Coconut Ice Cream

One 15-ounce can sweeten cream of coconut.
1 cup milk
1 ½ cups heavy cream
½ cup tightly-packed sweetened coconut flakes
Place the coconut cream and milk in a food processor and blend thoroughly. Stir in
the cream and coconut flakes.
Pour the mixture into the bowl of the SNO ice cream maker and freeze. Please
follow the manufacturer’s instructional manual

Maple Walnut Ice Cream

2 cups heavy cream
¾ cup milk
1 ¼ cups Vermont grade a maple syrup
¾ cup walnut pieces

Pour the mixture into the bowl of the SNO ice cream maker and freeze. Please
follow the manufacturer’s instructional manual.
George Washington was inordinately fond of ice cream. According to the books of
an early ice cream seller, the father of our country spent $200 on ice cream just
during the summer of 1790.

Bananas Ice Cream

The riper the bananas, the more flavor.
4 ripe bananas
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
¾ cup simple syrup
1 cup heavy cream
Working quickly to keep the bananas from darkening, peel and place them in a
food processor with the lemon juice. Purée until smooth. You should have
about 2 cups of purée. Stir in the simple syrup, then the cream.
Pour the mixture into the bowl of the SNO ice cream maker and freeze. Please
follow the manufacturer’s instructional manual.

9 Ways to Remove Dye from Hair

Find yourself unhappy with a hair-color treatment? If you've dyed your hair a couple shades lighter than you would have liked, you'll want to apply a bit more dye, or a darker shade of dye. If your hair is darker than expected, read on for a few quick methods on removing that "not so hot" color.

Steps

Method 1 of 9: Crushed Vitamin C

 

•  Make a paste out of Vitamin C tablets. If you dyed your hair a darker color with a semi-permanent dye (claims to wash out in 28 shampoos), make a thick paste of crushed Vitamin C tablets and water.

•  Apply the paste to your damp hair and rest an hour before washing out. This will remove most of the color if applied within a few days of the dying.

• You will not need to re-color your hair, the paste is non-damaging.

 Method 2 of 9: Hair Color Remover

•  Use hair color remover for dye that will not fade or go away. There are color removers like Color Zap that will make your hair the color that it is naturally, as well as Color Removers that will gently make your hair colorless, or bleach blonde.

• Be sure you know which one you are buying. Talk to an employee before you buy a particular brand. Don't always trust what you read online; do your research and make sure that you're buying what you think you're buying before using.

•  Buy some hair color remover from a salon or drugstore. Loreal "Hair Color Remover" and "Color Zap" seem to be the most popular. Again, remember the difference between the two.

•  Carefully read the instructions and do exactly what it says. Redyeing your hair a lighter shade (ex. dyeing it dark brown if it has been dyed black previously) will not help! Dye on dye is not going to make your hair lighter! More dye will just darken the color! 

Method 3 of 9: Dandruff Shampoo and Baking Soda

•  Purchase some dandruff shampoo such as Head & Shoulders or Original Formula Prell. Dandruff shampoo is a little more heavy-duty than normal shampoo; people with dandruff have excess sebum that causes the skin to flake off, necessitating a stronger formula.

•  Buy some baking soda. Baking powder will not work. Baking soda is a natural (although not strong) bleaching agent.

 

• Mix them together and wash your hair several times, if necessary. If you can't buy baking soda, you can just try plain dandruff shampoo. Often, the act of washing your hair will help remove the dye from your hair, especially if the dye is semi-permanent. 

Method 4 of 9: Clothing Detergent

•  Use a washing powder or clothing detergent. Hair that is dyed black may return to dirty blonde within 5 washes.

• Don't use detergent with bleach or any bleaching agents. Simple, natural laundry detergent will work well.

• Wet your hair and work in a tablespoon of detergent at a time. Try not to get any detergent in your eyes, ears, or mouth when you wash your hair with detergent.
• Beware; your roots will lighten quicker than your ends, so consider going for a trim if you want your hair to have more of a uniform color.

Method 5 of 9: Dish Soap

• Mix four or five drops of dish soap (Palmolive, Dawn dish soap, for example) with a quarter-sized amount of regular shampoo.
  

•  Wet your hair and apply the dish soap/shampoo mixture to your hair. Rub up a soapy lather, allowing the dish soap to penetrate deeply into the hair. Lather your hair for at least a couple of minutes

• Rinse hair. Follow with a conditioning treatment unless you intend to repeat steps. (Dish soap causes you hair to become very dry.)

• Note: Removing dye with dish soap is very harsh on hair and extremely drying. Repeat with care, and as little as possible. Always follow the last rinse with a deep conditioning treatment such as hot oil.

• Check your hair. You should start to see fading differences in color in two to three days, but likely not fully removed.

 Method 6 of 9: Hot Oil Treatment

• Use a hot oil treatment or make your own. Oil will help condition your hair as it strips away the dye that you no longer want. 

•  Give your hair a thorough washing before you apply the oil.

•  Heat a bit of coconut oil with the help of boiling water or a microwave. Put the oil in a heat-safe bowl and place it in the microwave or above a steaming pot of water (just like using a double-boiler to melt chocolate). Do this until the oil is hot to the touch but not burning. Let the oil cool a bit for a minute or two.

•  Wet your hair again, if necessary, and apply the warm oil to both the roots and tips. Once the oil is fully incorporated into the hair, wrap it with a clean towel and allow to set for 1 hour.
  

