Cum să fii o domnişoară?

Şi prin domnişoară mă refer la modul în care te manifeşti în societate. Celor care nu ştiu să se comporte frumos, le-am acordat apelativul de "ţărănci". Fără supărare, dar ţărăncuţele pe care le ştim noi din cărţile lui Ion Creangă nu mai există. Ţărăncile  societăţii noastre se identifică foarte uşor, după modul în care dialoghează. Vin din localităţi inexistente pe hartă sau mai trist, chiar din oraş, şi îşi etalează pretenţiile, figurile, şi talentele incomensurabile în faţa "prietenelor", adesea strigate "fă". Dintotdeauna am urât cuvântul ăsta, este oribil, de prost gust şi când mi s-a adresat, am răspuns printr-o privire evident, sictirită. Hai fă odată! fă proasto! dă-te fă dreacu! Serios, voi nu vă auziţi? E urât.
Altceva.
O domnişoară nu strigă pe stradă, nu înjură şi nu foloseşte cuvinte al căror înţeles nu îl ştie. Preferă să folosească ce e uzual, pentru a nu se face de râs.
Nu vorbeşte cu gura plină şi nu plescăie. Nu bârfeşte şi nu judecă pe cineva, ci învaţă de la persoanele pe care le invidiază. Nu le vede ca pe nişte duşmani, ci ca pe nişte exemple de urmat. Nu se uită la emisiuni în care, la fel, se bârfeşte, şi nu caută scandal. Nu se ceartă, ci se contrazice aducând argumente logice. Nu dramatizează în preajma bărbaţilor, ci dă impresia de femeie puternică, sigură pe sine şi inteligentă, nu guralivă.
Am şi altele în cap, dar sunt atât de multe, dat fiind faptul că mă întâlnesc cu specimene de genul zilnic, încât v-aş plictisi dacă aş începe să le înşir.

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Ombre hair attempt

A few days ago, I found this wonderful idea of changing my hair color, but while making it look natural and girlish. I stepped over these pictures on Tumblr of the phenomena called OMBRE HAIR. It is actually a gradient blond, which looks really good, but applied by a professional. Some photos for you:

After seeing these pictures, as a hopeless naive that I am, I thought to myself "Hey, this shouldn't be that hard to make. You just put on some bleach and that's it" YEAH. RIGHT. 

I went to the supermarket, but some bleach, and went straight back home to try and do this all by myself. I typed YouTube.com on my laptop, looked for some short, multi-viewed tutorial to learn the steps, and went straight to business. I applied the bleach, and waited. And waited. I was supposed to wait for 30 minutes. I waited for 45 mins. And my hair was doing NOTHING. I noticed just a slight attempt to become orange, and that was all. I washed my hair, which became harsh and hard to brush and sighed resigned. 

Why didn't it work? Well, I didn't take into consideration the history of my hair. During my high school years, I went from dark blonde to deep black hair. I've tried several colors, and stuck to black for some time. I thought that, because I hadn't dyed my hair black for over a year, it shouldn't matter and my hair would have lightened easily. But it didn't. I have these orange tips of hair and I can't wait to get home and dye my hair again into a natural brown. 

So, if you want ombre hair, I recommend you go to a professional. It costs more but the result is guaranteed.

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Get ready for the spring

Hey guys! Long time no see :D I'm such a fan of spring and can't wait for it to come, but it seems that winter got here a little late and doesn't have thoughts of leaving too soon, so all we can do is to make plans for our look for spring-summer 2012. I have some ideas in this head of mine, and I think I'm gonna stress out my mom to make me sooo many clothes, cuz she's a tailor. That's right, I'm THAT lucky!

So let's start with the hair. I'm thinking of something fresh, simple, girlish, and cute. I found some photos on the web and I thought about sharing them with you guys. Let's have a look:

Yes, the favourite of this year will be the braid. Spiced up with a lil' bit of accessories. By the way, speaking of accessories, last night I improvised something , being inspired by this pic:

And it turned out to be a great idea, because everyone admired it, and my boyfriend loved it. It gave me a childish look. Try it out!

Next, let's talk about the make-up. Being a big fan of the eyeliner, I think I'm gonna stick to that this year. I don't care if it's out of fashion or not, but I love it and won't give up on it so easily. 

 

Black, brown, dark blue, and excessive. That's the idea.

Next, we have the outfit. Oh yeah! 

I'm going with the brown and the jeans this spring, because in my opinion, they are a perfect couple. So, good luck at shopping and don't forget to stay classy, but sexy!

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Buze hidratate / Keep your lips hydrated

Buzele noastre se comporta precum bureții. Când sunt expuse umezelii, ele absorb apa și capătă volum. Când sunt deshidratate, se usucă și se micșorează. Acum ca a venit frigul, expunerea este maxima, datorita vântului și temperaturilor scăzute, și risca deshidratarea. De asemenea, pielea de pe buze este diferita de cea de pe restul corpului, fiind foarte subțire, lasand vizibile vasele de sânge ( care explica culoarea roșie ) si nu are glande care sa secrete uleiuri naturale. Asa ca rezultatul nu este altul decat buze crapate, uneori chiar si cu rani dureroase.

Acest lucru poate fi insa impiedicat daca li se acorda putina atentie. Iata cateva sfaturi pentru a va mentine buzele hidratate:

• beti necesarul zilnic de apa. Asta inseamna sa aveti intotdeauna o sticla de apa la indemana. Sunt recomandati 2-3l pe zi;

• optati pentru balsamuri de buze cu vitamina E, unt de shea, ceara de albine, ulei de jojoba sau de cocos;

• folositi umidificator de camera. Umezeala ajuta la hidratare;
• apelati la exfoliere din cand in cand;
• folositi crema de protectie solara;
• nu folositi doar rujuri mate, pentru ca pot dezhidrata buzele. 

