I came upon this great site devoted to natural, homemade skin products that you can make on your own called Nature’s Bath & Beauty. All of the recipes are free! Can’t beat that. Here is one that I’m certain to try:
This is made primarily for normal to oily skin!
2 tablespoons grated beeswax
2 tablespoons shea butter
2 tablespoons distilled water
1/2 cup almond oil
1/4 cup rose water
4 drops rose essential oil
Melt the beeswax with the distilled water. When it is melted pour into a blender put it on a low speed and slowly poor in the almond oil, rose watter and the rose essential oil.
Poor the lotion into a glass jar use sparingly, the shelf life is from 3-4 months.
I know that the nuptials aren’t really an appropriate topic for DatingTales, but since it is engagement season I thought it was appropriate. Here are three bits of information I really must share.
1) One of my favorite bloggers has created a new blog, appropriately titled Wedding Idea Source, which is completely dedicated to wedding ideas. The content is classy and worthwhile. None of that wedding mumbo jumbo you read everywhere else.
2) Speaking of mumbo jumbo, you won’t find any of it at the Offbeat Bride either. Whether you are planning a wedding or not, this site is entertaining and inspiring. I’m almost (almost, but not really) embarrassed to admit the number of hours I’ve spent looking at all the cool pics.
3) DatingTales has also developed a new Web site dedicated to Skin Fitness. We just recently posted an article about the timing of facials and other skin treatments before a wedding or other big event. Check it out! www.skinfitnessfacts.com
The “T” stands for tales in case you were wondering:)
One of my best friends has a wonderful, robust laugh and a weak bladder to go along with it. One of her favorite lines is “That’s so funny I almost peed myself.”
Peeing your pants can be a little funny, but it can also be humiliating. Just ask Fergie.
Last summer in San Diego the singer had a little accident while on stage with her buddies The Black Eyed Peas. (Peas, Pee. Get it? A little ironic I think.) At first her reps claimed it was sweat, but later Fergie came clean about the uncleanliness. Its simple: she just couldn’t hold it.
Nothing more to report on that. Over.
I have a friend considering it.
At first it was hard for me to understand egg donation. I can’t imagine wanting to undergo all the hormone treatments, “the procedure,” and then just dealing with the idea that one of my offspring would be out there wandering around. But I realize that my friend is struggling with this choice and I realize my perception may be a bit insensitive. So I did what any of us would do in that situation.
I Googled it.
My search pulled up The Complete Guide to Egg Fertility and Donation and after coming across this sentence: “Egg donation is one of the very few jobs where females make more than males” I realized my friend might be on to something.
Turns out egg donation is more common than I realized, and for someone like my friend who doesn’t have an attachment to children and could certainly spare the time and use the money, it doesn’t seem like such a big deal. Especially if she’s able to make someone out there so happy.
My friend Alex won a radio contest for “worst tattoo” and received free tattoo removals from Denver company, Ink-B-Gone. The tale of this tattoo is one of a crush, love, and, of course, a really bad tattoo.
You’ve probably noticed in the picture that it looks like flames are coming out of her ass. You’ve probably also noticed the Chinese symbol in the center of the tattoo that she “thinks” means courage. You’ve probably also noticed that Alex is a small woman and this enormous tattoo has taken over her back and rear end.
The only reason the tattoo is so big is because of the influence of a cute tattoo artist who also proved himself to be a good salesman. He introduced Alex to the design, and she, with twitterpation, eagerly agreed to the concept.
Now, 10 years later she’s wishing she hadn’t. Alex has spent more time in the last 10 years shopping for clothes that will cover the tat and explaining to boyfriends the logic of her 18-year-old mind than she has actually enjoying it.
So when she heard about the contest on Denver’s radio station Alice 106, she leaped at an opportunity to enter. She even cc’d her boyfriend on the e-mail she sent to the morning crew certain he’d be happy about the prospect of her flame-free ass.
But to her surprise, he wasn’t that happy. He tried to convince her that she should just be proud of it and that the removal itself would be too painful. Alex was a little deflated that he wasn’t as psyched about the idea as she was. In a way she felt like she was doing it for him.
And when Alex actually won the contest, his tune didn’t change. He urged her to just leave it alone saying he loved her no matter what her butt looked like. But despite his urges, she agreed to the tattoo removals. As painful as the sessions have proven to be, she decided she loved her body too much to leave it there.