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The miraculous healing powers of aluminum foil

June 15, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Hair dying has become a must-have for a large number of women. Yet many of us are not always sure what color should they dye their hair, what suits them, so they often experiment.
This is not so bad for our looks, but it is very damaging for the hair!
Constant changes in hair color means more aggressive treatments that damage and dry out your hair.
So we suggest dying your hair using natural methods. Here’s how dye to make your hair blonde, brown or red using the fruits of nature.

Green walnut bark and coffee – for nut-brown hair color

Chop and grind the bark from 1 kg of walnuts and pour 1 liter of water. Put the stove on high temperature to cook. When the water boils leave for another 30 minutes. Remove from heat, cover and leave overnight. The next day, filter the liquid and mix with the hair balm you normally use in 1:1 ratio. Apply the mixture on your hair and leave on for around 30 minutes, then rinse. If you want a lighter shade the keep the walnut shells submerged in the water for a few hours. This method of dying is ideal when you want to move from lighter shades to darker.
COFFEE is another food that can help darken your hair. Brew a strong black coffee, leave it for few hours – the longer the better and rinse the hair.

Onion shell, oak bark and sage – light brown hair color

Put two hands of onion scales and the same amount of oak bark in a deeper pot and mix, and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Cook on mild fire. When it boils turn off the oven and leave for 45-60 minutes to cool completely. Soak your hair in the resulting liquid and leave on for a minimum of one hour. Then rinse and dry the hair as usual. If you want a more consistent and more intense hair color, it is necessary to do the final rinse with alcohol vinegar. Do not worry about the smell it will go away pretty fast.
Sage is another effective natural product for hair coloring in lighter shades of brown. The hair slightly darkens and gives brunettes a richer, deeper color. Cook a stronger sage tea and leave on your hair for a minimum of one hour and preferably longer. Do this hair treatment once a week and in a month you will get the desired color. Similarly, you can use chamomile tea and black tea.

Chamomile and Lemon – golden blonde hair color
Chamomile is one of the best ways for getting lighter blonde hair. You’ll get a few shades lighter hair in a healthy and natural way. Besides chamomile and lemon can help you lighten your hair or make highlights. If you want highlights, simply separate them with aluminum foil, brush the lemon cut in half, place it on the foil and leave for a few hours. If you want to brighten the whole hair, spray lemon juice after the usual washing and dry your hair in the sun.

Beetroot and carrot – red hair
Chop a medium-sized beetroot and 2-3 carrots into small pieces and put them in water to the boil until completely tender. After cooking, allow to cool completely, and blend a couple of pieces in the cooking water. You will get a dark red liquid. Apply to the entire hair and leave on for 30 minutes. Rinse the hair with water, and at the end rinse with vinegar. The effects of this treatment will be the most effective on lighter hair, while for the darker shades you will need to repeat the treatment for several times. But do not worry – it is completely healthy and natural so the hair will not be damaged!

Delicious Carob Muffins Recipe

June 13, 2015 by Amy Brown

Once considered as indigent foodstuff, today carob is ingredient of tastiest delicacies, and thanks to its sweet taste it is healthy substitute for chocolate and cocoa.

Ingredients you need for carob muffins (for 4-6 people):

1/2 cup of whole-wheat flour
1 cup of black flour
1/2 cup minced carob
pinch of salt
5 g white chocolate
bag of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3.5 dl soy milk
1/2 cup corn oil
1/2 cup drained raisins
2 tablespoons rice malt

Soak the raisins in warm water for 10 minutes. Cut the white chocolate into small pieces. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl (black flour, wheat flour, carob, white chocolate, baking powder, vanilla powder, baking soda, sugar, salt). In another bowl, combine all liquid ingredients (soy milk, oil, malt). Add the drained raisins into the liquid ingredients and pour the mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Gently stir until the ingredients combine. Spread the mixture into 12 muffin paper cups. Bake them for 35 minutes in preheated oven at 200 degrees.

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How to motivate yourself to work out?

June 10, 2015 by Amy Brown

Working out will increase your self-confidence, make you look great, give you more energy and improve your health in many different ways. Yes, yes … Rarely a woman does not know this, but there remains a small number of women who rarely practice physical activity. And why is that? It is due to lack of motivation.

