Eye Make Up Remover

Since I really am not worth much on the functioning scale until I've had at least one cup of coffee, I hopped online Tuesday morning while my coffee maker was hard at work. Monday had been another late night meeting, so I simply collapsed without much effort when I finally got home. This meant I resembled a raccoon who stuck its poor little paw in an electrical socket. My hair is most uncooperative.

Trolling through Facebook and checking the day's weather is the norm for morning like these. While perusing my FB feed, I ran across this post from Jillee on eye make up remover.

Due to my complete lack of interest in shopping, I was out of many things, including eye make up remover so I was not looking forward to getting rid of the eye liner and mascara smudged around my eyes. This seemed serendipitous.

I had most items on hand so off to the kitchen I went. I pulled out a small plastic container, a spoonful of coconut oil, and Lavender EO. I don't have any Vitamin E oil or Geranium (at least until my Oil of the Month from Spark Naturals arrives soon).  My theory is to give it a whirl and if I like it I can then add the Geranium and Vitamin E.

Guess what - it worked wonderfully!  I used a Q-tip to apply it thinking I was going to have to go to town scrubbing with a cotton ball. Nope. The Q-tip was black and brown almost immediately! I did use a cotton ball to remove the excess oil and go after the little bit of  really stubborn eyeliner on my left eye. I'm sold.

I also like her tip about using a small jar for travel purposes. Going to make some more once that Geranium and Vitamin E are residing at home!

Those Little Irritations

It happens to the best of us, something irritates your skin. You get one of those annoying itches that just won't go away but isn't due to anything in particular. Your skin gets dry and itchy.

Welcome Lavender!

I put lavender in pretty much everything. Particularly if it is going to serve as a moisturizer or lotion. It is soothing both to the skin and a peaceful scent.

In my purse I carry a small roller bottle that contains about 8 drops of Lavender and the remainder of fractionated coconut oil (as the carrier oil). This has been helpful when I get those little itches and irritations. I've even shared it with others and despite their skepticism, they had to admit it helped.

Oil Pulling

When I first heard of this, I thought it was bizarre  Finally I decided to give it a go when I found coconut oil for a reasonable price at Trader Joe's.

The concept is simple and outlined on a multitude of sites. You simply swish a vegetable oil in your mouth for 20 minutes.

The idea behind it is that it helps to pull out toxins, whitens teeth, helps with sinuses. I have found it to particularly help with the later.

When I feel congestion forming, especially in my sinuses, I pull out that jar of coconut oil. Since I don't want to deal with it in solid form (personal preference, even though it will melt in your mouth), I put about 2 tablespoons of oil in a small ceramic bowl and microwave it for a few seconds to melt it. This worked well in its base form.

Then I ran across a list of EO additions from Camp Wander that can target specific issues.

Let me tell you the wonders of adding a drop of Melaleuca to the coconut oil! Wow! At the least notice of a problem I do the oil pulling for a couple of days in a row and I'm fine - no congestion sets in, no sinus infection, most importantly - no sinus headaches.