Merry Christmas

   Merry Christmas everyone.  Hope you have a Happy and safe Holiday.

   Give someone a free foot massage for Christmas.  Especially after all the Shopping.  Use the Reflexology foot chart to guide you.

Holistic Therapy | Alternative Medicine Therapy

Holistic Therapy | Alternative Medicine Therapy 

http://www.alternativesforhealing.com/therapy_descriptions.htm 

For those of you who would like further reading, or research on Holistic Therapy this is a good place to start.

Holistic Approches at Home

   In a world where you can't watch television without seeing an ad for some hotline to call about some "Bad Drug".  Meaning these Lawyers will help you, for a big cut of the lawsuit.  However, this lets us realize, that Doctors work with Pharmaceuticals to cram these pills down your throat.  Time, and time again we see the side effects out weigh the original "benefit" of the prescribed drug.
    So my question is how many people are starting to use a more " Holistic" approach to many problems that can be taken care of at home.  I am not talking about stitching a severed digit back on, I mean things like heartburn,  headaches,  blisters, nail fungus, dandruff, dry skin......that sort of thing.  Also, are more people turning to more Holistic Practitioners?  I would like to hear what people have to say.
     
 

Beauty Aides from the Kitchen Aide

 The Winter is naturally drying out my skin, it happens.  So I would like to share with you a few things that can help, right from the kitchen.  
  1st:  Baking Soda
  Use a bit with your facial cleanser, to use as a gentle scrub. (Can also be used with body wash for all over body scrub)
  Add a dab to your toothpaste for extra whitening. 
  Hair Coloring went a little too dark for you?
 Add some to your shampoo. 
  2nd: Peroxide 
   Yes, you can cleanse pores with peroxide. Just rinse with cool water.
   Also good for teeth whitening. As well as a gargle.
   Pour some  on a splinter to help work it out.
   3rd: Eggs
   Yes, we have all heard about the washing your hair with eggs...although I have never tried this one. I was always afraid of having scrambled egg in my hair. However, I found you can beat an egg in a small bowl, apply to face, and while still wet, apply single ply tissue over, allow to dry till it hardens.  Peel off, like those pore strips. Really works.
  Eggs can be used as a general facial mask, alone, or with honey.  More "Facial" recipes to come.
 

Creative Outlet

 Okay, it's only taken me, like four hours to be satisfied with the banner I put on the blog, as it's new header.  Mmmm, yeah, I want to add to it already. However, I will continue to practice drawing, and writing on my bamboo tablet.  I had to create, but all my paints are still cold from being in my car.  So I had to use another medium.  Sometimes you get a surprise on what you did later.  Love when things happen like that.  
     I wanted sooo much to paint today after seeing some (mass produced, of course) in the store the other day.  I thought, " That sells? I can make a one of a kind, for a lot less money...hell, I could sell some too".  Well, maybe I won't be some famous painter, but why not try it? Right?
       So question today is....what inspires you today?
   Like I said, I wanted to paint after seeing some in the store, and ended up doing my blog banner.  So, it may not always become what you wanted when you started...but it's all good.

 

Thoughtful Thursday

   I titled this "Thoughtful Thursday" first to be thankful what I do have, and I think, most of probably don't do that enough.  Sometimes it feels like the world is coming down on you, but sometimes we just need to take a step back, and look at it from another perspective.  I had a teacher that would say, "Don't work harder, work smarter".  I think of a lot she has said.  I am Thankful to have her as a teacher, for she taught me so much.  Yes, I think this "Thankful Thursday(s)" should be a regular here on this blog. In fact, I think I will send her an old fashioned, hand written note, stating exactly that....how Thankful I am to have had her be a part of my life.  

Have you EVER?..........

  All over the web, TV, magazines, friends, and total strangers seem to have at home skin care treatments.  Some are legit, some are funny, some just plain gross.  I have heard everything from the oatmeal mask, banana's, honey, eggs, and yogurt.  To toothpaste, pepto bismol, diaper rash cream.  To the extreme....urine....yikes.  So my question is what has anyone else heard?  I would like to research to see why they are to work, or the logic behind these.  So, no matter how common, or weird, lets hear them.

Is Monday "Back to the Grind" for you?

   It's Monday...again.  Good thing, it only happens once a week.  Bad thing, it happens every week.  Anyway, Mondays, are just that, Mondays.  Seems like the weekend flies by, and it's back to work, appointments, phone calls, traveling....ahhh.  No wonder " I hate Mondays" is such a popular saying on coffee mugs.  It means the kids are grumpy getting ready for school, coffee is again being spilled, some one is running out of the house with no breakfast, on and on.  I hear people go "Relax, take time out for yourself"....Yeah, right.  I want to say, "Really? Okay, here's when the kids get out of school, volleyball starts at 4, the crock pot is on high now, but needs to be turned down at 3, oh and sis forgot her sheet music for band tonight, you will have to drop it off, tell my husband that I took the rest of the day off to enjoy myself."  Total what I am going to do, next time some one tells me that.
  But in reality, here goes....seconds of pampering.  Keep a bottle of water with you.  Lip gloss does wonders, and a small tube of moisturizer for winter skin.  Yep, that's my idea of Monday pampering.
   

First Blog

   Well, first post here.  Maybe a bit different then posting on FB, Twitter, or ???  So, I  will start by saying that I named this blog Makeup Your World for many reasons.  Makeup, Fashion, the Artistic possibilities of every day life.   I hope to have links to my facebook, twitter, and some time soon, you tube videos.  So, stayed tuned.