Living In My Shoes

This blog is about sharing our lives with each other. Please comment and let us all into your shoes. I promise to let you into mine!

8/27/2006

Okey I am officially in love with blogging. So far my two favorite blogs I have found are http://trippingonwords.blogspot.com/ and http://www.pinkofperfection.com/. I am still on the lookout for more great blogs. I promise to tell you about any others I find that I deem good enough to read. Luv ya lots!!

xoxo

Below is a short poem that I wrote recently:

Morning Flowers:

Fresh flowers
from my garden
grace my sadden
tone.

They brighten up
the morning
yet cease to ease
my mourning.

These
beautiful,
beautiful
flowers
have yet
to truly
grow.

Dear Bloggers,
I know I have not posted anything in a while. I was searching the web and I found some great homemade recipes for face masks, scrubs, ect. I found them all at http://www.pioneerthinking.com.

Here are some of my favorites:

Sweet Strawberry Facial Mask
(oily skin) By: Pioneer Thinking

Ingredients
8 - 9 whole strawberries
3 tablespoons honey

The Instructions
Using a fork mash strawberries into a pulp, add honey. Mix. Don't over blend or it will be runny. Apply directly to the skin, let sit for a few minutes then rinse off.

Gentle Facial Cleanser
By: Pioneer Thinking

The Ingredients
1/2 cup oatmeal or cornmeal
plain yogurt (add enough yogurt to form a paste)

For a gentle facial cleanser mix ingredients, smooth over entire face avoiding eye area. Wash off with warm water.


Banana Supreme Facial Mask
(dry skin) By: Pioneer Thinking

The Ingredients
2 medium bananas
* honey optional

The Instructions
Mash bananas with a fork...dont over mash or it will be too runny. Add honey* if desired. Smooth over skin, let sit for 10 minutes, rinse off with cool water.

I hope you like them. There are millions more fun and inexpnsive recipes at the website!!

xoxo




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