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From sunkissed summer hair to intense autumn shades

2016-09-20T02:39:00.001+01:00

Slowly but surely, the summer is coming to its end and my salt water and hot sun naturally lighten up hair, what was once so beautifully matching my tanned skin, was in need of some pigment and extra hydration.

I was already by the end of August thinking on giving it a fresher look, however the temperatures here in Portugal are still really high, and I strategically thought on postponing it to the end of summer, because living at the beach has the benefit that no matter if the city population is already setting their biological clock onwards Autumn, we sun seekers keep the beach rotine, till the wind blows too hard and the temperatures go down to a significant unbearable scale, that you either get a cold or turn into a frozen block.

The sea keep us resistent ;)

Although I consider myself a more nature orientated person and if I can chose between a product which concept is mostly based on natural ingredients, of course I will rather chose that one. Unfortunately my color choice for this time, was inevitably so high pigmented and and is miles away to be achivable in terms of results due to my own hair tone which is a light brown, that this time I´ve chose one which is full of quemicals.

Well, it´s a matter of choice I would say, a tendency doesn´t turn you necessarily into a fundamentalist. What isn´t my case.

I was thinking about a copper tone, which has intense shades of red in it, but without turning you too much into a Pumuckl copy.

You might work in a more formal environment, where either a specific dress-code or

aspect of yours is necessary, then in my opinion it´s more apropriate having less the dose of color boost, considering that it easily turns into a careless overall picture.

So I went for the L´oreal 740 tone and am quite happy with it. In pictures it seems really intense, but it is actually decent and wearable with most part of my wardrobe shades.

Well, one thing I need to add in terms of evaluation, the foam technique really suprised me positively. My fault was that I needed an extra pack instead of only one, but fortunately it went well after brushing the color from the roots till the ends to turn the color evenly and make sure all the hair was covered. Price range is around 10 Euros, which is also affordable.

Now about hair care natural versus chemical treatments:

I´m not a professional on this matter, but I´ve the luck to have one in my family and we´ve talked out how the hair care rotine is going to change from now on and for this I´ll leave you here some important facts to consider before spending money on what companies may sell you as effective.

It´s not true, that after chemically dyed hair you can treat it with natural products, either homemade or purchased in stores.
Be sure you search for labels which sale either shampoo´s, conditioners and hair masks with no salt in it.
If you dyed hair to shades which turned your hair lighter, it will dry out faster than darker shades naturally and it will increase the more often you either use a blow dryer, a hair straightener or a curling iron.
the most impostant fact about lightening your hair is losing keratin, which is one of the most important ingredients you will chase for, and the more concentrated the product has it the more expensive it is.

Till now I haven´t had the opportunity to upgrade my haircare essentials according to the new color, but as soon as I have all products I´ll share with you an updated hair care rotine.

I´m already having an eye on some brands ;)

Hope you have fun exploring new colors this autumn and hair ready for it or not, I´m still burning the last rounds of the full sun&sea program :D

I´m curious about your results, if you would like to share your new color, tag me on Instagram as @nicasd so I´ll can see it ;)

Good luck!

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Natural Homemade Cosmetics - Recipes

2016-09-16T20:03:00.004+01:00

Good evening! Sounds like the weekend is calling isn´t it?

Why not take a couple of minutes to take a little bit care of ourselves with some easy homemade beauty recipes?

Find here some ideas of my favorite ones.

Relax button "ON" :)

For this lipscrub you will need half a teaspoon of honey, some drops pf of almond oil and the same spoon size full of sugar.

For this exfoliation I would recommend on doing it over a washstand, because due to the loose oat flakes which easily fall on the ground. Mixing a small amount of oat flakes with a type of milk you prefer and leaving them for a couple of minutes getting soaked in, might sound gentle, but fact is that it´s a very gentle way to get rid of old skin cells.

Before providing your skin an extra nice natural rose tone with a clay mask wich you easily mix with water till you get a homogenous consistence, you will see how much better the effect is by opening your pors with a warm vapour bath, you only need some infusion herbs for tea and a recipient for water.

Last but not least before shaving your legs and other parts of your body, those gloves and brushes of

natural materials are good to activate the circulation but also to het grown in hairs out.

After this you will feel so much more refreshed and are ready get the best out of you throughout the weekend.

Wish you all a nice one, take care :)

NicasDAlma

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Home cooking - Carob bread with sunflower and flax seeds

2016-09-14T21:45:00.001+01:00

Although carob down here in Portugal is often used for bread, mostly without mixing seeds in it, I´ve recreated a simple recipe, with the missing seeds which I´m really used from the german bread. So it´s more or less a mix of both ways to bake it.

Main ingredient here, is carob flour.

Carob is often used as an alternative to Cocoa, it contains less fat and more sugar (reason why I don´t add it to this recipe).

It has an excellent nutrition value, aside 80% Protein, it contains Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium Manganese, Barium, Copper, Nickel and the vitamins A, B, B2, B3, and D.

