Friday, August 31, 2012

Source of Healthy Fats that You Can Get From Food


The key to getting healthy fats actually focusing on good fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) and avoid bad fat (trans fat and saturated fat. Fat is essential for maintaining body temperature and keep skin healthy. Consumption of fat as an energy source are still required.



The type of fat in foods such as trans fats, hydrogenated oils, saturated fat and some tropical oils, can cause

7 Tips How To Keep The Health Of Your Children


Keeping the health of children, become special attention of the mother, especially during the change of seasons is generally accompanied by the development of various diseases. A child or babies are very susceptible to germs and disease because their immune system has not been perfect. Knowledge about child's health will make you is not easy to panic when facing your child experience health

Thursday, August 30, 2012

4 Healthy Exercise To Get Healthy Heart


A simple exercise that can be done to significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and other chronic diseases. There are at least four types of exercise that makes the healthy heart. What is it?



People who are less active in sports have a risk two to three times more likely to have a heart attack? A heart attack occurs because blood flow to the muscles of the heart is interrupted. Due to a

Healthy Calorie Intake Per Day

What is the standard healthy calorie intake per day? The general standard of calories a person needs is different. Factors that influence such as gender, age, weight, physical activity, physiological conditions (eg pregnant women), and others.

What is a calorie?
Calories are the unit used to express the amount of energy. In general calories for the amount of energy contained in food. Calories

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

12 Foods For Healthy Hair


Healthy hair also influenced by the food that we eat. Healthy hair is not only determined by the choice of shampoos, conditioners and hair treatments from the outside but is also determined by your food. Because the intake of nutrients that we eat can also affect the health and beauty of hair. Human hair grows about ¼ - ½ inch per month, and the basis of the growth of hair, skin and nails is the

Why is It Important To Eat Healthy? This is the Answer


Why is it important to eat healthy? Eat healthy means we eat a variety of foods that provide the nutrients we need each day to maintain a healthy body, by healthy eating we will feel better, and have energy.



In order to the body function optimally, then you should be able to provide sufficient vitamins and minerals. Provide nutritionally balanced from all food groups. Our inability to sort

7 Tips On Keeping Healthy


Always keep the body healthy and fit is actually easy to do. We do not need the expensive cost to stay healthy. Keeping healthy can do by managing our eating patterns and frequently exercise. Keeping healthy is not centered on the body that are considered important, but almost all parts of the limb requires attention, keeping healthy is not difficult if we really want to live healthy, but in

4 Healthy Cereal For Healthy Breakfast


Cereal is the most practical breakfast menu. It was crispy-crunchy tasty and more delicious added to milk. This breakfast was able to give nutrients intake and make the body healthy. Cereal is a food with high carbohydrate content, protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and low in sugar. Cereal is perfect for those who want to lose weight without feeling a sense of weakness. Additional fresh milk

Monday, August 27, 2012

5 Foods For Healthy Lungs


There are some healthy and nutritious foods that are beneficial for maintaining healthy lungs, respiratory system ensuring functioning properly, and also to help reduce the risk of lung disease. Food for healthy lungs are actually not hard to find and very cheap price, here are some healthy foods for lungs:







1. Apples and tomatoes

Apples and tomatoes have the greatest potential to protect

7 Tips To Get Healthy Lungs


Having healthy lungs is everyone's dream. The lungs are one of the organs that have a vital function in supporting life. For that condition must be maintained in order to stay healthy and strong. Some bad habits can damage the lungs. Here are tips you can do to get healthy lungs and strong:







1. Doing exercise

The better cardiorespiratory fitness, it will be easier for the lungs to keep

Tips To Get Healthy Skin And Acne Free Natural Way


Having healthy skin acne free becomes the desire of every woman. There are many factors that cause acne. From the heredity, stress, increasing testosterone at puberty or menstruation, to pollution. But the main thing is because of excessive production of oil glands that cover the skin pores.



Acne often appears on the skin area that has the most oil glands, such as the face, neck, chest, back

Sunday, August 26, 2012

5 Vitamins That You Need To Get Healthy Skin


Everyone want to have a healthy skin, because with the healthy skin you will be more confident with your appearance. For a long time the doctors knew that the vitamin plays an important role in skin health. Dry skin, wrinkles and flaking generally can be fixed by taking enough vitamins. Even before there are modern medicine, people just rely on vitamins and other natural substances to treat the

Tips How To Get Healthy Skin Naturally


Every woman wants healthy skin, soft and fresh. Not a few women complain of dull skin, rough, and not shiny. Many factors can damage skin care, ranging from ultraviolet to the dust and pollution. What are treatment that required for healthy skin?. Here are some tips or ways to have a healthy skin, soft, clean and fresh.






