Health & Beauty - The Mom Diaries, Navigating Through Motherhood

How Do You Know When Your Marriage Is In Trouble?

I've been thinking a lot about marriage and relationships lately. Specifically, the factors that can make or break one. You know, circumstances that lead up to that point in a relationship where nothing seems salvageable. I look around me every day and I see so many...

My Journey To Running My First Two Oceans Half Marathon

I'm not a "naturally" fit person. What I mean by that is, I don't have this natural stamina that some people are simply born with. I think it's this kind of organic fitness that sets athletes and sportsman apart. Sure, for these athletes it's years and years of...

Self-Acceptance & Beauty Enhancement Treatments Can Co-Exist

Listen girls, I know we should all be about embracing what the good Lord gave us and truth is, for the most part, I have learned to do just that. I've stopped comparing myself to others and have learnt to accept me for me. And there's freedom in that. There really is....

Prenatal & Postnatal Care With PregOmega Plus + WIN

It's taken me three pregnancies to fully appreciate the importance of prenatal and postnatal care. Three long and somewhat gruelling pregnancies to remind me how much our bodies rely on healthy choices and ensuring we take a good vitamin supplement, especially during...

EASY Meal Times For Toddlers And Babies + WIN a Squish Hamper!

Children are tricky little critters. The infamous line from Forrest Gump "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" couldn't be more fitting to children really. Children are like a box of chocolates, you never know what heck you're gonna...

Freaking Out About Running Two Ocean’s!

Guys I went into the Two Oceans Marathon training GUNS BLAZING!! I went in strong thinking I could do it. That with the right amount of commitment and dedication, I could possibly run my fist ever half marathon. But, I feel like I've hit a wall. I feel like I don't...

WIN a Month’s Supply of NEW Clicks Made 4 Baby DryProtect Nappies!

Guys I don't know about you, but what's the the one item on your shopping list that you hate spending your hard earned money on the most? That one thing that's usually at the very top of the list that you cannot live without, but can sometimes feel your throat tighten...

Loving Your Skin With Avon Care + WIN R10000 CASH! #LoveAvonCare

I have so enjoyed sharing my first hand experience using the Aloe and Cucumber collection from the Avon Care range. I have also been pleasantly surprised to see how many of you have actually been using Avon skincare products for years! It goes to show that they really...

Return Of The Motherhood Virus

As a mom to three kids, I've come to accept that it's quite normal for us to go through the occasional dip on this motherhood journey. Phases of feeling especially tired and not being able to keep afloat with even the ordinary and mundane tasks that are required of...

Want Better Skin? *WIN Environ’s NEW Focus Care Range Worth R2400!

How does that age old saying go? You don't know what you've got until it's gone. Yup that's the one. That's kinda how I feel about my skin at the moment. I know I don't have bad skin, but truth is I used to have great skin. The sad part was that I didn't do anything...

Beach Body Confidence This Summer | Choose Me

There are many things I have had to accept as a mom to three little people. The fact that nothing will ever truly be my own, that sleepless nights are a reality for the forceable future and that no matter which way I look at it my life is going to resemble something...

How To Get Your Kids To Look After Their Teeth

Having a bigger age-gap between the boys and Hunter has been great on so many levels. With a four year gap between Brody and her, it’s meant we have all been able to really enjoy her and make the most of all those special first year milestones. I have loved that even...

My Lash Lift From Queen Bee PLUS How You Can Win A Treatment!

All you ladies out there with short eyelashes will know my pain. The struggle is real! Luckily beauty has come a long way in recent years and we aren't left relying solely on eyelash curlers and thick layers of lengthening mascara in our quest for beautiful lashes. I...

My Hubs Got The Snip | Everything You Need To Know About a Vasectomy

Today my husband went for the snip. Yup, the good old vasectomy my friends. Is it weird that I'm writing this and telling the whole world that our days of baby making are behind us? For some it very well may be a case of TMI, but I guess as a blogger I've become...

*WIN A Massage for You And Your #Secretsister

One of the hardest things to accept in life is that we cannot always escape the difficult things it throws at us. We can't always abscond from the heartaches, the losses, the traumas. Life isn't consistently peachy and sometimes we walk the tight rope with...

Looking After Cuts and Scrapes Is As Easy As ONE, TWO, THREE!

There’s a wise old saying that says “boys will be boys” and as mom to two of them, I couldn't agree more! Life with my two little guys is fast-paced and daring and they are constantly chasing the next adventure. (And their little sister isn't too far behind them!)...

What We Love About The Baby Bullet + WIN One Worth R1599!

Guys my baby is ONE! Yup not so much a tiny baby anymore is she? Having a four year gap between her and the boys, has meant I've really been able to appreciate and relish each stage of her development. All the firsts, the learning to do things on her own and the...

What Weekends Are For

Weekends, are like gold to us. Of course, they have changed dramatically since we have become parents, but we are fiercely protective over them in the sense that we really try make the most of our time together. Two weekends ago we had a really crappy weekend. For...

My Adventure Boot Camp Update And Progress Report

So it's been almost four weeks since I started Adventure Bootcamp South Africa. Flip time is going by so quickly, it feels like just the other day that I joined a class for the first time! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf712avBKWF/?taken-by=leighgeary I have...

Thank You To The One I Call Mom

There's no denying that a large part of me wanting a girl was to for all the girly experiences it would offer me. And so far, it hasn't disappointed. I get to dress her up and put pretty head bands in her hair and just generally explore things I didn't get to explore...