This Week: Ginger Snaps, Natural Festive Decorations, Aromatic Gift Ideas, Cheese Ball Appetizer and More!

Published: Mon, 12/16/13

December 2013 - Issue 3

"Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny."

~ Charles Reade

Aromatic Gift Ideas

Fragranced gifts are always popular and, with the wide availability of essential oils (natural oils obtained from plants), easy to make. Here are a few ideas for creative and individualized gifts.

Natural Festive Decorations

Maybe it's because I'm a gardener, but personally, I love to bring a real Christmas tree into my home at Christmas time. The smell of pine as you brush past a real tree evokes the spirit of this special time of year. However, why stop at a real tree - there are many other garden plants traditionally brought in during Christmas that not only have traditional meaning but can also make your home look and feel really special.

Cheese Ball Appetizer Recipe

If you are entertaining in a pinch, one of the old classic standby's is the perennial cheese-ball. It tastes great and pleases a crowd.

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Oily / Acne Skin - Shared by Y. Chen

First make an exfoliator by adding a spoonful of very fine sugar (avoid brown [Sugar in the Raw] sugar) and a few drops of lemon juice into your everyday face wash. Do not add too much sugar or it will be too rough and grainy (if you did so already, dilute with lemon juice). Take half of a bittermelon (looks like of a green and lumpy squash), remove the seeds, and put in juicer/blender to make pulpy. Take the pulp, save the juice, and apply the pulp on to face, (this make be messy if the pulp is too watery and runny), rest for 20 minutes. Remove the pulp with splashes of cold water, pour the juice into hand and massage into skin, splash away with more cold water. The cooling and detoxing property (according to Chinese herbal sciences) of the bittermelon, will cool and soothe the acne that is often associated with oily skin. The result: smooth, calmed, and toned skin!!!

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Ginger Snaps

Over the holidays, the great cookie debate inevitably flares. In this eternal debate, I always choose crisp over chewy. For me, the snap and crunch of a cookie matters as much as its flavor. But if chewy cookies are your thing, do read on.

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Organic Menstrual Cramp Remedies

Organic menstrual cramp remedies could be accomplished via simple treatments that you simply could easily do at home. These organic remedies will assist you to reduce the symptoms that PMS brings so you can perform better regardless of getting your month-to-month period.

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