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| | Beauty Secrets for those over the age of 50Page 7 of 10 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) | Bath bomb
There's nothing quite like that feeling when you first immerse yourself in a bath... your muscles relax and the tension fades away in your back and neck. A fizzy bath bomb is the icing on the cake. You drop it in the bath, it bubbles away, and the bath is fragrant with rose or lavender. Bliss!
Learning how to make bath bombs is pretty easy. But I must confess that my first experience was not so successfull. I googled "making bath bombs" or "how to make bath bombs" or something like that. I found some instructions and followed them, but I ended up with a gooey melting mess.
Several batches later, I figured out how to make bath bombs reliably, and now I'd like to share what I've learned :-) You'll be making bath bombs of your own in no time!
Do I need special bath bomb molds?
No special equipment needed :-)
Don't let the lack of a mold get in the way of learning how to make bath bombs. There are plenty of things that work well as bath bomb molds.
A handy mold for making spherical homemade bath bombs is a two-part, snap-together Christmas decoration. You can find one in a craft stores. Don't worry if you can't get hold of one though, because there are plenty of other things that work just as well.
Chocolate moulds (pictured left) work well, and come in nice shapes like hearts and flowers. You can find them in craft of cookware stores.
There are plenty of other things that work as improvised molds. For round bombs, you can improvise a mold by cutting a tennis ball in half. Other things that work well as molds are muffin trays, ice-cube trays, and shot glasses. Just hunt around your kitchen for a small receptacle of some sort.
In general, smaller bath bombs are easier to make than big ones. Big ones tend to crumble, whereas small ones seem to be more robust.
Bath Bomb Recipes
Now that you've got your mold, here are the other bits and bobs that you'll need. You can find most of these in the supermarket.
Equipment
Metal or glass mixing bowl
Spritzer/spray bottle
Gloves
Bath Bomb Molds
Sieve
Make sure you use a metal or glass mixing bowl rather than a plastic one. Plastic will absorb the smell of the essential oils. That's okay, I guess, but anything you put in the bowl in the future will smell like bubble bath ;-)
Ingredients
1 cup citric acid
2 cups baking soda
20-30 drops of essential oil - you might need more or less depending on the strength of the fragrance.
1 tablespoon of almond oil, apricot oil, or olive oil (optional)
15-20 drops of food colouring (optional)
A tiny bit of water
Notes: Baking soda can usually be found in the baking section of the supermarket. Baking soda is also called "bicarbonate of soda".
The tablespoon of oil is optional. It gives a lovely moisturising feel. Don't use almond oil though if you or the intended recipient have nut allergies!
To make nice colourful bath bombs, you can mix the basic food colours (red, blue, yellow) to achieve just about any colour you want. Purple is a little tricky. When I mix red and blue, I get... green! But then the bath bomb turns purple once it sets, so all is good :-) Just warning you, so you don't get a surprise!
Wondering what fragrances to use? Take a look at the fragrance guide at the bottom of my bath salts page
ps citric acid is sold in stores where you can make your own wine.. real cheap.. some natural food stores or bulk food stores sell as well but it is more expensive there | |
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| Beauty Secrets for those over the age of 50
Posted: 12/28/2010 12:05:40 PM | | As I suspected, it's turning out that there are no secrets. This is all stuff everyone already knows for the most part and it's all very solid advice IMHO. Plenty of rest, moderate cardio and weights, low stress, healthy food, lot's of water daily, limiting exposure to the sun... we've all heard it all before... so, DO IT!! It ain't that hard. I've been on this program since I was 15; with the addition of a daily Hatha Yoga regimen. I look and feel great. No secrets, just common sense and self discipline. | |
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Posted: 12/28/2010 10:43:07 PM | | Angel, thanks so much for sharing. I have bought and used them before and, found them luxurious. Thinking I might have a bath bomb making party with the gal pals and wine. | |
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| Beauty Secrets for those over the age of 50
Posted: 12/29/2010 7:24:39 AM | I know this is long but I ran across this article on YAHOO NEWS.
(You'll never want to eat another hamburger again)
The Truth About Your Weight Gain
Two out of three people in America today are either overweight or obese. That means every time you sit down in an airplane or a packed movie theater,
more likely than not you’re going to wind up as the lean center of a fat sandwich. But as you look right and left and see nothing but heft, you can’t help but think, What happened?
How did we all get so darn fat?
Well, the simple answer is that we eat more calories. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that American men eat 7 percent more calories than they did in 1971; American women eat a whopping 18 percent more—an additional 335 calories a day! But the harder question is this: Why do we eat so many more calories? Are we suddenly more gluttonous? Do we have some kind of collective death wish? Is the entire country hellbent on qualifying for the next season of Biggest Loser?
