Saturday, February 18, 2012

Face Cleasner

I know, why can't I space things out?  I get excited and want to try everything in one day!  So my next goodie is a homemade facial cleasner I seen on pinterest and wanted to know if there was any good to it.  It is very simple, all you do it take a tsp of soda, mix with a cleanser.  Add enough cleanser to make it a paste.  You are thinking, a tsp is probably not enough, but believe me it is plenty..Just apply to face,  scrub it around, gently and rince off, and apply your moisture after that.  I found it burnt a little at first, but nothing that lasted and my face is so smooth!  I will definitely use this again.

Two simple ingredients. 

Doesn't look like much, but I had to coat like 3 or more times.

Homemade Toothpaste

My next venture this weekend was to make and try some homemade toothpaste that I had seen on our local morning show called CTV Morning Live.  Use to be called BT.  Love that show, they have even put a couple of my photos on, that's a plus right.  Anyway they had someone on from the Discovery Centre and had a recipe for toothpaste, so where I flip flop so much I decided I would like to try this.  There are so many chemicals in everything today I thought it was a good idea, so here goes.  And whether I do it on a regular basis or not, I don't know, it was just fun to try.  So the recipe is:

6 Tbsp baking soda
2 tbsp salt
glycern
mint flavor or mint and peppermint
Stir together

What I did was half it, where I was just trying it out.  I did 3 tbsp soda, with 1 tbsp sea salt, then I added some flavoring, then poured a little bit of blycern at a time until it got to the consistency I thought it should be.  Then tried it.  I was pleased and amazed at the results.  Hours later, my teeth still feel smooth and clean, I will definitely try this again.

Four simple ingredients.

Mix until it looks pastie.  Happy chemical teeth cleaning everyone!

Crockpot Spagetti Squash

My next experiment this week was to try spagetti squash which i have never tried before, and squash being my favorite vegetable even with it being the hardest to peel I decide to try it.  So I decided to try it.  So I had different options, to microwave, bake or crockpot.  So I decided to cook it in my crockpot.  So I cut it in half put it in, added 2 cups of water and let it cook on low for 7 hours.  Simple, so I did it, being the first time.  I think I should have baked it, but to late.  I was expecting the summer squash flavor but it was quite different.  I sauted up some green peppers and onions, when it was finished, added these, then some cheese.  But the flavor wasn't there for me.  I add some sugar, I know, but I add sugar to my summer squash and I love it.  Anyway I ate half of it, and it's all I could do.  I won't give it a low rating, I will try it another way, sometime.

First I cut it in half and cleaned out the centre.

After 7 hours in slow cooker.

It came out so easy with a fork.

I sauteed some peppers and onions.

Added some cheese.  Maybe I was thinking it should taste like spagetti, I don't know, the brain plays tricks on you.

Scented Toilet Paper Roll

Well this has been my weekend of trying new things.  There are so many interesting things on pinterest and I figure I need to try some.  What I have concluded is that we have our own personal taste and what suits one, doesn't necessarily suit someone else, so experiment and see if it is for you.  So far I have liked 3 out of 4 of my experiments, and I will share with you.  So I will blog each one separately.  First it is the Scented Toilet paper roll.  It called for essence oil, but I decided to use a fragance oil I had in the house.I put a few drops in the roll and forgot about it until i rolled the roll and smelt something, and realized it was coming from the roll!  Happy so far, then my husband calls out a couple days later...What is that smell!?  The toilet paper smells strong...I had to laugh, and told him the kleenex were for the nose, but when I went in it was time to change the roll and the oil had absorbed through the roll into the toilet paper, hahaha, sorry.  So I will do it again but my daughter suggested to take a q-tip and put alittle on that and rub it inside the roll, so I will do that.

It was either this or lavender so I chose this.

Couple drops will do.