Home Hacks Design

Home Hacks Design for the bathroom such as Simple Hacks To A Prettier Bathroom. Similarly, this also feature Toilet Shopping Tips.

Another Home Hacks Design are for kitchen like Cleaning Tips For Your Dirty Kitchen and cleaning products that is perfect for cleaning.

Kitchen Hacks You Wish You Should Have Known Before like the other great use of paper towels.

Creating an effective cleaning schedule; divide it into categories; daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly.

Cleaning schedule that you also need to consider are those that is done every 4 months such as air conditioner cleaning, pest control, and deep cleaning of windows.

Cleaning of roof and rain gutter are done every year. Cleaning/draining of the septic tank should be done every 3 years or 5 years.

Cost of home make over and DIY for cheaper make over ideas.

Bedroom decorations ideas and where to buy the cheapest bed lines.

Kitchen make over ideas and DIYs for cheaper make over ideas.

Tropical living room themed and where to buy cheap tropical plants.

Home make over ideas in the Philippines. Home interior ideas in the Philippines

Mommy Blog with home hacks topic in the Philippines.

Where to buy cheap wood furniture in the Philippines.

Price of Aluminum Screen Door in the Philippines. Price of the brown aluminum and silver aluminum.

Furniture stores in the Philippines. Abad Santos furniture store address.

Uratex foam custom cut online. Uratex foam price online.

Lose More, Live More: CrossFit Training With Art and Angela

Hmm.. where do I start this entry?

I.CAN’T.WALK.

Well, I can walk but my whole body’s aching! Going upstairs is another thing.. Uh Oh.. I had this kind of “I can’t walk state” when I first tried Metafit. That’s just a 4 minute work out but coming from a sedentary lifestyle, my muscles was like WHOA! WHAT WAS THAT?!? Doing Metafit from time to time, I thought I would be spared from aches after CrossFit.. and I was wrong.

What is CrossFit? (from CrossFit Manila)

Crossfit is elite fitness for everyone at – from couch potatoes to seasoned athletes. It is a program that was originally developed by legendary coach Greg Glassman after his many years of watching, working with, and coaching all types of people.
CrossFit workouts are constantly varied movements executed at high intensity, thus every workout is different and you will rarely do the same thing twice. The workouts themselves are completely scalable, which means that a new participant and an elite athlete can complete the same workout with changes in load and intensity. CrossFit workouts will deliver phenomenal fitness in and of themselves or as a compliment to your sport-specific training regime.
Basically, CrossFit is not your ordinary workout, but it is for ordinary people looking for extraordinary results.

Indeed it was not our ordinary workout! What we had was WOD or work out of the day which is 7 Wall Balls, 7 Push ups, 7 Box Jumps and 7 Burpees. Sounds easy eh? haha yes, if you will do it just once..but if you have to do it for 10 minutes, that’s another thing!

Wall Balls is holding a 3 kg ball (heavier for the boys and fort he seasoned ones) and throwing it on the wall, while doing push up.

Push Ups, you know that already 🙂

Box Jumps is jumping in and out of the box, the push coming from within.. it was hard for me so we just step in and out 🙁

Burpees, you can find a how to at C-lium website

Here we are after the work out.. sweaty but pretty! hahaha it hadn’t kicked in.. yet!

After the work out, we had a sumptuous lunch (na located sa 2nd floor! aray kupo!) and Nutritionists Nadine Tengco and Pinoy Biggest Loser finalists Art and Angela gave us us some tips and advice on losing weight.

Miss Nadine taught us the proper way to lose weight and eating less is not one of it. She was also kind enough to discuss to us the science behind our body in terms of eating. The most important thing that I have learned from her is the most efefctive way to lose weight is to INCREASE METABOLISM, and it can happen if you eat right.

Eating right means eating every 3-4 hours a day with protein, carbs and fiber on the plate. She also mentioned that our plate should always consist of 1/2 veggies, 1/4 protein and 1/4 carbo. The science behind it is eating every 3-4 hours makes our glucos level stable…making our body function at its most optimal state.

She also shared with us the essential rules in weight loss:

Frequency, as mentioned above eat every 3-4 hours every day.
Quality, food that you should eat: Nutrient Dense (more nutrients and less calories), Volume Metric (more water and more fiber) and Whole foods (fresh, raw and unprocessed)
Quantity: 1000-1200 kcal consumption per day

With this guideline + CrossFit and of course C-lium fiber, I think I can have my desire weight in no time!

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Star Treatment: Lycopene Treatment At Azta Salon

I had my first color in 2001.. my hair is very manageable, straight and shiny, no need for rebonding and even hot oil. The only treatment it had was the hair color in 2001. Then I turned 30 early this year and felt the need for a change. I colored my hair once again, my almost virgin hair. I love the new hair color and I get a lot of compliments. I intend to keep it that way.. then it dawned to me, too much hair treatment might damaged my hair..

So for months, I let my hair just like that.. showing its roots and screaming for a new treatment! And last week, I finally made up my mind to go for another color and just see where it would lead my hair.

And just when I thought I had to endure another hair color with so much worries on my mind, I was offered to try a STAR TREATMENT and MLV Hair Color at Azta Salon ! Oh my, it’s my lucky day!

The Star Treatment is a Lycopene treatment formulated by Chihtsai, a brand that Jennifer Lopez and Korean actor Lee Byung-Hun uses. I think, that’s the reason why it’s called star treatment. And yes, you read it right, LYCOPENE! never thought that Lycopene is also good for hair no? me too!

