Hello my loves! Today I will be bringing to you a review on something that I've been pretty obsessed over lately. Which is.. Tiny Teatox! I'm sure by now, most of you have heard about it. I was in fact sent this by them to collaborate, however my opinions are always 100% honest and I'm not getting paid to say nice things about them or anything like that. After having tried this, I have fallen in love with it and it's definitely a product that I would try again so I thought I would let you know more about it in an in depth review!
Before I start, I should probably let you know about my health journey and what my body is like. This post might be really long so I completely understand if you want to skip this part!
Personally, I'm reasonably open when it comes to talking about my weight and things like that but it does get to be quite a touchy subject so it's quite hard for me to put it into appropriate words but I will try my best. From what I can remember and what I've seen in baby photos, I was quite a chubby infant and toddler but when I got to the age of about 10. I was very skinny and I used to get teased about the fact that my body was so skinny but my head looked really big so everything was very much out of proportion. As I started to go through puberty and develop curves, I started to believe that I was gaining a lot of weight which at the time I wasn't. At this time I also grew much taller extremely quick, I went from being the shortest girl in class to the second tallest in about 9 months which is absolutely insane. I started to eat really irregularly in order to lose weight but it did the exact opposite, caused me to binge eat at night and I'm pretty sure I gained even more weight than that.
This created a vicious cycle and I eventually "fell ill" with a minor case of anorexia / bulimia. At this point I was about 14 years old and I never really told anyone about it. I was very insecure, and I hated my body so much. (Although looking back, I was so much smaller than I am now) All my best friends suspected it and so did my family but I continued to deny it but eventually admitted to one of my best friends that I was puking out my food after eating because I didn't want to "get fat" which she then told me was called bulimia. I'm actually extremely comfortable speaking about this matter because I was 100% healed and set free of these things when I realised my true identity in Christ and learned to love myself by the time I hit about Year 10. If you want to know more about my "eating disorders", I could a separate post about it however it's probably not necessary.
After all of those events, I have managed to maintain quite an average weight. I'm neither skinny nor am I fat. There are obviously areas of my body that I would like to improve but not necessarily change. As for how easily I lose weight, my weight fluctuates extremely fast. Therefore it's actually really easy for me to lose weight which also means that I am able to gain weight very quickly too. I hardly ever check the scale anymore but I do measure my waistline once in a while and write it down in a little book just to keep track of how it's all going.
As for my diet, I maintain a reasonably healthy diet on a day to day basis but I do have the occasional pig out session here and there, I'm definitely not perfect! As for exercise, I used to absolutely hate exercising until I joined a gym about a year ago and as of lately I try to go about 4-5 times a week. My body at this moment in time is nearly as close as to where I want it to be. I have always had a reasonably flat stomach but no muscle and an extremely weak upper body. However lately I have been focusing on building much more muscle in my core and arms.
The reason why I started doing the Tiny Teatox is because it seemed really fun to try, I saw it all over Instagram and I figured that it was completely harmless since it was 100% and it was one of the detox teas which didn't have laxatives which I thought was a great way to start off even though I have heard really good things about teas with laxatives in them. As for the time period that I did the teatox in, I started the 14 Day Teatox about a week before holidays ended, this is because I was eating out a lot and I also went on a camp and I wasn't going to the gym very much therefore I lost a lot of muscle very quickly.
Packaging + How to Use the Tea
I think that the tea is packaged so nicely and I love the way that they've made the box brown and pink, I thin it makes the whole experience all the more appealing and enjoyable and it actually became something that I looked forward to doing every single day. Your Tea also has many other teas which is amazing, definitely go check out their website because their other stuff looks awesome. They even have a Man Tea!
The process of drinking the tea is really quite simple, you simply put one of the teabags in a cup of hot water and leave it there for about 5 minutes to brew, you can either drink it 30 minutes before you have a meal or 30 minutes after and you do do this 3 times a day which is nice and simple. Personally, for the first few days I would drink it 30 minutes before my meals but from about Day 6 onwards I drank it 30 minutes after. I'm not sure if that plays a factor in anything but it's just how I did it personally and what I liked the best.
What does it taste like? + Does it fulfil it's claims? + Warnings
As for the taste of the tea, I actually ended up really loving it! It's definitely a taste that you have to get used to but I really looked forward to drinking it every single day. I'm personally not the biggest fan of tea but the taste of this really appealed to me for some reason. I'm not quite sure how to explain it but it's quite a nice subtle earthy herb taste. It's definitely not bitter or sweet though. You can probably sweeten it up with some honey or stevia if you would like but I think it tastes great on it's own.
Tiny Tea claims to reduce bloating, indigestion, problematic skin, cellulite, increase energy and reduction of excess weight.
So does it do all those things? I would say that as for bloating, indigestion and reduction in excess weight. YES. I saw a significant change in the way that I felt after I drank this, it completely took away that gross bloated feeling when I drank this after having a meal. One of the biggest differences that I actually noticed was in my skin! As for cellulite and an increase in energy I'm not 100% sure but only because I didn't keep track of it.
I have to warn you, I did break out in the first few days and kind of freaked out. But I looked up some reviews and realised that it was my skin's way of reacting to it, getting used to it and then getting rid of all the bad stuff that was built up underneath my skin. I really wish that I took a photo but my skin improved drastically after drinking this which is awesome! Also, this will make you want to pee more often which is actually a really good thing because you know your body is getting rid of all that bad stuff that it doesn't need and it helps you increase your water intake which is awesome.
I also have to warn you that you will NOT lose weight if you simply just drink the tea without having a balanced diet and getting some exercise in there. By no means are you to starve yourself or don't feel the need to join the gym. But start small by getting some veggies in you, going for a walk or completing a blogilates video! Just don't start the teatox thinking that it's going to make you lose weight instantly because you will be very disappointed.
Should you buy it & where? + Price
So bottom line, would I recommend it, should you buy it? In my opinion, I think if you're looking to do a natural and effective detox. YES. However, please do remember all our bodies are different and this is just my personal experience. But I don't think there is any harm in trying it out due to the fact that its all natural.
You can purchase this teatox from
HERE. And also check out
Your Tea's website because they have some really awesome stuff.
I believe that the 14 day teatox retails for AU$35.00 and there's also shipping on top of that. It is quite pricey for a tea but I would definitely repurchase it due to the fact that it gave me some really good results especially with my skin. I don't recommend that you do this teatox over and over again, do wait for a while before you start another cycle so that your body doesn't get too used to it.
DAY 1 || DAY 14
So here are my results! As you can see in the first photo, which I actually took right when I came back from a camp. I hadn't been working out for about a week or so and I was eating some really crappy food that wasn't too great for my body and I was really bloated. This was only within TWO WEEKS which is pretty crazy in my opinion. I know it's not that much of a difference but it certainly did change something and I'm so happy with it. In the second photo, I managed to get the outline of my abs back which usually wasn't too hard because like I said, I gain and lose weight easily.
I would definitely want to try this for 28 days as they do offer a 28 day teatox and I think it would be really great to see what it does long term and I know a few people were requesting that I did a review on the 28 day one which I might!
Overall, a really great tea and with that said, a really great company too. I would definitely recommend checking them out because they are awesome.
Before I end my post, I want you all to know that you are beautiful just the way you are! Please don't try to lose weight to impress anyone else, if you want to do it; do it for yourself. More importantly, don't starve yourself, food is fuel. Your body needs food to function and by depriving your body of food, it may even slow down your metabolism. I would love to rant on and on about this but this post is getting way too long so I have to end it here.
LOVE YOU ALL,
XX
KARYNENGEE
