There are a lot of candies on this list that I had no idea were vegan. Happy to know that all my childhood years of eating candy from the bodega on the way to school – I was at least…
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15 Common Candies You May Not Know Were Vegan
Posted in FEATURED, Food, WELLNESS Tagged with: air heads, jolly rancher, skittles, smarties, vegan candy
How Safe Are Your Beauty & Household Products? Find Out on EWG.Org
Since 2013, I have been utilizing the website (now also a handy app) EWG.Org to find how toxic my everyday products are. Now, why would one want to do that? Well, I am no healthcare professional – but, believe that…
Posted in BEAUTY, BLOG, FEATURED, WELLNESS Tagged with: ewg.com, skin deep, think dirty app, toxic beauty, vashtie, vashtie kola, vashtiedotcom
Wellness: 11 Ways to Support Someone During Mania via IBPF.Org
Whether you like him or not, the recent Twitter events from one of our most beloved artists has left us all feeling a bit enraged, infuriated, ambivalent, concerned or maybe even apathetic. The biggest take-away I’ve had from it all…
Posted in BLOG, Community, FEATURED, WELLNESS Tagged with: 11 Ways to Support Someone During Mania, bipolar disorder, depressive, IBPF.Org, kanye west, manic
3 Ways I Workout at Home – Using a Trampoline, Jump Rope & YouTube!
Being unable to go to the gym threw me way off my game in the beginning of lockdown. I am the kind of person that craves routine and without it, I was a bit lost. It took me about 4…
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5 Immune Boosting Foods & Supplements I Take Daily
I hope you are all well and staying safe. Now, I am no doctor… but my holistic/vegan lifestyle has put me on to natural ways to stay healthy and build up my immune system. I will say that some of…
Posted in BLOG, FEATURED, WELLNESS Tagged with: cayenne, covid-19, garlic, healthy, immune boosting, immune building, lemon, oil of oregano, protect against coronavirus, zinc
RECIPE: Immune Boosting Tumeric-Ginger Shot To Help Fight Viruses Off
Okay, so as we know – food and shelter are very important and more than ever now! But, also…nourishing ourselves with the right foods has proven to be very beneficial. If you can find these ingredients (and they work in…
Posted in BLOG, WELLNESS Tagged with: fight virus, garlic, ginger, healing powers, immune boosting shots, medical medium, orange, turmeric, va$htie, vashtie
Everything I Eat in a Day (Quarantine Edition)
As requested via Instagram, I have recorded everything I eat in a day. I’m not sure what my eating habits will look like to y’all – but, here goes. Keep in mind this has been my current, “sort-of”, meal plan…but…
RECIPE: Sweet Potato Slices with Homemade Hummus & Bean Salad
Okay, so a lot of you asked for this recipe and here it goes! But in the meantime, I need a better name for it. Comment below your votes! Winner gets a shoutout on my Stories! This is vegan,…
Posted in BLOG, FEATURED, Food, WELLNESS Tagged with: affordable, cheap, gluten free, healthy, holistic, Home meals, soy free, va$htie, vashtie, vegan
RECIPE: Butternut Squash Spaghetti with Garlicy Marinara & Soy Chorizo with Peppers
Okay. As I have established on my social media, I don’t care for cooking – however, I am good at it. It just doesn’t bring me joy. I don’t even like cooking shows or hearing people talk about what they…
Posted in BLOG, FEATURED, Food, WELLNESS Tagged with: butternut squash spaghetti, easy, garlic, healthy, low calorie, spicy marinara, vegan dinner
#GroceryGrooming: 5 Ways to Stay Beautified with Everyday Kitchen Items
These days are challenging for everyone. Not only are we worried about our health, wealth, work, families, friends and future – but, a lot of us are facing frustration that our beauty and grooming appointments have been put on indefinite…
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My 3 Favorite YouTube Workouts For At-Home Fitness
Some of you may know, pre-Coronavirus – I was a gym rat. It was never that I loved working out, but rather I enjoyed the benefits. Anyways, now that we are facing a pandemic and gyms are shut down, it’s…
Posted in FEATURED, WELLNESS Tagged with: Coronavirus, fitness, fitness blender, home workout, shape, top youtube workouts, va$htie, vashtie
Stop Playing Yourself & Start Meditating Now!