1. It has long been drinking enough water can help rejuvenate human

Saturday, August 25, 2012

6 Best Diet For Healthy Skin


A healthy diet will make your skin healthy and beautiful, because what you eat can affect the skin and other things you have in your life. Low carb diets can reduce the body's ability to produce antioxidants that are useful to combat free radicals that are responsible for premature aging. If you do not drink water in sufficient quantities, can dehydrate you and your skin vulnerable to diseases

Friday, August 24, 2012

10 Foods For Healthy Skin


Proper food is one key to getting healthy skin, brighter, with a softer texture and fewer wrinkles. According to Dr. Nicholas Perricone, a dermatology expert from Yale University School of Medicine, skin rejuvenation can be done with the program 3 full days eating fish, fruit, vegetables and olive oil. According to Perricone, a lot of skin problems, like acne, can be treated through dietary

9 Nutrition for Healthy Skin


Healthy skin, not only requires care from the outside but also need the intake of nutrients from food. Here are some foods and nutrients that can help you get healthier and brighter skin.









1. Water

Water keeping the root of skin stay moist, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, helps cells absorb nutrients and remove toxins. In addition, water is also improving blood flow, keep skin glowing.

Hasta Luego| See You later


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I will be absent from my little blog for the next two weeks, as I am off to Spain for some much needed sun. I am visiting my boyfriend’s parent’s apartment near Torrevieja and also Valencia for a few days. It will be great to relax and not have to think about work for little a while, and I can spend some quality time with my boyfriend, my Kindle and the pool.

I will be tweeting every now and again, as I can’t keep myself completely away from the real world for too long, so will share some pictures with you all. Also be preferred for plenty of holiday related blog posts when I return!

I just want to remind you all, that while I am away voting will end for the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards in which I have been nominated as Best New Blog. If you are a reader, follower or just like my blog it would mean a lot to me if you could click the link below and take two seconds to vote for my little blog. I still can’t believe I have been nominated… I still pinch myself! I don’t expect to win, as there is some pretty touch competition as the other girls blogs are pretty amazing, but I may as well try!

Voting finishes on the 31st August, so make sure its before then. Just click this link
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Many thanks so this, along with all the support I have been given by each and every one of you over the past 10 months! Blogging would not be the same without you all, and I truly feel like I have met some amazing, inspiring people though the blogging community.
Speak to you all soon- Hasta Luego!

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Monkeying Around| A Go Ape Experience


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Well this past Saturday was unlike any other. I have never been an adventurous girl, more a girl who is at home shopping and drinking cocktails. However recently I have been embracing my very hidden inner wild child and tried new activities, even getting muddy, wet and sweaty in the process!

This weekend I visited Go Ape in Grizedale Forest in the Lake District with my family. If you have not been or heard of Go Ape before it is an activity course based in the forest, that involves making your way across a number of obstacles and pathways high up in the trees… and I mean high! The highest platform and pathway was 60 feet up a tree.

It’s obstacles varied from precarious stepping stones, barrels to crawl through, cargo nets to climb, a number of zip lines and a giant Tarzan swing which scared me to death! There was a number of us who visited, all a variety of ages, from my brother aged 21 to my Grandma at 67, and each and everyone of us enjoyed it. Well my boyfriend probably a little less so, seems he’s pretty scared of heights, but he did do incredibly well.
When we were finished we all looked a right state, some more than others (that included me). It appears that although I was embracing my inner wild child, I’m still not the most graceful or athletic person, and every zip line I did I landed on my bum and back and ended up being dragged through the mud. To say I was mucky is an understatement I was covered in mud and wood chippings from head (including my hair) to toes, as you can see from the pictures above. I was so mucky that my boyfriend made me wear a bin bag in the car. So a bin bag was part of my OOTD (outfit of the day), and I think I managed to pull it off well.

I even managed to gain a workout from this activity, which is always a plus. My arms, back and neck were very stiff the next day; either from pulling myself up a number of rope ladders, or from holding on for dear life! Either way it must of did some good.

I would highly recommend this to anyone and everyone. Even on a day when the weather isn’t so great, it’s still an enjoyable activity, as the rain doesn't effect you too much as there is plenty of cover from the trees. We paid £30 per person and spent around 3 hours there, so it’s also good value for money.

What do you think, would you give it a go? Have you tried Go Ape before? If so what was your favourite obstacle?

Monday, August 20, 2012

NOTD| How to remove glitter nail varnish


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1- Pretty glittery nails
2- The struggle to remove the varnish as you would normally
3- Tools needed to remove glitter nail varnish with ease
4- Nails all wrapped up
5- The results
6- Tad-ah all gone!

