Walking and working under the sun, even during the hottest hours, are a summer nightmare, no matter if summer is at its roaring start or final days. This is a comprehensive guide for people who want to enjoy the sun and outside activities or work safely without suffering the heat like hard workers, tourists, athletes and archaeologists. So what to do if you can’t litterally lock yourself at home with your air conditioner at full power (not a recommended nor ecological choice!)? Follow my easy-peasy steps to fight the heat and have a safe sunny day. 1 Wear a hat: protect yourself from the heat starting from your head: you’ll avoid…
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How to: refresh your second-day manicure with polka dots and glitters
What if you feel already bored by your manicure? This is how I would change the game and refresh my nails!
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How to: curl your hair with Magic Leverag
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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Biscuits for nostalgics
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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How to: a healthy fuchsia salad
It’s colourful, easy to do and super healthy: it’s the beetroot salad! I often add beetroot with pleasure 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 for anemia thanks to iron and anthocyanins. This “fuchsia salad” is ready in just five minutes and needs: – half red or a “delicate” onion, – a pack of pre steamed beetroots, – extra virgin olive oil (1 tablespoon), – salt (a pinch). I usually cut the harder part of each beetroot off and I use that juice contained in the package to add more flavor to…
