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100% biologische cosmetica is moeilijk te vinden, dus heb ik mij ooit verdiept in het zelf maken van een deel van de cosmetica die ik zelf gebruik. Het is me niet gelukt voor alle producten, maar ik ben tevreden met de resultaten. Dit is mijn overheerlijke dagcrème voor een rijpere huid. Meng in een glaasje de oliën voor de crème: 16 gram jojobaolie 16 gram rozenbottelolie 8 druppels geraniumrozenolie 5 druppels ylangylangolie 20 druppels lavendelofficinale-olie Zet een pannetje met water op en breng aan de kook. Meng ondertussen in een schaaltje dat je au bain marie kunt verwarmen de boter/was: 6 gram bijenwas 26 gram sheabutter Verwarm de boter/was au bain marie tot ze gesmolten zijn. Haal het schaaltje van de warmtebron en voeg de oliën toe terwijl je mixt (ik gebruik een melk/minikloppertje van Ikea). Je blijft mixen tot de crème is afgekoeld. Je kunt af en toe even pauzeren, maar hou het in de gaten. Soms gaat het ineens snel. Als je de crème in een apart potje wilt bewaren, giet ...

the black cloud has faded and daily routines take their place again. everyone knows those days. one more than the other. once again the madness has been caged. did you know that mason currey wrote a book about the daily routines of artists. maybe in artists the madness is essential for their creativity but also a danger for living. on the blog of mason you can read the daily routines of famous artists and you will understand the importance to cage madness in these routines just to survive. of course not all artists are instable in their sensitivity and melancholy but a majority is. freedom has a price. the freedom of being an artist means also a struggle with madness and frustration. if you struggle in your freedom, take a look at the routines of others that know the same struggle and try to find your routine: tips van Boston University .

i never heard of the post concussion syndrome (pcs), until my son had a (light) concussion for the fourth time and had already twice been at home for three months, with severe pain and headache. you can imagine, we were desperate, the fourth time and luckily, the doctor gave it a new name and i could search the internet for treatment. as rest (the first period of three months) did not work fast, and rest combined with a painkiller scheme (the second period) neither bring much relieve and now i read that exercise and moving could not make it worse (our big fear), we decided to physical therapy (after consulting the doctor for consent). i choose remedial therapy (cesar and mensendieck) as they give pain therapy too. the therapist gave a scheme of rest, exercise and just doing things he liked, but not rest, to relax and strengthen the neck muscles. and how happy we were, that after a few weeks instead of a few months, my son was happy and almost painless again. a theory behind thi...

when live is a burden and you are not religious, how to survive? politeness and love, i just read, are important. and do not force your philosophy on others. ok. let us try.

if you are super sensitive for motion, you probably already tried a lot of cures. as i do not like to take medicines and would like to enjoy travelling more, i renewed my search for a cure. last week i made candied ginger, as ginger still seems to be the best way to feel as less sick as possible. my son tried out. it is delicious and really diminished the sickness a lot. the only disadvantage was the ginger being really hot. now, after a week, it has become somewhat softer in taste. so try it out yourself. use a more healthy sugar like raw cane sugar or another sweetener if you prefer. the recipe i used: 1 ginger root, peeled and sliced add water (1 cup per 100 mg of ginger) cover and cook for 35 minutes or until tender drain the ginger, keeping the water weigh the ginger and add as much sweetener reheat the ginger, water and sweetener and keep stirring until the sugar (re)crystallizes (20 minutes) transfer to a cooling rack with backing sheet underneath and let dry the res...

at the canals in my home town you can find a lot of lime trees (tilia). beautiful trees with healthy fruits to use for tea and flowers that bees make delicious honey from. but as i was biking under the trees this week, my tires got stuck to the street a bit. i remembered the car being parked under it would turn into an dirty old car, as if parked there for a long time, in a few days. so i decided to exactly find out if the sticky street and dirty cars came from insects in the trees or from the trees itself. it seems that in particular, aphids are attracted by the rich supply of sap of the leaves. in turn, they are "farmed" by ants for the production of the sap which the ants collect for their own use. the result, a dripping of excess sap (honeydew) onto the lower branches and leaves, streets and cars. and as this honeydew is often covered with a black mould, a black sticky layer is the result. happily enough this sticky layer is only annoying to us while the trees do not ...