As many of you will have seen I recently fell in love with a Nails Inc glitter nail polish. I did not waste any-time in applying many layers to all my nails and giving myself some super sparkly nails. However I felt they were a little too sparkly for a week full of meetings at work, so wanted to remove it. I started to remove it as I normally would, with a cotton pad and nail varnish remover, however found that this was not budging the glitter in the slightest, rather the cotton just stuck to the glitter. So after much difficulty I Googled a technique for easy removal and found an article which helped me, so I though I would share it to help you also.

For this you will need;
*Nail Varnish remover* *Tin foil* *Cotton balls/pads*

This technique saves you probably about 30 minutes, millions of cotton pads and gallons of polish remover; Just follow the simple steps below.
  1. Firstly you soak the cotton pads/balls in nail varnish remover… and I mean soak! You then apply this to your nail.
  2. Secondly rip the tinfoil into strips then wrap this tinfoil tightly around the nail with the cotton pad between the nail and the foil. Proceed to do all your fingers. Your hands should end up looking like a cross between Freddie Kruger and a robot.
  3. Now sit back a grab a magazine, chill and let them soak for 10 minutes.
  4. To remove, apply a little pressure to the nail and twist the cotton and foil from side to side, a couple of twists should do the trick. When you remove the foil, your glitter varnish should have vanished.
  5. Make sure you give your hands some love and care after this, as the nail varnish remover can make them a little sensitive, after soaking them.
So there you have it a simple, stress free to remove you beautiful, if not persistent glitter nail varnish. I hope this helps you as it did me.
Have you tried this technique before? Or do you have another little trick?

P.S Don’t forget, if you enjoy my blog to vote me for Best Newcomer in Cosmo’s Blog Awards… it take two minute and means the world to me.. thanks! Vote Here
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Monday, August 13, 2012

Instagram| The past few weeks


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-Hangover food- Saturday nights FOTD- Partying- Aztec nails- Saturday nights OOTD- Archie and I- Treats off mother bear-Retro Sweets-
-New workout top from Samsung- Sunshine in my back garden- Blogging- Graze box- Views on my run -Perfect weather for the Beemer-
-Ice Lolly time- Canoeing with bother bear- sexy hair curlers- Smart nails- Bridesmaid hair-Watching the Olympic ceremony-

As many of you know I recently purchased an iphone and don’t think I have put it down since. It really is fuelling my obsession with taking pictures, I don’t think my family and friends appreciate or enjoy it, but I’m sure they will get used to it.

As I now have an iphone, one of the first apps I downloaded was Instagram and have been uploading pictures on a regular ever since. My user name is Cat0805 if you do want to follow me. I love the app, its a great way to find motivation for makeup, fashion and nail looks, and a great way to be nosey as many share the little moments in their lives with the rest of us. As I am new I am still fascinated with this app, but wonder if the novelty will wear off over time. Anyways these pictures are mine from the past two weeks, which have been fairly quiet for me, but I have been out enjoying the little sunshine we have had.

What you you think of Instagram? Do you love it, or are you bored of it?

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Fitness Friday| Row row row your boat


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Carrying on with my fitness phase, this week my mother decided to mix it up a bit and go canoeing. I have done pretty well this week with my workouts and even managed to run up the hill I shared with you in last weeks Fitness Friday- Here. I was all ready to go for another run on Thursday evening, however as it was so warm here, my mother had decided that it was too hot to go for a run with the dogs, so a canoeing session would be more ideal.

I was excited to try this sport, and a little anxious, as I have only ever done it once before and I was 11 years old, so I was definitely out of practice. Thankfully while I was in Finland in June I had gone White Water Rafting twice, so had some practice with staying on a boat and controlling an oar. However I did not realise how sensitive your actions would be when in a smaller boat, to say mum and I had some difficulties when first starting was a bit of an understatement. We actually spent a good 10 minute rowing round in circles, shouting at each other and gaining some funny looks from passers-by. We mostly struggled with matching the strength of our rows, as I would always pull harder than my mum, but my mum would row quicker. At times we managed to get a rhythm going but we spent a good hour and a half on Lake Windermere zig-zagging across the lake. We did make the whole exercise a lot harder seems we had the boat back to front, so instead of draining water we collected it. It was a great evening, as it was so peaceful on the lake and a great way to see a sunset, we also caught sight of an otter than decided to follow us and play around behind us, which was rather cute.

