Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts

Sunday, March 30, 2014

8 Fat Burning Foods You Should Start Eating

Yes, fat keeps you protected, warm and alive. But too much of anything can be, well, bad. If you are trying to pare down your pot belly, look at these tips of fat- burning foods.

Breakfast cereal
Start your day skinny by boosting fiber and providing fewer calories from fat than other popular breakfasts such as bacon and eggs, ready to eat cereal can help you fill up and slim down. Study from one journal of the dietetic association found that women who eat cereal are 35 percent less likely to be overweight than those who eat other breakfast foods. To get the most bangs for your breakfast buck, choose rich in fiber, low-fat cereals and aim for five grams per serving.

Low fat yogurt
Plain, low fat yogurts are one of the best sources of calcium, a mineral that might fight fat. Not getting enough calcium triggers the release of calcitriol- a hormone that causes you to store fat, whereas in taking of your daily calcium needs help you burn fat more efficiently. Yogurts and other dairy foods are leading sources of leucine, which helps fight fat as well.

Peanuts
Ironically, elephant favorite peanuts fight weight gain, slow rises in blood sugar and what is more curb hunger. One study found that those who add 505 calories of peanuts to their diets for 2 weeks experience almost no change in body weight and a 25 percent drop in triglycerides- fats that are associated with heart disease. Researchers say that satiating power of peanuts helps people eat less overall.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Shape of a Century: How Have Women’s Bodies Evolved?


Decades of beautiful female forms show the evolution of culture’s definition of the ‘perfect’ woman
The quest to be beautiful can be helped and hindered by many things, but when it comes to body shapes, could women be more attractive depending on the decade they are in? With the chance to see the changing perception of perfection played out on screen, women can now pinpoint when it was high-fashion to be elfin, glamorous to be curvalicious, and divine to be straight up and down.
Marisota, the online fashion retailer that specialises in clothing to make women of all shapes and sizes look fabulous, has created a range of images illustrating the evolution of the ideal female body shape from the 1920s right through to its predictions for 2020. The larger size womenswear specialist is here to show women of all shapes when their personal build may have been considered the most stunning, and what the future has in store for their figures.
Illustrated by images of the iconic women who inspired a decade – or two, in the case of one particular supermodel – the feature reveals the characteristics on each decade’s wishlist, and what women did to get them!
In Marisota’s journey through the looking-glasses of a century, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna and a host of other beauties accompany the British public to display the motivation that has seen women go boyish, big-busted and almost fade away in the name of beauty!
Caroline Evans, Brand Director at Marisota said of the company’s latest release: “The last hundred years has shaped the ideal woman in many weird and wonderful ways, and we think this trip through the decades is a fascinating way to take it all in. We would all like to know when our particular body shape was in, and what we can expect in the future.
“There are some decades we hopefully won’t revisit in terms of body shapes,” she added, “but the forecast for the next ten years certainly looks positive in terms of fabulous curves and fuller figures!”

Sunday, December 2, 2012

The Best Ways to Improve Communication Skills

Effective communication skills are important at your office and in your personal life. The strength of your communication skills can determine how much you advance in your career. These skills can also determine how well you make friends or develop relationships. If you feel that you are struggling in this area, then there are steps that you can take. The best ways to improve your communication skills are to build rapport, enunciate, relax, animate your voice and listen. 

Build Rapport 
One way to have good communication with another person is to build rapport quickly. Smiling and using eye contact are two of the most positive signals that you can send when you start a conversation. You want the other person to feel that you are happy to be talking to him or her. It is also important to have something to discuss. It is a good idea to read newspapers or watch the news in order to stay on top of current events. If you have many topics that you can talk about, then it will be easier to develop a rapport with another person. 


Enunciate 
Speak clearly when you are communicating with other people. Try to avoid mumbling or slurring your words together. It can be frustrating for the listener if it is necessary to say, "huh?" several times while you are talking. A good way to practice enunciating is to record yourself talking. You can listen to yourself and hear if you need to make some changes. 

Relax You can be a much better communicator if you simply relax. If you are nervous, then you will probably speak quickly and be difficult to understand. You may also make others feel uncomfortable. Avoid hunching your shoulders, fidgeting or toe-tapping while speaking. These are telltale signs that you are nervous. If you appear relaxed and confident, then people will likely be more interested in what you have to say. 