Ingredients you will need:

500g wholemeal flour

20g de carob flour

1 spoon of olive oil

25g fermento de padeiro

A handfull of sunflower and flax seeds

rice milk

Two hands full of oat flakes

salt

And now quickly through the steps:

First of all the yeast needs to react in body temperature warm water, which should be the first thing you should do before starting with mixing the ingredients all together.

When you get during the process a really dry out consistence add rice milk in small portions into the dough.

When all the ingredients after you manually worked them into each other, gained a even consistency, just put a bit olive oil all around it, so that inside the recipient the dough can expand its size easily when the rising agent is acting.

Almost there! Now wrap the recipient up with cling film and a blanket (optional)

and leave it resting for 1hour and 30 minutes.

When thetime passed in the pre-heated oven with it for 35 minutes.

Pretty much done aren´t we? :D

Enjoy your kitchen, and? For all instagramers out there,

the answer is BREAD! ;)

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Copper Accents - Home Interior Inspiration

2016-09-13T19:45:00.000+01:00

For heavy metal fans, when it comes to home decor, and just for the curious ones.

Some of you might have noticed a small change of trends in terms of metal, you´re right.

Copper is coming big at the moment and is getting to the IT metal of the season by giving luxury accents to our home environment.

Although it´s not considered a precious metal, due to its missing resistance to corrosion and comparing to gold or silver economically speaking less valuable.

Nonetheless the redish, orangy metal is most widely used in the electrical industry, it doesn´t rost and virtually doesn´t corrode that´s why among other type of utilities it´s used for the in architectural language so called "high end housing".

There is a wide range of affordable items which can make a nice difference to your home space.

I´ve searched for some interior ideas and of course some pieces you can easily find at H&M, ASOS, ZARA Home, which ship all around Europe.

Get inspired and have fun redecorating ;)

ASOS // H&M // ZARA HOME

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Movie review - Demolition

2016-09-12T18:34:00.001+01:00

At the beginning of last week, during some random zapping, a movie called out my attention which has been referred as the opening film for the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015, a drama with the Title "Demolition".

So I´ve planned yesterday a cozy evening to get down from the "Vlog-editing-excitement-Jazz" make myself comfortable with my Shitzu in crime and gave it a go.

Being a fan of Jake Gyllenhaal it wasn´t really hard not to like his performance, which was great by the way, however I was waiting for more in terms of drama content.

Summarizing the story quickly: Davis, this career focused successful business orientated person, all of a sudden looses his wife in a tragic car accident in which he was sitting right next to her and survived.

Considering that he should be extremely heartbroken and sad in such a circumstance, the complete opposite is the case, and it seems that Davis is wiped out in terms of feelings and continues his life normally.

After a hint from a close relative he starts understanding that something is wrong with himself and he finds an unusual way to process emotions and starts actively working on it.

I would say that the emphasis of the story was rather the tragic accident at the beginning which served as kind of a spearhead to the main role´s character turnover, than surely the "unpacking" of all root-causes which led to a whole new form of self-understanding.

It´s interesting how there is a bridge which connects a material world to an emotional universe.

On one side I was waiting for more active kind of drama content, and since this movie has a lot of introspective moments, that´s the reason why my ideas outcome wasn´t that expected, but still overall a nice movie.

If you are interested to form your own opinion about it, and watch it yourself, I´ll leave you here the trailer. Enjoy! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UnSXelOJo0

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NicasDalma extended her network to Youtube!

2016-09-08T15:42:00.000+01:00

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VLOG!

Hiii :)!

Like I´ve already announced it last week in the small clip I did to promote a bit the blog release, I finally managed it to finish editing the first Vlog series hosted by NicasDalma for the blog SETESAIASERODILHAS.

I really hope you like it and enjoy watching it ;)

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Wish you all an amazing week!! *chuack

Oláaa :)!

Como já tinha anunciado na apresentação do relançamento do blogue a semana passada, eis aqui a primeira produção de uma espécie de Vlog no canal agregado ao SETESAIASERODILHAS.

Espero que gostem e se divirtam a ver ;)

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Um resto de uma semana feliz para voces!! *chuack

Maquilhagem de verão acessível - Lábio Fuxia

2016-09-03T18:45:00.001+01:00

OLÁaaa! :)

Como vos tinha prometido arranco já no primeiro post-entry com uma vertente mais intensa de

uma maquilhagem para o dia-à-dia ou noite (isto opcional, conforme se sentirem mais confortáveis e confiantes), a um preço acessível, com produtos que podem facilmente encontrar em hipermercados, parafarmácias com sortimento variado

ou também nos respectivos encounters das marcas: Garnier, H&M, Basic, Essence e GOSH cuja faixa de preços por produto não ultrapassara os 10 Euros.

