Useful everyday tips

I found some awesome tips for your home on this blog. And I thought I'm creative lol.

SWATCHES: Silk Naturals lippies

Silk Naturals lipsticks and lip gloss: 

Nice Tan, Maiden, Truly, Precious, Foreplay, Mango, Cayenne, Ambrosia

  Foreplay is MLBB color with a little shimmer. Love!

Maiden is same like my natural lip color just a little darker and kinda too cool on me. So I prefer warm one like Foreplay or Mango. They complement my light olive skin and brown eyes. 

Mango on my lips:

 

Nice Tan is a nice nude, it's close to NYX Circe lipstick, but much more natural looking without the ugly cool hue that all the common lipsticks with artificial dyes give me.

 

 

Cayenne is more red in real life, like ketchup red. And Truly is nothing like coral, it's a rosy pink. Truly is on sale right now and will be discontinued soon. I bough this as I expected it to be coral (both according to its description and bloggers' swatches) so I'm disappointed. But it moisturizes perfectly so it's my when-nobody-sees-me color I use when I'm at home instead of lip balm :)

More accurate colors of Cayenne and Truly:

 

My older swatches of Ambrosia, Maiden and Cayenne are here

Questions about the Catholic Church

-Why is being catholic -and- being aware and compasionate with nature, our Earth, environment and animals, incompatible.
-Some famous pacifist, I think Gandhi, said The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.And to my knowledge the best way to live in peace with all creatures is to be vegan, or use and support only "humane" methods of livestock production. To my knowledge it is possible to be live as vegan, as there are (I mean they exist, not that they are available to everyone or everyone can afford them) plenty of plant based proteins, omega3s, calcium, iron and whatever else. I strive to be vegan, but I'm yet on the beginning, making one small change at a time.

On the other hand, "eco friendly" is (according to a certain priest I heard preaching from) not important, as the only thing that matters is we (people) love each other. As we are here only to be Health doesn't matter, the environment doesn't matter, what matters is only that we love each other - that's what he said. I though, wow, what the heck lol.
To love means to care, to love means to care about others, your family, your friends, to love means to share the knowledge you have. If you love your family, don't you care about their health? If you have kids, don't you care about their future and the environment they will live in? I know we know very little, we can never know all as the life and whole Space is a big mystery to us, but every little useful knowledge matters, doesn't it? Sometimes knowledge seems to equal sin. Like Adam and Eve wanted to know too much, and so they were expelled from the paradise.  

-Why is there only one way preaching? Only hearing in the church, and not a DISCUSSION. Making the priest a person who knows all and we have to listen and do what he tells us to do, without any questions or reasoning. Well, there are some small discussions in some churches sometimes, and Bible reading, with a very small group of people, but not in the standard Sunday services.
-I have experienced a holding hands during the "Our Father In Heaven.." prayer as encouraged by the priest, which is very odd to me. People do not get closer(to God or to each other) /connect / get friends by touch. But by talking of course.  If there was a discussion, people could add notice, ask a question, or try to answer given questions, another people would agree, disagree or reason one over another. People with similar ideas and opinions get closer to each other faster and make friends. The gathering and praying of people together in church is a sign of community by itself, isn't it.  
 
-Why do we have to confess our sins trough a priest, a human like us, when it is God forgiving us?

-Why does the pope need a throne?

-Why some churches need only simple display for the song number or text, and some others need multiple huge widescreen TVs for that. I mean is all the glamour necessary?

How can a human pope (or whatever level of priest to archbishop is it?) call out dead people saints based on what is known about their life. Isn't it just God who is the judge of their lives?

-Also there are sources that point that Jesus studied or something in Tibet, while he was between 12 and 30, as there are no stories about him in that age mentioned in Bible. 


I'm confused. Every religion has too many rules actually made by people. What about spirituality, faith, and morals actually practiced in your life? Rather than following church services and rest of the week living like there is no God.  


I may be completely wrong and misled but this is how I see it.
If anybody has valuable answers to these, let me know.


