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Oil extracted using Wood Press - The traditional method used to extract oil - No Heat Generated hence No Loss of Vitamins & Proteins

Coconuts are hand picked & dried in the Sun & made as Copra which is crushed In Wood Press made of Vagai Tree & this oil is kept in Sunlight for 2 days for the sediments to get settle.

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Some Perfumery Vocabulary

Absolute - An extraction from a concrete using alcohol. The essential oil of scented flowers and other aromatic plant parts in its purest and most concentrated form. It is extremely expensive. A few important oils used in an absolute form are: geranium, lavender, lily, and rose.

Accord - A combination of a number of different scents which blend together to produce a new fragrance.

Agrestic - "Of the countryside"; odours of heather, forest depths, and the meadow.

Aldehydes - Aromatic chemicals isolated for the first time in the 19th century, but that also occur naturally. Certain aldehydes provide an increased diffusiveness, sparkle, and lift to perfumes, most famously in Chanel No. 5.

Almondy - Bittersweet, soft, and nutty scent.

Amber - An accord in perfumery that is supposed to recall the qualities of ambergris. It is often constructed with labdanum, Tolu balsam, or Peru balsam. Often an accord in Oriental perfumes.

Ambergris - A highly prized perfume ingredient consisting of the oxidized excretion from a sperm whale. It is rarely used in its natural form in perfumery because of its rarity, exorbitant cost, and concerns about sourcing ambergris from live whales rather than from shore-found ambergris. It’s said to have an earthy, sweet, tobacco, and pleasantly animalic scent. It primarily works to bring out other notes in perfumery rather than to impart a particular scent on its own.

Ambrein - The primary scented molecule in ambergris, isolated and used in perfumery. It’s warm, sweet, vanillic, and ambery, with facets of spice and tobacco.

Animalic - Describes fragrances with animal ingredients in natural or synthetic form, including civet, castoreum, musk, or ambergris. The voluptuous, erotic, and sometimes disturbing quality of animalic perfumes can register in an olfactory way, as something “dirty” or animal-smelling, or as a feeling, a mood, or a quality. Sometimes, it can be both.

Aromatic - Having a strong or distinctive smell.

B—E

Balance - A combination of different fragrance notes so adjusted in proportion to one another that none of the individual notes is more prominent than any of the others.

Balsamic - The resin from the bark of trees and shrubs (Peru, Tolu, styrax) that have a rich vanilla scent. Balsamic is a term used to describe perfumes with the soft, ambery aspects these resins impart.

Benzoin - A sweet, balsamic resin used in incense and as a base note in perfume for its vanillic scent and fixative properties. Also known as styrax because it comes from the bark of the styrax tree.

Bergamot - The essential oil from the peel of the nonedible Citrus aurantium fruit that looks like a small orange. Its sweetish, mellow lemony scent is a crucial top note in perfumery.

Calone - A synthetic “marine” note that is supposed to evoke the freshness of the ocean. It has a slight watermelon facet.

Camphoraceous - Describes a fresh, clean, medical fragrance.

Caramel - Sweet, rich, creamy, buttery scent.

Cardamom - An intensely aromatic, sweet spice from the ginger family, in the form of a pod filled with seeds.

Carnation - A smoky, sweet, and clove-like scent, the latter facet due to Eugenol, the primary component of clove.

Cassis - (or black currant bud) A sharp, fruity, almost cat-urine-like scented perfume note.

Cistus - (or Labdanum) A resin from the rockrose bush, traditionally gathered from goats’ beards as they fed on the plant. Labdanum is said to be the note closest to the scent of ambergris. Creamy, soft, vanillic.

Citrus - Fresh, light fragrance characteristic of citrus fruits, but also imitated synthetically.

Civet - In classical perfumery, the cream harvested from the anal gland of the mongoose-like civet animal, often described as cat like. Fecal-smelling when undiluted, civet “rounds” out other notes when used judiciously. Famous as an overdosed note in Guerlain’s Jicky (1889), it is considered one of the first abstract modern scents. Civet is primarily in synthetic form now.

Clove - An aromatic spice similar to cinnamon, but less sweet. Its primary component is Eugenol.

Coniferous - The fragrance note of pine, spruce, juniper and similar such trees, often used in men's fragrances.

Diffusive - A perfume whose fragrance quickly becomes apparent in the air surrounding the wearer.

Dry - The aromatic effect of perfume ingredients such as woods and mosses in contrast to sweet and warm fragrances.

Earthy - The subtle fragrance impression of earth or earth-mould which is found in certain essential oils such as vetiver and patchouli.

Equine - Notes of hay and leather.

F—M

Floral - The general fragrance of flowers.

Fruity - Citrus, berries, tropical, and other non-citrus fruit scents.

Fungal - Molds, yeast, and mushroom scents.

Green - General fragrance of grasses and green plant parts.

Harmony - A pleasing combination of fragrance notes.

Hayfield notes - Usually based on coumarin, which have an odour of new-mown hay.

Heavy - Denotes a fragrance in which the least volatile ingredients, such as mossy or animalic ones, are dominant, giving a very strong effect. Such fragrances are mostly used in chypre and oriental-type perfumes.

Herbaceous - The characteristic general fragrance of herbs and herbal medicines. Sage, rosemary and lavender are examples.

Honey - Used as an ingredient in early Arab perfumes and appears in later European ones (e.g., Honey Water). In modern perfumery a substance providing the sweet aromatic effect of honey and known as Honey (or Miel) is manufactured synthetically.

Indolic - The disquieting, ripe, animalic, and almost excremental facet of scents.

Leather - A perfume accord and category of perfume constructed from various notes, including birch tar, styrax, castoreum, and a variety of synthetic notes.

Light - Delicate, clean, and fresh-laundry scent.

Marine - Iodized scent.

Mellow - Soothing and calming scent.

Metallic - A fragrance reminiscent of metal, providing a clean, cool effect. Metallic notes are used in perfumes to assist in promoting an effect, not as main fragrances.

Minty - A fragrance reminiscent of mint, e.g., peppermint or spearmint. Such fragances are usually used to provide a special, fresh effect in a top note.

Mossy - The general odour of oils obtained from mosses and lichens.

Musk - Produced by the musk deer and excreted by the male during mating season. Musk deer were killed almost to extinction for their valuable musk glands, which were dried, and whose musk “seeds” were removed and steeped in alcohol to create tinctures for perfume. The scent of real musk is warm, with depth and a dark animalic aroma. Many synthetics now can mimic musk scent, but one of the most superior musk synthetics, nitro-musks, which were in Chanel No. 5 and countless other vintages, has been banned due to toxicity concerns. Musk can also be substituted with plant ingredients including ambrette seed and angelica.

Musty - Damp, earthy, or stale odor.

