will give it another go.
As for your documentation idea - only you could make a biopsy video worth watching. Katie Couric, STHU.
I have heard this. I actually tried it when a friend told me all the same things you just said, and it wasn't bad at all. Not sure why I didn't continue...hmmm thanks for sharing! Good luck with everything.
Hi Jenny! I've been reading your blog for a while now but i think this is the first time leaving a comment. My husband suffers from chronic heart burn, like really REALLY bad, and his home remedy is a swig of apple cider vinegar straight out of the bottle. He swears by it. I've tried it a few times and it is quite the punch in the face to drink that shit straight up! I'm gonna implement this new trick at our house this weekend, so thanks for the tip! Also, interested to try the raw, unfiltered version... Thanks again for the info!
you know, i thought your skin looked amazing in your videos that you posted in the downtown recap! i'm inspired to try the ACV thing again and be more consistent with it. i found a brand that is very mild that i prefer to bragg's called dynamic health 'organic apple cider vinegar with the "mother" ' tasty and cheap from vitacost.com. it's so good i could almost drink it straight.
Only if Show us your beaver.
I have an older friend from Hawaii who started taking vinegar and she said it has cured pretty much everything that was ailing her -- aches and pains -- everything! Gonna try! I'm worried it might upset my vaginey b/c things too acidic tend to do that but if I never try I'll never know right????
You should totally document your procedure. I want to know! I love your health tips, that's one of the things that got me into your blog initially :)