Elephants, Rhinos, and Humans too!

8 Nov

Hello !

What do these animals have in common ?

More like what do they have in common that we can

share with them ?

Yes they are Vegan.

Vegan Strong.

We are no different. They may seem like magical beings but so are we.

There are numerous reasons to go Vegan.

These herbivores are unstoppable and

they do not need to eat other animals to survive.

We should want to go Vegan.

Here’s My Top 5 Reasons Why

1.You’ll help conserve natural resources– Reduce your carbon footprint by reducing land and water consumption.

2. You’ll stop partaking in violence and animal cruelty I’m sorry but grass-fed or not, animals are being abused and killed for you. Have you seen the process for yourself ? Learn the truth. Discover. Make decisions that you will feel good about knowing you have done the right thing.

3. You will boost your immune system. – You’ll feel nothing but pure energy for life. It will fuel your passion. Plant protein is made up of many enzymes, phytochemicals and nutrients that we need to recharge. This is real health insurance. I like to call it the preventative measure. By reducing these influenced risks you are preserving your health. Organic Green Juice is more vitalizing any day over a high fructose corn syrup (cancer causing) filled soda. A vegetable chopped salad or that heart attack steak ? We can only make our own choices. Why not make the best ones?

4. You will maintain a healthy figure – It’s true. Only plants have dietary fiber which is what really keeps us full and necessary for us to intake. We seem to find a pill for everything when really an apple or an orange do exactly what we need. Give us our vitamins and fill us up with energy. You also have a higher metabolism and can eat a lot more when consuming a whole foods plant-based diet.

5. You will be a kinder being and feel better – Knowing that you are doing a good deed to help yourself, others and this Earth that we all live on is amazing in itself. I love that warm and fuzzy feeling that I get from being of service. We are a service to each other and that’s the way the earth should be . It serves us right and we can serve it better. Recently, within the last week Hurricane Sandy swept over New York and some innocent lives were taken. Buildings ruined. But communities survived and took care of each other. We as humans need one another but the animals need each other too. This earth is powerful and we don’t even realize it’s benefits. We don’t appreciate the soil or the plants or the trees or the seeds. The fruits. The water. It all is here for us. So we should take care of our home. I don’t know about you but I know about me and I don’t want any death or animal secretions inside of me. Ugh.

Lovers will be Lovers , yeah ?

I believe so.

XOXO,

Mikhaila

getjuicey.com

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Ps. Peta.org – There is more than enough food in the world to feed the entire human population. So why are more than a billion people still going hungry? Our meat-based diet is largely to blame. We funnel huge amounts of grain, soybeans, and corn through all the animals we use for food instead of feeding starving humans. If we stopped intensively breeding farmed animals and grew crops to feed humans instead, we could easily feed everyone on the planet with healthy and affordable vegetarian foods.

The article here .

We prefer no fur

6 Nov

Hello !

I have been out but I am back. A lot of changes have been occurring lately from my business to personal life and it’s just one

of those things that have you looking at all the facts like … “I’m doing something

right because everything is working just as planned!”

Okay but enough about that and moving on to the pic of the week !!!

When I saw this posted on a fellow Vegan’s activist page I knew I must share this !

Super Cool

Vegan Love

Yes indeed this is rather interesting. I love that we as Americans have the freedom of speech

which can be through such unique ways such as a haircut.

Jaime shown above really shows what the V is all about and the fact that it’s surrounded by a heart is a

clear sign of love. Below she describes her reasoning behind who she is and why she chose to speak out on

her head !

 I am an ethical vegan and have been for the past 2 yrs. I was vegetarian for 10 yrs before that until I watched earthlings and some documentaries on factory farming, health and nutrition, which gave me insight into the horrors that animals endure in so many ways at the hands of humans. In addition, when I learned about the health benefits of a strictly plant based diet, my decision was clear.

That’s when I realized that I can no longer support animal cruelty at all. The process of raising animals for dairy products and eggs was beyond what I ever imagined and I could no longer eat with a clear conscience while consuming animal products. I also stopped buying anything with leather, wool, silk and only bought  household or self-care products that are labeled cruelty-free, no animal testing or ingredients. I am an activist born and raised in Brooklyn NY, currently living in Queens and grew up eating animal products. I have always been an animal lover so I began advocating for their rights since before I became vegan. I was on a path and slowly made the transition to my goal of becoming vegan. I thought the V ❤ hair design would be a cool way to get the message out there and it has been a great conversation starter so far. It was my first time doing a design since shaving the side of my head 2 months ago. I kinda like the idea of using my head as a walking billboard so I’ve been thinking of future designs!

