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Pizza is a favorite food all over the world. While the basics may be the same, you will find a world of difference in the types of toppings depending on where you are. And you can find pizza in just about every corner of the globe. When you are traveling, be sure to try the pizza when you find yourself in a new place. You may have your creativity awakened and will have a new set of combinations to try when you return home.Here is a sampling of regional favorites from around the world.
Japan
There are actual two types of pizzas in Japan: the regular American-style pizza and okonomiyaki, which is Japanese-style pizza.
The American-style pizza is similar to the pizzas found in the U.S. The Japanese love seafood on their pizzas, as well as a variety of other typical and not-so-typical ingredients. You will often find pizzas topped with sweet corn, potatoes, mayonnaise, and hard boiled eggs. One specialty pizza is the Squid Ink Pizza, in which the tomato sauce is replaced by a black squid ink sauce. You can also get cod roe, tuna, octopus, and seaweed on your pizza. There are several familiar large chains in Japan, such as Shakeys, Pizza Hut, and Dominos, as well as many small local pizza shops.
Japanese-style pizza, called okonomiyaki, is a pancake type round made of flour, water, eggs, and chopped cabbage. Additional ingredients are added, such as chopped beef, octopus, mushrooms, onions, and any type of other ingredients. These extra ingredients are added into the batter, and it is then poured onto a griddle and cooked like a pancake. It is served cut into pie shaped wedges on a plate topped with okonomiyaki sauce, mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes). In fact, the katsuobushi is sliced so thin that it kind of waves in the heat from the okonomiyaki, making it look as if the top of your pizza is moving and alive. The okonomiyaki sauce is similar to a teriyaki sauce. When you order okonomiyaki in a restaurant, you are often given a bowl of ingredients which you cook yourself on a griddle.

 India
Pizza is not necessarily a foreign taste in India. Naan, an unleavened bread is similar in taste and texture to pizza crust, and is often served brushed with butter and garlic. It isn't that big a jump to a pizza, especially considering that Indians traditionally eat with their hands.
You can find Pizza Hut and Dominos in India, along with other chains such as Pizza Corner, which is a larger chain in India. While you can find typical toppings, Indians also like tandoori chicken and chicken tikka. Other toppings include minced mutton, pickled ginger, tofu, and a cottage cheese-like dairy product called paneer. Indians like to top their pizzas with plenty of chili flakes, ketchup, and other condiments.
Estimates reveal that up to 80 percent of Indians are vegetarians, so the pizza business reflects that, often having separate areas in their kitchens for the preparation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian pizzas. Pizza shops in Muslim areas leave pepperoni off their menus, and in areas where there are concentrations of Jains, a religion that prohibits eating onions or garlic, those are absent from the menus as well. Many pizza shops also sell salads, soup, and ice cream.

 Brazil
People love pizza in Brazil. In fact, there is a sizable Italian population in Brazil. Pizza in Brazil usually has a very thin layer of tomato sauce as a base on a thin crust. Along with some familiar toppings, you can also order corn, quail eggs, green peas, shredded carrots, beets, raisins, heart of palm, linguica sausage, guava jam, bananas, chocolate, and catupiry cheese, which is a type of cream cheese. Many pizza eaters in Brazil put ketchup or mustard on their pizzas.
 Russia
Russia has also seen the influx of the large American chains. You can order a pizza with traditional toppings, but also with sardines, tuna, mackerel, salmon, and onions, a combination called "mockba." Many Russians will also order a pizza with red herring.




Saudi Arabia
Due to religious concerns, all meat toppings in Saudi Arabia are 100 percent beef, as pork is not eaten in this country.
 Australia
Australians love their pizza too. Here you'll find pizza menus with ingredients such as cabanossi, capsicum, prawns, diced pumpkin, tomato chutney, eggs, and lamb. Favorite combinationsalso include ham and pineapple, shrimp and pineapple, and pizzas with barbeque chicken. The top ingredients in Australia are, in this order, pineapple, ham, peppers, and then pepperoni.
 Romania
 Pizzas are usually thin-crust. They are topped with a minimal amount of sauce and cheese, but have plenty of other toppings. Toppings feature lots of vegetables, including corn. Pizzas are often served with ketchup on the side in two varieties, dulce (sweet) or picante (hot).

Are you beautifully dressed and wearing your favourite make up? What about some nail design? You are not actually ready to go out until you have stunning fingernail designs.
Having beautiful nails is an art. But, who says it cannot be fun? There is a fascinating world of nail art designs for both toenails and fingernails.

