Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Organic hairdressers
An organic salon. Does this even exist? You bet! Last week I went to the hairdresser and came out so happy. I had forgotten what nice hair looked like! Going to the hairdressers is such a luxury at this time in my life and the last time I had done anything to my hair was last Christmas.. 8 months ago. And that was when my mum was here and she cut my hair. (Love having a hairdresser mum.) I am so happy that I found a really really good hairdressers here in Sydney. Last year I searched on google for natural organic hairdressers in Sydney. I search google for different things often and call lots of places looking for better alternatives to all things in health. It's too easy to go mainstream and follow the crowds without thinking ;) There are few natural salons around Sydney and as this is such a big city I was so lucky one happened to be quite close. It's called Salon Dimensions and it's in Terry Hills. The salon is beautiful and they use all natural and organic products. I love looking at all their organic shampoos and styling products and they have natural makeup too. The best thing is that their hair colours don't contain toxic chemicals like ammonia. It smells nice in the salon without all the toxic fumes you usually associate with hairdressers. And best of all the prices are very very competitive! I paid less that what I see advertised in most other salons. Oh yeah and they even had a natural beauty magazine that I could read too while my hair was getting done:) Perfect for me! I think its a good idea to spend a little time sourcing out a good toxic free hairdressers. One that doesn't have a bad effective on the environment due to the chemicals they use and one that is safe for you too. Your body absorbs whatever is put it and for me it's a great feeling to know I'm treating body with love and respect.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Coconut oil: How I use it
Coconut oil is one of my most precious and loved foods in the kitchen. It has just so many health benefits and I use it for so many things. It is one of natures amazing natural gifts to us that our bodies just love and thrive on. Coconut oil is a tropical oil and consists mostly of saturated fat. We have been bombarded for years that a low fat diet is healthy and saturated fat is bad for you. BUT there is lots of research that says the exact opposite. Saturated fat is essential to our health and our body needs it to grow and function properly! Things like coconut oil, butter and fats from grass fed animals is what cultures around the world have traditionally been eating.
I first got into coconut oil when I was a teenager and our family changed our diet to a more healthy one. One of the things we started eating was coconut oil. My mum used to always have organic extra virgin coconut oil at home which we used for cooking and baking. Good quality coconut oil is processed in a way that doesn't alter it's health properties and keeps it raw, which means it has not been processed with high temperatures.
Here are the ways I use coconut oil in my home. You can be creative and come up with different ways to add it into your food and life <3
Cooking
Coconut oil can be used in cooking to replace other oils. Coconut oil one of the best oils to cook because it can stand high temperatures and doesn't go bad when heated. I use it in frying, to saute vegetables and in baking. Cookies and cakes taste great with it.
Smoothies
Add a tablespoon to your favourite smoothie in the blender. Mmmmm. I like to add a good fat like coconut oil to a fruit smoothie to balance out the sugars in the fruit.
Raw chocolate and desserts
Use it to make raw desserts and chocolates. For example: Coconut oil, avocado, banana, honey and cacao powder blended together makes a wonderful healthy chocolate mousse. Or by mixing coconut oil, honey and cacao powder you can make an lovely sweet chocolate frosting for cakes and other things!
Body and face moisturiser
I use it all the time on my skin as a moisturiser. A little bit goes a long was and your skin will love it. Plus coconut oil is naturally anti bacterial!
Makeup removal
Coconut oil is perfect for this and it nourishes you skin at the same time too. With some cotton it wipes off eye makeup and anything other makeup real easy. Who needs chemical makeup removers anyways?
Skin cleansing
Without writing a whole post on this, you can use coconut oil to cleanse your skin. Google 'Oil cleansing method' if you want more info. Basically because oil dissolves oil, coconut oil can be used to cleanse and draw out impurities in the skin. Massage some coconut oil all over skin or face for a few minutes and put a warm towel over and leave for a minute. Then wipe off coconut oil and rinse skin with water.
Hair treatment
I put a tiny bit into the ends of my hair after a shower. Nourishes the hair and makes it nice and soft. Definitely a great way to use coconut oil.
Straight from the jar
And last of all.. I just eat it off the spoon! Coconut oil is a great source of quick energy.
Check out this link for some more info on the benefits of coconut oil:
http://wellnessmama.com/2072/the-many-benefits-of-coconut-oil/
I first got into coconut oil when I was a teenager and our family changed our diet to a more healthy one. One of the things we started eating was coconut oil. My mum used to always have organic extra virgin coconut oil at home which we used for cooking and baking. Good quality coconut oil is processed in a way that doesn't alter it's health properties and keeps it raw, which means it has not been processed with high temperatures.
Here are the ways I use coconut oil in my home. You can be creative and come up with different ways to add it into your food and life <3
Cooking
Coconut oil can be used in cooking to replace other oils. Coconut oil one of the best oils to cook because it can stand high temperatures and doesn't go bad when heated. I use it in frying, to saute vegetables and in baking. Cookies and cakes taste great with it.
Smoothies
Add a tablespoon to your favourite smoothie in the blender. Mmmmm. I like to add a good fat like coconut oil to a fruit smoothie to balance out the sugars in the fruit.
Raw chocolate and desserts
Use it to make raw desserts and chocolates. For example: Coconut oil, avocado, banana, honey and cacao powder blended together makes a wonderful healthy chocolate mousse. Or by mixing coconut oil, honey and cacao powder you can make an lovely sweet chocolate frosting for cakes and other things!
Body and face moisturiser
I use it all the time on my skin as a moisturiser. A little bit goes a long was and your skin will love it. Plus coconut oil is naturally anti bacterial!
Makeup removal
Coconut oil is perfect for this and it nourishes you skin at the same time too. With some cotton it wipes off eye makeup and anything other makeup real easy. Who needs chemical makeup removers anyways?
Skin cleansing
Without writing a whole post on this, you can use coconut oil to cleanse your skin. Google 'Oil cleansing method' if you want more info. Basically because oil dissolves oil, coconut oil can be used to cleanse and draw out impurities in the skin. Massage some coconut oil all over skin or face for a few minutes and put a warm towel over and leave for a minute. Then wipe off coconut oil and rinse skin with water.
Hair treatment
I put a tiny bit into the ends of my hair after a shower. Nourishes the hair and makes it nice and soft. Definitely a great way to use coconut oil.
Straight from the jar
And last of all.. I just eat it off the spoon! Coconut oil is a great source of quick energy.
Check out this link for some more info on the benefits of coconut oil:
http://wellnessmama.com/2072/the-many-benefits-of-coconut-oil/
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