Thursday, May 31, 2007

Books and Recipe Website

esquire.com/mmilken

A Model Summer by Paulina Ponizkova
A15 year old Swedish immigrant ventures to Paris to strut he catwalk.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Workout Music

Walking:
  • "Such Great Heights" -The Postal Service
  • "Wishful Thinking" -The Ditty Bops
  • "We Got the Beat" -The Go-Go's
  • "I Make It Rain" -Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne
  • "Gold Digger" -Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
  • "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" -Talking Heads
  • "Back Again" -Dilated Peoples
  • "For Reasons Unknown" -The Killers
  • "Smiley Faces" -Gnarls Barkley
  • "Black Velveteen" -Lenny Kravitz
Sweats:
  • "Hollaback Girl" -Gwen Stefani
  • "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) -Outkast
  • "I Want It All" -Eurythmics
  • "Got the Life" -Korn
  • "Absolutely Not" - Deborah Cox
  • "Whoo! Alright Yeah...Uh Huh" -The Rapture
  • "Club Foot" -Kasabin
  • "Shut Up" -Black Eyed Peas
  • "Everytime We Touch" - Cascada
  • "Milkshake" -Kelis
  • "Hood Boy" -Fantasia Barrio featuring Big Boi
  • "Hollywood" - Jay-Z featuring Beyonce
  • "Long Way 2 Go" Cassie
  • "Everything I Can't Have" -Robin Thicke
  • "Ever Blazing" -Sean Paul
  • "Glamorous" -Fergie featuring Ludacris
  • "Maneater" -Nelly Furtado
Chill:
  • "If There's Love" -Citizen Cope
  • "Hang on Little Tomato" -Pink Martini
  • "Heaven" -The Psychedelic Furs
  • "Charlene" -Anthony Hamilton
  • "Pig" - Dave Matthews Band
  • "Too Sober to Sleep" -Justin Rutledge
  • "Black Milk" - Massive Attack
  • "Save Room" -John Legend
  • "More Than Anyone" -Gavin DeGraw
  • "Sailed On" -Landon Pigg
(from Fitness June 2006)

Power-Walking (25 min)
  • "Jump" -Madonna
  • "Chasing Cars" -Snow Patrol
  • "Haven't Found" -Pras, featuring Sharli McQueen
  • "Hip Hop is Dead" -Nas, featuring will.i.am
  • "High Road" -Fort minor, featuring John Legend
  • "What a Feeling" -Peter Luts and Dominico
  • "Teen Love" -Peter Bjorn and John
Spinning (30 min)
  • "He Loves Me 2" -CeCe Peniston
  • "She Wants to Move" -N.E.R.D.
  • "Snow (Hey Oh)" -Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • "World, Hold On" -Bob Sinclair
  • "Love's Divine" -Seal
  • "How to Save a Life" -The Fray
Strength Training
  • "Chop Me Up" -Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland and Three 6 Mafia
  • "Entourage" -Omarion
  • "Last Night" -Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole
  • "Lost One" -Jay-Z featuring Chirette Michele
  • "Show Me" -Janet Jackson
  • "Mama Africa" -Akon
  • "Like a Boy" -Ciara
  • "We Ride (I See the Future)" -Mary J. Blige
Getting You Off the Couch
  • "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" -Jason Mraz
  • "Walking on Sunshine" -Katrina and the Waves
  • "Light of Day" -Jody Raffoul
  • "On A High" -Duncan Sheik
  • "Walk On" -U2
Picking on the Pace
  • "Jump, Jive an' Wail" -Brian Setzer Orchestra
  • "Skip to the End" -The Futureheads
  • "Lose My Breath" -Destiny's Child
  • "Zak and Sara" -Ben Folds
  • "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" -The Flaming Lips
Pushing Through an Intense Workout
  • "Hey Ya!" -Outkast
  • "Let's Get Loud" -Jennifer Lopez
  • "Do You Want To" -Franz Ferdinand
  • "Touchdown Turnaround (Don't Give Up on Me)" -Hellogoodbye
  • "I Predict a Riot" -Kaiser Chiefs
Mellowing Out
  • "Beautiful World" -Colin Hay
  • "Easy Tonight" -Five for Fighting
  • "Windmills" -Toad the Wet Sprocket
  • "Don't Look Back" -Bliss and Sophie Barker
  • "Upstairs" -Ari Hest
Health may 2007

Summer 2007 Playlist
  • "Ever Fallen in Love" -Nouvelle Vague
  • "Summertime" -Billy Stewart
  • "Surf Wax America" -Weezer
  • "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" -The Flaming Lips
  • "Hot Fun in the Summertime" -Sly & The Family Stone
  • "Float On" -Modest Mouse
  • "How Bizarre" -OMC
  • "Represent" -Orishas
  • "Jim Nior" -My Patch
Marie Claire June 07

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Sunscreen for work

Look for ingredients as avobenzone, octocrylene, oxybenzone, and Mexoryl, ultimate blocks hace titanium dioxide or zinc oxide.


  • Neutrogena Fresh Cooling Body Mist Sunblock (SPF40)

sunblock with new, high-tech ingredients-like mexoryl, or helioplex-which give an extra hour or two or protection

  • Coppertone Sport Sunblock Gel (SPF30)
oil-free gel sinks in immediately-and wont leave slippery hands, the alcohol in the gel makes them dry quickly

  • Rit Sun Guard
infuses sun protection into clothing, blocking more than 96 percent of UV rays for up to 20 washes


  • Solbar Shield SPF 40
great for sensitive skin. its physical blockers like zinc and titanium dioxide keep damaging rays out


  • Neutrogena Fresh Cooling Body Mist Sunblock SPF 45
broad-specturm protection, not greasy and wont clog pores


  • Banana Boat UltraMist Sport SPF 30 Continuous Clear Spray
just a few hits give even coverage


  • LaRoche-Posay Anthelios SX
ideal for fair skin b/c it protects from a wide range of UV rays


  • Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer SPF 15 w/ Parsol 1789
lightweight lotion won't clog pores or cause breakouts


A chemical free sunblock: UV Natural SPF 30 is formulated with zinc for full UVA/UVB protection.



Thursday, May 3, 2007

Natural Health April 2007

Drug-free ways to easy pain of labor
  • Water
  • Self-hypnosis (www.hypnobirthing.com)
  • Birth Ball
  • The Bradley Method (www.bradleybirth.com)
  • Acupuncture
  • Aromatherapy: Lavender for calming and to increase strength of contractions, Rose for softening of ligaments and to make it easier to push the baby out, and Jasmine to dull uterine pain, strengthen contractions, and increase milk supply.
Oolong tea steep 5 minutes suppresses allergic reactions.