Bootea 14 Day Teatox ¦ Alice Phillips

After months and months of saying that we needed to get our act together and be more healthy, me and one of my best pals Lucy finally decided that we were going to jump on the whole 'new year new me' bandwagon at university this January and sort ourselves out.

Now I for one can say I'm taking the slightly easier route, as unlike her I haven't spontaneously signed myself up for a Tough Mudder (no way would I be fit enough!), but we have both decided to kick start our year by trying the Bootea 14 day Teatox - available here.

Now after reading up on this teatox through various different bloggers, I think it's safe to say there's a mixed bag of reviews, and some have seemed pretty negative about it. However, there are also some fabulous reviews that rave about the benefits of being less bloated and losing weight. In all honesty, i'm a bit nervous - just praying that I react in the latter way!

So, cracking on with the actual teatox now!

The actual packaging in itself is very cute and pretty, with cute little images and lovely happy colours which almost sets you up for a good day already? I think so anyway. 

With the cleanse you get two packets of tea - one daytime detox, which you are supposed to drink in the morning and contains fourteen bags (one for everyday), and then another pack of the bedtime cleanse, with seven teabags (one for every other night).

Now one of the best parts of this is that all of the ingredients for both teas are listed on the back, so you know exactly what you're drinking, and also where the ingredients are from is on the back of each cleanse pack which is very cute too. 

Now the part of this that is worrying me most is the bedtime cleanse, and its' supposed laxative effect 8 hours after ingesting it due to the senna leaves in the teabags. I've tried a teatox before, the Skinny Tea Co's 4 Day Skinny Tea Detox Sample, not really to lose weight but more to cleanse myself, and it was very tasty and light and helped me feel pretty good in myself. However, the liquorice and burdock roots in this bedtime cleanse tend to be quite heady flavours that I hate, so hold tight for my judgement on this pack and its' effects!

The teabags are very sweet to look at, and as you can see from above I tried my first cup this morning (ignore the stained mug - the joys of student living). At first I was unsure of the taste, but after the first few sips you get used to it and it's actually quite enjoyable.

One thing that I forgot to mention is the flexible eating plan that Bootea suggest for optimum results to this teatox, which is something that I will also be trying to stick to (no meat and very little dairy - my two favourite things!). I've already done my healthy shop for the week which turned out to be very very spenny, but I suppose I won't need all of the cupboard stuff again - never hurts to stock up!

I've taken some pretty hideous before pictures of myself to see if this teatox will actually give any physical results to the bloating of my stomach etc, but I feel that these are not really pictures for the internet as some things should stay private! But I'll definitely report back on the progress of these with my teatox review at the end of the fourteen days!

Hope you enjoyed the post, 

Alice x

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