N—W

Narcotic - Exceptionally strong and heavy fragrances obtained from some flowers (e.g. jasmine and tuberose) and animalic ingredients, which need to be used with careful discretion in a perfume.

Ozonic - A perfume accord that attempts to create the smell of fresh air after a thunderstorm.

Peppery - Odour of pepper.

Powdery - Soft and clean scent.

Rich - Fragrances that have numerous layers, notes, and accords in all stages (top, mid, base), creating a multifaceted feel.

Rounded - The overall smoothness and fullness of a fragrance.

Sharp - A strong scent.

Smoky - The slight smell of smoke created in a perfume by certain oils such as Birch Tar Oil. It is used in men's fragrances to provide a leathery effect.

Spicy - Describes in general the distinctive fragrance of essential oils which have been obtained from spices.

Sweet - A sweet and rather sugar-like fragrance such as vanilla.

Tobacco - Fragrances resembling cured tobaccos, which are particularly popular in masculine toiletries.

Wintergreen - Has a very powerful and fresh, medicinal odour.

Woody - Fragrances reminiscent of wood. These fragrances are provided by wood oils, such as cedar, by essential oils from other plants having a wood-like aroma, such as patchouli, and by synthetics.

Sources: Perfume: The Art and Craft of Fragrance by Karen Gilbert ⚜ The Perfume Handbook by Nigel Groom ⚜ Scent & Subversion by Barbara Herman ⚜ Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance by Elise Vernon Pearlstine ⚜ Introduction to Perfumery by Tony Curtis & David G. Williams ⚜ The Big Book of Perfume

More: Word Lists ⚜ Notes & References ⚜ Describing Scent

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Can I please have How they flirt headcanons for zhongli scaramoche and Childe? Thank you in advance 🤗

Hello hello!!! I have no excuse for taking so long to put out content other than my job killing me and getting distracted with oil painting

How They Flirt With You (Zhongli, Scaramouche, Childe)

Zhongli:

His flirting is as refined as osmanthus wine

He is very gentlemanly when he flirts; chaste, grazing touches, deep, meaningful looks, and his willingness to jump at your beck and call are very prevalent as he seeks to woo you

Zhongli wouldn’t overload you with compliments, that would make it seem like he only cares for your physical appearance or that he is too obsessive. When he does compliment you, it is pure poetry that falls from his lips

“Your eyes shine like the purest noctilucous jade. For all of the wonders of Teyvat, you are certainly the most captivating.”

He knows his compliments can come off pretty strong in their own right, which is why he keeps them to a minimum unless he is absolutely sure that you are okay with it

None of his flirtations would come across as needy or desperate, he is calm, cool, and collected as he effortlessly but respectfully flirts with you

Being as old as he is, he does not clam up when it comes to things of this nature, nor is he afraid of the possibility of rejection. It’s all part of the mortal experience that he wishes to see more of

The unfortunate part of Zhongli’s flirting is that he can be incredibly long winded and wind up telling you the whole history of processing silk flowers into usable fabric before he can think to stop himself

He tries to pay attention to what you’re interested in, but if a topic comes up that he’s knowledgeable about, he can’t help himself but to delve deep into the topic with you

It’s not that he’s trying to show off in a conceited way, but Zhongli does like showing you that he is knowledgeable and capable in a wide variety of subjects. He just has a hard time reigning himself in once he gets started.

If you decide to flirt back with him, his demeanor isn’t going to change much other than he’s going to have a soft smile permanently plastered to his face

The way you flirt amuses him, but it makes a warmth seep deep into his heart, and his hands tingle slightly as he practically eats up your flirtations

He wants nothing more than to kiss you in these moments, but Zhongli is going to bide his time and wait. Like stone, he knows his feelings are not subject to change for a long, long time, but mortals can be fickle with their affections. He wants to wait and see how serious you are about him before trying to take things to the next step

Scaramouche:

Chant “tsundere” in the mirror three times and Scaramouche will appear

When he starts developing a crush, he’s going to deny it to himself for a while. What use is a crush to him?

As the feelings only continue to grow as he’s around you, he has two options; avoid you, or bully you (these are clearly the only two rational options for when you have a crush on someone)

Scaramouche will attempt to avoid you first, going weeks meticulously avoiding you before he finally just gives up. It’s clearly not working for him, if anything, it’s making his thoughts of you worse

So, dropping back into your life like he never left in the first place, he starts bullying you

He never gets physical and doesn’t say absolutely horrendous things, but he will frequently imply that he thinks you’re an idiot or a weakling

You might genuinely think he just hates you, and rightfully so. Yet if you ever actually get genuinely upset with him, especially to the point of storming off or giving him the silent treatment, Scaramouche will internally panic

He won’t apologize, at least not outright, but it is very easy to see the shift in his demeanor. He makes sure that you’re in earshot to hear him say nice things about you to others, or he just sort of hangs around you as though he’s silently begging you to forgive him

When you do finally start talking to him again, he can’t help but feel a little giddy even though it makes him feel weak and pathetic

From there, his flirting actually begins, but he’s certainly no charmer. Scaramouche is still as abrasive and hard to get along with as ever, but he does random acts of kindness for you now. He’ll call you an idiot, but give you bundles of your favorite snack. He’ll scoff at you cooing over a cute cat, but will sneak a cat plush he made himself that looks just like the kitten you were cooing over the other day into your belongings

If you decide to flirt back, he’ll laugh and ask if you’re serious. When you confirm that you are in fact serious with your words, a blush will develop on his cheeks, and he will finally be rendered speechless instead of running his smart mouth

Childe:

This man is quite the tease, and it’s hard to tell when he’s just looking to get a reaction out of you or when he’s being genuine in his flirtations

He’s touchy to a fault. He sees no problem with hoisting you up randomly over his shoulder and carrying you off somewhere. The way you fluster and struggle against his hold his just so cute to him, you can’t expect him to behave when you give him such nice reactions

If you gave indication that you would genuinely start hating him for being so handsy, Childe would reign it in. As much fun as it is to push your buttons, he doesn’t want you to hate him

His touchiness doesn’t completely die, but it’s a lot more gentle and sweet, more like proper flirtation rather than borderline manhandling you

With his connections to Northland Bank, he likes to spoil you just a little bit with gifts. Nothing extravagant since you’re not dating yet, but just nice little sentimental things to show that he’s thinking of you even when he can’t pry himself away from his work

Childe also flirts by showing off, especially when it comes to fighting. He makes sure that the fight is never too dangerous or scary, but he wants you to see him absolutely decimate his enemies

It’s like he’s showing you how strong he is, that you can rely on him if you wanted to

That being said, he definitely gets a little cocky and gets himself hurt a time or two, but that just gives him an excuse to play up the injury a little so he can get you to tend to him

He will totally give you flirtatious winks and teasing remarks as you help him apply bandages to his bare torso, saying that surely you must have been dreaming of the day he got hurt so you could do this

This would be your chance to turn the tables on him and get him flustered. Shoot him a teasing remark back or let your hand ghost over the curves of his muscles and the man will turn as red as his hair

Childe loves a competition though, and will ramp up the flirty comments and gestures until you give up and walk out a blushing mess or you give in and finally kiss his stupid lips already

He knows that no matter which way things will turn out, it’ll be all the more thrilling for him

The Harbinger totally doesn’t mind staying in the flirting stage for a while; he almost likes the chase more than the reward. Almost.

