So I’m continuing with my obsession for cosmetic making. Not because I necessarily use cosmetics (though I’m starting), but just because it’s fun.
In the last few days I’ve made:
-A facial toner (combining homemade rose water with witch hazel) – I’ve no idea how a toner is supposed to work, so I can’t say how well it actually works 🙂
–Eye wrinkle “cream” – for this I melted together 2 Tbsp. of lanolin and 2 Tbsp. of sweet almond oil and combined it with 1/2 tsp. honey. Will it work? Only time will tell.
–Body spray – I combined 1/3 cup distilled water with 1 tsp. witch hazel and added some essential oils. As it turned out too much as now I stink of jazmin 🙂 It’s just really hot, and I wanted something I could spray on my skin to refresh it.
–Hand cream – this was a combination of coconut oil, sweet almond oil and emulsifying wax, combined with water and essential oils. Alas, it didn’t emulsify (don’t know why), so it was a waste 🙁 It’s a pity because with this heat and dryness I could really use a hand cream.
Update – Well, it seems that the reason why the hand cream did not come out is that instead of using the emulsifying wax I used the stearic acid. They do look pretty similar and I can be a real idiot. Live and learn.
What’s next? I think I’ll try to make a hand lotion again – and I need a foot spray as well. But that means I need to buy more spray bottles 🙂
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Someone outside (of course) was just honking and honking his horn. Not only did I notice it, but it was pretty bothersome. And yet… my aunt Gladys lived in a building that was in the middle of a diagonal (which meant that several streets met around it). Cars were always going by and honking their horns – as they do in Argentina. And yet, I barely noticed. I never thought of the place as particularly noisy, at least after being there for a few days. It’s amazing how we get accustomed to ambient noise, even when it’s not constant.
The other day Mike asked me if the construction noise from across the street bothered me. In actuality, I hadn’t even noticed it (though I did at some point later, when I was trying to watch TV, and I closed the door). Perhaps I’m just too self-involved 🙂
I am unusual among the women I know in that I’m not into shoes. I’ve never cared much about how they look, and in recent years all I pretty much wear are tevas, not the most attractive of shoes. Most of the shoes my kids wear come from Payless – and there you get whatever you can find that fits – or my mom gets them for them. So no, I’m not a shoe fiend.
Until now. Today (and today only), Amazon.com is offering brand-name children’s shoes for $10. My kids are in total need of shoes, so, of course, I had to go look. I ended up buying 5 pairs – and I have to say, some of them were pretty cute. This is what I got:
The first two are for Camila and the other three for Mika.
These are sort of cute, but as I was looking at them, I came up upon Toms, which apparently is a company that donates part of its proceeds to poor children in Argentina. Of course, something I like. My god, their shoes are soooooooo cute, though, of course, way, way, way beyond my shoe budget. I mean, I feel bad about having spent $50 in 5 pairs of shoes – imagine on one? or on half a pair? Still, they are cute. Here are the ones I liked the most:
but they have other adorable ones. *Sigh*
I checked out The Girls’ World Book of Bath & Beauty: Fresh Ideas & Fun Recipes for Hair, Skin, Nails & More
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