Smoking And Its Danger For Health

Tobacco is generally consumed as cigarettes, and also as a cigar. We know that smoking is dangerous and bad for our health. In England, smoking is one habit that causes premature death for age group below 65. Tobacco in cigarettes contains many destructive substances for health, such as: tar, carbon monoxide, and nicotine. Tar can harm the respiratory tract, carbon monoxide attach itself to red blood cells and reduce its ability to carry oxygen, while nicotine can cause an addiction. Cigarette’s smoke also contains substances that cause cancer; it can damage the lungs and other organs.

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11 Tips for Women To Save Money

Saving means not only save the money in large amounts. There are so many ways to collect your pennies and increase your saving. These are only simple tips to save money :

1. Maximizing debit card
If you use a debit card, you can pay according to the amount that is charged on your bill. The lesser you use cash, the greater your savings.

2. Online Shopping
Online shopping can be efficient because you don’t need any money for the travel costs, either to use public transportation or to pay the gasoline for your car. Moreover, if the distance to the shopping center is far from your house, it will be more and more money can be saved.

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How to Choose the Right Comb/Brush for Your Hair

Comb is very ancient tool that is used since many centuries ago. The existence of comb can be traced since the ancient Egyptians and China. On that old time, combs were used as accessories on their hair and became reflection of their social status. Now, combs have variety of shapes and used to manage the hair.

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Face Treatment Using Natural Mask

Face masks can be used to make your face brighter and looks more beauty. There are two major types of face mask, namely brand mask and natural mask (homemade natural mask are made naturally from various fruits type). A lot of fruits type can be used to make natural mask, some among them are easy to find in supermarket, such as avocado, strawberry, almond, lemon and grape.

1. Strawberry
This fruit contains Salicylic Acid, which is one type of BHA - Beta Hydroxi Acid (that helps to tighten the skin), Silica, and vitamins B, C, E and K

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Oily Hair Tips / Treatment - How To Fix It?

Having an oily hair is not comfortable indeed. Hair drenched so quickly so that it looks bad. There are many factor such as genetics, puberty, heat, and humidity also affect oil production. People who have fine, straight hair texture and/or an abundance of hair tend to have oilier hair than those with curlier locks and/or less hair. Generally, most people who have oily hair problem are washing their hair with shampoo everyday, so that the hair back fresh and looks good. Here are some tips for dealing with oily hair (oily hair tips):

1. Shampoo Daily
Shampoo daily with a specially formulated cleanser for oily hair. Use ph-balanced mild shampoo. Finding one that works for you will take time, with a trial and error approach. Make sure you shampoo your hair and rinse it cleanly.
2. Skip the conditioner
Skip the conditioner. Or, condition with an oil-free product; work a minimal amount into the hair tips only, not the roots; and, apply it only as needed.

3. Brush hair briefly
Brush/comb hair briefly and infrequently. When working the brush or comb through the hair, avoid contact with the scalp. This helps prevent or limit the transfer of oil from the scalp to the hair.

4. Avoid Oily Food / Junk Food
Avoid eating oily and fatty foods (including junk food) in the daily menu. Change unhealthy foods with vegetables.

5. Manage Stress
Adopt some techniques to help manage stress, such as meditation, scalp massage, acupuncture, and/or yoga.

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Juice For Anti Aging And Healthy Skin

All women in the world surely want smooth and ageless skin. However, it is not easy to get it. Consuming juice can help skin rejuvenation and ageless look. Fruits and vegetables are rich with vitamins A, C and E that are capable to maintain healthy skin. In addition, minerals such as selenium and zinc are antioxidants as anti aging that can help to restore collagen and whiten your skin.

Recommended fruit for anti aging and to rejuvenate the skin are blueberry, banana, strawberry, mango, papaya, guava, grape, plum, melon, watermelon, pineapple, avocado, apples, kiwi, star fruit, citrus lemon , carrots, tomatoes and so on.

This is the recipe to make a juice for skin rejuvenation and for ageless look:

Plum Cocktail
- 100 grams of plum, peeled cut into pieces
- 100 grams of yellow watermelon, cut into pieces
- 2 tbsp lemon juice lemon
- 60 ml ice water
- 1 tbsp honey
- 3 pieces of mint leaves
- 2 pieces of ice

How to make it :
Mix the plum, watermelon, lemon lime juice, water, ice, honey, mint leaves and ice cubes with blender until soft - Lift - Put the juice into the glass.

