Thursday, October 30, 2008
A car mishap
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Beauty Tips - Face Care Natural Way
The market is flooded with beauty products for every kind of skin type, skin condition, and skin tone. These items can range for the generic brands set at reasonable prices to the top of the line products which can become very expensive. Instead of paying a lot of money to the department stores, have you ever considered making these same products for yourself? It's true. It can be done and the products you create at home can be just as, if not more, effective than anything you can find on a shelf.
Let's start with ingredients. Before running off to another store, check your cabinets and refrigerator. Do you have oatmeal? How about yogurt? Great! Now you are all set to make a simple facial cleanser. Just add enough yogurt to a ½ cup of plain oatmeal. Rub gently all over your face. Be careful to keep it out of your eyes. Rinse the mixture off with lukewarm water and viola - you've got a cleaning and conditioning facial.
Need to improve the elasticity in your face? Go to the refrigerator and grab an egg. Separate the yolk from the egg white. Put the egg white into a bowl and whip with a manual egg beater. Apply to your entire face and allow it time to dry completely. Rinse the egg from your face with warm water. Can you feel the difference? Your skin should feel tighter and smoother. It really is that easy.
Do you suffer from dry skin? Get the yogurt back out and measure one tablespoon. Mix the yogurt with one tablespoon of honey. Be sure to mix well. Smooth the cream in to your entire face. Do not rinse your face. The mixture will re-hydrate the skin and provide much needed moisture.
Acne plagues not only young teens but older adults as well. For a simple acne treatment at home, try combining one part bran with one part baking soda and add enough water to form a paste. Apply the paste to your entire face and keep the mixture on for about 15 minutes. Use one part apple cider vinegar to eight parts of water to make a rinsing solution to clean the paste from your skin.
Not only are natural beauty remedies inexpensive and easy, they also prevent you from consistently exposing yourself and your skin to unnecessary harsh chemicals which can build up in your body and lead to even bigger issues. There are many places to find creative ways to produce your own beauty products, even your Grandma may have some tips of her own.
Regardless, of what your concerns and problem areas are, you can have a little fun experimenting with your own ingredients and ideas.
Even if you opt to buy off the shelve products make sure that they are made from natural ingredients and don't contain synthetic or chemical ingredients. Also take a look at the directions of use and the warning label if there is one to make sure that it does not cause any side effects or is just limited to use on a few skin types. This will ensure that you never run into trouble when using off the shelve products. However only use off the shelve products if you don't have the time to prepare these for yourself at home.
Tooth Whitening Technique Using Homemade Teeth Whiteners
Whitener / Cleanser - 1
Baking soda, 1 teaspoon
Hydrogen peroxide, a few drops
Mix the two ingredients and use as a paste on your teeth and gums two times a week.
Tooth Whitener / Cleanser - 2
Baking soda, 3 teaspoon
Table salt, 1 teaspoon
Mix the two ingredients and use as a tooth powder.
Tooth Whitener / Cleanser - 3
Rubbing the bark of walnut tree brightens the teeth.
Tooth Whitener / Cleanser - 4
After brushing your teeth gargle with some fruit grade hydrogen peroxide and rinse with water or brush again with a toothpaste.
Tooth Whitener / Cleanser - 5
Brush your teeth with hard wood ash. The wood ash contains potassium hydroxide which whiteners the teeth. However, The excessive use of potassium hydroxide can damage your teeth over time.
Tooth whitening damage & risk
Tooth whitening should be done by a qualified dentist. Some of the non-dentists who do this work use hydrogen peroxide and chlorine dioxide (a chemical more commonly found in industrial cleaners) at a much higher concentration than is allowed by law, as high as 350 times stronger. Chlorine dioxide is highly acidic and can dissolve the tooth surface causing permanent damage.
The most commonly observed side effects of professionally applied hydrogen peroxide products are temporary tooth sensitivity and occasional irritation of oral tissues.
Note that tooth whitening damage of your teeth can be irreversible.