Nesta opção que escolhi hoje, uso um batom na cor fuxia intenso da GOSH que fará dos vossos lábios o ponto de foco. Como ainda nos encontramos no verao e o sol ainda nos proporciona um bronze bonito, e se cuidarmos bem da pele e a hidratar-mos um BB Créme para dar um pequeno retoque instantâneo é mais que suficiente. Como tenho pele passar com um quanto de nada de pó de arroz, mas como já acabou, ando a ver se termino a embalagem do pó compacto.

Os olhos foram pintados com castanho clarinho mate, e dei um toque no canto interior e por baixo da sobrancelha com um highlighter em formato de sombra.

Para terminar, delineador de olhos, rímel (podem abusar! :P se tiverem pestanas naturais) e para quem gostar o rouge e o pó bronzeador também ficam bem.

Encontrem por baixo das imagens os produtos que utilizei:

Sombra | Essence "Hazel me not!" n°15

Sombra | Essence "The grammy goes glammy" n°19

Rímel | Basic Cosmetics "High Definition" (sem parabenos) ✌

Eyeliner | Basic Cosmetics (sem parabenos) ✌

BB Créme com SPF 30 | Garnier Ambre Solaire , medium (Resistente a agua) ✌

Po Compacto | Essence Perferct Beige n° 04

Po bronzeador | Essence "Sun Club", lighter skin n°01 natural

Corrector | Basic Cosmetics "Long Lastiing" n°01

Rouge | HM "Dazzling Peach" n°12

E agora divirtam-se a espalhar charme ladies ;)

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Bom fim de semana! *chuack

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Blog Relaunch with #SeptemberIssue

2016-09-02T00:05:00.000+01:00

Olá a todos!

Já passou um tempinho desde a minha última passagem por aqui.

Confesso que andei com saudades disto e apesar do tempo ser escasso, motivação não faltou, apenas estava a espera duma boa altura para relançar o Blogue.

Ainda com um mês de verão pela frente, aproveito o Balanço e a boa disposição para vos entregar este mês material para ler diário. Uma espécie de desafio para o qual me andei a preparar.

Deixo-vos aqui uma pequena mensagem em formato de video pessoal,

para saberem das coisinhas novas que iram acontecer.

Desejo-vos um óptimo fim de semana e vemo-nos já amanha.

O ANUNCIO ESPECIAL

Até já!

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Desejo-vos o resto de um dia feliz :)

Obrigada por estarem desse lado !

Nicas Dalma

The ultimate end of the day cook challenge - Tuna fish rice pie

2014-05-27T01:53:00.002+01:00

Hellooo! :D This week I will start testing some recipes for dinner, to get an idea of what is practical and not in terms of time and quantity.

This Tuna fish rice pie recipe is perfect for 6 portions.

You need to cook 1 kg rice previously and you are good to go.

Conclusion:

This dinner took way too long and is not apropriate for the end of the day, at all!

Gosh I am K.O.

Positive points:

Tomorrow we have lunch for work and no big head ache at the end of the day! :D

BIG +:

Mouth orgasmic taste

Enjoy!

4 questions we should ask ourselves

2014-05-25T03:06:00.001+01:00

How much of your day are you consuming what others have produced by themselves and how often do you create?

How can you build a platform this year for you to stand on next year?

What are you doing what actually matters?

How can you inject more of the awe into your life?

Too much! I had this thought once, more food related, but now I am actually directing this text to what we want to do with our lives personally and professionally.

How dependent of others are we? How much am I contributing to the world?How much am I really just taking? I´m talking about an horizont of things, like the buildings we live in, the cars we drive (or want to), the media we use, like the small things we use daily, the apps on our phones, the space what we call our habitat, the food we eat, the movies we watch, the mass of advertisement we consume.

This is in reality nothing else than the dreams of others we extended in our own life.

The thing is that nowadays most of the people just live their lives with the purpose of fitting in, some of them because they just have gone with the flow and were never really preocupite taking time to think about it, others just need to stop the time and reorganize what they really want, like in my case.

A couple of months ago I applied for an internal career development program in the company I work for.

I finished the whole thing and did the final exam and was approved, but before I should repeat the same exam a month later to settle the program I started writting this text.. and refused.

I was frankly to myself and conscience enough to open my eyes at this point and reconsider if those were really the steps I wanted to go, the conclusion was NO.

It was frustrating for me, spending time on something I though it would be right because my life had brought me this oportunity and it was hard to be honest with myself and deny it!

It was an oportunity for a career I never wanted to have, it was someone elses dream that I thought I could go for. But would I be happy with it? was there anything in this dream that has something to do with my dreams my ambitions?NO.

Later a lot of situations happened and on a Friday I was asked in the office of the Manager of my project.

I had some previous manifests of demotivation and she/he wanted to talk to me to know how things would be from now on.

I did something, that probably no one in a work enviroment ever should do, when talking to a boss.

