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This is actually really interesting information that I did not know.
16 HERBAL TEAS with Health facts to put on your grocery list
1. Nettle Tea
Nettle is made with the leaves of stinging nettle, named for the tiny hairs on the fresh leaves which can sting the skin. Despite it’s rough exterior, nettle is one of nature’s best remedies for an assortment of ailments including anemia, high blood pressure, rheumatism, arthritis, coughs and colds, congestion, urinary tract infections, and kidney and bladder problems.
2. Chamomile Tea
Chamomile is a popular herb that’s used in teas worldwide. Chamomile soothes the stomach and relieves bloating and indigestion. Chamomile also calms the mind and helps people relax and deal better with their stresses. Some people are allergic to chamomile and should avoid taking the tea. People who find it hard to go to sleep should drink a cup of chamomile tea before going to bed. Chamomile is known to fight insomnia by relaxing the body and the mind, enabling the person to fall asleep naturally.
3. Ginger Tea
Ginger is an energizer and a stimulator. Drinking ginger tea both stimulates and soothes the digestive system. Ginger has been known to aid people experiencing nausea. Arthritic people have found ginger tea helpful since it has anti-inflammatory properties.
4. Peppermint Tea
Peppermint is a fragrant herb that makes for a soothing drink. Peppermint helps you digest foods better and also reduces flatulence and digestive issues. Peppermint is prescribed to people with IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and gallstones in capsules. A cup of peppermint tea will ease nausea and vomiting, especially if you suffer motion sickness. If you have heartburn, don’t drink peppermint tea as this might aggravate your condition. Peppermint tea brings down the severity of herpes outbreaks. The natural mint flavor of the herb helps to freshen your breath. Other health benefits of this tea are control of muscle aches and chronic pain, clearing of congestion and mild coughs, mild asthma and reduction of stress.
5. Lavender Tea
Lavender tea is made out of the dried purple, pink and white colored flowers that grow on lavender shrubs. Used as a scented herb for many centuries, lavender’s medicinal uses have been appreciated and documented for centuries. A cup of lavender tea can soothe your mind and body, inducing sleep. If you are feeling down and depressed, a cup of lavender tea can help uplift your spirit.
Lavender tea helps sooth and treat flatulence, colic, bowel infections and an upset stomach. Lavender tea can be used as a wash on the chest to help reduce cough, bronchitis, asthma, cold and other respiratory issues. For both children and adults, lavender is used to reduce body temperature during fever. Lavender also has healing properties; use a wash of lavender tea to help heal wounds, cuts, ulcers and sores.
6. Lemon Balm Tea
Lemon balm tea is fragrant to drink and is a very effective tonic to calm nerves and anxiety. Cold lemon balm tea bags help relieve cold sores, or genital sores caused by the herpes simplex virus. Mix lemon balm leaves with valerian to treat anxiety, stress and insomnia. Lemon Balm contains several properties, which control herpes and also regulate the thyroid.
Lemon balm when mixed with peppermint can calm an upset stomach, sooth the digestive track and reduce flatulence. Drink lemon balm tea if you suffer from nerve pain. Drinking lemon balm tea also helps strengthen memory and brain functions and also uplifts one’s mood.
7. Rosemary Tea
Rosemary is not only good for cooking but makes a healthful and highly beneficial tea. Rosemary can help your muscles to relax. Additionally, rosemary is an effective digestive aid as well. If you have gall bladder and liver complaints, drinking rosemary tea regularly will greatly help relieve your symptoms. Rosemary tea also relieves cough and mild asthma symptoms.
8. Hibiscus Flower Tea (Sorrel)
Dried Hibiscus flowers are made into a tea that offers very high health benefits. Hibiscus tea is known to lower blood pressure, reduce high cholesterol and strengthen the immune system (it’s rich in Vitamin C). Hibiscus flower infusions have known to reduce hypertension as well, in people prone to this condition. A recent study reveals that hibiscus tea is rich in antioxidants, which protect the body against cell-damaging free radicals. Red zinger tea and sorrel tea contain hibiscus.
9. Green Tea
Green Tea comes with such a host of health benefits, that it’s called the ‘wonder herb’ by tea drinkers and medical practitioners alike.