TO BE CONTINUED, WHEN I'LL REMEMBER MORE....

Say NO to ACTA

Do not fly with Vueling Airlines

As with the poor service, unability to refund money for a cancelled (by them) reservation, giving ridiculous excuses over an over, I am giving the shame to them right here as that it what this airline deserves. And as I have read many negative opinions on them over the internet (unfortunately too late), all I can say is, do not fly with Vueling Airlines.   
 

The bamboo fiber controversy

I've come across this interesting article about bamboo fibers and the how they are made and I want to share. You can read it here.
It's a blog dedicated to organic clothing.

Welcome to Madrid. Part 2

Welcome to Madrid. Part 2: Cannabis is a common house plant.

Happy bushes...

And a not so happy one...

There are many myths and misconceptions believed about Cannabis. In fact, Cannabis has 3 main species, and not every Cannabis crop serves drug production.

Cannabis grown for hemp is one of the greatest crops ever known. It has thousands and thousands of uses.

Read some truth about Cannabis here or here. Interesting stuff.

The 'Welcome to Madrid' is a series of things I observe as a foreigner in Madrid. Enjoy.

Random fun stuff: Big Bang

REVIEW: Bubble & Bee Organic Shampoo

Bubble & Bee makes (USDA certified) organic face and body care products. They are based in Utah, US and their website only offers shipping to US, but in fact, they will ship intl', just contact them. I am not in any way affiliated with B&B, I bought the products myself and I'm writing this review just because I like the products and want to share my opinion.

They have two shampoos in range - Organic Lemon Shampoo and Organic Peppermint & Tea Tree Shampoo. I've tried both and I love them both! Here's why.

The most interesting thing is, what they are made from, and how you use them.  

Ingredients of Organic Lemon Shampoo: 

Saponified organic oils of coconut, olive & jojoba, organic lemon essential oil, vegetable glycerin, guar gum, sweet almond oil, organic jojoba oil, rosemary extract. 

Ingredients of Organic Peppermint & Tea Tree Shampoo:

Saponified oils of organic coconut, olive, and jojoba, vegetable glycerin, organic sweet almond oil, organic macadamia nut oil, organic jojoba oil, organic peppermint essential oil, organic tea tree essential oil, organic spearmint essential oil, guar gum, rosemary extract.

Yes, no sulphates and no water! But they are liquid though and look like any shampoo. 

 They have nice honey yellow color and lovely subtle scent.  

How to use them: 

Please read the instructions and advice on the website. It's pretty much like using common shampoo with few differences. You DON'T need a conditioner afterwards, only the vinegar rinse.

How I use them: 

First I rinse my hair with the baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) + water rinse (1/2 tsp baking soda and 500ml/16oz water in a bottle), which I pour on my hair before the shampoo. This step helps if you have "hard" water, as we do. Otherwise skip this step.

Then I shampoo the common way, you don't need a lot since it's concentrated and not diluted with water.

Then I rinse with water, then with the vinegar rinse (use the rinse bottle coming free with the shampoo OR use 3 or 4 tbsp of organic apple cider vinegar + 500ml/16oz water in a bottle) and again with water.  

The results:

 

My hair after the wash. Dried naturally, no styling. 
 I've been using it for about 2 weeks.

Shinier and softer hair. Less fly-aways and frizz. Of course, you will see the change better as the hair will grow new, shiny and healthy without harsh chemicals.
It also washes things like hair spray with no problem.

PROS: 

+ Natural and organic ingredients

+ Contains no water, concentrated product

+ Makes tons of lather

+ Smells nice

+ You don't need a conditioner
+ The product comes sealed

CONS:

- pricier for a bottle, but will last very very long

Last two things I learned:

1. If you use this shampoo and it doesn't lather well, and once your hair is dry, it appears limp and oily, you probably have hard water and need the baking soda rinse before shampooing.

2. I don't suggest using coconut oil or other oils as a treatments on full hair, as you would normally use before wash. Because this shampoo already contains nourishing oils, you don't need it and you can't wash the heavy oil out with this shampoo, as I learned the hard way. But applying just a bit of oil or butter at the drier ends after washing, is fine. 

