How to be an Eco Beauty

Filed under:Beauty Care — posted on March 22, 2008 @ 5:16 pm

How much time and money do you spend on your beauty routine?

Over the years you will have spent a small fortune on all the creams, lotions and maybe even some beauty treatments.

But what is it costing the earth?

It’s never too late to redeem yourself. You can become an eco-beauty with very little effort.

Follow the 10 tips below to make sure you still look superb but don’t harm the earth at the same time.

1. Go natural. No we don’t mean no make up at all. You will naturally look better by getting a good nights sleep and you wont need as much make up as a consequence.

2. Recycle. Bottles, jars and tubes can all be recycled. No change to your beauty routine but the benefits to mother earth are there for all to see. A really simple one.

3. Spring Clean. Think of all the half used bottles and jars of cream you have. Instead of buying new creams ask yourself where you could reuse these creams. Face cream for example could easily be used on the ankles and feet. If you don’t intend using it, then give it away.

4. Be Minimal. Just use what you need. This saves on product and usually makes you look even better. Give it a try.

5. Drink lots of water. The right amount of water is different for everyone but one thing is for sure…. We don’t normally drink enough. Not only does it cleanse our insides but also the boost to our complexion is quite magnificent. Drink more, drink more, drink more… let that be your motto.

6. Half measures. Less is more. When your hairdresser tells you that you only need a small spoonful of shampoo they are telling the truth. Just use what you need. It will be less expensive for you as well.

7. Food for thought. Don’t throw out cucumbers just because they are too limp for the salad. Use them to soothe tired eyes. Look for beauty tips using natural products. You will be amazed at what you find.

8. Swap shop. Seek out those brands that are actively trying to make a difference and change to them. Look for proof that they really mean what they say.

9. Save time? Save the earth instead. Ready-made facial wipes are great for tired beauty fans - one wipe does the trick. But the cost to the environment is substantial. Why not just buy a face cloth instead? Does the same thing and only takes a few minutes more.

10. Chemical brothers. Check the labels. If your favourite beauty products use parabens and sodium laureth sulphate then ditch them.

Both of these ‘nasties’ have been identified as carcinogens with harmful effect on the planet. They can be bad for you as well causing skin irritation.

The above 10 tips are by no means complete, But if you use beauty products then you might as well keep the earth looking beautiful as well.

Angie Brannigan is a fully qualified beauty therapist and has trained in alternative therapies over the past 10 years. She is an active full time therapist and author. She writes for the popular website http://www.beautyskills.info

Visit her site to discover all types of beauty skills, and beauty tips to help you in your beauty regime.

Joshian (Superultramodern) Quotations

Filed under:Living With Publishers — posted on @ 1:01 pm

In reality the universe has no geometry. [The NSTP (Non -
Spatial Thinking Process) Theory]

The Indian way is to think of Man to be a divine being, and as
Man is obviously not a divine being, to take it as an utter
contrast and rather treat him as a useless insect.

Man is more social within than without.

Nothing is absolutely ignorant or absolutely wise.

Life is a waste of time.

Fear is the worst form of violence.

Anger is the most childish expression.

The existence of the universe is without any reason.

The root of everything is plurality.

Every creation is necessarily flawed.

It’s my conjecture that the world is made up of three elements
stated in the descending order of certainty and ascending order
of necessity : Consciousness, Truth, and Irrationality.

Strong plays; Weak fights.

Fighting is a virtue of weak and a vice of strong.

The essence of the greatest form of life is not love, grief,
solitude, or adventure. Its essence is that it’s an unending
puzzle.

A true Englishman can do anything but philosophy.

French are arguably the most abstract species on earth.

The universe is fundamentally of three kinds : interpretable,
interpreter, uninterpretable. The first kind is static, the
second one is dynamic, and the third one is profoundest as well
as absurd.

A worse news for a philosopher could be that the universe is
fundamentally absurd. And the worst news is that the worse news
is probably true.

In Europe it seems to be an etiquette to be white.

It’s an intriguing mistake to think that the oldest civilisation
has the greatest wisdom.