Animate Your Voice 
You don't want people to be bored while you are speaking. You can keep them interested if you avoid speaking in a monotone voice. You should vary your pitch and volume while you are communicating. Watch television news anchors and listen to how they animate their voices by using a range of tones. 


Listen 
Remember that communication is a two-way process. You need to hear and understand what other people are saying if you want to effectively communicate with them. People may also lose interest in talking to you if you constantly talk and never listen. A way to show someone that you have been listening is to paraphrase what he has said when you reply. A good exercise to improve listening skills is to have your spouse or a friend quiz you on details of a conversation.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

11 Reasons to Control Your TV Watching Habit


In reality, television viewing is always considered to be bad for your health. You cannot accept this fact readily, but watching TV for a long time can put your health at risk. It is accepted that you can gain a lot of knowledge from a few television shows, but still the disadvantages outweigh these benefits with a big margin! TV serves as a medium of entertainment and education for all, but it is associated with a number of physical and mental health problems such as:
  1. Increase in the Risk of Heart Diseases: Based on the analysis of the data collected over a period of six years from 8,800 Australian men and women (over age 25 with no history of heart disease), researchers found that every hour of TV watching increased a person's risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 18%, and increased the risk of death from cancer by 9%. This means that people who watched more than four hours of TV had an 80% increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease over the 6-year time period as compared to people who watched 2 hours or less each day. The problem normally crops up from a sedentary lifestyle which television offers to you. According to researchers, the human body evolved to move, not sit still for extended periods of time. So sitting in front of a TV or a computer screen for too long poses serious risks to health, and to life.
  2. Disruption of Sleep: The light emitted from the television can prove to be too stimulating to our systems. This can reduce the levels of the brain hormone melatonin, which usually increase in the evening as light levels fall. This may effect the body's natural rhythm, keeping you awake longer and results in irregular sleep and extreme fatigue. Reduced levels of melatonin have also been linked to early puberty in girls.
  3. Increase in the Risk of Diabetes: When it comes to controlling diabetes, TV watching habit can be included as the risk factor. A 2003 study of women published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the risk of diabetes increases by 14% for every 2 hours of television viewing in a day. Another study conducted in the same year and published in the journal Lipids found that men who watched more than 40 hours of TV per week were 3 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than men who watched TV less than 1 hour weekly. According to researchers, all this increased risk cannot be explained by the increased snacking and reduced activity linked with sitting in front of the television.
  4. Increase in the Risk of Obesity: Prolonged watching of television relates to an absence of muscle movement. If your muscles stay inactive for too long, it can disrupt your metabolism leading to weight gain. Additionally, when you are watching TV, you tend to eat more and eat unhealthy foods due to advertising and other food cues on TV. A study compared the television viewing habits of more than 50,000 women who participated in the Nurses' Health Study from 1992 to 1998, and found that weight gain increased as TV watching increased. For each two-hour increase in television watching per day, there was a 23% rise in obesity.
  5. Development of Attention Deficit Disorder: In the 1970s, a Professor named Werner Halperin suggested that the rapid changes of sounds and images on TV may affect the neurological system of a young child and can cause attention problems. Also, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington Child Health Institute found that 3-year-old child who watches two hours of TV per day is 20% more likely to have attention problems at age 7 than a child who watches no television.
  6. Increase in the Risk of Asthma: In the UK, a research studied the TV viewing habits of more than 3,000 children ranging in age from infants to 11 years. The results of the study established that children who spent 2 hours or more watching television per day had twice the risk of suffering from asthma.
  7. Greater Chances of Mindless Eating: Studies conducted by the Stanford University of Medicine prove that TV viewing is directly linked with mindless eating. You have more chances of eating junk foods while watching TV than in any other activity! It really feels very nice to enjoy burgers, pizzas and French Fries while watching your favorite shows.
  8. Negative Effect on the Mental Development: Watching TV for a prolonged period of time has a negative effect on the intellectual development of children. The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages TV viewing for kids under 2 and recommends no more than two hours a day for older kids. Prolonged watching of TV can also lead to a deterioration of the mental processing power in case of older people.
  9. Increase in the Eye Strain: Watching too much television is bad for your eyes, especially when watching television in a dark room. Focusing your eyes too long on any one object can strain your eyes.
  10. Portrayal of Aggressive Behavior: Young children are more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior after viewing violent TV shows or movies. As part of a study, researchers examined the data on more than 3,000 3-year-olds and found that children exposed to more television, directly and indirectly (exposed to the television while other people in the home are watching), are at increased risk for exhibiting aggressive behavior.
  11. Reduction of Social Interaction: Watching television may replace social interaction with friends and family, depriving children of sharing ideas and feelings with others. This may result various social phobias.
It would be quite difficult for you to control your TV viewing habit. But once you are able to do it, you won't have any repentance. You would want to spend the weekend by relaxing and this might mean sitting on a sofa and watching TV for long hours. Instead, you can go out and spend quality time with your family - a long drive and a family picnic are great options!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Look Younger, Instantly!