Chihtsai Star Treatment: Lycopene Hair Treatment is the perfect pre- & post-color / colored hair treatment, it is enriched with Lycopene to help protect hair from UV rays and free radicals, helping to reverse and prevent free radical damage. The treatment helps to protect and maintain your hair color.
Moreover, the product also includes Hybrid Sunflower Oil to leave the hair cuticle smooth, shiny & protected; Hydrolized Wheat Peptides to strengthen the hair shaft & reduce hair fall; and Collagen which reduces porosity of the hair. Hair that has high porosity means that cuticles are wide open so hair is damaged; while low porosity means that the cuticles are too compact so it is resistant to colors and perms. Lycopene hair treatment helps hair achieve a healthy normal balanced porosity.
The product is also infused with mint for a refreshing feel on the scalp.
The Chihtsai Lycopene Treatment is a revolutionary service that recharges your hair by both repairing and protecting from further damage.

Azta Urban Salon at Eastwood is nearest to me, so I had my service at the said salon. It was located at Eastwood Citywalk 2, near Cha Time and 7 Eleven.

As I enter the salon, I was greeted by the friendly receptionist Mel and was guided to my seat. As I was wait for the stylist, I was offered a drink (coffee, milk tea etc), of course I had old milk tea 🙂

Mr. Jo, my stylist, was very thorough with my treatment. I asked him what color should I get for my hair and as you can see, he’s busy comparing colors! I love how it turned out and according to him he used 2 colors(medium ash blonde and dark ash blonde, if my memory serves me right) and a bronzer.

After the hair color (which lasted for an hour or so) my hair was in for the STAR TREATMENT: Chihtsai Lycopene Treatment

The Star Treatment lasted for just a few minutes, a nice back massage and the Lycopene was left on my hair for 20 minutes then it was rinsed of. I was told not to wash my hair for 24 hours and to come after a month for retreatment of hair color. I also learned that I can have Lycopene treatment every month. Well, I think I would, specially that Lycopene Hair Treatment is on promo@ Buy one and get the next one free! The promo is up until September 30!

So what’s my new hair color and how was the treatment?

It compliments my skin very well! And as you can see, hair is shinier and looking better!

Here’s another shot, front naman:

I noticed that my hair is softer too… well I have to see in the coming days if it will stay the same and will dries out..but so far, I am loving every strand! Thank you Azta Salon for giving me the STAR TREATMENT!

The Lycopene Hair Treatment is available at :Azta Urban Salon

Branches: Katipunan, Eastwood City, Robinson’s Pioneer, Alabang Town Center, Robinson’s Metro East, SM San Lazaro

Service Price:P700 (short hair), P800 (medium), P900 (long).

Chihtsai is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by Top That Corp.

For inquiries, please contact Zerline Chan (VP for Marketing) at 0917-5272782/ zerlchan@yahoo.com

A Mother, A Wife and A Worker

I have four kids, some blogs I maintain and a household with no helper.. How do I managed it all? The answer is easy, time management. I am no super hero and I have my downfalls too 🙂 but yes, the key is time management.

Before, I used to dwell so much on getting everything done on a given time. I have to keep the house clean, wash the clothes, fold the laundry (in a department store kind of fold, in short pantay pantay dapat!), wash the dishes, make sure there is enough food, clean the kids, update my blogs, finish my online task.. argh! it’s endless and I only have two hands and one body! Then I learned to let go.. to let go of the things I cannot do and focus more on things that I can.

Take for example, maintaining my sink clean, I want that but I cannot do that. so what should I do? stress myself on cleaning every plate, every glass and every spoon and fork that lands on the sink? I used to do that.. then I realized there is nothing wrong in having a not so clean kitchen, I can do the dishes once every meal and not every minute!

Another example is the effort I put on folding clothes, I always make sure that the clothes are neatly fold. It will take an hour or more just to fold our clothes, it’s taking up too much of my time and I feel so stressed out if I can’t fold it right. Then I realized, neatly folded clothes is not a requirement to have a happy and stress free life.

I guess in time management, that’s the first thing you need to do, accept the things you cannot and make time on things that you NEED to do. And with that, I was able to manage my time effectively and I live with these simple rules:

Kids and husband first
household second
me time for third
work is last

Having 4 kids is another thing. I also have to manage the time I spent with each of them. And as you know, I always make sure that fun is incorporated in our activity. Bonding with my two younger kids is not that hard. Both are still not going to school and we have the whole morning for ourselves, reading, writing, learning and singing. As with my two older boys, it’s kinda hard to keep up with their life. I feel old already! They have school, friends and games and more.

Haay my boys.. and so to keep up with them, I play some of the games they play.. Dragon City as an example, and what, I was rewarded with You’re the best mom phrase! How cool is that huh? Of course, aside from “playing” with them, I am also the one helping them with their school projects and homework. To make it more fun, I would incorporate play while studying, tickling or changing my voice to a funny one. We have dates too!

As I have mentioned earlier, I am not a super hero so there were times that I feel like I have so much to do but so little time. Blog posts, tasks pending, assignments and not to mention sleep. I just stop and take a rest, helps a lot on clearing my mind and make me realize what are the things that should be done first.

Oh, I forgot to mention, always have a to do list and a schedule, helps a lot in reminding me what I have missed so far 🙂

Most of us tends to over analyze and stress ourselves, learn to let go and be a more fun mom.. head on to Seriously Fun Moms for more tips on time management, parenting and child care tips.