Beeing honest! :D

I said exactly the same thing I wrote before in other words. Beside the fact that I haven´t learned much for such a HUGE improvement the program standed for, I just couldn´t see myself in all the possible roles they might have offered me. I just haven´t spend so much time of my life persuing what I love doing, to shut me down in an everyones comercial career dream.

Good or bad, this kind of thinking is a threat for every big company, when you are not willing to fit in, you´re out. Not legally but you will be marked. Respect is something what starts to be served with a portion of cynicism. Beeing your boss directly attached to such a system, it will be hard for him/her to tell you that you are right. Beeing you a compreensive person, you feel sorry for him/her because the free will of choice you have, is a sign of courage she/he could never state due to ethic restrictions she/he should stand for in the name of the company.

I will stay till I have to, but hard working on the direction I want to go!

Now I am just filling a job and preparing myself to create one.

Because I am not creating money, I am surviving based on what everyone else think it´s acceptable. It´s not!

No one I know is creating values, just paychecks based on everyone elses dreams.

So what is our consumer vs creator ratio?

A friend of mine Angy, told me that my time came and significant changes will start beginning.

Positioning myself to create more is not done with the next best choice which knocks on my door, which gaves me more of what I already know.

It´s actually filtering what you have what´s missing in all the base concepts you already took part of or experienced on your own.

It´s molding something new, with a certain doses awe you start injecting in your life.

It will not happen by the usual way everyone tries to open doors and get possibilities to show on someone elses platforms what they are made of , but more about building your own platform where you can start develop and creating your own values.

Our minds get so engrained in the mundane patterns of every day life that it becomes harder and harder for us to break outside of these patterns and encourage ourselves to do actually something to earn money what excites us.

If you are aware of all of this, you can count with an infinite amount of work, because at this point the limit is as far as your mind stretches. What is matematically neverending :)

Based on this we can get to the next question, about what are we doing what really matters?

We set ourselves free, creating our own conditions respecting what´s important in our lives and sacrifying our health for what our heart beats for.

I don’t see myself going back to full time employment any time soon after this experience.

And I can not tell where exactly I want to go, you can be everything you wish, but what matters is what you keep doing. And with this question I will finish: What can I do today to send me down that path?

All of you know, whatever it is, keep doing it. :)

I´ve been liking those reflections at the end of the day..
Ni

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DIY - salt scrub for the scalp

2014-05-24T19:38:00.001+01:00

Helloooo everyone :D It´s finally weekend! The weather here in Portugal near Lisbon is not the best for going to the beach.Just for a walk maybe, get some fresh air outside when taking the dogs for a walk but not really for hanging around next to the sea like we are used to, because it´s way too windy. So staying at home in comfort clothes, watching series and doing girls stuff or BLOGGING seems nice to me :). Today I´ll be writting a bit about a salt scrub I found out beeing perfect to get rid of the flaky and dry scalp I am dealing with.. Like you may understand, the past weeks, have seriously ruined my nervs, my apetite and even the mood for sports. That´s why my head now reflects all of this with such a nice gift..(oO?). After some research about some home made recepies I found one which I definitely wanted to try out, which is really simple to prepare and has ingredients that I use a lot for cooking and for beauty stuff,easy things to find in every household. This is something you better take some time for because it will be good to keep the mixture for a while with a towel wrapped over your hair. In case you are doing at the same time other tasks at home (like in my case), you will look probably like a ghetto queen, so you better keep boys, husbands and boyfriends outside or lock them in the basement. They just don´t need to know the other side of beeing a woman ;P.

You just need to moosh a mixture of two parts of sea salt to one part of olive oil. The original recipe was with coconut oil, but this one I don´t have so I used olive oil as a substitute what is something everyone here in Portugal has in the kitchen. Cmon I mean it´s almost like water for the portuguese :).

Outtakes!

Finally the most wanted furniture arrived..

2014-05-22T01:58:00.000+01:00

Hey there, hope this post finds you well.. :) it´s not usual to update the blog during the week but I will do my best to keep things rolling more often from now on. Things are getting organized now, and at the moment I am reflecting about this.. Di is lying next to me, holding Mias ass in my face (????).. I know this sounds weird but.. I was trying to explain her that my love for her cat is not the same love she felt, mainly when it comes to clean up Mias poo... and we just started laughing like crazy.. We have a lot of stupid moments like this one, it just feels good laughing about things others just don´t understand.. She is getting bigger and bigger (the cat) comparing her size now from the day on when she and Di moved in for a short period. I was having a really hard time and needed someone around me, so the fact that she (Di)stayed, was probably the biggest prove of compassion and companionship I ever had from a friend. I never was that heartbroken before.

She didn´t asked complicated questions, she didn´t judge me for the mess I was when she arrived at my apartment and found me that way. No words how to describe what I feel for this girl, I owe her a big one.. She didn´t gave up on me, even when I had no strengh to move on, she remembered me why I should and helped me putting behind what no longer takes part of me, even when it´s hard, even when it hurts and told me to accept things and choices as they are. It´s no longer in my hands. There is always a cure for everything, even for love, she said. And time is the best medicine to scarre over the black hole in my stomach. I still can not talk, I just want to forget about it and let it fade away.

