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Tasty Little Things!
And guess what?
It's coming soon to a shop near you :)
What am I selling?
Truffles, cupcakes, brownies, cookies...
How can you get your hands on my tasty little things?
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Tasty Little Things, a little bit of joy in every bite.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Put Down the Banana
DO NOT USE BANANA IN THE BATH OR IN YOUR HAIR
I'm serious. You think I'm kidding. I try 2 homemade beauty tips a week and this week I tried out a conditioning banana hair mask while I took a bath.
The mask was simple enough, mix one ripe banana with a few drops of almond oil.
I had fun squishing the banana in my hands and mixing it up with the oil and smearing it on my hair.
I enjoyed my bath (another beauty tip: add 1 cup dry milk powder and 3 drops of almond oil to your bath water) I rinsed my hair and got out of the bath.
Then the world began to die a little.
First, I had to sit by my bathtub's side and gently nurse the water down the drain (yes, I suppose this wouldn't be a problem if I had one of those nifty hair-catcher thingys for my drain, but I DON'T, ok?)
Banana + drain = a sad drain. (plus it looks like someone got sick in the tub which I think is disguting.)
Please note: once all the water has gone out and you've collected all the remaining banana pieces- a couple flushings of HOT HOT water should help it unclog, if that doesn't work don't reach for a toxic drain cleaner, a simple solution of baking soda and vinegar left to sit for a while should unclog your drain very nicely.
Anyway, a clogged drain isn't such a horrid thing, I can deal with that.
The banana, however, continued its rein of terror. It left little particles in my hair.
And my hair NOT feel softer. It felt gummy. And I didn't want to have to take a shower because I'd just taken a bath. I like to preserve water (save the whales) and I already feel bad enough when I take the time to spoil myself by taking a bath instead of a shower. But a bath is usually relaxing and loverly so I indulge.
I knew I HAD to take a shower though because, as I wrote in my journal "I have banana shit in my hair. Damn it. It's gross and I feel DIRTY. YECH. (undelined 3 times)
The little recipe should have come with some kind of warning: Banana hair mask should not be done if you're on your way out the door.
At least then you'd know to budget yourself some time before discovering that you now have to wait for the hot water to come back on while in the meantime you look like you've got awful dandruff. As I wrote in my journal, "It's drying and leaving shit balls of banana everywhere- I am NOT happy. I am SO UNCOMFORTABLE."
I took a shower, shampooed and conditioned my hair (which felt entirely redundant) and when I got out, I STILL had banana dandruff.
I combed most of it out and picked the banana shit balls off the floor and decided that if anyone was still bound and determined to use banana on their hair there are certain rules they should follow:
They should use it only in the shower
They should have one of those hair-catching thingys
They should have blonde hair because the dandruff look is just too apparent in darker hair
And they should be COMPLETELY INSANE. kidding. but, not.
BTW: If the conditioning banana hair mask did in fact condition my hair (which, let's give it the benefit of the doubt and say that it DID) it was a heck of a lot of hassle and not enough payback.
Armed with what I now know would I do it again? Nooooo.
Would I change my approach? YESSSSS. Hair-catchy drain thingy, and use only in the shower.
My rating: 0/5
I don't discount the wonders of using banana in homemade beauty products but I think they should only be used on the face or maybe whipped in the blender before application.
I'm serious. You think I'm kidding. I try 2 homemade beauty tips a week and this week I tried out a conditioning banana hair mask while I took a bath.
The mask was simple enough, mix one ripe banana with a few drops of almond oil.
I had fun squishing the banana in my hands and mixing it up with the oil and smearing it on my hair.
I enjoyed my bath (another beauty tip: add 1 cup dry milk powder and 3 drops of almond oil to your bath water) I rinsed my hair and got out of the bath.
Then the world began to die a little.
First, I had to sit by my bathtub's side and gently nurse the water down the drain (yes, I suppose this wouldn't be a problem if I had one of those nifty hair-catcher thingys for my drain, but I DON'T, ok?)
Banana + drain = a sad drain. (plus it looks like someone got sick in the tub which I think is disguting.)