Drinking green tea lowers cancer risk and also inhibits carcinogenic in cigarettes and other compounds when imbibed. Green Tea contains potent antioxidants called polyphenols, which help suppress free radicals. Green tea also stops certain tumors from forming. Green tea lowers cholesterol and triglyceride levels and thereby promotes heart health. Green tea also lowers blood pressure, prevents and fights tooth decay and dental issues, and inhibits different viruses from causing illnesses.
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A Guide to Jewelry Chain Types from Design Thrift here. For better resolution go to the link. This is one of my favorite “new to me” blogs.
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Giveaway:
(Since the first one failed because some bastard from the shipping company took it, I’ll do it once again)
I don’t know what to call this. My, my.
If you win, I’ll let you choose one each.
You know what to do, reblog as many as you can but please be careful to your followers. So take it easy.
You can follow me or not, I’m not a bias. But I’ll be updating this thing. It’s your own choice.
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Today In Latin American History
Ecuadorian artist Oswaldo Guayasamín died in Baltimore, Maryland on March 10, 1999 at the age of 78.
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Happy 1st of the Month Everyone! No, No, No — Happy Women’s History Month!! I decided I’d show some love to five African women designers who have encouraged me to love the skin I’m in by making beautiful beautiful clothes! So following my post last week ‘For Girls Whose Thighs Touch’ I received so many emails and messages from other thigh-touching sisters about how the piece meant so much to them and how they felt they could identify with so many of the issues raised…but —- *surprise surprise* — many of them also wanted to asked me about —-CLOTHES! Just what do women over size 14 wear? Well, for starters I can say TIMES HAVE CHANGED! With the rise of super cool fat-shionista’s like Gabi Fresh (who I adore!) we aren’t wearing Mumu’s or clothes sewn for us by our grandmother’s tailors.
Now as a Nigerian woman I have to say I feel like style is in my DNA. Anyone who know’s Nigerian’s knows that they like to ‘dress’. From jean’s and tees to buba and iro, lace and shokoto — Naija’s like fashion! And while there has been more and more African fashion available on the interwebs from young and upcoming designers very often these clothes don’t go beyond a size 12. So, just what does a fashion-loving-bright-print-wearing-step-outside-of-your-comfort-zone size 14 - 18 (depending on my mood) African woman like me wear? Here are are few of my favourite African designers that make clothes in my size…
1. CHiCHiA — I have a love-love relationship with this brand. I absolutely adore everything CHiCHiA and in 2009 I was honoured to be the brand’s official muse (which I wrote about HERE). CHiCHiA is a funky, eclectic, bright line created by Tanzanian-born Christine Mhando. The best part about CHiCHiA for me, is that Christine doesn’t leave ‘us’ out and makes her clothes in a variety of sizes (and if there isn’t something in your size that you absolutely love, just drop her an email I’m sure she’ll consider custom making it for you! :)
p.s. Two things you should know: 1). I am wearing makeup in this pic and DO NOT look like this everyday LOL and 2). The outfit I’m wearing below (is a Size 16 UK) and is from her 2010 Autumn/Winter Collection but she’s just put out a spring/summer collection that’s to die for!
2. MAKSI Clothing
Again, I’ve written about my beloved MAKSI before HERE. Founded and run by two Ghanaian sisters, Abynnah and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah MAKSI has come to be known as a sort of African H&M. With really comfy and cool clothing. It is definitely my go-to brand when I’m looking for something edgy and elegant (see pic below) and also something a bit more casual. Again, they do not forget us and all of the coolest pieces coming in a range of sizes (up to an 18-20 I believe). You can find out more about MAKSI here (but I should also say their men’s collection is exquisite! I have been eyeing a few pieces from the men’s line to add to my wardrobe *hint hint*)
*The outfit below is a Size 16/18 UK
3. mina danielle - I happened upon this line quite by accident a few years ago and quickly became a groupie! beyond the fabulous clothes i was inspired by what mina danielle stood for:
“here at mina danielle, we are cognizant of the marginalized bodies of the world and those left on the margins. at mina danielle, we choose to challenge the notions of beauty. because we allow our clients to self identify, our goal is to create a space and canvas for womyn from around the world, of various shapes, sizes, religious affiliations, races, ethnicities, sexual orientation, trans identified, inter-sex, age and (dis)ability. whether marked or unmarked mina danielle celebrates and accentuates the beauty that is the human body. so go ahead enjoy the mina danielle experience. clothing is now not only fabulous, but political. this is what re(defy)ining looks like. this is mina danielle.”