So again, I lost myself in words... What I actually wanted to talk about was... my new bed, or better, an old bed of a friend turned a new bed for me. :)

It is not a strange piece to me, because I already slept on it almost two years ago. The story about it: a friend of mine moved out from the apartment he shared with another friend of ours in Lisbon and he asked me before he left: "Hey Ni, do you wanna keep my bed?", and I looked at him and asked: "Really? You meen your fancy King Size Bed? you wanna give it to me?" and he said: "I prefer you have it then give it to someone else just because I could not take it with me". I was so fucking happy! Of course I will pay some bucks for it, but hey! you want a better deal than this? So cool! :D

There is another sentimental story behind it, but not everything should be revealed on the internet, some secrets we better keep for ourselves.

So now that we brought the huge piece home on monday, it took three persons to carry it!!!!, I´m all into decorating my bedroom. I want it cozy but sofisticated because the bed is black and it´s a heavy tone which needs to be carefully combined with textures, fabrics and colors. What is not that easy when you have a small room. I took some inspirations from the pictures and I am still finishing the whole thing. As soon I can I will show you some details :).

It´s time to rest guys! Good night! :)

Medicine for the Soul..

2014-05-17T20:18:00.000+01:00

I love the light at 6pm in my kitchen.. After work Di and I came home and chilled eating fresh food and listen to some tracks to relax and unwind :)

Muuuuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My life has a soundtrack.. :)

For the soul...

For the heart..

For the mind...

This Lyrics...

"Stay The Same"

A night train.
Midnight.
Bags gathered round my feet.
Possessions,
some lessened,
to carry with me.
Heavy
and soothing.
Like a gentle symphony.

I rest my
head right
back upon my seat.
It's hard and
cold, though,
the best thing for me.
This train is
movin'
but my heart is stationary.

Seasons change,
it will never be the same.
I'm hopin' I won't stay the same.
Reasons strange..
Why we all must play these games?

I left it
with you,
a note that was discreet.
I made sure
I put it
upon the cellar door.
It's hanging,
hoping,
will you read it while I weep?

Last time,
the last time,
it flickers through me.
So vivid
it rushes
from my head down to my feet.
We're laughing,
joking,
through a dance to my defeat.

Seasons change,
it will never be the same.
I'm hopin' I won't stay the same.
Reasons strange..
Why we all must play these games?

A Saturday afternoon at the beach

2014-05-10T19:53:00.001+01:00

It could be like this every day.. just shut down from all thoughts which are running through my head, clear the mind view and probably the best spot possible to write.
The past weeks have been perfect for a mind detox, it was not only having time for self reflection but I also had time to understand how far I came off road from the path I was persuing.
I hardly recognized that I was denying the reason which actually put me in this position at the moment. A neverending struggle against loss.
Beeing always someone able to define where I was and where I wanted to be in life, never beeing afraid of failure, I was capable to point out exactly what I had to do to reach it and no matter what it would cost, I would go for it without hesitation.
Then there was a brake in this chapter and life presented me with a huge burden which pulled me out from where I wanted to be, it was not imediatly it took a couple of years to progress.
When my dad passed away, it was not only loosing someone I cared or loved as much or even more then myself, although good and bad things happened between us, it was loosing a pilar which sustented your existence throughout your intire life and broke your bubble of protection and resistence in an emotional way.
I now can say that a part of me was gone as well with him, and soon or later dealing with it was the only way to get over it.
You might have been hurt till your deepest essence and back, feeling like you are so broken that you hardly can stand up and just move the fuck out of where you are, but it will not be understandable for those you hurt just because you were not prepared getting knocked out again.
So basicly hurting first not to get hurt turns out to be the protection shield you need and you use it, every time when you heart alerts danger and abused of it till exaustion of others and yourself.
No work, no hobby, no friends, no boyfriend, neither your dreams, really nothing will be the reason for solving this conflict with yourself. It´s a fight you have to manage on your own with yourself, this means growing out of yourself and be conscious that this is not about bringing others to understand how you feel about this and how this affects the wrong choices you´ve made before (no one ever will, unless they walked the same steps in life as you, what is pretty much impossible), most of all, it is about forgiving yourself for commiting faults and fail, although you know to avoid them and criticize yourself for it.
Some days we are strong and others we just don´t, we can not blame ourselves for imperfection. It´s our nature.

First rule of your first day of the rest of your life: Treat yourself well and be surrounded by those ones which perfectly understand you intuitively without long explanations, they will stay because they feel what you´re feeling and beeing hard or not for them, they will stay because it makes sense for them to give as much it makes for you to accept that you do not have to be alone. It´s about those things life is all about.

By the way, this picture I found by accident in an old cam which I start using again.