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Irredeamable developpement retrospective Part 3: The fountain So just as presented in the last part, this was my attempt at creating a single complex and interconnected setting for all of my games. I even had a bunch of games planned for this, including one some of you may have seen before.

This game was made on a whole other engine, so i won`t linger too much on it, but the planned story was about a small elf huntress, ascending the great titan (giant tree) to find increasingly imposing preys to hunt, such as troglodytes (giant frog people), drakes, wyrms, other sentient bugs and concluding on a battle with the nevermore, a black crow/dragon that served as the god of the tree.

Anyway, back to our actual game. The fountain took place in a nexus between several worlds, where several species from all over the multiverse lived, including humans, lizardfolk, goblins, elves, trolls, and several races of fae. At the heart of this world, was the coveted fountain, a well of pure magic that was the source of all reality and could remake it to the whims of any who were bold enough to find and use it.

From this premise, a main game was planned, an epic journey through the crossroads of lands, where a group from different races would meet and unite in their common quest to find the fountain and achieve their deepest wishes.

So the journey starts on human lands, a continent consisting of mostly deserts. The fountain is where i finally settled on an aesthetic for humans, making them mechanical, and fire-themed. They usually wield guns and use the metal, oil, and coal of their land to build fiery machines and factories. Other stories also give them the ability to nearly fully mechanize their bodies, turning themselves into metal demons. the second area would have been the lizardfolks/mermaid archipelago (don't ask why they are the second to last area in the plans, i dont know either) These would be themed around water and serve as an artificial/life amphibious force, working under the centaurians from the last few settings. The mermaids specifically were centaurians-humans hybrid, hence why they have features of both. Then the group arrives upon the mainland, where they are met with an overgrown swamp, infested with demi-fae, a group of several races mixed with fae blood, giving them the ability to use magic. This is followed by a series of urbanized forests controlled by the tiny, but industrious elves who are able to build dozens of man-sized war machines. The last obstacle on the journey is the shadowlands, a dark, cold, and desolated region, guarded by a race of ancient stone creatures. These old traditionalists and users of mystical shadow arts despise change and will do anything to prevent the fountain from being tampered with. ( i remember hearing the line "dwarves are incorruptible as stone" in shadow of mordor and it stuck in my head ever since, becoming a defining aspect of the trolls in my own stories.") And finally, the fountain, a place of infinite potential and home of the Fae, creatures that have been encountered during the whole journey, avatars of magic, nature and change. The fountain is a fantastical realm, a city of candy, floating over an ever-flowing lake of golden honey. The purest of faes reside in this realm, but they are far from the nature-loving beings met in the outside world. These Faes are cruel and ravenous, eager to consume the world and make a new one that will one day also be ruthlessly consumed.

Anyway, as you can tell from all the lore, i ended up putting a whole lot of effort into that setting. There was even supposed to be a whole second half of the game where the characters made their wish and the world would be twisted by the Fae magic into nightmares that would have to be fought and repelled before they replaced the region. We are slowly, but surely getting close to the end of this retrospective. Next we will go into the game that ended up giving irredeamable much of its mechanics. A small, self-contained story that ended up bridging the gap between the fountain and the current setting i have been building. See you in part 4: The city of dolls.

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The original painting entitled 'Idyll by the River' is an oil painting on canvas measuring 100 x 80 cm. I made it.

The oil painting, which is based on an outdoor sketch, reveals the beauty and splendor of the original nature on the banks of the old Oder in the Oderbruch ( Germany - 50 miles east of Berlin) The artistic process began with a sketch created outdoors using charcoal on paper. This sketch served as the basis for the later oil painting in the studio.

The scene captured in the painting shows the calm water surface of the Oder, lined with lush riverside vegetation. The trees and bushes on the shore are beautifully reflected in the calm water, creating a harmonious connection between the sky and the earth. It`s summer, and the vibrant green tones of the trees and leaves create a warm and inviting atmosphere.

The water of the river exudes calm and reflects the cloudy sky. The pale surface of the body of water adds an extra dimension to the painting and enhances the feeling of calm and peace.

The artist has captured nature in its purest form and the scene appears almost timeless. It is a place of silence and contemplation where the beauty of the natural world can be enjoyed in all its glory.

Overall, this painting showcases the artist`s masterful ability to capture the essence of nature and transform it into a stunning work of art. It reminds the viewer to appreciate and preserve the beauty and peace of nature.

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“The freedom to piss on the cement of Empire [...].”

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The dry semi-desert that is South Africa’s Karoo began as an ice cap on the supercontinent Pangea [...]. The Karoo ice cap was kilometers deep and peaked between 359 and 299 million years ago. [...] Another hundred million years after Pangea split [...], the Karoo became home and then graveyard to dinosaurs of the Jurassic Era [...]. [Then] volcanic extrusions and kimberlite pipes threw skywards the purest form of carbon: diamonds. [...]

The discovery of diamond-bearing rock in the northern Karoo in 1869 propelled the Empire into inventing new aspects of the technosphere, in which metal mining structures, wooden beams, steam engines, long guns, and the muscles and bones and guts of migrant laborers were employed to reconnect the volcanic residues of the Late Cretaceous with the economic and political landscapes of South Africa and Britain. At the time, 90 percent of the world's industrial diamonds on the market came from the region, giving [...] [the British Empire] mastery over geological matter [...]. Profits from the sale of Late Cretaceous diamonds from ninety-one million years ago fed the formation of cities, corporations, and institutions in England and her Cape. [...] [T]he entrepreneur Cecil John Rhodes amassed a personal fortune from the diamond rush, taking control [...] [of] the Big Hole of Kimberley, where the largest kimberlite volcanic pipe extrudes. Appointed prime minister of the Cape Colony in 1890, Rhodes set about establishing a legal infrastructure that favored mining and a social infrastructure that established race-based disenfranchisement, creating a class of black laborers [...]. Black South African land rights were stripped in 1913; black economic activity became largely confined to physical labor, much of which was in the mines.

In the 1900s, the Carboniferous Era from around three hundred million years ago entered South African politics via South African’s coal-fired power stations. In the 1960s, the newly independent Republic of South Africa, [...] [controlled by] an embittered [white] minority, sought [...] to pursue formal policies of race-based segregation [apartheid], and [in order to fund its projects, then] commissioned geological surveys for coal, oil, and uranium. [...]