Many of the most famous and successful people meditate daily. It’s free, it’s easy, you can do it almost anywhere and the benefits are astounding. So…why aren’t you doing it yet? I’ve been meditating every morning for 4 years now…
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Why I Drink Lemon Water On An Empty Stomach Every Morning
If you follow me on the gram, you might have seen my morning stories where I share that I drink 32 ounces of room temperature lemon water on an empty stomach every morning. This habit of mine has become so…
Posted in BLOG, FEATURED, Vashtie, WELLNESS Tagged with: benefits, benefits of using lemon water, holistic, how to make lemon water, Lemon Water, lemon water tips, vashtie, wellness
5 Reasons to Try #DryJanuary
Post holiday season celebrations, you may find yourself feeling in need of a detox. If you’re anything like me, then you’ve been over-eating and over-drinking since Thanksgiving. But…’twas the holiday season! Now…it’s January 1st. Are you ready to dry #DryJanuary?!…
DOIN’ IT WELL: 4 Reasons For Sober October! (This Monday October 1st)
I hate to mention this, but October is around the corner…I know, where did the year go?! Around this time, I like to detox. Especially since I usually spend the summer hydrating with rosé and sip Champagne all September long…
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#VASHTIEVITALS: IS CELERY JUICE A MAGIC MEDICINAL CURE-ALL? I’M ABOUT TO SEE!
So, as I have been on my wellness and holistic journey since the age of 12 – I like to share all the gems of wisdom I am learning along the way. I recently started following the work and teachings…
Fitted Legitted: Vashtie’s Evolving Excursion in Exercise
So, some of you may know I am a wellness lover and that I dabble in fitness – but I wanted to explain my fitness life, because although I’m committed to it with my #HoodRatGymRat posts…I am actually not in…
#VASHTIEVITALS: Watch Vashtie Get a Colonic Treatment
Warning: This Vashtie TV episode might be highly anticipated and simultaneously highly unanticipated. This latest episode explores the world of Gravity Hydro-Colon Therapy, a procedure I started about five years ago. In the beginning, I went maybe a couple times…
DOIN’ IT WELL: Food Combining for Weight-Loss, Boosting Metabolism & Reducing Bloat
So, during one of my famous colonics (that I like to share on Snapchat) – my therapist, Jill Wais, told me she followed a “Food Combining Diet”. I was so very intrigued that I had to do my research and apparently…
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DOIN’ IT WELL: Vashtie’s Sober October Challenge
I’m going SOBER for the month of OCTOBER! Who wants to join me?! It’s Easy! Just look at the 3 easy steps! 1. COMMIT TO NO ALCOHOL FROM OCTOBER 1st-31st 2. FIND A HOMIE TO JOIN FOR SUPPORT 3. BODY THIS CHALLENGE!…
DOIN’ IT WELL: Teeth Whiteners, Detox Teas & Waist Trainers Without Selling Your Soul!
Okay okay, the title is a bit dramatic – but, those endorsements for Teeth Whiteners, Detox Teas and Waist Trainers being pushed on us by hot Instagram girls feels a bit empty. Like, how do we know you REALLY use…
Posted in BLOG, WELLNESS Tagged with: colonics, detox tea, green juice, healthy, natural remedies, smooth move, teeth whiteners, traditional medicinals, turmeric, vashtie, waist trainers
DOIN’ IT WELL: Sober Summer Sixteen
High School Vashtie at Dunkin’ Donuts getting a Coffee Coolatta or some ish So, the truth about me is that I never drank in high school or even at art school. There was no particular reason, I was just…
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DOIN’ IT WELL: Best Natural Deodorant That Won’t Make You Funky
I have been wearing natural deodorants of all kinds over the years, ultimately cursing the ones closest to me with funky pits. The products always start off hopeful but then end tragically before the end of the day. From Tom’s of Maine…
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BEAUTY: Vashtie Discusses Holistic Beauty & Wellness for The Coveteur
VASHTIE ON VEGANISM, MEDITATING LIKE OPRAH & HATING WORKOUTS SHE GREW UP ON CHEETOS AND CHERRY COKE. IF SHE CAN DO IT, YOU CAN TOO. BY: Meagan Wilson (Full Interview via TheCoveteur.Com) Hands down the most addictive part of Snapchat?…