• Painting your nails with a nail polish design. People from the oriental parts of our globe created the most stunning and innovative pictures on nails. If you have poor painting or drawing abilities, start by creating simple colourful nail polish designs and increase their complexity as you gain confidence.
• Decorated nails – As painting someone’s nails was really time consuming and needed a great deal of ability and practice, a simple and fast system was created to get the same stunning results in only minutes. Artificial nails imprinted with beautiful nail designs are a great alternative to stickers.
• Sticker nail art – quite fun, but it became too popular and some people may argue that they are out of style.
• Round Steel Stencils – they have between 7 and 10 different nail designs and are very useful if you are in a hurry. Just make sure the lower layer is fully dried! They will certainly help women express themselves, even the most conservative ones.
• French manicure – One of the most sophisticated fingernail designs. Nails are polished in light pink, beige, lilac or white and the nail tip is polished in extra white polisher. Special kits are sold to do them at home with patterns for the ones who are in a hurry but still want good quality results.

Animal print, flowers or with rhinestones are worn by the most cheeky to catch people’s attention. Some women prefer a low profile and only wear them on one or two nails with a unique fingernail design, usually on their little finger’s nails.

Toenail Designs

If your hands are to look perfect, why not your feet? After thorough pedicure and, if your natural nails don’t allow for a toenail design, stick artificial toe nails. Some of them already come decorated imitating French manicure but in stunning colour schemes such orange, purple, white and red to create that unique look to go with your favourite sandals at the beach!










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Curly hairstyles will always be in fashion and can give you some very feminine looks that are suitable from everything to a party hairstyle, a fun and flirty weekend look and even a wedding hairstyle or a beautiful hairdo for your prom. The trouble with curls, however, is that more often than not they tend to drop and fall flat after a few hours. Even those with naturally curly hair can have trouble keeping their ringlets in shape and their look frizz free. But there are ways that you can ensure that your curly look lasts. Just use these curl keeping hair secrets!
If you’re creating your curls using hair rollers or a curling iron then make sure your hair has not been freshly washed. Curls will form and hold better in day old hair as your hair will not be soft and slippery.
If you have washed your locks, or you know that you’ll need extra grip to get your curls to stay, spray some dry shampoo through your hair strands for texture.
For curled locks with staying power, always curl your hair in sections and apply a setting lotion or your preferred hair styling product to each section just before wrapping your locks around your curling tong.
After curling a section of your hair, wrap the curl back up and pin it against your head using hair pins and then continue to curl the rest of your hair. This will give your curls the chance to cool down while still in a curled shaped. Once you have curled and pinned your hair, leave your hair to cool for as long as possible to increase the chances of your finished result being a defined shape that will last.
Avoid drenching any finished curls with too much hairspray. Just a light spritz of a strong hold product is enough to keep your curls in place without making them crunchy or so overloaded with product that they lose their shape.
If you have to wash your hair before curling, or if your hair has a natural curl that you want to enhance, then wash your hair with a shampoo that is made especially for curly hair and use a spray in conditioner instead of a wash out conditioner to avoid making your hair too soft to curl.
If you need your curls for a big event then use a good hairstyling mousse or cream that you have used before and that you know works well with your hair. There’s nothing worse than trying a new product right before you need a great looking style and having that product ruin your curls.
Always make sure you’ve removed any excess water from your hair and never try to curl hair that is wet. Your hair needs to be dry to get the best finished result, and any moisture left in your hair will cause your hair to frizz and your curls to drop.
Add a travel size bottle of hairspray to your handbag so that you can touch up your curls and keep your style looking great when out of the house.
Curls that have been created with a large curling iron in large sections of hair tend to drop much more quickly than tighter, smaller curls. So if you want a curly look that lasts, separate your hair into small sections and create tighter, smaller curls.
Avoid touching, combing or brushing your curls once you’re happy with the way they look and your hairstyle is in place. Excessive fiddling with your curls will cause them to drop faster.
Adding mousse and then plaiting or braiding naturally curly hair and leaving it overnight is one of the easiest ways to create a no-fuss curly hairstyle. And the best thing about this type of style is that the end result is supposed to be loose and carefree, so even if your curls drop over the course of the day, just a hint of curl still keeps your look on trend.
With these curl keeping hair secrets you should be able to create and keep any curly hairstyle. Our final secret is to style your curls into a half up half down hairstyle, updo or a side-style so that if your curls do fall flat, your hair will still look great!
To see how you'd look with any of the salon hairstyles pictured in this hairstyle article, click on each image to try the virtual hairstyle with your own photo!