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“Colonization=‘thingification’” wrote the postcolonial philosopher Aime Cesaire.

For Cecil John Rhodes, nature was a spectacle that could be kept in a zoo; the university was a project to be “funded from the stomachs of k*firs”; migrant laborers in the diamond mines were required to wait two weeks before leaving, while the contents of their colons were collected and painstakingly searched for ingested gems. Under colonial regimes of extraction of labor and minerals, Africa became a laboratory for the necropolitical: relations of life for relationships of ownership and death. [...] 

His estate set up the University of Cape Town and his statue was erected in 1934: a two-ton bronze effigy of the man set on a concrete plinth in a pose that calls to mind Rodin’s The Thinker. In the view of the statue’s gaze there was Rhodes Highway, Rhodes Drive, Rhodes High School; to the statue's right was Rhodes Memorial, and to its left his zoo; on the far side of the old Cape Colony would be built Rhodes University.

Memorialized thus as the archetypal Reasonable Man, the aura of his realism must have been surreal to those who had suffered under his rule. [...] [I]n 2015, academics, students [...] in and alongside the University of Cape Town found themselves confronting a performance of the execrable on March 9, 2015, when [a] student [...] threw excrement - nightsoil from a shack settlement - over Rhodes’s statue to call for the university’s decolonization. Rhodes’s statue was removed on a flat-bed truck exactly one month later [...].

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Geologies of morals and morals of geology: the Karoo Ice Age, frozen and global, and Rhodes’s Karoo Age, an era of extractive economy that sacrificed life and created sacrifice zones. One lasted a hundred million years, the other a hundred and fifty. Both changed the relations between geology and life. [...]

Amid the Rhodes statue’s formal removal on April 9, 2015, a construction worker - a deconstruction worker, really - took a moment to piss [...] on the stairs leading up to Rhodes. It was his own moment in a month-long protest [...]. A moment to seize the possibility of vulgarity that breaks the lines of authority, the fountain of piss flagrantly rejoins the flow of water through all bodies and all spheres. The freedom to piss on the cement of Empire asserts that the body of the construction worker and the body of the shack-dweller inhabit the same earth as the Empire, and that cement, ultimately, is a political subject. As is diamond-bearing kimberlite, and gas-bearing shale. [...]

Colonization made predatory claims on the earth’s geological flows and processes without regard to the reciprocities through which they were formed in the earth’s spheres.

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All text above by: Lesley Green. “The Changing of the Gods of Reason: Cecil John Rhodes, Karoo Fracking, and the Decolonizing of the Anthropocene.” e-flux Journal Issue #65. May 2015. At: e-flux dot com slash journal/65/336591/the-changing-of-the-gods-of-reason-cecil-john-rhodes-karoo-fracking-and-the-decolonizing-of-the-anthropocene/ [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me. Italicized first line/heading in this post added by me, quoting Green. Presented here for commentary, teaching, criticism.]

[art-monsters]

it's me, here to tell you my definition of art. to me art is the purest form of human emotion. it's the quintessential act of humanity. we've been creating art since the first neanderthal or whatever the fuck. and sure, nature makes things that we can see as art, because they're beautiful, but it takes a person to see it as art. however, art is the purest form of human emotion. that means undiluted, straight from the most primitive areas. art is the feeling of being prey, or even being predator. art is the act of ripping something apart with your teeth, the hot scent of blood. art is the body's automatic response to cold water on the face (lowing heartbeat and calming you down) to prepare to drown. purest doesn't necessarily mean most peaceful.

art as emotion

art is unfiltered. it is raw humanity that bleeds through the canvas. the feelings that decide the colors and the shadows and the blotchy dark corners of oil paint. frida kahlo's monkeys, van gogh's yellows, the figures of francis bacon. it's the drive that chained monet to his garden despite the drums of war on his doorstep, the force that runs through Abramović's mind on a daily basis.

art is destructive and makes you destructive. art is regenerative and therefore you regenerate. art is art because the way we feel says it is when we look at it.

i would place you in the pollock's group with marlene and barty. action paintings, the way art is unafraid to get messy and gritty. but it's not just the emotions of the creator that come into play, but the emotions of the viewer as well.

[purelyaustraalianskincare]

Embrace the Power of Indigenous Australian Plant-Based Skincare

As I woke up to the golden rays of the Australian sun filtering through my window, I couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the land I call home. Recently I had the privilege of being able to produce my own line of skincare based on the wonderful plants of Australia

Unveiling Nature's Secrets

Imagine skincare products crafted from the purest botanical ingredients that have thrived on this ancient land for centuries. These age-old remedies are now meticulously blended into luxurious creams, serums, and oils that nourish your skin and soul. The synergy between nature and tradition is palpable in every drop of these elixirs.

Exploring the world of Indigenous Australian plant-based skincare is like embarking on a sensory journey. From the earthy scent of eucalyptus to the sweet notes of kakadu plum, each product tells a story of resilience, sustainability, and respect for Mother Earth.

A Harmony of Tradition and Science

What sets these products apart is not just their natural ingredients but also the deep-rooted cultural significance they hold. The synergy between Indigenous knowledge and modern science is evident in the formulations that strike a delicate balance between tradition and innovation.

[clovernaturemills]

Discover the Finest Organic and Cold Pressed Products at Clover Nature Mills in Abu Dhabi, UAE

At Clover Nature Mills, we believe that true health and wellness begin with the food you consume. As a brand committed to offering the finest natural and organic products, we are excited to bring our philosophy of purity and tradition to Tumblr. Whether you're a seasoned organic enthusiast or someone just beginning their journey towards healthier living, we invite you to discover the Clover difference.

Who We Are

Clover Nature Mills is a proudly UAE-based company dedicated to delivering top-quality, organic, and cold-pressed products to our valued customers. Our product range is as diverse as it is wholesome, offering everything from cold-pressed oils and freshly milled flours to pure spices, organic ghee, and natural sweeteners. Each item in our collection is carefully crafted using traditional methods that preserve the nutrients and natural goodness inherent in each ingredient.

Our Commitment to Quality

At the heart of Clover Nature Mills is our unwavering commitment to quality. We use only the purest ingredients, sourced from authentic origins, ensuring that each product meets the highest standards of excellence. Our cold-pressed oils, for instance, are produced using traditional wooden-press machines that extract oil at low temperatures, preserving their rich nutritional content and flavor. Similarly, our flours are stone-milled to maintain their natural fibers and nutrients, providing a superior alternative to commercially processed options.

Why Choose Clover Nature Mills?

Choosing Clover Nature Mills means choosing health, authenticity, and sustainability. We take pride in our eco-friendly practices, from using natural stones and wood in our production processes to minimizing our carbon footprint. Our products are free from preservatives, additives, and synthetic ingredients, making them a perfect choice for those who value natural living.

