If you’re lactose intolerant or beginning to cut dairy out of your diet, consider giving almond milk a try. Not only is it low in fat, but also since it’s prepared with almonds the milk is high in energy, proteins, and fiber. It also contains minerals like potassium, sodium, zinc, and calcium.
Almond milk is also packed with vitamins making it an enriched dairy replacement, and is a solid ingredient to include in recipes.
If you’re interested in learning how to make your own almond milk check out these two homemade recipes via “The Blender Girl,” and “PopSugar.”
If the idea of making your own almond milk isn’t interesting, make sure to pickup any Silk options, 365 options, and Almond Breeze. Then, come back to this article so you can start preparing some of the recipes listed below – perfect for any meal, including dessert.
One of the most popular trends taking the main stage in beauty and health lifestyles is activated charcoal.
Due to activated charcoals potent, natural way of trapping toxins within our body and allowing them to be flushed out, its mainly used during drug overdoses or poisonings. However, activated charcoal is making its way into beauty and health products, and for good reasons.
Sugar, a beautiful treatment for those emotional moments in our lives, but it can come with a price.
What’s sad, and scary, about sugar is that it can be addictive – to the point where it’s compared to cocaine and other addictive drugs.
Along with that, we know that a sugar overload can lead to obesity, which in turn can lead to other health issues in the future – such as heart disease, diabetes, and an increased risk of cancer.
If you’re aware of the risks of consuming a large amount of sugar on a daily basis and have tried to cut it out completely, but have failed, fear no more. Cutting anything “cold turkey” is difficult, so to start off simple, consider these five ways of slowly cutting out sugar in your lifestyle.
Most women have troubling target areas they’re always trying to fix. One of the most notorious is the stomach area, the second most notorious is the their legs – mainly the thigh region. And lets be honest, who doesn't want a thigh gap?
Through a healthy lifestyle and the 7 moves listed below, you’re sure to get thin, lean, and sexy curves just in time for summer to role in.
We as women strive to be a better version of ourselves. One way is through our clothing, our decision on whether to wear makeup, and how we decide to style our hair. However, sometimes overheating our hair, abusing hair dye, and going crazy with the hair products can lead to split ends, which are not cool.
Other ways we tend to develop split ends is through over exposure to the sun or other pollution. Along with that, taking showers that are too hot can be harmful to our hair and our skin. If you’re not getting regular trims, and using the right type of brush, your hair can be getting brittle and weak, which also lead to split ends.
Have no fear, because like always, there are easy and natural ways to cure the dreaded split ends!
Check out these 5 awesome ways to treat split ends:
1. Egg
It may sound gross, but doing a hair mask once or twice a week is actually very beneficial for our hair. Not only are you getting protein from the eggs, but also most of the recipes for the mask require olive oil, which is enriched with vitamins. Here’s a great article from wikiHow, and an easy tutorial from jeemun on YouTube:
2. Beer
This one can go both ways, sometimes it can work or it could possibly not work. The idea of pouring a beer on your head is an interesting one, so why not at least try it? Beer isn’t bad for you anyway – when consumed responsibly – because it contains vitamins and some beers even have Biotin, which is a key vitamin for hair growth. Nature Helps has an entire article dedicated to the pros of doing a beer rinse, plus gives some interesting different mask options.
3. Avocado
Avocados are a great source of vitamin A, D and E which all contribute to strong and shiny hair. Not only that, but avocado is also packed with proteins and nourishing fatty acids, which makes it a great conditioner. Here’s a recipe, and review by Whole Fully. Along with that, here’s a video tutorial by ModaMob:
4. Bananas
Bananas have tons of minerals and vitamins packed into them so they’re a miracle worker for split ends and other damages done to our hair. Check out this tutorial by Nita Gill for a great recipe and application for the mask.
5. Honey
An ingredient used in most of the recipes listed above, honey is another amazing treatment to try for split ends. This rad tutorial that mixes coconut oil and honey, by Abbykus, is a great starter. There’s also a great article by Everyday Roots that gives solid recipes that require honey as an ingredient.
Test out these ideas, and let us know how they worked for you!