Every time you meet someone new, they subconsciously scan your face for signs of your age. (Don’t feel bad: you do it, too.) There are a couple of dead giveaways that can betray a birthday, but even if you aren’t old enough to start subscribing to AARP magazine, you might be accidentally adding years to your appearance. And while you can’t turn back time, you can look much younger by making a few changes to your grooming regimen.
Gray hair: Before you start panicking, let me say that the silver that’s peeking through at your temples lends you a distinguished air. One option is to embrace this natural look, and appreciate how your silver foxiness will soon give you some heft at the office. But if you think that age 28 is too young to start sporting grays, try adding more pepper to your salt. Unless you’d like to look like 70’s-era Elvis, don’t attempt to use a DIY all-over color kit (at least for your first foray). Make an appointment with a stylist who will gradually add lowlights (the opposite of your girlfriend’s highlights) to targeted areas.
Wrinkles: If your forehead is becoming a map of all the years you’ve spent at the beach, it’s not to late to slam on the brakes and soften the damage that’s been done. Use a moisturizer with SPF every morning and a richer lotion at night, when skin becomes dehydrated. Finally, a high-sugar diet can generate harmful molecules called advanced glycation end products. These damage collagen in the skin and contribute to premature wrinkles. So no more cookies with your 3 p.m. coffee, kiddo! Click here for the best wrinkle-fighting products on the market.
Crow’s feet/puffy eyes: Vices aren’t doing your eyes any favors. Smoking diminishes circulation, which contributes to wrinkles, and late nights can cause blood to pool under eyes, creating dark circles. Plus, too much sodium and booze can make your eyes puffy from retaining fluids. So cut back on the excess but sleep on an extra pillow to keep the fluid from pooling around your eyes, creating bags. As an emergency fix, try placing cold cucumber slices on your eyes for 15 minutes before you leave the house. Cucumbers contain an astringent that may help to constrict blood vessels around the eye. They also have a cooling effect on inflamed skin.
Yellow teeth: Coffee, red wine and berries can make your teeth look dingy, which in turn means old. But eating other types of fruits and vegetables—such as apples, celery, raw carrots, broccoli and other crunchy greens—can actually exfoliate the stains on your smile. To obtain an even deeper white, try whitening toothpaste and kits—but first, discover the truth about three popular smile brighteners.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Top 10 Most Expensive Desserts



Sure it’s great to have a nice hearty meal, but what’s a nice meal without the perfect dessert to end the night? There’s nothing better than being able to enjoy something sweet and tasty: cake, cookies, pie, pudding, or anything else- as long as it has sugar in it. When you indulge in sweet desserts, you might worry about a costly dental bill in your future… but, how about the price of the dessert itself?
There aren’t many people who can afford to, or who would want to, spend thousands of dollars on a dessert. However, if you are insanely rich (or just insane?), here is a list of ten desserts you should order. The rest of us will sit here watering out of our mouths and eyes from the hefty price tags.
Who’d have ever thought a sweet tooth could be so expensive:

10. Noka Chocolate, Vintage Collection $854 per pound Noka Chocolate Expensive Desserts

Probably the simplest dessert on the list, the Vintage Collection provided by Noka Chooclate comes in at an expensive $854 per pound. The chocolate that is sold by this company is well known for being delicious and one of the finest made in the entire world. Noka uses all different types of cocoa from places such as Ecuador, Venezuela, Cote d’Ivoire, and Trinidad. The chocolates that are provided in the Vintage Collection are all of the dark variety, each of them made with at least 75% cocoa. If you’re new to such high class chocolate, Noka even provides flavor profiles as well as tasting guidelines. Each box is packaged in the classic Noka design.