even red wine seems to be bad for your health. all the stories on red wine being good for the heart, seem to have been made from misinterpreted research. alcohol is poison. and that just now, when after years of not drinking a drop, i recently started with drinking a small glass once a month or so. i stopped years ago when i became ill for three days after drinking bubbles after a hard days work when i was very tired and short of breath. the first advice for those with any physical defect is to quit with alcohol, coffee and black tea. so i stopped with alcohol, coffee and black tea. the coffee came back when i was just permanently too tired but mixed with caffeine-free coffee. now red wine came back. but with the news article i just read, it seems to be as stupid as smoking. so i will just drink raisin juice instead of wine again. it is delicious though and relaxing, but i can think of other relaxing things.

around this time, you wonder why the sweet chestnuts are delicious and the horse chestnuts, that almost look alike, should not be eaten. i promised my daughter to find out, so now i understand that sweet chestnuts come from the castanea family of trees while the horse chestnut comes from a totally different aesculus family. the horse chestnut is very bitter to us humans and even poisonous, while squirrels and deers love them. the horse chestnut tree is beautiful though, while flowering and during autumn. and the chestnuts we can use in crafting, like making a spiderweb, while eating the delicious sweet lookalikes. both chestnuts have medicinal properties. maybe in a next post more on that topic or just google yourself if you are curious.

making beautiful things, or seeing beautiful things can lift you up with a boost of energy. as we all can use positive energy from time to time, during days, during periods in live, i searched for more background to this phenomenon. i found definitions of emotional energy, the energy that makes you feel young and connected to the and hope in life., an aliveness of the mind, happiness of the heart, combined with an energetic body (physical energy). and for those with physical limitations, don't despair, the physical side is the less important part. if you have a dip, free up this energy by not only living for others, by not living in the past, by talking to positive people, by looking at beautiful things, by adding adventure to your live, by adding things on your agenda to look forward to. without doubt, a lot more things can boost your emotional energy.

aged 44, i do have difficulties reading labels on jars and packages in the shops, especially if the light is not very strong. so i wondered, should i get used to reading glasses or not, because it would worsen the farsightedness and make my eyes lazy. the answer is: doing exercises for your eye muscles cannot hurt, but wearing reading glasses will not worsen the aging of your eyes. you will become more dependent though on your glasses, just because you will get used to the clear sight. Link to some exercises on eHow

living is about balance. balance for our body to stay fit. balance in our relations to stay happy, free and loving. balance in our lives to have enough love, beauty and goodness to counterbalance the pain and uglyness of our world. just because nature gives us no longlasting happy end but keeps on going. our challenge, to keep our balance.

worried about the smog that is taking over the sun in crowded places? check out this project by a Dutch artist and his partners: studio roosegaarde but rather then need an ion cannon for some clean air in parks, prevent the uprising smog, by cycling as much as possible and living sustainable. force industry around you to be as clean as can be.

an informative website regarding living more green, fair and fine. in dutch though:  www.hetkanWel.net nice articles like the change that everyone picking up one piece of litter everyday would make. or all kind of recipes for using old bread.

sage is such a wonderful herb, although i do not like the tea from sage. if you, like me, hate to use chemical deodorants but also hate smelling after a busy day, you can use sage. drink it as tea with a bit of honey ( http://www.ehow.com/how_6098728_make-sage-tea-ground-sage.html ) or like me, just chew a nib of dried sage a few times a day (depending on the weather and the program from one to four times a day). it works marvellous. and besides, it is healthy for your throat too.

coffee grounds can be used in many ways after you made a delicious cup of coffee of course. 5 of the reuses. 1. hand scrub: mix a spoonful of warm coffee grounds into your hands with some soap and scrub your hands soft and clean. your face and body will also like this exfoliant. it can even diminish cellulite. i love to wash myself in the morning with a mixture of sugar, coffee, olive oil and vanilla essential oil. you will not need any body lotion afterwards. 2. mulch: throw the coffee grounds at the trees and plants in your garden or at your balcony (especially a good food for acidloving plants. it contains a lot of nitrogen and other nutrients). 3. hand deodorizer: dry the coffee grounds to rub in your hands when they smell from preparing onions, fish etc. 4. insect repellant: ants do not like coffee grounds and also snails and slugs could be chased away. 5. dye: solve it in water and dye fabrics, paper or easter eggs with it.

if you feel like cleaning your lungs, try eating broccoli or cauliflower more often. they possess the component sulforaphane, that cleans your lungs from bacteria. link to an article on this subject in dutch. link to an article on this subject in english .

if you do not feel fit, maybe oil pulling will make you feel better. It is a very old Ayurvedic medical means to clean your mouth, teeth and whole body. just by pulling one spoonful of oil in your mouth for 20 minutes. het blad on oil pulling (in dutch) amanvida mondolie (in dutch) oilpulling.com (in english)