Honestly she deserves a round of applause for her efforts and for standing up for what she believes in. If you love it fight

for it. If not then don’t. Personally I have yet to encounter media which she discusses but I plan to view

these documentaries cited. Regardless, Jaime shows us that we can make a change together for the better!

Follow her on Facebook

Thank you and remember if you have any questions feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Love Always,

Mikhaila

getjuicey.com

A Walk Down Memory Lane

17 Oct

Hello !

Wow ! Today was one of those days full of nostalgia. Flashback central if you will.

For starters I met with a friend for raw vegan sushi and some other specialties in Beverly Hills for lunch before heading over to

Westwood where UCLA is located. I studied and graduated (yes a college grad woo hoo) from UCLA film school

and I am now taking an acting class at UCLA extension. The acting class is to prepare me for videos in regards to Get Juicey’s youtube.com

channel as we have a lot in the making as well as our documentary which I will touch more on once we start shooting.

But I digress.

I had time to kill so I figured since I was in the area I would go explore the campus since my 2007 graduation. Yikes !

It was pretty awesome to see all of the student activism and new “green” implementations UCLA developed

to bring us closer to a new world. Check it out ! Go Bruins !

GO BRUINS

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Keep it Cool

17 Oct

You may think your business meetings are cool but nope … Get Juicey’s are the coolest ! Seriously … My business partner Emily comes over and always has some fresh organic food ready to whip up real quick. We’ll never go hungry !!!! Today she had a few oranges and cucumbers and threw this fresh and cool fruit platter together on the fly . Kept us cool in this 80 degree Los Angeles October weather !

So , who’s cool ?

Yes we are …  Thought so !

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Get Juicey Photoshoot Day 2

16 Oct

Hello,

So we are finally finished with shooting our wonderful Vegan models for our marketing materials !

It’s been lovely having everyone and we were sad to see the shoot come to an end !

The girls were creative and came up with some amazing stuff.

This is part 2 to Day 1 of our Shoot!

I was first up for the day and we decided to make me the veggie queen … Check it out !

Rotten Tomatoes ha !

Yes my eyes were cockeyed for this one … Super fun ! Next up …

Our hotter version of the Statue of Liberty !

Don’t those grapes look delish … Yumm.

Doug is taking behind the scenes photos for our Documentary and this blog of course. To the left

are the props… Gotta love the props ! Basically food that we can eat during shooting and after …

Talk about organic catering!

Here we have our strong numchuck banana master . Don’t mess with this one !

Food Fighter … Not Foo fighter !

Okay we won’t be greedy with our  Juicey behind the scenes footage. But you have

to promise to keep it a secret ?

Camille shows us who’s her daddy !

What’s Up Doc?

So here I am modeling these Carrots. Who want’s some ?

This shoot was one of the coolest I have ever been on and not because it was our shoot but because it was a free shoot.

We told the models that we wanted to do what made them feel comfortable and this meant creating a space of

awareness and fun. They played their own playlists and did whatever poses they wanted to.

Mind you, they all had a background in sports, dance or just a love for the Vegan lifestyle so

we let them implement what they wanted.

I am all about freedom and promoting love rather then fear. In regards to this shoot we had pure love

and clean organic food to promote high energy ! It was so awesome and as each girl went up

we watched in awe . It was like how hard can it be to model with Fruits and Veggies and still make it look

Yummy?

You actually need to make it creative and everyone did just that so thanks for watching and we will let you know

when our pics are finished and live !

www.getjuicey.com

Love ,

Mikhaila

Get Juicey Photoshoot Day 1 – Pure Juiceyness

12 Oct

 

 

 

Hello !

So we are excited that Day 1 of our photo shoot went so well!!  It was really a beautiful energetic production.

Everything flowed so easily and we were all fueled off each others positive vibes !

Because we are a 100% Vegan Organic company we wanted to keep it true even down to our Models. We wanted all Vegan models ONLY.

This wasn’t an easy task but we got er’ done ! We are using these photos for our marketing materials such as flyers, business cards, website etc.

This day we got 2 of the 5 models shot and this gave us an idea of how to run our future shoots with peace and love.

So… here’s a look back on our productive day!

Here’s Larissa and our photographer Ricky Clay getting set for the day !

Oh those lights

And here’s some food that Co-Owner of Get Juicey, Emily made. Nom Nom !

