Showing posts with label skin food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skin food. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Canadian breakfast classic

I came up with two new methods to prepare oatmeal. Well they're not really methods so just ingredients two new recipes for preparing oatmeal in Canada by nicole Tirona. first off, we have our delicious typical apple crumble but oatmeal and as you would guess you just put the stewed apple in with the oatmeal and put my take is slabs of butter on the oatmeal so it melts and then cover that with sugar and cinnamon and eat it that way another way I thought you could do is with cream cheese if you put cream cheese slabs on top of the oatmeal and let it melt a bit and pack brown sugar on it with cinnamon when you eat the oatmeal it tastes like a cinnamon roll actually I just had some now and I'm gonna tell you right now. It was amazing. the sour flavour of the cream cheese went really well with the plain cream mixed oatmeal. I forgot the salt, but it was OK because I'm trying to form perfect poops right now so that's why I'm eating oatmeal anyway, beyond that the virtues of these dishes are beyond comparison to any other breakfast dishes you've had in the past because these dishes can be also construed as many snack meals that bode well with your dietary restrictions and complaints due to hunger or otherwise ps dont forget the chocolate 1. chocolate chip cookie oatmeal with chocolate chunks in plain salted oatmeal with cream (add before serving dish) topped with salted butter and a topping of melting crunchy brown sugar and cinnamon. 2. cinnamon roll with cream cheese frosting oatmeal is served as a plain salted oatmeal with thin scoops of cream cheese atop the served oatmeal. finish with a generous topping of brown sugar and cinnamon. 3. apple crumble delux oatmeal is served as a combination of 1. & 2. with the addition of stewed apples which are cooked with the oats or seperately (to your preference) for a canadian bnb classic menu series of takes on breaks

Saturday, May 02, 2020

bergamot tip !

im making a bergamot recreation and its already super realistic with 6 ingredients! just found 5 more to add in small amounts. im only using essential oils and its a lot of fun, like doing a puzzle or mind game, if you like those.... been making dilutions all day and im so glad i invested in 100 tiny bottles! .30 cents a piece is a small price to pay for the convenience of use! so many dilutions!
ive made a few formulas for other perfume ideas and some of the accords i made are turning out really well. if i didnt get that thanaka lime also known as persian lime (its those little black ones for food) which is citrus x latifolia (key lime and lemon) i wouldnt have been able to make this wonderful bergamot recreation!
some of the ingredients im using are
bitter orange (citrus x aurantium) respiratory, lemon (citrus limon), blood orange (citrus x sinensis), ...... woops ! dont want to give it all away! specially now that im getting better. at making perfume formulas. its like when you get that click in your head..all my years of reading and learning and smelling are now exploding and i kind of finally know what the heck im doing making these perfumes. so this one is all essential oils. if i get these oils as therapeutic grade this blend would be the best! cos its got so many other beneficial plants in it ... this blend would be great as an
oil and it will be my first experiment with roller bottles and making a "perfume oil" but actually its an aromatherapy blend... but dont tell anyone that! atomizer blend! its for my lungs, a stimulant, it will refresh your system (conceptually) im reading about the medicinal properties of the individual chemical constituents in the oils im using to "recreate bergamot" which has an interesting lineage! but i think calling it a perfume would be more chic. i think im going to call it Bergamot 41.... for my "original"  birthday creation. of course i had a little help along the way from all the little avatars on basenotes..... (a lot of help in the form of nudges i got from comments and posts and i would make mental notes while doing the work of smelling/memory and creation) if it works out its a simple accord and also a complicated formula. I got the lime to rework the cannabis accord actually.. wanted to try to make a bergamot with lemonile and triplal but will play with these maybe have a version with a.c.'s to add structure and longevity and strength.. and while trying to find out what triplal and lemonile was and how it could be bergamot, i ended up making a bergamot, 1, because i go a nature identical "essential oil" and a real one from the same vendor but drat could not find the bergamot, which has aired out. i did however have my old sample still and used it as a reference instead but have been using my suppliers analysis to recreate the bergamot. it would also be good as a tincture or super dilution as a flavouring there is ... ok i will give up more ingredients... hyssop (hyssopum officianalis and chamomile (chamomelum nobille) blood thinner which are beneficial  get so excited with dumb things i learn i want to tell everyone and find out what they know about it too. im such a doofus of course everyone hates this kind of behaviour. when i made the second version and smelled my last bergamot sample from new directions as a comparison i could not believe how accurate my choices were!!! of course it needed fleshing out but wow! ive never done this before picture me on the sofa on the coffee table all these bottles everywhere sniffing one palm then the other giggling with glee and shock (the bergamot from new directions was inexpensive though, do you think it was diluted, the sample on wikipedia is green almost like olive and ive never bought one like that) (i wondered if after all the good stuff was done how many more passes ethyl alcohol will have on the pressed peels) interesting bit is learning about the history of lime, which originated from a philippine citrus, from the south, not for food use but rather cosmetic in use due to its use as a shampoo (the citric acid i suppose closes the hair shaft, cleanses the scalp, and makes the hair very shiny and the oil makes the hair fragrant) it might have also coloured the hair to orange or lighter brown because of the high bergapten in the oil. which is photosensitive, then down the line as the fruit was passed along as a gift- because it would have been rather precious to tend to a live plant across the ocean if they were just using huge galleons at the time. . .i guess they brought seeds but the live plant as a gift is def the way to go and totally believeable because why import a plant that has no nutritional value (oh wait..scurvy)  at some point this lime was crossed with lemon to make the key lime probably adding more pulp as described in wiki, then this fruit was paired with the bitter orange to make bergamot . . . the rest is history !-- ok wait im a bit confused here. so citrus micrantha is bred citrus limon and then with bitter orange to make bergamot. in world war 2 italy was banned from exporting bergamot by the allied forces (united nations) to tone down their aggression during the war so other countries took over the bergamot trade for a while using sweet limes from brazil so the smell is not the same which is why (maybe) there are two bergamot oils. the original one and the fake one. and also to note bergamot oil i guess is classified as a fragrance oil because it was bred for cosmetic use. isnt that a weird spin.  there isnt much study on the medicinal effects of bergamot as of 2017. the poison is the dose is why the original limes were small and had not much juice. the strength of the scent carried it through and its origin was not lost because the fragrance could be traced. much like language and genes.

