Silentnight Double Duvet & Pillow Giveaway!!

Hey guys!

So earlier this year was National Allergy Awareness Week. During this time I was contacted by Smoking Gun PR to see if I would be interested in testing out a brand new Silentnight Hypoallergenic mattress containing a probiotic treatment called Purotex which is fully approved by AllergyUK. Purotex is a 100% natural solution releasing friendly bacteria whilst you sleep to combat the most common allergy triggers, namely dust mites. Read more about Purotex.

How could I say no? Anything that would give me a better night's sleep and stop me grabbing for my inhaler would surely be beneficial. I thought it might help my skin but when I received it was around the time I went into steroid withdrawal so unfortunately I'm unable to vouch for that aspect.

I didn't want to get rid of my other mattress as I'd only had it a year so there's a bit of a Princess and the pea type situation going on.

As a goodwill gesture, because it has notably improved my asthma, they are also giving away a Silentnight Deep Sleep Double sized 13.5 tog Duvet and Pillow Pair for one of you guys to win.

"Luxury Deep Sleep Duvet and Pair of Pillows designed specifically to envelop you with a feeling of warmth, snugness and comfort. With extra hollowfibre filling and with a channel stitched cover for the duvet to keep the filling in its place, a deep sleep comes naturally."

To enter all you have to do is go through the steps of the Rafflecopter below. Leave a comment below (all you have to do is register to blogger, it's free!) & "like" Shane's 1000km Challenge on Facebook. This giveaway is regrettably open to UK readers only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck :D

Documenting the Eczema & Changing up the Diet!

From March 1st I'm going to start documenting my skin via photographs every morning when I wake up to every night before I go to bed. By doing this I'll be able to show you all, and myself, just how my skin goes during the day. At the end of the month I'll compile them all and make a gif image to show you what happens to my skin over the course of a month.

I'm also looking to fine tune my diet somewhat as I haven't been able to shake the bad habits off since Christmas time. I still have a tonne of sweets and the like in the cupboard but I'm just going to ignore their existence for now ;) I've also noticed that I'm starting to put on a bit of weight again, not really a lot, but my size 8 trousers (I don't even know how I even got down to wearing an 8?!) are beginning to get a little tight on the old tum. Everyone bangs on about the benefits of healthy food in eczema patients so I'll get back onto the wagon, even though I'm not entirely convinced it fully helps me, seeing as I suffer primarily from environmental allergies but if it makes me healthy then that's good.

If anyone wants to drop me in any recipe ideas that'd be fantastic! We tend to eat the same things over and over and it can become a bit tedious. From what I can tell the only things I can't have are spices and possibly eggs as I've (only sometimes) flared when having had egg sandwiches and pancakes, and definitely flared from eating shop bought birthday cake and quiche. Although recently I was alerted to this article: 'House dust mites could be a cause of food allergy' which was a very interesting read seeing as I know that I am extremely allergic to dust mites and flour was found in the birthday cake, quiche and pancake. Funny huh?