•  Wash the oil out of your hair with another round of shampoo and conditione

Method 7 of 9: Bleach, Then Dye Again

 

 As a last resort, bleach your hair and then dye it back to its original color. This method isn't exactly "removing" the dye, so use this method after you've exhausted all other options.

•  Bleach your hair, or see a professional colorist so that they can bleach your hair for you. This will create a light pigment onto which you can then place a darker color.

•  Dye your hair back to its original color, or close to it. Once your hair is bleached, it'll be much easier to dye to a darker color. Note that your hair will not look exactly like it did before the bleach/dye combo.

 Method 8 of 9: Lemon Rinse

• Purchase raw lemons. Their maturity doesn't matter unless you want more juice from concentrate will work but not as well as the real thing. 

 

• Wash your hair as usual. Let the lather sit for five minutes. Add lemon juice, work all in together, but don't rinse. Let the lemon work for another 3-5 minutes. 

•  Wash your hair as usual. Let the lather sit for five minutes. Add lemon juice, work all in together, but don't rinse. Let the lemon work for another 3-5 minutes.

Repeat when needed. Since this method is natural and organic, you can repeat as needed.It will slowly and more naturally change a permanent or semi within a week to two slowly, so that it seems like your hair is growing back naturally instead of drastically changing.

Method 9 of 9: Vinegar Rinse

Most dyes are meant to handle alkaline substances (soaps and shampoos), so as to last longer. The acidity of vinegar will counteract this, removing the dye.

1. 1
   Mix some vinegar in with a little oil (1 cap full). Use this to rinse out the hair dye. Wash the hair with soap until no more color comes out, then rinse with vinegar.
2. 2
   Wash the hair with soap/alkaline until no more color comes out. Then rinse with the vinegar (or let it sit, whatever you prefer). This will bring a whole lot more color out.
3. 3
   Once the water runs clear, soap it again. Once it's clear, repeat however many times you like.
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Mitos_mitos mengenai bayi kalung usus

 Mitos mengenai bayi kalung usus

Di masyarakat kita ada banyak keyakinan mengenai kehamilan dan bayi meskipun itu sekedar mitos atau keyakinan tanpa fakta ilmiah, contohnya bayi kalung usus. Bagi sebagian masyarakat kondisi bayi kalung usus dianggap merupakan sebuah kelebihan bagi si bayi itu sendiri. Di masyarakat Jawa, bayi kalung usus diistilahkan dengan “bayi tiba sampir” dan memiliki sejumlah keistimewaan.

Keistimewaan-keistimewaan bayi kalung usus yang santer beredar di kalangan masyarakat diantaranya bayi yang lahir dengan terlilit tali pusar bayi kelak akan memiliki postur tubuh yang bagus sehingga selalu pantas mengenakan pakaian apapun. Mitos kalung usus lainnya adalah bayi tersebut akan berwajah tampan jika laki-laki dan cantik jika perempuan serta mudah memperoleh pasangan. Bahkan ada sebagian orang meyakini bahwa bayi kalung usus akan memiliki intuisi yang kuat bahkan kemampuan supranatural saat ia dewasa kelak.

Tak hanya itu, ada pula mitos kalung usus yang terdengar lebih “aneh”, yaitu bayi kalung usus nantinya akan hidup secara berkecukupan karena mendapatkan kalung dari langit. Di Cina juga terdapat mitos senada, usus yang melilit di leher bayi harus dikeringkan dan disimpan karena kelak usus tersebut akan menjadi pengikat rejeki si anak. Tetapi yang namanya mitos selalu tanpa bukti ilmiah. Banyak orang yang dulunya terlahir dengan kalung usus ternyata tidak memiliki keistimewaan sebagaimana yang diyakini tadi.
Sebaliknya, secara ilmiah ilmu kedokteran telah lama memberikan penjelasan mengenai bayi kalung usus. Tercatat 20% bayi terlahir dengan kondisi terlilit tali pusar bayi. Alih-alih membawa keistimewaan, kondisi ini justru berisiko menimbulkan komplikasi selama proses persalinan, diantaranya bayi dapat tercekik sehingga membuat bayi dapat kekuranagn pasokan oksigen, atau bayi terjerat sehingga sulit melalui jalan lahir. Hal ini sering membuat proses persalinan memerlukan proses penyayatan tambahan pada vagina ibu atau bahkan bedah Caesar untuk mengeluarkan bayi.

Penyebab bayi kalung usus biasanya terjadi sebelum usia bayi 30 minggu. Di masa ini bayi secara normal sering bergerak dan berputar, pada sejumlah bayi hal ini menyebabkan tali pusar melilit di tubuhnya (umumnya di leher). Dan saat memasuki usia 30 minggu, umumnya bagian kepala atau bokong bayi mulai memasuki panggul ibu sebagai tanda mendekati masa persalinan. Maka jika lilitan tali pusar bayi tadi masih terjadi, bisa dipastikan bayi akan terlahir dengan kalung usus.

Sebagai bahan kewaspadaan, ada sejumlah indikasi yang dapat mengarah pada kelahiran bayi kalung usus, diantaranya posisi bayi sungsang menetap setelah usia janin 34 minggu, terlihat lilitan tali pusar bayi melalui USG serta adanya penurunan detak jantung bayi saat ibu mulai merasakan kontraksi.