No. There’s an even crazier reason: It’s the food!
We’ve added extra calories to traditional foods, often in cheap, mass-produced vehicles like high fructose corn syrup. These new freak foods are designed not by chefs, but by lab technicians packing every morsel with maximum calories at minimum cost—with little or no regard to dietary impact.
Indeed, Eat This, Not That! 2011 has uncovered the truth about some of your favorite fast food and grocery store items and how they're causing you to pack on unnecessary pounds. It’s enough to kill your appetite, which—in these cases, anyway—would be a good thing.
THE FAST-FOOD HAMBURGER: Restaurant Hall of Shame
The great American staple. Don’t worry, burgers really do come from cows—but have you ever wondered how those giant chains process and distribute so much meat so cheaply? And . . . are you sure you want to know?
The Truth: Most fast-food hamburger patties begin their voyage to your buns in the hands of a company called Beef Products. The company specializes
in taking slaughterhouse trimmings—heads and hooves and the like—that are traditionally used only in pet food and cooking oil, and turning them into patties. The challenge is getting this byproduct meat clean enough for human consumption, as both E. coli and salmonella like to concentrate themselves in the fatty deposits.
The company has developed a process for killing beef-based pathogens by forcing the ground meat through pipes and exposing it to ammonia gas—the same chemical you might use to clean your bathroom. Not only has the USDA approved the process, but it's also allowed those who sell the beef to keep it hidden from their customers. At Beef Products’ behest, ammonia gas has been deemed a “processing agent” that need not be identified on nutrition labels. Never mind that if ammonia gets on your skin, it can cause severe burning, and if it gets in your eyes, it can blind you. Add to the gross-out factor the fact that after moving through this lengthy industrial process, a single beef patty can consist of cobbled-together pieces from different cows from all over the world—a practice that only increases the odds of contamination.
Eat This Instead: Losing weight starts in your own kitchen, by using the same ingredients real chefs have relied on since the dawn of the spatula.
If you’re set on the challenge of eating fresh, single-source hamburger, pick out a nice hunk of sirloin from the meat case and have your butcher grind it up fresh. Hold the ammonia.
BETTY CROCKER'S BAC-O BITS
We’ve all been there before: A big bowl of lettuce or a steamy baked potato is set before us and the sudden desire for a bit of smoky, porky goodness pervades. We try to resist, but we grab for the bottle anyway: Mmmmm . . . bacon.
The Truth: Not quite. If it’s Bac-Os you grab for, just know that there’s not the slightest whiff of anything pork-like to be found in the bottle. So what are those little chips you’ve been shaking over your salads? Well, mostly soybeans. The bulk of each Bac-O is formed by tiny clumps of soy flour bound with trans-fatty, partially hydrogenated soybean oil and laced with artificial coloring, salt, and sugar. The result is a product that’s actually less healthy for your heart than the real thing!
Eat This Instead: Hormel makes a product called Real Bacon Bits, and as the name implies, it’s made with real bacon. And gram-for-gram, the real bacon actually has fewer calories than Betty Crocker’s Bac-Os. If Hormel can make a nutritionally superior product using real bacon, then why would you ever choose the artificial one that’s loaded with partially hydrogenated soybean oil?
PREMADE GUACAMOLE
When you buy bean dip, you expect it to be made from beans. And when you buy guacamole, it seems reasonable to expect it to be made from avocados.
But is it?
The Truth: Most guacamoles with the word “dip” attached to the label suffer from a lack of real avocado. Take Dean’s Guacamole, for example. This guacamole dip is composed of less than 2 percent avocado; the rest of the green goo is a cluster of fillers and chemicals, including modified food starch, soybean oils, locust bean gum, and food coloring. Dean’s is not alone in this offense. In fact, this avocado caper was brought to light when a California woman filed a lawsuit against Kraft after she noticed “it just didn’t taste avocadoey.”
Eat This Instead: Avocados are loaded with fiber and heart-healthy monounsaturated fats. Trading the good stuff in for a bunch of fillers is cheating both your belly and your tastebuds. Either look for the real stuff (Wholly Guacamole makes a great guac), or mash up a bowl yourself. Scoop out the flesh of two avocados, combine with two cloves of minced garlic, a bit of minced onion, the juice of one lemon, chopped cilantro, one medium chopped tomato, and a pinch of salt.
Bonus Tip: Unlike packaged-food manufacturers, fast-food and sit-down restaurants don't typically rely on chemicals to enhance flavor. Instead, they pack in sugar and sodium, calorie counts be damned.