Motivation is what you need to get out of bed, take yourself to the fitness gym and practice regularly. Here are some tips that can help you find the necessary motivation to make working out part of your everyday life:

Always set goals you want to achieve. You want to look great at the beach? Now is the time to stand up and do some exercise. But when the summer ends, do not stop, set your new goal. Many people practice for a certain period of the year and then they give up. They see that their body shape is improved, they reached the goal and start to lose motivation, so for several months they are back to their old look. To avoid this, you set yourself a new goal, such as : “to look sexy on my birthday party” or “finally to button up the floral dress that I keep so long in the closet.” As long as you have goals, you will have the motivation to achieve them.

Add some fun into your workout routine. Yes, the rotation of the stationary bike is very boring, especially if you have to do it 30 minutes. But there is always a way to you make it fun. Listen to your favorite music or watch your favorite series. Before you blinked, you passed 30 minutes. If you hate the gym, then try something more interesting like yoga, Tae Bo, dancing, something that will give incentive not to miss any session.

Buy workout clothes. Exercise should bring you pleasure and should feel good while doing it, so proper clothes is the first step. Besides, after you buy clothes, you will feel bad if they stay unused. It should give you the motivation to get up and justify the expenses you made.

If you go to the gym, it should be close to your home. The further a fitness gym is the more excuses you can find not to go. Choose a gym that is closer to your home, even if there are fewer deals and does not look so modern as a large fitness center.

Look for a good example that you will follow. When you enter the fitness room, there are always two types of women. One group is with arranged hairstyle and sometimes makeup, dressed in fancy clothes which are sorry to sweat and other group of women with gathered hair and comfortable clothes in order to sweat more. The first type of women will find a magazine to read while leisurely spin the cycle, and the second type will try hard to work out as much as possible. You select a pattern that would follow from the second group. Or let it be someone from your environment, perhaps colleague that looks particularly young for her age because she takes care of herself.

Find your partner for working out. Invite a friend or colleague to be your partner for exercising, so you will motivate each other. But do not choose a partner who you know that will easily give up. Find a partner that wants to improve his live through exercise just like you. Maybe you will decide to compete with him.

Do not overdo the exercises at the beginning. When you start some workout classes, do not try to do all the exercises as your instructor. It is the same if you exercise at home, watching some videos. If your workout is excessive, the next day you will not be able to get up from the bed, so it is easy to assume that motivation will sink into water. The key is moderation. Start slowly and every two or three days increase the exercises you do.

Visualize. Take pictures of the old days when you think you were in top form. Or if you don’t have such photos, imagine how you want to look. Whenever you’re in the middle of exercise and have no more desire to move, imagine in the best picture of yourself, i.e the look to which you aspire. You’ll receive an incentive to continue on as soon as possible to be proud of your achievement.

Plan your day/days off. It will be difficult to motivate yourself if you exercise every day. Determine two days of the week for a pause (for example, Wednesday and Sunday). If it is Saturday and you become lazy and can’t get out of the bed, you will have the chance to say “Let’s do today and tomorrow I will rest”. Days of rest will increase the likelihood that you will stick to your plan.

Follow the progress. Before starting a new exercise plan, record the amount of your body weight. Measure the hands and the feet in the thighs, waist and hips. When several weeks pass do the measurement and record the results. Once you make several measurements, draw a graph that will clearly show your progress in terms of elapsed time. Each data entry will be more and more motivational.

Reward yourself. Whenever you reach a certain goal – reward yourself. Did you exercise an additional 20 minutes? Buy a book and enjoy while resting or go to the movies. But the reward should not be food. You’ll have no benefit to practice an additional 20 minutes if then you eat a hamburger. The higher the achievement is, the higher the prize should be.

When you have crisis and when you are too lazy, remember how you feel after exercising. Every person who regularly exercises would agree that the feeling after the workout is great. Exercise increases the levels of the hormone of happiness and makes you feel comfortable with yourself.

Surely if you want to feel it, do not be lazy and start to move your body.

Find out how to speed up your metabolism and reach the desired shape!

June 9, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Metabolism is the sum of all biochemical processes in the body, or simply put – it is the speed at which the body burns calories entered through food.
With age the metabolism slows down, especially after the age of 30. Many people complain that they are have slow metabolism, and therefore have problems with excess weight.

Check out how to speed up your metabolism and lose weight!

1. Get enough sleep – the optimal amount of sleep is 8 hours, so make sure you sleep 8 hours between 22:00 to 6:00 am, an hour sooner or later, depending on your working hours and duties. Reducing the number of hours of good quality sleep affects the hormones that regulate metabolism and appetite.

