Tired of blow-dries that stress your strands and make you want to pull your hair out? Here are some do-it-right tips:

• Prep your tresses: Drying sopping-wet hair can cause breakage. Instead, first pat gently with a towel until dump, not dripping. Next, shield hair and lock in luster with a product containing strand strengtheners, such as vitamin B (aka panthenol) or soy protein.
• Protect your ‘do from damage: Skip superhigh heat; only go as hot as you can take on the back of your hand for five seconds. For va-va-voom volume, hold hair at the angle in which it grows: top sections up, side sections out, etc. Move downward from roots to steal in shine and calm flyaways.
• Make your style stick: When strands feel almost dry, start styling. Wrap hair around your tress tool and hit with high heat for 30 seconds, then blast with cold air to lock shape in place.

-Don’t smoke- Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette
after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is
higher).

-Don’t eat fruits immediately – Immediately eating fruits after meals
will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr
after meal or 1hr before meal.

-Don’t drink tea – Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid.
This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be
hardened thus difficult to digest.

-Don’t loosen your belt – Loosening the belt after a meal will easily
cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.

-Don’t bathe – Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the
hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will
therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.

-Don’t walk about – People always say that after a meal walk a hundred
steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking
will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from
the food we intake.

-Don’t sleep immediately – The food we intake will not be able to
digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

• Make a Plan It may seem like an odd move, but it’s best to plan your dinner during an afternoon break. Most people have trouble with dinner. If you have a plan when you come in the door, you’re likely to eat whatever’s in sight.
• Play Games Online games keep your hands busy and away from food. No computer access? Work on a crossword puzzle.
• Tea Up Instead of your 3pm snack, have a big cup of tea.

• Get Out if you don’t have any plans, sticking around the house will make you eat all day. Get out of the house and take a walk.
• Make It Over Get up and rearrange your furniture for a quick room do-over: Or try perking up your bookshelf by rearranging books by color.
• Organize Tackle a small organizing project – towels in the closet, files, shoes and anything other than pantry.
• Be Animal-friendly Take the dog for a walk and get in some good exercise, or brush the cat to keep your hands busy. When all else fails, let the cat fall asleep on your lap so you can’t get up and go to the fridge.

fixing some bad eating habits!

• Do Some Hands-on Pampering. Give yourself a manicure to keep your hands distracted. Or make homemade face mask: Mash half a banana, and then mix in to two tablespoons of yogurt and one table spoon honey. Apply to your face, let it work its magic, and then rinse off after 15 minutes.
• Picture This Create an online photo album to share with family and friends.
• Sew Simple Keep little sewing projects nearby when you’re watching your favorite shows. Knitting works well too.

Summer is fast approaching and I know that we are looking forward to wear those sexy bikinis in the beach. But do you have that fab abs? Here are some healthy advice for getting a stomach you can show off.

Drink moderately: Research has proven that men and women who binge-drink has the biggest bellies compared to those who drink moderately. Wine drinkers have the smallest waistline; hard liquor drinkers the biggest. So keep your cosmopolitan and martinis to a minimum or avoid them altogether.

Eat lean proteins: keep your appetite under control by eating whole-wheat grains. Lean protein is the best way to feel full thougrout the day, minimizing the urge to munch on unhealthy snacks. Turkey or chicken, tuna and soya products will help keep those excess calories from being stored in your bellies. Yoghurt and fruits are good for snacks.

Work out three times a week: aside from your every other day ab exercise, do a cardiovascular workouts like running, low-impact aerobics and kickboxing for just 30 minutes. Make sure that your entire body gets a good burn so that you ab muscle will show.

Invest in a pedometer: if you can’t seem to find time to go to a gym why not buy a pedometer to log 10,000 steps a day. Our body needs to walk at least these many steps a day to stay at a healthy weight. Studies shows that overweight people only walk an average of 4000 steps a day.