Living a dream without knowing it :)

It´s enough for today, I feel like my beach towel neighbours are starring because I write and write and write. Time to jump into the sea and take some pictures. Wish you all a nice weekend marzipans, *chuack

Ni

A good night story called The Games of Thrones (L)

2014-04-03T23:01:00.002+01:00

Cersei Baratheon

Tyrion Lannister

Robb Stark

Jaime Lannister

Jon Snow

Daenerys Targaryen

Portraits by Gavin Bond

Conscious consumption - Consumo consciente

2014-04-03T01:09:00.000+01:00

Os ideais de beleza hoje em dia, tendem a ser cada vez mais difíceis de alcançar, porque de facto o olho do observador está muito mais influenciado por aquilo que os media projectam para o nosso quotidiano, do que alguma vez visto na história.

Sou mulher e por isso é mais que óbvio que tenho interesse de ver e explorar o que agrada ao olho (futilidades da vida feminina) e sentir-me acima de tudo confortável na minha pele (saliento!! acima de tudo sentir-me bem como sou e aceitar também as minhas imperfeições como pormenores inestéticos que fazem o todo interessante!).

Longe de mim iniciar uma luta interminável em busca da perfeição. Amigas, à lutas que perdemos e isso temos de aprender a aceitar. O relógio não vai inverter o sentido de contagem, por muito que besuntem as carinhas larocas com L´oreal, Vichi, La Roche Posay, Nivea, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Oriflame e afins :D.

Sorry its not going to happen! Deal with it!

Arrumamos aqui os pensamentos em relação ao que nos é vendido bem empacotadinho e bonitinho, e a realidade da questão de eficácia. Pronto, os potinhos das marcas acima indicadas são bonitinhos, mas não iludam a mente com o olho, as embalagens também são desenhadas a pensar que vocês iram literalmente cagar para o que lá está dentro, e ficarão apenas com a paixão do objecto tão maravilhoso em mente e quanto mais tchim tchim for, mais o euforismo feminino intensifica, e termina em irmos directamente à prateleira ou dispositivo servimo-nos do dito cujo e pagámo-lo na caixa com um sorriso nos lábios, a pensar que fizemos uma boa escolha! E no saquinho das compras vem uma bombinha de contaminantes da nossa saúde.

E precisamente aqui neste ponto vêm os ingredientes à baila daquilo que estam na belíssima embalagem.

PARABENOS

Posso dizer que não sou nada amiga deste tipo de conservantes (apesar de compreender que existe até um lado lógico para a utilização destes produtos nos cosméticos em termos de armazenamento e longevidade de um produto e também pelas suas propriedades anti fungicas e anti-microbianas. Não sou grande apreciadora de plastificar a cara as camadas.. que é o que este tipo de componentes químicos basicamente fazem, constroem uma rede de ligação com os restantes componentes existentes numa dada receita de um produto.No entanto instalou-se aqui um cepticismo de uma forma geral na utilização desta estrutura química, porque ela também é existente em fármacos. Apesar da medicina clássica não me dizer muito, faz para mim mais sentido serem empregues em medicação que supostamente é ingerida em muito menos quantidade, do que por outro lado permitir a absorção dos mesmo pela nossa pele enquanto nos besuntamos diariamente com a maravilha do conteúdo dos boiõesinhos acima referidos.

Agora após reter estes factos, e sabendo que não só plastificamos por fora os nossos corpinhos mas também por dentro, é meio caminho andado para quase embalsamarmos o nosso corpo como no antigo Egipto vivos.

Sentem-se mais saudáveis agora? Não?

E mais bonitas? Sim?

Não me parece. Aprendam a olhar mais para a vossa cara depois dela estar lavada.

Para bem da vossa saúde, tenham consciência do que consumam e não se deixem enganar por caras esbeltas a comercializarem produtos, porque o poder da imagem é tão tentador que nos faz perder o juízo e nos amedronta a realidade. Aceitem a vosso ciclo de vida e não se sintam desconfortáveis por não o controlar. É a ultima coisa que nos será possível.

Gente natural e saudável é do mais bonito que pode haver.

Caso queiram analisar os rótulos aqui estam alguns exemplos de tipos de parabenos:

Risco elevado:
Methylparaben

Risco moredado:

Butylparaben

Propylparaben

Isopropylparaben

Isobutylparaben

Ethylparaben

Baixo risco:

Polyparaben

A nice suggestion for breakfast on sunday - Oatmeal

2014-03-29T22:45:00.000+00:00

3/4 cup soja milk

3/4 cup water

1/2 cup oat

A hand full of goji berries

1 table spoon chia seeds

1 banana

This is probably one of my favorite breakfast options, not really portuguese, neither german but still a favorite learned in Britain a long long time ago. I´m used to cook in the morning, when I have time muesli, but this was something I prepared yesterday just because I suddenly remembered the light and sweet taste of it and it was a valid choice, because it´s healthy as well.