Rating: 5/5

Daily prayer

   My daily prayer

Occupy Wall St Revolution

Protesters gather in New York's financial hub for demonstration against the corporate dominance and greed. Blackout by the mainstream media, censored popular searches by Twitter. 

Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. 

Follow this peaceful movement all around internet and join if you can. Let's share and be heard!

https://occupywallst.org/ 

Join the event on Facebook

https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt

Live stream here

 

  It's time for DEMOCRACY NOT CORPORATOCRACY.

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13 Everyday Habits That Are Giving You Acne

Helpful info here:
http://www.totalbeauty.com/content/gallery/13-habits-for-zits/p92642/page2

Welcome to Madrid. Part 1

Have you seen this image before?

If not, then look at it well and think. I've seen it around Madrid a lot lately. Stickers on the street walls, lamps, and anywhere outdoors, people carry laptops with the stickers on it. People in Spain really feel and share the attitude of revolution. The peaceful way. I'm glad.


The 'Welcome to Madrid' is a series of things I observe as a foreigner in Madrid. Enjoy.

Lolcat of the day: Simon's Cat: Beyond the Fence

This kind of stuff always makes my day. Spending a day not giving a sh*t about what doesn't matter, makes life a little less miserable more beautiful.

My favorite organic lip balms

These are my fave lip balm brands so far:
Silk Naturals
Bubble & Bee Organic
Alverde

A short review:
All of them are smooth and creamy and they all moisturize perfectly (I use a lip balm like 3 times a day). Alverde is more waxy than the other two. They get softer in strong heat, but don't melt. I store them in fridge anyway when it's over 30C / 86F and they don't harden too much and get applied smoothly (unlike the Lotion Stick that B&B makes which is like giant lip balm - that stays waxy and hard all the time, even in over 39C / 102F heat).

Both SN and B&B make sweetened and unsweetened lip balms, but I prefer unsweetened. Sweet lip stuff feels like I'm eating some candy. Although I adore and can't resist sweets, I try to avoid them as much as possible. The yummy fruity or minty scent though is something I don't mind at all, as far as it's made from essential oils.

Alverde lip balm is a bit bigger and holds more products than the other two.
B&B and SN lip balms come sealed and Alverde lip balm comes in paper packaging. 
B&B and SN have impressive ingredients lists and I will keep buying them. It would be even more impressive if they were vegan, but organic beeswax is acceptable to me.

Silk Naturals Refreshing Herb Organic Lip Balm 

Ingredients: Olive*, Castor*, Jojoba*, & Avocado Oils, Beeswax*, Candelilla Wax*, Hemp & Cranberry Oils, Carnuaba Wax*, Essential Oils of Fennel, Peppermint, Lemon, Rosemary, Basil.  *=Certified Organic

http://host.silknaturals.com/creb/refreshing-herb-organic-balm-p-1164.html
- claimed over 90% organic, but no certificate presented
- price $3.75 or free with orders over $30. 

Bubble and Bee Organic Rude Raspberry Lip Balm

Ingredients: Organic sunflower oil, organic cocoa butter, organic beeswax, organic raspberry extract, organic vanilla extract, organic lemon essential oil, stevia.

http://www.bubbleandbee.com/servlet/the-209/%22Rude%22-Raspberry-Certified-Organic/Detail
- certified organic by USDA

- price $4.

Alverde Calendula Lip Balm (Lippen-Balsam)  

Ingredients: Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Coco Glycerides, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Copernica Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract*, Magnesium Stearate, Aroma (Flavour)**, Linalool**, Benzyl Benzoate**, Tocopherol.
* Ingredients from certified organic agriculture
** From natural essential oils
- certified organic by BDIH

- available at "dm" stores in few European countries
- price around or less than 2€. 

All 3 together

 

I definitely recommend trying them! Not just these showed here, try any other scent these brands carry! I enjoyed all I have tried.