But it's not just about the products; it's about the experience. We aim to create a connection between you and the food you eat, bringing the essence of nature to your kitchen. Our offerings are not just ingredients; they are the building blocks of a healthy, vibrant life.

Our Product Range

Explore our extensive range of products, which includes:

Cold-Pressed Oils: Coconut oil, sesame oil, almond oil, black cumin oil, and more.

Milled Flours: Wheat flour, rice flour, multigrain flour, and other wholesome flours.

Pure Spices: Turmeric powder, cumin powder, cinnamon powder, and a variety of other spices.

Special Products: A2 cow ghee, forest honey, herbal hair oil, and natural sugars.

Each product is designed to support a balanced and nutritious diet, helping you achieve your health goals naturally.

Join the Clover Nature Mills Community

Start your wellness journey with Clover Nature Mills today, and experience the difference that pure, natural, and organic products can make. Visit our online store or drop by our shop in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to explore our offerings and make the switch to a healthier you.

[mysticconnoisseurpeace]

Why Is Everyone Talking About Natural Essential Oils?

If you've been noticing a buzz around essential oils lately, you're not alone! These highly concentrated plant extracts have been making waves and for good reason. More people are noticing the difference these oils make to your skin and mood. 

What are Essential Oils?

Essential oils are volatile compounds extracted from plants, capturing their scent and beneficial properties. These oils are typically obtained through chemical-free and environmentally-friendly processes like steam distillation or cold pressing. Natural essential oils, as the name suggests, are derived from organic, unadulterated plant sources without any synthetic additives. This ensures that the oils retain their purest form, offering maximum benefits for both the body and mind.

Essential oils can be used in various ways to enhance both physical and mental well-being. Aromatherapy is one of the most popular uses, where the oils are diffused into the air to promote relaxation and improve your mood. It's also used for easing muscle tension in massages and added to baths for a soothing soak. Additionally, these nourishing essential oils can be used in skincare and selfcare products to provide your skin with all the nourishment and protection it needs.

The Dr. Natural Difference

At Dr. Natural, we pride ourselves on extracting essential oils from pure natural ingredients, ensuring that you get the purest and most effective plant-based products. Our commitment to using only natural sources means you can trust our oils to be free from harmful chemicals and artificial fragrances. The benefits of using natural essential oil extracts are numerous: they are gentler on the skin, less likely to cause allergic reactions, and more environmentally friendly.

But what makes our essential oils truly special are the key ingredients we extract them from. These ingredients have their own unique benefits and when infused with the scented essential oils like lavender, almond or citrus our products become irresistible

Benefits of some of our Key Ingredients:

Coconut Oil

A moisturizing marvel known for its incredible hydrating properties. It penetrates deep into the skin, providing long-lasting moisture and leaving your skin feeling soft and supple. Additionally, its natural antimicrobial properties help protect the skin from harmful bacteria, promoting overall skin health.

Shea Butter

Shea Butter is a skin soother, renowned for its hydrating properties, making it ideal for dry, irritated skin. It helps reduce inflammation and redness, providing much-needed soothing relief and softer skin. Packed with vitamins A and E, shea butter supports skin health by offering antioxidant protection.

Olive Oil

An antioxidant powerhouse, rich in nutrients that help combat the effects of free radicals and prevent premature aging. This oil is excellent for maintaining the skin's natural moisture barrier, keeping it hydrated and nourished, ensuring your skin stays healthy and radiant.

Rosemary Extract

Rosemary extract is known for its stimulating sensation, which can help improve circulation and invigorate the skin. Additionally, rosemary is packed with nutrients that are gentle on the skin and leave it smoother and healthier

Natural essential oils have captured the hearts of many because they offer a holistic approach to skincare. By choosing products like those from Dr. Natural, pamper your skin with the best nature has to offer and support sustainable and ethical practices. Ready to start your natural skincare journey? Explore our natural bath and body products to feel the difference!

[esotericfaery]

Intimate Spiritual Diaries, 13: Tapping Into Ones Pure, Cosmic Alchemical Power

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TLDR; I’m a “snob”, scholars & addicts, criminal fixed stars & more, why I get tired of people in general, the 6th, 8th & 12th Houses, everyone relates sometimes, hope of avoiding misunderstandings, & this is the core of each life-forms connection with the Divine.

If only more people would live naturally & consciously to be more like the Ascendant sign, this would contribute to causing the resolution and future lessening of many Sun (ego) mirroring off the Moon (emotions) patterns, which further complicate themselves as illustrated throughout the chart.

This is how working with Astrology promotes free will, not strict prognostication.

The Ascendant is the purest spark of Who creates each being, as we incarnate.

Uncovering the mysteries of the Ascendant causes recognition of the Divinity spark of the self, and that which is or had been buried in others.

The Ascendant is the spirit. The body drives the ego part of the human. This is why it's so important to not only regularly meditate, but ground, centre, and shield our energies from the chaotic emotion forms and thought forms of the masses.

But no, we often can't have that, because we get stuck in laziness (“thanks” trines). So then we ignore the lessons of Mars which are wise strategic actions, and react harshly towards ourselves & others. We allow ourselves to be distracted by the overly-luxurious Venus. We could work with other things, including specifically Venus for creative solutions.

The 6th House (and by association the 12th) in Astrology, form the axis where the everyday meets the esoteric.

This means, when in unawareness, constant subconscious-only attempts to process the forms of energy people expel in unawareness.

This functions as an un-oiled machine; a toroid which slows its spinning. Poor health in some form is a result, through the etheric layers of the body & thrown around dangerously also, inside the physical part of the body.

Everyone experiences what I described above at times in life, through transits involving either one of those houses, and transits involving their associated signs (Virgo & Pisces’) ruling planets, Chiron & Neptune.

Those of us who have developed and continue to develop the innate human ability for psychic skills, know this very well through our experiences, and have tools to protect ourselves, and transmute.

It’s constantly fatiguing though, to people like me, who have stuff like Sun, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Juno, plus more asteroids and fixed stars than I want to lengthen this post with, conjunct in the 6th. I also have my Ascendent at the anaretic degree (the 12th House), which indicates presentation of lesson completion energy. Each house has lessons for us all to learn in life.

In recent years, I’ve been congratulated by my Ancestors for having completed the lessons of the 1st house. We all have lessons in each house. I have others to learn, and am determined to. Gratitude to my Ancestors and to my earth angel (incarnated people) friends and family for all of your help.

Those of us with prominent emphasis on both of those houses are often misunderstood as snobby, when we're naturally either scholarly, or become addicts. Many of us, including me, are as friendly as anyone else, if people aren’t impatient & overly judgemental. Both houses, for various reasons, are partly to deal with, and heal, how very real it is that we have to both resolve our own shadow work, and the shadows of everyone else around us who is in unawareness.

