Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Just in time for Easter! Never peel an egg again!

My Husband tried it, and it really works!! May not be too sanitary if you're making eggs for dinner guests, but too cool!


p.s. regardless of whether or not you will be blowing the egg out of the shell, definitely add a pinch of baking soda to the boiling water. It makes getting the shells off soooo much easier!



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Final Update on going "Poo Free" (for now)

I'll start with the bad news first: I failed. After a full month of going "poo free" (using Baking Soda and Apple Cider Vinegar instead of Shampoo and conditioner), I threw in the towel. Once I got past the initial weirdness of adjusting amounts of BS and ACV until my hair looked and felt "normal." I thought I had done it, I was so happy! But that's when I took a closer look... my hair was filled with Baking Soda.... I mean filled. From the roots to the tips, I had an insane amount of BS residue in my hair. I tried combing my hair thoroughly, then massaging my scalp with water for extended periods of time every time I showered in hopes that it would eventually wash out. In combination with my combing/massaging, I went a full week and a half without adding anymore BS/ACV to my hair. Surprisingly, my hair never got greasy, but even more surprisingly, the stupid Baking Soda never left.



I was so torn. I mean, ditching shampoo and conditioner CLEARLY works. My hair looked and felt exactly the same (minus the beautiful dandruffy looking BS floating around), but I couldn't keep this as my permanent hair plan. I was OK going to school looking like a dandruff ridden freak, but not so cute when out with Clients. I posted on boards, googled, and researched. Why was this happening to me? At first, long time BS/ACV  users were convinced I was using too much BS. A reasonable deduction, but in no way possible. I was using a teeny tiny amount (maybe a pinch per cup of water) and rarely used the whole solution. So what could I blame this on? Do I just have freak hair? Then I found it. Something that was mentioned in the VERY FIRST article I read about going "poo free." I have hard water. Apparently, hard water does not dissolve BS and can not pull the Baking Soda out of your hair.

Sure, I could purchase a water softener... I could put it right next to my new unicorn with it's diamond encrusted horn. OK, OK, I may be being a little too dramatic, but I really don't have the extra cash to invest in a $1,000 water softener. Some people suggested boiling water for a/b 10 minutes then adding the baking soda, but that didn't seem to work for me either. Unfortunately, because of the condition of my hair, I'm not sure I would have been able to tell what was and was not working. So I made an executive decision. Go back to shampoo and conditioner until I have the resources to get a soft water filter. I felt like such a traitor as I squeezed those first few drops of shampoo into my hand. While it was nice to have a good old fashioned lather again, I kind of missed my little potions lining the shower walls. Well, what can a gal do?

So the moral in all this... if you live in a softer water state, try it! I can vouch for the fact that it does indeed keep your hair clean, and your hair will look and feel just as good (if not better) once you've made the switch! The good news in all this is that I can now try a few hair masks I've been wanting to try (I was nervous the BS wouldn't properly wash them out).

If you're going to give the BS/ACV a try, shoot me an e-mail and I can pass on some tips that may help!


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*Side Note* Tea Tree Oil with Coconut Oil as anti-fungal athlete's foot treatment!

If you're noticing that I have a nasty habit of posting 387 different posts about the SAME products/ingredients, you would be noticing correctly. It's not from a lack of wanting to explore different ingredients, it's more about getting as many possible uses out of the ingredients I have already purchased.


Call me a Frugal Franny, but I just love to squeeze every ounce of usefulness out of these poor products. Let me just add, this is yet another added benefit of making products from home. You get to multi-task! You quickly find things like; what you bought to strengthen your hair can also double as a mildew cleaner. The benefits of making products from home just keep adding up!


OK, OK I'm done :) Now to the topic at hand: yes, coconut oil + tea tree oil makes a fungus killing athlete's foot treatment. I kind of made this product up, but it works! Someone who is (we'll just say, "a close friend") struggles with a pretty bad case of athlete's foot. I remembered stumbling across some things that said to apply tea tree oil directly to acne/fungal infections, etc. but that seemed a little spooky to me because I'm a little nervous about using any essential oil on skin directly, not to mention it would take more than a couple drops of oil to completely cover both feet. So I got to thinking, I know that coconut oil makes a good carrier oil, and I know that it also has anti-fungal and antibacterial properties... so the two together have to be a killer combo... right? Seems like it! After about a week and half of application, my "dear friend's" infection seems to have cleared up astonishingly so. This particular person is someone who has tried several different store bought and Dr. prescribed remedies, so needless to say, we were pretty impressed with the results!

Give it a try, or give it to your friend to try ;)



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