2. Drink plenty of liquids – You need to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, so start drinking water as soon as you wake up! It is recommended to drink hot water with lemon before each meal and at bedtime. A well hydrated body allows faster calorie burning.

3. Physical activity – You need to have any kind of physical activity during the day, preferably in the morning, an easy walk, yoga, running,
whatever your tastes are, it is essential to form muscles because they consume more calories.

4. Eat regularly – Eat your meals approximately at the same time every day. You should eat breakfast 1-2 hours after you wake up, lunch at about 14:00 and lunch at 19:00. Of course the exact times depend on your needs and obligations. Eat snacks between meals!

5. Amount of food – Distribute your daily food intake into 5 meals – three main and two snacks so the body won’t enter the saving phase.

6. Avoid industrial processed foods – Replace them with natural food, fruits, vegetables and grains.

3 ways to increase your calorie burn during exercise

June 9, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Exercise is crucial if you want to lose weight and bring your body into the desired shape.
But before you go to the gym, fitness center or simply start exercising at home pay attention to these three tips that will allow you to increase the calorie burn.

Tabata

Tabata is a Japanese learning exercise and it involves pretty hard exercises (exercises that lead to the moment when you can not breathe and you think that you will lose power at any moment). These exercises are done in short intervals. Suppose you run a sprint or high intensity exercises for 20 seconds, then slow down for 10 seconds and repeat this set for a total of four minutes. This way you will burn more calories, the only condition is that during the interval of 20 seconds you work out using full force with the whole body. In the beginning it will be difficult, but over time you’ll get the rhythm and get into shape.

Jumping rope
If you travel a lot, we recommend that you always carry a jumping rope and trainers. It is a portable cardio machine. Using a jumping rope burns 11.5 calories per minute, so if you work out for 20 minutes you will burn 230 calories. If you can not do 20 minutes try to do 10 minutes in the morning and 10 in the evening.

3. Circular train

In order to increase calorie burn during your workout start with the circular train mode. This means that you need to do the exercises one after the other, without any breaks and rest in between. Studies show that this type of exercise burns 9 calories per minute, which is almost 30% higher than when you pause between each exercise.

Miracle drink that takes off the excess weight without effort!

June 8, 2015 by Sheila Smith

This awesome drink with cinnamon, honey and hot water will melt the excess weight because it effectively cleanses the body of toxins. It is not aggressive to the body, you’ll lose weight naturally, so it is ideal for people who do not have a lot of physical activity in their routine. We present to you a simple detox recipe and instructions on how to make this miracle potion!
Ingredients and preparation:

4 teaspoons of honey
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 and a half cups of water

Mix the honey and cinnamon to form a thick paste. It is necessary to leave it for 40 minutes before you drink it. Boil the water and pour over the honey and cinnamon. Leave the drink covered for half an hour.
It is consumed by drinking half a cup in the morning, as soon as you wake up, on an empty stomach and half a cup in the evening 4 hours after dinner or before bedtime.

Yogurt treatment for healthy and shiny hair!

June 8, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Do you have a problem with hair loss? Or you suffer from itching and dandruff? Or your hair is just dry and lifeless?
All these problems can be solved with food that you probably have at home – yogurt! [Read more…] about Yogurt treatment for healthy and shiny hair!

6 exercises that will make your body perfect

June 5, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Not everyone is born as sports fans and there is large number of women who have never set foot in a gym or fitness center.
And we really understand!
However, if you want to be satisfied with the appearance of your body, we have to disappoint you, but – exercises are compulsory!
Don’t worry, that does not involve long hours of sweat and torture. It will take just 45 minutes a day to do exercises to target parts of the body.
Today we present 6 exercises that will activate the entire body and bring it to perfection.

1. Skipping rope – This is the best cardio workout if you’re not a fan of jogging or cycling. Besides being fun, skipping rope will speed up your heart rate and sweat you. Skipping rope burns more calories than any other cardio exercise. The best thing is that you can do this exercise anywhere.

2. Squats – A powerful exercise that helps to tighten the buttocks and legs, increase strength and burn calories. If you want to speed up your heart rate and increase the number of calories you burn, hop after each squat. Or, drop down into a squatting position and do small movements to stretch the muscles. Squats are really one of the best exercises for body shaping.

