skincolour

In some countries and during some times in history a white skin was a sign of wealth. People who didn't need to work outside or on the land had a white skin.

Now a white skin is consideren healthy, even though we start to understand that sunbathing can be dangerous.
A healthy skin is considered to be brownish.

When you take great pride in your teint, relaise that there are places on the skin with a thicker layer of cells than at other places.
So scrub well before sunbathing.

Hairmask

When you've been in the swimmingpool a lot or when you just want an afternoon to pamper yourself, don't forget a nice hairmask.
You can find them in all sorts of smells in the shop, but you can also make one yourself.

Any good ideas? You're welcome to post them here.

Against mice

Want to get rod of mice?

Use eucalyptus oil.
A few drops in water will do.
Don't use alcohol based oil as it evaporates too fast.

Mivce hate it and they'll stay away for a few months.

Against fruitflies

Those fruitflies seem to come from everywhere and won't go away.

Unless....

you put a glass with a bit of water and vinegar at the place where you see the most of them.

Clean away rests of fruit and vegetables first.

Beating the heatwave

Dealing with high summertemperatures can be very tough, but act like those who live in tropical countries.

Sleep well, wake up early, do your things, take a nap in the afternoon and get more work done when the sun has gone under.

heatwave and water

During a heatwave you have to drink a lot of water. At least 2 liters during the day.

Some people don't like drinking water, but it's good to use it in a different way.

Have you considered making icecubes with a strawberry in the middle?

sweaty feet

When you're suffering from sweaty feed (and the people around you with you) it's better to take action now it's beautiful weather.

Throw away all shoes with plastic on top or as the sole.

Take the leader ones and spray desinfectant in them.
Let them dry.
Put them away with a leaflet of laundry softener/dryer softener in it.

Wear sandals. Preferably without socks.

sleeping in the summer

We're in the middle of a heatwave and sleeping seems to be an art.

But not with this tip.

Put a few bottles with water in the freezer.

Before going to sleep put them on a deep plate in front of the ventilator.

The air is pushed along the bottles by the ventilator and the cooled air is blown your way.

Have a nice night.

Be careful with your neck in summer

We're expecting a heatwave for this week, and because of that a memory popped up.

It's about 10 years ago that we were attending a festival in a bright and forceful sun.
We put sunlotion on our faces, shoulders, noses and even the rim of the ears, but I came home with burns....in my neck.

So don't forget to wear either a hat, long hair, a skarf or sunlotion in your neck.

summer and hair - 1

It's summer!

To keep your hair healthy it's wise to have a haircut before the water, sun and wind torment the ends.
Freshly cut hair isn't damages as easily as split ends.

summer and indoor plants

It's summer!

To keep your plants in the windowsil happy, clean the window and blind the part that casts the most sun during the hottest part of the day.
It's not elegant, but a paper will do.
Ofcourse you can also use sticky windowdecoration or plantscreens.

An opened fan will do fine for smaller plants and looks decorative too.