We don’t get tired and isolate because we think we’re better than the rest of you. We do it because we require such healing retreats.

One final note on me being misunderstood, & how there’s hope: The fixed star Unukalhai. It is known as the star which compels those with already-criminally-configured natal charts, to act on their dark desires. As with everything else in Astrology, as it’s in the skies, we all have it somewhere in our charts. My birth chart has it in the 8th House (Scorpio), conjunct Uranus (shock, unusual innovation).

They’re also in a stellium with these fixed stars: Alphecca (“lord of death”, indicates gifted Astrology access), Zubenelgenubi (wrongful accusations, obstructions, lack of forgiveness), & Zubeneschamali (high ambition, good fortune, loss through enemies leading to influential friends).

The Arabic Lot of Courage is also in that stellium.

As that’s all in the heavily transformative-pushing 8th House, people instinctively think that when I’m casually giving good advice they seem to be asking for, because it’s something that’s worked for me, I’m trying to “lord of death”, them, and they think that I have hidden (criminal) intentions. Multiple times, people in unawareness have said to me, even after years of friendship, stuff like, “I just feel a darkness in you. I can’t continue this friendship.” I used to try and understand why, but they couldn’t or wouldn’t ever explain it further. This has happened through dating, as I’m always the one getting ghosted. This situations don’t involve anything even resembling what anyone could consider an altercation.

It’s mind control, and people give in to it.

Aside from shoplifting as a kid, to distract myself from being bullied by most of the kids at my school, I don’t have criminal behaviours. I felt guilty for the shoplifting because as my parents correctly lectured me about why it was wrong, I stopped.

I’m tired of lazy, sometimes even perverted people dumping their 6th / 12th / 8th trash on me, and avoiding their own karmic responsibilities for their own shadow work. Even those who have somewhat aware lifestyles do this.

May everyone learn personal responsibility, the tools to do their own shadow work, and thrive.

[ahenvs3000w24]

09: Something Pretty Amazing

Hey all!

After a week-long break, I am back with another blog post. This week we were all asked to reflect upon the most amazing thing we know about nature. Having experienced the two extremes of hours basking under the hot sun in the Greek Islands and being bundled in layers in strong windstorms up north, I recognize the great amount of diversity we have in natural landscapes across the world. Not only did the species and climate differ in each location I have travelled to, but the people did as well.

What has inspired me about the natural world throughout my travels and experiences is how through the evolution of humanity, our relationship with the natural world has changed. 

The Western world is motivated by production. Developers compete with other companies and expand their businesses via surface area or internal connections. Large oil companies in western Canada extract thousands of litres of oil daily and plant a few trees in efforts to reconcile the damage they have done. Our ancestors recognized the natural world has some of the purest remedies and resources one could need and readily foraged for them (Geniusz & Geniusz, 2015). It has been noted that Sphagnum moss (peat moss) was regularly used by the Annishabee peoples are diaper lining for the incredible absorbent quality of the moss species (Geniusz & Geniusz, 2015). Our Arboretum has several berry species and weed species such as Dandelions that can be sourced as a pasta alternative (Ontario Nature, 2017). Some of the greatest teachings from our ancestors describe how fulfilled their life is when they become one with nature. 

While travelling Europe, I appreciated the value of nature that several countries still hold. Italy is industrialized, without doubt, but even through industry, I was astonished by how many home gardens I saw. People see the value in producing their own food, spending time outdoors, and have the appreciation that much of the Western world is lacking. 

As someone who lives in the Ontarian consumer driven society like many of you, we often look for efficiency, regardless of the impact it has on our environment. I have noticed our society is growing increasingly impatient with far shorter attention spans as time goes on. This transfers into the lack of acknowledgement and respect of our natural world. Nature interpretation is the bridge to providing the knowledge and exposure to the natural world and the value it holds (Hooykaas, 2024). 

I am extremely passionate about sourcing from local markets and sourcing my food from nature. I have the utmost respect for our ancestors and the teachings they have provided us. Rather than seeing my walk to the grocery store as simply moving from point A to B, I appreciate the time spent in the outdoors. To summarize, the ability for humans to connect with the natural world both physically and emotionally is what has always amazed me most. This is a connection I will continue to cherish as I continue to learn about nature interpretation.

References

Geniusz, M. S., & Geniusz, A. (2015). Four traditional plants in the Anishinaabeg culture. In W. M. Geniusz (Ed.), Plants have so much to give us, all we have to do is ask: Anishinaabe botanical teachings (pp. 139–174). University of Minnesota Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctt189tth4.11

Hooykaas, A. (2024). Unit 1: Launching into Nature interpretation. University of Guelph. https://courselink.uoguelph.ca/d2l/le/content/858004/viewContent/3640015/View

Ontario Nature. (2017, October). Northern Forest Foraging Guide.                                                            https://ontarionature.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ontario_Nature_Forest_

Foraging_Guide_official.pdf

[belladoesmakeup]

Hi guys,

We all know I shop and adore Charlotte Tilbury makeup but now we have a brand new fragrance collection! If you didn't know years ago Charlotte released a fragrance we all loved but unfortunately it was discontinued! But now we have a brand new collection to shop.

The new collection is called Collection of Emotions, each fragrance scent is inspired by emotion and moods whether it is joy, magic, desire, love, calm or cosmic! Since this was a new collection I decided to go to the counter first and actually spray each scent instead of guessing what I might like. Ironically the two scents I thought I'd like where the 2 out of the 6 I really liked. In this collection you can buy travel sized fragrances for £20 10ml or a full size 100ml for £130. As you can imagine I'm not spending £130 on a perfume so I decided to get 2 travel sized ones. So let's chat about the scents I picked up.

The first scent I picked up is the Charlotte Tilbury Calm Bliss Eau de Parfum. Now this was the scent when I first saw the collection I knew I would like because I adore fresh, lightweight scents. This fragrance is described as "Calm Bliss gently manifests tranquillity and serenity, illuminated by the sparkling precious Neroli Oil that provides a fresh and floral facet to the fragrance. The peacefulness is embodied by the scent of natural Lavandin which gives it a distinctive and floral aromatic character. It evokes a beautiful, tranquil aroma which perfectly combines with the weightlessness of the watery accord.Calm Bliss is the perfect relaxing scent that bathes you in a tranquil oasis of serenity and peace.". This fragrance is by far my favourite and most used out of the two, and admittedly I do feel calm and relaxed when I spray the fragrance.

The second scent I picked up is the Charlotte Tilbury Love Frequency Eau de Parfum. This particular scent wasn't something I thought I would actually like but after the first spray at the counter I knew I wasn't going without it. This fragrance is described as "A flash of addictive pink pepper, rose ultimate and spicy, sultry saffron feel like a warm embrace that attracts the purest love to you and everyone around you! Blended with sensual musks, alluring ambery woods and intoxicating patchouli heart, it elicits feelings of love to make your heart dance, leaving a love scent trail in its path that lasts up to 18 hours!" . This scent kinda confused me because I was expecting something more floral but the hints of musk surprised me.

