Babes Fantastic Tips

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You should have your own tv show. This is waaayy better than 'money man' as EVERYONE can do this stuff.

I am awaiting my very first loaf of bread to come out of the oven. Made pizza bases the others day....YUM. And have even made homemade pancakes (instead of driving to McDonalds) on lazy sunday morning. YUM TOO.
Will try the muslei bars once supo is open tomorrow.

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Sugar wax recipe:

1 cup sugar
Half a lemon for the juice
1/4 cup honey
Cornstarch (to powder with for tautness making it more effective)
Something to spread the mixture with like a tongue depressor, popsicle stick, cheese spreader or spatula.
Cotton fabric (a pillowcase ripped into strips is good)

Mix lemon, sugar, and honey in a bowl. Microwave on high for about 2-3 minutes, until it bubbles into a smooth consistency. Otherwise heat on the stove. If you use the stove use LOW heat. Wait until it cools a little down so you can touch it safely. Microwave it for 20 seconds if its cooled too much. It needs to be cool enough not to burn and warm enough to spread fairly easily.

Make sure your legs or where ever is clean and dry. Then dust area with cornstarch which draws out oil and makes the whole thing more effective. Spread a thin layer on your leg. Cover with a strip of fabric, and rubbing the strip the opposite way of hair growth, about 3 times.

Grab the fabric end and pull it off very quickly against the direction of the hair growth or the other way if you wish. It will hurt but the more you do it the less painful it is - just like waxing. Reheat the mix if it gets too hard to spread. This stores for a long time. Remember that each time you use it you'll need to reheat it so store in a microwave safe container.

Homemade deodorant

3 Tablespoons shea butter
3 Tablespoons baking soda
2 Tablespoons corn starch
2 Tablespoons cocoa butter
2 vitamin E oil gel caps (puncture and squeeze out the oil) (I used EPO capsules )
Essential Oil (I used vanilla)

Melt all the ingredients (except the oils) and give it a good stir. Takes about 30 seconds in the microwave. Then add the oils, stir again, and pour it in a jar, then place it in the fridge to set.
I found this on the net somewhere and wrote it down but its good!

I really want to try this one but I havta source coconut oil first! I tried with jojoba I think but hmmm not so succesfull...

Coconut oil
baking soda
arrowroot powder or cornstarch

Combine equal portions of baking soda & arrowroot powder. I use about 1/4 cup each. Then slowly add coconut oil and work it in with a spoon until it maintains the substance you want. May need to be stored in fridge.




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Baking Soda Mouthwash

Mix 500ml of water, 1/4 Teaspoon of baking soda or Sea Salt, 1 drop of Pure Peppermint Oil, and 1 drop of Tea Tree oil. It leaves a great refreshing minty taste in your mouth and helps prevent bad breathe.


The Honey Milk Baby Lotion

For a lotion that you can refrigerate and use for up to a week, you will need ½ cup of runny honey and ½ cup of cream or milk (cream being the best option). Pour the honey into the milk in a saucepan over a medium heat and stir until the two are completely blended. Allow the mixture to stand for five minutes before placing in a glass jar with a lid and refrigerating. When completely cool, it will be ready to use.

Baby wipe recipes -

1 chamomile tea bag
1 teaspoon oil
1 teaspoon baby bath or shampoo
1 drop lavendar oil
1 cup hot water

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2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons baby wash
1 1/2 cups water

OR

Two camomile tea bags
Two teaspoons of almond oil (or baby oil)
A drop of some essential oil.
Two mugs of water

Mix together and spritz onto babys bum or use in like a huggies containers and pop your cloth wipes in there too.

Oatmeal baby bath -

Blend up a bag of rolled oats then sprinkle a handful or so into babys bath and mix.
I do this for Jake (especially during summer when he would get so many bug bites!) and his skin is so soft!!! It relieves itching and good for dry skin, eczema, diaper rash, chicken pox, etc.
I actually add it to my baths too on the odd occasion I have them If you don't want the mess then put the oats in a cotton bag and hang under the tap. Squeeze every so often to release the milk into the bath.

For diaper rash try using ground slippery elm as a dusting powder (slippery elm is great for kids who get abit blocked up too) and of course cornstarch/arrowroot is a great baby powder substitute if you use it. Add dried, crushed lavender for a soothing scent. I used it for Jake when he was a baby.

have I done too much posting?? Sorry if I have I've just got so much info and I'm having a real lazy day so thought I'd just potter on with it!
I'll stop if its too much. I don't mean to take over - other people can post their tips too!!

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This is GREAT! Keep posting away.

Although DH looked at me as if I was mad when I suggested going to the saleyard and buying a cow to be butchered. I got big puppy dog eyes and a speech about how he couldn't kill a cow - this as he's cooking a nice juicy piece of scotch fillet!!

yes pleae I'll take a herbal remedy or 10 lol what ya got?

Definitely in the keep posting brigade