9. Golden Opulence Sundae $1,000

Serendipity's Golden Opulence Sundae

Made of the best of the best, the Golden Opulence Sundae, provided by New York City restaurant Serendipity 3, will add $1000 to your bill. The sundae was created in order to celebrate Serendipity’s 50th Anniversary- otherwise known as the golden anniversary. The restaurant says that they only sell about one of these sundaes a month, but any sale is better than none, right? Known as the world’s most expensive sundae, the Golden Opulence is made with 5 scoops of Tahitian Vanilla Bean ice cream mixed with Madagascar vanilla and Venezuelan Chuao chocolate and topped off with a leaf covered in 23K edible gold. There are also other ingredients, including gold dragets, Paris candied fruits, marzipan cherries, and truffles. To top it all off, one of the world’s most expensive chocolates (Amedei Porcelana) is drizzled over the top and a Ron Ben-Israel sugar flower is properly placed. On top of the sundae you’ll also find a small glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, sweetened with orange, passion fruit, and Armagnac, which gives off a shiny golden color. You even get to eat the sundae in style: an 18K gold spoon is provided to eat your delicious treat out of a Harcourt crystal goblet.

8. The Brownie Extraordinaire $1,000

Brownie Extraordinaire Most Expensive Desserts

Yo can try this dessert next time you’re on the East Coast of the U.S.- if you’re willing to dish out $1,000. The Brownie Extraordinaire is sold at Brule, a restaurant in the Tropicana Resort located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. But, this isn’t just any brownie. It’s made out of dark chocolate that is then covered with Italian hazelnuts and served with a scoop of ice cream. Along with the sweet dessert, customers are also given a very rare and highly expensive port wine, Quinta do Novel Nicional, from Portugal. The wine is poured and served in a St. Louis Crystal atomizer. Although a brownie may not seem like a very lavish dessert, adding the rare glass of wine most definitely spices things up. And, if you’re a really big spender, you can choose to spend $15,000 on a Valentine’s Day package at Tropicana Resorts, which includes a hotel stay, romantic dinners, and of course the Brownie Extraordinaire.

7. The Sultan’s Golden Cake $1,000

Sultans Golden Cake Most Expensive Desserts
If you’ve ever wanted to try an edible brick of gold, this dessert is definitely for you. It’s available at the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel located in Istanbul, for the hefty price of $1,000. The cake is made of figs, pears, apricot, and quince that are then put into a Jamaican Rum and soaked for two years. To finish, the cake is topped with French Polynesia vanilla bean, caramel, black truffles, and a 24 carat gold leaf. It is said that the cake takes about 72-hours to make. Once it is ready to be served, it is placed inside a sterling silver cake box with a golden seal. However, the cake is usually only made per request: usually for a wedding, celebration, or for a sultan himself.

6. Macaroons Haute Couture $7,414

Pierre Herme Macaroons Most Expensive Desserts

Macaroons aren’t too hard to find in today’s world. They are simply two meringue puffs that are held together with butter cream. They are most popular in France, and you can usually find them for a reasonable price for such a tasty dessert. However, French pastry chef, Pierre Herme, has cooked up a new and more expensive type of macaroons. The price tag at $7,414 definitely makes these macaroons not as attractive to everyone as the original recipe. Herme says that he offers a large variety of ingredients that have elevated the costs. A customer is able to choose ingredients such as balsamic vinegar, fleur de sel, red wine, peanut butter, and anything else you can think of putting between your two meringue puffs. Not all of the macaroons are this expensive, but if you choose the right ingredients, be prepared to dish out $7,000.

5. The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence $14,500

Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence Most Expensive Desserts

They say food presentation is very important, and when it comes to the Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence, there is no doubt. In Sri Lanka, stilt fishing has become a very popular tradition that has been around for decades. The dessert pays special tribute to this pastime by portraying a stilt fishing scene made of delicious ingredients, including chocolate, exotic fruit, and Irish cream. The dish is served with a mango and pomegranate compote. It portrays a fisherman, carved out of chocolate, hanging onto the stilt. Underneath the fisherman is a perfectly placed 80 carat aquamarine. It sits on a tiny sliver of chocolate to fully represent the fisherman’s stilt. Those who order the dessert get to keep the jewel, but as of now, no one has forked out the money. The Fortress was first unveiled at the Wine3 Fisherman Stilt restaurant in Sri Lanka.

