Categories
Food

Hair & Skincare

In an effort to both save money and be more environmentally friendly I’m trying use up all the food in my fridge and cupboards before I go and buy any more, but it looks like by focussing on how I can eat it I’ve shut the door on a host of opportunities (from Extraordinary uses for ordinary items):

  • Beer (+ raw egg) can be used as a volumising shampoo (beer can also be used as a conditioner)
  • Tomato Ketchup can be used as a shampoo and mayonnaise as a conditioner (sounds like the sort of nightmare I’d have)
  • Lemon juice can give you blonde highlights
  • A paste of water and crushed aspirin can reduce spots
  • You can/should add honey and milk to your bath
  • Banana + yoghurt + honey makes a skin-nourishing face mask
  • Milk can be a (last resort) substitute for shaving foam

And not really on the hair or skincare topic but:

  • Fizzy pop can clear drains

Now think what it does to your innards!

(via Coudal Partners)

Categories
Technology

iPaw

So having spent a good 20 minutes chatting to Jim (of Mermahuataur fame) explaining why I wouldn’t be buying an iPad I now really want one… for my cats.

Having watched this I really can’t see any other option!

(via Boing Boing)

Categories
Animals

Nicer Squirrel

Little baby squirrel fell out of a tree!

squizzer

But he’s ok.

Categories
Art

Roa @ Pure Evil

This is pretty awesome/weird/clever:

roa

More here.

Categories
Words

Teacher denies drunken pupil sex

Obviously it’s actually a serious bit of news, but a nice little crash blossom nonetheless.

crashblossom

Categories
Design

Infographics

A spot-on assessement by Phil Gyford:

infographics

The current trend is definitely producing more graphics than information. This is also semi-relevant to some work I’ll be picking up later this week relating to our recent student survey, let’s see how many graphs I can use to convey, “cheaper drinks”…

(via kottke)