Tag Archive for ‘hair’
RAIN, RADIATION, RESTRICTIONS
Appreciate everyone’s emails and letters of concern over the possible arrival of a radiation cloud that is “reportedly” coming our way. For what it’s worth, here’s what the UN Weather Forecast has to say.
Urban Homestead’s 2010 Year in Review
I know it’s a bit overdue (thanks to busy & rough start to the new year) and, honestly, I was putting it off because I am having a really BAD case of writer’s block…. but here it goes!
KITCHEN COSMETICS: COCONUT OIL
One of our favorite kitchen cosmetics is coconut oil. We use it for skin care as it absorbs well into the skin and leaves it dewy looking. It helps fight blemishes too. Putting a small amount in your hair before washing will condition your hair nicely. It also conditions your eyebrows and lashes.
NATURAL BEAUTY
For centuries every culture has been on a question for beauty but these days our obsession with beauty is proving not only to be toxic and deadly. Every year millions of woman get sick or die because of what they are putting on their skin and hair.
STALKING THE WILD NETTLE
It’s been really busy here on the urban homestead. With daylight savings and first day of spring, the flurry of activity and projects have increased a hundredfold. Back when we were teenagers, we read Euell Gibbon’s classic Stalking the Wild Asparagus. Since then, we’ve self-taught ourselves to identify wild edibles and their uses – both edible [...]
HEAVY SHED
Off with the wry winter coat! Trading for a sleek, shiny summer one Just about the time the goats were shedding their wry winter coats So Cal had an exceptionally cool/grey June. Normally the goats just shed down to a light summer coat but this year especially with Blackberry the shedding was more extreme. In [...]
WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE LOCKS
With longer days and warmer weather (actually slept with the windows open the other night!) time for me to consider chopping off a couple inches hair that I let grow over the fall and winter months. Since we cut our hair at home (and have been for the last 20 plus years) we normally just [...]