I love this collection and it's nice to see Charlotte release something new and different. If you're looking to try the collection yourself I would recommend purchasing a travel size fragrance before the full size just in case! As always all products mentioned are linked above.

Lot’s of love

Bella x x

[skxrbrand]

Forever unable to accept a humiliating defeat it suffered centuries ago, a Bloodthirster succumbs to its own overwhelming rage and spontaneously combusts in a shower of blazing gore. The Murder God will reward this unintended tribute. -- Absolution (Warhammer III)

Fulmination is a looming specter that haunts the existence of most Bloodthirsters. It is unclear why this phenomenon occurs within their ranks-- Bloodletters are not known to spontaneously combust and overall do not burn as hotly as their larger siblings. Fulmination is thought to be a Bloodthirster-unique form of banishing, only it is self-inflicted and unintentional. The Fulmination thresh-hold for Bloodthirsters varies; The Exile of Khorne, Skarbrand, has the purest and most potent rage during his rage curse, but it is underscored by deep sorrow, regret, and guilt for his actions, yet it does not cause fulmination.

While rage is the overt feeling being expressed, the underlying issue is emotional distress. One could even view it as the Bloodthirster Version of a panic attack, anxiety episode, or mental breakdown, but with far more lethal results for the daemon and even any bystanders in range of the shrapnel of bone, boiling blood, and metal-flesh.

Others daemons in similar bouts of emotional distress do not self-destruct in a similar fashion. Their "breakdowns" while often characterized by rage, as closer to a mortals in it's expression. The self-concept plays a role here; individuals with more complex, multi-faced senses of self tend to be more emotionally resilient than those with simpler self concepts and Bloodthirsters are about as simple as it gets as fast as Greater Daemons go.

Fulmination is not readily discussed within Khornate ranks and is considered weak, cowardly, and deeply dishonorable by Bloodthirsters. The resulting gore will be considered a benediction by Khorne, but any positives associated with it stop there. Deathbringers use several methods in order to avoid a Fulmination event, which revolve around managing a distressingly high temperature.

Blood Perspiration - Most Khornate daemons maintain a "base temperature" by using a blood substance that coats the skin. This the daemon's own blood and can be considered the "old oil" to the "new oil" within the veins. It is darker and not as hot as the internal blood and the texture is more similar to mucous. During times of high stress, the production of this blood-slick will be more copious as sweat might be on a human exerting themselves.

Panting - Bloodthirsters pant, another point towards their comparison to dogs. Smoke may issues from the mouth, giving the appearance of the Daemon literally blowing off steam. Since panting is an obvious sign of destress/exertions, it is not the go-to for Bloodthirsters and usually only used in tandem with others methods when those alone are not working.

Thermal Dispersion: Horns And Wings - By far the most common and popular method of getting rid of the excess heat caused by emotional distress. The daemons can expand or restrict blood vessels in it's body, using horns and the leather of the wings to remove unwanted heat. This is something Toucans and many Arctic Marine Animals such as seals and whales, can also do. Horns are sturdy, but this is a potential risk for Wing Daemon using this method as the sinew is literally burned away.

External Sources - If all else fails, a large pool of water or cold enough climate may suffice as a coolant for a Bloodthirster (though naturally they prefer blood). Sources are not necessarily physical; a Bloodthirster can be sedated or otherwise rendered unconscious, and therefore unfeeling, which will stop the eruption.

[luvdivy]

2024: a year of transformation pt. 1

As 2024 approaches, im sure most of you are thinking about transforming your life. But I personally believe that transforming your life starts in December, not January. So here is the first part to transforming your life. Introducing: health is wealth.

health is wealth

Health is crucial for well-being, but most forget to take care of all aspects of it.

Skincare:

1.) Figure out your skin type:

There are numerous skincare quizzes online and youtube videos. Knowing your skin type is so important so that you can truly take care of your skin barrier.

2.) Products:

You don't *always* need crazy expensive skin care products to heal and clear your skin. I love CeraVe because they are affordable and available in most stores. If you are unsure, consulting a dermatologist is a great idea.

Regardless of your skin type, here are three basic and crucial steps of your skincare routine

Cleanser:

Find a cleanser special to your skin type and use in the morning and night. I like to double cleanse with a cleansing balm and my regular cleanser in the night using the CeraVe hydrating cleansing balm and the CeraVe hydrating cream-to-foam cleanser (I have dry skin) to remove any dirt on my face. Make sure when using a cleanser you take your time to cover all parts of your face and ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS before washing and touching your face.

Moisturizer:

Regardless of whether or not you have oily, combo, dry, etc skin, hydration is important for soft and nourished skin (especially if you live in a dry or cold climate). I use the CeraVe moisturizing cream which really hydrates my dry skin. Do some research on what moisturizer will hydrate your skin without adding oils and buildup.

Sunscreen:

Sunscreen is incredibly important to protect your skin against UV rays and blue light. Suprisingly, blue light from devices can affect your skin. To avoid skin cancer, use a sunscreen. I use the Black Girl sunscreen and the Beauty of Joseon sunscreen which don't have whitecasts and give a really glowy look. They are great for more melanated skin and last throughout the day. When researching sunscreens, look for those which don't give off whitecasts and for ones that are SPF 50

3.) Its bigger than your skincare:

Diet, stress, sleep, mindset, water, the vibration you are at (all of which I will cover later) play major roles in the appearance of your skin. When you fuel your body with nutritious food and ample water, you glow more. You look healthier, and skin will clear up more. Give it time and trust the results. Get atleast 7+ hours of sleep and manage your stress levels. Improving your mindset and operating at a higher vibration improve everything, and you will glow more.

Additionally, your hormones, allergies, etc may affect acne and skin. Consulting a dermatologist is amazing for this.

Also, don't feel pressured to buy the newest skincare products. Invest in affordable and quality skincare products.

4.) Natural:

I love using natural resources and ancient ayurvedic techniques to improve my skin. I use aloe vera gel in the night on my face because of its numerous nutrients and benefits for the skin. Get 99-100% natural aloe vera gel for this.

Qasil powder is a natural somali soap which is incredible for your skin. Its known as the purest cleanser for the skin and body. Make sure before you buy it, that it is 100% true Qasil powder.

Look to make face masks with natural resources. From my culture, turmeric is amazing for the face, but don't leave it on for too long. Search online for homemade face masks with turmeric. Honey is also amazing for skin as well.

Research on different natural resources (especially ayurvedic skincare) because they are age old practices which are great for skin.