3. Push ups – Of course, we are referring to the so-called women push-ups that are done with your knees. Make sure that your back is always straight to do exercise correctly. Unfortunately, many of us avoid this exercise, because it falls within one of the more difficult categories. But, if you know that it makes miracles for your body, you would never avoid it. There are several types of push ups that engage different muscles. Change your hand position (closer to the breasts, further from the breasts) and make your own combinations. Push-ups not only tighten the torso and hands, it is also one of the best exercises for the chest (and all we want tight, firm breasts, right?)

4. Lunges – If you want beautiful sculpted legs, lunges are perfect for it! This movement isolates each leg and activates different muscles. If you want the best results use weights.This is an ideal workout for your legs!

5. Swimming – Great news for all fans of swimming – this exercise activates virtually the whole body. Disparate groups of muscles are activated while swimming. Moreover, swimming is a great cardio workout that will speed up your metoblizam and help you burn calories. So this year go to the pool and get the most for your body – swim!

6. Run – If you love running, then you are aware of how much this is a good exercise. Running is absolutely the best cardio workout. The recommendation is to combine the slower and faster pace if you want to speed up your metabolism and increase calorie burning. In addition to physical fitness, running has a great impact on psychological health – reduces stress, causes release of serotonin (happiness hormone) and reduces the risk of depression to a minimum.

How to improve your self-discipline?

June 4, 2015 by Amy Brown

Being self-disciplined means having power over yourself. If you consider that you have lack of self-discipline, and it is difficult for you to learn to be disciplined, think about the reasons about that. They may be: lack of motivation, stubbornness, the thought that something else is more important or more comfortable, internal unconscious opposition etc. In order to improve your self-discipline the following techniques can help you :

1. Keep your own diary. First inspect the true state of your self-discipline. Maybe you do not have lack of discipline, but you’re too critical, because you see only what is not in the best order. If you pay attention to it and you write about that for some time, you can better evaluate how disciplined you really are. Individuals who are convinced that they are not disciplined, always find areas in which they are consistent, such as their hobby. If you recognize these areas, you will easily find solutions to be disciplined. For this analysis take a calendar, and note the times when you were disciplined during the day, and when you failed to do so. Try to target your subconscious strategies for resistance. How exactly were you undisciplined? What do you do when you try to avoid tasks? How do you allow yourself to obstruct? How do you feel about that? Recognizing your own strategies of confrontation, will help you be more awake and careful and you will easily recognize the moments when you begin to avoid the tasks. And it will help you stop this negative automatism.

2. Create a circumstance to strengthen your self-discipline. There are many people who are starting to settle some tasks in such circumstances that are doomed to failure. It is difficult because time is elusive, or work environment is inadequate or there is not enough knowledge, skills. Analyze your particular situation by answering the following questions:
-What exactly is your task?
-What specifically do you need for movement of the solution for the problem?
-What exactly do you need to complete the task?
-What theoretically do you have to know?
-What practically do you need to know?
-How should your working environment bi?

3. Make the discipline an easier process for you. Therefore, motivate yourself or form a sense of the task. Consider certain aids and incentives, which would be useful. Point out the negative consequences that can result if you do not solve the task. What would you have to face then?

4. Reward yourself when you complete the task. When at times you feel like you discipline begins to decline, enticing reward will help you overcome the critical situation. The reward shall be great, but not too much and proportionate to the enormity of the task, or effort. You decide what is an appropriate reward.Do not reward yourself if the task is not completed. Fully enjoy the award and feel like you genuinely deserve it. If despite everything, you failed to discipline yourself, think about what prevents you. In most cases, it comes to internal opposition. What can be the reason for not completing the task? Are the dangers real, or imagined? Or is it out of spite or laziness?

Think again about the external and internal circumstances that prevent you. Do you have some benefit if the is not completed? Which part of you blocks the progress, and who wants to solve the task? What is the cause of this conflict and how it can be solved? To recognize and disclose the reasons for the resistance, it is often very difficult, because they normally are subliminal.

Workout with Karlie Kloss – without fitness equipment

June 3, 2015 by Amy Brown

Forget the excuses to delay the physical activity. It is time for new beginnings and new fitness challenges.

Karlie Kloss, Victoria’s Secret angel with the gorgeous body, showed her exercises for toned body recommended by the popular coach Justin Gelbend.The exercises can be practiced at home, and they do not require special fitness equipment.

Exercises for firm and lifted buttocks

For the first two exercises for the butt, if you exercise on a wooden floor you can use ordinary cloth. If you exercise on a carpet, use a plastic lid / plate.

