Assembly required
Making scents
If your home smells a little funky when you return from break, follow his recipe from
Anne Marie Helmenstine chemistry guide at www.about.com- to make your own gel air freshener.
Ingredients:
1 cup distilled water
Essential oil or other concentrated fragrance
2 packages unflavored gelatin
1/2 teaspoonful vodka
empty jar
Boil 1/2 cup of the water and stir in gelatin until it
dissolves. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the rest of the water.Add about five to 10 drops of essential oil and the vodka which keeps the gel from molding. You could have an alcohol-scented fragrance by using schnapps instead of vodka, Helmenstine says. Just make sure the
schnapps smell complements your other fragrance. Pour the mixture into a jar and place it in the refrigerator until it sets.
— Misty Huber
Quickfix
Paper cut
For as small as they are, paper cuts suck big time. The next time you get unluckily sliced, quickly apply some Super Glue. The glue will prevent air from touching your skin's nerve endings which is what causes the pain.
Another pain reliever is
her pain reliever is Neosporin, but in a pinch Vaseline helps too.If you
are desperate, clean the cut and apply some nail polish to seal the wound.
www.mothernature.com — Stephanie Lovett