FRUIT ON THE BOTTOM YOGURT
It seems like the ideal breakfast or snack for a man or woman on the go—a perfect combination of yogurt and antioxidant-packed fruits, pulled together in one convenient little cup. But are these low-calorie dairy aisle staples really so good for you?
The Truth: While the yogurt itself offers stomach-soothing live cultures and a decent serving of protein, the sugar content of these seemingly healthy products is sky-high. The fruit itself is swimming in thick syrup—so much of it, in fact, that high-fructose corn syrup (and other such sweeteners) often shows up on the ingredients list well before the fruit itself. And these low-quality refined carbohydrates are the last thing you want for breakfast—Australian researchers found that people whose diets were high in carbohydrates had lower metabolisms than those who ate proportionally more protein. Not to mention, spikes in your blood sugar can wreck your short-term memory, according to a study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Not what you need just before your urgent 9 a.m. meeting with the boss!
Eat This Instead: Plain Greek-style yogurt, mixed with real blueberries. We like Oikos and Fage brands—they’re jacked with about 15 to 22 grams of belly-filling protein, so they’ll help you feel satisfied for longer. And blueberries are another great morning add—scientists in New Zealand found that when they fed blueberries to mice, the rodents ate 9 percent less at their next meal.
TURKEY BACON
Pork bacon’s got a bad rap for wreaking havoc on your cholesterol. But is turkey bacon really any better?
The Truth: Stick with the pig. As far as calories go, the difference between “healthy” turkey bacon and “fatty” pig is negligible—and depending on the slice, turkey might sometimes tip the scales a touch more. Additionally, while turkey is indeed a leaner meat, turkey bacon isn’t made from 100 percent bird: One look at the ingredients list will show a long line of suspicious additives and extras that can’t possibly add anything of nutritional value. And finally, the sodium content of the turkey bacon is actually higher than what you’ll find in the kind that oinks—so if you’re worried about your blood pressure, opting for the original version is usually the smarter move.
Eat This Instead: Regular bacon. We like Hormel Black Label and Oscar Mayer Center Cut bacon for some low-cal, low-additive options.
REDUCED-FAT PEANUT BUTTER
Nothing makes a PB&J feel less indulgent like a scoop of low-fat Jif. It’s low fat, so it must be better for you . . . right?
The Truth: A tub of reduced-fat peanut butter indeed comes with a fraction less fat than the full-fat variety—they’re not lying about that. But what the food companies don’t tell you is that peanut oil—the fat in peanut butter—is a heart-healthy monounsaturated fat that can actually help fight weight gain, heart disease and diabetes! Instead, they’ve tried to cash in on the “low-fat” craze by replacing that healthy fat with maltodextrin, a carbohydrate used as a filler in many processed foods. This means you’re trading the healthy fat from peanuts for empty carbs, double the sugar, and a savings of a meager 10 calories.
Eat This Instead: The real stuff: no oils, fillers, or added sugars. Just peanuts and salt. Smucker’s Natural fits the bill, as do many other peanut butters out there. We especially like Peanut Butter & Co. Original Smooth Operator and Original Crunch Time.
Bonus Tip: The average American drinks 450 calories a day—a quarter of the calories you're supposed to consume during an entire day!
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EAT RIGHT RULE: If your food can go bad, it's good for you. If it can't go bad, it's bad for you. | |
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Posted: 1/5/2011 6:27:29 AM | ^^^ I read ya Pazoo.
Dave, while your post is full of information it doesn't relate to beauty secrets.
Health issues maybe, but not beauty secrets.
Some good info though. | |
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Posted: 1/5/2011 7:47:03 PM |
ThDave, while your post is full of information it doesn't relate to beauty secrets.
Health issues maybe, but not beauty secrets.
Some good info though. is allows you to quote a previous post.
I thought about posting this for a while. However, excessive weight and obesity, to me, effect ones attractiveness and long term it can cause us to age prematurely. | |
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| Beauty Secrets for those over the age of 50
Posted: 1/6/2011 12:03:46 PM | | Male 'secrets': Eat nutritional food, wear sunscreen, exercise, wash with a scrubber sponge once a week to get rid of dead skin, brush teeth at least twice a day (morning and night). Avoid smoking and drinking. That's about it. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2011 6:17:27 AM | Sometimes miss, I think that's good advice for us girls too.