Sunday, March 03, 2019

DIY Hydrogel Mask: Strawberry

I've come up with a new facial!!!!!
I LOVE IT !!!!
it's so tasty.

check it out
all you need is
Spring water
2-3 large strawberries
a spoonful of honey
half a teaspoon of sugar
and
a squeeze of lime (optional)

Slice the strawberries very thinly, leaving the centers intact.
Drizzle with honey and leave until the juice is released from the cellular matrix.
Squeeze a bit of lime into the mixture.
Slip a slice from the glass and drip the excess juice, then apply the strawberry onto your face.
Repeat until your face is covered. Pay attention to your forehead, around your eyes and mouth.
Leave on for 15-20 minutes then remove strawberries.
With clean fingertips, massage your face in tiny circular motions, until all the liquid is absorbed and the honey starts to become sticky again.
Lightly rinse your face with spring water and pat dry.
Feel the suppleness, the smoothness! Your face is now moisturized and nourished with vitamins and minerals.
 The fruit (malic) acid of the strawberry and the (citric) acid of the lime, plus the (glycolic) acid of the sugar, enhances product absorption and promotes blood flow, collagen production, as well as skin brightening from exfoliation and the inherent properties of the acids. You can now apply your favorite precious oil or moisturizer because your skin is primed and ready to face the day. Also you can lick your lips as the juice drips and it is delicious.

Tip: (Optional) adding probiotic yogurt will add lactic acid which is another alpha hydroxy acid that enhances the appearance of your skin.

This is where I read about the acids and note the complete list of their sources on the bottom:
https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/alpha-hydroxy-acid#takeaway

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When I did this mask the other day I actually got the idea from my strawberry lime juice. I was washing my thermos and the slices of strawberry had all lost their colour. I was using a coconut soap block for the dishes cos I didnt have anymore dish soap or the will or the extra dollar to buy it, so after washing a huge load of dishes with no gloves and hot water my hands were feeling pretty dry...then came the thermos and me scooping out the strawberry slices and thats when I noticed the amazing moisturizing properties of the fruit and sugar mixture. Then I started playing with the gloop and noticed hey this stuff is really slippery and omg it sticks to my hand then I was totally not doing the dishes anymore and just playing with water and strawberry goop.

So basically what Im trying to say is to make a hydrogel mask with actual gel like strawberries you have to make a large strawberry lime juice and use those strawberries because those ones have a more gelatinous texture. BUT if you want a nice acidic exfoliant mask you can follow the above instructions. After the mask (above) I did notice a slight tingling around my face and for a minute there thought, oh my god my face is coming off but then I went to the washroom and patted my cheeks while looking into the mirror and saw my skin and was like oh this is fine.

this is the original strawberry juice idea in my notebook after i come up with an idea i try to jot it down as quickly as possible before i forget. so many lost brilliant ideas. sigh.

heres what the true hydrogel strawberry looks like

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Hair Tonic


oh new hair tonic
how do i start to describe thee
how thy milky sap doth cure my hot head
that lack of water most certainly causes
my wilting locks of dark mahogany
feel refreshed by your opalescent
fragrant waters of life and joy
 when your cooling elixir of youth
touches my parched scalp
i rejoice and sing praise to thee
the sweet mingling of peppermint
and rosemary- a queens remedy
with geranium to balance
my delicate sensibilities
lavender to soothe my worries
and neroli to tighten my skin,
oh new hair tonic i think of you so
and ponder on the quantity
of polysorbate 80
and if it will actually
remove sebum and dht
oh new hair tonic i am writing you down
for my case study
my remedy i do love thee
what kind of preservative do i put in you
are you a rinse off product my love
bows and arrows and knives and guns
cannot compare to the splendor found in thy pearly glow.

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

whipped butter balm from whats up moms

equal portions of beeswax, shea butter, oils. nice video on youtube of a wealthy mom making this in her fancy expensive kitchen.

oils i used:
peach kernel
pumpkin seed
hemp seed
castor seed
rosehip seed
meadowfoam seed
2 drops r.o.e.

melted beeswax, shea, oils, mixed, allowed to cool slightly, whipped.

i used this for a solid perfume blend and the beeswax added a nice aroma to the composition.
too bad i stupidly gave the only nice sample to patrice. because he is unworthy of so many samples he just leaves them to the elements and asks me when theyre all stale, you want me to use this? ugh. hate him. so ive been putting more preservative in my lotion formulas and they have dramatically improved.