Gluten Free Maui

Theme: Your Sky

From my back yard around 3pm. Sadly that papaya tree doesn't really bear fruit. The pine trees drop plenty of seeds.

Today’s theme: Favorite

Here’s a quick snapshot of just one of my Bee Silk hard lotion bars and a lip balm using the same ingredients. Both are produced by MadeOn and are made of three ingredients. That’s right, three ingredients. Beeswax. Coconut Oil. Shea Butter.My hands and lips have never felt better. You can either buy their products ready made in the original, Au Chocolat (which uses Cocoa Butter instead of Shea Butter…and it smells delicious), or Bug Block (it really works!). I have a sample of the bug block as well which was a gift for being a repeat customer. The lip balm comes in original or peppermint. The company also makes a Hair Butter for dry hair, a diaper rash cream, and Bee Silk Jr. which has less beeswax and more Shea Butter for very sensitive skin. This past Christmas I used Made On’s D.I.Y. kit and made up bars for the lovely women in my life. They are all loving how it doesn’t dry into your skin right away and how great their skin feels after using it. Dry skin, eczema, etc. be gone! The product is also really economical in that it takes a lot longer to go through a large bar than it does to go through a large bottle of liquid lotion.

Bee Silk Pocket Size and Natural Lip Balm

If you choose to buy a hard lotion bar in a tropical climate I don’t recommend leaving it in a sunny spot. Keep it in a cool, dark place. I leave my little bar in my purse and remember to keep my purse out of direct sunlight. If you work or live somewhere with air conditioning then you have no problem at all. My mom is living in a very cold climate now and she likes the hard lotion for the winter dry skin she is experiencing. She also loves how simple and pure the ingredients are. My mommy also loves that I made it for her. Even men would love this stuff. If you know someone who does work where they end up sing harsh soaps , or where they wash their hands many times a day, this is a great product to deal with the dry hands they probably experience. Have them give this stuff a try.

Removing after chilling out in the freezer for a moment. Wrapping in waxed paper for transport. I found the mold at Ben Franklin craft store. You can make the bars thinner or thicker as you'd like based on how much you put into each compartment.

Note: Made On has not given me anything for free. I have paid for all of their products myself, and have given them a fair and honest review as I would any other product. If I ever receive a product for free I will let you know in the review.

I’m late, I know. But, better late than never. Here is a not so great photo I had to adjust so the cat wasn’t just a giant white point of light in the picture. Though, she is a giant point of light in my life. When I saw this in person my heart leapt and I made that “Aww” sound that means “So sweet!” Two friends, hanging out together. My best buds. I love them both, and they love each other (and they love me too of course).

Devin was just rocking out in his office and the Koa was happily resting and watching. I later had to take a lint roller to the case, but it was worth it.

This is something that makes me smile.

Best Friends

Theme: What I wore…way back then

This was me eight years ago. I was dressed up for homecoming my senior year of high school. There was a rule that boys couldn’t wear dresses to the dance, but nothing was said about girls wearing pants. I never have been one to conform. My sister had just bought this really great black suit with metallic silver pinstripes at the Sax Fifth Avenue outlet and I thought it was gorgeous. It also fit me very well. So, my sister did my hair up (I had pink streaks in my bleach blonde) and away I went. One girl in line for the door of the dance commented that I wasn’t wearing a dress and that she thought they might not let me in. I told her that there were no rules against girls wearing pants to the dance (and that I thought boys should be able to wear dresses if they’d like). Being that it was also a very nice suit I figured all would be well. It was. I had a great time that night, except for when my girlfriend and I broke up. That part was painful. Still, I think I looked fabulous and I know I felt powerful and beautiful. I also really loved my hairdo. Maybe I should do that again…without torching my hair with the bleaching product.

I loved how my sister did my hair. I have no idea what she did, but it was fabulous.

This is not our mailbox. We use it. We share it with 3 other houses on the property. We’d like to have our own mailbox someday. Well, we’d like to share it with our whole ohana with includes Devin’s brother and his family as well as their mother. That’s the way we like to live. We like to be together, supporting one another. It’s especially important because their mother is going through some medical stuff that will really be benefited by having people around to take care of her. This is not our mailbox. Someday I will have a picture of our own. We keep looking. We keep trying. Our house is out there. It will have our mailbox. It will have well preserved numbers, some beautiful flowers, and a fresh coat of paint. Why? Because it will be our house. It will be loved and cared for by us. We will love our mailbox.