All you have to do is heating the milk till it starts bubbling, then add oat and all the other ingredients. On low heat continue adding all the other ingredients till it has the consistency shown in the last picture.

It can take a couple of minutes till the water evaporates, so you can write some messages, watch some videos but be carefull and take a look at it every now and then, because it burns easily at the bottom.

Finish it with cinnamon, it just tastes delicious! :D

Wish you all a nice and sunny sunday :)

Does the word reharmonize exist?

2014-03-28T17:06:00.000+00:00

Yesterday at the end of the day, I left my job, took the bus home, and after some issues catching the right bus to take, I was sitting there and next to me on the other side of the bus was sitting a guy wearing merrel shoes, bege paints and a black jacket, writting on his phone and gesticulating like crazy with his hands. Nothing really strange so far, I'm used to face a lot of weirdos, since I moved to Lisbon. At some point, since we were practically alone in the bus and the only productive thing I was doing was basically looking around but not really observing something in particular - things you do in those instances of your life were it would be possible to dance but you don't because otherwise some day you may up ending in some psychiatric hospital, not really knowing why, so you just fit in and be a vegetal of our society in this precised moment you know? Anyway.. everything was fine till the point where the guy started making some sounds, in a tone scale that only a near sitting person would be able to capture. So he got my attention and I looked at him with a big question mark over my head, waiting for him somehow to notice that this was an awkward moment for me and stop doing it.

Nice try.. I started obseving the guy and all of the stuff he has put on the seat in front of him, there was a big red swiss knife sticking on the fabrics of the seat.. I was looking at the knife, looking at him and so on and from nowhere he asked me in a really pleasant tone something like: "girl, does the word reharmonize exists?"

And I just answered (without really knowing the correct answer): "why not? it makes sense, like taking back the harmony when something is not balanced".

There the guy got me thinking.. and I told myself, I unconsciously was judging him by his appearence, he looked really like a violent person. What a different it makes when you open your mouth and project what you really are. Not really comon these days, everyone seemed to live by themselves without really sharing who they are and that´s why we just see them as the person we judge, from a group of persons we used to know. I guess the big city life gets you small minded. Reharmonizing makes more and more sense to me :)

Eyecatcher or not..

2014-03-26T22:40:00.001+00:00

Rings, rings and more rings.

I never was a ring wearing person, because rings were never something what I liked seeing on me.

This is basically because I don´t really like my fingers, they are short,thick and not really feminine in my opinion. So not wearing rings would also not push the attention to something you won´t people to notice, so... I did pretty well I guess ;)

Neither it would be very practical, because not far away in the past, doing stuff with them, like painting, skulpturing, working with clothes was my everyday life, and so it was always better not to have them.

But now..

... something changed a couple of months ago. I started seeing more and more jewellery pictures and since back then a transformation has started in my point of view mostly due to the fact that the concept of wearing rings has also changed.

What I discovered and started appreciating as well, was how the pieces turned really light and decent.

It´s not really the eyecatcher anymore, but you need actually to take a look closer to find something on the skin.

Details like those ones shown in the pics I collected from here and there, are in fact really really pretty and will look nice on everyone, also on people like me with Shrek hands ;P

And it's getting warmer..

2014-03-05T10:43:00.001+00:00

Today I stayed up almost 20 minutes earlier than yesterday and could take a longer walk with Iggy and Paul. It seemed that this week has potencial for free time at the sun.. I start having spring feelings ;) yeahh! I want my flip flops, my feet are about to die in boots..

I'm having breakfast now, before I start working, sitting in a café trying to concentrate in writting.. What about all those people eating with their mouth open and talking so damn loud? Where there is a portuguese there seemed always to be a fair as well.. ;)

Everything's gonna be alright!

2014-03-03T15:18:00.001+00:00

Começar a semana com um longo banho pela manhã um batido green servico pelo (L), e umas selfies para mandar à mamã tiradas no autocarro, não é muito, mas para a je/moi é o quanto basta para ter um bom começo pela manhã. Desejo uma boa semana a todos vós e muita luz! *chuack

Eu na minha versão de avatar..

2014-03-02T22:08:00.001+00:00

A terminar o fim de semana a ver na TV o filme 'I am legend', estou a pensar em como nomear a semana passada com o melhor título...

Entre: 'a 5425milésima semana de cão da minha vida' e 'chewbacca e o seu lado feminino' a 'O ovni que plantou um avatar em lisboa e se esqueceu do mesmo'

O azul veio para ficar, não só na rua a florir como também na minha cara..

Vou explicar o porquê de tal transformação: abracei a semana com a experiencia mais entusiasmante que uma mulher possa ter

ter (daquelas que se repetem consecutivamente uma vez por mês), depois este tempo maravilhoso que até dá vontade de chorar, a minha conta bancaria mais parece uma caixa registadora, ao final do dia vai fundo maneio vai tudo o que tenha para pagar despesas e mais despesas e tirar prazer da vida?

To be continued..

