Waxing can cause irritation, redness, and sharp pain when pulled off of the skin. These are problems many women deal with on a regular basis, but their are ways to manage it. Other home removal methods can be less painful, but waxing often gives the best result, so people often prefer it. Body hair can grow back at longer intervals, compared to shaving. It also is less likely to cause cuts or ingrown hairs. So if you aren’t ready for a more permanent solution like home laser hair removal or electrolysis, here are tips for better waxing.
Here are some simple techniques to reduce the pain:
Waxing is a lot less painful when your pores are relaxed and open. There are certain things that you need to avoid so that your pores would not tighten before you wax.
- First, it is best to drink lots of water. This will hydrate your skin and make it easier to pull the hair.
- Second, do not use ice on your skin. Some people believe that putting ice will numb the skin and will reduce the pain. That is actually not advisable. When the skin detects cold temperature, the pores will tighten. Tighter pores lead to painful waxing.
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If you are interested in learning to make a little money from home, then you’ve come to the right place. As some of you know, I’ve been making a decent amount of money online for a few years now.
If you’re wondering how this applies to gardening, think of it this way – I can use the money that I make online to buy as many goofy gardening supplies as I like. Or seeds that I may not plant for several years. Or anything else that I like.
When you want to make money online, there are a few places that you can try out first – for baby steps, you can try out the site Fiverr.com. You could also check out something like IWillTeachYoutToBeRich.
Not only can you make a little cash on the side, you can also learn ways to save money thoughout your life, such as travel hacking! On these types of sites you can learn how to get discounted or free flight tickets and learn to really negotiate.
There are literally thousands of websites that can get you started by showing you how to make your first $100 online. Once you can accomplish that, you can accomplish anything. Don’t be afraid to get out there and get your feet wet!
Seriously folks, here in North Louisiana we have had a record breaking 21 straight days of 100+ degree heat.
Seriously.
So in order to maintain some sanity, I made a bad-ass cucumber salad as a nice cool meal. I found a great cucumber salad recipe online and modified it to my taste.
Take 3 medium cucumbers and peel them in stripes. You can slice them as thin or as thick as you like. Cut up one half a white onion and mix in with the cucumber.
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I know how frustrating it can be when you ask someone for their yummy recipe only for them to tell you that they don’t really have one – they just put in a little of this and a little of that and then cook it until it looks right. MY MOTHER does this to me all the time.
However, the more I cook and get used to this canning business, the closer I come to that sort of cooking. I wanted to share with you today that I made some super yummy pear preserves and then I realized that I didn’t really have a recipe to share.
In the interest of good cooking though, I’ll give it my best shot.
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One of the best things about growing a garden is sharing the bounty with others. But what do you do when you have way too much food to even give away to friends and neighbors. It’s always a shame to let fresh produce go bad, but sometimes when it’s taking over your home, you might have no idea what to do with it all.
One of the best ways to solve this problem is to let your community and neighborhood know that you have food that needs to be eaten. One of the easiest ways to do this is to build a website. You can update it every day and make a little list of everything that you have left over from your garden. You can ask for a small price or donation for the items or if you are generous, then you can give them away for free.
Don’t be intimidated by the thought of making a blog or website. It’s actually a lot easier than you might think. Once you get it built, you can create flyers or cards to leave around the neighborhood that let people know to go to the site for updates about local, fresh garden food. Your community will love it and you won’t be wasting anything!
I’m a gnome lover. I’ll admit it. Everytime I see one it makes me smile and think of Amelie.
BTW, if you have not seen Amelie, stop what you are doing and watch it immediately. It will change your life.
Back to the gnomes. I adore them, so when I saw a post on instructables on how to make these awesome cool superhero gnomes, I was hooked. This guy got these gnomes and modded them out in the most amazing ways. The best part is that he has a post showing you how to do it, too!
Do you have any gnomes lying around in need of a makeover? Give them the gift of superherodom – they’ll thank you for it.
Ok, world. I am ready to give it up.
That’s right – I’m ready to give up the secret to my amazing dill pickles.
This year we had enough cucumbers to eat a ton of them, give some away and make 10, yes 10 jars of dill pickles! And they were delicious!
I don’t do bread and butter and I don’t do spears. It’s all dill, baby, dill.
Since I had enough jars to share with friends, a few of them have been asking for my recipe. Today it is time for me to share my secret.
I don’t have a recipe.
I don’t mean “I don’t have a recipe” in the same way that my mom means it when she says that she just kind of throws a bunch of stuff in until it looks right. I mean “I don’t have a recipe” in the way of I use a mix.
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Don’t be intimidated by my dad’s potato harvest. No really, don’t.
My dad is 80 years old and his garden is bigger than my entire house. Since he sometimes gets carried away with the planting, we usually have to go over and help with the harvest.
This year: potatoes.
Lots of them.
He had two long rows of red potatoes that needed attention, so the man and I spent 2 hot and sweaty hours out in his garden.
If you’ve never dug potatoes before, you’re in for a treat. It’s like a little treasure hunt! My husband sat happily in the dirt for those two hours and I had to drag him into the house.
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So we’re working in the garden a few days ago doing some weeding and my husband suddenly turns to me and blurts out, “Did I show you my h
ula ho?!”
Um..no.
Your hula what?!
Hula ho.
As in hula hoop.
Yep.
He got it from the barn and while it is vaguely ho shaped, it is nothing like the traditional garden hoe. The hula ho, pictured left, has a square shape with sharp edges on the actual tool.
You use it by simply raking it back and forth over the weeds you would like to take out. I tried it out and let me tell you, this thing is THE BUSINESS! It works like a charm. At first, when I was watching the man use it, I thought that he must be putting a lot of pressure on the tool to get it to work like that. Nope- just light pressure.
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I kind of wish I had taken this photo on a white plate so that you could see all the wonderful colors of this meal! We got most of it from our garden and my dad’s massive garden.
A word about my dad: he’s 80 and he has the biggest garden I have ever seen. The man and I will have to go over every weekend this summer to help him with the harvesting. Right now he has about 30 potato plants that need to be dug up. Help? Anyone?
The potatoes that you see on the plate here came out of our very own garden. We dug them up while they will still new potatoes and I cut them into quarters. Then I put them in a pot with a little oil in the bottom, threw in some minced garlic and Tony’s seasoning and put the lid on. I let them cook slowly for about 30 minutes and they were AMAZING!
(By the way, for those of you who don’t live in the south, you may have to order Tony’s online, but it is so worth it! I cook with it on almost a daily basis – you can even get it salt free.)
The kabobs are made with flank steak sprinkled a little apple wood smoked salt that I got from the Spice and Tea Exchange. The rest of the veggies either came from our garden or dad’s - squash, bell pepper and cucumber. YUM.
This turned out great. What is your favorite garden meal?
