A first

I tore the first page out of the tiny orange New Testament Bible that the Evangelicals pass out on street corners. Full of dew and age, it's sat in the pocket of my Volvo door for years. The first page described the truth and worth of The Word of God. I ripped it in half and used it to roll for the first time.

"It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter. Here Paradise is restored. Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed."

It said on the inside, covered by my first shredded buds. How befitting.

Hotel/Office Facial Scrub

It's getting on to winter, and my skin gets horrifically dry and flaky. But so many moisturizers also make me oily and get pimples. It's a constant problem. So when I found myself in a hotel in Derby, UK the other weekend, I had to improvise. I made up this facial scrub/mask from things they often provide in hotel rooms, and also in your office's coffee area, so you can have a quick and simple treatment whenever!


In my hotel, I took one of the little cups they provide, put in a squirt of moisturizer (you can use one you already have or if the hotel provides you with some, use that), the leaves from a complimentary tea bag, half and half milk from one of the complimentary milk jiggers, two complimentary packets of sugar, and I put in a bit of yoghurt leftover from breakfast. Mixing these together, I laid it all over my face (except for the eyes) as a mask.


The moisturizing cream helps it keep from running. The tea leaves pull out a lot of impurities in your skin as well as oil, and provides a more even complexion. The milk helps add nutrients and moisture, as well as the yoghurt if you choose to use it.


So then I waited about ten minutes to let it work its magic. And as I washed it off, I rubbed it in, using the rough tea leaves and sugar as a scrub, getting rid of blackheads and dead skin.


I have to say, this recipe definitely made my complexion much nicer and my skin very smooth, but it did not considerably help my dry skin, because five minutes later some dry patches were still noticeable. I would recommend for those with similar skin difficulty to put on some face moisturizer after doing the mask/scrub.


But overall a very good plan for that little treatment on the go or if you really need a little something in the middle of your workday!

London

Hello again, interwebs!

I have not written to you in ever so long. Probably because I didn't think much of my life was interesting enough for a blog post. But things are picking up, so I thought I would share.

After finishing my BA in Dramatic Arts at Centre College, I made the bold choice to have a legal marriage and move to London, UK to be with my incredible man, Jofre. Also to be in London, amongst the buzz of European theatre and multicultural wonder would be mind-blowing. I came to work in London theatre, to find a company that I could call home and be happy to go to work in the mornings and work late at night to prepare for a show.

But life doesn't quite work the way we'd like.

Aaaand I'll edit this later since I have to go back to work. Such is office life.

Mustachedness - Day 7

Sunday: The Hollywood