Tolerance is basically a tricky way of minimising once own
sufferings.

The world exists to let Man philosophise.

The virtue of an American is the minimisation of the
exploitation of his brain and his vice is the maximisation of
those of others.

The story of the world is necessarily and exclusively a story of
exploitation and its future would be no different.

Doubt is an eternal nightmare of wisdom.

Nature, by its very nature, is brutal and partial. However, Man
has somehow managed to transform the nature of its brutality and
partiality.

Man is a philosophical animal.

At the heart of history there is a revolution.

The tragedy of the world lies in the fact that white is smart
but bad and black is good but mad.

Truth is an appearance.

Even the greatest, deepest, and purest form of love is
essentially an expression of exploitation.

Everything in the world is capable of arousing all sorts of
emotions.

The most rational thing about the universe is that it is
fundamentally irrational.

At its heart the universe has no reason.

The universe is a gigantic non-spatial computer.

The inducer of the greatest romantic feeling is the deepest
philosophical question.

There are three paths to heavens: music, love, and philosophy.
Music is the shortest but the least pleasant one. Love is the
moderate one. And philosophy is the longest but the most
pleasant one.

All the world is a game of mind, the mind which ultimately goes
wrong.

God is the pseudo-governor of morality.

The answer to the greatest question is that it is unanswerable.

Man is a racist animal.

Good man feels that the world is alive because of goodness, but
wise man knows that the world is essentially a business.

Mankind is a love-hate relationship.

Imperfection is a form of perfection and vice versa. History is
a tragedy for a humanist, and an entertainment for a solipsist.

Nothing is responsible for anything.

The world is a notorious game of intellectual hide-and-seek.

Truth is the most mischievous thing in the world.

Intelligence is a necessary condition for existence. In other
words, to be is to be intelligent.

A racist is a statistician, not a logician.

Professionalism is an insistence on mechanisation of mankind.

One of the most desirable things to me is a truth in solipsism.
That would make me not worried with the apparent suffering in
the world and not envied with the pleasure.

It might sound ridiculous but ultraviolet rays are responsible
for virtually all of the misery, suffering, and hatred in the
world.

Be not a dictator; you will be caught and punished. Be not a
peacemaker; you will be misunderstood and assassinated. Be like
a fox; and you will be praised and feared.

Language is the perfect medium for imperfect intelligence.

The only thing preoccupying me in my solitude is solitude
itself.

Racism is a tragic mistake of thought that every person from
race x is necessarily superior to every person from race y.

To speak wise is to speak like a mathematician.

Morality is a most nonsensical and yet a most respected state of
mind.

All confidences are overconfidences.

Behind the shadows of peace there is a story of bloodshed.

Despite the great sense it makes it is logically impossible to
verify or falsify solipsism.

Thorough optimism is the foremost sign of a cultured mind.

Man is a cultured animal which takes pride in making fun out of
other cultures.

Morality makes strong weak and vice versa.

It makes no sense to say ‘I’m a solipsist’, because if your
belief is true there is no one to understand it and if you are
wrong then you are just exposing your logical shortcomings.

There is a hope in living because there is science and there is
a point in living because there is art.

Material prosperity of a society is the foremost and often
unseen sign of its economic downfall to come.

Secrecy is the most secretive aspect of the universe.

Islam is a religion of peace. It is peaceful at its conclusion.
But to reach that conclusion, I suspect, it obsessively and
intolerantly demands to put up a weapon.

Heaven occupied by the most earthly people. -(on England)

Man is both the strongest and the weakest animal. He is
strongest because he is the most intelligent and weakest because
there are maximum number of situations capable of upsetting him.

Man is the most delicate animal.

Morals ruin the men of virtue.

A revolution is a rapid evolution.

In west culture is an appearance. In east it is a reality.

Brain kills heart and vice versa.

Man is a flawed, troublemaker, and pathetic animal.

The Eiffel Tower is a majestic philosophical monumental
representation of the entire humanity being intellectually
challenged by the mighty starry heavens of eternity.

