Friday, December 31, 2010

Natural Hair Treatments

  • Olive oil, avocado oil and almond oil are great to give your hair a healthy boost. Leave it in like a treatment for 10 minutes.
  • Apple cider vinegar - leave it in for 10 minutes under a shower cap to reduce oil and hair feels squeaky clean after.
  • Cold water- rinse hair in cold water after your shower / bath. Your hair will have more body and shape.
  • TIP - Use a shower cap after applying your conditioner but before you wash it out. The heat helps it absorb better.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Garlic

The Advantages of Garlic 
  • It has more than 12 types of anti-oxidants.  When crushed, the allicin is like a powerful antibiotic and has an anti-fungal compound.
  • And it doesn't lose its medicinal properties with cooking.
  • A home remedy to cure for colds and flus. Add it to soups and your cooking. 
TIP - Here's a great idea for peeling and detox - www.juicing-for-health.com

Detox - What's it all about?

There are numerous detox solutions in the market, such as the latest hollywood fad of izocleanze, colonics and detox getaways which are uber expensive. We can incorporate it into our lives cheaply and simply. It's a great diet, beauty boost and mood enhancer too!

Pamper yourself - beauty home spas

One of the best ways to pamper yourself is to take a hot bath. I think it might be Reese Witherspoon who said that it was her beauty secret to great skin.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Vegetables vitamin boost

 
Vegetables can be a challenge, especially if you don't love them. They are an important part of your diet, boost your immune system, lifts your mood and provides a natural cleanse. 

Here are some ideas to encourage you to eat more of them:
  1. Buy a blender if you don't already have one and make yourself a fresh juice.
  2. Pick your three favourite vegies and look for new and interesting recipes.
  3. Book a detox / vegetarian retreat - it can give you ideas on how you might work on your diet and cook.
  4. Go vegetarian for a day or more (if you can manage it). It's a healthy cleanse for your body.
  5. Make a point to have a salad for lunch - add your favourite fish, seafood or meat to go with it. If I'm having a cold salad, I trick my body to think it's having a warm meal by having some soup or tea.
You can enjoy eating healthy. Give it a go.

Day dream

Do you remember the last time you were day dreaming?


Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Show me the Money!

Yesterday in my blog on Holiday Blues and Winter Warmers - Tips and Tricks, I wrote briefly about happiness. It's often said that money can't buy happiness, but when you're rolling in cash, it sure doesn't hurt, right?

Monday, December 13, 2010

Holiday Blues and Winter Warmers - Tips and Tricks


The Winters are getting colder and colder. The secrets to happiness in winter is staying warm and brightening up these grey days.

Christmas Presents - It's a kids world



They say Christmas is about the kids. And I have to say that buying gifts for them can be tremendous fun. But at the same time with the stress of the holiday period, it can be very tricky. It's hard to keep up with fads, what's in, what's not.

Recipes Sweet Treats - It's time to be bad, very very bad.

Cooking can be very pleasurable, and allows you to exercise your creative muscles. 

Millionaire Shortbread
I made mine with some Walkers shortbread, added the caramel filling and dark chocolate. Voila - decadence on a plate.