Today’s post is all about hair and how to create soft curls without heat nor chemicals with an eye on the environment and another on our wallet! Who doens’t know Magic Leverag? I suppose, more or less, everybody knows it. It’s a tubes-curlers system that promises a phenomenal perm effect. Does it work or doesn’t it work? Is it easy to use? All your doubts will be clarified in this article. Magic Leverag can be found everywhere: in regular shops, on ebay and online at some beauty sites with quite variable costs. I’ve bought them with the trusty sister A in our usual little shop, where a kit costs just…
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Tips for a Healthy Diet & Good Life
During the holidays we always tend to treat ourselves too much with goodness and then, when our work or study reminds us of our duties, we tend to spend too much time sit and relaxed. If you want to fight those extra pounds, here are some great tips that my dietitian has wisely shared with me and that are able to improve anyone’s lifestyle and diet. – Avoid these types of food: meats, sweets, dried fruits and fruits in syrup, wine and all alcoholic beverages, butter, lard, margarine and fresh cream. – Prefer natural, seasonal, fresh and whole foods. You can use frozen food, while all canned foods are to be…
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Healthy Eating: Vegan Marinara Sauce – recipe
I cook, that’s fine. But I do it because I have to do it and when I can I try to eat something fresh and light and avoid meats. This time I show you how I prepared a marinara sauce for pasta without anchovies.Probably you are sceptical now, but my whole family did the bis! They appreciate the recipe.In my sauce there aren’t olives so it’s perfect if you don’t like them! The secret of this sauce is adding all the spices little by little and taste it frequently to easily adjust the flavor. I used: – a can of peeled tomatoes, – 2 tps olive oil or corn oil, – half an onion, – 1 clove…
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Biscuits for Nostalgics – recipe
What’s better than going home and be surrounded by the scent of freshly baked warm cookies, or relaxing and releasing stress by kneading? Here’s my solution: spicy gingerbread biscuits. Out of season? No, when I keep them simple and rustic without coloured icing and traditional Christmas shapes. It’s a recipe I truly love and I keep “reworking” to suit my tastes and the difficulty of finding the molasses which makes the dough more malleable. The ingredients for about 40 biscuits are:420 gr. 0 flour100 gr. sugar120 gr. soft butter160 ml. local honey1 large egg or 3 medium eggs3/4 teaspoon of baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons ground ginger *1 teaspoon ground cinnamon *1/4…
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Healty Eating: Fuchsia Beetroot Salad – recipe
It’s colourful, easy to prepare and super healthy: it’s the beetroot salad! I often add beetroot to my diet because it has many good properties. It helps digestion, lowers cholesterol, it’s rich in minerals (magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and calcium) and it’s good in case of anaemia thanks to its iron and anthocyanins content. Maybe beets aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but they can be quite tasty and easy to serve with this fuchsia beetroot salad. Ingredients you need for this beetroot salad This “fuchsia salad” is ready in just 5 minutes and only needs: half red or a “delicate” onion a pack of pre-steamed beetroots 1 tablespoon…
