Thursday, October 9, 2014

Diffusing My Way To A Happy Me

GreenAir Spa Vapor+
Ultrasonic Oil Diffuser
I ordered myself a birthday surprise from Amazon. It's a GreenAir Spa Vapor+ Ultrasonic Oil Diffuser, and I paid ONLY $29.99 for it. I love my sister's diffuser & bought one just like it. The light is blue, green, red & purple & changes color every few seconds. It's very calming to watch the diffuser changing from one color to the next. I filled it up with water & added 3 drops of peppermint essential oil and 2 drops of rosemary essential oil & turned it on. Instantly a vapor started coming out of the top & I smelled the incredible oils. I need to focus & concentrate this afternoon & these essential oils will help me do just that. I love my diffuser and the incredible Aromatherapy benefits I'll receive from using it every single day. It's fun knowing that I can use my essential oils to enhance whatever feelings I want to bring forward. It's amazing. So easy to use AND beautiful to look at. I love my birthday gift. Thank you me. You always know exactly what I want. You're the best.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Make Your Own Foaming Hand Soap. It's EASY!!!

A few months ago I read on the internet that you could make your own anti-bacterial foaming hand soap. I was very skeptical, so of course, I had to try it. But there was one major problem. My bottle of foaming hand soap was brand new. So I set out to accomplish PHASE 1 of my foaming hand soap adventure, which was to use all of the soap in my freshly-bought foaming hand soap bottle. But, alas, my memory is faulty and I would go days without using the foaming hand soap and my super plan to make more once the hand soap was gone was delayed quite a bit. So, in saying, it took me about four months to use all of the foaming hand soap so I could try my experiment...on to PHASE 2.

PHASE 2:  I got my empty foaming hand soap bottle, put one inch of hand soap in it and filled the bottle up with water. After I put the lid back on the bottle, I gently turned the bottle upside-down, then right-side up a few times to mix. And PRESTO!!! I have a new bottle of foaming hand soap. I never believed it could possibly be so easy to make, but it works perfectly. Try it! I think you'll be happy with the outcome also. I'll never buy foaming hand soap again.....well, I suppose when my bottle finally gives out I'll have to buy a replacement bottle. But just think of the money I'll save in the meantime. Yea me!!!

Thursday, May 15, 2014

No shampoo or towels on MY hair

I hated my hair. I mean, I REALLY hated my hair. It was dry, frizzy, and just plain horrible. I always felt more like I was born with some kind of weird fur instead of hair. BLAH!!! Then in December, my sister told me to stop using shampoo and towels on my hair, and to leave the conditioner in my hair. I found this rather odd, so I got online and researched how to wash frizzy hair, and she was right!
I discovered that your hair will look healthier and less frizzy if you:
(#1) do not use shampoo while washing your hair, just use water (if you feel like you need something, then use a little conditioner instead of shampoo).
(#2) leave the conditioner in your hair, (do not rinse).
(#3) use an old T-shirt to dry your hair (Towels dry out hair and make frizzy hair even more frizzy).

Now I use ONLY water to wash my hair, and if I feel like I need to use something to wash my hair, I use a little conditioner. After I "wash" my hair, I put a little conditioner in my hair (I don't rinse out the conditioner) and wrap an old T-shirt around my head. After several minutes, I take the T-shirt off and fix my hair the way I always did.
I've been doing this every single time I wash my hair since December 18, 2013 and my hair has never ever looked so healthy...AND I don't feel like I have fur on my head anymore. I actually have HAIR!!! I'll never use shampoo or towels on my hair again. I threw all of my shampoo away so I wouldn't accidentally use it. Thank you Vannoy Fite for the good advice. :)

Oh! And I learned that you can make your own leave-in conditioner by adding 1 or 1 1/2 teaspoon of your fav conditioner to a spray bottle, then fill it up with water and shake. I made some and it works very well. I've saved tons of money on NOT buying shampoo and making my own leave-in conditioner. Yea me!