Please note: once all the water has gone out and you've collected all the remaining banana pieces- a couple flushings of HOT HOT water should help it unclog, if that doesn't work don't reach for a toxic drain cleaner, a simple solution of baking soda and vinegar left to sit for a while should unclog your drain very nicely.
Anyway, a clogged drain isn't such a horrid thing, I can deal with that.
The banana, however, continued its rein of terror. It left little particles in my hair.
And my hair NOT feel softer. It felt gummy. And I didn't want to have to take a shower because I'd just taken a bath. I like to preserve water (save the whales) and I already feel bad enough when I take the time to spoil myself by taking a bath instead of a shower. But a bath is usually relaxing and loverly so I indulge.
I knew I HAD to take a shower though because, as I wrote in my journal "I have banana shit in my hair. Damn it. It's gross and I feel DIRTY. YECH. (undelined 3 times)
The little recipe should have come with some kind of warning: Banana hair mask should not be done if you're on your way out the door.
At least then you'd know to budget yourself some time before discovering that you now have to wait for the hot water to come back on while in the meantime you look like you've got awful dandruff. As I wrote in my journal, "It's drying and leaving shit balls of banana everywhere- I am NOT happy. I am SO UNCOMFORTABLE."
I took a shower, shampooed and conditioned my hair (which felt entirely redundant) and when I got out, I STILL had banana dandruff.
I combed most of it out and picked the banana shit balls off the floor and decided that if anyone was still bound and determined to use banana on their hair there are certain rules they should follow:
They should use it only in the shower
They should have one of those hair-catching thingys
They should have blonde hair because the dandruff look is just too apparent in darker hair
And they should be COMPLETELY INSANE. kidding. but, not.
BTW: If the conditioning banana hair mask did in fact condition my hair (which, let's give it the benefit of the doubt and say that it DID) it was a heck of a lot of hassle and not enough payback.
Armed with what I now know would I do it again? Nooooo.
Would I change my approach? YESSSSS. Hair-catchy drain thingy, and use only in the shower.
My rating: 0/5
I don't discount the wonders of using banana in homemade beauty products but I think they should only be used on the face or maybe whipped in the blender before application.
Monday, December 7, 2009
quote from Herzog
"Humans are not made to sit at computer terminals or travel by aeroplane; destiny intended something different for us. For too long now we have been estranged from the essential, which is the nomadic life: traveling on foot. A distinction must be made between hiking and traveling on foot. In today’s society—though it would be ridiculous to advocate traveling on foot for everyone to every possible destination—I personally would rather do the existentially essential things in my life on foot. When you come on foot, you come with a different intensity."
—Werner Herzog, from Herzog on Herzog
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Great advice from Leo Babauta
In this article: Leo Babauta says,
Start each day by asking yourself: what’s the most important thing I can do today, that will have the biggest impact on my life? Do this first, before you do email or meetings or read stuff online or Twitter or anything else. Only when you’re done should you consider other things.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
I just finished Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet Such beautiful poetry and so wise. I'd love to read everything Kahlil Gibran has ever written.
Quote about children: "You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you."
I love that quote because children have a wonderful grasp of raw honesty. They speak exactly what's on their minds and as adults we want to turn to them and say, "Honey, that's unacceptable." But, in reality we need to look to them and strive to incorporate their ability to be honest into our own daily lives.
quotes:
*To know the pain of too much tenderness,
to be wounded by your own understanding of love.
*To the open-handed, the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.
*You shall not want is you but know how to fill your hands.
*Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.
*You talk when you caese to be at peace with your thoughts; when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips.
*Thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
*Even those who limp go not backward.
*For this I bless you mpst:
You give much and know not that you give at all.
*You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky.
The End of the Semester
The worst part about taking classes is getting to that point where you love everyone in the class and find them all incredibly insightful. The reason that's the worst part is because that's usually right when the class is about to end for the semester and you probably will never see those people again. Do we love them for nostalgic reasons? Or do we simply discover them to be incredible people who are meant to touch our lives for brief moments at a time?
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
It was a wonderful movie. Great dialogue! I have always been and will forever and always be a fan of claymation- it's my favorite medium. I felt very happy and uplifted after watching this- highly recommended!
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