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Fruit And Vegetable Juice For Healthy Eyes

Vitamin A is good for your eyes. Vitamin A protect retina cell for the function to see brightness and the dark. They also can cure eyes disease. To assist process of healing eye disease, can be overcome by consuming vegetable and fruit juice that are rich with vitamin A. In addition to vitamin A, vitamin C, lycopen, and lutein are also good for maintaining the eyes cell to remain healthy and function properly.

Consuming fruit and vegetables juice that rich with vitamin A, such as citrus, tomatoes, bananas, star fruit, avocado, grape, pomegranate, apple, pineapple, pear, litchi and vegetables such as spinach, beans, broccoli etc. will help to cure the eyes disease.

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Overcoming Dry Skin Problem By Using Banana

Banana can overcome dry skin problem. Who don’t like banana? The sweet taste and soft texture makes banana become favorite food for many people. Banana contains of vitamin A, B, C, minerals, and tryptophan. Besides good for your health, banana can be used for face mask especially for dry skin. Making banana mask needs:

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Clean Up Dandruff Using Natural Treatment

Remove dandruff from scalp with natural dandruff treatment, dandruff is a one of hair problem that very annoying. Not only cause itchiness, but also affect to your appearance. Especially when you wear dark colored clothing, because dandruff which fall on the clothes will be easily visible. Today, there are many salons or beauty shops who offer dandruff chemical treatments. But sometimes this chemical treatment doesn’t fit to some people. So, I suggest to overcome it by using natural materials to help clean up dandruff, such as aloe vera, eucalyptus leaf oil, lemon, and olive oil.

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Healthy Food to Protect Yourself From Breast Cancer

Nowadays, breast cancer is become the most feared disease for women. Besides descent factor, the unhealthy life style such as drinking alcohol, smoking, eating junk food, and less activity could trigger breast cancer. But there are natural ways that can be used to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer. One of them is by eating healthy foods. There are some foods that are recommended:

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Short Haircuts Trend - Pixie Hair Style

Pixie Hair Style - Are you an active woman? Do you have a limited time to take care your hair? This pixie style will make you look trendy and independent even though you are busy. Pixie hair trend was popularized by Audrey Hepburn on the 50s. Even though the era of Pixie short hair cut has long passed away, but today many celebrities use this hair cut style for renew their appearance.


Katie Holmes looks gorgeous with her new hair.



Beside her song, Rihanna hairstyle also becomes inspiration for many woman.


Keira Knightley looks more feminine on her pixie hair


Elisha Cuthbert looks sexier with her short hair.

So, ask your hair stylist to cut your hair with pixie hair style, then get surprise for your new fabulous look.

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How To Choose The Right Fabric For Your Skirt

Usually women like to wear skirt. But do you know that there are various kinds of skirt fabric that use to make wonderful skirts.

GABARDINE

Do you work in a company that required you to wear formal outfit? You can choose gabardine material. Gabardine is a mix of cotton, linen, polyester, and this has a slippery surface and easy to 'set'. So, you will always look neat at the office.


TWEED

Tweed material is wool that is half-finished. It is not being processed until smooth, so the surface is a bit rough. Tweed material originally came from the UK, which is used by the kingdom family to do the outdoor activities, such as hunting.


CRAPE CHIFFON

The crape chiffon is very thin and lightweight, so it looks transparent. Crape skirt of chiffon usually has flare shape, layer, or tiered. It is usually have flowers or abstracts motives.


WOOL

Wearing wool skirt will keep you warm although in the cold and rainy season. Its smooth surface will make you comfortable while doing your activity.


COTTON

Cotton material is very suitable for women who lives in tropical countries. Cotton is very light and can absorb sweat well. Furthermore, if your skirt contain of 100% cotton fiber, the fabric will feel soft and cool.


LINEN

Linen is made from flax. It is a bast fiber taken from the stalk of the plant. Linen does wrinkle easily but also presses easily. it has slippery surface and very vulnerable to heat. So, you should be careful while you iron it.

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