Tooth Whitener / Cleanser - 6
Take a piece of aluminium foil sheet and wrap it around your teeth to make a tray. Mix some baking soda in your toothpaste and spread it in the aluminium tray. Put the tray around your teeth so taht paste comes in contact with your teeth. Keep it there for some time, then brush. Do it two times a week.
Rub walnut bark daily on your teeth to whiten.
Mash some fresh strawberries on your teeth to whiten.
Rub fresh sage leaves daily on your teeth to whiten
How to Make Homemade Tooth Whitener
How to Make Homemade Tooth Whitener
By eHow Health Editor http://www.ehow.com/how_2054497_make-homemade-tooth-whitener.html
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Black coffee, tea, smoking, soda and wine--all can stain our teeth. Fortunately, you can whiten your fabulous smile in the comfort of your own home. Here are a few recipes to get you started.
Things You’ll Need:
- Baking soda
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Toothbrush
- Baking Soda
- Table salt
- Toothbrush
- Bay leaves
- Dried orange peel
Recipe One
Recipe Two
Recipe Three
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Preschool and Kindergarten Teacher Poems
For helping me to know
The things I need to learn
To live my life and grow.
Your teaching makes me see,
If I work at it, I can do it.
Thanks for showing me!
Your teaching helps me see,
That to have a happy life,
Learning is the key.
You’re sensitive and smart.
You’re a skillful teacher;
I knew it from the start.
For the teacher that you are;
You’re a very good person,
And as a teacher, you’re a star!
To learn what we need to know
We'll all remember you
No matter where we go.
So nice and kind and good;
We like you so much, teacher,
We'd stay here if we could!
Children Learn What They Live
Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph. D.
If children live with hostility,
they learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule,
they learn to be shy.
If children live with tolerance,
they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement,
they learn confidence.
If children live with praise,
they learn to appreciate.
If children live with fairness,
they learn justice.
If children live with security,
they learn faith.
If children live with approval,
they learn to like themselves.
If children live with acceptance, and friendship,
they learn to find love in the world.
Happy Teachers' Day To All Teachers Around The Globe
Poem by Kevin William Huff
Teachers
Paint their minds
and guide their thoughts
Share their achievements
and advise their faults
Inspire a Love
of knowledge and truth
As you light the path
Which leads our youth
For our future brightens
with each lesson you teach
Each smile you lengthen
Each goal you help reach
For the dawn of each poet
each philosopher and king
Begins with a Teacher
And the wisdom they bring
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Vietnamese Pancake recipe
| Hue Stuffed Pancake Recipe - Serves 4 | |
5 tablespoon 2 55 g
Pancake batter 85 g 1/4 3 125 ml
Pancake Filling 7.5 g 1 clove 15 ml 125 ml 145 g 85 g 30 g 30 g 1/4 1/4 | Oil (for frying) Eggs Seasoned flour
Rice flour Salt Eggs, beaten Coconut milk
Ginger, chopped Garlic, chopped Soy sauce White sauce Crabmeat Mushrooms, chopped Green onions (scallions), chopped Bean sprouts Salt Pepper |
Method : Combine rice flour, coconut milk, 3 eggs and salt to make a pancake batter. Heat a little in an 8 in nonstick frying pan, add enough batter to coat the bottom. Make pancakes in the usual manner until all batter is used. Blend ginger, garlic, soy and white sauces. Add crabmeat, mushrooms, green onions (scallions) and bean sprouts. Season to taste. Place 1 tablespoon of the mixture on each pancake. Tuck in ends and roll like a burrito, so mixture doesn't escape. Carefully roll each pancake in seasoned flour then in remaining beaten egg. Deep fry until golden. Serve on lettuce leaves, sprinkled with chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves, accompanied by nuoc cham sauce with finely sliced, seeded red chili pepper. As a variation, use thinly rolled puff pastry or dough instead of pancakes. Pancakes can also be filled and served without deep frying. | |