Look at that Organic Goodness

And here’s Emily playing with our props …

Didn’t your mother ever tell you to not play with your food ?

Ricky Clay really loves his craft … There was so much passion on set it was just too much fun!

Ricky Clay hard at work !

I swear Ricky can shoot for 5 days straight and still want to keep shooting.

At one point in the past I was so pooped I begged to go home after spending 4 days straight in the studio working with him.

And it all started with him needing an elective in high school . Who would have thought !

Now we get into some of the juicer shots of the day. Mind you these are just some random photos I took with my iPhone so they are not the best of quality but I really wanted to share these! We have a few thousand that we need to sort through and touch up etc but these will have to do for now …

Larissa, our Brazilian Vegan Model getting ready in between a scene change!

So we oiled her up nice and Juicy … Baby oil please ?

Or Coconut oil if you will?

She really brought forth her fun and funky personality with burst of enthusiasm.

How do you not fall in love with a women like this ? Oh and men , she is a Vegan Chef FYI

you didn’t hear it here … sshhh

We are so in LOVE !!!

We will be covering each of our models individually on future posts and on our

Get Juicey website once the final pictures are in so stay tuned .

Next  up we have the strong and sexy Cortney, who is racing in the up and coming

Kona Ironman in Hawaii on October 13th !

Girl look at that body .. I  workout !

Bam!!!! Rocking raw !

Those grapefruits in her hand are in for a squeezing … literally…  hand squeezed. No juicer needed here folks !

It’s amazing what a plant fueled diet can do for the body …

And we all thought milk did the body good … haha

Last but not least here is my favorite photo of the day …

This just goes to show .. Everyone on the Get Juicey team was so involved and dedicated.

We all wanted a piece of Get Juicey and at this one point we were all in unity to capture the moment.

THE MOMENT.

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Can Professional Athletes Train on a Vegan Diet ?

27 Sep

Hello !

I am always asked this question and want to let you know that YES they can ! No vegans are NOT weak ! We are Vegan Strong !

We are so strong that we are dedicated to not eating things we may have always grown up with. That red and yellow upside down W for example . We stay away from what’s comfortable. We don’t think that we are better at all. We just know what our bodies know is better and we want that ! We want our super foods for super power . Kapow !

I was fascinated when I came across this Ultraman, Rich Roll. He is certainly on a roll and shows us anything is possible. Imagine feeling like your about to have a heart attack walking up the stairs. Well, Rich did and he was overweight so he decided it was time to make a change. The sad part about it is that he waited to almost have a heart attack to go vegan. It’s very common for someone to have a life threatening illness or event happen in life that causes them to go Vegan – cold turkey ! No turkey actually!

Regardless , Rich has made that change and shows how he gets his endurance from a whole foods plant-based diet while training for Ultraman on average two hours a day. The Ultraman World Championship is a three-day, 320 mile (515-km) annual endurance race held on the Big Island of Hawaii.Ultra Vegan, Ultra man and Ultra Inspiration ! He’s even written a book titled ” Finding Ultra” in regards to his journey. Rich is amazing and shows that anyone can do it !

Here’s the video !

There you have it ! I personally completed my first olympic distance triathlon June 12th 2012 in Maui. I participated through Team in Training and I will say it takes a lot out of you. You find out a lot about yourself not only during the trainings but during your race. It’s almost unreal and when you complete it and run across the finish line you feel as though you have conquered the world. You are untouchable. An experience of a lifetime.Now imagine feeling so clean and pure and powered by the sun. Powered by nature, Mother Nature that is. It’s a beautiful thing .

Go Rich !

Taken from his website. His book “Finding Ultra”

Rich Roll website 

Get Juicey Website 

xo

Mikhaila

Get Juicey created a meetup.com group !

26 Sep

Get Juicey created a meetup.com group to promote Veganism while sipping on Juice! Join us! http://ow.ly/e1qsR

Hello !

Today Emily (my business partner), her boyfriend Doug, and I met on my balcony in lovely Marina Del Rey, CA.  We figured that was best since we kept having our Get Juicey working meetings in public places and people would find out all the goodness that we were upto ! Also, it was just gorgeous outside. We were inspired by nature, Mother Nature.

