Coffee Ground Leg Exfoliator

My legs are always dry, and my skin is so sensitive, I can't use many exfoliating products. So, I set out to find a natural, homemade exfoliator that would work. I tried several, but this is the only one that worked. 

JUST FYI:

Along with exfoliating, this mixture is rumored to slow down and even stop hair growth. Some people swear by it, but some shoot it down. Personally, I have not seen any significant difference.

What You Need:

Used coffee grounds (still wet is best)

baking soda

sealing bag or container

approximately 2 minutes prep time,  10 minutes to exfoliate and shave legs

What To Do:

-Mix up the used coffee grounds and some baking soda. I just threw mine in a sealing sandwich bag, and mixed them there. I would say use 2 parts coffee grounds, 1 part baking soda approximately. 

-sit on the edge of your bathtub, with a couple of inches of water in the bottom.

-Shave a small section of your leg, and then immediately rub some of the mixture onto it. rub it in firmly, but not too roughly

-repeat until both legs are completely shaven

-just reseal the bag or container with any extra grounds, and save for later

-enjoy your silky smooth legs!

Stinging Nettle Relief

Ouch!

Stinging nettle grows commonly throughout lots of the United States. It is a small, flat green leaf that has thousands of very small, hollow needles filled with chemicals that react to human skin (Burning Nettle is related, and these should work for it, too.) There are several things that you should have around the house that can help to ease the pain.

What you need:

Aloe Vera           and/or

baking soda and water paste              and/or

hydrogen peroxide      or any combination of these.

What to Do:

wet a clean cloth and dab it over the surface of the rash, not rubbing the surface, just dabbing. REMEMBER, DON'T TOUCH THE RASH WITH BARE SKIN!!!! It will spread the needles out!

dab aloe over the burn, staying gentle and not pushing too hard

Apply a thin layer of the baking soda and water paste, and allow it to dry. (MESSY!)

i have not personally tried this one, but have heard it works wonders. Dab hydrogen peroxide over the rash.

BONUS:  after my sister was stung badly, a lukewarm bath felt heavenly. it allowed some relief from the stinging, and let her get comfortable enough to sleep.

ENJOY!

Regain your voice, fast

We have all had it happen. A big performance or presentation tomorrow, and you get sick. You lose your voice, and then proceed to freak out. This just happened to me, so I did a little digging, and found out that some of the remedies that we have all heard of DON'T WORK!!! *gasp!* so i am putting up a list of a few remedies, and whether they do or don't work.

1: Tea 

False! tea is actually bad if you are trying to regain your voice! tea is acidic, which is hard on vocal chords, so if you need your voice back, stay away!

2: Lemon

False! lemon is another acid! acids could seriously damage your vocal chords, and they are more susceptible to damage when they are inflamed. So, any time you lose your voice, keep away!

3: Salt water Gargle

True! gargling salt water can relax inflamed vocal chords, bringing your voice back quickly and effectively. Just make sure the water is warm. cold water is hard on your vocal chords, but warm water is healthy and relaxing.

4: warm honey water

True! warm water, again, is relaxing, and honey is anti-inflammatory. enjoy!

5: vocal rest

True! as silly as it seems, resting your vocal chords is really important! The reason you have no voice is inflammation of the vocal chords. they swell up and then can't vibrate properly. when they are swollen, they are really susceptible to damage. talking while they are like this is a great way to permanently mess your voice up, so keep quiet as much as possible

HOPE THIS HELPED! 

Raw Honey Exfoliator

I am always looking for ways to get rid of the horrible curse that seemingly affects all of teens. In other words, acne. My skin is really sensitive, though, so I can't use all of the chemicals and treatments. I have started to look for natural alternatives, and they are fantastic. This one, using only raw honey, which you can find at Trader Joe's, is absolutely amazing, and gentle enough that i can use it. It only takes just a moment, and is well worth it.

What you need:

A heaping spoonful of raw honey

at most 3 minutes

what you do:

Simply rub the honey into a thin, even layer all over your face, and allow to sit for about a minute. Then, wet a washcloth in warm water and gently rub to remove the main amount of honey. If there is still honey left, just cup your hands and fill them with water, and then wash your face. Voila!

Sugar lip scrub

Hi all. Sorry I haven't been on in a while, I just got really busy. So, I am sure that we have all seen the posts on Pinterest or other places talking about a 'miracle lip scrub.' Personally, I always thought it was dumb. If your lips are chapped, just drink water and put on chap stick, right? However, this only works long-term. you cant drink water and put on chap stick and have your lips perfectly smooth in minutes. So I decided, why not? Might as well try one of these. So I found the simplest one I could, and tried it. It actually worked really well! this one doesn't require any special ingredients, unlike others that needed beeswax or coconut oil. 

What you need:

-sugar

-chapstick

-less than five minutes

What you do:

start by putting on a good coat of chapstick. make sure that you cover all the way to the edge of your lips, as this is the part that is chapped most often. Next, put a small spoonful of sugar in your hand, spreading it out so that it is in an even layer big enough to cover your lips. Then, you kiss your hand. To coat your lips with the sugar, you press your lips into the sugar, moving your hand to make sure you have a good layer on there. dump the rest of the sugar, and wait a minute or two to let the sugar really stick to the chapstick and your lips. Then, gently rub the sugar in small circles over your lips. this catches on the flakes of skin and gently pulls them off. Rinse off your lips and put on another layer of chapstick, and voila! Perfectly smooth lips in minutes!

Clearance Cheats!!!

EVERY Target shopper NEEDS to know this: If the price ends in 8, 

it will be marked down again. If it ends in a 4, it's the lowest 

it will be. Target's mark down schedule. - MONDAY: Kids’ 

Clothing, Stationery (office supplies, gift wrap), Electronics. 

TUESDAY: Women’s Clothing and Domestics. WEDNESDAY: Men’s 

Clothing, Toys, Health and Beauty. THURSDAY: Lingerie, Shoes, 

Housewares. FRIDAY: cosmetics.

17 Tips to Make Life Easier

These are just a few random things that make your situation easier. This is not original, I found it on Aimless Direction (www.aimlessdirection.com)

1. Reheat Pizza

Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove , set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs

Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing roughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting

When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

4. Reheating Refrigerated Bread

To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated , place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper Weeds Away

Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Picking Up Broken Glass

Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can’t see easily.

7. No More Mosquitoes

Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away!

To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant and the squirrels won’t come near it.

Update: I’ve heard from several people that using cayenne pepper can be dangerous to many animals, especially if they get it in their eyes. I’ve read recommendations of diluting the pepper in soapy water and spraying it on leaves to make it safer.

9. Flexible Vacuum

To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling

Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and — ta da! — static is gone.

11. Unsticky Measuring Cups

Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

12. Foggy Windshield?

Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

13. Reopening Envelopes

If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.

14. Smoother Legs With Conditioner

Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It’s also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn’t like when you tried it in your hair…

15. Goodbye Fruit Flies

To get rid of pesky fruit flies , take a small glass fill it 1/2″ with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid , mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

16. Get Rid of Ants

Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it “home”, can’t digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains , but it works & you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

17. Info About Clothes Dryers

The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material – I’m sure you know what your dryer’s lint filter looks like.

WELL…the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn’t go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that’s what burns out the heating unit. You can’t SEE the film , but it’s there. It’s wha t is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free – that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!