Valentine’s flowers and their message

 

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Roses symbolize love and romance.

The Victorians began the tradition of offering flowers to communicate feelings that could not be spoken. Red roses indicate passion and romantic love, while yellow roses signify friendship and devotion.

Bright red Tulips, signify your Passion and perfect love.

Red Orchids, signify Passion and desire.

Flowers accompanied with a box of chocolate, referred to as “the food of the gods” and you have the perfect Valentine’s gift.

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Spring & Summer makeup colors

Dewy skin and shimmering eyes can sum up the make up trend for spring & summer this year.

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Glitter for eyes,

This year Glitter, in different forms, was used by make-up artists to make eyes to pop out while keeping skin as bare and clean as possible. For a dramatic night out black smoky shadows and heaps of glitter. For day time black cat eye and just a touch of color underneath.
To get this look just add a little line of color underneath the tail and you’re done. Extend your liner with baby blue, lilac, chartreuse, lavender, pale pink, and peach.

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Chanel Healthy glow eyeshadow

Fresh glowing complexion,

Rose-gold across eyes and cheeks for a
color coordinated beauty look. Soft peach eyes and petal-pink lipstick can be the morning to afternoon look, and is easy to reapply.

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Fenty highlighter for all over glow
Neutrogena moisture smooth color stick

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Smart 2018 Home Trends

These key words simplify this year’s home trends.

Multipurpose

Organic

Cozy

It starts with furniture and accent pieces that double as storage. Pieces that have design, and serve a purpose.

Stone, copper, concrete, granite, are natural materials that create an organic environment, and help bring a natural, peaceful, relaxing surroundings. And in fabrics, velvet with its soft texture is perfect in creating the cozy setting.

Lets not forget plants, naturally they are an important part of the organic movement in adding color, creating a cozy atmosphere.

Rich colors are the favorites of 2018.
Red, Pink, yellows, and greens.

Metal used for Hardware, and Trims, is Brass
Brass is a warm and easy to combine with many palettes, and a great alternative to the popular steel accents of  previous years.

In kids rooms

Bunk beds are taking the place of tepees. With storage and study area below and build into the structure.

Creating a place to relax
A resort, or spa interiors is the purpose of feeling safe, to relax, an environment suitable for meditating. Emphasizing on colors, rattan, warm materials like wood, natural fibers.

The final goal: Trust what you like
Surround yourself with things that bring you joy.

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Meditation for the entire family

It is easy to start and get hooked to few minutes of peace and relaxation.

Follow these 6 steps with the entire family

1- Sit or lie comfortably
2- Close your eyes
3- Breathe naturally
4- Focus your attention on the breath and on how the body moves with each inhalation and exhalation.
5- Pay attention to your chest, shoulders, rib cage, and belly.
6- Focus on the movement of your body as you breathe without controlling its pace or intensity.

Practice for two to three minutes, and then try it for longer periods.

And if you experience any resistance to a few minutes of meditation from your family?! Here are the Benefits of meditating:

•Meditation reduces stress.
•It improves concentration.
•It encourages a healthy lifestyle.
•It slows aging.
•The practice benefits cardiovascular and immune health.

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Feeling strong after a workout

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Source of protein,carbs,fat

Eating within 45 minutes after a workout helps us to rebuild muscle proteins and glycogen stores. It also helps stimulate growth of new muscle. So look for,

– Protein Helps Repair and Build Muscle

– Carbs Help With Recovery, and

– Fat is not that bad

Here is sample of each :

Carbs
Sweet potatoes
Chocolate milk
Quinoa
Fruits (pineapple, berries, banana, kiwi)
Rice cakes
Rice
Oatmeal
Potatoes
Pasta
Dark, leafy green vegetables

Protein
Eggs
Greek yogurt
Cottage cheese
Salmon
Chicken
Protein bar
Tuna

Fats
Avocados
Nuts
Nut butters
Trail mix (dried fruits and nuts)

We also need to drink water before and after a workout.

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We Can Control Our Mood Swings

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Mood foods

Eating regular meals and snacks at the same times every day helps keep your blood sugar levels steady. Keeping a steady eating schedule gives our bodies a continuous source of fuel, and this helps in keeping our mood stable.

The biggest bad mood culprits are refined carbohydrates, such as sugar. This is sugars that are in junk foods, such as candy and soda, as well as in everyday foods, such as fruit juice, syrup, and jams, can cause your blood sugar to go up and down like a rollercoaster. Refined white starches, white rice, white bread, and crackers have the same effect.

Try adding these smart protein choices to your diet:
eggs
poultry
seafood
tofu
low-fat Greek yogurt

Adding Fiber to our food can slow the absorption of sugar into your bloodstream and increase serotonin, the “feel good” chemical, both help in decreasing our mood swings. You can find healthy amounts of fiber in:
oats
beans
pears
peas
Brussels sprouts

We can add Vitamins to our diet:

Vitamin B9, D, and B12
For vitamin D
low-fat milk
egg yolks
soymilk

For vitamin B9
broccoli
lentils
oatmeal
oranges
dark leafy greens

For vitamin B12
cottage cheese
lean beef
salmon
So to keep our Moods up, we need to exercise, keep our eating schedule steady, stay away from white sugar, and white starch, eat fruits & veggies for fiber.😁

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4 Natural & Organic makeup brands

We all love to start the new year thinking healthy living should be our goal for the next 12 months. Eating healthy, using less chemicals at our homes, and making sure everything we bring into our home is made with natural ingredients not man made synthetics.

First attemp on thinking healthy is the makeup we use every day, and planning on giving the new organic brands, with natural ingredients a try.

Here is a list of four :

 

 

 

100% Pure

100% Pure aims to create the world’s most pure, organic and all-natural line of cosmetics, beauty products and skincare.

https://www.100percentpure.com/?src=sas

RMS Beauty

RMS Beauty’s cosmetics are produced with raw, food grade and organic materials for a truly natural product that hydrates and illuminates skin.

https://www.rmsbeauty.com

ILIA

ILIA’s high quality ingredients are from organic farmers around the world and manufactured in an organic certified lab. Their lab holds certifications with Gluten-Free, USDA Organic, and Leaping Bunny.

https://m.sephora.com/ilia

Alima finds the highest quality, purest ingredients, and never uses synthetic dyes or tests on animals.

https://www.amazon.com/Alima-

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