Our gorgeous view today

We did some more brain storming on our brand identity  and felt it was best to continue our community outreach so we could not only become involved but inspire others. At first we thought it would be awesome to create a meetup.com group that promoted Juices and Health Wellness and awareness but quickly played that over in our head. Since we are a Vegan company we feel strongly about our beliefs, BUT we didn’t want to promote the idea that it was a vegan only group. We realized people would come and feel like we were pressuring them to go Vegan and would immediately oppose Veganism because they were unaware that we are a vegan company . Then we pictured people arguing over this and thought … let’s just let them know from the beginning that we are a vegan company but we welcome everyone. This way everyone is aware of what they are attending and if they are interested they can check us out at their own will.

So our concept is pretty awesome ! You come to a beautiful (and usually nature inspired) location to have some of our Get  Juicey organic juice while we pick a topic to educate our members on or discuss. It’s an open group and the cost is $10 per meet up.

We eventually would like to do other activities such as have prestigious speakers , potlucks and hikes but for now we think it’s important to educate people on the why’s and how’s of Veganism. It’s life changing and we like that approach better !

So as of now if you are based in the Los Angeles area and can conveniently make it to our meetings we would love to have you join us!  If you have any ideas or recommendations we would love to hear those as well !

Here’s the link and we’ll keep you posted on our first upcoming meet up once we finalize the date !

Get Juicey Juice Club

Dont forget to check out our site !

http://www.getjuicey.com/

Love always !

Mikhaila

Get Juicey has Flourished – Part 3

19 Sep

Hello!

So yesterday we went to see Palmela G in the Los Angeles Melrose area! It was awesome !! All the Vegan girls showed up on time with a smile and eagerness to make a dream come into reality!

Palmela, the swimsuit designer was very helpful in picking out the earthy Brazilian colors for each of the bikinis ! Well have a sneak peak of behind the scenes during the shoot which is set for 0ctober 14th, 2012 !

Once our photos are finalized well be launching our new site for Get Juicey with our Vegan Models on it !

Vegan has never been so sexy ! Our Amazonian women are showing us that muscles are amazing ! And possible without hurting our little animal friends.

If you have any photos that show your transformation inspired by a Fit lifestyle and 100% Vegan diet please submit them to our contest by September 30th and well post the winner with a personal interview to hate your success!

Send to [email protected]

So our next step after getting our photo shoot together for our marketing materials would be to link up all of our social media sites and start posting and creating an awareness for our brand Get Juicey!

So far I like Hoot suite (hootsuite.com) so I can sync our Facebook page , LinkedIn and Twitter !

It does have limitations though such as linking pinterest and a few other sites !

I know there is a way to share links through Facebook once it posts !

Regardless , we will soon be adding our social media links to this blog and our website !

Getjuicey.com

We love Instagram too so please follow us at : Getjuicey

Once it’s all up and running we would love your feedback so stay tuned for future tips and news !

Love,

Mikhaila
getjuicey.com

Get Juicey has Flourished – Part 2

18 Sep

Okay so good morning everyone !

I am dealing with my thoughts about Get Juicey that kept me up all night. I needed a pacifier for my baby. I had no idea how to make it stop. It’s funny when your ideas manifest and combine. I had all these thoughts come to mind. All I know is thoughts are divine. Im ready to apply. Let’s see what happens. I take this challenge. I am married with a newborn. Literally.

Happy and in love.

Awww.

So our weekly challenge is putting together our Get Juicey Vegan Models as we arrange our themed photo shoot for our marketing materials. Were also working with an amazing high end swim suit designer based out of our local Los Angeles ! Her information will be disclosed once our materials are out ! We like to think of ourselves a la Brazilian inspiration meets sensual brilliance. We know our roots and apply accordingly within our philosophy. A socially-working company culture if you will. Consciously mandating. Vegans Rock !  By no means do I believe that we are better I just think we are awesome .

“Vegans are from another world that this world can not handle.”

That being said, I am only acting as a mother that sees this world from a whole new perspective. I have heard the stories but now I live them and it may be in different form but they have equally high responsibilities.

Both need care.

So we are heading out for the day to get the Vegan models fitted for their custom bikinis in preparation for the Get Juicey shoot. We’ll be heading to the Melrose area to get the juices flowing and ideas growing. Next up, well be Get’n Juicey with our ideas in our top secret Juice Factory.

Location coming soon !

So have a wonderful day ! Do what you need to do to get where you need to get ! Get Juicey !!!!

Our baby is cooler than your baby … jk … but not 🙂

Thanks for supporting our dreams and giving us the fuel to keep going ! We want your experience to be special and insightful for your own dreams as well.

Love,

Mikhaila

Get Juicey !!!

http://www.getjuicey.com

ps. Follow this series if you want to follow our journey and gain tips and ideas to fuel your business and dreams