For men I would add a clean shave w/ a teeny -bit of light scented smell-pretties on the neck. (I guess that could apply to some of us girls too ) | |
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Posted: 1/7/2011 7:23:53 AM | Umm...I don't know how to break it to you all, but if you haven't done most of these things before age 50, doing them after age 50 isn't going to make a heck of a lot of difference in how you look. Quitting smoking, drinking, and eating fast food may eventually make you feel better and be healthier, but your skin is already trashed.
At that point, bite the bullet and get some laser resurfacing, and a few other little twitches that only medical personnel should do. Then start taking care of your skin as you should have when you were 16. | |
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Posted: 1/17/2011 9:20:55 AM | low-carb/healthy fats/fresh foods diet, and moderate to more more exercise.
avoid all industrial crap and assorted dead food-like substance, fried foods.
yawn, same ol', same ol', for all your ills and ages. | |
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Posted: 1/25/2011 1:04:31 AM | | How about getting rid of under eye circles and bags? I have had crows feet since 16, and bags since 25, and at age 31 the bags are about getting as bad as you would see on a 50 year old. | |
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Posted: 1/25/2011 1:10:48 AM | | ^^îf you smoke, stop. The dark circles are from a lack of oxygen and could also be an allergic reaction. Bags under the eyes are usually caused from too much alcohol - kidney problems... | |
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Posted: 1/25/2011 9:31:07 AM | dark circles under the eyes are hereditary and there is nothing you can do about them short of having fat injections into the area.
there is no magic cream or serum that will work on them.
this is the area on your body where your skin is thinnest and shows veins close to the skin. the best way to diminish the appearance of dark circles is to slightly elevate the head of your bed so that blood isn't pooling there when you sleep. | |
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Posted: 1/25/2011 2:42:05 PM |
Umm...I don't know how to break it to you all, but if you haven't done most of these things before age 50, doing them after age 50 isn't going to make a heck of a lot of difference in how you look. Quitting smoking, drinking, and eating fast food may eventually make you feel better and be healthier, but your skin is already trashed.
At that point, bite the bullet and get some laser resurfacing, and a few other little twitches that only medical personnel should do. Then start taking care of your skin as you should have when you were 16.
I agree. However, if one incorporates these ideas one can slow down the aging process from this point in time forward. I don't want to give in to father time easily. If I can slow things I'll drag my feet as much as possible. | |
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Posted: 1/25/2011 3:23:47 PM |
îf you smoke, stop. The dark circles are from a lack of oxygen and could also be an allergic reaction. Bags under the eyes are usually caused from too much alcohol - kidney problems...
I do smoke, but do not drink regularly or heavily.
dark circles under the eyes are hereditary and there is nothing you can do about them short of having fat injections into the area.
there is no magic cream or serum that will work on them.
this is the area on your body where your skin is thinnest and shows veins close to the skin. the best way to diminish the appearance of dark circles is to slightly elevate the head of your bed so that blood isn't pooling there when you sleep.
That was the answer i was afraid to hear.....lol.
I have tried various creams, and most just make my eyes water.
I guess i will either just say screw it, or look into fat injections in another few years if it becomes really really bad.
Thanks for the tip about elevating my head though, will try that. | |
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Posted: 1/25/2011 6:59:06 PM | | I too suffer for heriditary natural bags under my eyes and I recently found that vitamin D drops I take for lack of sunshine here in cold brutal canada seems to dimish them somewhat.. it is worth a try... | |
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Posted: 2/9/2011 3:18:20 AM | Hereditary bags like I have..(not dark circles) can only be addressed by a surgeon.
I have had them since childhood.
What I eat/drink and how much sleep I do or don't get does affect how pronounced they look.
So I will say SLEEP . | |
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Posted: 2/20/2011 3:12:17 PM |
Male 'secrets': Eat nutritional food, wear sunscreen, exercise, wash with a scrubber sponge once a week to get rid of dead skin, brush teeth at least twice a day (morning and night). Avoid smoking and drinking. That's about it.
Eating nutritional food and brushing teeth is good, but instead of a sunscreen, use common sense and wear a longsleeve shirt. If the chemicals in the sunscreen won't kill you, the women who are dying to lick your chest, will. | |
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Posted: 6/11/2011 10:05:02 PM | Oil of Olay
I've used it since I was 20 yrs old every single night. I stay out of the sun as much as possible and I don't smoke and hardly drink!
Other than that, I think a lot of how people look so young is genetics!
I don't feel 50 and I am told I don't look 50 and I sure am not going to act it either! LOL
Feeling young on the inside also reflects on the outside as well!
I've seen a lot of men on this site that their profile say they are 50 but OMG, they really look 65! Why? I'm wondering if it is because they have given up feeling young inside and have opted to settle for their creaking rocking chair!
You are as young as you feel! My motto.  | |
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