Homemade Milk & Honey Bath Recipe

Milk & Honey baths work wonders for our skin. They are the best way to whiten, soften and smooth our complexion naturally! Are you ready to get silky smooth and milky white skin complexion? Here you go.... :)

Recipe:
2-4 cup fresh full cream milk / powder milk
2-3 tablespoon honey
5 tablespoons baking soda
5 drops lavender essential oil

Directions:
1) Pour milk into a glass bowl
2) Add the baking soda and honey, and stir, mixing well.
3) Add the essential oil, drop by drop, and then mix again.
4) Pour the milk mixture into a warm bath.

Note:
*For best skin whitening and softening results, exfoliate your body with a mild scrub before you soak.

*You can also add other natural ingredients such as oatmeal and essential oils to boost the beautifying effects of your homemade milk bath.


Benefits:
Milk removes dead skin cells and softens skin. It also nourishes and soothes, so it’s especially good for dry skin, or skin that seems to have lost its vitality.

Honey's natural antioxidant and anti-microbial properties help to protect the skin from the damage of the sun's rays, supports the skin's ability to rejuvenate and refresh depleted skin, leaving it feeling silky soft and supple.

Baking Soda has a skin-softening effect and gives the bathwater a silky feel. It is also great for soothing itchy skin too.

Lavender oil is a soothing addition to the bath. Its scent is both uplifting and calming.

Random Thoughts of The Day

Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk. Hah!

It’s time to relieve your stress!

Stressful life experiences are sometimes unavoidable. You probably experience good stress and bad stress on a daily basis. Good stress is best described as the adrenaline rush you feel when you rise to challenges. Bad stress feeds on worry, fear and anxiety, and creates a vicious cycle of harmful stress that can lead to health problems.

Self-Help Stress relief Tips

• Eat right and exercise
  
• Set realistic goals
  
• Handle important tasks first and eliminate
  unessential tasks
  
• Take a break and meditate to slow down
  "mind-racing"
  
• Reduce the urge to be "perfect"
  
• Be flexible
  
• Avoid excessive competition
  
• Reduce criticism of yourself and others
  
• Don't stress when expectations are not met
  
• Manage your anger
  
• Push away negativity of any kind
  
• Give yourself "me" time
  
• Choose to keep quiet when you feel a
  negative reaction
  
• Be cheerful, it deflates others stress and
  anxiety
  
• Silence your phone at night
  
• Dab essential oils on your wrist to reminder
  yourself to relax
  
• Utilize relaxation techniques; Yoga, Meditation,
  Breathing, etc.
  
• Laugh and smile more often
  
• Remember you can only change yourself

Oreo Buttermilk Cake

Ingredients

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• 1 1/4 cup butter (200 gm)
• 1 cup superfine sugar (160 gm)
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups plain flour (200 gm)
• 1 level tsp baking soda
• 2 level tsp cream of tartar
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pack Oreo Double Stuff cookies (11 cookies/170 gm)

Glaze

• 200 gms (about 8 oz) dark chocolate
• 2 Tbsp butter

How to make it

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• Preheat oven at 180 degrees C. Thoroughly grease a 10 cup capacity bundt tin.
• Cream butter and sugar with a hand whisk, in large bowl till pale and fluffy. Whisk in eggs one by one till well mixed.
• Combine flour with baking soda and cream of tartar then sieve over butter and egg mixture in two lots and stir in gently with whisk till well mixed.
• Combine buttermilk and vanilla and add to batter. Stir gently into batter till combined. Break Oreos into quarters and fold through batter.
• Scrape batter into bundt tin and bake at 180 C for 20 minutes. Lower heat to 165 C and bake for another 10 - 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool 20 minutes before turning out. Allow to cool completely.
• Break chocolate up into a microwave safe bowl and microwave with the butter for 1 minute on high. Stir chocolate. If not completely melted, repeat 1 minute on medium and stir till completely melted. Let cool till warm but stil liquid then pour over cake. Allow to set before cutting cake.

Recipe by Group Recipes

Makeup Must-Haves for Beginners

A beginner without any basic make up would probably be mind-boggled by the insane number of cosmetic choices. Just for anyone who needs help starting their makeup collection, this is my list of basic make up must haves.

