Shane

So, I got curious and looked up the Johnson's baby wash in the cosmetic database. EW.
Any recommendations for a good baby wash that won't cause cancer down the road?

( navel rings, 16g & 14g cbrs, 14g pincher, 12g pincher, 14g gem ends, 2g bloodwood spirals.. )

Please bear with me if there are typos, or bad grammar, or sentances just sound a bit confusing - i'm having some major neurological issues and my mind is a little weird right now, and thinking is a bit difficult. I waited til I was having a good patch to post so it should make sense.

Because of these issues I've been given a commode by occupational therapists at the hospital I was in.
I won't explain the health issues any more than what I've said, but for those who don't know, a commode is a portable toilet. They use them in hospitals a lot for patients who can't walk for whatever reason, so they can wheel the toilet to their bed and close the curtains around it.

I will be using it in my bedroom at night and then wheeling it into the bathroom for the day time, where it will sit over my toilet, providing a solid case so I can transfer safely from my wheelchair.

Obviously when it.s over the toilet, cleaning is no issue as stuff goes straight into the toilet.

I know how to clean the bowl out, and keep it safe, but what about odours? I'm worried that a commode that's been used, sitting near my bed all night will be gross, if not a worry on the health front.
The ot was all for the idea of using it at night in the bedroom and just cleaning it in the morning, so it must be a common thing.
Any ideas for keeping the smell down?

Thanks in advance

I've been reading up trying to find some natural nail polishes and found out my old staple OPI nail polish has ingredients that can cause cancer??????
It seems that everything causes cancer nowadays :(
Have you ever heard anything bad connected to OPI nail polishes?
And if so do you use any "natural" nail polishes ( if such a thing exists..?)

My godmother just gave me these bath salts from Body Nature. It's some sort of wal mart product and it doesn't have any ingredients on it. I've googled it a lot, but there's nothing except reviews. Has anybody ever seen this brand? Used it? Happen to know what's in it? I would like to use it, but if it's like half the bath stuff I have, it's completly toxic.

I have some hair growing on my chin and upper lip and if I’m not mistaken it has to do with hormonal imbalance. I do waxing and electrolysis to get rid of it but I was wondering if anyone has uncovered some natural way to balance out the hormones so the hair will just stop growing? When I was on birth control not as much grew but then I went off it and more has started to grow. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Anyone done it with any success?  I'm the only one in my house who will eat it, and I was just gifted a LOT of lentils and green chilis.  If it freezes well, I'd like to make up a whole bunch.  Thanks.  :)

Cross posted.  Sorry if you see repeats.

When you have a stick of incense or a candle or a minute herbal tobacco cigarette or you want to start a fire in your mud oven, what do you use to start your fire?

Matches?
Plastic bic style lighter?
Refillable Zippo style lighter?
Magnesium flakes + flint & steel?
A flint and steel?
Friction?

What's the smallest footprint, greenest, most environmentally responsible day-to-day fire starting you regularly use?

hi there. i was wondering where ya'll find yoga icons? the two posts in the tags are not working because the persons account is inactive. as my practice continues my posts become more frequent and i want an icon(changing it as the seasons change) to use and i only have about 4 basic ones. most of the icon communities do celebrities, actors, and anime so i figured looking in those would be looking through a haystack.

thanks in advance. :)

I've decided to stretch my ears again, so I will no longer need my 1/2" stuff.

Plus I have a few other items in 2g, 0g, and 9/16th.

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Sale: 14g, 12mm thru 7/8". Apologizes for crappy pictures.
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So my brother and his girlfriend are all about The Master Cleanse and I'm almost sold on it. But I thought I might just inqire here to see it any one has tried it. I'm only thinking of doing the ten day one and seeing how it goes. But any light anyone might be able to shed on this would be helpful.
Thank yous :)
~Nicola

Have any of you guys tried Jason shampoo?

I am using it now and I feel like it is improving my hair a little bit.

I bought some sort of bulbs at a produce market in Chinatown (San Francisco, in case region provides a clue) today, thinking they might be large-ish, pale fresh water chestnuts.  Upon getting them home and cutting into/tasting one, they're definitely not--they're really unpalatably bitter, at least in this raw state.  Any clues? I can't even begin to look for recipes or how to cook them until I figure out what they are. ( a picture )

And incidentally, anyone have good recipes for lotus root?

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или

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I'm eating these right now:

1 tsp of chopped ginger
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 chopped portabello mushroom
1/3 of a brick of firm tofu, finely chopped.

mix in a dish, add a dash of olive oil, sea salt, pepper and steak spice.

Stuff into peppers and bake for 30 minutes at 350, or until droopy.

How do you suppose I get cigarette smell out of raw wool? My mother-in-law gifted me a pound of undyed wool to spin into yarn, but her husband smokes, and the plastic bag was not sealed. So now I have one pound of stinky wool. It's airing out in the other room, but I'm not sure what I can do to aid the process. I don't think I can stand to work with it and turn it into yarn before trying to get the stink out, so I need ideas for regular wool roving.

ETA: Do you think sealing it in a plastic bag with an open (upright) box of baking soda will help?

One of my goals for the next year is to totally phase out paper towels. I would like to get up a stash of cloth towels or rags that is large enough I can go a week or two without running out, while still using them as often as I use regular paper towels. I'm debating whether to buy fabric or just to cut up some old t-shirts and use those. I mainly use paper towels for wiping down the counter, squeezing out potatoes for hash browns, or for soaking up bacon grease. What do you all use for this kind of thing? Any specific fabrics that you like or that work better than others?

I have been doing OCM for a few weeks or maybe a month. For the most part, my face has been looking much better (aside from a few breakouts here and there). I am planning on changing my ratio from 30 castor oil and 70 grapeseed oil to 20/80 because my skin has been quite dry.
My only problem, basically, is blackheads. Mainly on my nose - tip of my nose and the bridge between my eyes. There are a few blackheads on my cheeks, and forehead, but they are mostly on my nose.
Wondering if anyone has any ideas on ways to get rid of the blackheads, or if there is anything I should change in my OCM routine? Or really any reason why I am still having trouble with these pesky things.

Thanks all.

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7/16 DF abalone on horn - $9
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