Body Care and Hygiene:

Hygiene is so so important for health (also so you don't stank)

1.) Shower:

When showering, cleanse from top to bottom. From behind your ears, to neck, all the way down to feet. Use soap or a body wash to remove all dirt from the day and make sure you wash your underarms, feet, privates, and butt. DON'T wash your down-there with soap because it'll mess up your pH balance, no matter how tempting it might be. Water is enough. I like the method body wash because its super affordable and smells amazing (especially the nourishing wash and pink peony). I would also recommend African Black Soap because its amazing for your skin on body. There are so many benefits to using it, you can never get enough!

For odor, I love using the panoxyl benzoyl peroxide wash to remove bacteria from my underarms. I leave it on for 2-3 minutes and wash it off. It does a great job of removing the onion-y odor from your armpits. I would highly recommend (get the 4% one) because its also really cheap.

For softness, I like to exfoliate my arms, stomach and chest area, legs, feet and back. It removes all of the dead skin cells and excess dirt that may be on your skin. I do this once a week and my skin feels AMAZING after.

2.) Shaving:

Shaving is COMPLETELY AND ENTIRELY your choice. Never let anybody tell you you have to shave. I love shaving because I love the way my skin feels, but thats my personal liking. I wax my arms and shave my legs. When shaving, use a shaving cream. I like the Athena Club cloud shaving cream and its affordable. I recommend 5 blade razors and make sure you exfoliate before shaving. Lastly, just be gentle when shaving.

3.) After shower:

I love to lotion-ize my entire body (especially in the winter) after showering in the night. It hydrates your skin overall and avoids cracking of the skin. I LOVE the vaseline body lotion (its cheap) and smells amazing. For dyer areas, I recommend shea butter. Don't forget about the heels of your feet, your knees, elbows, and hands because they can get the driest in the winter. If you want to go the extra mile, using a body oil makes your skin feel great after the shower and adds extra glow

4.) Deodorant

Deodorant should be worn every day on your armpits to avoid odor. I've heard the salt and stone deodorant is great (its $20) but I just use Dove.

5.) Down-there:

Please please do not put random products down there, otherwise your pH balance will be messed up.

Oral Health:

1.) Brushing your teeth:

Brush your teeth atleast twice a day. Brush your tongue as well, and use a tongue scraper to remove bacteria from your tongue. It really does improve mouth odor. I also recommend using a mouth wash. The TheraBreath anti cavity mouth wash is great (I haven't tried it but I've heard great things about it). Floss everyday in the night to remove things caught between teeth

2.) For white teeth:

I recommend oil pulling with coconut oil for white teeth. It removes that yellow stain from your teeth. To do this, swish a spoonful of coconut oil in your mouth for 20 minutes and spit it out into the trash can.

I also recommend avoiding coffee and chocolate (excessive) because it makes your teeth yellower.

Stretching:

Stretching is so important for your muscles and body movement. Its amazing in the morning to wake up your body and help it move/function better. It removes tension in the muscles and body and can help reduce the likelihood for injuries and cramps. Movement and mobility is so so important for the body.

Yoga is also great for this. There are so many yoga excersises and stretches that work amazing alongside mobility exercises. If you want to feel healthy in the body when you're 80, stretch!

Exercise:

As an athlete, a basketball player, exercise is so important. Being active has numerous benefits, so many that I can't name all of them. Here are some ways to be active:

1.) Go to the gym:

Get a gym membership. Lift weights, yoga, cardio, etc. If you have a dream body, this is the start. However, don't go to the gym solely for the body. Remember this: Health is Wealth. If you are optimally working out in the gym, your body will reflect that. Train so that you can move freely when your old, train to play with your kids and grandkids, do it to enjoy life more. There are hundreds of videos and resources for gym workouts, ill also make another post on this!

2.) Sign up for workout classes:

These can be so much fun! Pilates, spin class, cycling classes, etc signing up for a workout class can make you gain motivation and enjoyment for working out.

3.) Go on walks and runs:

Fresh air has so many benefits for your health. Going on walks and runs especially in the early morning can be not only a great way to wake yourself up, but it can also improve your muscle functions. Plus, you may even discover a new part of town!

4.) Sports and dance:

My favorite! I love sports in general and dancing. Sports and dancing can be so much fun, especially with friends. You can gain so many friends from it.

Aside from this, don't be afraid to try new sports! Its one of the best forms of exercise because you use everything in your body, especially your mind. Here are some sports:

Basketball

Dance

Soccer (football)

American Football

Rugby

Squash

Tennis

Pickle ball

Swimming

Field hockey + hockey

Track and Field

Ice skating

Softball and Baseball

Cricket

I will be doing an in depth guide to exercise and being an athlete in the future!

Diet:

1.) Nutritious food:

You need nutritious food to fuel your body and reap the benefits. Eating more vegetables and fruits will have your entire body thanking you.

Incorporating fruit and veg into your diet can be hard, especially if you're used to processed food. Start by substituting a craving for something sweet with fruits. Eat vegetables with your meals, and better yet make them into your meals. Curries, salads, pastas, burgers, the list goes on. I will do an in depth guide to this later!

Vegetables don't need to be bland. There are so many ways to make them tasty.

2.) Protein:

Protein fuels your body. I'm vegetarian, so I generally get my protein from eggs, nuts, dairy, and lentils. Try working in protein into your meals in a non-fried way.

3.) Dairy + Milk:

Dairy has so many nutritional benefits, and if you're lactose intolerant, dairy alternatives still have numerous benefits. Calcium increases bone strength. Yogurts and cheeses also provide calcium alongside other vitamins such as E, D, B12, etc. When you have breakfast next time, try having a glass of milk (whole milk or soy milk, oat milk, almond milk, etc) or incorporating greek yogurt.

4.) Water:

Drinking water will improve all parts of your body, even your brain health. Drink atleast 64 ounces of water a day (or 8 cups). I would recommend getting one of those timed waterbottles so you don't forget to drink water.

5.) Overall:

Like I said, I will do a thorough in-depth guide to diet later but if you focus on putting healthy, non-processed and homemade foods into your diet, you will reap the benefits. Make sure you eat so that you are nourished. Diet also doesn't have to be restrictive. You can still have the dessert and enjoy the comforts food can bring. More than anything its about being mindful for the nutrition of the food you eat, and knowing the healthiness of it. I guarantee you, if you control your cravings and focus on putting in nourishing and homemade food into your body, you will feel better. What you put into your body will reflect on the outside

A Final Note:

If you really want to transform your life, I think one of the best ways to start is with health and exercise. Use that discipline to channel self-love and care into your life. In 2 weeks you'll feel it. In a month you'll see it. In 2 months people will notice. In 6 months you'll feel like a new person. Start now and you won't regret it. When you feel good on the inside, when you're healthy, you feel accomplished and amazing. More posts will come in the future about spirituality, mindset, the soul, purpose in life, and more. Have a blessed day and lead with love!