*All recommended make-up items are based on things that I've recently used and found to be really good. Tehee. :)

1) Foundation
A foundation whether in powder, pressed, liquid or mousse format all serve to even out your complexion and create a flawless face. Sometimes foundation is used to alter skin tone but mostly it should blend with your natural skin color. It also serves as the base for all your other makeup so choose your shade carefully. Test foundation on the edge of your jaw for the closest match.

Best Recommended:
Liquid Foundation
- M.A.C Studio Sculpt SPF 15
- MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Foundation
- The Body Shop Moisture Foundation SPF 15 - Best value for money

Powder Foundtaion
- M.A.C Studio Fix Foundation
- Chanel Vitalumiere Eclat
- Pixy UV Whitening Two- Way Cake SPF 15 - Best value for money

2) Eyebrow kit
Available in pencil or powder form.
This is to make your eyebrow look fuller, longer and darker! Plus, giving your brows defined shape. It will surely enhance the sharp and attractive features of your face and will give your eyebrows the expressive power that they were lacking before.

Best Recommended:
Powder - Maybelline Eye Studio Brow Definist Eyebrow Duo Palette
Pencil - Maybelline / Silky Girl Eyebrow pencil

3) Eyeshadow
Choose your favorite eyeshadow colors in pallet with 2-4 different colors that comes with a shadow brush.

Best Recommended:
- M.A.C Eyeshadows X4
- Silky Girl Duo Eyeshadows Pallet - Best value for money

4) Eyeliner
Comes in few formulas mainly liquid,pencil, and gel! Eyeliner is for gorgeous looking eyes and make your eyes look even sexier. ;)

Best Recommended:
- K.A.T.E Pencil Eyeliner
- Maybelline Gel liner

5) Mascara
Lengthening and volumizing your lashes. Trust me.. beautiful, bright and desirable eyes of a woman can make any man go weak in his knees.

Best Recommended:
- Loreal Duo Double Extension Beauty Tubes
- Maybelline Volum' Express Hypercurl cat Eyes Mascara - Best value for money

6) Blusher
Give your cheekbone a rose tint.

Best Recommended:
- Clio Professional Art Blusher

7) Lipstick/Lip gloss
Makes your lips look luscious by applying lipstick and lip gloss the right way to give you a sexier pout!

Best Recommended:
Lipstick
- Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay In Place Lipstick
- Maybeline Color Sensational Moisture Extreme Lipcolor - Best value for money

Lip Gloss
- Lancome Color Fever Gloss
- Loreal Paris Glam Shine - Best value for money

Health Benefits of Kiwi Fruit

One kiwi is approximately 45 calories and provides Vitamins C and E, fiber, copper, potassium, magnesium, and manganese.

Tone Your Skin

This fruit is rich in ascorbic acid (vitamin C) which works as an astringent to neutralize bacteria and tighten the skin's pores.

Toner Made Easy

Mash one kiwi and pour one-half cup of boiling water over it. Let it stand until it cools.

Add one-half tablespoon of vodka and blend well. Apply using a cotton ball.

This will keep in a sealed container in the fridge for a week to ten days.

Good For Your Heart

Research conducted in Norway revealed reduced blood clots by eighteen percent and triglycerides by fifteen percent when you consume three kiwis daily.

This fruit is rich in phytonutrients which prevent blood clotting and control fatty acid levels in your blood.

Stimulating Aroma

The citrus aroma arouses the reticular activating system. This is the part of your brain that controls alertness. This can give you a boost of instant energy.

Dweam.

Most people have dreams or nightmares. Dweam is like a dream that cannot be classified into either category and is somewhere in between, starts off really great then gradually turns into a twisted series of events that you have no control over.


Well,I had it. It was full of drama and panic.


Over and over,the dream repeated itself, like a loop of film, until I felt like I was going mad. In the end, I woke up when Mama came and banging at the door wanting to know if I ever intended to get up. Alhamdulillah,I was just so relieved when I heard her voice and realized that I was safe in my bed, and not trapped in my dreamworld.


Bad Dreams Should Not Be Disclosed
Nabi Muhammad (S) said, ...If he has a dream that he dislikes, then it is from Shaitan. He should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he SHOULD NOT MENTION IT TO ANYBODY, then it will not harm him." (Sahih Al-Bukhari) If one does tell somebody about the bad dream then there could be the chance that some harm will come out of it.

source: http://www.deenislam.co.uk/dreams/dreams1.htm