Why Organic? Organic products are priced higher than non-organic products. Some sources are claiming that organic-labelled food products aren’t 100% organic and natural. There aren’t many options when it comes to organic food products. So, why choose organic? I got to understand a lot more about organic food through Nature’s Glory organic workshop which took…
Photo credit: The Wellness Report I’m back again for some yoga by Saakalya‘s very own founder and yoga instructor, Alexandra. It’s a little special this time as we get to practise yoga outdoors, in a beautiful green open space at Open Farm Community. It was a Chakra yoga session where we focus on our root chakras,…
Once you’ve started to pick up the love for cooking, the next thing you will know is that your kitchen is filled with various types of kitchen tools. I have more or less got everything I’ve needed to facilitate my cooking preparations but I still needed a couple more tools like a food processor and…
Now that I know a lot more about superfoods and how plants could nourish and heal us, I start to move away from medicinal drugs and other health supplements. But this skin supplement caught my eyes because its’ use of young orchid stem cells which is the key ingredient in Avalon Stem Cell Beauty Drink….
So you’ve probably heard of roasted, baked and raw nuts. But have you came across activated nuts before? These are nuts which are soaked in salt water for prolonged hours so that the nuts start to sprout. They are then subjected to dehydration at low temperature to preserve their nutritive value. To me, these activated…
My holy grail to dampen pimple growth was Oxy10. My mum would rave so much about how Oxy10 cured her zits and so being her obedient daughter, I started using it to treat pimples. It was effective at first but I soon realise that it couldn’t be used to treat acne for long, especially those…
The most beautiful vegetable on earth has got to be beetroot. It has such an intense and vibrant red colour that makes it such an outstanding ingredient in a dish. To make a real pretty dish, you will drop need a drop of beetroot juice mixed with anything creamy and white to produce a hot…
I like using soaps instead of shower gels these days because soap bars are sold with minimal packaging, perhaps only a plastic film or paper just to wrap around it. However, if I purchase shower gels which often comes in plastic bottles, I’m producing more household waste unless I decided to reuse them. But soaps…
I haven’t really touched raw meat right in my kitchen for the longest time. Most of the times, I prepare vegetarian dishes at home and I only consume some meat while I’m dining out on most weekends. It felt refreshing to be using meat again as my ingredients in preparing meals for myself. When it…
When it comes to dolling myself up, I always didn’t quite know what to do with my hair. Should I let it down or tie it up? Should I braid my hair? But what if it looks untidy? Sometimes I just like to curl the ends of my hair inwards so that my hair looks…