Showing posts with label Honey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Honey. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2010

Mockie's Blueberry Cordial- First attempt Shared Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 9:49am

1 Qt Mason Jar
2 cups of blueberries
1 cup of sugar
650 ml of Everclear or Vodka (The Everclear is going to be MUCH stronger than the vodka. You have been warned)
Honey
Patience.

In a wide mouth 1 quart mason jar I layered sugar and blueberries.
I stuck these in the microwave on 30 power for 1.5 minutes, screwing the cap on shaking every 30 seconds.

After that I poured the Everclear until it reached the lip of the jar. I sealed and now I am putting it away for two weeks. At that point I will do a taste test and add a tbsp of honey for complexity, and bottle it. If it doesn't taste ready, I will continue this until 2 months is up.

Here is the yummy concoction already showing it's pretty blue color!
Blueberry Cordial

And in it's resting place next to the honey that will be added later.
yummy!

So I made my own Beta Hydroxy Acid mask- Originally written Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 3:45pm\

Pouring of maturated honey in pots.Image via Wikipedia

I got the idea from Michelle Phan. I have used her recipe (using honey) but we are all out of regular honey and only have raw honey right now, so I improvised.

I added one packet of BC powder http://www.bcpowder.com/products_original.aspx to my http://www.aldifoods.com/us/html/product_range/2744_7520_ENU_HTML.htm Lacura Exfoliating Face Mask. I only left it on for 7 minutes instead of the usual 20 minutes and it left my skin very radiant. I also made a body mask using vegetable glycerin which can be found in pretty much any health food store.

Beta Hydroxy Acid does make your skin more photosensitive, so if you decide to do this instead of paying about 80 dollars for the same thing, be sure that you use something that has SPH in it afterward. It's awesome to slough away dead skin cells, reducing fine lines, and leaves your skin super glowy.


Recipe: Approximate
1 dollop of the mask base
1 packet of the BC Powder :) 

Protein Pack for pre color conditioning and revitalizing facial mask. Originally written Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 10:30pm

StrawberryImage via Wikipedia
I am dyeing my hair tomorrow night for the wedding (woot! Brown roots be GONE!) and it's a bit dry on the ends so I decided to give it a protein pack! Into the cupboard (and fridge) I went and got out:


1/8 of a cup of honey
1 cup of strawberries
1 egg
2 Tbsp of Dry Powdered Milk

I mixed i all together and put it on my hair and covered it with a shower cap and a towel. I am going to leave this 20 minutes and then wash my hair as usual.


About 10 minutes into it I will be giving myself another facial- this time using a turmeric honey and strawberry mask.

1/4 tsp of turmeric
1/8 cup of honey and
1/2 cup of strawberries

I mashed it all together and then put it on my face *I don't have gauze this time* for 10-20 minutes. After I am done I will wash it as usual. :D