Food Diary #2

2014-02-08T21:59:00.001+00:00

Tudo o que seja forçado não deixa energia boa, daí apenas deixar levar-me pela onda quando estou com disposição para tal e as vezes até faz bem, deixar remoer um bocadinho o bicho da vontade extrema de partilha, para que quando haja output, seja algo de que realmente sejamos capaz der usufruir e possa despertar de alguma forma curiosidade. Isto de fazer mudanças alimentares tem mesmo pano para mangas, é fantástico ver que leque enorme de alternativas e inspirações existem que nunca me tinha passado pela cabeça experimentar ou fazer. Tenho a sensação que a leitura nunca fica terminada, porque para além de explorar alimentos, é bom rever o que conhecemos e o que ainda existe por descobrir. É ser mais consciente e melhor informado sobre as propriedades de cada vegetal e como actuam no nosso corpo. É conhecer melhor o nosso corpo, acima de tudo isso. Saber o que ele realmente precisa e não, o que lhe faz bem e mal, como reage ao que ingerimos e termos medida e diversidade no que colocamos no nosso prato.

Tenho andado à caça de receitas, sempre que tenho um tempinho, ando a ler sempre que posso sobre o que ingerir para fazer bem a que parte de mim. Tem sido uma viagem fascinante, e carne e peixe ainda não senti falta de os ter na mesa. Confirmo que é de facto levar a nossa criatividade diária a outro nível.

Hà quem diga que tenho andado com aspecto de cançada e fraca... já ouvi isto de alguém que se queixava do contrário, é difícil o nosso corpo exteriorizar como nos sentimos, e certo é que estou a sentir-me bem, e vejo que a minha cara já quase não tem vestígios visíveis de manchinhas avermelhadas.

Já à alguns meses que tenho dado mais importância à minha saúde e bem estar geral, do que ao meu aspecto físico, antes não era tão assim, daí ter a certeza que é uma questão de tempo e que à medida que me sinta bem de dentro para fora, se irá notar de facto no aspecto exterior também.

Optei ser de momento menos vaidosa com a forma como me apresento mas mais atenta ao que realmente importa. A coerência do ser não deverá ser apenas superficial.

Veggie Food Diary #1

2014-01-26T21:39:00.002+00:00

Ponto de situação? Estou a sentir-me bem, acho que a minha pele da cara, apesar de estar um pouco seca do frio está a desintoxicar e com melhor aspecto, isto a nível físico, do que fui capaz de reparar de imediato. Mais diferenças? Tenho notado necessidade de ingerir mais líquidos apesar de estarmos em pleno inverno, mas acho que já descobri o porquê. Como tenho receio de ficar em falta com algum nutriente, tento comer obrigatoriamente o mais variado possível, e como é tudo mais à base de legumes no prato, e estes são rápidamente utilizados no estômago para abastecerem os órgãos com energia, depois de duas horas de um prato principal cheio, já sinto fome de novo e o corpo pede reforço, e então ando a ingerir mais líquidos nesses períodos de uma refeição grande à próxima, entre os petiscanços de fruta e pão entre outros.
O maior desafio de todos, encontra-se da porta de casa para fora. Chegar ao refeitório do trabalho ou a um restaurante, tasca, café, watever, e ver que maior parte de tudo o que é vendido contem carne, ou farinha branca.. não é pêra doce escolher! Pois bem, temos bom remédio, levar de casa :).
Reacções de pessoas próximas foram do mais variadas que se possa imaginar. "Não sei se isso é boa ideia, que te levou a decidires isso?", "Se achas que é para teu bem de saúde porque não?", "Ai também devia fazer algo do género, mas acho que não sou capaz" e por aí fora.
Tenho ainda a acrescentar que esta semana não mexi uma palha em termos de exercício físico, daí eu também estar convicta que por enquanto está a correr bem.. Esperemos para ver quando começar de novo a correr, aí tenho a certeza que a ginástica irá ser maior e a situação tende a complicar, e vou ter que recorrer a maior dose de ingestão de proteína vegetal, porque sei que o corpo irá pedir.

Tirei algumas fotos, não de tudo, porque muitas vezes comi fora de casa ou andei a petiscar e não valia a fotografia, daí apenas alguns pratos feitos em casa. Et voilá :D!

NDalma no facebook

2014-01-23T17:09:00.002+00:00

Olá mais uma vez, vim apenas para avisar que criei uma página no Facebook para este blogue, onde podem encontrar mais novidades e partilhas de imagens e comentários, visto que o perfil anterior não era próprio para o efeito. Espero que gostem e talvez nos encontremos por lá ;)

Hey guys, I just want to comunicate that I´ve created a Facebook page for this blog, since previously I had a profile that was not the correct thing for the porpuse I wanted it to be. There you will find images and updates regarding the blog and a lot more, I hope you´ll gonna like it and perhaps we see us there ;)

Deixo-vos aqui o link:
You can find the link is below:

www.facebook.com/nicoledalma