All food is Indian.

A prophet is a divine puppet.

The music that does not make you think is not music.

Mahatma Gandhi: A great pacific terrorist.

There are two kinds of people in a society: those who are
wrongdoers and those who ignore the wrongdoers. The most
positive and reasonably possible contribution the wrongdoers can
make is make enough wrong deeds so as to help the ignorant stop
ignoring the wrongdoers.

All English are very English.

There are two dimensions of the universe that make it absolutely
deep and stunning: the dimension of mystery and that of misery.

The ultimate mystery of the universe is the eternal quest for
the ultimate mystery.

Two things in the world are definitely and absolutely
unchangeable: Truth and Destiny.

The best thing about the world is that it has a logical
structure, and the worst thing is that it has no moral structure.

A bad person is the one who thinks that a good person is stupid.
And a wise person is the one who knows that the bad person is
right.

For an absolute bachelor sex is an absolute fascination.

America is a country which has set the modern standard of
political exploitation of the second law of thermodynamics.

Man himself is a part of the condition he blames.

It is the most miserable thing to be human.

India is the country where a cow is valued much more than a
human being.

Religion makes morality appear alive.

There was a time when I used to think that there is madness
inside the church. Now is the time I think there is rather
madness outside it.

All the progress of modernity and the downfall of humanity is
from the power of love to the love of power.

Humanity is a battlefield of God and Satan.

A true love is ontological, and therefore is absolute madness.

90% India is semi-barbaric and the remaining 10% is learning to
put up with that barbarism.

Philosophy comes from 1% of humanity of which 99% is either
trivial or absurd; but the rest 1% is reasonably the only
intellectual hope to the 1% of that 1% of humanity.

The language of the universe is absurd.

The tragedy of the world is exclusively embedded in the reality
of the painful states of consciousness and the tragedy of this
reality is necessarily embedded in its logical possibility. Life
is enjoyable because it entertains differentiation and is
tolerable because it necessitates integration.

Possibility is not truth.

The world is logically unfit to be completely just and moral.

History of the world is the history of revolutions.

At each and every stage a revolution is necessary and
inevitable.

Train is the most ruthless form of modern transport.

An Englishman is a Christian inside the church and an Englishman
outside it.

Stupidity is philosophical inadequacy.

Mind Games Dogs Play With Humans

Filed under:Online Humor — posted on @ 12:41 am

After your humans give you a bath, Don’t Let them Towel Dry you!
Instead, run to their bed, jump up and dry yourself off on the
sheets. This is especially good if it’s right before your humans
bedtime.

Act like a convicted criminal. When the humans come home, put
your ears back, tail between your legs, chin down and act as if
you have done something really bad. Then, watch as the humans
frantically search the house for the damage they think you have
caused. (Note: This only works when you have done absolutely
nothing wrong.)

Let the humans teach you a brand new trick. Learn it perfectly.
Then the humans try to demonstrate it to someone else, stare
blankly back at the humans. Pretend you have no idea what
they’re talking about.

Make your humans be patient. When you go outside to ‘pee’, sniff
around the entire yard as your humans wait. Act as if the spot
you choose to pee will ultimately decide the fate of the earth.

Draw attention to the human. When out for a walk always pick the
busiest, most visible spot to poop. Take your time and make sure
everyone watches. This works particularly well if your humans
have forgotten to bring a plastic bag.

When out for a walk, alternate between choking and coughing
every time a strange human walks by.

Make your own rules. Don’t always bring back the stick when
playing fetch with the humans. Make them go and chase it once in
a while.

Hide from your humans. When your humans come home, don’t greet
them at the door. Instead, hide from them, and make them think
something terrible has happened to you. (Don’t reappear until
one of your humans is panic-stricken and close to tears).

When your human calls you to come back in, always take your
time. Walk as slowly as possible back to the door.

Wake up twenty minutes before the alarm clock is set to go off
and make the humans take you out for your morning pee. As soon
as you get back inside, fall asleep. (Humans can rarely fall
back asleep after going outside, this will drive them nuts!)