Farfetched Skin Care: Salicylic Acid

I love products with salicylic acid. This product clears blemishes and reduces the look of wrinkles by exfoliation. Exfoliation is so important as you grow older.

If a product doesn't have salicylic acid in it, such as a soap, lotion, or makeup, I add some from an unconventional (surprise!) source: Compound W wort remover!!!

This product has 7% salicylic acid. Add between 1/8 and 1/2 teaspoon. Be careful and judge by product size and your skin's response. If it gets irritated or dry, decrease the amount. Always start small.

Here's to more beautiful skin! Use the blog for more posts coming up on "Farfetched Skin Care."

Use a fan as a drye!

If you have a large fan, you can drape wet towels and rags over it, as well as pieces of clothing to dry them. I have dried a whole load of microfiber rags or a small wash load of laundry or delicates in a few hours or overnight on our big kitchen floor fan. Very heavy things don't dry well on a fan.

This saves time, energy and utility costs. (Heating elements use the most electricity.)

Don't worry about a fan in colder weather.  Just angle it towards the floor. Remember, fans don't blow cold air. They only circulate air. A fan will always more than pay for itself by doing this in a room. The reason a fan feels cool in the summer is that it cools the skin by evaporation.

Farfetched Makeup Solutions: Lipstick

You just don't want your lipstick to be harsh-looking, especially as you get older.

Tip: Pat a little foundation on your lips *before* you apply lipstick. It makes the color much truer. Then use a makeup sponge to pat a small amount *over* the lipstick. It really softens the look. Then do the last half of step 2 below.

Other ideas:

1. Put lip balm under the lipstick for a softer shade, and a little shine.


2. Be sure to blot after you apply (then pat a bit of lipstick right on the inner center of your lower lip and rub your lips together. The darker spot will draw people;s eyes to the center of your face. And it just looks good. :)


3. The older you get, the more you should avoid lip glosses and frosts.

Farafetched Makeup Solutions: Powder

Hello! After having been gone for a while I am glad to get back posting. :) But sometimes I don't feel like I have the time to do a nice post with a picture. So, I am going to start putting a few quick-and-dirty posts in. If I get an idea, I'll come on and jot it down before I forget it. Let me know if you like this idea. At least there will be more frequent posts!

I am also going to start a couple of themes or threads like this one, "Farfetched Makeup Solutions." Another upcoming thread will be "Farfetched Skin Care." :D

Although I don't often wear foundation, sometimes I like to put on a little pressed powder. But it can be hard not to make it look cakey. Today, I used a blush brush to put it on instead of the powder puff that comes inside. It gives a much lighter look and it a lot faster!

BTW, loose powder looks even better. Gotta get some when I run out.

I'm back! A post on bad coffee made better

That hacker did get the better of me after all, and I had to drop out of cyberspace for a while, but thanks to my genius computer friend, I've been in the clear since Christmas. So, to reassure you, (I say this with sincere hopefulness) I don't anticipate any problems on this blog or anywhere in the near future.

Anyway, I ran out of my whole bean coffee tonight. BTW, my standard fare Kroger French Roast, Medium in the purple bag (the cheapest one, like $3.50 or something) is really, really good. It's my favorite off brand coffee and the price is right!!!

Now, I should add that my husband says I'm a coffee *snob*. A snob! Can you imagine? I prefer to think that I have just developed a taste for really good coffee. However, I do use a French press, love to make my own Americano from my own espresso, and can distinguish between Starbucks - and ground grocery store coffee. The latter, I generally refer to as "swill," of course, not out loud if I'm drinking it at somebody's house.

Sigh. He's right.

So, back to the coffee mini-famine. I mean, I *love* my coffee. So to stretch my last few beans, I put in some -- gasp! -- decaf. (I can get desperate for this brown liquid). Of course, the wholebean-stretched-out-by-stale-decaf combo was terrible. So I added about 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon and (this is the secret) the tiniest pinch of ground cloves! Careful here: less is definitely more with cloves.

The cloves have a strong enough taste that it totally blocked out the terrible-cheap-decaf taste! So, I just sipped down the last few drops and enjoyed the whole thing!

Cheers! And thanks for coming back!!!