Skin Care 2.0

Here are a few more tips to help you fix those annoying skin and beauty problems without having to spend mega bucks at your local pharmacy!

Soft Hands

1 tbsp Honey

1 tsp sugar

Massage into hands for a few minutes (it exfoliates the dead skin cells) then rinse clean and apply a light lotion.

Soft feet

Soak feet in warm water with a few drops of lemon juice, pat dry, apply vaseline, put on socks and go to bed. Wash well in the morning and moisturize. This also works well with hands (use gloves) and legs (cotton sweats are fine, leg warmers work well too)

White teeth

1 tsp baking soda

2-4 drops lemon juice

Brush teeth with toothpaste, rinse then brush again with baking soda mixture (tastes nasty but does the trick!) then rinse clean.

Dandruff fix

Baby Oil

Fine tooth Comb

Part hair, rub baby oil into scalp, brush scalp with fine tooth comb, wash scalp thoroughly with a grease removing shampoo (baby shampoo works fine but so does lemon dish washing liquid-the grease cutting kind) then apply conditioner from roots up (pro tip: adding conditioner to roots will cause your hair to look greasier faster, also causes build up and dandruff so try to avoid massaging conditioner into scalp)

Mayonnaise

Can be used as...

Hair conditioner (coat hair, leave on for 15-20 mins, wash out and your hair will be soft and manageable)

Soften skin (apply to dry/affected area for 10 mins and wipe clean)

Manicure (rub into cuticles, let sit for 10 mins and wash off)

Sunburn relief (apply cold mayo to affected area and let sit for as long as you need before washing away)

Random

Hey guys!

What do you guys think about Coca Cola? Yay or Nay?

Personally, I used to be absolutely addicted to it, I drank at least 2 litres of it daily. Now, I'm older, wiser and much more smarter about what I put into my body. Occasionally I will crave it and buy a can here or there but usually I won't touch the stuff. I found a website that has a bunch of cool ways to use Coca Cola (besides drinking it) you can check it out HERE.

A little info for you, these are the countries that do not market Coca Cola.

There was only 9 bottles of Coca Cola sold in the first year of business.

Today, there are 1.6 billion servings of Coca Cola sold each day.
The more you know :)

Children and the Dentist

Nobody likes going to the dentist so why would kids right? You basically have to sit there for 30+ minutes with someone digging around in your mouth, not my idea of fun! I decided to put together a list of things to do to get kids to co-operate better at their yearly visit. Enjoy :)

1. Be honest. Tell them the truth about why they have to go to the dentist,educate them about their oral health and explain that it is something we all need to do or our teeth will fall out of our head (for children who have already lost teeth, tell them they won't grow back) - LOL

2.  Don't like the taste of fluoride? Make up an excuse as to why they can't have any that specific visit, tell the dental assistant s/he just got over the flu and it will make them sick (fluoride ALWAYS-no matter what flavor- makes me sick) Your kid will thank you for it.

3. If they are scared be sure to go in with them and hold their hands, constantly reminding them, you won't let anything bad happen but since you will be monitoring tell them if they act up they are getting punished. They will listen, nobody likes to be grounded.

4. If all else fails, bribe them. Hey, I'd rather shell out 20$ than deal with a screaming chaotic child.

5. This isn't a tip but it's guaranteed to make you LOL