 

 

Our lips act as a sponge. When exposed to humidity, they absorb the water and plump up. When dehydrated, they dry and shrink. Now that the cold is here, the exposure is maximum becuase of the wind and the low temperatures, and they risk dehydration. Also, the skin on the lips is different than the one on the rest of our body, being very thin, making the blood vessels visible ( which explains the red color), and not having oil glands. So the result is red, rough (and sometimes painful), chapped lips.

Here are some tips to keep your lips wet:

• drink the appropriate quantity of water. Take a water bottle with you wherever you go. Drinking enough water (the equivalent of at least 9 cups of fluids daily) will keep the body, skin and lips hydrated.
• use lip balms with vitamin E, beeswax, shea butter, and almond, jojoba or coconut oils.
• use a room humidifer. It can replace moisture in dry indoor air, keeping your lips (and your skin) hydrated.  
• once in a while, apply lip exfoliators.
• Apply a layer of a sun-protective product daily;
• don't make matte forever. Matte lipsticks can be extremely drying.

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Coffee miracles / Miracolele din cafea

Maybe you should reconsider other's opinions regarding the damage that coffee can bring to your body, if consumed daily. Scientist have discovered that drinking coffee brings many benefits to your health, if used "in moderation", of course.



1. It was thought that coffee affects blood pressure. Later, it was discovered that actually, it doesn't have any influence, it doesn't increase blood pressure. Regarded to other cardiovascular diseases, opinions are multiple.

2. It might have anti-cancer properties. It was discovered that those who drink coffee are 50 % likely not to encounter this disease. A few studies have found ties to lower rates of colon, breast and rectal cancers.

3. Coffee reduces the risk of diabetes because of its 2 component substances : kahweol and cafestol.

4. Now this is discrimination. Coffee protects only men, not women, from developing Parkinson's disease. One possible explanation for the sex difference may be that estrogen and caffeine need the same enzymes to be metabolized, and estrogen captures those enzymes.

 Poate ar trebui să re-evaluați părerea altora legată de distrugerile pe care cafeaua le poate aduce organismului dumneavoastră, dacă este consumată zilnic. Oamenii de știință au descoperit că există multe beneficii ale cafelei, dacă este consumată moderat, bineînţeles.

1. Se credea că aceasta afectează presiunea sângelui. Mai târziu, s-a descoperit că, de fapt, nu are nici o influență, nu crește presiunea în timp. Legat de alte boli cardiovasculare, părerile sunt împărțite.

2. Ar putea avea proprietăți anti-cancer. S-a descoperit că cei care consumă cafea au cu 50% mai puține șanse să dezvolte această boală. Câteva studii au găsit legături cu rate scăzute de cancer la colon, sân şi rinichi.

3. Cafeaua reduce riscul de a face diabet, datorită celor 2 substanțe componente: kahweol şi cafestol.

4. Acum urmează discriminarea. Cafeaua protejează doar bărbaţii, nu şi femeile, de boala Parkinson. O posibilă explicaţie ar fi faptul că estrogenul  şi cafeina au nevoie de aceleaşi enzime pentru a fi metabolizate, şi estrogenul consumă aceste enzime.

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Autumn nail ideas

Now that the cold is slowly coming and bright colours are bursting everywhere, why not get some inspiration from nature and put some warm colours on our nails? Nails are important accesories, they have to always be taken care of and look shiny and healthy. Before applying nail polish, don't forget to use a transparent protecting coat, for the strong colour not to stain the nails. Also, always use moisturizing cream on your hands and have a healthy diet, rich in proteins and vitamins.

Here are the colours that I recommend:

 

 

 If you want to put a little style in your nails, you can add some models like: 

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Ojă de culoarea laptelui - must-have! / Milk colour nailpolish - must-have!

Delicioasă, simplă, potrivită pentru toamnă. Acestea ar fi cele mai potrivite cuvinte care descriu oja de culoarea laptelui. Practic, este un bej deschis, apropiat de alb, care vine bine cu orice vestimentaţie, şi denotă atât de multă eleganţă. O recomand !

Delicious, simple, right for this fall. These are the best words to describe this nail polish. Actually, it's a beige close to white, which fits every outfit, and emits so much elegance. I truly recommend it !

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Jambierele, în trend în această toamnă / Knee socks, in style this fall

Am decis ca, începând cu acest post, să scriu articolele atât în română, cât şi în engleză. So...

Jambierele erau, până nu demult, nişte accesorii purtate doar de şcolăriţe şi oferă deci, un look tineresc, dacă sunt purtate corespunzător. Pot fi purtate însă doar de o categorie restrânsă de persoane, care să fie nici slabe, dar nici peste media admisă, şi să nu aibe celulită, pentru că jambierele nu maschează acest defect. Trebuie asociate cu mare grijă, pentru că, purtate necorespunzător, riscă să dea impresia de vulgaritate. De aceea, nu sunt potrivite în orice mediu. Voi posta câteva imagini, care să vă ajute să le purtaţi fără să daţi impresia de prost-gust.

I have decided that, starting with this post, I will write articles both in Romanian and in English. So...

Knee socks have been, until recently, accessories worn only by school girls, and so can, on one hand make you look younger, if they are worn appropriately. On the other hand, they can be used only by a restricted category of persons, that shouldn't be either skinny, nor overweight, and should not have cellulite, because knee socks don't cover that flaw. They must be associated with great care, because, worn inappropriately, you risk looking unrefined, or even cheap. That's why, they're not right in any environment. I will post a couples of pictures to help you wear them without giving the impression  of bad taste.

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