4. Frrrozen Haute Chocolate $25,000

Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Most Expensive Desserts

Another Serendipity 3 dessert, the Frrozen Haute Chocolate is definitely a drink that no one will ever forget. At the price of $25,000, you can enjoy the frozen drink with the consistency of a slushy that contains a variety of cocoas from over 14 countries, milk, and of course 5 grams of 24-carat. To top it off, there’s a dollop of whipped cream and La Madeline au Truffle shavings. To ensure your money’s worth, the “Haute” cold dessert comes in a goblet that is banded with gold and decorated with diamonds: 1 carat of them, along with a take-home golden spoon. In 2007 the dessert was named the most expensive dessert in the world and was put into the Guinness World Records, but the price-tag has since been surpassed. In any case, would you want to pay $25,000 for slushy hot cocoa?

3. Platinum Cake $130,000

Platinum Cake Most Expensive Desserts

Created by a Japanese pastry chef named Nobue Ikara, the Platinum Cake rings in at the tiny price of $130,000, and is any platinum lover’s dream. The cake is decorated with plain white frosting and then draped with everything platinum, including chains, necklaces, pins, pendants, and even foils made of platinum that are edible. Ikara crafted the cake in dedication to many women, including Rinko Kikuchi, as well as in order to persuade more women to wear platinum. The cake was showcased by Platinum Guild International, a company encouraging more and more people to buy platinum jewelry, despite the record high rates for precious metals these days. The cake hasn’t been sold and the company has no idea whether it will be sold or not, but they do know it is worth more than many can afford. But, at least you get the chance to have your platinum cake, eat it, and wear it too. What a steal!

2. Strawberries Arnaud $1.4 million

Strawberries Arnaud New Orleans Desserts

As we’ve all heard, things are not always what they seem, and this saying applies to the Strawberries Arnaud perfectly. If you go to Arnaud’s restaurant in New Orleans’ French Quarter, you see nothing more than a bowl of strawberries topped with cream and mint. Yet, somehow they are worth $1.4 million? Look a bit harder and you’ll find a one-of-a-kind 4.7-carat pink diamond once belonging to Sir Ernest Cassel, an English royal finance advisor. Not only do you get delicious strawberries and a nice ring, the dessert comes with white-glove servers who provide wine out of a wine set worth $24,850, and of course there’s live jazz music. I mean, who would eat a $1.4 million dessert without music in the background? In any case, I say stick to your own strawberries and cream and a 25 cent plastic ring. She’ll never know the difference.

1. Diamond Fruitcake $1.65 million

Diamond Fruitcake 1.65 million dollars

For many of us, Christmas is all about spending time with family, enjoying a nice meal, and of course spending money on gifts for everyone. But, would you be daring enough to dish about $1.65 million for cake? Even better…could you afford it without having a nice overdraft fee in your bank account? Probably not; however, one pastry chef in Tokyo decided that his cake was worth this exorbitant amount of money. The chef decided to auction off the cake on Christmas Day at an exhibit entitled Diamonds: Nature’s Miracle. The chef took about 6 months to design the cake and an entire month to finish it and have it ready to be sold. 223 small diamonds are located throughout the exterior of the cake. Except for the diamonds, the rest of the cake is fully edible. This seems like a nice gift for your wife. “Here honey, have your cake and eat it too, just watch for all the diamonds”. But what woman doesn’t like diamonds, even if they are half-way covered in icing and not set in gold?

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Ten Qualities that Most Men Look For Women

Every man is different and wants different things in his woman. Moreover, what he wants depends on whether he is looking for a girlfriend, a wife or someone to go out with on a Saturday night. With that in mind, here are the top 10 qualities that most men usually look out for. It’s in no particular order, as it differs from person to person.
1. Confident

Men like their women to be confident, someone who enters a room walking tall and makes eye contact is found to be attractive. Women who are confident about their looks and abilities are easier to be around, than those who need constant affirmation. It’s nice to have your girl lean on you for support with her insecurities once in a while, but someone who needs constant support can be a little annoying.
2. Good Sense of Humor

No one wants to be with someone who has a dull personality and is always serious. Guys want a girl who can laugh at their jokes, herself at times say something funny and enjoy herself. They don’t want someone who is always negative about everything and finds it difficult to enjoy herself. Girls with a cheery disposition and positive outlook are attractive to men.