I enjoyed my canoeing workout and would definitely do it again, and recommend it to others, especially with a friend. It was hard work at times, but mostly a great laugh and loads of fun. Its actually a great workout for the areas I need to target for my bridesmaid dress; arms, chest and back, and also hits your oblique (your waist muscles). For the 1 hour and 15 minutes I actually canoed for, it is estimated that I burnt around 150 calories. So it’s not as a big calorie cruncher as running, but it is perfect for toning. I now aim to do this once a week as a toning exercise, as I it worked my arms hard and was a great laugh. I always think its so much easier to work out if you are having fun, and if you have a variety of workouts. It also helps with your weight loss as your body is kept on its toes and doesn’t get used to just one single workout.

Have any of you ever tried canoeing, or other water sports? Or have you tried any new sports recently?

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

One BBQ, Two Parties in One Night| OOTD


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Dress- Dorothy Perkins
Shoes- New Look

Well I have had a busy weekend indeed! I visited Leeds which is the home city of my boyfriend. Normally we have a relaxing few days and catch up with his family and friends. However this was not the case this time, as we found ourselves being double booked. We had his Mum’s birthday BBQ and party, as well as his friends birthday night out; both on the Saturday night! So we had a bit of shuffling around to do… literally. We ended up spending the afternoon at his parents BBQ then going out to the bars in town in the evening with his friends, and then went back to his parents to finish off the partying. So at the end of it we were both very tried, and very drunk! It seems when you have two parties you end up drinking twice as much… my body was not thankful the next day!

I had a great weekend, regardless, but was very tired come Sunday night! I did also treat myself this weekend to a new iPhone! I have been due an upgrade for some time now, but being a busy student then worker I never got round to it, however now I have had it for 5 days I wouldn’t know what to do without it… I am in love with it! I am also completely addicted to Instagram now, as you can see from the Widget on the right hand side.

Anyways onto my outfit! I wore my new dress from Dorothy Perkins after I finally treated myself to a few sale items. The dress cost me only £10, down from around £32, and I think the cut is flattering and the colour screams summer, a great little bargain! I wore it with my blue New Look heels which I was originally going to wear at my graduation before I got my Louboutins. Again I love my shoes, they only cost £17 and have a very chunky heel. I wore them from 6 in the evening till about 3 in the morning, without any Party Feet and had no pressure or pain on the balls of my feet at all, so they are very comfortable.

What did you get up to this weekend? Did you have a relaxing one or a wild one?
P.S. Don’t forget, if you enjoy my blog, vote for me in the Cosmopolitan Magazine Blog Awards as Best Newcomer. It takes 30 seconds and a tick of a box but would mean the world to me…. Thanks!
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Fitness Friday| A new fitness favourite Cani-X

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Well I don’t now about you, but I have well and truly been swept away by the Olympic spirit. I love seeing the country come together to share moments of joy; the athletes pushing themselves far and beyond their limits for glory; and learning more about sports I’d never paid any interest to previously. I really do hope that these games inspire a generation. If not a generation, at least they have inspired me.

My little fitness or health kick has came from finally finishing university, so having no excuse of a crap diet and late nights spent in the library for my unfitness, and from the fact I went for my bridesmaid dress fitting and my dress did not fit! Argh! Well the zip reached, but we didn’t force it as did not want to pull the chiffon. So I need to get fit and thinner, and what better time than when the nation is enthralled in sport.

So my mother decided that she would introduce me to her new favourite hobby Cani-X, which is basically running with your favourite furry friend. You have a special lead which you strap around your waist, the lead then has your dog attached on a sort of bungee rope. It’s great really as both you and your dog get an extra hard work out, as you both work together and at times end up pulling each other along. I know my dog Archie, pulls me up the hills.

I used to run quite often when I was younger and loved it, there is no better feeling than a runners high. However after not running for a long time, and being un-fit my first run was pretty hard! It was extra hard for me as I’m a road runner, so fell running was a completely different experience. Yes it is easier on your joints as you are on grass most of the time, but your joints are the only thing its easier on! You work what seems like every other muscle while you try and keep yourself level when running across uneven ground in fields, and running up hills! Oh the hills! I don’t bare well on them at the moment.

However I am loving it! It makes running so much more fun because you are with your dog, and also the views from the top of the fell are amazing, as you can see above. The pictures above show my mum and I with our running partners George and Archie; the hill I aim to run too and from in a couple of weeks (it doesn’t look too steep in the picture, but it is); and me feeling great after my run. I also added a few pictures from Google showing you how its done properly.

I’ve added a link to a Cani-X website if anyone wanted extra information- Cani-Cross.co.uk

Has anyone else been inspired to try a new sport after watching the Olympics? Or have you ever tried Cani-X?