YAS!!!! I am super excited to soon own my very FIRST mina danielle piece and the 2013 collection will be online soon!
4. Rue 114
Now, I discovered Rue 114 on tumblr about a year ago and have steadily lusted over every single piece! The brainchild of Ghaniain designer Serwah Asante Rue 114 runs from sizes 0 – 32 (there is something for everybody!) Her motto is,“Great style should be available in all sizes because fabulous, fierce, kick-ass women come in all sizes!”. I adore the skirt below and am looking forward to owning some of Serwah’s pieces in 2013!
5. Nakimuli
(nah-KIM-u-lee): originates from Uganda; means flower. Nakimuli, in my mind, is a label that epitomises ’youthful,’ ‘fresh,’ and ‘funky’. Designed by Tennille Nakimuli Shanae McMillan, Nakimuli is an exclusively limited quantity-produced ready-to-wear clothing line for young women that is youthful, fresh, and funky. About her line Tenille says:
“We aim to go beyond the traditions of women’s fashion and explore more of the imagination, what could be rather than what should be. The world we live in often dictates what we should wear and creates millions of it. We at Nakimuli want to create a fashion revolution: replace the cookie cutter model with one that embraces individuality, comfort, and fun. Become your own trendsetter. Dream. Explore. Dare.”
So I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed writing it! :) I hope you leave feeling inspired and beautiful! Now go check out and support some of these sisters rockin’ us out in some amazing gear!
In Love,
aMiNa
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Here are some extremely useful pose guides made by Aomori over on deviantArt.
This is mostly just a reference for myself because I just lost these and couldn’t remember where to find them, so I’m not going to bother tagging. But I thought some of my followers could also possibly use these too.
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Super Silky Summer Legs
Next time you are feeling down, about to binge, going on a date, or just need to pamper yourself, do this. I just did it and I can not stop rubbing my legs together. It feels like I paid for that over expensive pedicure at the salon.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 C Sugar (Yup, plain, good-ol’ white sugar)
- 1/2 C Oil (I used olive oil, but you can use any oil, coconut oil, baby oil, canola oil)
- 3 tablespoons Citrus (Lime or lemon)
- 1-2 Razors
- Mix everything together in a bowl.
- Soak your legs in the tub for 5 minutes.
- Shave your legs.
- Rub some of this mixture all over your legs. The sugar will help rub off all dirt and dead skin. Rub, rub. Feels like a mini massage.
- Rinse it all off, shave again. I would use one razor per leg if you have two. You will be rinsing this razor a lot. I was GROSSED out by the amount of dead skin I was “shaving” off. It was insane! Trust me, you’ll see.
- Rub your legs again! Second coat of wax, oh yeah.
- Rinse off! You can use a mild soap to help get some of the oil off.
- Lotion your legs up, and feel the silkiness!
Now this isn’t just geared to ladies…. guys, if you want to get lucky, I suggest you offer to rub your ladies’ feet with this mix too. It feels awesome, and when you get lucky, you will be thanking me that her rough grandma feet aren’t cutting your legs, if ya know what I’m saying… hahaha.
I have silky arm pits too!!
Try it, I swear, You will want everyone to touch your legs.
i just did this and after about 2 or so months of not shaving this is the most incredible thing i have ever done its like my legs arent even legs they’re some sort of ancient fabric made only for powerful pharoahs
i highly suggest this even if you don’t shave use it on your feet or shave your pits or your pubes with it because you will feel like a fucking deity
HOLY SHIT I JUST USED THIS AND???? I FEEL LIKE MY LEGS ARE MADE OF ANGEL WINGS
THIS IS THE BEST THING IF YOU DON’T USE IT YOU’RE CRAZY
I’m doing this now. Ill let you know how it turns out.
when I finally get motivated and decide to start shaving again for spring, I’m gonna try this
I’ve been doing this kind of thing a lot, and I recommend it to anyone who shaves their legs, its magic
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Sketchbook thing.
Miike Snow on replay and beer.
Mellow night vibes.——-
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