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Household Hints & Help

Lone_Star_Dem

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26. My flaxseed gel is too simple.

Reply to silverweb (Reply #24)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 01:46 PM

Feb 2012

One cup water

2 tbls flaxseed

1/2 tsp glycerine

A few drops lavender oil.

Boil until the water begins to gel (forms strings when the spoon is lifted) bottle and refrigerate until use. Simple.

You can add this concoction to your conditioner as well. Just add a dallop into your palm with your conditioner and apply as usual. Highly moisturizing. I do a hair/skin mask by mixing my flax gel with equal parts honey and leaving it on for 15 minutes.

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27 household uses for coffee [View all] silverweb Feb 2012 OP

Some interesting ideas in there. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #1

I hope you find them helpful! silverweb Feb 2012 #6

Here in the northeast, we seem to get plagued with stink bugs. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #14

Who knew coffee was so useful? Irishonly Feb 2012 #2

Coffee sachet on the dog collar? LOL silverweb Feb 2012 #7

Well, I got some cheese cloth and also got a tiny bit of material to cover it. Irishonly Feb 2012 #18

Ranger's a lucky pup to have you. silverweb Feb 2012 #20

Ranger is a work in process Irishonly Feb 2012 #21

That's a happy place to be. silverweb Feb 2012 #23

Some of these items beg questions from me... Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #3

Staining caught my attention as well. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #4

Yeah, I was thinking of how to avoid problems. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #9

I guess we'll find out. silverweb Feb 2012 #5

I would like to see comments from people who try any of this. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #10

Ditto. silverweb Feb 2012 #16

I would think that drain clogging could be a potential problem. gkhouston Feb 2012 #8

That really nags at me. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #11

What if you put a coffee filter there? gkhouston Feb 2012 #12

Sounds like that could work. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #13

Some of those are pretty creative! Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2012 #15

That sounds worth trying! silverweb Feb 2012 #17

I'm into the natural homemade things too. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2012 #22

Great ideas! silverweb Feb 2012 #24

My flaxseed gel is too simple. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2012 #26

Thanks! silverweb Feb 2012 #27

Does anyone know if the food prep odor includes heat removal from chopping hot peppers? Ruby Reason Feb 2012 #19

I don't know. silverweb Feb 2012 #25