3. Well-groomed

Well, there’s no denying that appearance is important, it is what initially attracts a guy to a girl. Guys like girls who are feminine, this may have to do with the fact that it makes them feel more masculine. Most guys also like girls with nice hair, it’s less about appearance and more about being well-groomed. No one would like a girl who does not maintain personal hygiene. In addition, a healthy girl with a fit body is more attractive to guys.

4. Independent

Independence is an attractive trait to most men, they like women who have their own life. While, it can be nice to receive attention from a girl, someone who’s life revolves around her guy will be way too clingy. Guys need attention and care but at the same time they need their space. They are more likely to date a girl who has her own set of friends and hangs out with them. But, at the same time, men like being providers and need a woman to be dependant on them to an extent, to remind them that they are needed.

5. Understanding

Guys want an understanding girl, someone who isn’t constantly cribbing. She should accept her guy the way he is and be willing to make minor adjustments. Moreover, while opposites may attract, men want women to respect his beliefs and preferably share his likes and dislikes. A girl who nags a guy beyond reason is a huge turn-off. Guys look for a woman who can support and appreciate them.

6. Honest and Loyal

Of course men want a woman who does not lie and will be loyal to him. He needs to have the assurance that she will not be flirting with his friend, the minute he leaves the room. So, the obvious traits they look for in women are faithfulness and reliability. They want someone who will stand by their side no matter what. Looking at the number of breakups and divorces due to infidelity, it’s no surprise that this quality is highly looked for in girls.

7. Mature and Well-Spoken

Baby talk may be cute once in a while, but mostly men like women who are mature and talk sense. She should be able to have a normal conversation that does not involve clothes and makeup. She should be interesting and not too loud. Also girls who abuse too much maybe a turn off, especially if the guy himself refrains from profanity.

8. Easy Going

Guys look for girls who are easy going, an uptight person is not really liked by men. ‘The girl next door’ is most preferred when they intend to have a serious relationship. A girl they can take home to meet their family and a girl they can have a good time with. Men look for women who can let go, someone who isn’t afraid of messing up her makeup, who is laid back and easy to please.

9. Caring

Men most definitely like women who care for them and make little efforts to show them their concern. Small gestures like cooking for him, ironing a shirt, asking him if he’s had lunch or a quick kiss when he’s feeling low are highly appreciated. Men feel nice when they know their girl is paying attention to them, noticing small things and taking care of his needs. But, at the same time they like getting their space, so women should refrain from overdoing it.

10. Supportive

Men look for supportive women, particularly when they are interested in a long-term relationship. For a guy in his 20s, who is still struggling with his career, the support of his girl is very important. He wants someone who will listen to him, without making fun of him or putting him down. Someone who will give him objective advice and make him look good in front of others.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Celebs with Dip-Dyed Dogs



Is this a new celeb trend for summer? Emma Watson, Amber Heard and JWWow  are just a few of the  celebs who are dip-dying doogie hair all the colors of the rainbow!
Did model turned actress Amber Heard kick off this trend? She was the first one spotted with a tie-dyed Yorkie. Poor little Pistol.
We know Emma’s a leader, not a follower…yet she couldn’t resist making her dog pink! At least her scarf kinda sorta matches the dog.
New mom, Alessandra Ambrosio had her dog Ruffles pink and purple!
Not content to have one dip-dyed dog, Celebrity Apprentice Aubrey O’Day has two: One pink and one blue!
Poor poochie! Color her dog embarrassed!
Here's Snooki (pregnant in heels) and her pal JWoww terrorizing the streets of Jersey City with their lavender and pink dogs.
Wherever there’s a trend, there’s Courtney Stodden trying to cash in on it. I don’t know what’s worse—the fact that the dog has pink hair, or the that the poor thing is mostly bald.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Shoes Say Volumes About Your Personality

People say clothes count for first impressions. They really do, because each person has his own style which reflects his or herpersonality. But can shoes say volumes about their owner? According to psychologists they can. Shoes show your fashion sense, status, neatness, attention you pay to details, etc.
Stilettos as weapon
If you love stilettos you are most likely a vivid and extraordinary person who longs for attention. You can be capricious and a bit spoilt but you always get what you want. You are confident about your powers and sex appeal. However, some people take you as a silly and shallow girl.
Flats for comfort