Beginners are advised to do 6-8 reps (first with the right, than with the left leg), while the more advanced can do 20 repetitions.

For the next three buttocks exercises, do 10-20 repetitons with each leg.

Exercises for a flat tummy

Do each of the suggested exercises for stomach 5-15 times on each side.

Exercises for toned legs

Repeat this exercises 10 to 20 times on each side.

Exercises for shaped arms

This arm workout strengthens the biceps, triceps, muscles of the shoulders and chest, as well as strengthen and improve core stability. Do 10 to 20 repetitions.

7 health problems you should not ignore

May 28, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Often, we have certain health problems that we ignore but actually you must not ignore them. Sometimes the body sends us signals and we should definitely pay attention to them.
Today we reveal health problems that you should not ignore.

1. Trouble sleeping – If you have heart problems, diabetes or high blood pressure, and also have trouble sleeping, you snore or feel a constant tiredness after you wake up you should talk to your doctor and make sure you mention the above mentioned problems. These symptoms by no means should be ignored!

2. Increased vaginal discharge – Whenever you notice unusual discharge it is obligatory to consult a gynecologist as soon as possible. This is always a sign of a gynecological disorder that MUST NOT be ignored and it is important to respond as soon as possible.

3. Constipation – The causes of constipation may be different. It is usually due to dry food or long sitting hours without any physical activity. alcohol can also be a cause of constipation. A person should use the bathroom 2 to 3 a day so the body could function properly. If you have a longer period of constipation (more than 3 days) the cause can be far more serious and it is therefore necessary to consult a physician.

4. Headache – Each of us from time to time have headaches that usually pass after nap or a pill. However, some headaches can refer to very serious health problems such as cancer or meningitis. If you have headaches that are extremely strong, frequent or too long, you should consult a doctor.

5. Toothache or other kinds of pain on your face – Toothache or similar pain on the face is often interpreted as a tooth problem, which in most cases it really is so. However, if you repair the tooth and if after numerous visits to the dentist the pain does not stop the problem may be of a more serious kind. This may be a sign of inflammation of the nerves, or herpes.

6. Diarrhea – it may sound embarrassing and no one likes to talk about this, but if you have diarrhea for a longer period of time (more than 3-4 days), it is necessary to contact a doctor. This may be a sign of very serious problems such as parasites, cancer, problems with the pancreas or gall bladder, etc.

7. Acid reflux – every 4 people in the world suffer from heartburn, but that does not mean that this problem should be ignored. It happens when the lower esophageal sphincter remains open. Gastric acid is coming back, so you feel a burning sensation on the esophagus. This causes heartburn and some more serious problems such as tooth decay and damage of the tooth enamel and symptoms that resemble asthma because the stomach contents evaporate and fill the lungs. The tablets may be an immediate solution, but you definitely need to contact a doctor, because in the long run, this disease progresses and causes numerous problems.

Strange anti-cellulite treatments that really work

May 26, 2015 by Sheila Smith

Summer is nearer and nearer and women’s No. 1 enemy will soon be visible. So be wise and start your battle against cellulite today!

Today we show you 4 strange anti-cellulite treatments that really work.

1. Cucumbers – Why should you love cucumbers? They have the ability of hydration and are full of vitamins. If you put a thin slice of cucumber directly on the skin, the phytochemicals from this vegetable will accelerate the secretion of collagen and that will tighten the skin. This may affect the instant improvement of the skin and reduced cellulite visibility.

2.Coffee scrub – Caffeine dilates the blood vessels and veins and thus accelerates the circulation, and in turn, affects a better blood circulation and healthier appearance. If you apply it directly to the skin the scrub will help the removal of toxins and burning fat, so you have multiple benefits of this treatment.

3. Algae bath – Thalassotherapy is a treatment that comes from France and is a combination of hot water and seaweed directly applied on the skin – either in the form of baths or compresses. Algae have high levels of iodine, which promotes the function of the thyroid gland, and local circulation, which affects the reduction of cellulite.

4. Gelatin – gelatin consumption has great health benefits, but also it also has benefits for the beauty and appearance of the skin. Of course, we are referring to the sugar-free gelatin. In the first place gelatin causes an increase in collagen, and therefore tighter skin and better appearance. Gelatin powder can be found in any healthy food store. Simply add it to your favorite drink once a day and it will compensate for the reduced level of collagen which is the main culprit for the appearance of cellulite.

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