Flats-lover is usually sweet, friendly and a little boring. Deep in your soul you are still a child. You try to look open and prepossessing but strangers can hardly get too close to you. Women who like flats are usually great fashionistas who are fond of wearing new clothes. You are kind and considerate. And men see you as a very fragile person who they want to care for.
Biker-style queen
You are reserved and a bit egocentric. You don’t trust people and prefer doing everything yourself. But at the same time you are smart and sensitive and often worry about your relations with other people. You get sincerely surprised with rudeness and inadequate behavior.
Dandy-girl
If you like loafers and oxford shoes you belong to a group of women who are undemonstrative and prefer hiding their feelings even if their souls are in flames. You know what you want and achieve your goals no matter what happens and people around you think. You can be too punctilious which bothers you to make friends easily.
Tomboy
Girl who has a weak point about sporty footwear is normally creative and sociable. They love traveling and feel extremely bored when routine makes them stay at the same place for long. You need to always be among people who love and respect you.



Comfortable sexiness
Women who wear wedge shoes are usually straightforward, confident and love power. However, when it comes to decision making they tend to hesitate. In relationships they seek for reliability and trust.

And while we generally prefer the same style of footwear to wear on the daily basis we still love experiments and this explains how in one wardrobe one can keep all existing shoe styles. Don’t take this article very seriously but isn’t it generally true about you?

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Excess Tea and Coffee on The Benefits and Options


When should choose coffee or tea, usually to be considered is the taste because they have proven equally healthy. But at certain moments, the benefits of tea or coffee can each surpass one another.
After all the content in tea and coffee is not 100 percent the same, so the choice between them should be based on many considerations beyond the affairs of taste. One of them is a goal that at the time you want to get from the drink.

Excess tea and coffee at certain times based on the benefits to be obtained are as follows:

1. The time needed to boost stamina
Caffeine in coffee and tea are equally able to boost stamina by increasing the heart rate and blood pressure. The only difference being levels, in each 200 mL of tea contains an average of 14-16 mg of caffeine in 200 mL of coffee while the caffeine content could reach an average of 95 mL.

Choice: coffee, because caffeine content is higher, so the effect is stronger and faster.

2. When the need is always healthy
A 2009 study showed that drinking 4 cups of coffee a day reduced the risk of type-2 diabetes by 30 percent. Other studies have shown. at least 3 cups of coffee each day can also reduce the risk of skin cancer as much as 9 percent.
However, long-term benefits of drinking tea each day also has a lot to prove, especially green tea. Antioxidant content in these drinks can strengthen the immune system, and the male is very effective in preventing prostate cancer.

Options: Both are healthy to eat every day.

3. When he needed to lose weight
In general, caffeine has been shown to lower body weight and waist circumference. But specifically, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that green tea every day effectively shrink the stomach as much as 3.4 cm in 12 weeks only.

Options: Tea, because of its effect in burn fat faster and make more efficient cell metabolism.

4. When the muscular body takes
If tea is more effective to burn fat, then copies the most effective form of muscle mass due to a higher caffeine content makes stimulansianya effect is getting stronger. When someone, especially men drink 2.5 cups of coffee before exercise then he can do sprints or sprint 9 percent farther.

Options: Coffee, because muscles need stimulation to work harder. The more frequently used for heavy work, muscle mass will grow.

5. When the need to improve mood
Unlike the coffee that often makes the heart pounding because high levels of caffeine, tea is better suited to relieve the strain on the nerves. Even according to the European Journal of Applied Physiology, several types of teas such as camomile and lavender tea can relieve stress and anxiety just to smell the smell alone.

Options: Tea, because the tradition in many countries such as Japan and China also has shown that the drink is best suited to complement the leisure time.

Jogging...The Secret of Long Life !


It’s one of the secrets of longevity that is relatively easy to do and inexpensive. Yes, rutinlah do joggers or jog at least two or three times in a week. According to the results of the study scientists, this simple recipe can extend life expectancy and age at least up to six years.
As reported scientists Denmark, a man or woman doing jogging regularly have increased the average life expectancy of between five to six years. The greatest benefits of jogging, said researcher, will accrue to a person when you do it with the speed of a slow or leisurely, and enough to make breath a bit breathless. Instead of running with high speeds that forces the body to work hard.
Our research results clearly answer whether jogging is beneficial to your health. We could say that jogging regularly extend the life. The good news is you do not need to do it too hard to get the benefits, says heart health expert Dr Peter Denmark, Schnohr, involving 2,000 men and women in his studies.
Research about jogging conducted Schnohr is part of research entitled the Copenhagen City Heart Study. This research to monitor 20,000 men and women aged 20 to Denmark 93 years since 1976.
The team, led by Dr. Schnohr examines the average death rate among 1,003 men and woman who diligently do 762 jogging for about 35 years. Participants were also asked how much time is spent jogging every week, whether they are running with slow, medium or fast.
Compared to the group that never jog, the risk of death in both men and women jogging routine decreases up to 44 percent. Data shows, taking into account the age factor, jogging can increase the life expectancy of men up to 6.2 years longer and women 5.6 years longer.
According to the researchers, the most ideal jogging is done for one up to 2.5 hours in one session with moderate pace. Within a week, jogging should also performed between two to three times.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Celebrity Diva to Dealmaker

Kim Kardashian

Having just inked a three-year, $40 million TV deal with E! to continue to produce reality programming with her family, Kim also has a stake in her sisters' DASH clothing stores and has released three fragrances. When she's not jetting around the world to events, Kardashian often sticks by her computer, where she can reportedly earn up to $25,000 to mention a brand in a Twitter tweet.

Oprah Winfrey

Born into poverty, Winfrey became a millionaire at age 32 when The Oprah Winfrey Show went national. Declared the first black female billionaire in world history by Forbes, Winfrey has co-authored five books, publishes her own magazine, owns Harpo Productions, Inc., and as of March 2012, has an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion.

Beyonce

Earning $35 million in 2011, new mom Beyonce rakes in the dough thanks to a lucrative music career, her House of Dereon fashion line with mom Tina Knowles and endorsements with brands like L'Oreal.

Lady Gaga

Raking in $90 million in 2011 just from her worldwide concert tour alone, Gaga is able to share her story with 32 million Facebook fans and 10 million Twitter followers, most of whom presumably helped her reach one million digital downloads of "Born This Way" in its first five days of release.

Bethenny Frankel

"The most difficult thing in my journey is the way that people have reacted to my making money….It surprises me because you always think about people making money and it changing them, you never think about it changing everything else," Skinnygirl mogul Frankel -- who earned $55 million in 2011 selling everything from booze to books -- tells Forbes. "Fame isn't the thing that changed the people around me, but money is."

Gwen Stefani

Rising to fame as a member of No Doubt, Stefani -- a mom of two -- has seen her wealth increase with the release of her L.A.M.B. clothing line, which expanded to include the Harajuku Lovers line in 2005. Also a spokeswoman for L'Oreal, Stefani has two fragrances that bear her name.

Victoria Beckham

Dubbed Posh Spice during her stint as a Spice Girl, Beckham has since put her singing career on hold to become one of the fashion industry's most sought-after designers. Loved by celebs including Jennifer Lawrence, Eva Longoria and Kim Kardashian, Beckham's self-titled collection paved the way for her own brand of jeans, sunglasses, handbags and jewelry.

Tyra Banks

The fourth richest supermodel in the world, Banks -- who appeared twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue -- helmed her own talk show for five years before its cancellation in 2010. Currently appearing as the host of America's Next Top Model, Banks released her first novel in 2011 and graduated from Harvard Business School in 2012

Jessica Simpson

"I have the best job in the world!" new mom Simpson -- whose Jessica Simpson brand has raked in $750 million in 35 countries -- tells Us. Making frequent appearances at her chic but affordable line's workroom, the Fashion Star mentor is very hands-on. "Nothing goes out without me seeing it or my mom [Tina Simpson, cocreative director] seeing it," Simpson explains

Heidi Klum

Ranked No. 83 on Forbes' Celebrity 100 List, Project Runway's hostess made her millions thanks to a 13-year Victoria's Secret modeling career coupled with brand endorsements and her own line of athletic apparel for New Balance sold on Amazon.com. In addition to Project Runway, the single mom of four also hosted Lifetime's Seriously Funny Kids and Germany's Next Top Model.

Jennifer Lopez

Getting her first big break in 1997's Selena, former In Living Color fly girl Lopez is the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood with an estimated $250 million net worth. Selling more than 55 million records worldwide, Lopez -- who appears in this summer's What to Expect When You're Expecting -- signed on to judge American Idol in 2011. She continues to appear as a spokesmodel for L'Oreal and has her own line of clothing and fragrances.